We were wrong about Laugh Tale

[@mrbubbles6468]

Luffy reacting to the story on Laugh Tale would require him to stay awake and not immediately fall asleep like he has done with every other important story ever.

[@BigDadPirates]

Haha no kidding!

[@JayMorayEel]

I mean he listened to Kinemon talking about Oden, so it could be like that

[@Radi0actvChickn]

Maybe this story will have pictures lol

[@BigDadPirates]

That’d be crazy if it’s a comic lmaoo

[@rodrigomeneses3855]

EXTREMELY CONVINCING!!! Garp also laughed after kizaru capturing him and i’m sure there’s a lot of examples

[@BigDadPirates]

Oh interesting point! I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@jAMIemADR0x1]

that is why Roger encourage everyone to become a pirate for them not to be drown by the rising sea level

[@BigDadPirates]

Who needs the redline when you can sail the seas! I like it

[@chrislaalo3965]

Great video. I just discovered your content and love it. I agree that Shanks' reaction shows that Roger's laugh was likely one of helplessness or despair. Laughing that despite his power and despite making it to the end he was unable to do anything to change the world as he was. "The weak don't get to choose how they die". Doflamingo says this, and the concept applies to Roger. He is not weak, and he chooses to be captured and die in such a way that he can change the world and maybe create a new future.

[@BigDadPirates]

I really like how you pointed out Roger's choice in how to die...thank you!

[@nestorzen]

Really solid analysis , odas writing is so subtle but so in your face at the same time it’s great

[@BigDadPirates]

Yeah he’s an absolute master of making his story enjoyable and deep without losing any of the pure entertainment of his world

[@Roshuwah]

When the message from vegapunk told the truth, I remember wondering if the laugh was something nihilistic like they knew they were all screwed, but I think that's a bit too dark for Oda. I think if anything it's that they were too early to do anything with the one piece because hoshi wasn't born yet

[@BigDadPirates]

I definitely agree that this is the other possibility but it doesn’t explain Shanks or Rayleigh that well yet at least. I’ll say Uranus didn’t exist yet for him or maybe even the ability to open Wano’s borders to use pluton. Thanks for the comment. I definitely agree with what you said.

[@Roshuwah]

@@BigDadPirates what is there to explain with shanks though, because he was sick to he and buggy didn't get to see the one piece right? I do think your theory about the laughing part is an interesting take though! I hadn't thought about that back story in a long time

[@BigDadPirates]

I explain in the video that Roger says something privately to shanks and shanks just bursts into crying. They’ve known Roger was dying of an illness long before that day so that doesn’t seem to be the reason. It could be that he’s just sad to say goodbye but it seems to sprung by what Roger told him privately…to me it makes sense that it would be related to what Roger learned on laugh tale and it would explain Shank’s role in the story as an emperor waiting for the right moment. Just some observations! No worries if you see it differently

[@Roshuwah]

@@BigDadPirates oh right! I guess we'll keep having fun speculating until we find out in the next several years lol!

[@BigDadPirates]

Pretty much! I try to use evidence in the text and illustrations of the manga to make my speculation so it’s a bit more grounded in reality haha

[@BankaiFever]

Roger named the one piece laugh tale as an ironic joke because it’s going to be something sad just like life. Life is something to be laughed at in the end.

[@BigDadPirates]

Love it and agree!

[@BankaiFever]

@@BigDadPirates loved your video broski just subbed, my brain was going bananas. I hope the "Laugh Tale" is the tragic story of JoyBoy and when the straw hats sit down to hear the story from Robin, us, the audience will laugh as well, to disguise our tears that our long-running series is over just like Joyboy's great pirate era, just like Roger's great pirate era.

[@BigDadPirates]

lol I love this comment! One of my favorites ever on my channel!

[@lilskie]

What sets you apart from other One Piece content creators is that you make videos based on logic and Oda's writing habits. Which is surprisingly rare in the community. I hope your channel gains more traction. Keep it up my friend!

