The Underrated Genius Of Cross Guild's Writing

[@MrMorj]

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[@Coolgamer..]

Cross Guild is pretty good group for One Piece in my opinion. I like Buggy stepping up as a good character, Mihawk and Crocodile being involved in the story is a nice touch.

[@aimanimran3010]

raid will fail?

[@damondo]

What happens when you spend money on Surfshark because you trust this channel, excitedly access anime content released in Japan, then realize everything is only in Japanese? They usually don't provide translated content in Japan because .... everyone is Japanese, it's not intended for an international audience. misleading promotion

[@thedankgnasty1890]

Every Yonko has wealth, fame, and power. Those three ideals are PERFECTLY divided between Crocodile, Buggy, and Mihawk. Crocodile has the connections and income, Buggy has the men and resources, and Mihawk has the straight strength and raw power. Together, they form one cohesive "Yonko", each bringing the necessary components the other lacks. It's so fresh and unique, not to mention they hunt Marines down too? Awesome!

[@C1K450]

Hopefully Crocodile develops his haki when he reaches laugh tale to fight the other Yonko crews. After all, crocodile in this setting should be trained with the power as a Yonko commander.

[@thedankgnasty1890]

@@C1K450 Honestly, he should be beyond 95% of any Yonko Commanders. He SHOULD be like Kid and Law, where he's extremely powerful and could relatively hold his own against most top tiers, but he isn't QUITE at that top tier level himself.

[@Reallyjoyboyfr]

He’s been training with mihawk

[@Dreamfillah]

I waited for Crocodile's return for 12 years after the timeskip, every arc. Now, I couldn't be happier Oda left the sandman's no doubt finest hour for last. For example, can you imagine If Crocodile starting to really believe in the ultimate dream reawakens the Haki/Ambition he once had?

[@Stilllife1999]

This but Enel

[@miratunatar]

We also need that backstory.

[@Dreamfillah]

@@miratunatar I feel Crocodile is the best antagonist the series ever had was because the charisma + sheer scope of his plans but also, that his callousness wasn't diluted by a wordy crybaby backstory like Doflamingo's. I'd prefer to keep it short and sweet like Kaido's (although he really needed a longer one).

[@PaszerDye]

@@Dreamfillah Crocodile has charisma as a villain but not to gather a dependable crew around him like Luffy or Buggy. He may have had it with his earlier crew, but after Whitebeard knocked him out of the running, he clearly doesn't have that in-world charisma anymore and has become a schemer. Doflamingo had Law & Roscinante's backstories wrapped up in his as well, to it was bound to be a buffet of exposition. Unlike him, there is next to no backstory on Crocodile. He did have beef with Whitebeard, but he's dead now. And there is that foreshadow of a past with Ivankov, so there's that to look forward to. So as the final saga goes on, we'll see--as whacky as that out-there theory is--if he eventually turns out to be Luffy's mom haha

[@craylik5589]

​@@PaszerDye CROCOMOM FTW AHAHAHA

[@ziwi01]

I loved the Buggy moment. Besides everything you said in the video, there’s also the significance it has regarding Shanks and Roger. Buggy was an equal to Shanks at some point, and it never made that much sense why besides the ‘falling to the top’ comedy. Now we know that Buggy has the key element to be a great pirate: ambition and leadership. Same as the other three Yonkos.

[@ReiseLukas]

I feel like Oda was setting up Buggy to be a contender for the One Piece from the beginning, or at least since his introduction at Orange Town. That small East Blue arc has been recontextualized because of 1082. Shanks didn't go after the One Piece because he was waiting for the one Roger is waiting for. Luffy the one Roger waited for was the one to drag Buggy back to the Grand Line and set Buggy on this Falling Upward Trend. If not for Luffy Buggy would still be a nobody on the East Blue. Buggy is very important for the end of the story. How exactly is the big question

[@xiuxiu1108]

I really hope it's gonna be for something really goofy, while at the same time satisfying. I'm also predicting that Buggy and Shanks would reconcile and somehow that would lead to them ushering the way for Luffy to become the pirate king and fulfilling Roger's will.

[@elcalabozodelandroide2]

Meh. Thats taking it too far , shishibukai weren't not even a thing from the beginning.

[@kevbeenballin9]

​@@elcalabozodelandroide2 mihawk was the first warlord to appear in easy blue. The warlords were in the beginning and are important

[@LuxFuxx]

Buggy's nose is actually the doorknob to open the vault of the One Piece.

