The Wonderful Worldbuilding of One Piece (Paradise Edition)

[@dorothygale9648]

There's also the fact that Oda managed to get us to cry for a f***ing boat.

[@WillieG-jh6jz]

And how oda manage to be crying while drawing that scene.

[@saltyjakepauler6551]

no, YOU cried at the boat

[@notsm]

Think about it. The Titanic sinking makes people cry, hundreds of people died during that. Going Mary was *empty* when it sank.

[@Nitram4392]

@@notsm It wasn't empty. I was filled with memories! 😭😭😭

[@alcerdemon9768]

@@notsm Goin Merry wasn’t empty, her spirit was full of memories and love ❤️

[@JayChampagne]

The most terrifying thing about the Navy is their ability to throw genuinely good dudes like Smoker against the protagonists, thus depriving them of the "rage against injustice" power-up that shounen heroes tend to rely on for important fights.

[@TheRedAzuki]

The Marine itself isn't bad (Oda tried to make that point many times ) but the people controlling them are. That's why Garp never became admiral rank, because he refuses to be their lapdog and abuse "chain of command"

[@dominicmallano5633]

Luffy only fought against smoker in louguetown and very briefly in Alabasta and punk hazard. In those 2 arcs smoker helps the straw hats.

[@owloko1349]

HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA

[@PhilinSaniachen]

@@dominicmallano5633 don’t forget Marineford

[@RonaKurona]

The marine is usually in the right, even if the world government is rotten In OP world, it's extremely rare to meet a pirate group like the Straw Hats, most of them are Don Kriegs who kill and rob without a second thought, the Navy is leagues above these guys, which is perfect when they clash against the usually good Straw Hats who are supposed to be the villains, it's a very grey approach to world building

[@nitroplayz2254]

I am convinced Oda thinks up random things and jus goes “yeah I can make this a plot point in 6 years” and then he does it the absolute mad lad

[@latunen5241]

Actually, he's thinks up random things, and is like " yeah I'll make this a plot in the next arc" this is sometimes a fact, not a joke

[@batriam5921]

@@latunen5241 Next arc? Didn't he come up with the whole worst generation basically between chapters?

[@latunen5241]

@@batriam5921 actually might be true

[@Maiykll]

@@batriam5921 It's true. He confirmed it

[@Jon_Fury]

Yeah the worst generation was made up at the last second except Eustass captain Kidd I think

[@megarobot4456]

The One Piece is just a hat and mug that say “#1 pirate” that’s why Roger just gave up and turned himself in

[@doctorecho3007]

Nobody tell him about the basement.

[@avelxbl2097]

That’s 2 pieces

[@maxde2535]

Luffy when he finds the hat: 🤩🥳🥰 Then nami kick the shit out of him.

[@FrarmerFrank]

Ironicaly that One-piece seen of Robin reading Gol D Rogers words about taking what he found here to the end had Robin repeating the would then her eyes came big as she said "Could it be?" Um, the One-piece is the Rio Ponyglyphs plus all of Roger's rubbings(by deducing what Roger Said)

[@megarobot4456]

@@avelxbl2097 lol

[@seanv42]

Pre-time skip is fun adventures, post time skip is massive geopolitical clashes that threaten to reshape the world around the participants. Shit got real post time skip.

[@gabrielarthur9129]

The sad thing is that the production lacks in quality after the timeskip, and that's when you need to go to the Manga

[@issh0218]

Was Ennies Lobby and Paramount War not real enough for you😭

[@gabrielarthur9129]

@@issh0218 For me those where the best arcs, but dressrosa took soooo long, rn I'm at the whole cake arc, and I just gave up, I'll end the mangass I'm reading right now and go read one piece afterwards

[@Slaydur]

If you're looking for a point where it switched, prolly when luffy hit the celestial dragon

[@bossman4856]

@@gabrielarthur9129 I don't know what you mean by it drops in quality, it's been pretty good all the way through for me. Unless it takes a nosedive right as soon he has to take down the Beast Warlord.

[@ElvisHenriqueSC]

One Piece is so good it can impact you even in a moment when "nothing happened".

[@AL-xq6jt]

I sea watchu did there...

[@michaelmorales1602]

I literally think about that on the daily.

[@aaronm8143]

I have the “nothing happened” moment tattooed on my forearm in the manga style. I don’t regret it 😎 I get a lot of compliments from non one piece fans. Of course they ask the “meaning” of the tattoo expecting an emotional story lol. I did tell them it represents honor so they feel satisfied. Which is why I did get it, plus it’s my favorite moment in the series. Well one of, it’s hard to have a favorite moment. I really want gear 4 Luffy.

[@dontbe3greedy608]

That is the only scene in the entire 1000 episode anime that i liked. the rest are garbage

[@fisty539]

@@dontbe3greedy608 then watch something you like ya weirdo

[@DraegoMH]

"We as One Piece fans..." Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.

[@meghanhenderson6682]

It's a little concerning that he's already hit the time skip...like, dude's going to catch up real quick and be stuck in the waiting for next week limbo soon.

[@horaciosi]

I said it before and I'll say it again. One Piece is like a Krabby Patty: The only people who don't like One Piece have never seen it.

[@Troygdesign]

Victory

[@zues121510]

I got to the time skip in about 2 or 3 weeks I think? This was the anime and not the manga

[@bogustoast22none25]

zues121510 a full month

[@ThaliaVSD]

“Doflamingo runs a slave trade” HOO BOY REMEMBER WHEN SLAVERY WAS THE WORSE THING WE THOUGHT HE COULD DO?

[@Saltyoven]

Still technically slavery, but in a far FAR worse manner.

[@ThaliaVSD]

Saltyoven I mean, I’d say the creation, production and sales of SMILE, along with all the experimenting on children and other vulnerable populations without their knowledge is becoming more horrifying the longer it’s explored and his crimes are just piling up, meanwhile the slavery ring was literally dropped lol

[@spidavenom4]

@@ThaliaVSD you know during slavery a lot of the slaves and people who shared their background were also experimented on as science projects until post WW2. He’s not able to do those things without the money he’s making from enslavement. So that falls under his “slavery reign” as well

[@SeeE2ps]

@@spidavenom4 Long before WWII buddy. And in many dark circles, looking after

[@KhaosAdmiral]

@@ThaliaVSD plus not to mention the underhanded means he took to topple Riku Dold III, and then erase the memories of many of the citizens by having them turned into toys.

[@miriam5047]

I feel like it says a lot about One Piece that when a dude showed up with a talking polar bear in tow, I didn't even blink, just wrote him off as one of those goofy side characters Oda likes to throw in. And then like 300 episodes later it turned out that the polar bear came from an *entire island* of furries which was suuuuuuuuper plot relevant. Because of course it was.

[@lodell501]

underrated comment

[@aviralgupta393]

@@lodell501 someone tell me wtf is the OP talking about bcoz for the life of me, I can't figure it out. Edit: okay I think polar bear is Law's crew member and okay now I got the thing (it's Zou, isn't it) OP is talking about. Took me 1 min after starting to write this comment 😂

[@nerdking1019]

@@aviralgupta393 Bepo is a mink

[@tikikeram850]

In sabaody arc , there are "product list" other RACE, including Mink. I want to know more about that.

[@ziglaus]

The island was super relevant, you mean? The polar bear is still a irrelevant side character

[@RonaKurona]

I think you summarized it right, Oda's greatest skill isn't foreshadowing, but it's ability to come back to themes and ideas of previous arcs while avoiding plotholes. Even if Haki wasn't planned in episode 4/chapter 1, Oda left space for interpretation and later reintroduced it in a very cohesive way, same for Mantra. Oda simply never forgets, and he's smart enough to keep his story open enough that he can change it on the go, it's unusually rare for a shounen mangá to not throw around titles like "the strongest man in the world", because Oda knows that will only put a ceiling on the world you're building, so when it's time to actually see the closest man to being the pirate king, it really pays off

[@nedumnwanze4120]

I agree

[@XYZip1]

Having the Mihawk appear so early and making sure the world's greatest swordsman doesn't reveal his full greatness is a great example

[@madhououinkyoma]

You really explained it well. I’ve had issues articulating what he does so well but this are exactly my thoughts!

[@TheMrSpecialEd]

Haki in general kinda seems like its just a way to explain all non-devil fruit powers that characters have exhibited. Especially how Conqueror’s Haki has different effects on animals than it does people. Making it seem like Oda loved the idea of Luffy being so powerful that he could make scores of random marines faint, and realized he could retroactively explain Shanks scaring a sea king that way.

[@pathora44]

Well Oda did call someone "The Strongest Man in the World" and that was Edward "Whitebeard" Newgate the infamous captain of the Whitebeard Pirates. We just never saw him in his prime since he was 72 years old at his death during the Summit War and being sickly during that time with his earlier appearance showing him covered in IV lines and being cared for by a team of doctors/nurses. If Whitebeard was in his prime during the war he probably could have taken on the 3 Admirals at once and possibly could have won.

[@zekiel2533]

World building is the number one thing about the series. Without a doubt.

[@aleherrera797]

It’s that or character development but it definitely depends on the show cause shows like one piece and sao

[@mint8648]

what’s world building?

[@ddd09ish1]

I agree The worldbuildng is super rad

[@hemkantmhatre3005]

The world building is the primary reason for its success

[@fin8906]

Yeah that and the unique characters

[@IntoL1ght]

Ah, the sweet innocence of not knowing that the One Piece world's newspaper is actually controlled by Big Bird.

[@caitlinbrewer4843]

it will be BIG NEWS when he finds out

[@thatguyinthecorner4648]

Ohtori is located in One Piece??? (This is a terrible and very niche joke but a slightly less niche reference)

[@ethansou]

I never knew he was a zoan type. I just thought he was a mink. Morgan is dope.