[@BigDadPirates]

Honestly when I started watching videos people would make all kinds of claims and I was like how do they know this? Turned out that they were just guessing or repeating other people’s ideas without examining things closely so that’s why some ideas from content creators felt very shallow. I appreciate the praise and I just have fun sharing ideas about One Piece but having my videos do well is nice too!

[@ItUnidentified]

Randy troy, swayer and morj vibes but this guys in his own lane

[@BigDadPirates]

Thank you! Glad you’ve enjoyed it

[@BlackLight-r1c]

Clever video I never thought the one piece was truly funny

[@BigDadPirates]

Sometimes things can be funny and sad! Sometimes we just start laughing because that’s all you can do!

[@ChillstoneBlakeBlast]

One thing to keep on mind is that In Sabaody, Rayleigh said they would probably reach a differenct conclusion if they find it and that they were too early. I personally think Laugh Tale is most likely located at the bottom of the ocean, most likely under Reverse Mountain to be exact, as "X" marks the spot.

[@BigDadPirates]

Yeah I definitely keep that in mind…I don’t think Luffy will laugh and I definitely think that location is one of the most likely possibilities!

[@nikb95]

You cooking hard as always. Props

[@BigDadPirates]

Thank you thank you I’m glad you enjoyed it

[@beyblader305]

Great vid, keep it up

[@BigDadPirates]

Thank you I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@beyblader305]

@@BigDadPirates your explanations have validity and you go beyond critical thinking which helps encapsulates what true messages are. I like your type of vids!! Seriously this is a great adventure we are tuned in for and hopefully we can reach the One piece together 🙏🏼

[@BigDadPirates]

I appreciate that! Thank you so much!

[@willofd999]

That’s such a brilliant interpretation of the Roger’s laugh moment. It actually falls in line with what I’ve come to realize about the overarching message that Oda’s trying to tell us - the cycle of freedom/oppression that humanity fails to escape because we end up fueling it. And maybe somebody like Luffy would have the right mentality to break that cycle

[@BigDadPirates]

Thank you! Yeah I wonder how many other people will become pirates by the end of the story! I definitely agree with you about the cycles…night/dawn. Freedom/security.

[@willofd999]

@@BigDadPirates does remind me of the theory about Luffy’s dream having to do with wanting everybody to be pirates

[@BigDadPirates]

Yeah or at least have the potential to become pirate at the very least!

[@jevusbrice]

I really dig this, you earned my sub! 😊

[@BigDadPirates]

Welcome brother! Thanks for watching!

[@IsaMariaUu]

Great video! Your channel is underrated.

[@BigDadPirates]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@Scudboy17]

I have a theory what the One Piece is, but its kind of out there. I think the One Piece is a spaceship. This world was not originally populated by humans, or at least not the humans that are there now. I think this was a ship of very advanced technology, probably a colony ship, that landed on the One Piece world. The ship itself was piloted by a crew that could operate the ships systems, but due to a genetic lock, only they could opperate that ship. After they arrived, they needed to adapt to the weirdness of this world in order to survive. They ended up breaking into 2 separate groups because they could not agree on how to adapt. The first group was the bucaneers. They decided to adapt themselves to the world, genetically modifying themselves to be larger, stronger, and tougher in order to survive. The other group, the celestial dragons, decided to create several races of slaves to work for them - the fishmen and the giants. The fishmen because they could easily harvest resources from the sea. The gaints for their great strength and size, as builders and warriors. The lunarians were an existing race on the world and were basically hunted to near extinction by the celestial dragons, same for the minks. The reason the celestial dragons wear space suits is not to breath separate air, at least not at first, they were the spacesuits worn by the crew of the spaceship. The bucaneers have special blood because they too can operate the ship because they have the same base genetics as the celestial dragons. The cestial dragons became the more successful of the two races and staged a war to wipe out the bucaneers and almost succeded. The gorosei were created to protect the knowledge of the existence of this space ship and to protect the only surviving people who could opperate the ship. I think the void century was started when the rest of the races united to fight back against the celestial dragons and the gorosei. The war lasted a hundred years and ended when the leadef of that revolt Joyboy was betrayed by his friends and companions and was killed by the gorosei. The knowledge of the origins of the war was wiped out because in truth the celestial dragons and/or the gorosei want to leave this planet. The flooding caused by their ultimate weapons (left in orbit when the ship first landed) and they knew it was only a matter of time before the world becomes uninhabitable. I think the ship probably crash landed when it arrived, and has either been repaired or is repairing itself slowly, but when Roger found it, the repairs were not complete yet, and would not be for another 20 years. The cause of Rogers illness was radiation poisoning, an illness they have no cure for. Shanks was upset because he knew Roger was dying and there was nothing they could do about it. Roger left to turn himself in and proclaim the age of pirates because he knew the only way for everyone else to survive would be to get to Laugh Tale and the spaceship in order to trully escape or at least have a good percentage of the populace learning how to sail and survive on this world, post final flood. The reason Roger was laughing was because he knew he would never live to see any of this happen- he was just going to be the straight man setting up the joke so someone else could finish it. The Will of D is simply a designator for the surviving human and other races that come from bloodlines that so have the same genetic markers the celestial dragons and the bucaneers have. They were probably given these gene markers thru genetic manipulation, being "designated" pilots of the ship as opposed to being the decendants of the races that were really the chosen pilots. The reason the world government hasn't hunted down all of the "D" holders is because they are ultimately a backup plan in case the celestial dragons are wiped out or unable to opperate the ship. I know this is a monter post, but this is my theory.

