bruh i was just sitting here high as shit blow away via intro like no way they got this amazing ass edit with the calm ass music like it’s not crazy animation
42:56 The choice between Freedom and Peace Blackbeard chooses freedom at its worst extend Akainu chooses peace at its worst extend Luffy will be the one to choose both at it's best forms
@@TheHiddenIsland-With terraforming powers and nanotech that can recreate themselves (the bots) u can imagine multimpe scenarios; peace war isolation methods, constant evolution of DNA or robotech, space empires. A space empire would be different compare to a planetery empire 'planets labs', 'dominant planets', 'terraforming wars', 'divergant evolution instead of convergant in tech', wars would be fought over information instead of energy, the data would be so many that the most important thing would be information (copyrights); overproduction limits the capacity, this is the only push forward method
What if Blackbeard has 3 eyes fitting with his 3 pistols, 3 beard braids, 3 skulled jolly roger, 3 scars he gave Shanks and 3 devil fruits (2 so far). Maybe he also came from God Valley tying in with his connection to Rocks naming his ship after him and setting up base were the Rocks pirates formed.
@@Ray_D_Tuttoperhaps the dark dark fruit is xebecs old fruit and blackbeard obtained it. It can negates other DF what if it could negates other things like death and store the soul in the fruit, and that is why he doesn't sleep because he has 3 souls in one body rotating shifts. He has xebec, himself and another user of fruit from the void century.
@@BillyBob-xr3tl Can't be. We know he never slept since he was a boy, in the Era of Whitebeard vs Roger. He only got the fruit relatively recently, after Ace had already become a whitebeard commander.
With the whole Dreams = voice of all things idea, you could argue that when members of the three-eyed tribe harness the voice of all things to read the poneglyphs, they're actually reading the dreams left behind in those poneglyphs.
So the poneglyphs are some kind of a hard drive? They are certainly hard as fuck, but do they drive? Hell yeah! How else would they be able to scatter all over the world like some fucking dragons balls?
@@TheHiddenIsland- third eye is a agya or anjna chakra when it opens or awake ,it's believed to be linked to perception, awareness and spritual connections...there are seven chakra most upper chakra is crown chakra when crown chakra opens people often experience spritual growth ,infinite wisdom and higher consciousness ...it is also linked with energy fire phase ..it is highest chakra in yoga tradition...there are very few yogis who opened it
Dreams being the infinite power source wouldn't just explain Devil Fruits---it would also explain Haki, apparently tied to willpower. May the greatest dreamer win!
I have heard many One Piece theories over the years, some I agreed with 100% and some I found utterly ridiculous. This is the first one I've heard that feels like its actually spoiling the story for me, it's kinda crazy. Great work bro.
Parvision has a VERY similar theory, but instead of the sea, he believes that the moon is the core that synchronizes our dreams. The moon which controls the sea and is referenced several times through out the story. You two should collab for a mega-theory, think both ideas strengthen each other.
Super interesting theory and I actually have a theory on shanks if something like this pans out. So shanks is someone who wants to maintain the peace in the world of one piece and doesn’t actually oppose imu hence why he can straight up talk to the five elders. Shanks often warns people about Blackbeard someone who believes in dreams but doesn’t sleep so imu cannot take them making him a direct threat to the peace in the world. Also no member of the red hair pirates have a devil fruit the one thing that opposes the system. In contrast to the Blackbeard pirates where all major members have devil fruits. I believe that shanks was given the choice of freedom or peace and chose peace. However shanks stole the Nika fruit, one of the most powerful devil fruits, from the government in order to give someone(Luffy) the chance to make a different decision than he did. I think that shanks will be Luffy’s finale antagonist before the straw hats can make it to laughtale, because if luffy can defeat shanks then shanks decision was wrong but if he doesn’t then shanks will know he chose right. So I think that shanks represents peace but stagnation, Blackbeard represents freedom but chaos, and Luffy represents the best of both worlds. This can be represented in their three crews, the red hair pirates have no devil fruits, the Blackbeard pirates have all devil fruits, and the straw hat pirates have half devil fruit users and half non devil fruit users.
@@istheyear-ry1elstill doesn’t contradict my theory. Shanks only decided to claim the one piece after luffy became an emperor which made luffy someone who could get the one piece. If shanks gets the one piece he not going to use it. Shanks is the final obstacle for luffy to become pirate king, the person he has to surpass. Don’t get me wrong though this theory is super far fetched.
Sanji's eyebrows mirroring the eye of horus/ra, his connection with Pudding, his dream of seeking the All Blue, Vinsmoke's connections with Vegapunk/MADS, and the spirals on all devil fruits. Sanji might be incredibly important for this last leg (heh) of the story.
Imu is an alien, the one piece is joyboy spaceship, the space ship is in the shape of the strawhat or a fllying disk, they eventually go into space with a space SHIP because space is just another sea
Lol. I mean, I dont believe it, but it would be cool if Imus giant strawhat actually means something... Id could be cool, too, if history wouldnt be, what we think. What is if the 20 Kingdoms were invaded from one alien Kingdom and just were the defenders and now its the other way around? Maybe only humans lived on the Planet before the void century and all this "abnormal" people, like Fishmen, were descendants of the aliens. I mean, like I said, i dont believe it. But funny theorizing is funny, right? :D
Given the reason why they weren't allowed more advanced machines, its kinda ironic that a robot that was made to relieve Vegapunk of his work is the one that got greedy and desired more. The machines can be so advanced that it doesn't spark our greed, but their's.
The jokes in this episode feel more genuine, like you're not holding back as much personality, and I think that takes your already amazing style to another level completely. Can't wait to see what you've got for us in 2023.
I came back to listen to this and you're cooking. Listen, the stakes are way higher if the Gorosei and Imu are powered by dreams. Luffy can't hurt Saturn? Its because his dreams drive him. How did Joyboy fail? He couldn't surrender his dreams so he could properly fight Imu and the Planets. The sea weakens Devil Fruit users because Devil Fruits are created by dreams, and the sea is now leeching them like, as you said, a battery.
People have a trope in story telling where the creator floods the world to limit humanity because they have “lost the way” this can be seen in classics like Mega Man Legends and The Bible
Probably the best One Piece production I've seen on UA-cam! I feel in awe and at peace at the same time. Sent the video to my mom, which doesn't read manga, watch anime, or anything of that sort, and even she couldn't stop watching. Especially, the Song of Mary stuff left a deep impression.
