Kuzan is a pretty interesting character, a chill dude and like his character development. But for me Shanks is the most ambiguous character so far in One Piece.
a lot of nothing, AOKIJI changed found his real way and he joined blackbeard on will and he is loyal to him its also shown in the 1082 that joined 1 year ago so he contributed to the empire o blackbeard just like shiryu and the others with their power and knowlegde as we saw it moreover we clearly see the place of an admiral in the pirate world as a second strongest commander yc2 as the cover page 1031 got confirmed with bb having 10 titanic captains in dressrosa + aokiji joined 1 year ago YC1 SHIRYU > YC 2 AOKIJI > highly possible YC3 FRUIT BURGESS WHAT IS AN ADMIRAL IN PIRATE WORLD ? not evough strong to be an emperor so maybe a underling if an admiral enter new world as a pirate he ll either get crushed and humilaited like kidd or join an emperor crew its all the truth, MARINE = 1 yonko and his army stop giving too much credit to the marine
Really like your analysis, Kuzan's clash between obedience and free thought, his experiment on letting Robin go in order to find who he truly aligns with
I think one aspect people overlook is BB himself. To me, at least, he's never been someone who is almost pure evil like Doflamingo himself. He's someone who can be reasoned with unless there's an interest there that permits him from not doing so. As in, he's not someone to go around, causing havoc, killing people for the hell of it. People like Ace, WB, and Thatch were just unfortunate victims to his line of interests. But if he didn't need the Yami Yami he wouldn't have killed Thatch, if he didn't want the Gura Gura he wouldn't have killed WB, and if he didn't want to a bargaining tool with the Marines he wouldn't have captured Ace. For all 3 of them, BB never had any malice there. They just happened to have something he wanted, and Bb is someone who will go to any depths to get it as that his own freedom even if it's a corrupt one to many people. So when Aokiji joins his crew, it's essentially him signing up to BB's form of freedom, doing what he wants to do, no matter what he has to do, to achieve it, much like BB.
@@adoniscreed4031 nah they said BB isn’t evil like most OP Villains, BB is just a terrible person when it comes to achieving his goal, like a true free pirate
Yeah then care to explain the destruction BB and his crew caused in Drum Island. He is clearly an evil bastard, he is just less sadistic than crazy Doflamingo or Kaido the mofo who poisoned a whole country.
@@agguinimissan3979 you're stupid if you think aokiji would give his life for blackbeard he literally said he's only with blackbeard to further his own agenda
BB having a charisma good enough to a point where he can convice someone as Aokiji to "join" him is amazing. It just makes BB even more similar to Luffy, since the protagonist of this history is also good at gattering people around him.
Aokiji is not the only marine who started out as completely loyal. Saul was just as loyal and he thought the archaeologists were tryna bring back an ancient weapon
What I meant was loyal and close-minded. Saul was loyal, but was open to hearing criticism of the world government, and changed his mind based on what he heard. Aokiji really wasn't open-minded, he outright says that he's not going to question the world government's actions if it's for the greater good. It took the destruction of 100's of innocent civilians for him to begin questioning things. From there he decides to try being open-minded, which is where his character arc really begins.
@@MrMorj , Long Land Island and Post-Enies Lobby are more of the times Akoiji argued against the World Government more so than Pre-O’Hara destruction and Pre-Long Land Island because prior to those two events he’s always been either obedient towards the Black Beard Pirates, or he’s been obedient towards the World Government, but if Garp or Luffy doesn’t defeat Akoiji then that means Akoiji will only return to being a Marine whenever the World Government is reformed because as of right now the World Government aren’t any different than the Pirates they’re fighting against and claiming to be better than.
Whatever reason he may have, we have to remember that he chose to become a Blackbeard pirate. Not a marine, not just some ordinary pirate, and most important of all, he also chose NOT to become a revolutionary.
Kuzan's dialogue excerpt from film Z gives some fascinating insights into his potential motivations "Out on the sea, pirates are born and die in search of One Piece and for each one that dies, another is born Are pirates born because One Piece waits on the far side of this sea? Or does One Piece really exist because pirates do? What comes first? The dream or the dreamers? As long as pirates pursue their dreams, there will also be people who have to grieve the loss of loved ones. What can one even do? Is there even an answer Former navy admiral Z gave his own answer "If One piece vanishes, the pirates will vanish with it" " To which he smirkingly says (while addressing the SH's in that scene) "Don't you think he's jumping to conclusions" ?
Aokiji is based off an character of a movie. The sleep mask was a unique feature/mark. So originally i dont think it had a deep meaning. But i think the change to glasses, might actually be intentional to showcase his transformation as a Charakter. Nice Observation mate
I personally think Aokiji is only with the Blackbeard pirates to protect Robin. I think Aokiji realises that he will want to go after her at some point for her knowledge so is with them until that happens.
Outside of the original BB pirates the rest of them also have their own agenda so Aokiji isn’t much different from them in that regard. Remember they discussed amongst themselves if they were going to leave BB if he couldn’t take the second devil fruit. They all have their own agenda as BB said.
I think Kuzan wants to reveal the true history to the world. It would make sense due to how traumatized he was in Ohara. He just thinks Blackbeard would be his best shot at doing it. If this is the case, I could see him turning on Teach and joining Luffy at some point.
If thats really what he wanted wouldnt the strawhat pirates and especially Nico Robin be a way better option for him to cooperate with. Maybe not straight up joining (if he asked and Robin is fine with it Luffy would probably say yes) but he would at least try to get in contact with them if his main goal was the true history.
@@monkeyboy275bobo8 the strawhats were missing as far the marines were concerned during the timeskip and kuzan was probaly at his lowest emotionally, had he ran into the strawhats first before blackbeard, kuzan would def be a strawhat imo
@@mokaljordan Yeah im aware that the strawhats were missing when he joined BB but my point stands. He would immediatly want to contact Robin once the strawhats reappeared. Him beeing part of BBs crew at that point wouldnt change the fact that he would want to meet her if his main goal is the true history.
From your point of view, it seems to me that Kuzan is actually running another experiment, to see how far absolute chaos fairs against absolute justice. As the counterweight, Kuzan's role shall be to learn how heave the tips of the scales are to try to understand the right path. As he said, he's living life on his terms now, so it's not like he will simply do as he is told.
Additionally BB hasnt really done anything to be seen as exceptionally evil in Kuzan's eyes, Kuzan had no attachment to WB or Thatch or Ace, He was evil fighting to kill WB and Ace himself during Marineford. He probably recognizes BB as not being as noble of a pirate as Luffy per say, but to him he hasn't done anything that bad
I kinda disagree with this to an extent. Being an admiral there’s no way he wouldn’t know what Teach was up to especially in the two years after Marineford. If you’re under the assumption BB didn’t do anything heinous after that sure, but I truly doubt it.
