The Controversial Arc That Broke One Piece (Wano Analysis)

[@CreepyGralloch]

One thing that personally surprised me in the Wano arc was that despite hunger and starvation being such crucial roles of conflict on the island we didn't really get a single comment about it from Sanji. He had a lot of character development and the whole spotlight in Whole Cake, but it still felt slightly out of character that we didn't really see much of a reaction from him on it, given his relationship with food and hunger. Or then I might've missed a chapter or an episode somewhere?

[@pinkcatminht]

i fully agree with this. i think a lot of this ended up getting passed onto Zoro instead bc of WCI being so recent timeline-wise, and also the eventual SBS reveal that Wano is his ancestral homeland. i did wish Sanji had like, at least dedicated SOME time to it overall though. it did seem incredibly strange to not even really comment on beyond like, maybe a statement or two.

[@yarolthygod]

You missed it... It was the whole point of him being a soba chef and feeding everyone for cheap, feeding toma, and the fighting page one as a power ranger

[@pinkcatminht]

@@yarolthygod nobody missed it. It wasn't there in the same level as it's been in past arcs. He only fed women and had little to no comment on the food shortages of Wano in general.

[@YapyYap]

That's the problem with Oda, he's unconsistent with Sanji.

[@apindakut]

Right, he only cooked two or three times as soba cook and that was it. You would think being a chef, the starving people would be of most concern however Oda could have always chose to address this off screen? Not sure tbh 😅

[@jstar3382]

I still think the best twist is Kanjuro being right handed the entire time

[@CopyNoPaste]

It’s a W day when ohara posts a 1 hour video

[@divinepromise5921]

It shocked me in a good way, I couldn't keep myself from watching it whole 😍.

[@robinhoog3916]

Same

[@audax_]

L day bc it's the worst OPtuber

[@CopyNoPaste]

@@audax_ L tbh

[@audax_]

@@CopyNoPaste ah yes, i do love a guy who has blatantly stolen fan theories and not crediting the authors while making thousands of dollars at their cost. Also, many shit theories that not even he believes in and not factchecking half the stuff he says in his videos

[@MASTERCRAFT938]

It didn't just break everything. It marks the start of the end. It's as if you knew the day you were gonna die. Everything after wano is just preparing for the eventual and ever faster approaching grand finale. It makes me sad, but we don't have much time left. Let's enjoy every chapter released like it would be the last :,D

[@Gabe_itch_916]

I can't wait for it to end I just wanna see what happens already lol

[@MASTERCRAFT938]

@Sausage Me 2. But what happens after that? What do we do?

[@-Robert]

@@MASTERCRAFT938 think back on the journey, and probably enjoy the next incredible story that will be inspired by it. in the end, it's just a story

[@MASTERCRAFT938]

@@-Robert A story almost as old as myself. It's a big part of my life and always will be :D

[@MHMKid]

@@MASTERCRAFT938 Agree,its gonna feels different when this series ends.

[@johnlindsay7301]

I love these long comprehensive videos discussing the details of One Piece and it’s infinite rabbit holes there to explore. I’d love to see more like this. Great vid.

[@davidhenry7536]

I think Kinemo's death would also have made sense because he acted as Momo's father figure after they time traveled. So I think him dying would have worked well with momo's growing up this arc

[@aliammar5031]

I think he shouldve died, but at the same time momo isnt mentally an adult, he skipped out on a lot of important years of development, so im kinda glad kinne's alive because i wanna see him train him and teach him

[@sarov7658]

I personally didn't believe he died at that instant since the chap was barely his focus but i get ur point

[@justaway6901]

Izo and Ashura's death felt so sad not because it was an actual emotional death but because it written poorly

[@revvrk]

​@@justaway6901 yess and the fact that oda does really good deaths, emocional and all only for the characters to be alive in the next arc xd

[@kingace6186]

Momo's first father already got killed by Kaido. It would be sadistic and anti-One Piece for the same to happen to his second father (and third father, if you count Yamato).

[@hgoggs]

Amazing video, one minor correction is that Big Mom didn’t have actual hunger pangs in the jail arc where she loses consciousness and goes crazy she was in her right mind the entire time just super hungry, @Parvision ‘s most recent video on big mom contextualizes this amazingly and it makes the amnesia arc a lot less disappointing (although tbh it wasn’t disappointing to me in the first place)

[@royalfun1031]

Tf

[@FrancoDMatz]

Thanks for bringing that up. There are actually some inaccuracies in this video, ironic since it also critiques the Wano arc, e.g. he is saying we get a reveal that Yasuie was Ushimitsu Kozo, but it was actually Denjiro...Yasuie actually said it himself that he lied about being Ushimitsu Kozo, and we all know he pulled that stunt to attract attention. Why didn't he also say that "we find out that Robin is Ushimitsu Kozo"? lol. I watched Parvision's video as well, and it greatly explains the Big Mom plot...but even before that, I didn't have any issue with the amnesia plot points. For the most part, I feel like some expectations should rightfully be thwarted because they sometimes mess with appreciating great story writing and ideas...the story is still ongoing; like this guy is saying in 59:57, people are gonna look back at the Wano arc in awe of Oda's genius writing and in disbelief of their criticisms.

[@Tranquildbeats]

@@FrancoDMatz paravision kind of sucks tbh. Hate when him and syv talk because para is an idiot

[@JohnJohn-zy8qh]

@@Tranquildbeats L

[@JohnJohn-zy8qh]

@@FrancoDMatz It's like fake Straw Hats haha. He's the fake Ohara with not-so-good knowledge

[@asj8521]

Finally a one piece fan who can admit that there are some flaws. Epsiode 1015 when kinemon is on the floor crying to Luffy surrounded by the scabbards bodies and says to him that he is entrusting Wano to him. Goosebumps. If he had died there with the other scabbards that would've been top 3 most emotional scenes in One piece. All of that just for him to be alive anyway at the end of wano

[@FanksCast]

A lot of one one piece fans see flaws, I think you've been exposed to the extreme.

[@justaway6901]

His job is to make One Piece content. Of course at best, what he is going to say is that there are "some flaws". They are going to sugarcoat it. As Jay D. Legend said, as One Piece content creators, they are not going to admit what they actually think of the series in these videos. (Saying it as a One Piece content creator himself). Otherwise, the stocks for One Piece would go down the drain and would drastically affect their earnings. But anyone who cares about narrative storytelling can tell how much of a blunder the Wano arc really is. Not even comparing to other stories, but even to just other One Piece arcs.

[@kingace6186]

That is not a flaw. I'm glad he didn't die.

[@8Smoker8]

A lot of OP fans are well aware of the flaws. Doesn't mean it's not BY FAR the best of the big three.

[@asj8521]

@@kingace6186 .... L take. When Kinemon gave that speech to Luffy on the ground begging him to save wano with tears in his eyes majority of us thought he was gonna die which greatly added to the tension and elevated the red roc scene. Knowing the someone as weak as kinemon was alive after facing down and tryna fight 2 yonko including the worlds most powerful creature definitely took away tension and away from kaidos aura of being ruthless

[@obinnaelemuo113]

I feel like Wano has so many peak/amazing moments that it is impossible to consider it a dissatisfying arc. But it also has moments of bad and rushed writing that makes it near impossible to say that I was completely satisfied by it. Doesn’t meam It was a bad arc at all.

[@arzafachannel8424]

true

[@roundcat1992]

Every anime always has advantages and disadvantages. there are two categories of anime fans, the first is those who like the story and the plot. the second, those who like battle scenes. generally, everyone prefers anime through battle or something with the nuances of, "Who is the strongest and who has the coolest style?". most of the Anime Fans set the standard for their favorite anime with their famous Anime, namely, Dragon Ball and various similar elements.