Great video. ☕ Glad to see Usamaru Furuya's work get a highlight like this. His art style can be off putting, but he plays with some very interesting concepts, especially in his shorter works. For The Music of Marie I'd recommend reading the fan translation, because the One Peace books translation (while not bad) is kinda dull.
Thanks Phantom! I agree on all fronts, but that being said I like both translations for different reasons. Great manga overall though, was a really fun read!
caught up with one piece last week and ive been loving your channel since discovering it a few days back. your analysis is unbelievabley thorough, love love love it 🍻
In a world powered by dreams BlackBeard is an anomaly,the other side of the coin that Oda loves so much. Especially if the government uses the power of dreams how could they have power over someone who never dreamed?
While I prefer the more serious style, there were a few really good jokes in here tbh. The theory itself, while probably reaching, is really well thought out and the connection with the Music of Marie is mindblowing
@@CastleOfAvalon i hope it doesn't, it'll be really funny seeing everyone lose their minds over a character just having an injury instead of a hidden rinnegan-hawkeye-ashura demon (whatever the theories are)
Oda has been taking breaks not because of health reason or just to have rest and personal time, but because you keep coming with theories that forces him to rewrite the OP story
your voice is very engaging yet relaxing, which a lot of youtubers don’t always get to achieve. your pace of speech is really good and your delivery of lines always hit the mark. it’s really impressive.
"Men are props on the stage of life, and no matter how tender, how exquisite... A lie will remain a lie. Young hollow, knowing this, do you still desire peace?" "There is no path. Beyond the scope of light. Beyond the reach of dark. …what could possibly await us? And yet, we seek it, insatiably. Such is our fate." -Aldia, Scholar of the First Sin.
Dude thank you for exposing me to this gem of a manga. It was such a blast to read while finding multitudes of connections to One Piece. And not only that, but the manga itself is really well done from its art, the plot, the imagery, etc. Also I noticed that the Chapel, aka the summation of everyone's wisdom, as Pipi calls it is scarily similar to Vegapunk Records which is meant to store everyone's knowledge. The bottom of the Chapel has a sharp triangle shaped pattern much like the pattern of the cracked egg surrounding Vegapunk Records.
So it sounds like you’re saying Imu is using the dreams of people to power the massive computer/ultimate power source. And maybe all living things are connected to the computer? Something along those lines. Maybe Kuma needed to become a robot to break free from the connection between life and the ultimate power. He might have an important mission to execute. Also, maybe the straw hat is like a direct antenna to the computer. having the nika fruit and the hat worked in tandem to allow Luffy become JoyBoy. Maybe Luffy is the true heir to the source of power and it was stolen from him. I’m high as well. Great theory!
I prefer the old bartender model, not hating on this one though. The bar setting is for sure better! But the old mysterious bartender just fit the vibe more Imo. And of course, giving the vid a like and comment as well as watching it all for support my guy
The point you made about the One Piece being a choice and Luffy being the only one to make both choices makes sense, cause Roger said something about him being too early, that he wasn't the one supposed to make it there, or something like that.
I kind of second this. Roger said he was there too early. The correct time was when JoyBoy would return, right now. I think the first JoyBoy left behind the One Piece to his next incarnation to make them make the decision after Imu has had the time to rule for a while
Mother nature actually being a network within the ocean invented by the ancient Kingdom is a crazy good idea 🔥🔥..So as you mentioned the curse by mother nature would actually be because of the hate that people can actually fight against imu/WG.. It never made sense to me why the ground and air wouldn't hurt devil fruit users as well if it was really to be an effective curse.. Basically one piece/peace is Luffy given the same choice Neo did in matrix revolution
Awesome fucking video. Usually farfetched theories get me thinking a little bit but with the comparisons to the other manga and all the research, this has got me in critical thinking mode and I love the creativity that brings out. Keep up the awesome content and thanks for putting in so much work to bring these ideas to life!
To add credence to the theory: In Bink’s Sake, the line, “Waves of gold and silver dissolve to salty spray” indicates that the sea is a sort of treasure. Now, in Ed 1 of the One Piece anime, the song is literally called “Memories”, and in the video, the Strawhats are staring at the sea, which has a golden shine to it, due to the rays of the sun. The name and video of the Ed leads me to believe that the sea contains or gives memories, which are a treasure.ドン!! Additionally, in “Vicky the Viking” episode 22, the show that Oda was inspired by, the whole episode centers around the chief of the village having a treasure which everyone is interested in… at the end of the episode the treasure chest is opened, and it is revealed that the treasure chest was full of the chief’s memorabilia, and items which had sentimental value to him. So, think of for example, Zoro’s katanas, or Luffy’s strawhat type beat. So, the memories the items are associated with are his treasure.ドン!! (This is a theory from reddit) Memories/dreams = treasure (maybe the sea is also the national treasure of Mariejois) ドン!! The third eye is a metaphor for the mind’s internal eye, the eye we see from in dreams, fantasies, and when we imagine, and as mentioned in the video, the eye of Horus represents each of the senses, and each of the senses are gateways for memories to be gained... Memories are that which dreams are composed of- that which stories are composed of- that which the One Piece is.ドン!! The One Piece treasure is the story, “One Piece”, the daydream of Eiichiro Oda, seen through his third eye, the narrator of the story. ドン!!!
Imu's arms and shoulders are oddly placed for a normally proportioned one piece human. They do look just like the Space Pirates that were warring with the automatons Enel ran into on the moon.
Loved the theory. that relation to Music of Marie is so wild, it really does feel like oda pulled from it, wouldnt bother me though. Video was well worth the wait as always.
Thanks A Mac! Was cookin this up for a while brotha, read Music of Marie for the first time about a month ago and ever since I've been trying to put this all together. Thanks for watching, makes all the hard work well worth it.
Although idk how one piece will end but what a beautiful and well put together theory. I’m sad you backed out at the end with the “I like the other one” comment it was good don’t back down
One thing i'd like to mention is that Vegapunk is most probably not modelled after Einstein. He most definitely is inspired by Nikola Tesla. The creation of worldwide sustainable energy was tesla's dream, he even believed that the ancient pyramids were such conducters and built a prototype of it himself. But guess who tore it down and stole all his research? The government. I think Oda is most likely himself a pretty big conspiracy theorist as a lot of what i see in these theories ties to conspiracies such as a great flood cleansing, the younger drias (void period), atlantis etc. I think an avenue for theorists such as yourself should dive into these theories, i bet it would help solve these constant gaps in our current one piece knowledge!