I think Kuzan wants to know the truth behind the void century and use BB to get that truth and also keep tabs on him just in case he gets out of control.
Aokiji's goal will be something like finding others with a sense of justice similar to his to create an organization that will replace the marines. I believe he might eventually join the revolutionary army or work with them as well. He'll have then played with all three side of the justice trichotomy.
I think it’s at least a cool coincidence that Aokiji is such a big part of the Ennies Lobby arc, an arc where luffy and crew do something that portrays them as evil, and Aokiji’s arc is him doing something that makes us really question whether or not he’s evil. Great video! Aokiji is one of my favorite characters, and this made me like him even more.
Great video! My head cannon is that Aokiji wants to know why they had to slaughter the island of Ohara. He wants to find the truth of the void century to settle it once and for all of that was the right thing… so he probably realized while talking with black beard that they are in the running and a leader in the race for the rode poneglyphs … and even if they are not the winners they will at least be around and searching for the answers Aokiji is interested in.
Bfore the 'Titanic Captain' reveal I thought Kuzan was secretly with the Revolutionary Army based on his talk with Smoker (as opposed to Sword). I cudnt picture him rejoining the WG in any form after wat happened. That being said if Dragon spent anytime in the marines back in the day, they hav to kno each other.
Robin was overthrowing kingdoms and being an assassin for a while... I think that's why Aokiji stayed firmly on the Marines for a long while. The demon child he'd let go of, was not proving to be a very good person...
Kuzan has always been a very compelling character. Oda is putting in some of his best writing into him and I'm very excited to see where he goes from here
Aokiji does have a moral compass and he's following that to achieve his own goals but I wonder how he came to the conclusion that the ends justify the means. Joining the BB pirates to achieve his own goals is something that BB himself would do, and has done. I wonder about the path he follows. If Doflamingo says he hasn't heard good things, it makes you wonder what Aokiji has done since joining BB. All in all, Aokiji remains a fascinating character for me and I feel like the conclusion to his character arc will be incredible.
Hey Morj, I go to college and major in liberal arts. I don’t know if you go down the route of connecting literature to one piece, but you should read New Atlantis by Francis Bacon(1613). It’s only like 20 pages long, and ever since egghead started the connection to this text has been crazy. Before it only used to connect with skypiea, the new world, void century, and the structure of the world government, but now it seems like Oda was truly inspired by this text. More people should know about this, thanks!
I think that part of Aokiji's point right now in the story is that he is still mistaken in his path, for he has chosen the fall of the World Government as his objective but backed the wrong horse and will most likely flip to the Strawhat Alliance, Revolutionary Army, or whatever SWORD becomes by the end of the story to accomplish this goal along those that will truly bring the dawn.
While I agree with your points regarding Aokiji in the context of the manga. I feel like this reasoning is only okay in fictional stories. A lot of people will do horrible things and be forgiven because others feel like "they are good deep below". But yeah, this is a goofy pirate manga, I get it
Only OP Could have this much character development around other characters with the main protagonist not being seen for over a month. And still be peak.
OP is my GOAT but to be fair jujutsu kaisen didnt show the protagonist for over a year and was great while focusing on side characters and their fights
@@KaxMerg fair enough but imo the difference between both series is that luffy is more or less the heart of one piece while i doubt the same can be said for yuji for jjk
I see yall not reading One Punch Man. A manga where the villain gets so much char developement and power up, just to get humbled in the end by Saitama who barely even involved in the arc
The truth is often found between two extremes. It seems reasonable to see that if he left the extreme of the world government, to the extreme of the worst pirate, he can see both of these sides, and set his moral compass somewhere in between.
I have a boring theory, I think Aokiji wants to destroy the current World Government leadership. The naval officers themselves wanted him to lead, but the Elders and Dragons wanted Sakazuki. I think this is what disgusted Aokiji, and why he wants to use Blackbeard to take them out.
@@theflashgordon193 , it’s as Robin said herself that to the outside world the Revolutionaries are seen as these mythical figures that’s never been seen and heard of, and it wasn’t until Garp told the Strawhat Pirates about Luffy’s father, and her training with the Revolutionaries for 2 years is what led her to finding out that the Revolutionaries are in fact real, so Akoiji not knowing about the existence of the Revolutionaries also probably thinks that they’re myths too.
@@theflashgordon193 , Black Beard himself wasn’t even able to find the true location of the Revolutionaries hideout, and he only ever found a fake location that no members of the Revolutionaries including Sabo has ever been to, so finding any location at all of the Revolutionaries that aren’t fake locations are improbable to find, so Akoiji joining up in the Revolutionaries isn’t very likely at all.
I think an important change in Kuzan can be seen in his original form of justice being "burning justice" but in the current time referred to as "lazy justice". The second of which doesnt make a ton of sense fo4 an admiral initially, but i think it embodies his willingness to experiment as Morj said, and ultimatly his time with the BB crew is another experiment. Like he said to Smoker, there are some things you cant learn until you leave the marines
One thing to be said, Aokiji is not getting defeated by Garp that’s for sure and even Garp in his prime would have to put up a big fight against that man. Keep in mind that the new era or current era surpasses the old Aokiji was clearly portrait to be the strongest marine next to Akainu, what type of story telling would make the previous strongest marines (Garp and Sengoku) be stronger in there old version than the current strongest marines? It would literally be a joke this man went 10 days with Akainu and is not to be slept on. Aokiji will either defeat Garp or someone will interfere but he will definitely not be taken out by Garp that’s IMPOSSIBLE and would literally ruin the whole story of the old and new era. Aokiji will be severely stronger than Garp mark my words
+ Kuzan is almost equal to akainu They fought for 10 days This is the longest time of duration two fighters fought.(we've heard of till now..) The gap between them should be 1/10th of radius of a needle...
@@aliveghost368 I hope you guys knows styles and DF power matters Enel would still be chilling if it wasnt for Luffy perfect counter to his powers and this is fact for both fiction and IRL if A person defeats B person and B person defeat C person that doesnt mean A person will defeat C person lol or am i wrong? also stop with power scaling i promise its not that deep.
@@sillyv1919 I m not powerscaling.. I m just saying that there is no gap between sakazuki and kuzan... People tends to rank saka in top 5 and kuzan at around 12 ...
he is an idiot who claimed kaido will come back, after all one piece chapters who have passed he still dont get a shit about one piece. and now he want aokiji infiltered, the truth is he is not, he is a yonko second strongest commander and he ll fight till the end with teach enemies
Detecting Snape vibes from Harry Potter. Kuzan is probably going to be a tragic character that only finds worth in self-sacrifice. Perhaps he'll die in place of Usopp, as Usopp has seemingly been set up since Little Garden for a self-sacrifice, likely for Luffy's sake. Kuzan could simply bail him out, if that's what his justice tells him is righteous.