[@CosmicNova1000]

True

[@KyubiCloaks]

I definitely think it was bad. Disagree with what most would call the peaks, those were the lowest points imo and just encapsulated all my least favorite parts of OP

[@browniebot6143]

A lot of the peaks in wano just present more plot holes about the story. Gear 5 brings up the question about why the WG never really went out of their way to try and kill strawhat if they knew he had some mythical god fruit, especially if hes a member of the D. clan

[@mugsby7962]

I'm also probably one of the only people who loved the Big Mom amnesia arc in Wano. These people are human after all, and they have emotions, unpredictable ones. Ones that cause relationships where you wouldn't think a relationship would exist. It served many purposes, including Luffy learning Ryuo, Nami defeating Ulti, BM herself being an absolute menace forcing Kid and Law to show is two of the best awakenings in the series imo, and more. The biggest implication living rent free in my head right now that comes from the BM amnesia arc is Sabo. Big Mom turned on her alliance temporarily because of the pain she felt from Okabure town. The pain led to an unbridled rage that made her take down two tobbi roppo. Now imagine if you had amnesia for 10 years? How much do we truly truly know about Sabo? What type of person is he, and what was he exposed to during his amnesia when he forgot his brothers and the ideals that Ace and Luffy gave him? Food for thought. Plus that scene of her knocking out Page One is one of my favorites. I am also a Big Mom stan! Lmao

[@MASTERCRAFT938]

Same :D

[@mugsby7962]

@@flawlezzgenocide was she a nut job? she went to Udon to get food to bring back to the town. Also sure, I'm not saying Sabo is evil. But I'm saying, what if he is willing to do whatever it takes. Things that Luffy wouldn't do. He's been surrounded by nothing but suffering in the world, Koala was a slave, Hack a Fishman dealing with racism. I mean Dragon is one of the most intense people in the world and even he feels like Sabo is a loose Cannon. I'm just saying, what if he killed Cobra. Or what if he tried to kill a celestial dragon cause of all the pain that he has seen them cause day in and day out for 10 plus years. Until he remembered everything and realized maybe some of his morals should be questioned on some, "what would Luffy do" type shit

[@czms922]

I don’t get why people don’t like it, this is the only time we see big mom being an actual person

[@MoriohAnime]

This is the exact response you’d expect from a reader who worships everything a creator puts out. Good or bad they’ll still say they like it and find a way to justify it. To teach his own but at a certain points it just gets ridiculous.

[@mugsby7962]

@@MoriohAnime that's wild. I didn't know you were the world authority on content and response to content? Let me ask you, do you watch the NFL or the NBA, what's your opinion on Kenyan pop music. Ah fuck but since I like those things and you don't I must worship the ground of basketball players and Kenyan artists. Grow the up and stop echoing everything Morj or KoL say. Form your own opinion for once

[@adityajoshi735]

30:56 Wasn't Denjiro the witching hour boy? Yasu dressed up as the thief to get caught, in order to take the heat off the rebellion

[@konomimkp]

I was looking for this. Yes, it was Denjiro, that's why he always was sleepy

[@praverdoy]

What I find interesting is how natural the expectation came that we should get a major flashback for the main villain to build up his personality. I mean, yes, we did get that the arcs directly before that for big mom and Doffy, but there were plenty of villains that did not get a real backstory until a few hundred chapter later, or not at all: Crocodile (still mysterious), Buggy & Arlong (roughly 500-600 chapters later), Enel, Caesar, Lucci (pretty comparable to Kaido in volume of the backstory), Wapol, Foxy (yeah right, sry, I'm kidding with these two :D). I think we're still up for Kaidos backstory though, maybe even with some Vegapunk revelations about lineage factor in the future.

[@saellenx3528]

No ammount of mental gymnastics is gonna change the fact that Oda f*cked up with Kaido. It crystal clear that he rushed his backstory and post Wano out of the way so Shanks could appear in time to promote movie Red. He can now introduce Kaidos backstory all he wants, it wont have the same impact since Kaido is no longer relevant as a villain. Among most important OP villains that Luffy faced(Croco, Doffy, Lucci) he is the worst one so far. Truly fall from grace of one of the greatest out there.

[@ifcyanwasgrey]

Oda has set a bar and people just expect him to surpass it

[@afeefrobb9052]

@@saellenx3528 agree with red movie timing.. feel rushed (imho movie not great also)

[@aceclover758]

The anime likely will add more backstory for KAido Fun fact: the small backstory with Lucci, Oda WANTED to include that in the magna but ran out of time to do so. So he asked he anime to include Lucci’s backstory

[@JD-yn8ce]

@@saellenx3528 yeah it really does suck that he had to rush to plug film red. but honestly i really doubt he wanted it that way. oda has constantly wanted to expand parts of the series but his editors push him a lot to speed things up. it really sucks because i think if one piece wasnt so big as it is then maybe it would have a little more freedom.

[@camillelinton6978]

Love your analysis. My biggest critique is your analysis of Yamato deciding not to join the straw hats. We were all lead to believe she would join and I get why, especially when she said it over and over. But remember... This was a girl that was chained up at 8 years... Taught to read with the only book being about oden adventures. But she's never even left Kaidos island. Her deciding to explore and learn wano...a country she has never seen or visited is a dope decision to make. To expect her to go from a grain of rice (surviving under kaido as a prisoner) to filet mignon is a big ask. Btw, almost all the characters had a huge arc to get them to join the ship.... Except Robinband somewhat Nami. Luffy always had to fight for his new crewmate or like Jimbei needed some time. She will be a crewmate eventually. If she truly does identify as Oden then wanting to know, Oden, a country she's never seen is natural.

[@mamobee]

I agree with you, but yamato clearly identifies as a man, why don’t you respect that?

[@unibear6372]

Yamato’s a boy, please respect his gender

[@al--kay8125]

@@unibear6372 Her Huge Breasts are telling us that She is not a Boy....! 🥸🥸 And ESPECIALLY *NOT a " "THEY" "* ....!!! 🤦‍♂😅😅😅 If you were actually serious about your Delusions you would call her *Kozuki Oden!* Since she claims the she IS ODEN..... And you CAN'T be Another Person that already exists..., since you are YOURSELF!

[@Jestiii]

​@@unibear6372Is this a rage bait?

[@sexyjew1997]

Nah Yamato is biologically a girl. She identifies with the ideals of Oden, but that's it. Before anyone questions it, sex and gender are the same thing.

[@abirdnamedwill]

The only things I don't find disappointing that you mention is the Kaido backstory. I love a good super complex villain as much as the next guy, but Kaido is perfect and totally understandable as he is. I will be happy to learn more from Rox but I do not feel like there is anything more to understand about him. He was born this way, and through sheer force of will pushed on through life as a flat character ( not in a bad way ). I view him very similarly to Luffy himself, Luffy has always been the same exact person we know him as, not bending or changing to the world, only getting better at fighting against it.

[@abirdnamedwill]

Also I feel like a crazy person because I seem to have this stance when literally no one else does, but as far as I can tell Yamato DID join the strawhats no? She became friends with the crew, calls Luffy sir/takes his orders, agrees to stay in Wano for awhile to protect Momo but is also ready and willing to join with the crew whenever it's safe. Feels A LOT more like a Jinbei than a Vivi situation if that makes sense.

[@alexham28]

I think it's just the fact that we got a couple pages of his backstory and thats it. I think everyone was expecting a bit more information for such a hyped up character

[@abirdnamedwill]

@@alexham28 I think it's a fair assumption and a fair thing to have a little disappointment in. I just don't think that on a technical/writing quality scale, that it is actually bad. When you just read the story as it's written and are removed from the context of the many years of weekly buildup it reads much more as intended and the reader would have had less irl time and KZbin discussion videos to let their predictions for him build up and morph.

[@Thecrazymerio]

Thank you for this. People spread so much negativity about Wano, but when you put it in perspective like it’s impossible to deny how much good happened during the arc and how impressive some of the events and foreshadowing were. When your trying to balance as many plot threads as Oda was it’s hard to believe the arc turned out as well as it did in the first place and that it was fairly consistent in how entertaining it is chapter to chapter. I think it’s also important to try to appreciate each chapter on its own as something meant to engage and entertain the reader. There are certainly slip-ups when you write a story that way and I think it’s just an inherent aspect of the medium.

[@quinnholloway5400]

Yea, it's not a perfect arc But it's FAR from a bad arc to be honest It has some pacing issues and the ending in the manga is a bit rushed after the main event/battle is over But it also has so many amazing moments, fights, scenes, and opportunities for every straw hat and nearly every key character to show off (CP-0 i feel got a little shafted)

[@SJNaka101]

Gosh that dichotomy between "godly writing" and "complete disaster" doesn't have to be that way lol. Wano had a lot of very good writing from oda, and yeah it got a bit too bloated for him to tie up all the loose ends. You could call it a mixed bag, but this was my first week-to-week arc and I know for a fact we were all loving it for most of the arc, with only occasional complaints of varying size. I think it suffers a little bit from game-of-thrones-itis, where, because the landing wasn't stuck very well, a lot of people retroactively feel the whole thing is worse than it was. I'd say anyone placing wano in their top 3 arcs is probably a bit.... uh, let's just say they're probably wearing some pretty rosy glasses. But, also, anyone placing wano in their trash tiers probably have some glasses of strong tint as well. It was a good arc. Oda's done better. That's all.