[@iamdivan7368]

BIG NEWS Bird, if you excuse me

[@iamdivan7368]

@@ethansou I like how it is implied that he ate DF, looked at his hybrid form and went "DUDE, that is dope, who needs nose anyway"

[@Al3xtheMeh]

“Thriller Bark probably contributes the least to the series world building,” Oh boy are you gonna think differently in the near future!

[@lysander9957]

My exact thought

[@R0kushi]

Foxy has just left the chat

[@trevorgrover5619]

Yeah, how the fuck can he make that claim when the manga isn't even finished?

[@bogiewoods3037]

@@trevorgrover5619 he always thinks he's right

[@thedapperdolphin1590]

Can’t wait until he gets to Wano and it comes back up again.

[@visoth7791]

One Piece virgin: One Piece is too long One Piece chad: One Piece isn't long enough!

[@blarg2429]

It's not how long you are, it's how you use it. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@zhanghaotian9510]

One Piece fans: One Piece anime is a disaster

[@joiboya]

Haha yeah,seriously.. ain't long enough,dunno why but the world ain't seem large enough for me yet xD but I guess I am being too needy

[@Nicopear]

Honestly, i do feel like it’s not long enough.

[@night_hat4948]

Its always like that XD

[@jaker721]

HOW DID I MISS THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TIDES OF LONG RING LONG LAND AND THE AQUA LAGUNA THAT HITS WATER 7???

[@siddhant07wc6]

It all comes together

[@iamdivan7368]

I felt like my ICQ grew from 100 to 1000

[@iamdivan7368]

Also, weather in the beginning of grand line was so bad even in comparison to the rest of grand line, because at the beginning all seven magnetic fields from seven first islands overlap and try to make its own climactic zone

[@rytheyan9064]

I missed it because long ring long land was my 2nd least favorite arc ive watched so far

[@AquaticLotus7552]

DEAR GOD I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THIS WORLD IS HUGE

[@pbtenchi]

Correction, Enel’s group isn’t called Kami, HE is called Kami, which means god. His group are called the priests.

[@zombiedempsey135]

Also, the world government does not own the only worldwide newspaper, there’s also the WEJ

[@alucard347]

@@zombiedempsey135 that's the only newspaper. The world's economic journals is the only global media group, and while they don't hold direct ownership over it, and sometimes it's crazy owner would flip a middle finger to the gorosei and just write in whatever he wanted, the connections between the two groups are still strong enough so that the government can heavily influence everything in it

[@zombiedempsey135]

@@alucard347 hm... I always interpreted Morgans as rogue from the start, but that’s an interesting thought...

[@Charlie-hv3dh]

@@zombiedempsey135 I feel as morgan just does what ever he wants and he really has way more power when you think of how far his reach is

[@alucard347]

@@zombiedempsey135 considering his connections with the government and the cp0, it is pretty obvious that he dances on the line. They don't have full control over him, but the influence is massive, especially since there is nothing more rewarding then giving them what they want, most of the time. If the winds go the other way, and he thinks publishing a story against their will is in his best interests, he'll do exactly that, even if it means attacking government agents and being on the run. He is too important in the business to let such a thing stand in his way, and I'm more then sure the government is going to overlook and ignore this transgression eventually.

[@Kujakuseki01]

It’s actually Loguetown, with Logue being part of “prologue”, which is saying that all of east blue is just the prologue of the story. It was also the prologue and epilogue of Roger’s story, since he was born there and died there.

[@mothersbasement]

Viz should trade the R from that with the L from zolo

[@cloudystarsatnight]

@@mothersbasement Amen to that

[@davidpauloo3137]

it may also be the epilogue to luffys story as well because the "legend began" when he got there. Only makes sense that his should end there as well

[@RandomPerson-cm2wg]

@@davidpauloo3137 That would be called a prologue not an epilogue. Epilogues are at the end.

[@avataraarow]

@@mothersbasement truer words have never been spoken

[@madmanawesome]

The fact that wano was somewhat mentioned as early as chopper’s backstory amaze me

[@Willimann]

well oda already knew how wano would work when he was working on thriller bark island so yeaaaaaaaa. He basically knew where his story would go from the start. Best thing about this? He can do foreshadowing as far back as 500 chapters and some of these we dont even realize. This is a thing no other series can do because no one is such a legend as oda who would unironically die for his piece of art.

[@theinimitablejora522]

There was a one-shot Oda did before One Piece ever started, about a samurai from a land called Wano. It’s clear that, aside from Oda’s propensity for planning, he just was waiting a really long time to pull the trigger on that idea. Heck, Punk Hazard-era SBS even had Oda saying “the Straw Hats will be going to Wano and I’ve been looking forward to that for a long time” so… yeah

[@lProN00bl]

@@Willimann Thriller Bark also has foreshadowing for Big Mom as well. One Arc managed to give hints for two arcs that wouldn't be out for another decade

[@yinsmoke]

@@lProN00blwhen?

[@NexusBecauseWhyNot]

​@@yinsmokeThriller Bark made Big Mom a plot point by having Lola give Nami a vivre card of Charlotte Linlin, so she could find her when needed.

[@DarthEnderX]

Geoff: "...when you control the only global newspaper..." Big News Morgans: "Oh really?"

[@LockedOnTargetShow]

To be fair, he hasn't gotten to that part yet.

[@DarthEnderX]

@@LockedOnTargetShow I know, I'm just joshin'

[@MaJuV]

Yes, and no. It is definitely true that if Morgans himself knows the truth about an event, he will publish the truth, regardless of the consequences. But he is only one man/creature from an organization that may have more than one mole, and even he can't guarantee 100% that all the news stories that reach him haven't been redacted by the navy/world government at some point in time. Case in point: the Alabasta revolution was already heavily redacted by the timeit was published in print. If Morgans was in Alabasta, the whole world would've known Luffy defeated Crocodile. But he wasn't, so the "printed truth" is that Smoker defeated Crocodile.

[@commonviewer2488]

Not when Big News Morgan's found himself a front-page scoop!

[@meghanhenderson6682]

More of a...suggestion.

[@d4peters86]

One Piece is basically the epitome of “life’s a journey, not a destination”. Or “the journey is the reward”.

[@ajguevara6961]

Maybe, the one piece was the friends we made along the way.

[@jamesfallon1137]

It's more Oda is a GM of a nautical D&D session and he got nine friends drunk and filled with food to play in his playbox with repercussions for their actions

[@edixonvc5101]

@@ajguevara6961 thanks god oda say that would not be the ending, because it would be so bad

[@burningraven5566]

Aint that what hxh did. Its was even ging's manifesto at the end of the anime.

[@d.khisty880]

i 100% agree

[@Kiyosuki]

I've seen people wonder why One Piece is so much more popular in Japan and has endured for so much longer than Dragon Ball anything ever was even at its height, and honestly I feel like this is the biggest reason. The world of One Piece is so crazy, so rich with near infinite possibilities for set pieces and shenanigans, and even the established lore of it plays a major role in the story. The big fight scenes and showing off power levels aren't what One Piece is ultimately about, even if that element is in there; it's the world and the crazy adventures that it's many, super varied (and not all human-looking) residents get caught up in. Not saying that DB is bad or doesn't have its own thing going for it, but ultimately there's reasons why OP has been the king of Shonen Jump for over 20 years and counting and I think this is one of the biggest ones that explains its longevity. It also adds story value and gravity to characters like Nico, who might not be the big combat heavy hitters like the big three, Jinbe etc, but they feel like they're valid to the story in other ways related more to the world. Nico with her quest for knowledge and unlocking the mysteries of the world, Chopper who's got one foot in the fighting and another as a doctor who's more concerned with the plight of the suffering, Brook who's a renaissance (bone)man, Franky's interest being more in expanding his knowledge of technology and new ideas than fighting, and Usopp always balancing on his tip toes into a bit of everything etc etc. A story and setting just feels so much bigger and grander when its not just about big fight scenes (Although there's an endless number of awesome and super creative examples of those, but that's a whole other topic.) but rather gives value to talents and interests other than fighting, which again is only possible with great world building. It's kinda like playing D&D, and how making a character with quirks, interests, and even strengths that are more lore orientated than stuff that *just* relates to pure combat often times results in more interesting and fun characters than stat cruncher meta breaker combat machines with no personality and nothing put into social or world skills.

[@cavejohnson9071]

Agreed, I love how every character has an important role or niche they fill for the crew. I always loved how Sanji for example values his cooking skills so much that his entire fighting style revolves around keeping his hands out of danger. I also just think it's extra badass that he's still one of the strongest fighters on the crew in spite of that self imposed handicap. Giving every character a unique specialty or gimmick also makes for much better power scaling. In something like DB, a lot of the fighters seem pretty interchangeable, with the winner usually being the one who can punch harder and faster, with a unique ability thrown in here and there to spice things up. But in OP, you have characters like Usopp and Nami, who never become physically stronger than a real life person could be, but manage to remain relevant because they have other skills that make up for the weaknesses of their other crewmates.

[@RandomGuyyyy]

Agreed. This is why it's a bit sad that so many One Piece fans obsess over power scaling.

[@ImperatiaOne]

It says a lot that Oda off-screens so many fights and it literally does not matter to most of us.

[@mau345]

Characters are also so memorable, their quirks, grey personalities, outfit, mystery and their laughs, even if they only appear a few times, each one youd recall them and their roles. Personally though, its the carefree and strong bonding of the crew that made it number 1,although this has been less and less lately. I think it’s understandable, the story has toove forward

[@third-ratedude4234]

I don't know why One Piece is much more popular in Japan, but l know why it didn't become popular in NA: 4kids dub

[@DetectiveKen]

Recently found out theres a meme among non-One Piece fans that "One Piece fans be like 'It gets better after chapter 44235'" and I just snorted. What a gross misinterpretation of the reality that, One Piece starts great... and ONLY gets better.