People tends to forgot that Blackbeard is also really interested with world history and even Oda stated that he being archeologist if he is not a pirates, and we all know that Ohara-which Aokiji involve to destroy it-also a land of archeologist. So we can say that they share common interest.
I believe the only thing aokiji wants in the end is fair justice but he feels like he doesn't have the strength and or power to truly change the Marines (since their controlled by the world government) so he's set out on a mission one that can only end in disaster but it's his only choice, because the enemy of my enemy is my friend, so he joins the most notorious pirate group that will definitely try to over throw the government and or marines because they have a really good chance at doing so, I know black beard pirates haven't been hyped up that much but this is more then likely gonna be the last pirate group the straw hats battle before finding the one piece so they are definitely powerhouses in their own right which would give kuzan a good chance at combating the world government
I mean he did try to use his strength and power to change the marines but Akainu beat his ass and became his boss so i guess his feeling about him alone not beeing enough is correct.
Rayleigh mentioned the same thing about the One Piece. It'd be cool Oda could come up with something to make the World Government's cruelty "justified"
Great video Morj! Just wanted to add that Kuzan very likely intentionally lost to Garp. IMO the whole scene is a parallel to Garp “losing” to Luffy during Marineford. A fake fall in battle because their morals don’t allow them to fight. Kuzan pointing out his former status as Garp’s apprentice is a hint towards this.
I don't think either Garp or Aokiji are in the right, Oda's pretty much shaped a world where the subject of justice is as nuanced as the very characters themselves. Garp has committed no notable ill, why if we were to compare the morality of the characters at play here I would say Aokiji's sins far outscales Garps, being a willing participant of the buster call, but much like you expressed it could simply be a consequence of the world governments conditioning, either way I'm here for the ride, good stuff as always Morj.
I think he really wants to know who the Straw Hats are and he knows they can reach the One Piece he was introduced in Long Ring Long Land and was following them even after he left his Admiral position he wants to know if the One piece is real and why he had to burn down Ohara for it
I forget that Zoro owes Coby SOMETHING for the attempt to untie him. At the very least I hope Zoro respects him. And for a man of Coby's stature, having respect from Zoro is huge.
Zoro already gave his respect. At Water 7, he asked Luffy if he made "another great enemy." The narrator called Luffy getting Koby into the marines "A great mistake."
I think Kuzan may find himself in too deep with BB. Whatever agenda or goal he may have in mind will at some point be dwarfed by what BB is doing and Kuzan’s contributions will be a big part of how he got there. Another reason why I think things won’t go the way he plans is because of Koby. Koby IS the future of the marines. He’s been around pirates and the worst of the marines, but he’s still working from within and didn’t give up like Kuzan kind of did. I feel like the way Koby is going about it is more in line with how Luffy might approach things, which has been shown to be the right way.
Blackbeard is not actually the worst pirate. Big Mom and Kaido and even Doflamingo are extremely brutal on a large scale. it's just that teach has hurt us personally even more. as kuzan who views the government to some degree realistically will see that blackbeard is not even worse than his own former institution was.
It’ll be disappointing if Kuzan loses, it would make everyone think the Admirals are that weak, which I honestly don’t see the Admirals as weak. I truly think their equal to the Yonkos.
@@guardiantree8879 gb was surprised not bcoz pf shanks but entire red hair pirates.. Tell shanks to do something like that when he is alone not with his pirate crew.
I think Aokiji's plan is actually fairly simple, he wants to destroy the world government and he doesn't think that Luffy alone is going to do it. He likely learned while in the marines that sometimes you do have to commit minor wrongs to facilitate greater rights, even O'Hara he probably didn't fully disagree with, he likely knows well that sometimes ostensibly peaceful motivations can create the conditions for violence and destruction, and that conversely violence and destruction can preserve wider peace. The blackbeard crew then may be a pretty good tool to weaken the marines and the world government to the point that they can be destroyed, and even if a lot of good people have to die and a lot of violence has to be done on the other side of that is a better freer world that will only come once the current one is destroyed.
Seeing that Aokiji's justice used to be "burning justice", I think it makes sense that Saul is the man marked by flames. His face is hidden when he is shown to be alive and he could have escaped Ohara on Dragon's ship, hence what the Blackbeard pirates said.
I doubt the legends about "Burn Scar" (or whatever we're calling him) would have come about from a single voyage. Saul going around on a boat with a Road Poneglyph honestly makes zero sense. The only character people are throwing out that makes any sense is Scopper, and that's only because we know so little about his current whereabouts. Tbh its probably a new character/someone we've barely interacted with. Everyone throwing out big name characters like Saul or Imu are stretching to fit an agenda.
Ironically, it was with Saul when Aokiji practiced his "lazy justice", because here he exhibits a sense of mercy. He finds his own ideal as opposed to following orders strictly. Please, stop bending the narrative to satisfy a feeble theory.
@@TuskyBaby I'm just speculating lol, no agenda. Honestly I think Scopper is a stretch because he hasn't been built up at all in the final saga. Regardless of who it is, just speculating all kinds of characters is fun.
Yea saul is best option for known characters that fits the bill that had any kind of forshadowing but it'll come down to does oda want the reveal to be obvious yet impactful or does he want it to be a surprise reveal, if its the latter than its gonna be a new character, probaly the eyepatch character he was itching to draw 16 years ago
Your videos are always my favorite Morj! As someone with a creative writing degree, I haven't seen any other channels that touch on the nuance of Oda's character writing like you while also taking into consideration the context of shounen manga. Aokiji keeps moving up my character ranking, so I can't wait to see what Oda does with the payoff for his arc.
W vid thanks for these explanations sometimes my thought process understands that Aokiji isn't bad on the surface level but sometimes it just helps if someone explains it properly to me with context 👌🏼
That doesn’t make any sense. He saves Smoker from Pirates, then goes on to stop the marines from saving Koby from other pirates? No, Aokiji is not showing his true intentions here in opposing Garp. I believe he is putting on a show of resistance to allow Koby to run away without the looking suspicious to Blackbeard.
the thing that bothers me is we all know where its going now garp is almost 80 years old and its obv he will die there fighting against kuzan + theres still others big shots to aid kuzan so will kuzan who is a "good person" will be willing to kill some1 like garp but on the other hand goes out of his way to save smoker? i really dont get it anymore its sucks because i love garp but i dont see a chance for a 80 years old him to win this fight story already told us hes nowhere near his prime i assume hes like 30-50% of his prime now and theres no way he beats kuzan like that kuzan is a monster of monsters
Kuzan feels like he has taken a path similar to Zephyr's (even if he is a Movie character) A marine who broke away from the Government after a tragic incident which shifted their view on the Marines & World Government to become someone who is free to decide his own justice and will face off against his former allies. In a way Movie Z is a strong tease into Kuzan's way of thinking and potentially foreshadowing something like his own death.