Really good humor throughout the video! And a great far-reaching idea. Never heard of The Music of Marie but it definitely seems to correlate to One Piece. It would be interesting if this old Manga actually inspired Oda :o
Omg the 3 eyed people was in godvalley. They are the gods in the one piece world. The can Control godly everything in the world with their third eye. That give them the Power to Control the voice of all Things. So maybe godvalley was the Land where the 3 eyed people come from thats why BB want pudding
Absolutely love your theories. Saw your devil fruit one and my jaw hit the floor had to watch it several times. Now with this one you outdone yourself once again.
I loved the new blend of comedy in addition to your more serious style, it's a breath of fresh air that feels like you've been holding onto for awhile, and I'm glad you're finally letting it go and allowing us to peak into your mind a bit more. The theory was something I was waiting for already but wow, you really knocked it out of the park again man. Thanks for another amazing video! And shout out to LeeJayAnimation for the redesigned bar!
Thank you Chris! I really appreciate seeing this comment because I definitely have been holding onto this for a while, and was looking for a good chance to bring humor onto the channel. Always been something I wanted to try, so feedback like this is extra reassuring. More where this came from for sure! Shoutouts to LEEJAY THE GOAT
The punk records is OUR Akashic Library. Oda is DEFINITELY a fellow conspiracy theorest. Extremely intelligent and so are you sir. Oda is basically in a very subtle subtle way showing us all how our reality & world actually operates.
Man, another banger! Your content keeps getting better and better, visually, in terms of ideas, and now with more jokes that add a lot of character. By far the most well thought out and believable theory about Imu I’ve seen so far, very eye opening even 😉 Great work Hidden
WOW. You outdid yourself again. Such a fresh new take on your videos, going a little more light an vague with the theory but still such a cool concept. And the music of Mary reference ist mind blowing. Man I hope one of your theories hits the spot and Oda one day acknowledges everyone that puts out fantastic theories like yours. Lots of love. Your videos are always great entertainment and food for the mind
The fact that you’ve hit so many things I’ve thought about for this series makes me believe this IS the answer!!! Also if this isn’t the answer then you just created a whole new great series! 👏🏽🎉
I wonder if the way the 20 kingdoms won and with the help of imu. They have used their people and put them into a dream state to create devil fruits. So currently somewhere are a huge amount of people forced into a sleep state dreaming. Or who knows haha.
Just thought while watching this, i dont know how to connect but could Roger's mystery sickness be because of he's basically the biggest DREAMER of his time? And Imu got something to do about it during his voyage in the Sea
That would make sense why the ideology’s of the ancient kingdom would be so dangerous, if they awakened and people started dreaming it, it would spread all over
I think you are seriously on to something with this theory. Well presented and thought out in its entirety. There are few things I would object to. Excellent. 👏
Bro I've had to come back and comment multiple times,, this theory is mind blowing. It can truly be described with words. 👏👏👏. Enjoyed the video and thoroughly enjoyed the jokes and puns. You never not hit, even if what your talking about is incorrect. Side note - What if imu can use the abilities of others devil fruits
@The Hidden Island - How about the info is stored in the moon? and the syncronisation takes place at night (when the moon is the largest sky body 99% of the timeat least as per our planet, and people are asleep) and the mecha army on the moon was like a guardian - maintainance force. I guess Enel will reveal plot again :D
You make the best quality one piece videos i have ever seen... you definitely need more credit. I know this channel will blow up even more man. Keep doing what you are doing
Great theory as usual. Imu (obviously related to umi "the sea") is one of the greatest mysteries left in One Piece, and the best thing is we get to find out the truth very soon. The final saga is PEAK!!!
is it confirmed the gorosei are immortal? i thought they didn’t know about the renaming of the gomu gomu no mi. Could it be possible that imu is similar to one of vegapunks satellites? Like an AI gone rouge? It seems possible that one of vegapunks satellites might be a traitor, which could mirror what happened with imu back in the void century. Vegapunks is trying to rediscover old tech so it would be like “history repeating itself” that he runs into the same issues the ancient kingdom dealt with. This would still allow imu to use the global scale version of punk records. It would still be congruent with most of this theory. It could also explain how imu has been alive for so long? In regards of the gorosei, maybe imu tried to make his own satellite? Maybe purging and rebuilding them periodically to avoid any type of betrayal. Might explain why they didn’t know about the renaming of the gomu gomu no mi. I have no idea, but i’d assume that if they were around since the void century, they would know about the renaming. I have no evidence for anything i said and i’m probably completely wrong :)
the Punk arc is a microcosmos for mariejoa the same way Skypea was a microcosmos for intorducing the WG. Egghead island is the most technologically advanced place in the world, is an intorduction to Mariejoa. Where they consider "travellators" (outdoors threadmills) "advanced technology", but under that is just slaves working to death. It's Oda's equal but opposite thing again.
Well if we are reaching into the dreams / post apocalyptic territory you might as well mention the plot of Final Fantasy X. -Ancient highly advanced civilizations at war -religion / government that covers up the past and brands technology as evil and shuns people who want to discover more -protagonist turns out to be powered by dreams of ancient beings -said beings have a trademark hymn which is essential in defeating the big bad -the cyclical theme is also present with Sin always reappearing, the only known method of defeating him a "high summoning" which is basically an awakening So the post apocalyptic plot twist is not that uncommon in fiction.
Well considering oda hinted that the one piece story is a post apolocyptics story, i think it can be a matrix like story Where humans or specifically ancient kingdom created a artificial human / imu with freedom to think for themself who turn against them and created world government for making illusionary peace. Or myb imu is just like ultron, keeping peace, which was his order.
The one thing about the WG that always bugged me was why? Why are they so intentionally evil. Why do they choose to make peoples lives miserable even when its seemingly not necessary at all. This theory finally gives me one possible answer.
This was cool you got to give him his props this guy out shines every video he makes with new evidence or theories in the world of one piece I had to watch this more than once that's how good it was.💯👊🏼🤔I know usually I be hearing O'Hara out on his channel but my boy got one over him with this video.