[@-tom-8720]

I would be interested to know when you started to read wano week to week, because as someone who read it week to week since it's beginning there were alot of complaints thoughout the arc that only grew with time, people surpressed those complaints because 'it's wano.' Everyone wanted wano to be the best arc so they ignored anything bad and hoped it would improve later. (if people don't believe me, just look at videos after any really bad thing happened like Big Mom's amnesia. every said just wait it's wano Oda has a plan trust in him) It only seemed like people started to hate on wano after it ended because now they knew all there critizism would never be adressed, it would never get better and the most hyped up arc in the series didn't even reach the quality of the average one piece arc, plus the ending also wasn't good so that was just rubbing salt into the wound. People falsely attribute the hate to the raid not failling, but they miss that the reason people pushed for that theory so hard was because it was the only plausible way that many people could think of, for the issues in wano to be fixed and for it to become the best arc.

[@royalfun1031]

@@-tom-8720 Morjtard

[@D_Owo]

This is just like the war arc from naruto😂

[@paulbandong8162]

I actually think of Wano as my 2nd or 3rd favorite One Piece arc. Big reason is the amount of peaks that it has like the whole Oden flashback, gear 5, comedy and the world building. But Wano also has probably one of the shittiest thing that happened in One Piece (Kinemon death fake out). It's also filled with stuff that I felt "should have been expanded" and stuff that I was like "This again?" (The repetitive panels of background char reaction shots). But from Luffy finally getting to the roof up to the end of Wano is probably one of the time where I felt the most hype as a reader of One Piece since Marineford hence why I think its my 2nd or 3rd fave OP arc.

[@wittweirdo3066]

@@-tom-8720 This is overexaggeration. Wano had some really bad parts, and some really good parts. It was not that the best arc but it was definitely as good (maybe even better) as an average One Piece Arc. It was no Water 7 or Marineford or even Dressrossa but it wasn't Thriller Bark or Fishman Island either. For every Big Mom Amnesia plotline, there was something good or great like the Oden Flashback, most of Momo's arc, etc. Again, it's definitely not a 9/10 or 10/10 (it's not even 8/10) but it's def not a 5/10 either (too many great moments for it to be so low). Wano is more like a 6.5-7/10. Disappointing but not as bad as most potray.

[@iDivici]

Didn’t know how much I needed this video! It’s easy to forget all the great things that happened during Wano

[@destroctiveblade843]

I feel that the kaido backstory wasn't bad, it was just rushed. the anime will hopefully take its time with it and show the impact of its emotional moments like him being sold to the gouvernment and being experimented upon for his strength and his meeting with king and how he discovered joy boy.

[@royalfun1031]

We dk shit It's for Rocks

[@Mens_Rea]

Bro i just feek like Oda couldn't drop his full backstory yet, i think with Vegapunk we will get like a Kaido, Big Mom and WB maybe flashback, and of course it's all tied to Rocks and God Valley and other important things that we should not know yet

[@destroctiveblade843]

@@Mens_Rea we're probably gonna get that as well, but what we got wasn't bad imo

[@SHP4Life]

@@royalfun1031- we found out and Saw how Kaido lived his life. Because Kaido he weak had betray him and sell him to the government he decided to create a world where the strong rules. After rocks defeat he went his own way a found Wano and some of its secrets. He wanted to create a war that would shake the foundation of the world to realize his dream of strong people ruling. Also if we add in King’s flashback Kaido was ambitious like Luffy and believe himself to be Joyboy learning it from King but because he couldn’t be Joyboy he had to at a different approach.

[@SAINTxSZN]

It was terrible

[@mugsby7962]

I LOOOOOOVE WHO'S WHO! (Besides all the racism, which is important for story), he was sooooo crucial to the big reveal. And his section just finished up in the Anime last episode and it just made him that much cooler to me. That was literally my favorite Tobbi Roppo moment in Onigashima. Even more than the black maria vs Robin scenes

[@albertogonzalez1937]

The bad thing, was that his fight was way too short

[@mugsby7962]

@@albertogonzalez1937 yeah I guess, but how long with a fight with Jimbe go, you know. Any longer would feel drawn out, especially if Who's Who had nothing else to say. I get what you mean, personally though, Who's Who's information (lol) combined with how Jimbe eventually dominated that fight was why the fight was one of my favorites. It was brutal enough with the broken fingers and wrists, which we don't usually get in One Piece. And Jimbe increased his Haki level, which was awesome

[@Rotschwinge]

And still we got more unanswered questions from it. What knows Jinbei that triggered him that bad? Oda could have given uns some more panels, that fight was very rushed just to let whos who say some lines and than throw away his character... mhh, just a plot device but not the character that shined.

[@mugsby7962]

@@Rotschwinge I think any more information about that would have ruined the reveal in chapter 1044. What was Who's Who supposed to do, beat Jimbe and report to the government? The way he was put in the story was great imo, a former agent who failed a mission for a fruit with more importance than we realize. Rumors of a being that slaves used to depend on and a possible connection to the Sun Pirates and Fishman history. Combine that with what Robin just said in the latest chapter about the Fishman rights movements and 200 hundred years ago like in chapter 620. All these pieces are put together. And Oda never name drops something and then reveals it in the same chapter so idk why so many people expected God Valley and void century lore in Wano, makes zero sense.

[@sammykent5752]

​@@mugsby7962the info felt shoehorned in. There are better ways to more organically input info like that than just having a random character we've just met do it. Also Who's whole shtick was meh.

[@dartyow]

I appreciate you did this. Talking straight for atleast 1 hour onscreen is hard let alone discussing it piece by piece. I applaud you for that. Hoping for more contents like this in the future.

[@luisingle5455]

I think the whole point of kaidos lack luster backstory was to highlight the survival of the fittest mentality the beast pirates encapsulates. Kaido never had the opportunity to be anything but the strongest, it was his only means of survival. Born into a barbarian like culture whos only method of survival was war. The only times he wasn't fighting was when he was sold and experimented on for his only value, his strength. In an attempt to escape this fate he became a pirate. But his prison of strength eventually became a overwhelming tyrany over wano. In his attempt to bring his vision of might is right, he forces his own misfortune upon them. But throughout his fight with luffy we start to see someone who shares many similarities with luffy. A man who fights with freedom, a captain who cultivates strength, a mythical zoan user. The more kaido fights luffy, the more goofy he gets, the wackier his techniques become. Kaido begins respecting luffys strength. The key difference is kaido was liberated through his own strength, but luffy uses his strength to bring liberation. His tenure in the story was to prove that strength isn't enough to change the world, ideals are. People are upset because big mom got a substantial backstory, but whole cake island was a character focused story while wano carried an atmosphere of mythology.

[@shamefuldisplay9692]

He is Kaido "The Strongest Creature" head of the "Beast Pirates" after all. What did people expect or even want from him? People act like we wont ever hear about Kaido again even though we at minimum have some more Rocks lore to go through.

[@docrun3516]

I want to tell you how much i appreciate the way you explained it. It was beautifully worded!

[@sammykent5752]

If that was emphasised more, maybe I would agree with you, but it really wasn't. Not to mention the whole "might is right" thing feels flat when you consider he was allied with f*cking Orochi for decades for whatever reason. There's a lot about Kaido's character that feels too contradictory or shallow especially when you consider how much he was hyped up since Marineford.

[@jorgitosilva]

The fact that yamato stayed behind made perfect sense to me as sad as i am she did not join (i really wanted her to) oda wrote himself into her not being able to join from the moment we met her... it went 99% exactly as i thought it would happen except that i didn't expect she would say she was going to leave even after the war finished... so that last bit where oda tried to faint us into thinking she was joining felt unnatural... Everything Yamato said from the very beginning was that she wanted to accomplish what oden could not... and his greatest regret was not being there for the country in the end... not being unable to reach the one piece at the appropriate time... so at every moment what Oden couldn't do was at the top of the priorities, even compared to the things he DID do... Still that last minute rug pull was weird either way you want to take it...

[@lorddarkrai5753]

The crew would become too broken for the stage they're at right now.The beauty of One Piece is that when the Straw Hat crew clashes with the villains of the story , it's always teamwork with Luffy just fighting the strongest opponent with most of the odds against him.Apart from Luffy perhaps only Zoro could be an even match for her , mythical zoans are extremely powerful , be it Luffy's god Nika , Kaido's dragon , Sengoku's Buddha , Marco's Phoenix etc.She may join but later she'll definitely be around the final war , she's too precious to be missing.