Everything you said about Aokiji's true goal was stated pretty well in the chapter. You saw it, I saw it, other readers saw it, hell even Blackbeard saw it. I think that whatever blackbeard's goal is it somehow aligns with Aokiji's goal. I wouldn't be surprised if Aokiji's true goal is to reveal and defeat whatever darkness has encompassed the government.
its not the worst of both sides, akainu and blackbeard in marineford represented that theyre both the same. they dont care about life, and just cause more destruction for the sake of their goals.
he's the only character who can sink in the oceans he should have been fleet admiral not sakasuki,kuzan is he good or bad right now because i dont know
Blackbeard appointed Kuzan as Titanic Captain of the 10th ship of Blackbeard Pirates, giving him a ship and subordinates. Surely these will be useful to whatever Kuzan wants to do.
Kuzan joining BB is just his an Akainu's 4D chess plan to simultaneously fuck over pirates and celestial dragons by going undercover into each side. Their fight (in which they went all-out to avoid all suspicion) was a misdirection, similar to how Nami bullied the shit out of wounded Zoro in Arlong Park. Sword division was explained in the same chapter when we've been shown Kuzan joining Blackbeard, which is not a coincidence and it's obvious he's a part of it. Sword division is pretty much a rebel faction that puts needs of Marines above World Government. On a cover where Akainu is playing with bonsai tree, we see a tattoo on his right shoulder. It's a sword tattoo. And also it's obvious that he's pretty much boiling any time he has to deal with Gorosei. Akainu's actual loyalty to real bros is also quite on the nose. You know the cup-exchange tradition that's so important in One Piece? Sabo, Ace and Luffy became "brothers" this way, Jimbei and Mugiwara fleet pledged allegiance to Luffy this way, so in One Piece it's obviously a tradition that we associate with good guys. It also exists in real world. You know how it's called? Sakazuki.
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But also, it's not like the world is binary where the Marines and Blackbeard are the only options. To me, it's very strange that a man of his strength went with Blackbeard specifically rather than Rev Army (which tbf might be too hierarchical for him), Shanks or even fucking Luffy. He's strong af that he alone is decently comparable to the whole Blackbeard crew. To me, if he's cooperating with "evil", it has to be a lot stronger group than that.
What if blackbeard isn't as bad as people thought. I mean let's sit back and think about it. How many people in one piece are truly 100% pure hearted? Blackbeard seems like he's bad to us because he got Ace killed. Besides having prisoners, how bad is Blackbeard truly?? Compared to worse villains in the story.
Still why Blackbeard? Dragon would make more sense than Blackbeard Pirates . It seems like Kuzan wants true Justice. Possibly take down the Marines period. Revel the true history and flip the world on its head.
While I can understand what you were aiming for and agree with Kuzan as a morally grey character, I disagree with your judgement on "dark and light" for pirates and WG. I think Oda makes it very clear over the years that all factions have a light and a dark side. The marines are not synonymous with the world government. Overall, the marine‘s existence does more good than bad, this is shown fairly well in Garp’s conflict during Marineford. When all is set and done, Imu dethroned and the WG beaten, there needs to be a force like the Marines to guarantee order and safety. If there are no marines in the end, pirates can just run rampart like they did when Whitebeard died and his territories lost his protection.
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Kuzan is a pretty interesting character, a chill dude and like his character development. But for me Shanks is the most ambiguous character so far in One Piece.
a lot of nothing, AOKIJI changed found his real way and he joined blackbeard on will and he is loyal to him
its also shown in the 1082 that joined 1 year ago so he contributed to the empire o blackbeard just like shiryu and the others with their power and knowlegde as we saw it
moreover we clearly see the place of an admiral in the pirate world as a second strongest commander yc2 as the cover page 1031 got confirmed with bb having 10 titanic captains in dressrosa + aokiji joined 1 year ago
YC1 SHIRYU > YC 2 AOKIJI > highly possible YC3 FRUIT BURGESS
WHAT IS AN ADMIRAL IN PIRATE WORLD ? not evough strong to be an emperor so maybe a underling
if an admiral enter new world as a pirate he ll either get crushed and humilaited like kidd or join an emperor crew
its all the truth, MARINE = 1 yonko and his army
stop giving too much credit to the marine
Really like your analysis, Kuzan's clash between obedience and free thought, his experiment on letting Robin go in order to find who he truly aligns with
I think one aspect people overlook is BB himself. To me, at least, he's never been someone who is almost pure evil like Doflamingo himself. He's someone who can be reasoned with unless there's an interest there that permits him from not doing so. As in, he's not someone to go around, causing havoc, killing people for the hell of it. People like Ace, WB, and Thatch were just unfortunate victims to his line of interests. But if he didn't need the Yami Yami he wouldn't have killed Thatch, if he didn't want the Gura Gura he wouldn't have killed WB, and if he didn't want to a bargaining tool with the Marines he wouldn't have captured Ace. For all 3 of them, BB never had any malice there. They just happened to have something he wanted, and Bb is someone who will go to any depths to get it as that his own freedom even if it's a corrupt one to many people. So when Aokiji joins his crew, it's essentially him signing up to BB's form of freedom, doing what he wants to do, no matter what he has to do, to achieve it, much like BB.
What you are saying is that BB is not sadistic, he just uses anyone as means to an end 👍 good point!
@@adoniscreed4031 nah they said BB isn’t evil like most OP Villains, BB is just a terrible person when it comes to achieving his goal, like a true free pirate
This completely ignores that BB himself said that he would engulf the world in darkness.
Yeah then care to explain the destruction BB and his crew caused in Drum Island. He is clearly an evil bastard, he is just less sadistic than crazy Doflamingo or Kaido the mofo who poisoned a whole country.
I think it could definitely be argued that being willing to kill and deceive someone for something you want is evil
Not only is he an admirable character. He’s an admiral character
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not anymore, he is loyal to blackbeard now and he will give him evrything he asks even his life. cope it
@@agguinimissan3979 you're stupid if you think aokiji would give his life for blackbeard he literally said he's only with blackbeard to further his own agenda
Aokiji and Kuma have been two of my favorite chars since thriller bark. Glad they are both getting screentime now
those 2 along side jinbe are my 3 favorite charcters in one piece nice choices
great characters!