[@ReiseLukas]

@@elcalabozodelandroide2 Buggy wasn't always a Warlord. He could've wanted Buggy to be an emperor before coming up with the Warlords

[@joe7201]

It’s funny how all the warlords have animal names 1. Mihawk (hawk) 2. Crocodile 3. Doflomingo 4. Boa Hankcock (boa snake) 5. Gecko Moria 6. Weevil (type of insect) 7. Kuma (looks like a bear)

[@joe7201]

kuma means bear in japanese

[@MWhaleK]

Kuma is Japanese for bear.

[@xiuxiu1108]

Buggy also fits

[@ichigomta2728]

buggy, a bug

[@Ray_D_Tutto]

A circus needs animals.

[@brunomaples]

I feel like cross guild is going to start absorbing more old villains lol

[@philiphockenbury6563]

I would laugh so hard if it’s basically a boss rush of almost every villain Luffy has defeated. Throw in the old east blue enemies too. I would laugh so hard if they all gang up on Luffy yelling at him for ruining their lives and he doesn’t even remember them.

[@muhammadasmar7846]

Imagine if someone from Cross Guild is in contact with Enel and tried to bring him in. I don't see it happening but it would be cool.

[@marveldcmemes5185]

Imagine dudes like arlong or don krieg make their appereance once more as cross guild

[@taigaseji]

All I need is a captain kuro return

[@xlro8f853]

Crocodile: “Don’t do that, don’t give me hope ..!””

[@crocodilewani5467]

Excuse me, no one would've minded it if Crocodile didn't return to the story in a grand fashion?? You're dead wrong, sir. Crocodile has easily been my most anticipated character to return in the series!

[@BomberTM]

To be fair, that's because Oda planted that seed. We got a scene after Marineford of Croc asking Daz Bonez (Mr 1) "I think it's time I go back to the New World. Wanna come with?" Without that scene, I wouldn't have expected Croc's return. Or at the very least, I wouldn't have been AS excited for it, because I wouldn't be sure if it would happen or not.

[@vegeta9501]

Fr theres alotta us croc fans

[@vegeta9501]

​@@BomberTM same

[@okashira073]

for YOU he has been, for the vast majority of the audience he hasnt, im more than happy that he plays a major role and he more than deserves it its just that most of one piece fans are excited to see only their favorites in action ready to overwank on even the tiniest bit they and try to downplay the ones that oppose their agenda but their grasp on the story has negative numbers... morj is right about it but i dont think he agrees and neither do we, crocodile is one of the most hyped up characters recently and we re in the end game, thats greatness for croco fans

[@okashira073]

@@BomberTM just a small scene to establish a future role, if things could be that fast in one piece i wouldnt have to purchase life years

[@TuskyBaby]

Man, its really so wild how much better the story got after leaving Wano. I really started to think One Piece would have a disappointing ending, but Egghead has been insane. Cross Guild alone has given us better character moments, pay-offs, setups, and comedy than 90% of Wano. What a time to be fan!

[@mostacho8251]

disagree. Egghead has been hilarius but cant compite against queen, zoro, robin, Nika, kinemon, oden, momo, etc. And this 3 last ones had tremendous characters moments that (besides buggy) cant compare with on egghead. Its just different structures. (Thats what morj barely talk about. The difference of spaces/functions that make imposible to compare both arcs. But fine, i was just defeding wano comedy

[@monke8949]

agreed. Wano was hot garbage. it was the first arc in the series that made me take a break from One Piece. and i say this as someone who had the series at a 10/10 right from Romance Dawn, till the end of Wano Act II.

[@germanleal]

I think the problem is just Act 3 / Onigashima... the first two acts of Wano are great but Oda really losed the ball in the third. I too was worried about the future of the series but i'm extremely excited with everything that happened since Egghead began

[@BlaxxShadow]

Agreed. Wano overall was a huge letdown. The Tobi Roppo were a joke. Hiyori had all that build up to have someone else kill Orochi, Oda once again taking agency from a key female character he set up. Kaido's backstory was basic bread compared to the multi chapter long Oden flashback for a dead character XD. I could go on. lol

[@twotwon4201]

lol it’s funny how only morj watchers think wano was a letdown or a bad arc 😂 wonder why

[@bigm6180]

Dripodile is my favorite villain in the series and I’m so excited to see he’s gonna be a player in the final saga

[@okashira073]

dripodile??? HAHAAHAHAH take my like

[@RadioKnive]

I wonder if Oda is going to find a way to bring in Doffy or Enel into all this madness

[@vojtechtesar7114]

Doffy yes, Enel no

[@wwe12153]

Doffy isn’t the type of person to work under someone, Also his goals is far different from them

[@miratunatar]

@@vojtechtesar7114 Why not enel?