[@ikromtamat1681]

@@lorddarkrai5753 Exactly that.. The Strawhats would be too powerful with Yamato around plus Oda only have rooms for 3 Yonko Commanders, hence why Yamato has to be left out.. Knowing this 3 commanders pattern already let me believe from the very beginning that Yamato will not join the crew, at least for now..

[@goddessrick8734]

I think there were 2 large reasons why fans wanted her around.

[@Nerevarine420]

It was terrible writing lmao. I could forgive it if she had not said mutiple times she was going to join especially with one not not even that long before she decided against it. When someone is hitting you with a plot point over and over and over again, then rug pulls you it suck ass and sours my entire taste for the character. Why spend so much time dedicated to making a member feel like and say they're gonna jew the crew only for them not to do so at all ? It's pointless and waste of time for the reader

[@Nerevarine420]

@Lord Darkrai I do not care if she is at the final war. That's such a crappy consolation prize like holy crap. Hey I know I teased and had this character straight say they were gonna join the crew for 3 years blue balling you. she wont join or be relevant in the plot any time soon again tho sorry, BUT while I completely abandoned this plot point, souring manys relationship with this character, I'll make sure she'll show up at the DA WAR doe for a few panel shots and maybe 1 to 2 chapters ! Because that will fix my issues with this lmao

[@Oyaji.]

37:13 I agree with u regarding Zoro, however I'm still hoping that we will see at least a backstory during the 1 week time skip showing Zoro visiting Ryoma's grave and which swords he ended up with 🥺🥺

[@AlexSeraphim]

The part about kanjuro’s fire yokai, i dont think he became it… i thought it was actually really cool cuz he created a blob of ink with his DF abillity using all his rage against the Kozuki as ink to, in a last effort, destroy everything! I thought it was really cool!

[@toryistatertot5394]

I love how you break down the story without a ton of repetition. Some of the other One Piece theorists seem to beat the same ideas from every direction without ever taking us forward. You are clear, concise and keep things moving which makes it easy to follow you and be entertained. Thank you for that.

[@mrak3186]

Wano is protected because kaido is there but after kaido defeated there is a chance that marine or someone else can attack wano and in absence of straw hats, samurai and momonosuke maybe not able to protect it and most of all samurai in wano were present in onigashima war are injured so for some short time wano maybe not secure, thus why strong person like yamto needed in wano and also first yamto want to learns about wano and after she will sail with luffy .

[@oranericketts7658]

And remember momonosuke also have a dragon type devil fruit so he could also protect wano alongside yamato😎

[@tristanalain9239]

My hope is Yamato is like Jimbei Has shit to do, and in this case tasked by Luffy to defend Wano until Momonosuke masters his power enough. And then will return and join later. Possibly when Pluton is released

[@hardlyhome314]

@@oranericketts7658 yea but it's a failure fruit because of pink color🤣

[@oranericketts7658]

Fair enough, but I am still curious as to "WHAT" what does the colour of momonosuke dragon skin has to do with him being one of the person or successors who will protect wano after kaido's defeat

[@tristanalain9239]

@@oranericketts7658 Symbolic of Cherry Blossoms?

[@LeeDeeThe1]

Very interesting video! I am not very active in the One Piece community, so I didnt notice how controversial the arc had become after the ending. I personally feel that, when Wano was great (and it was for the whole middle bit) it was one of the best Arcs in One Piece. And even while I understand some of the critzisms on the ending of the arc I still felt like there was a lot of great set up for things to come! Personally, Kaido not getting that much backstory was actually a good thing for me, I enjoyed him being a more 'simple' but incredibly powerfull force for Luffy to overcome. In general I feel the main issue with Odas writing, at times, are the weird changes in pacing that happen againand again, and that sometimes make things feel less satisfying. While the ending of Wano still suffered from that, I feel like the last chapters brought us on the right track again and the new arc that followed is amazing so far!

[@LeeDeeThe1]

edit. maby its a good thing that I am not that in touch with the community, I personally really loved Thrillerbark and I am happy that I wasnt confronted with much negativity about it. Fishmenisland is the absolute lowpoint for me though, agreed (probably there are some arcs with less good things in them, but they are not that long)

[@Youknowwhathido]

And this ladies and gentlemen is the reason why Ohara is my favorite KZbinr to watch. Not just in the one piece community but overall. The edits and narration makes this 1hour so enjoyable to watch.

[@gumerzambrano]

You should watch Tekking101!

[@DirtPoorWargamer]

As an anime only (don’t worry, I was already spoiled), my biggest problem with the arc is the same as my problem for all the most recent arcs: pacing. You know, I stopped watching weekly during Whole Cake Island for about a year, just before Luffy vs Cracker began. When I had got caught up, we were a little after Sanji v Luffy, and it was still the night before the wedding. It’s not so bad when you can binge a complete arc, but watching weekly borders on insufferable. I kind of wish the show had a more traditional, seasonal release schedule.

[@gumerzambrano]

Just binge read it! Much faster

[@DanielAlvarez-nq9hb]

No

[@poisonpotato1]

​@@gumerzambranolol there's been like 2 chapters in like the past 9 weeks.... not much better

[@GalancyVI]

think you just have a tiktok brain if youre not capable of watching weekly. I have been watching weekly for yerars. People are justr so entitled and seem to revolve their entire life around a single show.

[@lolipedofin]

Pacing at this point is something all long term fan masochisticly enjoyed. I read the tankoubon patiently around once a month release since 2003, up until around Alabasta or Skypea in my local language. Around 2007, I got the scanlations plus I discovered online reader for the English translation up until around Enies Lobby. Ever since then I just resigned myself to giddily enjoying one piece once a week (plus over 10 re-reads up until now) until the day the manga ends, or I meet my premature death, whichever comes first.

[@ryukenisamu2369]

To me, I think I am fine with Yamato not joining YET. Yamato did say that he wanted to be Oden, hence he needs to see the world and explore it the way Oden did. The Straw Hats is the equivalent to the Roger Pirates, which we can equate that in the same way Oden joined Roger later in the game, Yamato will do too (just for a slight difference of reason from Oden tho).

[@GarzoYT]

Nice thinking! But I’m sad she didn’t join them yet. Can’t wait for her to join!

[@eleiaeliasidentitycrisis]

I completely agree, I would’ve actually been kind of disappointed if he joined the Strawhats right out of the gate. Yamato has just been freed from Kaido’s captivity, so giving him time to actually live in Wano before setting out to sea feels natural and right.

[@w1-w2-w3]

I love the character designs and every arts of Wano. Luffy and Zoro design is so dope in Wano and they have the vibe of real boss. I love Wano arc. I love your video. I still feel sad for Tama and Toko. The poor kids :(

[@shahriarhossainsupto1026]

Yeah there are some rushed moments in wano arc...but i am hoping that...these things might be explained later..maybe these explanations will be needed in the future...we don't know what oda is planning...after all we can't predict oda...so if we ignore those low ends in this arc..ig it's a great arc indeed

[@justaway6901]

You know, sometimes the answer to these kind of things were just simple. Maybe Oda just didn't do a great job of writing the story. And due to their attachment to the series, most people won't even entertain those thoughts.

[@imperialist4862]

@@justaway6901 Trust me nobody can comprehend this kinda stuff

[@bertob1395]

Nice wrap up Ohara! Been in the OP community since 4Kidz dub but I’m only just starting to see your videos regularly! You’re honestly shooting up to my top 5 like a supernova!

[@shotgunpete5117]

Have you guys ever noticed how the map of Wano kinda looks like a human brain, and the Flower Capital is at about the place where the pineal gland is? And when Luffy is fighting Kaido on top of the giant skull he dies and is reborn, awakens his devil fruit, as Onigashima approaches the Flower Capital, where it eventually lands when Luffy has smacked Kaido from the sky into the depths of the earth. Damn Oda.

[@jakesevere9165]

it’s a pretty common observation

[@im-yas]

What? I see it looks like a pp, the amigasa village as the tip

[@redfootzeff1212]

@@jakesevere9165 yet you still don't understand the esoteric meaning behind it dawg

[@shotgunpete5117]

@@redfootzeff1212 To be fair it is a pretty occult stunt Oda pulled here xD

[@redfootzeff1212]

@@shotgunpete5117 oda been on the occult. If he never study occult, esoteric, an history he wouldn't be able to do one piece simple as that

[@ONEJAYPLS]

@43:50 there was a small hint that yamato would not join the crew. when she fights kaido and transforms, kaido says that her fruit is the guardian of wano and therefore she cannot leave the island. at that moment it was clear to me that she wouldn't be part of the crow, which broke my heart.