BB having a charisma good enough to a point where he can convice someone as Aokiji to "join" him is amazing. It just makes BB even more similar to Luffy, since the protagonist of this history is also good at gattering people around him.
And it also provides greater evidence as to why Blackbeard most definitely is a Supreme King.
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The power of the D
It’s the “JOIN MY CREW” outstretched hand and grin, works like a charm.
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Aokiji is not the only marine who started out as completely loyal. Saul was just as loyal and he thought the archaeologists were tryna bring back an ancient weapon
What I meant was loyal and close-minded. Saul was loyal, but was open to hearing criticism of the world government, and changed his mind based on what he heard. Aokiji really wasn't open-minded, he outright says that he's not going to question the world government's actions if it's for the greater good. It took the destruction of 100's of innocent civilians for him to begin questioning things. From there he decides to try being open-minded, which is where his character arc really begins.
@@MrMorj , Long Land Island and Post-Enies Lobby are more of the times Akoiji argued against the World Government more so than Pre-O’Hara destruction and Pre-Long Land Island because prior to those two events he’s always been either obedient towards the Black Beard Pirates, or he’s been obedient towards the World Government, but if Garp or Luffy doesn’t defeat Akoiji then that means Akoiji will only return to being a Marine whenever the World Government is reformed because as of right now the World Government aren’t any different than the Pirates they’re fighting against and claiming to be better than.
@@kuroikenshireggie xD
@@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr aokiji is weaker than shiryu, he is gonna be defeated by someone weaker than a yonko, not luffy
@@agguinimissan3979💀
I'm hoping the battle between Kuzan and Garp will delve deeper into the concept of Justice in One Piece.
The only true justice is absolute justice. Pirate scums will cry and seethe on the perfect ideal to combat the piracy
@@tygrenvoltaris4782 mf you reading 2piece?
@@brioche496 Bro is an akainu Stan sorry simp
@@tygrenvoltaris4782 Akainu dont know you bro💀
@@tygrenvoltaris4782 innocent civilians will also cry if they stand in the way of marines even if they dont want to...
Whatever reason he may have, we have to remember that he chose to become a Blackbeard pirate. Not a marine, not just some ordinary pirate, and most important of all, he also chose NOT to become a revolutionary.
Kuzan's dialogue excerpt from film Z gives some fascinating insights into his potential motivations
"Out on the sea, pirates are born and die in search of One Piece
and for each one that dies, another is born
Are pirates born because One Piece waits on the far side of this sea?
Or does One Piece really exist because pirates do?
What comes first? The dream or the dreamers?
As long as pirates pursue their dreams, there will also be people who have to grieve the loss of loved ones.
What can one even do? Is there even an answer
Former navy admiral Z gave his own answer "If One piece vanishes, the pirates will vanish with it" "
To which he smirkingly says (while addressing the SH's in that scene) "Don't you think he's jumping to conclusions" ?
What would the Marines be like without the world government, can the world even go without it
,,Aokiji is the most morally ambigious character in one piece"
Meanwhile kizaru whos still a complete mystery...
Kizaru is just high. No explanation needed
@@john-olivierlukama1548 well id still love to see his backstory
@@totallynotdio1311 probably a former drug dealer. Nothing fancy about him, just a manga version of Wiz Khalifa
Kuzan used to wear something that covers his eyes, now he wear something to help him see.. am I on to something or na? Lol 😂
Woah
Aokiji is based off an character of a movie. The sleep mask was a unique feature/mark.
So originally i dont think it had a deep meaning. But i think the change to glasses, might actually be intentional to showcase his transformation as a Charakter.
Nice Observation mate
I personally think Aokiji is only with the Blackbeard pirates to protect Robin. I think Aokiji realises that he will want to go after her at some point for her knowledge so is with them until that happens.
Outside of the original BB pirates the rest of them also have their own agenda so Aokiji isn’t much different from them in that regard. Remember they discussed amongst themselves if they were going to leave BB if he couldn’t take the second devil fruit. They all have their own agenda as BB said.
I think Kuzan wants to reveal the true history to the world. It would make sense due to how traumatized he was in Ohara. He just thinks Blackbeard would be his best shot at doing it. If this is the case, I could see him turning on Teach and joining Luffy at some point.
this would also answer why he chooses bb over the revolutionary army for example
Yup 💯
If thats really what he wanted wouldnt the strawhat pirates and especially Nico Robin be a way better option for him to cooperate with. Maybe not straight up joining (if he asked and Robin is fine with it Luffy would probably say yes) but he would at least try to get in contact with them if his main goal was the true history.
@@monkeyboy275bobo8 the strawhats were missing as far the marines were concerned during the timeskip and kuzan was probaly at his lowest emotionally, had he ran into the strawhats first before blackbeard, kuzan would def be a strawhat imo
@@mokaljordan Yeah im aware that the strawhats were missing when he joined BB but my point stands. He would immediatly want to contact Robin once the strawhats reappeared. Him beeing part of BBs crew at that point wouldnt change the fact that he would want to meet her if his main goal is the true history.
0:35 "Admirably fighting". I see what you did there lol
From your point of view, it seems to me that Kuzan is actually running another experiment, to see how far absolute chaos fairs against absolute justice. As the counterweight, Kuzan's role shall be to learn how heave the tips of the scales are to try to understand the right path. As he said, he's living life on his terms now, so it's not like he will simply do as he is told.
Additionally BB hasnt really done anything to be seen as exceptionally evil in Kuzan's eyes, Kuzan had no attachment to WB or Thatch or Ace, He was evil fighting to kill WB and Ace himself during Marineford. He probably recognizes BB as not being as noble of a pirate as Luffy per say, but to him he hasn't done anything that bad
I kinda disagree with this to an extent. Being an admiral there’s no way he wouldn’t know what Teach was up to especially in the two years after Marineford. If you’re under the assumption BB didn’t do anything heinous after that sure, but I truly doubt it.
I think Kuzan wants to know the truth behind the void century and use BB to get that truth and also keep tabs on him just in case he gets out of control.
Luffy's dream is to destroy the red line and open all the seas, (UNDERNEATH THE REDLINE IS THE ALLBLUE)
Aokiji's goal will be something like finding others with a sense of justice similar to his to create an organization that will replace the marines. I believe he might eventually join the revolutionary army or work with them as well. He'll have then played with all three side of the justice trichotomy.
I think it’s at least a cool coincidence that Aokiji is such a big part of the Ennies Lobby arc, an arc where luffy and crew do something that portrays them as evil, and Aokiji’s arc is him doing something that makes us really question whether or not he’s evil. Great video! Aokiji is one of my favorite characters, and this made me like him even more.