[@RaffyDGoat]

I hope so especially Enel. I've been looking forward to his return for years.

[@himanshugirigoswami4573]

Enel for sure is coming back. He's too much of a powerhouse not to comeback. Doffy, probably not though. He's in jail.

[@sephikong8323]

I really want Moria to survive Hachinosu and join Cross Guild Not only would it make the most sense for him (especially since Perona has connexions to Mihawk), but he also would fit in perfectly with the theme as a man who had abandonned his own dream long ago but could he reignited, but it also just ....... would be plain fun to see him interact with Buggy, Crocodile and Mihawk God, I just wish we got a whole spin off around Cross Guild, I love it so much

[@snakejazz]

Cross Guild is way better than the Super Novas for the story, absolutely agree.

[@ajdoku865]

No one can deny the brilliance of Cross Guild, but collectively, the Supernova went beyond their intended purpose, Oda always said as much. He made them up last minute and thought he'd off screen half of them during the TS. Instead, they helped carry the longest, most meticulously stretch of the story (Punk Hazard - Wano). They just get a bad rep because fans put too much stock in Luffy's alternates. The only one I can't defend is Kid but now we know why Kid was relevant and for me it was worth the wait 😂

[@snakejazz]

@@ajdoku865 agreed! Tbf I think the Super Novas really helped keep the story interesting post time-skip. Law becoming one of the most popular OP characters and giving us a ton more DF and Celestial Dragon lore, Drake giving us insight into SWORD, Kid... just there to get murked and show Shank's strength and also help take out Big Mom, and I'm glad Bonney is part of the strawhats ongoing arc to dive deeper into adjacent stories of the Revolutionary Army via Kuma. Now it's time for some added tension and comedy via the Cross Guild, which actually plays into the bounty system Oda gave us so early on but never really gave us bounty hunters. Somehow Cross Guild perfectly took over the energy that the Super Novas added to the story and it feels really seamless and fun so far.

[@ajdoku865]

@@snakejazz Ok, I follow you now, and couldn't agree more 👍 P.S. to add to your list, I've gotta shout-out Capone. He helped carry Zou-WCI in the same way Law did for PH-Dressrosa. And, without being the emotional centre of WCI, he was still as good an addition to that arc as Law was to Dressrosa. Wild statement but look at how he solidified the blood ties family theme, was the brains behind the tea party shenanigans and provided a significant assist for the SHs 'taking down' the arc villian. I mean, law didn't even want the Yonko smoke but my boy Capone was really about that life!! His mafioso vibe truly epitomised the new 'standard' of pirating we were finally confronting for the first time.

[@snakejazz]

@@ajdoku865 dude totally. Capone Bege was such a strange character trope to add to the story (really Oda, we're adding MAFIA characters into OP now? Eyeroll emoji lol) but I have to say a "mob leader" type character right away gave us this whole badass dude we could only speculate about at the time but by the time Oda fleshed him out he really leaned into the whole "family" aspect of the trope in a way that really made me love him as a character, rather than leaning into the typical "gangster" role these types of characters are known for. I thought that was such a cool way to flip our initial assumptions of who Bege would end up being in the story. I am very curious how else he's going to affect the story in the future.

[@okashira073]

@@ajdoku865 kidd is oda's fault... still there's no similar character to kidd he's essentially an evil luffy with bad luck simply bcz he isnt the MC! kidd will forever be known as 1/2 components who took down a yonko!!! and whats better is that he still can have a future whatever that may be so lets not judge too quick... from the toughest lose the biggest success can rise

[@himanshugirigoswami4573]

Buggy could've been really strong. If Shanks hadn't said anything about not going after the One Piece, but instead challenged him to a race. Maybe, Buggy would've wanted to become stronger and he knew Rayleigh and many other people who would've been more than happy to teach him.