[@unibear6372]

Yamato goes by he/him, let’s respect that

[@fedelitofamorcagape3369]

This is phenomenal to see Ohara make this 1 hour video 😳 I appreciate your efforts ma men ✊

[@commonviewer2488]

We hadn't seen Robin have a serious fight post-timeskip, so it was glorious when she showed off her awakening

[@arnomettraux1777]

Wano managed to make me break one habit i had and i blame this arc because I haven't been able to go back to it: catch up on one piece only every 3 months or so, and from time to time reread the current arc from the beggining. About a year ago the point I was at was the beggining of the raid but some friends kept telling me Oh Wano is just about to end (it was about Sanji vs Queen chapter). The idea that the arc would finish very soon motivated me to catch up and thinking there would be only a few chapters left and from the hype I started reading the new chapter every week. I would go on reddit and see the comments on this new chapter and get excited to read the next chapter. Some moments baffled me like "it seems as oda is a clown playing us but it will probably be developped later on". Yamato joining and then at the last second staying in wano gave a strong feeling like this. But every new chapter we would keep advancing into the final fights, and even after we would learn brand new things about the world. Even now 10 chapters into egghead I can't force myself to wait and i directly go read the latest chapter. Read one piece weekly is fun but it left me angered at Wano. I intend to wait for the anime to completely finish wano to see it. This helped me appreciate whloe cake island arc, as reading it only occasionally i felt lost in all the events in the arc. But once i watched the entire arc in anime in a few days I really appreciated Whole cake. So I hope Wano in anime will give me the same chills and make me love it. Ps: love thriller bark, my favorite arc, but probably beacuse it was the very first arc I ever saw of one piece

[@LeonCook34]

My favorite arc is any arc Usoop has a major role in. So far I just started the whole cake Island arc and it’s a Drag because I realize Ussopp the way everyone split off won’t be a big part of the arc so it’s been hard for me to watch it

[@SansINess53]

shinobu in the flash back was real hot. I wonder if nami would look like shinobu when she becomes at the same age.

[@Prototype7331]

Shanks sending a message over great distances using conquerors haki could mean that the voice of all things might actually belong to someone or something that will have an appearance at some point, using the same method only mastered perfectly. Maybe it's an echo of the real joyboy. Or of something the combined ancient weapons will create.

[@FayN_]

usopp had his moment in dressrosa where he somehow accidently find a way to defeat suger for the first time and do incredible sniping skill with slingshot to defeat sugar one more time and unlocking observation haki. also become a god & savior brook obviously had his moment in big mom arc as well where he manage to steal pongeglyphe n toe to toe with big mom. so it justified that their role isn't as big in wano since the rest of the team need highlight

[@omomg11111]

I agree, dressrossa and whole cake island clearly divided the cast to get each half their own part to shine. Dressrossa we got zoro usopp luffy and robin, WCI we got nami, sanji, chopper and brook, and now it makes sense wano focuses more on side characters and a mix of the main cast.

[@sammykent5752]

Ok i HATE this line of argument. HATE HATE HATE IT. "This character had a moment years ago, so it's fine if they don't have a moment now", don't gimme that rubbish. We want consistent character growth and to get that the characters have an actual presence in the current story. Dressrosa and Usopp's moment was at least half a decade prior to Wano, so that's already a nonsense point. But even regardless, there were ample opportunities to give us relevant character moments that speak to what we cherish about them and it doesn't have to be a fight or anything. There's so much that could've been done with Usopp's new Haki abilities and Oda did nothing with it. Or maybe Usopp gaining new weapons, possibly seastone gear, or maybe establish a deeper connection between him and the Scabbards so the scene where he helps them has more meaning.

[@imperialist4862]

@@sammykent5752Finally someone calling it out. Good

[@Hunter-TripleStars]

Summit War, Eneis Lobby and Now Wano. God tier Arc.

[@zigazdovc6175]

Wano is literary one of the worst arcs in the series, just being in the same sentence as Enies Lobby makes me sick.

[@nickyg7557]

@@zigazdovc6175 I wouldn't consider it as one of the worst...it just could've been a little shorter. But I still feel it was more structured and more interesting than Dressrosa e.g. imo. If Wano was a little shorter it could've been as good as Enies Lobby I think.

[@egalidriss7251]

Huge love for the 1hours video! Always wanted to see the goods and bads sides of wano. My man actually broke down the whole arc like science huge respect ✊🏽

[@Rain0and0Thunder]

I never once thought Paulie would join Luffy back then, he just never seemed to fit for me. I always thought it would be Franky when I saw him, the only character that confused me was Carrot, I thought for sure she would join, but that was also part wishful thinking for me too. I keep thinking he should have at least one more female companion.

[@megazerorl]

The biggest reason that I loved Wano was how Oda wrote out the entire ark to make you despise Kaido and Orochi. He constantly was shifting back and forward from beautiful landscape and happy times (in the anime music) to barren and horrid lands, scaped with scared and starving people (and with generally less happy music in the anime.) He did this whole back and forward thing while telling a congruent story which was his own take on many beloved stories of Japan. Not to mention bringing the whole crew together for the first time since punk hazard which was IMO the biggest draw backs of dressrosa and big mom. In the anime the music was amazing sometimes bringing on (what I like to call) tears of awesomeness. Wano has been my favorite arc in One Piece and am excited to see what happens next.

[@GuysCupank]

I hate Orochi but i don't feel any hate toward Kaido at all especially in act 1 & 2. I feel that the main reason Luffy want to beat Kaido is just a necessary stepping stone on becoming a Pirate King. Just my feeling..

[@PowerSpirit50]

Kaido didn't even kill anyone

[@justaway6901]

Wut. Isn't that the same with any other major One Piece villains?

[@angumakifor2355]

​@@PowerSpirit50 fuck me, he killed Oden lol, with all three rulers who were imprisoned with yamato

[@sammykent5752]

​@@angumakifor2355backstory doesn't count. Don't be obtuse, you know what he means.

[@jspeer419]

One of my favorite moments in the series came in chapter 1043.. I’m caught up on op. But the anime really put together nami’s “luffy will become pirate king moment” she’s really come full circle.. from hating pirates for killing her adoptive mother to putting her life on the line staring death in the face and being just fine with dying against ulti and even kaido to proclaim luffy would defeat kaido and become pirate king.

[@jonathansuber1551]

Literally can't describe describe Yamato the way the manga does as kaido's daughter😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 literally shows the panel but won't say it😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@mishell6482]

I felt many times in this arc, that Oda rushed things not because he wanted to, but because he had to. As Ohara said, it was long 4 years and it was still too short time to insert that many thoughts he wanted to or almost said to us. Wano-kuni was brilliant, but maybe it's my biased opinion since I am reading One Piece only two years and this is my first arc I read weekly.

[@dustinmaxwell259]

Wano was the most AWFUL arc. Oda wanking to some Gary Stu. Oda stuffing in characters a lot of people couldn't care less about. But because they were based on the 47 Ronin, Oda had to finish their story. Momo being totally useless but getting the best rewards just because he was born. I could go all day. But that's just MY biased opinion.

[@mariozappini7784]

​@@dustinmaxwell259 Oda's best arc will forever be Water 7/Enies lobby where everything connects and works incredibly well while still keeping the story tense, well paced and emotional and is peak One Piece to me, like the dude made us all cry for a boat ffs that's how well it was written.

[@shayoko6]

0:12 setting 6:20 characters 22:53 themes 33:48 highs and lows 58:06 kitten 59:39 remaining mysteries

[@PowerSpirit50]

Thank you

[@spartanlord7994]

I think if Oda gave every villain a deep and somewhat redeeming backstory they'd all be similar, but Kaido is meant to be different. He's obviously not pure evil but he also had a bad childhood sort of fueled by himself.

[@Zetakoner]

incredible work piece. My congrats for in such a brief video, summarizing the longest, more complicated and tough arc of One Piece. Youre a fxcking beast Manu

[@rdrummer2]

An hour long video by Ohara? Gonna need a bigger cup of coffee

[@JaimeD.]