Great video! My head cannon is that Aokiji wants to know why they had to slaughter the island of Ohara. He wants to find the truth of the void century to settle it once and for all of that was the right thing… so he probably realized while talking with black beard that they are in the running and a leader in the race for the rode poneglyphs … and even if they are not the winners they will at least be around and searching for the answers Aokiji is interested in.
Kuzan could be a huge hint toward Dragon's journey thought not the same, Garp is always the imposing figure behind both stories. I could see that.
Bfore the 'Titanic Captain' reveal I thought Kuzan was secretly with the Revolutionary Army based on his talk with Smoker (as opposed to Sword).
I cudnt picture him rejoining the WG in any form after wat happened. That being said if Dragon spent anytime in the marines back in the day, they hav to kno each other.
Robin was overthrowing kingdoms and being an assassin for a while...
I think that's why Aokiji stayed firmly on the Marines for a long while. The demon child he'd let go of, was not proving to be a very good person...
Kuzan Vs Akainu 2 at the final battle would be sick.
Kuzan has always been a very compelling character. Oda is putting in some of his best writing into him and I'm very excited to see where he goes from here
Remember in Film Z how Kuzan was saving civilians? Clearly Kuzan's goal has nothing to do with harming the innocent.
Aokiji is gunna pack garp soon (acoc aokiji inbound )
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What’s so amazing is that here we have a tertiary character and Oda has given him such rich development in the background of the story.
Aokiji does have a moral compass and he's following that to achieve his own goals but I wonder how he came to the conclusion that the ends justify the means. Joining the BB pirates to achieve his own goals is something that BB himself would do, and has done. I wonder about the path he follows. If Doflamingo says he hasn't heard good things, it makes you wonder what Aokiji has done since joining BB. All in all, Aokiji remains a fascinating character for me and I feel like the conclusion to his character arc will be incredible.
Morj you should start a philosophy channel. Ur great at breaking down the philosophical implications of a person's behavior.
Hey Morj, I go to college and major in liberal arts. I don’t know if you go down the route of connecting literature to one piece, but you should read New Atlantis by Francis Bacon(1613). It’s only like 20 pages long, and ever since egghead started the connection to this text has been crazy. Before it only used to connect with skypiea, the new world, void century, and the structure of the world government, but now it seems like Oda was truly inspired by this text. More people should know about this, thanks!
Also Dante’s Inferno is a complete parallel to impel down
Jaguar D Saul also gave up his position from being a marine vice admiral and coincidentally it seems like it really resonated with alkiji
When you want great character analysis, plot inspectation, watch Mr Morj, glad you didn't fall into the clickbait trap.
Inspectation sheesh
I think that part of Aokiji's point right now in the story is that he is still mistaken in his path, for he has chosen the fall of the World Government as his objective but backed the wrong horse and will most likely flip to the Strawhat Alliance, Revolutionary Army, or whatever SWORD becomes by the end of the story to accomplish this goal along those that will truly bring the dawn.
Video has been out for 1 minute and I know it's already great.
Same
Without watching?
Unreasonable
While I agree with your points regarding Aokiji in the context of the manga. I feel like this reasoning is only okay in fictional stories. A lot of people will do horrible things and be forgiven because others feel like "they are good deep below". But yeah, this is a goofy pirate manga, I get it
Only OP Could have this much character development around other characters with the main protagonist not being seen for over a month. And still be peak.
OP is my GOAT but to be fair jujutsu kaisen didnt show the protagonist for over a year and was great while focusing on side characters and their fights
Same for HxH I think
@@KaxMerg fair enough but imo the difference between both series is that luffy is more or less the heart of one piece while i doubt the same can be said for yuji for jjk
I see yall not reading One Punch Man. A manga where the villain gets so much char developement and power up, just to get humbled in the end by Saitama who barely even involved in the arc
@@vojtechtesar7114 text x text is mid
The truth is often found between two extremes. It seems reasonable to see that if he left the extreme of the world government, to the extreme of the worst pirate, he can see both of these sides, and set his moral compass somewhere in between.
Shouldn't it be Kuzan since Aokiji was his admiral moniker
Yes kuzan is his real name and aokiji is his admiral Nick name. 👉👈
I have a boring theory, I think Aokiji wants to destroy the current World Government leadership. The naval officers themselves wanted him to lead, but the Elders and Dragons wanted Sakazuki. I think this is what disgusted Aokiji, and why he wants to use Blackbeard to take them out.
I think the same but why he didn't join the revolution army? Maybe there is another specific task he wanted to do?
@@theflashgordon193 , it’s as Robin said herself that to the outside world the Revolutionaries are seen as these mythical figures that’s never been seen and heard of, and it wasn’t until Garp told the Strawhat Pirates about Luffy’s father, and her training with the Revolutionaries for 2 years is what led her to finding out that the Revolutionaries are in fact real, so Akoiji not knowing about the existence of the Revolutionaries also probably thinks that they’re myths too.
@@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr a amiral shoundn't be inform of their existance ?
@@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr so it's must be hard to find them I guess
@@theflashgordon193 , Black Beard himself wasn’t even able to find the true location of the Revolutionaries hideout, and he only ever found a fake location that no members of the Revolutionaries including Sabo has ever been to, so finding any location at all of the Revolutionaries that aren’t fake locations are improbable to find, so Akoiji joining up in the Revolutionaries isn’t very likely at all.
You should remake this video after all the Aokiji stuff we’ve been getting lately
I think an important change in Kuzan can be seen in his original form of justice being "burning justice" but in the current time referred to as "lazy justice". The second of which doesnt make a ton of sense fo4 an admiral initially, but i think it embodies his willingness to experiment as Morj said, and ultimatly his time with the BB crew is another experiment. Like he said to Smoker, there are some things you cant learn until you leave the marines
One thing to be said, Aokiji is not getting defeated by Garp that’s for sure and even Garp in his prime would have to put up a big fight against that man. Keep in mind that the new era or current era surpasses the old Aokiji was clearly portrait to be the strongest marine next to Akainu, what type of story telling would make the previous strongest marines (Garp and Sengoku) be stronger in there old version than the current strongest marines? It would literally be a joke this man went 10 days with Akainu and is not to be slept on. Aokiji will either defeat Garp or someone will interfere but he will definitely not be taken out by Garp that’s IMPOSSIBLE and would literally ruin the whole story of the old and new era. Aokiji will be severely stronger than Garp mark my words
shuchhooo power scalinggg aahhhh up
+ Kuzan is almost equal to akainu
They fought for 10 days
This is the longest time of duration two fighters fought.(we've heard of till now..)
The gap between them should be 1/10th of radius of a needle...