[@meghanhenderson6682]

You also kind of forget how...weird One Piece is. Like...there's so much about it we just accept, and weekly episode limbo lulls us into the "nothing happened this week" vibe, but this series is strange and jam packed and Big Mom's theme makes me shudder every time.

[@DiscountWhiskey078]

Legitimately though, Syrup Village is comparatively less interesting your first time through, and you learn to appreciate it later. Because it’s just as long as the rest of the series combined at the time, it can be a bit dragged out, and often turns people away from the show. I got hooked in Baratie

[@cavejohnson9071]

​@@DiscountWhiskey078 Yeah, honestly I might recommend that people trying to decide whether or not to keep watching should just skip Syrup village at first to get to Baratie and Arlong Park, and after that they can go back and watch Syrup village for the backstory if they want to keep going with the series

[@robin586]

I'm sorry but I'm starting to watch One Piece now, I'm more than 30 episodes in and most of the time things are painfully slow and everything feels weak. I'm wishing that things will get better cause I can't really say it starts off "great".

[@DiscountWhiskey078]

@@robin586 I will say that while I do believe it starts good, there are parts that are hard to get through, and you’ll ultimately appreciate the beginning more once you’re farther in. Or you just might be someone who doesn’t like the show.

[@adamchastan2703]

"We One Piece fans." One of us. One of us. Seriously, it's good to see you're enjoying it. The only defense you need for thriller bark is that it introduced Brook.

[@Majima_57]

Don't omit lola giving nami her mother's vivre card

[@MOTHblank]

Yes, besides it... nothing happened.

[@yukikanegawa7470]

Monster luffy was cool too. I liked the fight at Thriller Bark. I think it was the first time that had like a proper team fight. They had a plan that used all their specialties to beat a stronger opponent. I liked Thriller Bark. Also the joke about Ussop and Perona was nice. Ussop being her ultimate match.

[@caitlinbrewer4843]

@@Majima_57 It also is the arc that gives us our first glimpse at the viciousness Kaido and if the theory that Blackbeard will have Moria raise Ace as a zombie then, well.....

[@willi2895]

introduced kuma

[@LordRae]

Luffy's reaction to a Zombie coming out of the ground is still my favorite reaction ever.

[@AeonKnigh432]

One Piece is the anti-Fairytail. It looks like a Saturday morning cartoon but the tone is very serious, whereas Fairytail looks like a super serious action show but is written like a Saturday morning cartoon

[@MrMegaSuperDuperMe]

Even the main bad guys in Fairy Tail are discount versions of One Piece's villains. Kaido is what Acnologia could have been if it weren't for the last-minute crappy backstory and getting one-shotted by Friendship Magic. And Zeref is a weaker male version of Big Mom, both of them being able to steal life from others and giving life to more villains through their powers. The only difference is that Big Mom isn't a one pump dump, unlike Zeref, who had to rape and impregnate his dead girlfriend's corpse just to conceive a child.

[@ayresmeirelles1973]

The funny thing is, both the authors were pupils of samurai x`s author. what a world of diference.

[@gpanthony]

@@ayresmeirelles1973 Eichiro Oda was an assistant of Nobuhiro Watsuki, but Hiro Mashima apparently never worked as an assistant before going professional. Watsuki's other famous assistant was Hiroyuki Takei, the author of Shaman King.

[@Cantrona]

Both have killer soundtracks though!

[@Jaymizuband]

@@MrMegaSuperDuperMe Did you just compare Big Mom and Zeref because they both kill people by stealing life and that they had kids?

[@JustinY.]

Comparing anything to One Piece is criminal; any world building manga or media should be compared to One Piece. That's how good it is.

[@kennethmendoza1350]

Well TBF if it's fleshed out world that's outside of the medium then one I could think that is comparable or debatably better would be Tolkien's world(middle earth)

[@installtherodent7571]

Justin, Why (pun not intended) are you everywhere.

[@wilson5889]

Ugh. Who put you on the planet

[@simbast9726]

Wait but thats contr-

[@geckomoriadaimyoofwano7157]

Id say star wars might be comparable

[@ernestotorelli1209]

"Thriller Bark contributes the least to the worldbuilding." Lola's relationship with her mother, Ryuma's sword and native land, Oars origin and race, Kuma's actions, the Brook and Rumbar pirates backstory, would like to disagree.

[@Kladyos]

Don't forget Captain John's zombie, the same Captain John who's treasure Buggy is after! The bracelet Nami gives Luffy was John's and is the reason why Buggy helps Luffy in Impel Down.

[@Willimann]

@@Kladyos true.

[@nintendomaster45]

@@Kladyos the same captain John who was a member of Rocks Pirates, a crewmate of Kaido, Big Mom and Whitebeard

[@annakareninacamara6580]

also full lenght and emphasis on Binks no Sake, that seems like a prophecy all the way to Laugh Tale and the end of One Piece

[@soraakahymn9443]

@@nintendomaster45 and also shiki, don't forget that guy who face 2 strongest marine at the same time and managed to escape

[@bAd12cheZ]

Geoff defended Long Ring Long Land better than anyone I've ever heard. Props to Geoff, I love it even more now. Spooky Zombie Island sets up Samurai Island Arc so well. Just wait and see.

[@krvys7226]

as a person who does hate Long Ring Long Land, I will say, I would have loved the arc, except for 1 thing that soured it for me. How they ended up in the davy back fight specifically. Had it been a way that didn't (in my opinion) sabotage Luffy's character, I think I would have enjoyed everything after that point.

[@Saltyoven]

@@krvys7226 the biggest issue is the anime itself, which for some reason, used double the events.

[@krvys7226]

@@Saltyoven I read the manga, so thankfully got to ignore the davy back filler. my issue is specifically how it started. foxy shot the horse. luffy was understandably mad. foxy mentions the davy back fight... why didn't luffy just deck Foxy, and ignore what he said. luffy tends to use A-B thinking. A is a problem, do B to fix it. its simple, which is why people confuse it for being stupidity. (booster gold is another character who fits this type of thinking) while luffy is also naive, i still dont think he wouldnt have just decked foxy there. and again, different set up, i feel it would have worked. just this set up i felt damaged luffys character too much

[@avataraarow]

@@krvys7226 I can totally understand that, but I think as much as it has to do with naïveté it also has to do with Luffy being extremely curious, and a total nerd about everything pirate. He heard there was a piratey way of settling differences, and his entire goal is to become the *greatest* pirate, it still makes a lot of sense with his character that he could be baited like that. Sure Luffy is usually a hot head, but there are also a lot of times when he isn’t just a hot head, so I think it’s fine

[@JoshTheValiant]

When he mentioned the tide thing on Long Ring Long Land being tied to the Aqua Laguna I literally slapped my hand down on pause and just sat for a minute grappling with the connection. The timing doesn't actually seem to line up, but BOY there sure is a thematic tie between them that made me mad to realize without being prepared for it.

[@anthiggs]

@9:15 "Known to sailors around the world as the doldrums, the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone, (ITCZ, pronounced and sometimes referred to as the “itch”), is a belt around the Earth extending approximately five degrees north and south of the equator. Here, the prevailing trade winds of the northern hemisphere blow to the southwest and collide with the southern hemisphere’s driving northeast trade winds." Yes, there is a literal deadzone around the equator. Just our ships today are powered and not reliant on the winds to move around the world. The doldrums were literal skeleton hulks of floating wrecks that had the misfortunate souls that got stuck and died from dehydration or starvation. If you had the misfortune of being stuck in the doldrums, you died. That is the calm zone in the story, but starving to death is not a fun story to tell, whereas mythical creatures that ruin anything in their domain is.

[@Chris951021]

Sanji and Zeff would like a word.

[@anthiggs]

@@Chris951021 I'll pretend I know what you are talking about. No.

[@jonnyso1]

​@@Chris951021 Not to mention Brooks entire crew.

[@emptank]

@@Chris951021 i was going to write a very long comment to you explaining that Sanji has never crossed the calm belt and then realized that your comment was actually taking exception to the original comments statement that starving to death is not as dramatic a form of danger as an ocean filled with giant monsters. Since Sanji and Zeff both nearly starved to death on a desert island and it was quite a dramatic scene in the series. That is a valid thing to comment on but I am now frustrated with you for making me write a long comment about the history of Germa66 and then deleting it when I realized you were talking about something else. In the future do try to provide a bit more context to your comments that we may both avoid similar misunderstandings. Thank you.

[@hexcodeff6624]

@@emptank it was more of a rock than a desert island but please, proceed. Or don't.

[@Xenodyne]

This video inspired me to start causally reading through the series (since a few days after this video was released, actually). I just finished Alabasta. It's amazing how much those little illustrations at the beginning of the chapters do to fill in the story away from the Straw Hat crew. For example Hachi and Camie meeting, and Django and Fullbody's unlikely friendship.

[@fsb-fk3wl]

ik the cover stories are so good it’s sad that the anime never bothered animating them after the first two

[@iamdivan7368]

Or that one time when in anime they showed coby's cover story through the newspaper that crew was reading It was awkward when nami read Garp's name out loud and Luffy didn',t care, because anime guys didn't know about Monkey family

[@jonnjones8263]

Where you at now? What do you think?

[@royolaniye6643]

@@iamdivan7368 huh? Wait what episode was that?

[@iamdivan7368]

@@royolaniye6643 around episode 68-69. Nice.