[@Alexanster]

That's definitely a theory. Would be a complete different take on everything. I think Roger saying something along the lines of "so many laughs", and D clan members always smiling when they're about to die, it could mean that it's also a tale about D clan members having lost the great war during the void century and all but a few of them dying (laughing). The treasure could be something that would be able to revert the changes made to the world during the void century (grand line/red line/raised sea levels), but only of you have access to all three ancient weapons while being awakened Nika. Roger might have known that another Poseidon-cycle just started or was about to start with Shirahoshi and needed to get the Nika fruit to the chosen one (Ace), but that he wouldn't be able to do it himself, or most of his crew for that matter, so he gave the biggest task into the hands of the next generation in Shanks. Shanks is crying in the panel because he can not comprehend and doesn't want to accept that there won't be anyone else around to fulfill Roger's last wishes.

[@BigDadPirates]

That’s definitely an interesting idea! Going to space would be a great way to get away from a sinking world!

[@subwayguiltjp5577]

Holy shit I never noticed all the whirpools behind the oro jackson.

[@BigDadPirates]

Those are just the rough waters around Wano Country, right? Are you thinking it’s the ship used by the man marked by flames

[@notthat1901]

That makes so much sense. It is also super sad loll

[@BigDadPirates]

Dereshi shi shi!!! Thanks for watching

[@collin3233]

Oda has done such a magnificent job hiding the truth behind the one piece for so many years. Great video. I also loved the Outward music at the end of the video.

[@BigDadPirates]

Outward GOTY 2024

[@Hustlenem]

great vid 🫡

[@BigDadPirates]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it!

[@guyyates4038]

Your overthinking it, the name of the island is laughter tale, luffys predecessor is called joyboy, it's a meta commentary on the series its self, the series started to get darker and more serious after impell down and the war and this stuff and even gear 5 are a meta commentary on the show and what it's about at its core which is having a good time and making people laugh, that's why gear 5 is luffy gaining cartoon powers, it's the author saying that while there are dark elements, at its core it's a story about having fun, a laughter tale if you will

[@BigDadPirates]

lol I don’t think I’m overthinking at all but I at least partially agree with the core of your idea

[@guyyates4038]

@@BigDadPirates I'm glad you understand the core idea, I mostly just watch the show so I don't get deep into the weeds with this stuff so I get that this level of thought is par for the course in the one piece fandom and is probably half the fun for a lot of people but as a matter of personal taste I do wish there were more theories that were based on a purely analytical look at the series not just from an in universe perspective but from a writers perspective keeping in mind the weekly releases and the way the story changes as its written and the author comes up with new ideas and importantly what both the tone of it is and what the authors intention and use for the characters are All of which is to say from just what I've seen on KZbin It looks like most theories boil down to "it would be cool if this happened" rather than "having looked at every bit of information I have on what the author is writing and how they tell a story this is my best honest guess as to what is going to happen next" I get that that probably wouldn't get as much fanfair on KZbin but it's definitely more the kind of theories I'm interested in at least and I can't seem to find a yt channel that approaches one piece theories from that angle