[@reikolupus136]

And it's also perfectly understandable why Buggy ended at the bottom like that. Imagine this, you are a kid, and your father (Their Captain), dies, leaving as his will for everyone to follow his example and go to the seas to fulfill their dreams. In that situation, of course you would want to do that more than anything in the world, you want to go to the sea, make the man that raised you proud. And even above that, you want to do it with your brother, the one that resembles dad the most, the annoying guy with you love and always fight with, and respect as much as your dad. And then, he says he doesn't want to do it. That he'll go to the seas but won't follow his ambition, will only be one pirate more sailing around. And after that, with your heart broken and angry at him, you shout at him and run away. Not seeing him again for 20 years. ...I feel bad for this clown. I completely understand how he ended like he did. With just a few different words from Shanks at that point, Buggy could have moved from being a Joke to being a King.

[@SMILE-do9dw]

Morj is right: the biggest thing about Cross Guild is that the organization itself is the yonkou, rather than the 3 guys running it.

[@MisterPrince01]

Yeah Cross Guild was such a great idea by Oda. The combination of characters alone makes me excited every time they appear. It's perfect.

[@blankspace4358]

I think that Buggy having the power of charisma is such a brilliant way to show how someone can become a King. Oda is goated.

[@danieleliyahu3014]

Cross guild is the best thing to explain the vision of Oda. Ambition, vision, comedy, strength and world building all together. Usually Oda bring back characters with no good enough explanation but this time they get back to the story line really good. When the shichibukai system dissolved I had never thought they will team up and never thought they will be the #1 threat for the marine(RA are threat for the WG). So interesting to see where Oda will take their story, I like the unknown, whether it will be PK or die by the marines.

[@SirCottiny]

I love how you love Buggy and appreciate the depth of his character, many still treat him like a ridiculous meme even after last chapter

[@charondesousa8868]

I don't get how people haven't realised yet that Buggy is one of the best written characters in the story alongside people like Sanji, Doflamingo, Luffy, Blackbeard, Crocodile, Ivankov etc etc. I'm so happy you give Buggy his recognition as a GOAT character 🙌🏿

[@Giffandaman]

It’s interesting how both Luffy and Buggy both have warlords in there crew.

[@fr0ntend]

I loved that Oda gave buggy a power greater than what any devil fruit ever could give him- the power to inspire people. Cross guild is a genius concept and god damn Oda delivered

[@nictrick5268]

See now personally I'm waiting for Enel to make a comeback in the story somewhere. Remember at the end of the Skypeia arc, sure he was defeated, but he managed to survive with the Ark Maxim and fly off into the distance. I think Oda sorta hinted at Enel trying to go to the moon but I'm not totally sure but no matter what happens it'd be really cool to see him again. Skypeia is an underrated arc and i think that's because a lot of characters do feel sort of irrelevant since there's not much connection between the Skypeians and the people on the ground, but if we could have Enel make some kind of return i feel like it would make people appreciate Skypeia more. I personally loved Skypeia, it was awesome

[@kelvinevans3197]

The parallel better Buggy and Luffy at impel down was golden bro. You were cooking on this one.

[@bennybeck]

Hit the nail on the head, Crossguild was such an unexpected development but one I value so deeply

[@statisticserinokripperino]

I legit just had a "Eureka!" moment the time you mentioned that the greatest strength in this world comes from uniting people under youself. Buggy in a sense is indeed stronger than Mihawk. And Crocodile at that.

[@reikolupus136]

This is Oda at his finest. Damn, if you think about this, with how he has been setting up things since we entered the New World, he now has a perfect excuse to make Buggy truly strong. We have been being told time and time agian that what truly matters is the Haki, your "Willpower" and "Ambition". More than anything, more than strength, more than Devil Fruits, more than resources, more than anything else in this world, what truly matters, what truly will let you reach teh top, is your Haki, your Willpower and Ambition. And Buggy, in this last chapter, has shown a feat of Willpower that doesn't really lose against the greatests of characters like Luffy. He stood up against frigging Crocodile and Mihawk, completely beaten up, knowing very well he's weaker than them, and gave them a master class of what it MEANS to be a Pirate, and claiming to the whole world that he'll become the Pirate King, not mattering if he'll get killed for doing it. And as we have been told by Rayleigh, people train their Haki the most by pushing themselves to the limit and making their way past it through sheer willpower. Right now, Buggy's Haki must be through the roof.

[@hotpotpotato132]

Luffey + Shanks + Blackbeard is the Super Smash Bros Ultimate, while Cross Guild is the Smash Bro DLC we want.