@@aliveghost368 and both you guys are missing the fact that Aokiji and Akainu have no CoC / Haki feats , op fruits ain’t nothing compared to a hakiman
@@aliveghost368 I hope you guys knows styles and DF power matters Enel would still be chilling if it wasnt for Luffy perfect counter to his powers and this is fact for both fiction and IRL if A person defeats B person and B person defeat C person that doesnt mean A person will defeat C person lol or am i wrong? also stop with power scaling i promise its not that deep.
@@sillyv1919 I m not powerscaling.. I m just saying that there is no gap between sakazuki and kuzan...
People tends to rank saka in top 5 and kuzan at around 12 ...
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Mr. Morj: "The Truth about Aokiji"
Also Mr. Morj: "Who knows?"
he is an idiot who claimed kaido will come back, after all one piece chapters who have passed he still dont get a shit about one piece. and now he want aokiji infiltered, the truth is he is not, he is a yonko second strongest commander and he ll fight till the end with teach enemies
Keep it up Morj!
Detecting Snape vibes from Harry Potter. Kuzan is probably going to be a tragic character that only finds worth in self-sacrifice.
Perhaps he'll die in place of Usopp, as Usopp has seemingly been set up since Little Garden for a self-sacrifice, likely for Luffy's sake. Kuzan could simply bail him out, if that's what his justice tells him is righteous.
People tends to forgot that Blackbeard is also really interested with world history and even Oda stated that he being archeologist if he is not a pirates, and we all know that Ohara-which Aokiji involve to destroy it-also a land of archeologist. So we can say that they share common interest.
I believe the only thing aokiji wants in the end is fair justice but he feels like he doesn't have the strength and or power to truly change the Marines (since their controlled by the world government) so he's set out on a mission one that can only end in disaster but it's his only choice, because the enemy of my enemy is my friend, so he joins the most notorious pirate group that will definitely try to over throw the government and or marines because they have a really good chance at doing so, I know black beard pirates haven't been hyped up that much but this is more then likely gonna be the last pirate group the straw hats battle before finding the one piece so they are definitely powerhouses in their own right which would give kuzan a good chance at combating the world government
I mean he did try to use his strength and power to change the marines but Akainu beat his ass and became his boss so i guess his feeling about him alone not beeing enough is correct.
Rayleigh mentioned the same thing about the One Piece. It'd be cool Oda could come up with something to make the World Government's cruelty "justified"
Surprising how so many people can't understand that Kuzan is still Kuzan. Even after it was stated directly.
Great video Morj! Just wanted to add that Kuzan very likely intentionally lost to Garp. IMO the whole scene is a parallel to Garp “losing” to Luffy during Marineford. A fake fall in battle because their morals don’t allow them to fight.
Kuzan pointing out his former status as Garp’s apprentice is a hint towards this.
I don't think either Garp or Aokiji are in the right, Oda's pretty much shaped a world where the subject of justice is as nuanced as the very characters themselves. Garp has committed no notable ill, why if we were to compare the morality of the characters at play here I would say Aokiji's sins far outscales Garps, being a willing participant of the buster call, but much like you expressed it could simply be a consequence of the world governments conditioning, either way I'm here for the ride, good stuff as always Morj.
I think he really wants to know who the Straw Hats are and he knows they can reach the One Piece he was introduced in Long Ring Long Land and was following them even after he left his Admiral position he wants to know if the One piece is real and why he had to burn down Ohara for it
I forget that Zoro owes Coby SOMETHING for the attempt to untie him. At the very least I hope Zoro respects him. And for a man of Coby's stature, having respect from Zoro is huge.
Zoro already gave his respect. At Water 7, he asked Luffy if he made "another great enemy."
The narrator called Luffy getting Koby into the marines "A great mistake."
The best admiral and my idol through out one piece along with shiryu
I think Kuzan may find himself in too deep with BB. Whatever agenda or goal he may have in mind will at some point be dwarfed by what BB is doing and Kuzan’s contributions will be a big part of how he got there.
Another reason why I think things won’t go the way he plans is because of Koby. Koby IS the future of the marines. He’s been around pirates and the worst of the marines, but he’s still working from within and didn’t give up like Kuzan kind of did. I feel like the way Koby is going about it is more in line with how Luffy might approach things, which has been shown to be the right way.
Aokiji is just chilling
Koozy is the 10th Strawhat. Watch. That’s the only type of DF we don’t have on the team.
Blackbeard is not actually the worst pirate. Big Mom and Kaido and even Doflamingo are extremely brutal on a large scale. it's just that teach has hurt us personally even more. as kuzan who views the government to some degree realistically will see that blackbeard is not even worse than his own former institution was.
It’ll be disappointing if Kuzan loses, it would make everyone think the Admirals are that weak, which I honestly don’t see the Admirals as weak. I truly think their equal to the Yonkos.
Nah no way his faceoff with dofla doesnt reflect yonkou levels of power
@@javilo2797 doffy was terrifying inside after meeting punk hazard 😂😂
Tell that to GB & Shanks lol.
@@guardiantree8879 We don’t talk about that 😭
@@guardiantree8879 gb was surprised not bcoz pf shanks but entire red hair pirates.. Tell shanks to do something like that when he is alone not with his pirate crew.
this whole evil , not evil shows all you guys didn't understand anything from the story
Kuzan will die as a martyr in the story. 100%
I think Aokiji's plan is actually fairly simple, he wants to destroy the world government and he doesn't think that Luffy alone is going to do it. He likely learned while in the marines that sometimes you do have to commit minor wrongs to facilitate greater rights, even O'Hara he probably didn't fully disagree with, he likely knows well that sometimes ostensibly peaceful motivations can create the conditions for violence and destruction, and that conversely violence and destruction can preserve wider peace. The blackbeard crew then may be a pretty good tool to weaken the marines and the world government to the point that they can be destroyed, and even if a lot of good people have to die and a lot of violence has to be done on the other side of that is a better freer world that will only come once the current one is destroyed.
Aokiji wants to bring down world government , he needs blackbeard to do that
Aokiji might play a similar role to Itatchi in the grand scheme of it all
Seeing that Aokiji's justice used to be "burning justice", I think it makes sense that Saul is the man marked by flames. His face is hidden when he is shown to be alive and he could have escaped Ohara on Dragon's ship, hence what the Blackbeard pirates said.
I doubt the legends about "Burn Scar" (or whatever we're calling him) would have come about from a single voyage. Saul going around on a boat with a Road Poneglyph honestly makes zero sense. The only character people are throwing out that makes any sense is Scopper, and that's only because we know so little about his current whereabouts. Tbh its probably a new character/someone we've barely interacted with. Everyone throwing out big name characters like Saul or Imu are stretching to fit an agenda.