[@BigDadPirates]

@guyyates4038 well while this video is not necessarily a theory imo, the purpose is to back it up with a text based-analysis, which is how I did my literature critique and analysis in college. Don’t even get me started on most of the YT theories lol. I agree that they definitely lack evidence and don’t really connect any reasoning as well

[@momoalain9193]

I really like this theory. Perhaps this could also link to the Smile fruits. If you were one of the unlucky ones, Oda deliberately made it so that you would only laugh uncontrollably, even when experiencing something tragic (for example, Yasuie's death scene). Out of all the emotions Oda could have chosen, he specifically made these fruits cause uncontrollable laughter.

[@BigDadPirates]

And ultimately, we learn that Yasmine CHOSE to laugh through the smile fruit after Toko ate a SMILE Fruit! Very interesting indeed

[@nomadsherm6666]

I think roger cried oden forshadowed that in his flashback every time he wrote they laughed because men dont cry he was lying n they actually cried been my theory for a while now years actually

[@BigDadPirates]

That’s a good observation! I’m taking that hahahahaha

[@nomadsherm6666]

@@BigDadPirates if you you really paid attention it's not a crazy observation oden was the biggest cap of OP he was a warrior but an emotional one just like Roger I sure he cried a lot too just like Luffy. And I can't wait to be proven right

[@BigDadPirates]

I’m not going to argue! Oden’s one of my favorites. I’ll remember this comment when it happens ROFL

[@Runningwritingreading]

dereshishishi

[@jamesfukazawa8903]

Maybe One Piece is both “the friends we met along the way” AND a bunch of treasure. Roger knew he was dying when he sought it out. And maybe the tradition of the One Piece started with others (like Joyboy) facing their ultimate end. You can’t take anything with you when you depart this world, so you might as well leave it all in one piece-a final repository representing a person’s cumulative experience in the world. So when they saw Joyboy’s treasure and the apologies and regrets, the Roger pirates saw more than just treasure, they saw the value of life in context of what gives life value, the end. So in a sense “Roger” and “Joyboy” are both waiting for the next person to claim the One Piece because the totality of their experience is sitting there as a grand representation of their lives and an invitation to live fully and come to your own inevitable conclusion. Everyone is hoping to meet again in the Great Beyond.

[@BigDadPirates]

I agree with many of these ideas for sure. I personally I have no idea really what the one piece is but given my ideas in this video and my personal feelings, I’d wager that the one piece is a grave of the ancient kingdom or even a eulogy for Nefetari D. Lily

[@tonywilliams6294]

The journey is coming to its conclusion... we may only have a year or 2 of One Piece remaining... I thought we'd have it forever...dang it.

[@BigDadPirates]

I’m hoping for at least 3 more! We will have it forever in the ability to rewatch/reread it. It’s got the depth and determination for a real piece of literature so it can be examined thousands of times and people will find new ideas , meanings and inights!

[@OfficialAbjeer]

Nah try 5

[@espelhodasconstelacoes]

Five at least, we got a final war coming ​@@OfficialAbjeer

[@sabersroommate8293]

1 or 2? Nah, Oda won't rush it like that.

[@PedroDragonNest]

Bro I've been saying this 0:26 since day one. It never made sense to me that they were actually laughing because it was funny. Like, what would be funny in arriving at the right place to save the world 20 years prior to the right time? It never made sense to me

[@BigDadPirates]

Good point! It is definitely very tragic!

[@kirbyinhalesjotaro4471]

Maybe Roger didn’t actually find the One Piece and doesn’t know what it is because he was too early. The sad reason he could be laughing is that he went on all this journey for “nothing”

[@BigDadPirates]

Oooh that would be wild! That he doesn’t even really know because it was the wrong time! Good thinking

[@TheOnlyLeel]

No.

[@miohondawhichismywifegrill662]

yes