[@HelloHowsItGoin09]

Best thing about this is it can bring a reason for Zoro to fight Mihawk, who in this crew is Zoros direct competition seeing as Buggy is the face (Captain) and Mihawk is stronger than Crocodile = Mihawk is First Mate (strongest crew member excluding a captain)

[@OldManBears]

Ummm, I would have complained if Sir Crocodile was never relevant again. I'm not totally sure why (awesome design doesn't hurt), but I just love him. AND teamed up with Mihawk... sooo cool, especially if Croc pulls a Plant Admiral and finds a way to deal with his weakness.

[@englishmidterm4176]

That Sanji /Crocodile fight would go hard. A little glass action maybe - maybe Crocodile awakens.... On a side note, I think we're about to see multiple Logia awakenings all at once- Aokiji, Kizaru, maybe even a little Smoker.

[@griffan9913]

I would love a James Bond styled fight between Crocodile and Sanji, considering Sanji has some James Bond type style and Crocodile is definitely a bond type villain. Getting to see a potential clash between them and the return of Mr. Prince would be amazing

[@okashira073]

@@griffan9913 crocodile reminds of of changretta from peaky blinders! check him out if you havent!!!

[@thehevandragon]

Oh good God that’s right….the admirals haven’t even awakened yet have they…….

[@mani-ud8cu]

you just made me realize the battle for the op could be a big team ffa on one battlefield. that way nobody is locked into individual matchups for the one piece and it’s a battle of backstabbing teamwork and twists! imagine every person on each team having different objectives that way everybody gets mixed up. we could see 2v1s turn into 2v2s turn into 2v1v1 the amount combinations of characters that opens up is endless. Honestly a lot like how stampede started but oda would expand the fights a lot more. we would be able to get fights like yasopp v usopp and zoro v mihawk maybe even sanji v kizaru( if it’s not just the emperors in the race)at the same time happening in different places on the battlefield. this seems like the most oda thing to do imo and i’m suprised i don’t hear it anywhere else

[@arrownibent5980]

One very important element of Cross Guild sucess is that we have only been given small glimpses of Crocodile and Mihawk, they are fan favorites but they seem to serve no specific purpose, then from one chapter to another they are given a new role to play and not a small one. Somehow this serves as character growth for the three big players

[@DarkinBladeGaming]

Crocodile was the Big bad for an entire saga. How is that only a small glimpse or having no specific purpose

[@arrownibent5980]

@@DarkinBladeGaming I was considering his use post time skip. Only Lucci and him have been implied to set up a come back after their respective arcs but comparatively Lucci was shown more

[@splev8111]

Having Croc and Mihawk both having screen time is laughable compared to the screen time those 2 had. We see Mihawk like in 10-15 chapters so far and he was introduced since 49. Croc had more time on his fight with Luffy alone lol

[@thelenbax8497]

That chapter cemented Buggy as my favorite character in the series

[@DDKoD]

I remember in an interview a while back Oda pretty much said the reason why One Piece is so long in the first place is because of the Warlords so Cross Guild being a thing just brings that point home and makes alot of sense in the grand scheme of things

[@Yojack872]

Cross guild is an amazing addition to the story

[@NorthernNights-o3k]

Buggy is great precisely because he's weak, what better place to speak from other than someone else who wants the same as you and understands why you can't have it. Luffy draws other people in because he can do what others can't. Buggy draws people in because he can only do what everyone else can.

[@destructor6578]

I guarantee buggy is gonna awaken conquers haki

[@jacopovilla2028]

Predict: Buggy wants his revenge on Shanks and challenge him, somehow buggy and cross guild defeat the red haired pirates. Meanwhile luffy beats blackbeard. Luffy finds out buggy defeated shanks and they fight, we have zoro vs mihawk, mr prince vs crocodile and luffy Vs buggy 2.0.

[@talonfusco9564]

doubt that

[@ohhimarx1471]

I feel like buggy is going to become a god of some kind, whether it be by awakening his devil fruit, stealing the one piece last second, or finding an ancient weapon. It really seems like buggy will become the final boss of one piece, and Hawkeye will become Zoro’s final battle along with him.

[@jbdontleavemedry]

Good point, but also bro said Wano could have been tighter and shorter and had the same payoff but simultaneously was pushing the Raid must fail narrative the whole arc. You wanted it shorter or longer lmao?

[@monkeydspider8203]

Everything was good but Mihawk clearly declined Yonko offer and was hunting marines . His ambition was like Zoro to reach the pinacle of swordsmanship .

[@splev8111]

You can understand the meaning behind their words. Trying to twist what Oda has said about Mihawk and make him someone who has failed instead of suffering from success...