*Rdrummer 2* Here you go. ☕

[@rdrummer2]

@@JaimeD. thanks ☺️

[@ponchopponcho]

Zoro just isn't deep enough of a character as compared to Sanji to give them as complex and dramatic as a backstory. Zoro doesn't have enough room as a character to be explored in a deep meaningful way any more than we have been. I'm not saying he's a bad character, just not plot interesting. I'm also not saying zoro is a shallow character, he's quite deep and complex and interesting, but it's only in comparison to Sanji, Zoro is just a much simpler guy.

[@Asriel_Cypher]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the "Luffy being a Prophesized One" being a controversy as one of them. Remember back when people complained that Luffy is now "Special" because he's JoyBoy? As if he's not the MC who WILL be the Pirate King? I remember.

[@ponchopponcho]

Not to mention it was obvious he was the chosen one from very early on, since Crocus in my mind. But the key difference i feel is he earned the right to be special like this, he has spent years fighting and struggling to reach this point, constantly taking on opponents far above him in strength, skill and experience. He also pushed his devil fruit to its utmost limits, far further than I've seen anyone else push the concepts, ideas and limits of devil fruits.

[@aliammar5031]

@@ponchopponcho Agreed, his df wasnt op or very strong until he awakened it, which most people cant do, and he got his fruit when he was a kid so i think its all valid

[@justaway6901]

He is already special because he is the main protagonist of the series. We know he's going to become the Pirate King. We know he's going to be the saviour of the world. We know he's going to "become" Joyboy. What matters is how the author develops and delivers the story. The "HOW". There are certainly interesting ways of doing it and boring ones. The problem is Oda presented it in a cheap way instead instead of people organically looking for Luffy as their savior simply because of his display of character and current notoriety. He is the chosen one because he ate a god fruit. And what's worse is that we don't even see him struggle to go beyond his stretching ability. All of that were off-screened. Show don't tell yeah

[@Asriel_Cypher]

@@justaway6901 Exactly! There was such a controversy of this back then. I don't understand why.

[@ockertoustesizem1234]

reminds me of when people complained about izuku midoriya being much stronger than his classmates from the manga arcs that are equivalent to the animes season 5 and beyond. it's almost like midoriya is the protagonist who will become the greatest hero in the world🤔🤔🤔

[@benistcreative]

great video about a great arc, I had way higher hopes for the ending of wano but it's still amazing, maybe in a year or two it'll all make more sense.

[@zedoniusdragon8114]

Well ohara kaido backstory may get expanded apond in the anime we don't know yet ar lease I hope it does great video man and it being a hour is even better

[@zedoniusdragon8114]

@Text me on telegram @Mr_Ohara0 do you think I am stupid

[@QuaekLeipner]

Hallo Manu. Mal eine kleine Kritik (Aber auf deutsch verlüsselt. Will ja kein Aufsehen erregen :D) Klugscheißermpdus//ON "Survival of the fittest" und "Survival of the strongest" sind zwei sehr unterschiedlich Wendungen. Ersteres ist eine legitime, wissenschaftliche Naturbeschreibung, zweiteres eine Ideologie und Rechtertigung für Unmenschlichkeiten. Wenn wir Kaidos absolut verheerende Recht-des-Stärkeren-Ideologie nicht von Darvins Lehre abgrenzen, stärken wir ihn und seine Position und untergraben damit, was unsere Crew/Allianz in Wano geleistet hat. Klugscheißermodus//OFF Ansosten danke für deine Arbeit. Hast 'ne töfte energy und ich freue mich seit Jahren über fast jedes Video von dir.

[@nick_galfi9312]

Beautifully explained. Oda is a god tier storyteller, its just a shame that he couldnt fit all his ideas with the stress of fitting it all in a weekly shounen format.

[@1ight2]

it's just sad really. if only authors had absolute freedom, everything would be perfect, or at least great.

[@sarov7658]

I think he did more than enough job cause the manga isn't over and he could say some mostly I'm seeing is the kaido fb which is saved for rocks anytime

[@Yabog00]

@@1ight2 right cuz turning luffy into a laughing stock looney toons character hasnt ruined the franchise for enough people

[@chunghung7951]

⁠@@Yabog00luffy fits as a looney toons character. We are introduced to him by breaking out from a barrel, beating up people, and kidnapping a child. He’s a wacky Floridian and it fits with looney toons powers

[@nickgates4259]

Really appreciate you just jumping into the video without 5 minutes of setup, especially considering the length

[@ghostdeluxxe]

It wasn't until now that I realized, we have King, Queen and Jack... but Ace was also present, just in the past. Maybe Ace plays an even bigger part in the arc, we just don't know yet.

[@ghostdeluxxe]

Act 4 and 5 may still be coming, especially with the absence of some very important info.

[@SarPixel]

yo word

[@lemarsan]

Nice video man. A much needed recap of a very long arc. I enjoyed it till the end.

[@RRRRRRRRR33]

There's some blatant plot holes in this arc. Oden and Yamato... these characters never "existed" before the time-skip, Oda developed both on the fly (a classic example of retcon), for me this is clear. Rayleigh said they never had a person in the Roger's crew who could read the poneglyphs, it is implied they only reached that far because Roger could hear "the voice of all things". Then Oda shows White Beard hesitating, he doesn't want to rescue his brother's family because Kaido is supposed to be a formidable opponent, but he risks everything for Ace? It just doesn't add up, Oden not only had ties with WB, he also he had ties with the Roger pirates, WB could have made a temporary alliance with Shanks to free Wano, that didn't happened because of plot, lol simple as it is. And then we had Yamato, she is not as egregious as Oden (talking about the retcon factor), but Oda shows Ace dying without regrets... how the hell he died in peace knowing his friend was being enslaved? And those are just a couple of really bad moments, there are others (let's not talk about Luffy becoming a Chosen One out of nowhere). I give the benefit of the doubt because Oda is sick, he is writing this story for 20+ years, overworking himself, etc.. but there's some fanatics out there who really assume the guy had a "master plan" for all these years... Obviously not, how can you look at Oden and assume this character is not a retcon? C'mon now

[@patrioten88]

Damn just watched one and half hour and one hour and 6min video back to back....good stuff my guy

[@scuffado777]

The scene where it’s revealed that Kiku, Kinemon, and Kanjuro survived and Kanjuro created Kazenbo ruined the ending of Wano imo. If Kiku and Kinemon died (along with Izo and AD) that would leave a pretty sizable space in Wano’s defense, making Yamato’s reason for staying feel more natural. Idk why Oda felt the need to make Kazenbo when the island crashing into Wano was already a big enough threat. It’s a narrative decision that i’ll never understand especially bc Kinemon and Kiku don’t do anything post revival

[@kaleomungin]

Oda's editors were smoking crack as well. None of them thought that was unnecessary? C'mon now. Chapter 1030 still my most hated chapter

[@wherethetatosat]

I'm not even through Wano yet (anime only) and its seriously ridiculous that Kanjuro is still around. He's an irredeemable ass who betrayed all his closest friends. How many times do they have to fight him? How many times is he going to appear in Oden's image? The samurai already know he's not Oden and just doing it to mess with them. Kill him, and get on with it. Other than the anime having to pad episode run times to not overtake the manga constantly, this is my only gripe with the arc.

[@Equ3strianGam3r]

I just finished watching the Wano arc in the anime and there were several times that Otama had me in tears. I really enjoyed the story but, it did feel rushed at times.

[@jwallE93]

Wano is another Dressrosa we had another deck of cards squad, tragic back story of someone killed by the main villain, new gear reveal, Luffy liberating with the royal family help and the crew beating their colorful comical characters new crew members, an army that fell and came back from defeat, an admiral introduction. dragged out raid of side characters we knew were going to lose. Black and white villain.

[@JaimeD.]

Otama not only got Luffy as a big brother, but now has Speed as her mother figure too. Who knows how many Gifters decide to follow her in the end while becoming a future Kunoichi. And Yamato...phew, respect. The moment the name and silhouette were shown in the anime, I was excited to meet this new force. Revelation, strength, purpose, backstory, interaction and the Will were among the best characteristics of Yamato.

[@Frogh96]

I love that you mention the Story of momotaru and it surely is a reference, but i think you got the coresponding characters wrong. Tama literally has the kibi-kibi no mi, giving her the ability to befriend animals by feeding them kibi - exactly what momotaru does. Monkey - luffy of course. The bird/pheasant is momosuke. The kozuki Clan Symbol is a Bird, and he represents the clan. Not sure of the Type of Bird in the Clan symbol Ever got specified, but in any way it i think it makes much more sence then it being Marco who comparitably played a much smaller role in the arc. Tamas best friend is komachiyo, he is a dog. Asuming momotaru is the Inspiration for the main arc it also makes more sence for tama being a central figure since you can argue, she represents everything the people of wano kuni had to endure but also what they Hope for. ✌️

[@Frogh96]

Also yamato Transforms Into a Wolf, i think. Thats similar to a dog tbf

[@firefly980980]

Now that you mentioned the theme of freedom. Nami is was also a "prisoner" to Arlong and was held captive with her village being used as leverage against her. Makes you think just how far Oda planned for these central themes.