Loved these concepts if this was a Matrix esc story then the Morpheus of this tale would be Black Beard the only man who never sleeps . in the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king
I would love for Imu to be a character that we've known. A character that goes out into the world and interacts with the story just to have something to do. Would make it a much better reveal imo
I love your videos. The background facts to the eye of Horus are so freakin cool. Thanks for research and telling us. Actually I want to post the part of the video where you explain it. And mention you with a link to this video and tagging
This makes sense if you think about what Roger said when he found Laughtale. They found the one piece too early. I think he understood that it wasn't his choice to make, to turn or not turn the key.
I genuinely thought that no one could possibly connect Matrix to One Piece yet your theory is engaging enough to add Matrix as a reference to your theory.
When there are too many coincidences, it’s almost certainly not just coincidence. Dresrosa is a microcosm of one piece. All of those people were turned into toys, and then there was this awakening when the mechanism was stopped. Vegapunks ambitions to connect everyone into one brain comes with the immediate issue of controlling people’s freedom and autonomy. Jinbe saw this and it was appropriately him as he is a crew member who had struggled to obtain freedom. We are the readers are supposed to see the shortcomings of such technologies as you suggest, looking at Vega punk replicating what he can. Luffy is the one to bring the dawn. To bring the awakening. To bring freedom, whatever the consequences. And he does it with a literal heart of laughter. This is quite different from Blackbeard who comes with a heart of destruction and war. By the end of the story, I think, dragon, Vegapunk, Blackbeard, and dark are all going to have the shortcomings of their beliefs versus actions displayed. I think he is using Luffy and his behavior and literal heart to tell you audience what he believes will bring true positive change. Not just to the world of one piece but to his world. Yeah ideas he has in regards to you how you can break free from the matrix of one’s life circumstances. Perhaps both garp and dragon will see what the other was missing through Luffy’s behavior. With a world spinning in conflict and collusion, how can people change the spiral from toxic to healthy - especially somebody living in a place where there’s hard restrictions for peoples safety. I think this is the story Oda wants to tell.
This makes me realized that probably the reason why the Ancient Kingdom were defeated on the 1st place is because the 20 Kingdoms/ IMU used more soft power to turned their 'Dream Based' weaponry against them. Maybe both IMU and the 20 Kingdoms have been delivering non-stop propaganda against the Ancient Kingdom, to the point that it's just enough for the people to think that the Ancient Kingdom as 'bad people'. This would then changed their dreams or imaginations towards Ancient Kingdom from being neutral or hopeful, to what basically a baseless resentment and hatred. And this in turn, makes the weapons of Ancient Kingdom turned against them.
That does fit more in line with the way we see the WG operate in the present day. And it would also explain how they managed to wipe the 100 years of history from everyone’s memories as well.
Great theory man as always. I really like the idea of the power source tying into everything with dreams, I think it has a lot of thematic resonance. If that's what's up too it makes perfect sense why the fighting happening too IMO which I've been trying to reconcile. If there weren't enough dreams for true power for all maybe that plays a role in it. It would mean the Ancient Kingdom themselves were too early, just like Roger, and then Luffy being the one to usher in the Romance Dawn, a world of idealistic dreamers, naturally just solves so many questions we have as to how it actually creates lasting peace.
Tying it back to dream also fits as to why the machine activates during Fishmen oppression. The machine is fueled by Dreams, only this time instead of love and compassion, it's fueled by hatred and anger. And the reason why there's only one machine that's activated is because only Fishmen tribes that hoped and dreamed
Watching this after the whole York debacle made me believe in the Imu betrayed her creator narrative more now. Almost as if you predicted it, great video overall man you’ve gained a fan P.S. Morj said to watch this and he was right, it was fire 👌🏽
I'm just here to say I'm 3 minutes in and everything is fire and everyone needs to go follow LeeJayAnimation right now
same feeling lol
animation is the only fire thing going on here.
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bruh i was just sitting here high as shit blow away via intro like no way they got this amazing ass edit with the calm ass music like it’s not crazy animation
fire
42:56
The choice between Freedom and Peace
Blackbeard chooses freedom at its worst extend
Akainu chooses peace at its worst extend
Luffy will be the one to choose both at it's best forms
🔥 F I R E comment bro. Love the Akainu/Blackbeard connection.
@@TheHiddenIsland-
Excellent theory man
Always love your videos
@@TheHiddenIsland-With terraforming powers and nanotech that can recreate themselves (the bots) u can imagine multimpe scenarios; peace war isolation methods, constant evolution of DNA or robotech, space empires.
A space empire would be different compare to a planetery empire 'planets labs', 'dominant planets', 'terraforming wars', 'divergant evolution instead of convergant in tech', wars would be fought over information instead of energy, the data would be so many that the most important thing would be information (copyrights); overproduction limits the capacity, this is the only push forward method
Wow, and then we can argue that the current world is on peace mode, or in one piece lol
You know this makes a scary amount of sense as to why Blackbeard never sleeps.
His dreams are his own... and not anyone else's.
What if Blackbeard has 3 eyes fitting with his 3 pistols, 3 beard braids, 3 skulled jolly roger, 3 scars he gave Shanks and 3 devil fruits (2 so far). Maybe he also came from God Valley tying in with his connection to Rocks naming his ship after him and setting up base were the Rocks pirates formed.
@@Ray_D_Tutto 3 dicks and 6 balls.
@@Ray_D_Tutto two great theories right here
@@Ray_D_Tuttoperhaps the dark dark fruit is xebecs old fruit and blackbeard obtained it. It can negates other DF what if it could negates other things like death and store the soul in the fruit, and that is why he doesn't sleep because he has 3 souls in one body rotating shifts. He has xebec, himself and another user of fruit from the void century.
@@BillyBob-xr3tl Can't be. We know he never slept since he was a boy, in the Era of Whitebeard vs Roger. He only got the fruit relatively recently, after Ace had already become a whitebeard commander.
With the whole Dreams = voice of all things idea, you could argue that when members of the three-eyed tribe harness the voice of all things to read the poneglyphs, they're actually reading the dreams left behind in those poneglyphs.
That's exactly what I'm hoping, love that idea!
So the poneglyphs are some kind of a hard drive?
They are certainly hard as fuck, but do they drive?
Hell yeah! How else would they be able to scatter all over the world like some fucking dragons balls?
@@TheHiddenIsland- third eye is a agya or anjna chakra when it opens or awake ,it's believed to be linked to perception, awareness and spritual connections...there are seven chakra most upper chakra is crown chakra when crown chakra opens people often experience spritual growth ,infinite wisdom and higher consciousness ...it is also linked with energy fire phase ..it is highest chakra in yoga tradition...there are very few yogis who opened it
@@ykd2735 this is not ATLA tho?