[@qgqsrg1]

@@splev8111 yh, in game terms: strongest: reaching top of pvp one piece: competitive pve/p exploratory race pinnacle of swordsmanship (or any fighting style): using pve and mostly pvp as mere tools to reach higher heights towards a possibly unending path. if anything mihawk's goal is the hardest as there is no end in sight and why his card says he is waiting for a swordsman that has surpassed shank.

[@mightyradish9672]

Imagine if buggy of all people awakens his haki to help avenge shanks

[@Pekara121]

I feel like a Davy back fight between cross guild and Strawhats at the end would be cool lol.

[@benabaxter]

You said that Cross Guild represents making the final war global---I'm surprised you didn't mention its marine bounties as accomplishing that as well.

[@lilriceheat]

anyone else notice that cross guild represents rock, paper, scissors? Crocodile is rock, buggy is paper, mihawk is scissors!

[@KittSpiken]

"I would argue that.... if I could finish my Wano video."

[@sincolateforever9454]

Yo can't wait for mr.Prince vs Crocodile

[@LouisAndPillz]

The amount of cap in that Crocodile statement would allow me to open up a lids store in my local mall.

[@Buraak97]

I think Cross Guild needs to grow and will grow since its a new Organization. There is the possibility of recruiting other former Warlords, Supernovas and other Impel Down level 6 inmates who were mentioned again in Dressrosa. There Beast Pirates who are stationed on other islands than wano and now also have nowhere to go.

[@K4inan]

Latest chapter just blew my mind. Shanks crew are God's knights?

[@matthijstenge8852]

I am calling it here, Cross Guild and the Rocks Pirates are going to parallel eachother

[@HollowKonpaku]

The background music is really cool!!!

[@ΓιωργοςΦραγκιαδακης-μ1ζ]

If Straw-Hats vs Cross Guild ever happens the match-up will be very interesting. Weevil and propably Moria(why not Doffy lol) should join. Mainly so Luffy can have a proper opponent(leaning towards Weevil, young Newgate power, similar bouncing powers). Then Mihawk and Zoro can fight but ot neceserally to the death. Mr prince finally vs Mr 0 , Emperor Buggy vs God Ussop :bluff fight, Chopper vs the Lion, Nami vs Alvida, Brook vs the cycle swordman or potential some more capable new recruits from Circus Pirates or even Impel down escapes.

[@OuroMorpheus]

I actually got chills when you talked about bringing everyone back for one bombastic sendoff. Also, you throw your hat in the ring, or have a horse in the race, not throw your hat in the race 😂

[@tuhingoku]

Mr morj's voice is so calming I use his videos to help me sleep

[@Monkeytheluffy56]

With crossguild, oda has created the wildest of his wild cards. He will definitely use it to twist and turn the story around in a way we can't grasp yet. I can't control my excitement now, I am restlessly waiting for chapters every week and the breaks are not helping at all. But breaks are important for oda sensei to keep a check on his health. I just can't wait to see the full picture of oda sensei's brain child.

[@Deez-Master]

Waiting to see koby lmao he’s another character we always kept up with

[@maxmustermann5682]

I also like the Idea that some of the supernova pirates join cross guild. Like are we going to see Bedge, Hawkins, Kid etc. again? Don't characters like these actually fit into the "Gang with no leader?"

[@Ray_D_Tutto]

Hawkins fits in the Circus motif as a fortune teller also he always bets on the winning horse. Fate shines on Buggy.

[@Fahadm7md]

What a nice video!

[@jimmyvasquez5298]

That thumbnail is sick

[@anettep6678]

I agree with everything you've said. But most importantly: Cross Guild is funny as hell, and by now I'm willing to bet serious money on Pirate King Buggy.

[@BidwellRunner]

I think Cross Guild will finish in 2nd place, Buggy will find the 2nd most important treasure (Captain John's treasure), Mihawk will be the second strongest swordsman, and Crocodile will create a utopia free of the world government, only for Luffy to subsequently free the whole world from the world government and make his accomplishment redundant.

[@cwinchcarwash2629]

BUGGY IS LITERALLY THE BEST

[@twic3682]

Love buggy coming at 2 well know great pirates that how great are you really if your goals aren’t aiming for the #1 spot

[@LoveJattt]

3:37 I WOULD HAVE COMPLAINED 😂😂

[@larryohh6974]

this guy is just a genius at making a point sound reasonable!