[@Animely0]

You'll regret saying that Thriller Bark contributes the least on general world building than of any other arc, youtubers all over the globe lose their mind on the regular about all the thing it foreshadows/sets up

[@CurrentSoulKing]

Wano wouldn't work as well as it does without Thriller Bark frfr. It also has subtle world-building with the inclusion of Captain John, who is such a ridiculously vital yet underrated figure in the world of One Piece.

[@BuffDaddySmoove]

TNM i can think of who thinks this

[@justanotherchannelonyoutub126]

There’s also some great callbacks too. Laboon is the obvious example, but there’s also Wapol and ,as someone already pointed out, Captain John

[@yeh7587]

The best thing about Thriller bark was that "NOTHING HAPPENED"

[@user-bw4xv5vn2e]

Remember the sword of Zoro came from Thriller bark and everything about wano foreshadowed there

[@zanniia7279]

I'm honestly so happy I sat down and thought "ok... Koby is gone... Buggy is annoying but im basically at the end of this arc... let's see where this goes..." and 8 months later im 4 chapters away from being completely caught up. I can't think of an anime that had got me so invested.

[@krvys7226]

remember when you thought koby and buggy would never be relevant again?

[@zanniia7279]

@@krvys7226 ah the good ol days. Now Buggy is the king of pirates and Koby is probably fucking the snake princess

[@krvys7226]

@@zanniia7279 dont think they are fucking. But they are both Luffysexual, and probably would if luffy was involved

[@caiomesquita268]

@@krvys7226*T R H E E S O M E*

[@AlexTenThousand]

24:46 Honestly, Magellan seems more like one of the "good guys" that genuinely believes in his job's function - all he wants is to keep the criminals in Impel Down, which might I remind you, used to house Crocodile, Shiryu (who was down in Level 6 due to his constant, cruel abuse on prisoners), Pizarro, Devon and others, people so powerful Blackbeard's whole plan was to get down there and add them to his crew to be powerful enough to kill Whitebeard and take all of his power and territories. He doesn't do it for wealth, power or any other reason beyond keeping the world safe from dangerous criminals.

[@iamdivan7368]

I recommend you to reread ID. Magellan killed ALL of the criminals from levels 5-1 while chasing our guys, and the only thing he cared afterwords was how much time he will spend on the toilet because of that. And this is the same guy who imprisoned Shiryu because he was "too violent", yeah, sure man

[@narayasuiryoku1397]

@@iamdivan7368 Shiryu was too violent for no reason. And Magellan would rather kill all those prisoners then let them escape.

[@thecodingninjaisepic3561]

@@iamdivan7368 shiryu killed them for the hahah funnys, magellan killed them to stop a mass prison break

[@MiutheMage]

Why does no one here take into account that impel down is a giant torture chamber compared in story and out to hell multiple times, Magellan is just doing his service to protect people, at least in the same way the devil does his, that doesn't make either of them good, they are more like evil that is directed at other evil, that is sometimes less evil than them in the first place.

[@holdenmuganda97]

Mothers Basement: Thriller bark doesn’t contribute much to world building Onepiece fans who are caught up: 🤫🤫🤫

[@MonkeyDLuffy-iw2kb]

Wano, Lola's mom vivre card Big mom whole cake island

[@pcdruid]

The gathering of the Shichibukai, the announcement of the catching of Ace, the first real reminder that the whitebeard war is coming, the introduction of Kuma, and the cyborgs he represents... etc.

[@Rigter9029]

@@pcdruid the mention of Kaido, and Moria telling Luffy he's not ready for the New World

[@Poet482]

@@pcdruid I think its more a facetious remark. It doesn't do terribly much by One Piece standards, is the point. It's telling that One Piece even at its most tangential story arcs still sheds more light on its world than entire other series do.

[@starandeath4735]

Dont forget oars. Foreshadowed a character in marnieford and beast pirate

[@junaidshahzad6803]

I'm so surprised to see such a resurgence in One Piece interest especially in this year.... Did Quarantine finally give people the time to try it out?

[@litinupcito2044]

Yeah I somehow finished more then half of it I want to catch up and see content about this series

[@kopasamsu01]

Yup. Wife and I finally had the time and patience to catch up. We are in the 800s already in just 3 ish months and i can't believe we are JUST at big moms. There is still so much story left. Is it gonna take another thousand episodes to finish lol.

[@WarpChaos]

Maybe everybody wants to catch up before the live action series comes out.

[@wreday720]

I think its the fact we're also in Wano right now, which has been hyped for goda knows how long

[@victorarroyo5401]

Absolutely.

[@miguelantonioreinacardona7109]

What I love about the sky island arc is the introduction to Blackbeard, at the beginning you think this is another wacky character that we meet , but later we learn that he and his crew are the same group that attacked Drum island forcing the tyrannical king to flee. It’s show also how Blackbeard is a dark reflection of luffy and will become so important to the story and the world building. It shows that even other pirates can evolve and can be considered candidates to become the pirate king

[@theifzelnite1087]

"GEOGRAPHY IS EVERYTHING!!" - Tekking101

[@setokaiba7995]

I love the library of ohara aka tekking

[@sarahtelles1931]

Yassssss!!

[@HurricaneDDragon]

Seto Kaiba That’s Artur, not Tekking.

[@theifzelnite1087]

@@HurricaneDDragon Thanks! Heard it from a friend, I kinda assumed it was from tekking

[@krvys7226]

@@theifzelnite1087 artur is the library of Ohara, but Tekking is freaking Clover. that man has way to much knowledge of this series

[@Raph___A]

As somene who just finished the Water 7 arc, I can safely say One Piece is one of my favorite anime of all time, and I'm not even halfway done with the series! And don't get me started on the OST!

[@karlhenderson9360]

Just finished Dressrosa myself, what a wonderful series. Love every chapter I read 😁

[@cadequillion5276]

Oh boy. You are in for quite a ride. I wish I was in your shoes to enjoy the majority of one piece with fresh eyes again.

[@00ammy00]

Still my most favorite arc in One Piece

[@anthonyzivalich4962]

Wait until katakuri’s OST

[@danielsemakula1526]

Enies Lobby will blow ur mind

[@jaurybeltraoengers5986]

One Piece got me through a really bad depression after a spine surgery that almost left me with no movements on my legs, disc hernia, at 18 yo, i am 25 now, One piece takes you to an amazing and vast world, character are amazing, the manga never gets old and boring.

[@CelesticCF]

Glad to hear you recovered bud!

[@TheExecutorr]

Skypia is such a jawdropping arc. I forgot to breathe for like half a minute when it was layed out that half of Gaia was shot into the sky centuries ago, or when Luffy rang the bell while giving Enel his final fisting. Or when Wiper used a reject dial on Enel and literally KILLED him with it, but Enel gave himself an electric heart massage and revived himself.

[@pinkdaruma8942]

Enel restarting his heart was so f'n frightening

[@pinkdaruma8942]

and i the anime there's that awesome Opening sequence❤

[@anastasia.00]

That's what I always say! Skypia is an amazing arc, one of my favorite. It also reveals so much about the past and the future of the world of One Piece. I don't understand why some people dislike it so much

[@chaosrex1487]

Oda straight-up admitted without Luffy by sheer dumb luck being Enel's hard counter, Enel was more powerful than the main villains in the next several arcs after him. It's probably not until the Paramount War or someone like the Admirals or Magellan that we meet someone that is actually stronger than Enel. He's stronger than every arc's main villain until like, Doflamingo.

[@TheExecutorr]

@@chaosrex1487 plus, although his devil fruit powers were rendered useless against Luffy directly, Enel still put up one hell of a fight and adapted quickly to the situation. I wonder if Enel would be able to use conqueror's haki. I still hope Enel will return one day.

[@fanusobscurus]

I'll argue with you on Magellan being evil. We KNOW that the Straw Hats and Shank's are more the exception than the rule. And we also know what plenty of the people inside Impel are like. To borrow the idea from the truly excellent This Bites, is he a demon for keeping the devil in his cage?

[@alejandroleon5466]

They put Magellan in the edit, but I'm pretty sure he said Hannyabal, the vice-warden

[@fanusobscurus]

@@alejandroleon5466 Didn't catch that until I posted it. Point still kinda stands on Magellan though.

[@leothewhiteranger]

This Bites the fanfiction epic?

[@fanusobscurus]

@@leothewhiteranger The one and same.

[@jacoblevenson7934]

@@alejandroleon5466 Even Hannyabal overall has some moral strength inspite of his ambition. (Refusing to let the criminal of Impel Down Escape because of the terror it would cause in civilians.)

[@ZickaN13]

The fact that you can say something like "Eneru settling on the moon with an army of robots makes the world feel real" is probably the best summary of how one piece works😂

[@themiamiman1393]

Its still crazy how we STILL havent even SEEN what elbaf looks like yet

[@iliash2025]

Spoiler Huuum ? Didn't wee see it through BigMom's origin story?

[@cadequillion5276]

Oh we are definitely getting to elbaf and I highly believe that a trio poneglyph is there somewhere

[@AtelierMcMuttonArt]

Perhaps we never will Elbaf *is* Fable backwards, after all

[@themiamiman1393]

@@iliash2025 I was under the impression that was just a island inhabited by giants and not elbaf itself but I could be wrong

[@josiahbaumgartner7643]

@@themiamiman1393 You are super wrong. Go read it again or something haha

[@elsanto2401]

Mark my words, Kaido is going to be beaten when Nico Robin concedes to the ultimate power that is Pirate Docking.

[@D0VEWORLD]

"Don't ever say that again"

[@redbinas880]

"It's embarassing as a human"

[@brotherben15-88]

As someone who also has dismissed One Piece until just recently, and only watched to the end of Drum Island, allow me to say.............Oh my dear sweet baby is my body is ready for more.

[@davidcastanheira4361]

What did you get up to?