@@TheHiddenIsland- 18:24 missed the chance to put Neptune and Otohime there
Dreams being the infinite power source wouldn't just explain Devil Fruits---it would also explain Haki, apparently tied to willpower. May the greatest dreamer win!
greatest will vs greatest dream
Will begins from a dream, an inherited will is an inherited dream
I have heard many One Piece theories over the years, some I agreed with 100% and some I found utterly ridiculous. This is the first one I've heard that feels like its actually spoiling the story for me, it's kinda crazy. Great work bro.
Parvision has a VERY similar theory, but instead of the sea, he believes that the moon is the core that synchronizes our dreams. The moon which controls the sea and is referenced several times through out the story. You two should collab for a mega-theory, think both ideas strengthen each other.
Our dreams? Youre writing from one piece universe?!
Super interesting theory and I actually have a theory on shanks if something like this pans out. So shanks is someone who wants to maintain the peace in the world of one piece and doesn’t actually oppose imu hence why he can straight up talk to the five elders. Shanks often warns people about Blackbeard someone who believes in dreams but doesn’t sleep so imu cannot take them making him a direct threat to the peace in the world. Also no member of the red hair pirates have a devil fruit the one thing that opposes the system. In contrast to the Blackbeard pirates where all major members have devil fruits. I believe that shanks was given the choice of freedom or peace and chose peace. However shanks stole the Nika fruit, one of the most powerful devil fruits, from the government in order to give someone(Luffy) the chance to make a different decision than he did. I think that shanks will be Luffy’s finale antagonist before the straw hats can make it to laughtale, because if luffy can defeat shanks then shanks decision was wrong but if he doesn’t then shanks will know he chose right. So I think that shanks represents peace but stagnation, Blackbeard represents freedom but chaos, and Luffy represents the best of both worlds. This can be represented in their three crews, the red hair pirates have no devil fruits, the Blackbeard pirates have all devil fruits, and the straw hat pirates have half devil fruit users and half non devil fruit users.
Shanks literally wants the to claim the One Piece now
@@istheyear-ry1elstill doesn’t contradict my theory. Shanks only decided to claim the one piece after luffy became an emperor which made luffy someone who could get the one piece. If shanks gets the one piece he not going to use it. Shanks is the final obstacle for luffy to become pirate king, the person he has to surpass. Don’t get me wrong though this theory is super far fetched.
IMU is still the True Ultimate Evil Final Villain for me though.
I like this theory a lot
Sanji's eyebrows mirroring the eye of horus/ra, his connection with Pudding, his dream of seeking the All Blue, Vinsmoke's connections with Vegapunk/MADS, and the spirals on all devil fruits. Sanji might be incredibly important for this last leg (heh) of the story.
HIDDEN ISLAND BRO. Chpt 1113 brought me back to this video. You were spot on with what vegapunk said “this world is sinking”.
"Doesn't pudding always come in a cup" alone has earned my subscription
Imu is an alien, the one piece is joyboy spaceship, the space ship is in the shape of the strawhat or a fllying disk, they eventually go into space with a space SHIP because space is just another sea
Lol.
I mean, I dont believe it, but it would be cool if Imus giant strawhat actually means something...
Id could be cool, too, if history wouldnt be, what we think. What is if the 20 Kingdoms were invaded from one alien Kingdom and just were the defenders and now its the other way around?
Maybe only humans lived on the Planet before the void century and all this "abnormal" people, like Fishmen, were descendants of the aliens.
I mean, like I said, i dont believe it. But funny theorizing is funny, right? :D
Given the reason why they weren't allowed more advanced machines, its kinda ironic that a robot that was made to relieve Vegapunk of his work is the one that got greedy and desired more.
The machines can be so advanced that it doesn't spark our greed, but their's.
The jokes in this episode feel more genuine, like you're not holding back as much personality, and I think that takes your already amazing style to another level completely. Can't wait to see what you've got for us in 2023.
Thanks Gibbs, definitely put more of my personality into my script this time. Glad it paid off haha
@@TheHiddenIsland- one piece is biblically inspired?
I came back to listen to this and you're cooking.
Listen, the stakes are way higher if the Gorosei and Imu are powered by dreams.
Luffy can't hurt Saturn? Its because his dreams drive him.
How did Joyboy fail? He couldn't surrender his dreams so he could properly fight Imu and the Planets.
The sea weakens Devil Fruit users because Devil Fruits are created by dreams, and the sea is now leeching them like, as you said, a battery.
This theory is scary, not only for One Piece world but could even be used to our own world!
Please don't be anti Semitic.
@gunnymaru2900 wtf are you talking about. Please think and watch entire video before posting stupid comments online
no....
@@gunnymaru2900 i think you're insane reach is the antisemitic comment
People have a trope in story telling where the creator floods the world to limit humanity because they have “lost the way” this can be seen in classics like Mega Man Legends and The Bible
Probably the best One Piece production I've seen on UA-cam! I feel in awe and at peace at the same time. Sent the video to my mom, which doesn't read manga, watch anime, or anything of that sort, and even she couldn't stop watching. Especially, the Song of Mary stuff left a deep impression.
Great video. ☕
Glad to see Usamaru Furuya's work get a highlight like this. His art style can be off putting, but he plays with some very interesting concepts, especially in his shorter works.
For The Music of Marie I'd recommend reading the fan translation, because the One Peace books translation (while not bad) is kinda dull.
Thanks Phantom! I agree on all fronts, but that being said I like both translations for different reasons. Great manga overall though, was a really fun read!
the will of D = the will of dreams
Sounds good.
caught up with one piece last week and ive been loving your channel since discovering it a few days back. your analysis is unbelievabley thorough, love love love it 🍻
Congrats on getting caught up and thanks a lot! Great time to be a OP fan.
Cheers🥂
Boo-womp
In a world powered by dreams BlackBeard is an anomaly,the other side of the coin that Oda loves so much. Especially if the government uses the power of dreams how could they have power over someone who never dreamed?
They’re living the dream fool!