[@Smarod]

Honestly, buggy declaring he's gonna claim the one piece in tears on the ground is very similar to zoro saying he will become the world's strongest swordsman

[@Axelblaze1022]

I think Kuro and Axe hand Morgan could join Cross guild and I'll explain why. Adding Axe hand Morgan would be a good opportunity to add a layer to Helpeppo's character and really show readers how much he has developed mentally and physically over the last 2 years. My reason for Kuro might sound far fetched but hear me out. I think Kuro might be a descendant of child of a mink and a human. In Syrup village he said that the moon makes him act strangely and Carrot said the same thing happens to them when there is a full moon. I hope this comes into play as we already were shocked with Bepo form, imagine Kuro's one😱

[@randomstanduser8720]

We’ll meet buggy at laugtale

[@Zanderb20]

Crocodile is just the best villain of one piece. I really hope he actually turns out to be luffys mom.

[@fightingmedialounge519]

5:54 not quite(unless you're very particular about the term major player).

[@MegaFroggieman]

I can't wait for buggy to be pirate king the true main character

[@embodiementofsoup3567]

I believe that all the group needs is enel to join with knowledge he gained from the moon

[@IskandarTheWack]

Nothing says mihawk is stronger than crocodile besides weirdos online who use him fighting shanks 30 years ago as evidence. He’s canonically only stalemated vista while crocodile id say at least scales to lucci

[@thedankgnasty1890]

Laying into Wano for absolutely no reason, otherwise great video! Cross Guild is GENIUS. I'm genuinely interested in all of the characters, factions, and especially plot points that Oda presents in the New World, especially those of the Cross Guild, Kid, and Law.

[@rohankishibe8259]

Perfect, I really think Oda now should focus on bringing his world he built together, I really want all the lost misfits pirates to join the cross guild and re ignite their dreams of reaching the one piece, imsure they won't achieve it, but this a story about fighting for one's will and dreams!!! The dreams of people never die God damn it!!!! That's why I align with black beard on so many occasions!! He's a pirate, he done bad things, and? Kid did worse in my opinion yet he's loved, Teach is fighting for his dreams, in a different way to luffys, and that's alright!! In a story of course, no one wants a villain who's evil for the sake of being evil!! I mean, look at kaguya.... I really wanna see Dofy, Enel, Beji, some of the big mom pirates whom sacrificed their dreams because of their mom, join the cross guild or some faction of the big players, I want to see Boa fighting, yes even if it's for the cross guild or strawhats interests, I want to see Urouge fighting, I want to see Bonny, and many more!!

[@harlock1550]

So, I fundamentally disagree that Luffy, Shanks, and Teach were the only logical conclusion to the final saga. Here is my theory. Teach kills Shanks for the One Piece and becomes the next Pirate King. Then Luffy beats Teach and feels he's fulfilled his dream of being Pirate King, but Buggy gets all the credit and is labeled the new King of the Pirates. Oda pretty much painted a perfect parallel between all 4. Each of them have a relationship with each other, and if divided down the middle, it shows how they're opposite. Luffy vs Teach White vs Black Dawn vs Darkness Friends vs criminals Buggy vs Shanks Blue vs Red Failure vs success Weak captain carried by a strong crew vs strong captain who protects weak crews. I think it all fit as a perfect balance where all four were set up from the start.

[@cecirapalini]

Another great video by Morj

[@EE12345]

Tbh I would've preferred if Cross Guild's main conflict was against the marine Admirals, instead of the other Yonko. They're nowhere near as relevant to the plot as the other 3 Yonko crews, so it seems like a forgone conclusion for them to be the first to lose if they're going after the One Piece. Maybe Oda subverts expectations and makes Buggy Pirate King for a little bit though, that would be cool. Either way, they need more strong fighters if they're actually gonna fight a Yonko crew, maybe the other warlords or even Kidd since his crew got destroyed?

[@Ray_D_Tutto]

Buggy should get ex warlords like Moria, Weevil and Law.

[@ybobymelon]

@@Ray_D_Tuttolaw is much more essential to the story than that, and we know it.

[@akieeeeee]

If Doflamingo, Weevil, and Moria will join Cross Guild, I can see them going toe-to-toe with the other Yonko crews. Possibly even Enel and Hancock so that they can stay relevant to the plot. Most of them does not work under someone but Cross Guild do not have a "boss". Buggy being their leader is just a guise in order for top dogs to operate freely under the shadow of Buggy.