[@brotherben15-88]

I'm currently 2/3 through Skypiea. Been taking a break from it though because this arc has been rather exhausting to be frank.

[@davidcastanheira4361]

@@brotherben15-88 what are your thoughts on Alabasta

[@mambaforever9593]

@@brotherben15-88 i actually stopped watching at skypiea, and in a two year span i couldn't get through it, and i tried a few times. But i started reading the manga and it was much better, plus almost every arc in the next few hundred episodes is really great.

[@MaiDay01]

@@brotherben15-88 Honeslty watching one piece in a binge watching way is difficult and you get burn out. Watching it on little arcs is much easier with breaks as in days or weeks in between is much more feasible.

[@aaronschmit]

This video has plagued me to do the unthinkable, the unfathomable: venture into the wide unknown vistas that is the One Piece manga. Through many years of fear of the unknown, the lingering rumors like low-hanging fog on the hours before sunrise, the many nights staring up at the megalithic wall that was this series, my heart yearned for the day I would finally overcome these doubts, these uncertainties, and set my sails on this bizarre, wild and treacherous journey through hell and back and hell again with each passing chapter. It has been many a chapter now, and when I turn back to find the shores I once called home, I only see endless vistas. Endless vistas as far as the eye can see from all around me. Yet this looming sensation that has overcome me is not that of concern for the path that can take me safely home, but rather the many paths ahead of me to explore. So with bated breath, and nearly 1,000 chapters of adventure ahead of me, I feel a song itching in my throat, and I am compelled to sing it: YA-YO-YAAAAA-YOOOOOOOO!!!! HERE'S HOW THE STORY GOES WE FIND OUT 'BOUT A TREASURE IN THE GRAND LINE THERE'S NO DOUBT-

[@meghanhenderson6682]

One of us. One of us.

[@Yal_Rathol]

THE PIRATE WHO'S EYE'S ON IT, HE'LL SING "I'M KING OF THE PIRATES, I'M GONNA BE KING!"

[@jonnjones8263]

So where are you now?

[@Willimann]

good luck, adventurer.

[@bushidotestu1997]

should be noted that one reason why the straw hats are so infamous is that they are a strong pirate crew where a majority of the crew is from the east blue, the WEAKEST of all the seas. The only other pirate with a similar background would be the Roger pirates with Gold Roger

[@buddyb3165]

When the closest thing to compare you too was the crew Helmed by the man known as The Pirate King, it's understandable why the marines would shit themselves.

[@FrarmerFrank]

Well, even Whiteboard and Roger Crews had members with no bounty Akainu looking at the new Bounty posters for the Strawhats said "A crew of all Monsters" (They know Choper can go Monsterpoint,low bounty is just to have the wanted poster for info/Marines eyes

[@chadanefrancis2099]

And shiki

[@ruyman90]

In part 2 you HAVE to talk about the SBS. Oda answers small questions there that sometimes enhances the world building even further, and some of those answers comes from fans where they ask something, they give their opinion, and oda says "I like it, it now canon"

[@Solrac-fo2eq]

IN defense of Thriller Bark: Oars Ryuma and Shusui Kuma Kaido Lola-Big Mom Absalom's fruit and Sanji's dream I know youv'e yet to see most of those pay off, but they're there

[@captainmarvelous7678]

You forgot Docking and "Nothing happened"

[@SMon42]

@@captainmarvelous7678 I haven't watched triller bark in a while,mind explaining what you mean for those of us who have forgot?

[@Godvvinslaw]

The thing about One Piece is that even the worse arcs are still amazing. my least favorit is Fishman island but even that one is great.

[@justanotherchannelonyoutub126]

Also Captain John - Buggy

[@HaganeNoGijutsushi]

​@@SMon42 Oars: we see Oars Jr. in Marineford. Ryuma and Shusui: it's brought back up in Wano, where Zoro is accused of graverobbing for having the sword Kuma: well... just Kuma, really, here we start seeing how he's actually on the SH's side Kaido: ...not sure, I don't remember really Lola: the fact she's Big Mom's daughter is hinted at Absalom/Sanji: I think it's a reference to the whole Vinsmoke thing and his new supersuit but I might forget something

[@ninnoofthelastunicorn]

Everyone is sleeping on Foxy, but I'd like to remind everyone Foxy was the person who gave Luffy the biggest run for his money before Lucci. Foxy also proved and proposed a bigger threat for Luffy that he started to really stew over: One day he might lose a crew member. Foxy, this loser of a pirate, is the face of what Luffy fears the most. That fear concluded in Marine Ford.

[@PatrickStar-xxx]

yeah, imagine if his DF gets awaken. He literally has The World's stand!

[@llthll]

Don't forget the fact that Foxy's arc was canon and not filler. Which means he was an ACTUAL threat to Luffy at that time.

[@HapPawhere]

@@llthll His devil fruit is opp if he can touch his enemies

[@mariama6137]

Plus the origine of the davy back fight is related to captain Rock D Xebec....so it’s canon for a reason....that’s probably how he got big mom, kaido and WB to join him, who knows

[@harshalgondkar9927]

@@mariama6137 Wait, how? I have caught up to the manga and I have never heard of that. Might I be forgetting something?

[@yukikanegawa7470]

I've been watching it in quarantine and I've just made it past the timeskip at episode 575. Time flies it honestly doesn't feel like I've spent hours upon hours watching it. The size was intimidating at first but honestly it's worth it. Every character and even side characters are memorable and you honestly care for them. Oda made me cry for a boat. Even the filler arcs are good except for like the davy back fight. That was painful. I've felt all the spectrum of emotions watching One Piece. I've cried, laughed, gotten angry, etc... Honestly I don't know what I'll do with myself when I catch up.

[@TCG31456]

...I hate to break it to you, as once I too believed, but the davy back fight is not filler and is canon, though the anime does add more to it with 3 additional games. G8, as much of a shame as it is, is filler. That being said, eventually you learn to appreciate the fight and Foxy, as Luffy's greatest fear stems from the realization of this fight: there is a very real, possible chance that he will lose crew mates. It does come true, and it nearly breaks him, as you've seen.

[@benzskyeshxc96]

Funny how davy back arc is canon , its was better in manga tho

[@iamdivan7368]

Don't worry, you just start to search for new one piece content/reviews/analysis for the rest of your life

[@Willimann]

@@iamdivan7368 i do this with every anime after i finished watching it so that i can go on and on about what a specific series does right or wrong and recommend it based on that. Im the Corona-Virus for Anime.

[@Saltyoven]

5:15 Oh geoff, you haven't even gotten to the real battle furries

[@candiedskull9841]

Thinking about it now, I want to see a "real battle furry" with a zoan fruit. What would that hybrid form even look like!?

[@Nuggiesoftruth]

Battle royal anyone

[@Blaze_1013]

God, I still can't believe it been almost 5 years to the day that Oda made the fan base into furries.

[@yoitsg0016]

@@candiedskull9841 didn’t pekoms eat the turtle turtle fruit or something

[@jiv3o275]

@@candiedskull9841 Pekoms ate the turtle fruit

[@Serutans]

"Battle Furries" You are not supposed to say it out loud.

[@pokedoctor2087]

Zou: allow me to introduce myself...

[@genieglasslamp5028]

@@pokedoctor2087 Sanji has too much fun in Zou.

[@who1527]

@@pokedoctor2087 Garchuuuu

[@DiscountWhiskey078]

Zou is the definition of furry

[@genieglasslamp5028]

Guys One Piece has one of my favorite and honestly most terrifying animated movies ever. One Piece Baron Omatsuri and the secret Island scares me more as a adult than it could ever as a child.

[@caitlinbrewer4843]

OH GOD! That damn flower gave me nightmares for months after I saw that movie for the first time! A great movie, of course, and my only issue with it is that the ending is pretty abrupt. I also think it is a shame it was made as soon as it was because the Baron could have been an AMAZING parallel for Brook!

[@iamdivan7368]

So true

[@rosiepark9607]

I loveeee that movie. The animation is also the best of all the movies, in my opinion.

[@oscarchang486]

The nightmare fuel that is one piece movie 6... Truly one of the most scary one piece movies, have no idea how I got through it as a young adult in highschool.

[@Match25]

Magellan didn't abuse his authority. He actually in imprisoned one of his guards that did

[@caitlinbrewer4843]

Yeah, Magellan is actually a pretty stand up guy. It is just that he is standing in the way of Luffy.

[@prodICYN]

@@caitlinbrewer4843 Well I mean of course he's a world renown criminal who is breaking out of prison world renown criminals 😂😅

[@fats2010]

He used a clip of magellan but he was talking about hannyabal. Even then Hannyabal probably isn't the best example of a particularly evil person in a position of power, but obviously he's depicted as being pretty damn self-interested and unjust

[@vailingbow1068]

He said Hannyabal but showed Magellan.

[@romusa10]

@@fats2010 i wouldnt label him as unjust as his reason of keep back up and fight when luffy trashed him was to prevent criminals to wreck havoc on the outside world and hurt innocent people and also his self interest of being the warden still in line with act of justice.

[@geemot7914]

“It’s only legendary until Oda makes it real.” I see what you did there.

[@TKmeh]

I laughed hearing that line, then cried because it’s now a novelty of when Vic was the golden child

[@fumeister0992]

@@TKmeh what does this reference?

[@TKmeh]

@@fumeister0992 the English version of opening one done by Vic mignona ages ago, I think it’s still available on KZbin somewhere but it’s a shame what’s happening to said singer/VA

[@WarpChaos]

@@TKmeh It's still a shame what happened to him.

[@sirskeleton16]

@@TKmeh pardon my ignorance but what happened to him?

[@everettcoleman2335]

When he says “ we one piece fans are all trapped in a different world” I felt that. I’ve been watching one piece for 2 years now and I’m in fishman Island, defiant my favorite anime/manga of all time. I’m literally in the world of one piece!