Ironically, it was with Saul when Aokiji practiced his "lazy justice", because here he exhibits a sense of mercy. He finds his own ideal as opposed to following orders strictly.
Please, stop bending the narrative to satisfy a feeble theory.
@@TuskyBaby I'm just speculating lol, no agenda. Honestly I think Scopper is a stretch because he hasn't been built up at all in the final saga. Regardless of who it is, just speculating all kinds of characters is fun.
Yea saul is best option for known characters that fits the bill that had any kind of forshadowing but it'll come down to does oda want the reveal to be obvious yet impactful or does he want it to be a surprise reveal, if its the latter than its gonna be a new character, probaly the eyepatch character he was itching to draw 16 years ago
I hope he is genuinely a bad guy now that’d be great
Imagine thinking i don’t have access to all anime without a vpn 😂😂
He had his revelation at a glacial pace.
Aokiji is addicted to toxic relationships
Your videos are always my favorite Morj! As someone with a creative writing degree, I haven't seen any other channels that touch on the nuance of Oda's character writing like you while also taking into consideration the context of shounen manga. Aokiji keeps moving up my character ranking, so I can't wait to see what Oda does with the payoff for his arc.
Very accurate character analysis as always
Titanic is about to fall because of the iceberg, we all knew that right?
I wish they made more like him.
The truth is Kuzan is Robin's real father. 😁
W vid thanks for these explanations sometimes my thought process understands that Aokiji isn't bad on the surface level but sometimes it just helps if someone explains it properly to me with context 👌🏼
That doesn’t make any sense. He saves Smoker from Pirates, then goes on to stop the marines from saving Koby from other pirates? No, Aokiji is not showing his true intentions here in opposing Garp. I believe he is putting on a show of resistance to allow Koby to run away without the looking suspicious to Blackbeard.
the thing that bothers me is we all know where its going now garp is almost 80 years old and its obv he will die there fighting against kuzan + theres still others big shots to aid kuzan so will kuzan who is a "good person" will be willing to kill some1 like garp but on the other hand goes out of his way to save smoker? i really dont get it anymore its sucks because i love garp but i dont see a chance for a 80 years old him to win this fight story already told us hes nowhere near his prime i assume hes like 30-50% of his prime now and theres no way he beats kuzan like that kuzan is a monster of monsters
Kuzan feels like he has taken a path similar to Zephyr's (even if he is a Movie character) A marine who broke away from the Government after a tragic incident which shifted their view on the Marines & World Government to become someone who is free to decide his own justice and will face off against his former allies. In a way Movie Z is a strong tease into Kuzan's way of thinking and potentially foreshadowing something like his own death.
Your analysis are sooooo fucking good
Everything you said about Aokiji's true goal was stated pretty well in the chapter. You saw it, I saw it, other readers saw it, hell even Blackbeard saw it. I think that whatever blackbeard's goal is it somehow aligns with Aokiji's goal. I wouldn't be surprised if Aokiji's true goal is to reveal and defeat whatever darkness has encompassed the government.
Ice and gravity fruits FTW!
its not the worst of both sides, akainu and blackbeard in marineford represented that theyre both the same. they dont care about life, and just cause more destruction for the sake of their goals.
he's the only character who can sink in the oceans he should have been fleet admiral not sakasuki,kuzan is he good or bad right now because i dont know
Can he?
Do he know the truth of the Real raid failing tho
My head cannon is Aokiji sided with Blackbeard in order to discover the knowledge that got Ohara destroyed.
Amazing analysis Morj, this is why youre the best One Piece youtuber. Even if the raid didn't fail, we all know it should have
Lol
Who knows he might want to be the pirate king
I think Aokiji had enough freedom on his own. Not that he HAD to join Blackbeard for that...
Blackbeard appointed Kuzan as Titanic Captain of the 10th ship of Blackbeard Pirates, giving him a ship and subordinates. Surely these will be useful to whatever Kuzan wants to do.
@@dr.shuppet5452 yeah but...he almost took out BB's crew. Who does he need?
Aokiji is such an interesting character. I can't wait to find out what his true goal is.
Kuzan joining BB is just his an Akainu's 4D chess plan to simultaneously fuck over pirates and celestial dragons by going undercover into each side. Their fight (in which they went all-out to avoid all suspicion) was a misdirection, similar to how Nami bullied the shit out of wounded Zoro in Arlong Park.
Sword division was explained in the same chapter when we've been shown Kuzan joining Blackbeard, which is not a coincidence and it's obvious he's a part of it.
Sword division is pretty much a rebel faction that puts needs of Marines above World Government.
On a cover where Akainu is playing with bonsai tree, we see a tattoo on his right shoulder. It's a sword tattoo. And also it's obvious that he's pretty much boiling any time he has to deal with Gorosei.
Akainu's actual loyalty to real bros is also quite on the nose. You know the cup-exchange tradition that's so important in One Piece? Sabo, Ace and Luffy became "brothers" this way, Jimbei and Mugiwara fleet pledged allegiance to Luffy this way, so in One Piece it's obviously a tradition that we associate with good guys. It also exists in real world. You know how it's called? Sakazuki.
The bell doesn't fkn work. I constantly miss notifications from your channel. Not once, twice, thrice.... Constantly. And then find your videos in recommendations hours after publication. WTF‽
Aokiji's pulling an Anakin and I'm here for it
But also, it's not like the world is binary where the Marines and Blackbeard are the only options. To me, it's very strange that a man of his strength went with Blackbeard specifically rather than Rev Army (which tbf might be too hierarchical for him), Shanks or even fucking Luffy.
He's strong af that he alone is decently comparable to the whole Blackbeard crew. To me, if he's cooperating with "evil", it has to be a lot stronger group than that.
What if blackbeard isn't as bad as people thought. I mean let's sit back and think about it. How many people in one piece are truly 100% pure hearted? Blackbeard seems like he's bad to us because he got Ace killed. Besides having prisoners, how bad is Blackbeard truly?? Compared to worse villains in the story.
Still why Blackbeard? Dragon would make more sense than Blackbeard Pirates . It seems like Kuzan wants true Justice. Possibly take down the Marines period. Revel the true history and flip the world on its head.
While I can understand what you were aiming for and agree with Kuzan as a morally grey character, I disagree with your judgement on "dark and light" for pirates and WG.
I think Oda makes it very clear over the years that all factions have a light and a dark side.
The marines are not synonymous with the world government.
Overall, the marine‘s existence does more good than bad, this is shown fairly well in Garp’s conflict during Marineford.
When all is set and done, Imu dethroned and the WG beaten, there needs to be a force like the Marines to guarantee order and safety. If there are no marines in the end, pirates can just run rampart like they did when Whitebeard died and his territories lost his protection.