While I prefer the more serious style, there were a few really good jokes in here tbh. The theory itself, while probably reaching, is really well thought out and the connection with the Music of Marie is mindblowing
You mentioning Mihawk’s “hawk eyes” really has me convinced Zoro will have the eye rings if and when he ever opens his left eye
if you notice whenever zoro gets kinda serious he already sort of has different eyes(as does sanji too and maybe more people I cant remember)
That eye will never open, people, give up with that idea
@@CastleOfAvalon i hope it doesn't, it'll be really funny seeing everyone lose their minds over a character just having an injury instead of a hidden rinnegan-hawkeye-ashura demon (whatever the theories are)
Oda has been taking breaks not because of health reason or just to have rest and personal time, but because you keep coming with theories that forces him to rewrite the OP story
your voice is very engaging yet relaxing, which a lot of youtubers don’t always get to achieve. your pace of speech is really good and your delivery of lines always hit the mark. it’s really impressive.
THE PUDDING IN A CUP JOKE IS WILD. 10/10
This guy got me back into one piece theories. Definitely keep an eye out for more
This video was a rollercoaster. I felt like three videos in one. Really interesting stuff!
"Men are props on the stage of life, and no matter how tender, how exquisite...
A lie will remain a lie.
Young hollow, knowing this, do you still desire peace?"
"There is no path.
Beyond the scope of light.
Beyond the reach of dark.
…what could possibly await us?
And yet, we seek it, insatiably.
Such is our fate."
-Aldia, Scholar of the First Sin.
This is the single most psychedelic theory I've heard from One Piece, and the craziest part is that you made it make so much sense
Hands down my favorite of any theories on imu and just all around lore structure. Thank you man that was 45 min very well spent in my mind keep it up!
Dude thank you for exposing me to this gem of a manga. It was such a blast to read while finding multitudes of connections to One Piece. And not only that, but the manga itself is really well done from its art, the plot, the imagery, etc. Also I noticed that the Chapel, aka the summation of everyone's wisdom, as Pipi calls it is scarily similar to Vegapunk Records which is meant to store everyone's knowledge. The bottom of the Chapel has a sharp triangle shaped pattern much like the pattern of the cracked egg surrounding Vegapunk Records.
So it sounds like you’re saying Imu is using the dreams of people to power the massive computer/ultimate power source. And maybe all living things are connected to the computer? Something along those lines. Maybe Kuma needed to become a robot to break free from the connection between life and the ultimate power. He might have an important mission to execute. Also, maybe the straw hat is like a direct antenna to the computer. having the nika fruit and the hat worked in tandem to allow Luffy become JoyBoy. Maybe Luffy is the true heir to the source of power and it was stolen from him. I’m high as well. Great theory!
I prefer the old bartender model, not hating on this one though. The bar setting is for sure better! But the old mysterious bartender just fit the vibe more Imo. And of course, giving the vid a like and comment as well as watching it all for support my guy
The point you made about the One Piece being a choice and Luffy being the only one to make both choices makes sense, cause Roger said something about him being too early, that he wasn't the one supposed to make it there, or something like that.
I kind of second this. Roger said he was there too early. The correct time was when JoyBoy would return, right now. I think the first JoyBoy left behind the One Piece to his next incarnation to make them make the decision after Imu has had the time to rule for a while
"doesnt pudding always come in a cup"....im fucking dead...
I just hit that part too 💀💀💀
💀💀 I had to pause the video and check the comments to make sure I wasn’t the only one
Mother nature actually being a network within the ocean invented by the ancient Kingdom is a crazy good idea 🔥🔥..So as you mentioned the curse by mother nature would actually be because of the hate that people can actually fight against imu/WG.. It never made sense to me why the ground and air wouldn't hurt devil fruit users as well if it was really to be an effective curse..
Basically one piece/peace is Luffy given the same choice Neo did in matrix revolution
Awesome fucking video. Usually farfetched theories get me thinking a little bit but with the comparisons to the other manga and all the research, this has got me in critical thinking mode and I love the creativity that brings out. Keep up the awesome content and thanks for putting in so much work to bring these ideas to life!
so the reason blackbeard never sleeps is because he knows his dreams are being fed to something controlling everyone
I know I’m late but this is literally the greatest One Piece theory I’ve ever heard . Definitely subscribing
To add credence to the theory:
In Bink’s Sake, the line, “Waves of gold and silver dissolve to salty spray” indicates that the sea is a sort of treasure. Now, in Ed 1 of the One Piece anime, the song is literally called “Memories”, and in the video, the Strawhats are staring at the sea, which has a golden shine to it, due to the rays of the sun. The name and video of the Ed leads me to believe that the sea contains or gives memories, which are a treasure.ドン!!
Additionally, in “Vicky the Viking” episode 22, the show that Oda was inspired by, the whole episode centers around the chief of the village having a treasure which everyone is interested in… at the end of the episode the treasure chest is opened, and it is revealed that the treasure chest was full of the chief’s memorabilia, and items which had sentimental value to him. So, think of for example, Zoro’s katanas, or Luffy’s strawhat type beat. So, the memories the items are associated with are his treasure.ドン!! (This is a theory from reddit)
Memories/dreams = treasure (maybe the sea is also the national treasure of Mariejois) ドン!!
The third eye is a metaphor for the mind’s internal eye, the eye we see from in dreams, fantasies, and when we imagine, and as mentioned in the video, the eye of Horus represents each of the senses, and each of the senses are gateways for memories to be gained... Memories are that which dreams are composed of- that which stories are composed of- that which the One Piece is.ドン!!
The One Piece treasure is the story, “One Piece”, the daydream of Eiichiro Oda, seen through his third eye, the narrator of the story. ドン!!!
major thank you for the Music of Marie recommendation, that was fantastic
So good
I saw this video and felt strangely compelled to buy the manga (it wasn't cheap). What a strange, dark and wonderful story.
Imu's arms and shoulders are oddly placed for a normally proportioned one piece human.
They do look just like the Space Pirates that were warring with the automatons Enel ran into on the moon.
The way I double checked if I was subscribed after that cleanly animated intro. Wow what a treat to look at
Imu is 2 devil fruit users in a trench coat.
Loved the theory. that relation to Music of Marie is so wild, it really does feel like oda pulled from it, wouldnt bother me though. Video was well worth the wait as always.
Thanks A Mac! Was cookin this up for a while brotha, read Music of Marie for the first time about a month ago and ever since I've been trying to put this all together. Thanks for watching, makes all the hard work well worth it.
Blackbeard doesnt sleep because if he does, his dream will go to imu and he will fail.