[@thepanthar]

naruto and bleach: get a rushed ending One Piece: I WANT TO LIVE!...

[@GenGaara]

I wouldnt call Narutos ending rushed, the bloody war lasted a third of the series

[@paulkiru2995]

@@GenGaara and it was rushed thats why there was so many plot holes

[@hiimpranav]

Kino

[@bmack1708]

@@paulkiru2995 Naruto wasn't rushed. Kishimoto is great at character story, but sucks at world building. That's why after hundreds of chapter the last arc barely makes sense.

[@chaosrex1487]

I mean it might still be rushed. Oda says he wants to end the series in the next 5 years. I find that HIGHLY unlikely given the minimum of what we still have to do left in the story. SPOILERS AHEAD We need to finish the beast that is Wano, go to Elbaf, have Luffy meet back up with Shanks and probably challenge his crew to a Davy Back Fight(With the stakes being acknowledgment of superiority, not actual crew members), fighting Blackbeard and finding Raftel(That last one is probably a whole mega-arc of its own), meeting back up with Dragon, probably besieging Marie Jois and an all-out world war against the WG... And that's just everything I can think of. I'm sure there's more stuff.

[@thepackingpacjack7767]

Mother’s basement: I’m finally caught up to One Piece and I hope the fun adventure never ends! now what next? One piece fans: we are entering the end game now....

[@avataraarow]

Mother’s Basement: Okay so 5 more years? Cool!

[@JoshTheValiant]

I still can't comprehend how Oda plans to wrap up all the threads in a single arc after this. There's So Much.

[@CelesticCF]

@@JoshTheValiant Wano feels like it's still got years to come.

[@SchrollShepard]

@@JoshTheValiant "I still can't comprehend how Oda plans to wrap up all the threads in a single arc" Well, if it is the last arc/saga, then it needs to be more spectacular and fucking mindblowing than anything else before it, right? So it would make sense to just absolutely bombard us non-stop, left and right, with all the unsolved, biggest, mysteries of the series, all at once. (Now, I'm not saying that's what will actually happen, just saying it would still make sense if it did)

[@chadanefrancis2099]

@@SchrollShepard i think there r gonna be 2 end arcs.... the huge war arc where everything is revealed. N the end arc where we see characters return home and live.

[@midknightshade330]

“The main character goes up to heaven to kick god’s ass” is the best description of Skypeia that I’ve ever heard.

[@candiedskull9841]

I have reread/rewatched One Piece more times than I'd like to admit...

[@downtomars3148]

Honestly, rereading is like new game +. The content is the same but our outlook is much different and we notice new stuff that we ignore the first time around. Rereading One Piece is one of the perks of catching up. I did 3/4 times already... Not to mention the COLORED VERSION!

[@tomasdelcampo2]

how the fuck do u reread or rewatch something so long lol

[@candiedskull9841]

@@tomasdelcampo2 When I rewatch it, I tend to watch the "One Pace" version, which has a lot of filler cut out. Rereading it is quite a process, but I'm really used to binge reading manga I tend to reread or rewatch certain arcs, more so than the whole series start to finish haha, though I have done that too

[@tomasdelcampo2]

@@candiedskull9841 damn I mean I kinda never re-read/watch/play anything but with one piece especially I feel like it would be so time consuming

[@downtomars3148]

@@tomasdelcampo2 like I said. The content stay the same, but you have this new outlook of things. I don't know if you're a fan or not so I won't be giving examples, but you WILL notice things you didn't the second (or more) times you experience it. You won't notice it the first time simply because you can't. But after catching up, then re-reading it, you'll have more context on the content early on, so much so that it makes the experience different. You may be hateful towards something first, then sympathetic the second time and vice versa. In my case, I only reread One Piece, not re watch. You can read on your own pace , it doesn't take as long as anime and you can do it in midst of other stuff too. So no, not that time consuming imo. It's not like you have this burning desire to catch up when you reread, so it's more relaxing. If you're not a fan, I wholeheartedly encourage you to taste One Piece experience. If you're a fan but haven't reread it even once, then I'd like to reccomend you to try. There's a Offical digitally colored version that really adds to the 'different experience' thing. Have a good day !

[@DiscountWhiskey078]

Hooray! He no longer says “Luhffy”! This is truly a victory!

[@DiscountWhiskey078]

@Forever Young like fluffy but without the f, so fluffy luffy

[@Aao1]

I'm not the only one who noticed it haha

[@lumif3564]

Oda is literally one of the best writers in the manga industry rn imo.

[@Oniguma]

One of the best writers, period.

[@fallzero7304]

Yup the absolute best Every mangakas dream is to become as great as him His manga is the most sold and he even influenced many cultures around the world ODA paved the way

[@Paopao621]

The GOAT

[@thomasffrench3639]

@@Oniguma Homer tho

[@sarahtelles1931]

I find it neat how Impel down is based off the seven levels of hell

[@ilikestuff9250]

Those who skip this are missing out big time Easily the top tier Shonen It might look childish but both in story and production its actually pretty damn deep

[@ilikestuff9250]

@Xyon 21 Than I'm sorry to say that a lot of manga if not all always have such inconsistency Togashi always draws chibi and serious often on the same page Puck and Guts are great examples of this as well You'll be hard pressed to find one series that doesn't do that Its largely due to One Piece being so cartoony that it can get away with with far more than other asthetic pleasing manga or anime Oda's philosophy as a mangaka is to always show what the characters feel regardless of whether people call it ugly or not I hope someday you give it another try

[@yoitsg0016]

@Xyon 21 his story is top tier i don’t mind art. I love different art styles and wouldn’t want things to look basic. If I did care I’d ignore it for the story like bon clay he’s a side character yet serves so many purposes and does so much for the story. Serving as a reason for viví to say good bye to her crew mates without getting caught being friends with the straw hats, he saves the straw hats and let’s then scape. He helps luffy in impel down, and so many more examples. He’s just a side character yet has more relevance and importance then all of dbz story to date. Idk man, many people even animak from anime uproar being a smarty pants dude who loves philosophy loves one piece, because it’s much deeper then people give it credit for. The entire arc of fish man island post time skip is literally about racism and tackles it better than any media I’ve ever seen on it. The villain is stale because he’s more of an extreme of racial hate then a villain. He represents the youth being taught to hate based on race on either side black or white. Human or fishman

[@mambaforever9593]

@Xyon 21 nobody gives a shit if you give it another try lol

[@sindri1447]

@Xyon 21 the art style is beautiful if you just stop for 1 second to not be a shallow dipshit with no taste. Sorry, you probably didn't deserve that but sometimes you just gotta look stupid in the eyes and tell them they need to be better. Be better. Saying no to a series because of the art is some of the dumbest shit you could ever do. Because people get used to goofy art. People don't get used to dumb fucks who can't take their time to smell their roses because it looks a bit different to what their small brains are used to.

[@pobo-]

@Xyon 21 no problem bro u are free to decide

[@khurch7564]

Magellan's wiped Luffy and Blackbeard solo. He doesn't deserve to be called Hannyabal.

[@aneonfoxtribute]

"Bara-tea" Okay, weird pronunciation, but fine "Rogue Town" Okay now you've crossed a line. All seriousness, though, Rogue Town is a poor translation. Its Logue Town. Oda named it that was because its the end of the prologue, and also the place where the story starts with both Roger's birth and his execution. Logue, short for Prologue.

[@Uhcip]

Not as bad as "Captain Kurro". I mean if you run a channel specifically about anime and manga its kinda wack.

[@wolfjack5802]

To be fair, shady town being shady it’s easy to think it’s supposed to be Rogue town in English considering it’s a world full of pirates

[@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr]

@@wolfjack5802 and aneonfoxtribute, it was only ever named Rogue Town in the English 4Kids dub because even in the English Funimation dub it still has the name Logue Town kept the same as the Japanese translation.

[@iruleharderthanyou12]

Its a pun, in Japanese Roguetown and Loguetown both sound the same. Of course its actually Loguetown but it works both ways

[@SeeE2ps]

@aneonfoxtribute To complete your explanation . . . It's called Loguetown because it's the town of beginnings and endings. The pirate kings himself was born there and died there. Many pirates, rookie and experienced, attempt to begin their trip to the Grand Line and for many (due in part to Smoker) ends there. The prologue and epilogue of many stories. As planned by Oda-san

[@philiphunt-bull5817]

"I cant even make similes that make sense to the outside world!" Geoff, 2020

[@DiscountWhiskey078]

Geoff I think

[@philiphunt-bull5817]

@@DiscountWhiskey078 thanks.

[@germanbrandeburgo5925]

14:20 I think this is one of the most underrated aspects of One Piece. Oda has such an amazing amount of ideas ANY of which could be the basis of an entire manga by themselves. I mean, if there was an entire manga on the concept of devil fruits, the powers they give, trying to find the strongest ones, where they come from, how they work.... you could already fill a 400 chapter story on that concept alone. But in One Piece that's just a small part of the world.

[@Sandman382]

The maker of one piece is pretty much the exact opposite of the maker of Dragon Ball. Dragon ball forgets characters if they go off screen for too long and then brings them back when someone reminds him they even exist, it adds whole new elements to the world with no prior warning and just goes 'oh...yeah there was ALWAYS a bigger destroyer of worlds behind that one. They just let that one exist because they felt like it.' and then tries to reverse engineer logic for how they could have existed the entire time. One piece though....one piece will bring back someone seen for 5 seconds in the background of some scene as a important plot element later. That kid you met 500 chapters ago? He's now an adult who kicks ass. You thought this guy was just that badass before that he could do this? Well actually that's a super power people can LEARN. You know the fourth letter of the alpabet? ITS FUCKING IMPORTANT. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. IT SHOWS UP. Those goofy ass pirates that seemed like jobers that belong in the east blue with small fish like Krieg? THEY ARE FUCKING TERRIFYING SHIT KICKERS, they were just taking a vacation from being one of the 5 most powerful forces in the entire world despite being just like 25 guys on a boat. The man takes enjoyment in just suddenly bringing something from the past forward to kick you right in the nostalgia and show how they've been getting shit done while off screen, the world doesn't revolve around Luffy.....it just kicks into fucking overdrive when he IS around.