[@javiercortes814]

I think freedom is the central theme of OP. The straw hats fight tyrants, schemers, authoritarians, false kings, conspirators, and what appears to be a shadow government. I really like how each antagonist touches on this theme while keeping it fresh. I also think that pirates, the WC and the revolutionaries represent different perspectives on freedom.

[@furorteutonicus9045]

Wano is as controversial as Dressrosa or WCI were right after those arcs ended. Today everyone loves those arcs. Wano will not be different.

[@cptKamina]

For real, I remember those arcs getting the same reception as Wano back in the day.

[@tresnonugroho6397]

Facts.

[@-tom-8720]

It really won't the difference is that those two arcs were always great just had poor pacing week to week. Wano didn't, just everything about wano is poorly written and ill conceived with no real payoff especially compared to every one piece arc ever.

[@cptKamina]

@@-tom-8720 Exact same dumb shit has been written about those arcs.

[@split_head_776]

Idk Ive personally enjoyed Wano the whole time, as with 99% of One Piece up to this point. Maybe Im a lunatic for liking it too early. The problem is people criticizing an incomplete story (not to mention the fact that Oda has clarified things at a future point dozens of times). Also, who cares who he kills, its his story

[@Duke_Nuke_Them]

Felt like the video had been going on for a while, checked the time. Didn't realise until an hour in that it was an hour and six minute long video. Very nice

[@alexr4834]

Wano wasn't bad. It was just mid. Some cool reveals. But over all it is very bloated, we focus on characters who weren't the best. The straw hats seemed to take a back seat, despite the fact that we hadn't seen them for over a year. Kaido never felt like the menace that big mom was in wholecake

[@Cplost.]

wano was not mid what so ever its one of the best your bugging

[@sammykent5752]

​@@Cplost.It's mid

[@alfredkuyateh6062]

​@@sammykent5752So what if it is, it’s still a great arc

[@sammykent5752]

@@alfredkuyateh6062 still mid. 7/10 overall. And that's me willing to ignore all the inconsistent pacing, writing, character arcs and death fakeouts strewn all over the arc. It had great moments, but overall the arc was way too messy.

[@alfredkuyateh6062]

@sammykent5752 it's still a great arc even with the flaws

[@jayaniceday3602]

Actually the pheasant, dog, and monkey are Aokiji (blue pheasant), Akainu (red dog), and Kizaru (yellow monkey). The color of these creatures are identical to some versions of Momotaro.

[@LvOneRose]

Interesting thought I had while watching the video. What were the specific words used about the opening of Wano? That Wano must be opened up to the world before Joy Boy arrives, right? Well, when Luffy arrived at Wano he was not yet Joy Boy - next time he comes to Wano, however, he will be arriving as Joy Boy. So when you mention that they will have to return at some point, I think their return must herald the opening of Wano.

[@a.k.1877]

I hope that there will be a Wano Kuni Akt 4 & 5 in the future. Where the Strawhats get Yamato on their ship and meet Kaido again. Maybe next time he will talk to Luffy. He tells him something about his past and don't have the wish of suicide anymore because he fought against JoyBoy and was happy after that. Not like an effekt of amnesia or something but more like a 180° turn of his charakter. The greatest death scene I imagine would be if he helps Luffy at the Final War and dies for his daughter in order to protect her from an enemy she can't face off against. So in the end he would try to be a good father just once to help the new era of youngsters to rule the world. It would be so disappointing, if he's really gone from the lore, because I can't imagine the biggest war in all of OP without him taking a major seat in it.

[@killingmonkey11]

Oda really highlighted the contrast in beast crew vs straw hats. Beast pirates infighting vs straw hats leaning on each other and others for help. Sanji's arc is flashy, Zoro's more stoic being hidden in the background and eluded to

[@MJyoung35]

I feel like Yamato not joining was foreshadowed. They were hinting SO HARD about joining that by the 3rd time i said "Yea this is a setup for a plot twist". They just kept saying it over and over and over it felt like Oda was trying to force us into tunnel vision and it made me suspicious. On top of that some of us kept saying "if yamato leaves there will be no one strong enough to protect wano"

[@asherstephens5171]

O'Hara with the 1h video? Oh yeah, I'm watching this before anything else happens in my day. Love the content always, so I can't wait for this

[@jyejacobsen4629]

Honestly, im ok kinimon didn't die. Could you imagine a panel where his wife sits over his grave saying, I waited 20years to see your face again, now I wait 20more to lay beside you again... Bro, I don't want my heart ripped out like that after seeing Luffy redeem wano.

[@MrArkuz]

That is some good editing. And I goes for an hour. Fantastic job

[@marvboy4256]

You know why wano was so controversial? Because everyone had so much expectations for wano, that there had to be some people who bashed oda with their missfeelings...

[@redx589]

When Oda himself is hyping it up both in and out of the story it's on him if it doesnt meet expectations.

[@Kaminkaese]

I bash oda for shoehorning Uta&shanks in there and cutting wano short just for a non-canon cashgrab

[@bilalahmed-bu7bi]

Or maybe its because half of the arc was just useless padding and extremely uninteresting

[@nunkatsu]

Exactly. Zoro fans expected him to have Nico Robin levels of character development in the Wano arc, but since the begining Oda has decided to make Zoro a simple but interesting character rather than a complex one, why would that be different now just because it's an arc involving swordsmen?

[@christtwitch4013]

Oda fked up bad in wano. U can't even count the times he did something that made no sense or the times u could tell he had no idea of what he was doing. He needed that month break badly cause it was clear as hell he had lost the plot entirely

[@abfloorr]

nice vid manu, the reason i will never forgive wano was the line "kurozumi was born to burn" which was spitting in the message one piece smashes over the readers head that no one's character is completely linked to their parentage or family

[@uwu_owo186]

That's actually the result of certain things in Japanese not translating well to English. In the original Japanese both the Oden and kurozumi line went like "it's not Oden/ kurozumi if it wasn't boiled/burned" there's no 'born to' line there. It's sort of like if Kevin bacon got burned and someone said 'well you're bacon after all' rather than saying someone was born to burn.

[@abfloorr]

@@uwu_owo186 that doesnt really make it better though

[@uwu_owo186]

@@abfloorr well without the "born to" part that line is a pun on the name rather than the lineage

[@iroh4432]

Wasnt WCI also a 'Controversial arc' that 'divided the fanbase'? Dressrosa back in the day was also quite divisive. As a community we've only had consensus with Zou I think 🤔 (I wasnt online weekly during pre TS)

[@sammykent5752]

Dressrosa was the first very long arc and the pacing heavily suffered. Plus moments like the countdown cause people to lose their shit. But immediately after it ended, the consensus turned. WCI went on for much longer than people expected or wanted, especially because BM wasn't getting defeated that arc, nor did people want her to. BM during her "Wedding Cake" phase caused people to lose their shit though. But even then, afterwards I think the consensus was decent? Especially with Luffy Vs Katakuri being called the best fight since Luffy Vs Lucci. Wano was a whole different beast though. I feel like with WCI, even the most cynical OP fans still had optimism. A lot of the complaint was for the arc to end and for us to move on to Wano and OP would be "good again". Not to mention that Wano has been hyped up since we got to the New World and Kaido's been hyped up since MF. So there were A LOT more expectations. And similarly the backlash when these expectations couldn't be met was more harsh.

[@TenzaBurabura]

Fire Kanjuro does make sense. On the brink of death, his fruit awoke and he became art. Although not a zoan, it's not breaking any confirmed rules and Luffy basically does the same thing later in the arc.

[@misterfuzzyflippers]

Personally for me it's a top 3 arc. I can't decide if I prefer it to the Water 7 saga or not and it'll take a few years and re-reads, but I truly think it's a masterpiece as a whole for its story implications and themes. I think some of the hate it receives is going to go away over time like many other arcs did. I feel that recency bias tends to cause extreme opinions on each arc, especially with such a large amount of new fans just catching up to the series at Wano and experiencing the pacing weekly for the first time.