Although idk how one piece will end but what a beautiful and well put together theory. I’m sad you backed out at the end with the “I like the other one” comment it was good don’t back down
One thing i'd like to mention is that Vegapunk is most probably not modelled after Einstein. He most definitely is inspired by Nikola Tesla. The creation of worldwide sustainable energy was tesla's dream, he even believed that the ancient pyramids were such conducters and built a prototype of it himself. But guess who tore it down and stole all his research? The government. I think Oda is most likely himself a pretty big conspiracy theorist as a lot of what i see in these theories ties to conspiracies such as a great flood cleansing, the younger drias (void period), atlantis etc. I think an avenue for theorists such as yourself should dive into these theories, i bet it would help solve these constant gaps in our current one piece knowledge!
@@Adi-bo5dopyramid acts like receiver of energy from the aether. Free energy is all around us, we just are not able to use it properly yet
Really good humor throughout the video! And a great far-reaching idea. Never heard of The Music of Marie but it definitely seems to correlate to One Piece. It would be interesting if this old Manga actually inspired Oda :o
Omg the 3 eyed people was in godvalley. They are the gods in the one piece world. The can Control godly everything in the world with their third eye. That give them the Power to Control the voice of all Things. So maybe godvalley was the Land where the 3 eyed people come from thats why BB want pudding
Absolutely love your theories. Saw your devil fruit one and my jaw hit the floor had to watch it several times. Now with this one you outdone yourself once again.
I loved the new blend of comedy in addition to your more serious style, it's a breath of fresh air that feels like you've been holding onto for awhile, and I'm glad you're finally letting it go and allowing us to peak into your mind a bit more. The theory was something I was waiting for already but wow, you really knocked it out of the park again man. Thanks for another amazing video! And shout out to LeeJayAnimation for the redesigned bar!
Thank you Chris! I really appreciate seeing this comment because I definitely have been holding onto this for a while, and was looking for a good chance to bring humor onto the channel. Always been something I wanted to try, so feedback like this is extra reassuring. More where this came from for sure!
Shoutouts to LEEJAY THE GOAT
@@TheHiddenIsland- well... You shouldn't hold it just for yourself 😅
The punk records is OUR Akashic Library. Oda is DEFINITELY a fellow conspiracy theorest. Extremely intelligent and so are you sir. Oda is basically in a very subtle subtle way showing us all how our reality & world actually operates.
Man, another banger! Your content keeps getting better and better, visually, in terms of ideas, and now with more jokes that add a lot of character.
By far the most well thought out and believable theory about Imu I’ve seen so far, very eye opening even 😉 Great work Hidden
20:00 Free unlimited energy for everyone -> 20 kings abuse unlimited energy -> source is destroyed or restricted once Imu is in control of the world
WOW. You outdid yourself again. Such a fresh new take on your videos, going a little more light an vague with the theory but still such a cool concept. And the music of Mary reference ist mind blowing. Man I hope one of your theories hits the spot and Oda one day acknowledges everyone that puts out fantastic theories like yours. Lots of love. Your videos are always great entertainment and food for the mind
The fact that you’ve hit so many things I’ve thought about for this series makes me believe this IS the answer!!!
Also if this isn’t the answer then you just created a whole new great series! 👏🏽🎉
dreams being stored in the sea being the reason that devil fruit users cant swim would be a crazy explanation
Mihawk is probably top 5 most mysterious and little do we know type of character so far
1. Imu
2. Shanks
3. Blackbeard
4. Dragon
5. Mihawk
I wonder if the way the 20 kingdoms won and with the help of imu. They have used their people and put them into a dream state to create devil fruits. So currently somewhere are a huge amount of people forced into a sleep state dreaming. Or who knows haha.
Just thought while watching this, i dont know how to connect but could Roger's mystery sickness be because of he's basically the biggest DREAMER of his time? And Imu got something to do about it during his voyage in the Sea
Bro I fucking love you man thanks for uploading I appreciate you always I hope u notice these and feel happy frfr u deserve it
Always lurking the comments bro ✊ Appreciate hearing that a lot! Keeps me motivated no doubt
@@TheHiddenIsland- ahahah I have to bro I prolly check every few days if u upload ur presentation of one piece is refreshing and I love it man ❤
That would make sense why the ideology’s of the ancient kingdom would be so dangerous, if they awakened and people started dreaming it, it would spread all over
I think you are seriously on to something with this theory. Well presented and thought out in its entirety. There are few things I would object to. Excellent. 👏
Bro I've had to come back and comment multiple times,, this theory is mind blowing. It can truly be described with words. 👏👏👏. Enjoyed the video and thoroughly enjoyed the jokes and puns. You never not hit, even if what your talking about is incorrect.
Side note - What if imu can use the abilities of others devil fruits
@The Hidden Island - How about the info is stored in the moon? and the syncronisation takes place at night (when the moon is the largest sky body 99% of the timeat least as per our planet, and people are asleep) and the mecha army on the moon was like a guardian - maintainance force. I guess Enel will reveal plot again :D
You make the best quality one piece videos i have ever seen... you definitely need more credit. I know this channel will blow up even more man. Keep doing what you are doing
The marie theory + the flood .... aged like wine now
Great theory as usual. Imu (obviously related to umi "the sea") is one of the greatest mysteries left in One Piece, and the best thing is we get to find out the truth very soon. The final saga is PEAK!!!
is it confirmed the gorosei are immortal? i thought they didn’t know about the renaming of the gomu gomu no mi.
Could it be possible that imu is similar to one of vegapunks satellites? Like an AI gone rouge? It seems possible that one of vegapunks satellites might be a traitor, which could mirror what happened with imu back in the void century.
Vegapunks is trying to rediscover old tech so it would be like “history repeating itself” that he runs into the same issues the ancient kingdom dealt with.
This would still allow imu to use the global scale version of punk records. It would still be congruent with most of this theory. It could also explain how imu has been alive for so long?
In regards of the gorosei, maybe imu tried to make his own satellite? Maybe purging and rebuilding them periodically to avoid any type of betrayal. Might explain why they didn’t know about the renaming of the gomu gomu no mi. I have no idea, but i’d assume that if they were around since the void century, they would know about the renaming.
I have no evidence for anything i said and i’m probably completely wrong :)
the Punk arc is a microcosmos for mariejoa the same way Skypea was a microcosmos for intorducing the WG. Egghead island is the most technologically advanced place in the world, is an intorduction to Mariejoa. Where they consider "travellators" (outdoors threadmills) "advanced technology", but under that is just slaves working to death. It's Oda's equal but opposite thing again.