[@SeeE2ps]

This comment deserves so much more attention it should be a fucking Supernova!!

[@shahmeera46]

Beautiful

[@kant.68]

Well that's false. No. 1 Akira Toriyama, the mangaka that created DB , did not forget characters. That's one of the many myths around DB, like that he wanted the series to finish in Frieza Saga, which is false. He never forgot Lounch for example. He removed aspects of DB in Z just because he felt the story become more mature. Most of the characters showned in OP loose any type of relevance or importance after their arc of presentation. Literally we only see them time to time reacting to the bounties, and many characters just do it once

[@Midnight-Starfish]

@@kant.68 There's a difference between how Toriyama does his side characters and how Oda does his side characters. For Oda, sure the side characters from pervious arcs no longer become relevant after their arcs to the Straw Hats, but that's because they're doing other things; Ace is looking for Blackbeard, Vivi is running a country, etc. Other events are happening in the world other than what the Straw Hats are doing. For Toriyama, the difference is those characters are still there, they're just on the side lines doing nothing. Rarely, if ever, contributing to the fights other than giving commentary or just hang out at Kame House.

[@kant.68]

@@Midnight-Starfish I agree I think, but Toriyama qqqis just not good in managing many characters and he is an humour mangaka, that's what he really likes to do. In OP Vivi, Ace, etc are planned to have more importance tho

[@andyzhang7890]

I genuinely believe One Piece is one of the greatest works of art and literature humanity has made so far. Thank you for the amazing reminder of just what the tip of the iceberg provides.

[@joew1237]

There's something in common between One Piece, Dragonball, and Jojo: The authors all setup their worlds so they could basically do whatever they want with the story. I guess that's one of the ingredients to making a massive hit.

[@BacchaeOphanim]

"Elbaph, which will come up later." So far later, in fact, that they *still* haven't gotten there. I'm thinking it's gonna be the island after Wano, though.

[@NinjaTyler]

That's the most popular theory, that or we'll have another smaller Zou arc between Wano and Elbaf but either way definitely not gonna finish the manga by 2025 way too much story still to go with just Wano and Elbaf alone not to mention the next war, Raftel, and more

[@sleepyboi1964]

NinjaTyler Oda stated that the main story of finding the OP will end in 5 years, and after that, the great war arc will start... One Piece, based on this info, will probably end in around 7-9 years.

[@anastasia.00]

@@NinjaTyler The Great War will surely be after they find One Piece. I think we all already realized One Piece is not a real treasure but a truth from the past (or future, who knows) that the government wants to hide.

[@D0VEWORLD]

inb4 Elbaf gets offscreened like the important parts of Reverie did.

[@NinjaTyler]

@@sleepyboi1964 that would make the most sense then by timeline since they've found 2 red so far and need kaidos and whoever has the last one if anyone at all does.

[@bubbasgotback431]

“Thriller Bark probably contributes the least of any One Piece saga to the series’ actual world building” -Geoff Lmao

[@buddyb3165]

Oda: Hold my Wano arch

[@RandomGuyyyy]

that will not age well

[@third-ratedude4234]

Just a reminder that we still don't know what the Florian Monsters are

[@foreverinafantasy]

@@buddyb3165 wait how does thriller bark contribute to wano? Other than the grave robbing, which seems like a pretty weak link. Even sky island contributed more with the introduction on mantra and wrecking the merry

[@buddyb3165]

@@foreverinafantasy First Mention of Kaido and Zoro dueling Ryuma and getting his sword.

[@Kumo3Koro]

"Karoo is my boy and I would both kill AND die for him. Don't fucking test me." Ah yes, a man of culture I see

[@RadioC7_]

We got him bois... we got him.

[@logicaloverdrive8197]

First we got Totallynotmark to change his avatar, and now Jeff too.

[@RadioC7_]

@@logicaloverdrive8197 They’re starting to see the gospel that is one piece and totallynotmark’s videos have been a really fun experience to watch every Thursday

[@logicaloverdrive8197]

@@RadioC7_ And with their large audiences and high views, the word spreads with every passing moment! Our numbers grow by the second!

[@OriginalChaosGamer]

obligatory "One of us! One of us! ONE OF US!"

[@nineteenct]

@@OriginalChaosGamer Gooble Gobble ONE OF US

[@NerdySatyr]

May I highly recommend "Totally Not Mark"s recent One Piece videos where he's blindly diving into the series and reviewing it, absolutely fantastic content, check him out!

[@604eign]

His videos get hundreds of thousands of views... I don’t think TNM needs anyone to recommend him an his content for it to be seen 🤷🏻‍♂️😂😂

[@NerdySatyr]

@@604eign What so people who haven't seen it can't go and enjoy it? Brighten their day some? What kind of thinking is that

[@jasongibson1225]

I love Totally Not Mark's review. Every time it is in my notifications I click it immediately. One Piece is a monster of a series to watch through again, so seeing him do it I think is a great way to revisit. It is like watching with a friend who you introduced to the series and can't stop watching it, and is fawning over everything about it so you can nerd out with him. It is great if you've already watched the anime or read the manga to any significant degree.

[@maris4137]

Thanks for the recommendation.

[@patrickholzer6415]

true, his videos always paint a smile across my face. It is amazing seeing a new fan experiencing all of this great story for the first time, especially a perceptive and attentive person like not Mark. Can't wait for his introduction to Katakuri next week!

[@foreverinafantasy]

I just gotta say this as a physiology TA, at 36:04 "punch strength being proportional to wind-up length" is probably the most physiologically accurate thing about Luffy lol. Elastic force is proportional to displacement, and elastic force is actually stronger in muscles than active force (the force from muscle cells contracting), so the most force exerted by a muscle is when it's elongating (eccentric contraction vs concentric).

[@fatmaninparadise]

"One Piece is inevitable." _THE PROPHECY HAS COME TO PASS!_

[@Haysey_Draws]

I still see people say they won't read/watch OP because of the art...seriously, there's a reason it is so well loved for so long, stop judging a book by it's cover and dive in!

[@yawshi822]

“Warning: do not come in here. It is inescapable.” Me: too late

[@rodrigotufeksian3571]

"WE one piece fans " I cried

[@BaalFridge]

"It did some huge spoilers to his immediate family" Lmao well said

[@meghanhenderson6682]

It was well done, but it was also a bastard move. ...I miss Ace.

[@buddyb3165]

@@meghanhenderson6682 We all do buddy

[@LightningNinja2]

"I can make a video essay about any one of these topics." *Looks over at Tekking101, Mr. Morj, Joyboy and the rest of them.* Ya, you could.

[@caitlinbrewer4843]

you could even build a youtube career on them

[@HapPawhere]

@@caitlinbrewer4843 Looks over at Tekking101 that literally made a 20-30 minutes ish video about 1 character that only appear 1-2 panel in the manga LOL

[@iamdivan7368]

Probably should though

[@hosseinfaridnasr2778]

@@HapPawhere which character?

[@vugiakhanh1877]

Dude Tekking has a 20-30 minute video talking about a damn tree 😂

[@Derock009]

Never really understood the "story is too long to start" issue people have. Do you only read/watch stories that you can finish in one sitting? If you like the story, you have plenty of content to go through whenever you have time. If you don't like the story, then the length doesn't matter.

[@RadioC7_]

Exactly then they always end up sad when their story ends and beg for a second season or a new series.

[@christiancassam]

Totally on your side, but before starting, I remember being overwhelmed about the idea of even attempting something of that scope. It’s a weird psychological barrier.

[@yourdaddy8605]

My thoughts exactly

[@Ash_Wen-li]

My reasoning is that in the time it takes to read or watch it, I can read/watch a bunch of other things that are just as good or better

[@yourdaddy8605]

@@Ash_Wen-li I mean that could be said for pretty much anything no? Plus if you don’t want to watch more one piece you can just stop and continue later. Furthermore, that argument could pretty much be used for anything like I’m watching Dr. Stone rn but I could be watching FMA or I’m watching No game no life but I could be watching Attack on Titan etc, also you won’t know what you like until you watch it meaning just because One piece is objectively better than fairy tail by miles doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy fairy tail more, so if your watching one piece now and enjoying it then don’t stop and keep watching it, don’t stop watching it cause you think Attack on Titan could be better or FMA could be better

[@athroughzdude]

Something that I find to be a recurring theme in One Piece, or at least the later portions, is rebellion against unjust authority. Almost always the one presented by the Celestial Dragons atop the World Government Pyramid. It comes up a lot.

[@shmarfle47]

The very theme of One Piece is freedom as being the pirate king means that you’re the freest person in the world according to Luffy. Unjust authority is pretty much the antithesis of that by holding dominating power and oppressing people so it makes sense that it’s a recurring theme since it’s the very thing Luffy hates the most

[@TheKalluto]

That's why i think Skypeia is so underrated since it is such a perfect set up arc at the same time as being a fully fledged self contained story Freedom. Adventure. I mean i still hold it as the most adventurous arc to date. Sets up Void Century related stuff. Sets up further Gol D Roger. Sets up Oden. Sets up Haki. Essentially , in that arc, Luffy dethrone a false God and in doing so, bring to light the lost history of an island/culture ( city of Gold ) as well as freedom to the oppressed people. That's literally goign to be the endgame of One Piece.