[@dguytheguy4653]

This video was excellent Great detail in your explanation

[@jackroberts2704]

I'm curious what the Blackbeard Pirates reaction to Cross Guild will be. I don't think blackbeard has had any real interactions with Buggy, Crocodile, or Mihawk. Since he always has a plan, it would be cool to see them throw him off.

[@bananawaver]

Buggy being an actual contender for the One Piece is fucking amazing.

[@naranara1690]

Nice thumbnail, but we know Luffy's gonna need Gear 6 before he can touch Buggy

[@ff7legend]

Shanks will slowly walk up to Buggy, honk his nose - and only then will the one piece appear

[@manuelmarce2544]

I am thinking that Buggy and Luffy will fight in the future, and it will really be a proper fight. Crazy powers vs another crazy power, the powers of gum and imagination vs powers of total randomness, I think this would be the battle of the two in the future and the government will be really alarmed.

[@matthismoine400]

I don’t think that Shanks vs. Teach is required. There is a serious possibility that Luffy vs. Teach will happen for the fourth Poneglyph and that Luffy will reach Laugh Tale and meet there both the RH Pirates and Cross Guild (Shanks and Buggy promised Roger they would land on Laugh Tale) where they will fight over the One Piece. I think that Shanks will recruit the man with red marks to read Poneglyphs while Cross Guild will take over defeated BB Pirates Poneglyphs/Pudding. I don’t see why Oda would make the SH Pirates fight RH/Mihawk before BB/Shiryu at all.

[@azuresaiyan9005]

Shanks has spent half his screen time thinking about Blackbeard. Their meet up and fight is just as set in stone as Luffy meeting Shanks or Luffy facing Teach.

[@MrGeo-EmitFodrol]

I wouldn't even mention Daz Bonez lol

[@drigon1630]

I think they will do devy back competition in the end of the series which is going to be fun and it is where zoro will face mihwak. I think buggy knows about one piece and all those stories in ponegriff because he was on rozer crew and had some sort of missions that rozer gave him and actually have a great fighting abilities that he kept secrets. If he didn't had those Misson or knew about the information in ponegriff then why he would choose to become a very low reputed pirate or didn't go to find out more treasure. He could have done that in all of those years because he might knew a lot of things when he was in Roger crew.

[@ImchautzuCHAUTZU]

1057 was it? One of my favorite chapters if not my favorite in One's Piece, let alone all of Manga gotta be the Cross Guild Reveal cause I always knew it was going to be big. Bro left on a 1 month Hiatus off Buggy Yonko Status with people thinking it was a troll

[@YardiChef]

Probably shanks is the love one that luffy's see that he might lose and is the reason he'll unlock ultimate Conquerors Haki as you mentioned before.

[@Panch0_Villa]

I always loved buggy lol

[@adilrahman1142]

I can't imagine Blackbeard beating Shanks. His whole thing is about nullifying and beating Devil Fruits and Shanks hasn't got one, a true master of Haki, to me it's like a rock, paper, scissors with Blackbeard, Shanks and Luffy, all have advantages over each other

[@thehevandragon]

True but he can do more than nullify, plus he’s got two of the deadliest fruits in the series. I have doubts about Blackbeard winning too, but it’s not totally out of the question.

[@samfisher6606]

Which color spread is that at 7:55?

[@irza-9]

Law, Moria maybe will join cross guild

[@coconutx887]

Luffy will not be the run running the administrative world when the world government gets overthrown. Thus the cross guild and its somewhat delineated “justice” will fill that role

[@RonquixoteDIII]

Just started the video Interesting you have Sanji vs Crocodile because of all the blackbeard commanders none of them make sense for Robin so if it’s a free for all and not all the strawhats opponents have to be Blackbeard commanders, I think Crocodile would be a great match for Robin and she’d have to Get some CoA to hit him so we could get some haki bloom cool shit

[@yokai1249]

IDK how I'm this early but I'm glad

[@userusernomi]

Ever since Cross Guild's introduction I was 100% sure that they would be tied to the final conflict in One Piece. And that's because of Mihawk and Zoro. Zoro absolutely needs to fight Mihawk at some point but the way things are going, he either fights him in the final conflict or he fights him in an epilogue (which would be lame). So from that I always knew that the Cross Guild would be involved in the final war for a reason that would make Zoro need to clash with them, which fits perfectly with them now being another contender for the One Piece.

[@Breadstick174]

Buggy is gonna be pirate king