Well if we are reaching into the dreams / post apocalyptic territory you might as well mention the plot of Final Fantasy X.
-Ancient highly advanced civilizations at war
-religion / government that covers up the past and brands technology as evil and shuns people who want to discover more
-protagonist turns out to be powered by dreams of ancient beings
-said beings have a trademark hymn which is essential in defeating the big bad
-the cyclical theme is also present with Sin always reappearing, the only known method of defeating him a "high summoning" which is basically an awakening
So the post apocalyptic plot twist is not that uncommon in fiction.
Well considering oda hinted that the one piece story is a post apolocyptics story, i think it can be a matrix like story
Where humans or specifically ancient kingdom created a artificial human / imu with freedom to think for themself who turn against them and created world government for making illusionary peace.
Or myb imu is just like ultron, keeping peace, which was his order.
The more one piece continues the more I feel like when we get the Nika flashback it’ll take place in a modern day like right now.
Banger as always Hidden! - SayOtter
Yo, just found your channel dude. S tier analyzing and editing, keep up the good work. Just subscribed.
the quality of your videos and commentary have gotten so much better man! really feels like you're finding your own groove (or is it grove? idk)
The one thing about the WG that always bugged me was why? Why are they so intentionally evil. Why do they choose to make peoples lives miserable even when its seemingly not necessary at all. This theory finally gives me one possible answer.
This was so beautiful, thank you for this vid 🥹💞
Music of Marie looks amazing and I feel like it inspired many media looking at the themes and morals. Cool theory bro.
This was cool you got to give him his props this guy out shines every video he makes with new evidence or theories in the world of one piece I had to watch this more than once that's how good it was.💯👊🏼🤔I know usually I be hearing O'Hara out on his channel but my boy got one over him with this video.
Loved these concepts if this was a Matrix esc story then the Morpheus of this tale would be Black Beard the only man who never sleeps . in the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king
I would love for Imu to be a character that we've known. A character that goes out into the world and interacts with the story just to have something to do. Would make it a much better reveal imo
Pandaman?
@@lobojoe6351you could be on to something.
I love your videos.
The background facts to the eye of Horus are so freakin cool. Thanks for research and telling us.
Actually I want to post the part of the video where you explain it. And mention you with a link to this video and tagging
Glad you enjoyed, go for it!
I just read this and damn that ending was a bit of a twist, but made sense when I think about the various clues given throughout the story.
This makes sense if you think about what Roger said when he found Laughtale. They found the one piece too early. I think he understood that it wasn't his choice to make, to turn or not turn the key.
I genuinely thought that no one could possibly connect Matrix to One Piece yet your theory is engaging enough to add Matrix as a reference to your theory.
With more recent developments, the connection to the music of mariejois
When there are too many coincidences, it’s almost certainly not just coincidence.
Dresrosa is a microcosm of one piece. All of those people were turned into toys, and then there was this awakening when the mechanism was stopped.
Vegapunks ambitions to connect everyone into one brain comes with the immediate issue of controlling people’s freedom and autonomy. Jinbe saw this and it was appropriately him as he is a crew member who had struggled to obtain freedom. We are the readers are supposed to see the shortcomings of such technologies as you suggest, looking at Vega punk replicating what he can.
Luffy is the one to bring the dawn. To bring the awakening. To bring freedom, whatever the consequences. And he does it with a literal heart of laughter. This is quite different from Blackbeard who comes with a heart of destruction and war.
By the end of the story, I think, dragon, Vegapunk, Blackbeard, and dark are all going to have the shortcomings of their beliefs versus actions displayed. I think he is using Luffy and his behavior and literal heart to tell you audience what he believes will bring true positive change.
Not just to the world of one piece but to his world. Yeah ideas he has in regards to you how you can break free from the matrix of one’s life circumstances.
Perhaps both garp and dragon will see what the other was missing through Luffy’s behavior.
With a world spinning in conflict and collusion, how can people change the spiral from toxic to healthy - especially somebody living in a place where there’s hard restrictions for peoples safety. I think this is the story Oda wants to tell.
The Will of D is the Will of Dreams, the ancestors were the Dream Pirates! Awesome video!
That frickin’ pudding cup joke was too notch. Glad you kept your laugh in, too.
I’m not gonna lie your vids might be inspired but every time I see them I go through something and it’s beautiful especially this one 🙏🏽
This makes me realized that probably the reason why the Ancient Kingdom were defeated on the 1st place is because the 20 Kingdoms/ IMU used more soft power to turned their 'Dream Based' weaponry against them. Maybe both IMU and the 20 Kingdoms have been delivering non-stop propaganda against the Ancient Kingdom, to the point that it's just enough for the people to think that the Ancient Kingdom as 'bad people'.
This would then changed their dreams or imaginations towards Ancient Kingdom from being neutral or hopeful, to what basically a baseless resentment and hatred. And this in turn, makes the weapons of Ancient Kingdom turned against them.
That does fit more in line with the way we see the WG operate in the present day. And it would also explain how they managed to wipe the 100 years of history from everyone’s memories as well.
They cut people open back then so probably they was like damn let’s look inside that person we just cut in half
Great theory man as always.
I really like the idea of the power source tying into everything with dreams, I think it has a lot of thematic resonance.
If that's what's up too it makes perfect sense why the fighting happening too IMO which I've been trying to reconcile. If there weren't enough dreams for true power for all maybe that plays a role in it. It would mean the Ancient Kingdom themselves were too early, just like Roger, and then Luffy being the one to usher in the Romance Dawn, a world of idealistic dreamers, naturally just solves so many questions we have as to how it actually creates lasting peace.
Tying it back to dream also fits as to why the machine activates during Fishmen oppression. The machine is fueled by Dreams, only this time instead of love and compassion, it's fueled by hatred and anger. And the reason why there's only one machine that's activated is because only Fishmen tribes that hoped and dreamed
Watching this after the whole York debacle made me believe in the Imu betrayed her creator narrative more now. Almost as if you predicted it, great video overall man you’ve gained a fan
P.S. Morj said to watch this and he was right, it was fire 👌🏽
Fire imu theory your hella talented keep it up🔥
Imagine joking with pudding about pudding cups, secretly knowing how dark the jokes actually are lol