[@Arkayjiya]

I love Thriller Bark, it's an arc that didn't resonate as much as others for most fans apparently (except the end) but it's so full of Oda's love for adventure... In fact that love is the reason Skypiea is my favorite arc of One Piece. It's the arc that embodies the best the spirit of freedom and adventure that's at the core of OP.

[@thomasffrench3639]

I’m on Skypiea and it’s great. I love how it feels like an adventure, but unfortunately people only want epic battle shonen arcs. Now I wouldn’t say that even those arcs feel like other battle shonen. It’s an adventure series, but people expect anime and manga to be battle shonen

[@blackroses96]

Thriller Bark? Contributing the least to the world-building? Oh boy, you're in for a big surprise because this arc actually sets up at least two very important things you did not mention, one of them still being a mystery to this day, as of chapter 991. :D

[@ImagineMaker0]

The only question that matter is: "How much did you cry when Going Merry died"

[@SMon42]

Enough to be noticeable.

[@meghanhenderson6682]

Every time I re-watch, I break when Iceberg tells them it's over.

[@DiscountWhiskey078]

8, but sideways

[@Midnight-Starfish]

How many slices of bread have you eaten in your life, Jojo?

[@ianprice6690]

not as much as ikitai

[@meee7015]

Don’t forget that Oda basically added the Supernovas last minutes because he thought the Sabaody arc was “boring”. Like he thought an arc focused on how unfair the world is and how the government basically turns a blind eye into human trafficking and slavery just because the ruling class can’t leave without servants. And he thought “that’s kinda boring. Let me add 9 other pirates vying for the same goal as Luffy all with different designs, abilities, and crews”

[@raven717]

Which till this day is insane to me considering how big of a role they play now in the story. Especially law

[@jorencice]

I Love this series. Makes me sad so many people refuse to watch it since its popular.

[@1kbmahan]

Or too long

[@terryluan2009]

I think for a lot of ppl, it's less so the popularity, and moreso the length of the series that has turned them off.

[@ibojofamily8472]

imma just wait till it's done. It's been forever so imma wait forever then enjoy a whole session through the whole anime. The fillers or long unnecessary scenes and pauses were annoying tho before I dropped the anime

[@Raccoozs]

Its too long for me to start it

[@jorencice]

But if the entire story itself is amazing why does it matter if its "too long" does everything need to be a rush to the end?

[@GhERM2SOIED72]

REMINDER TO ALL THAT GAIMON HAS A GIRLFRIEND. HER NAME IS SARFUNKLE.

[@JoshTheValiant]

I think that is currently the title holder for longest time to shoe drop in One Piece.

[@stardestroyer19]

@@JoshTheValiant What about Rayleigh being in a cover story in the east blue?

[@marsupialmole3926]

@@stardestroyer19 The time between Rayleigh showing up in that flashback and him appearing as a character is shorter than the time between Gaimon's introduction and that cover art depicting him and Sarfunkle

[@nedumnwanze4120]

Yeah, simon and garfunkel

[@Zeverinsen]

@@nedumnwanze4120 One Piece is riddled with pop culture references. I love it.

[@davidsiegel8842]

I'm watching this video for about the fifth time more than a year later, and I cannot believe it's sitting at just over 500k views. This deserves 10 times that amount.

[@LordVulcanus747]

31:43 that is literally the whole story summed up in one sentence.

[@sf1822]

Pretty accurate yes

[@b.lazing9923]

People that say that One Piece is a bad series because of the art disgust me, they are the same crowd that doesn't know the difference between graphics and artstyle

[@diegorojas2049]

They're also probably the same people who want every manga/anime to have the same generic anime artstyle

[@neeloak1267]

I can say that I have never gotten into one piece. The manga just seems so big and huge that I feel like I’m gonna drown and die every time I try to get into it. I can also a little sadly that the art style was weird and strange when compared to other manga. I think that works as a two way street. One, it catches the eye of many a potential reader but it could also cause some people to not read it since I looks weird. And was another reason I turned it down. I learned to give the art style a chance after HeroAca because it had a weird fusion between manga and America comics and I loved it. But One Piece was still so large and uneatable to me. I also had very little money. So I looked through timelines to get an accurate picture of the story and then started there. It was rocky and weird at the beginning but now I can safely say that the manga it one of the best I ever read. Exceeding on any measurement one a few categories and being near the top for the rest.

[@joshshrum2764]

It’s even sadder because the art is amazing.

[@yourdaddy8605]

I remember one guy reacting to one piece and him saying “Im waiting till the graphics get better” when I realized he was talking about the art style I smacked my forehead tbh cause firstly it’s his art style not graphics, secondly why would he change his art style? And third don’t throw a series away cause the art looks weird, I thought the same thing with jojo and guess what that was shit was 👌

[@joshshrum2764]

@@yourdaddy8605 Well it does become hd around Water 7.

[@darthvader3969]

I am so glad TotallyNotMark and you started one piece

[@xyzen9673]

One piece has the perfect blend of world building, interesting characters, and interesting story, even the goal is the simplest thing imaginable, get to the last island, the stories you encounter on the journey is so compelling you somehow forget why they are on the journey in the 1st place

[@yukikanegawa7470]

I think it's impossible to forget everyone's goal. Especially Luffy. He says it to like every villain.

[@Omnipotentmonkey]

it really is the world-building that sets One Piece apart from its shonen brethren. One Piece's world is so consistent, layered and richly detailed by any standards of fiction, there's nary an inconsistency to be spotted, what retcons do exist are extremely well-disguised, and character motivations are consistently tied into world-elements, politics and broader ideas. it stands out in particular among the often weak world-building found in shonen stories when you compare them. (and just to clarify something from the off, this is more a testament to Eichiro Oda being an absurdly hardworking GENIUS than it is an insult to the other Mangaka, I cannot even IMAGINE how difficult it must be to try and lay out an actual world for your story, while writing, drawing and inking said story in a week-by-week everlasting grind.) for instance, Bleach basically only basicaly explains whatever world-features are absolutely necessary to its plot at any given time, and then promptly abandons them, it nearly never elaborates on them, we don't have context for the scale/severity of Rukia's infraction in the Soul Society arc or the supposed injustice of her punishment, because even to this day we barely have an idea about ANY of soul society's laws. we don't know the extent of the Rukongai, whether this is all of the souls of the entire world or not, and if it is , why is the entire thing modelled on feudal japan? nothing is every particularly textured or layered into the world in a way which makes it feel like it's a dynamic environment which real people could occupy. but, It does consistently look visually spectacular as a setting and lends itself as a visually interesting backdrop and a decent framing device for the plotline Kubo wants to mostly tell visually. Naruto's world-building is slightly better, it establishes nations, political relations between those nations and historic grudges, but it is filled to the BRIM with blatant retcons to accomplish a fair bit of its layering,, again, not an insult to Masashi Kishimoto, I think retcons are the near-INEVITABLE result of the Shonen manga grind. and... well, the less said about Dragonball's world-building the better... while i'd never call Toriyama lazy, it's abundantly clear at points that he flat-out doesn't care about world-consistency, Piccolo blasts an island to smithereens using KI, and there's a world-martial arts tournament entirely dedicated to people acheiving its usage being the highest level of competition, but 12 or so years after the fact, the ENTIRE world is somehow completely oblivious to it. this off-kilter, flying by the seat of the pants approach does lend Dragonball a certain manic charm though as an unrestrained creative vision long story short, long-running manga do not generally lend themselves to consistent world-building. the only shonen Mangaka who debatably manage world-building better than Oda are Yoshihiro Togashi and Hiromu Arakawa, but YYH and HxH are SUBSTANTIALLY shorter and smaller in scale than One Piece, and FMA is smaller and far shorter still

[@thebraydenchannel78]

What's your opinion on HxH's world building? That is if you watched it

[@NJ-ss5bc]

Not a fan of one piece but I'll admit the manga looks great and it does deserve it's number one spot. One day I'll definitely try to read the manga but can't stomach the anime

[@visoth7791]

Hiruma breaks down the tavern door where Shanks and Luffy drank at. Oda mistakenly draws the door standing, unbroken. Reader points this out to him Oda creates a character who is known for traveling around and fixing doors. Said character is never seen again... Until he is shown several hundred chapters later, in a semi-important role. That's an impressive "retcon".

[@raouldmono]

@@visoth7791 Minor correction, in the Volume 92 SBS (which has been animated in its entirety) Oda confirmed that the East Blue Minatomo and Wano Minatomo are not the same person, but are instead relatives because a few decades ago people managed to leave Wano and wound up at the East Blue. This stays consistent with how fucking hard it is to enter Wano

[@Omnipotentmonkey]

@@thebraydenchannel78 I did mention that Togashi is outright better at world-building. HxH is extraordinarily well constructed, from its power system rules, to its economies and nations, but it is an easier task at that length of story than One Piece's task of maintaining continuity and structural integrity over nearly 1000 chapters.

[@CRANTIME]

I've recently fallen prey to it's charms, myself. I honestly think it's the perfect show for me. all the characters are quirky and interesting, the art style allows such a crazy array of everything and it's still all just lighthearted and fun enough that I'm never left without a smile.

[@sendpie6565]

I've been saying this for years to my family, friends, aquitances, and anyone who would listen: only One Piece evokes in me the same wonder as LotR does, the world breathes, moves and welcomes you forever. Skypiea is still my favorite arc, for all you said and you know the friendship that transcends death. The bit with Robin at the end just goosebumps, we stan the Queen.💜 I can't wait for you to be all caught up and go wild with the speculations. The video went fast but that's just how talking about OP goes. Thank you for the wholesome content and keep sailing safe. ✊✨