[@TheRockerX]

Lol

[@sarov7658]

So true lol i was baffled by the hate wci recieved after i came from binging it same for dressrosa the weekly fandom is so shit and it only gets worse

[@ashtongarcia6894]

Honestly shocked ppl hated it when I thought it was one of the best arcs in the series

[@Hayastan80]

wow. great reflection. I first thought to avoid this video, since u r rightfully hiped very much by the arc and I am not (but still i would rate it top 5 arc, not the worsed). thanks for that effort Brudi

[@Mohobofo]

Backstories aren't necessary and isn't something oda typically does. Just like daffy it was tied in with Oden (doffys was laws) I don't understand the sudden obsession with backstories. Croc lucci enel arlong moria ....none of them ahd backstories wo why expect kaido to have one? And with zoro we got his connections to wano. It was people's unrealistic expectations that it would be zoros arc or something dumb and the same people will be butt hurt when elbaf isn't "ussopps arc". We got the connection what more do you want. Who cares who his parents are lol it was the connection that mattered and we got it. People with these criticisms are disappointed because of their own unrealistic expectations

[@Hasebook]

I live how black Maria gives me naraku vibes, her yokai has almost the same name as his real one. The tie in of momo with luffy Yamato and Marco was awesome as well. I'm looking forward to the Nordic folklore we'll get in elbaf as well, just finished Vineland saga so let's go!!!!

[@roundcat1992]

Oda once clarified before the Wano arc started that. This Arc is an all-Zoan-attributed Arc and he's doing right. actually, Oda did not fail because he still allowed the anti-mainstream style in this anime. even for me the best of this anime is Forshadowing and unexpected secrets that really make the eyes of the audience or readers widen. For example, we know that Luffy's Gomu2 Fruit turned out to be just camouflage for the ancient government to cover up the original figure of the DF, which at first I thought it was a type of "Paramecia" changed to "Zoan Mythology" Hito2 no Mi, Sun God Nika but we can call it the Gear 5th version Luffy who still thinks of Gomu2. but the lattice of the Secret Fruit was slowly revealed because Shanks, an extraordinary character, struggled to win such a DF which was covered by the name Gomu2 no Mi. If it's just rubber, there's no way Luffy can do various rubber manipulations which actually give Luffy Power-up like Zoan. plus Katakuri also feels that DF Luffy also has a unique feature because rubber can do Gear 4th which clearly adds to Luffy's strength. lastly, only Kaido in the manga, he can even realize the uniqueness of Luffy's Paramecia ability when Luffy in Snake-Man Mode says that Rubber Luffy's ability can't possibly do a significant increase in strength like that, even though it looks Paramecia but the increase in strength is more towards the Zoan type. so that's the Foreshadowing which will become the forerunner of Luffy's Mythology Zoan. that's why I really like the One Piece story. I dare say, Oda-Sensei is a real genius at surprising the Reader/Viewers.

[@stagtone1789]

I like to think that luffys abilities throughout the series have also pointed toward something like the Nika fruit for along time. I mean just think back to red hawk and I think it was gomu gomu no thor. Luffy using these makes no sense in terms of rubber but make a bit more sense when you think of an unawoken Nika fruit.

[@roundcat1992]

indeed if the problem is Red Hawk. but it also makes sense when Luffy uses the Gear 2nd heat level combined with Haki so that it causes burning even though it's quite unique, Luffy can also do Fire Fist. when it comes to anyone who can use fire but not from a devil fruit or some Devil Fruit abilities that can emit fire without needing Mera like Ace/Sabo there are several other than Luffy. For example, one of Doflamingo's techniques in Overheat, he can make piles of burning threads and he uses them to whip. sometimes Devil Fruits can do things that are beyond their basic function if we can use those DF powers very well. There is another, Katakuri with Burning Mochi, he makes pops on his wrists and arms to do a Haki-coated and hot Mochi Rocket Punch.

[@stagtone1789]

@@roundcat1992 huh I never really thought of that. But at least in my mind gomu gomu no thor still makes no sense as do to being rubber Luffy 's body should not be able to support an electric current. I also think this might apply to gear third as it is states that he inflates his bones yet he still has the ability to transfer the air from one bone to another despite the skeleton not being a single solid object. But how would Luffy know that. So I think that a lot of Luffy's pre awoken attacks may be using a small amount of the Nika fruits abilities to kind of fill in where basic biology fails. Giving Luffy just enough room to pull off his attacks.

[@roundcat1992]

@@stagtone1789 yes, that's a good point of your thinking😁. but which Gomu2 no Thor did you see?. from the main plot, Luffy can bring out Thor against Chin Jao, right? but I always see in manga and rarely in anime. In manga, Luffy only seems to emit a little bit of lightning when it hits Chin Jao's head. but before 2 years when in One Piece Strong World, Luffy really clearly issued a Gomu2 technique that used lightning by inserting his feet in Gear 3rd Condition into Lightning Cloud and naming him Gomu2 no Giant Thor Ax when fighting Gold Shiki. namely, it was Luffy's strongest technique before 2 years of not knowing Haki that caused damage to 1 island. Maybe Nightmare Luffy is also one of the forerunners of Luffy's Devil Fruit ability which will lead to his Gear 5th, to be precise, his Foreshadowing. in my opinion, if Luffy can emit Lightning, it still makes sense, then Luffy is completely immune to Lightning, which makes Enel's eyes widen in disbelief. but want fire or lightning like you said if it's just rubber, there's no way Luffy can do it all. Obviously there is a Secret, which is for sure. The main point is Shanks. there's no way someone as great as Shanks snatched it from the Who's Who and guarded it for some unknown purpose. than Luffy's strength. Right now I'm more suspicious of Shanks' actions, now it's clear that he is the person who keeps the most mysteries, one of which is keeping the Hito2 Sun God Nika Fruit for purposes that are still unclear.🤔

[@stagtone1789]

@@roundcat1992 I haven't really watched haven't really watched strong world yet. I am in the middle of going through the movies now. But I have to agree there is definitely something going on with Shanks bt only time will tell what that is.

[@Gybey3270]

The biggest problem of the Arc was the Oden Backstory being too vague. When the Backstory ended the whole of Onigashima should have been focused on a continuation and clearing up of that flashback. Atleast Moria and Doflamingo should have been mentioned multiple times after the raid started.

[@johnlindsay7301]

The two biggest detractors of the arc were the fake deaths, especially Kanjiro, and the length of the fight with Kiado. It went on for a really long time. Too long in my eyes(Oda also made this misstep with Doflamingo in Dressrosa and after the Wedding with the Wedding Cake in Big Mom’s arc). Other than those flaws I fully enjoyed Wano. Not only did it have some fantastic highlights, but it’s overall flavour was excellent. I found myself smiling for each and every episode (where it was appropriate, this is One Piece after all). No Wano wasn’t perfect, but it was really good. Really really good.

[@UsualMotives]

You already had my like for the great video but pulling out the kitten has earned my sub

[@billysneezes]

Do we know if you can eat multiple smoke fruits? It stands to reason the people in wano would have eaten more than one “Apple” in hunger.

[@venmissa]

At this point in time, it’s very interesting hearing what you said about Joyboy and Nika considering what we know now thanks to the most recent chapters.

[@jefffrederick258]

I feel that the current arc wouldn't be as good or make as much sense without wrapping up Wano. It just makes a lot more sense to me as a reader.

[@TheYambino]

Out of any character in One Piece, I actually thought the most fitting character who would suffer amnesia would be Big Mom. She is the definition of a mental wreck, and I thought it played into that really well.

[@DazedCutty]

Great breakdown of Wano. I agreed with all your takes. I personally enjoyed Wano. I think another reason why people had such a poor opinion for Wano is because we were isolated for so long. The world is one of the greatest aspects of One Piece. Every time we left Wano while we were in Wano it was hyped. Anyways great video!

[@LeeDeeThe1]

But at the same time, isolating the Straw hats for a while gave Oda the possibilitie to do some other very interersting things with the story of the world as a whole-

[@mylespando5192]

Kaido: Only Haki can conquer all not devil fruit tricks Also Kaido’s final move “Flaming Dragon Torch”

[@Oscar-qt9ud]

Let's face it, One Piece arcs are never truly center on one person alone. Like are we not gonna forget that during Sanji's introduction arc we spent most of the time having Zoro character development. Or Brook's introduction arc also centering around Zoro. Or During Robin's arc we got introduced to Franky

[@TOL42]

hey man great vid really love it, although maybe don't have a spoiler as the thumbnail. for anime only people...