Another thing that supports laffites fruit being something like an owl is that owls make no sound when flying, which could explain how he got into marijois without anyone knowing
@@oogaboogabe3464 it could also be the angel fruit or something because brook symbolizes the underworld and his fruit being of heaven would've a nice juxtaposition
To top what brook did at whole cake island; i feel like people tend to forget he survived a 1v1 against big mom. Sure it wasn't a full fight etc, but just getting away from her, zeus, prometheus... he's underrated.
yeah honestly he's like the 5th in term of power in the crew after Luffy Jimbei Zoro and Sanji,purely because he isnt shown to have haki and i think he can be in top 3 if he learn/awaken haki
If we accept the theory that Lafitte has the Owl/Strix devil Fruit, that leans to another pararel between him and Brook. As Strix, Lafitte would represent the frightning aspect of the death - the fearful, predatory, the gruesome. While on the other hand Brook is a skeleton wearing bright, colorful outfits which makes him quite reminiscent of La Catrina - a notable part of the Day of the Dead, which is a very positive and joyous holiday.
If you want to go even deeper the owl in North America/some southern America mythology’s is associated with death, sorcery and evil. There are meso-American gods, as well as the mythological figured called La Lechuza a woman wronged in life come back to take revenge who can turn into an owl. But that’s just some fun fact :).
Personally I think is something else, every other Blackbeard fruit is something so simple, nothing weird, strength fruit, teleport fruit, ice fruit, earthquake fruit, so having a weird animal like the Strix is off even the other prehistoric/mythologic zoans are something common or well know Personally I think Laffite has the Inmortal Crane, so it could be something more simple the guy who died vs the guy who can't die
@@artist0154 to be completely fair, alot of them are relatively simple because they may have been some of the earliest fruits planned, either at Jaya or before then. Oda just saved some of those ideas for the present day for these characters, and they are simpler by virtue of being very early fruits. He could still have a complex/out there devil fruit, like the strix, since it simplicity is likely not an INTENTIONAL trend.
Man, if the "dying is necessary to awaken Zoan fruits" theory is true and it retcons Pell's death into an intentional hint i'm gonna laugh so hard. I'd be leaning very hard towards it just being an ass-pull retcon instead of a carefully planned long-term reveal... but it'd be hard to say it doesn't kind of work for the story.
I mean, both Chaka and Pell had fruits that lined up with Alabasta's guardians, being the Jackal and the Falcon. And since these are based on Anubis and Horus respectively, i think Oda could easily give him a resurrection awakening under the guise of "they were actually Hito-Hitos all this time!", or something like that. 🤔
If that theory ends up being true then you can branch this off into another. Which is Luffy actual killed Lucci back in Ennies Lobby and that Lucci got a second chance from awakening.
@@willtalebian oh no he might awaken now both awakening result is gonna be bad to the world: 1.he gain cloud and more mastery of the fruit and more power,resulting in stronger Kaido 2.he loses his consciousness like the guardian in Impel Down,we got a wild dragon running rampant in the world
If anything, they may not even fight each other to the death like everyone else. Whoever loses would just give a *Thumbs Up* or *Soft Clap* to the other and they agree to do it again in a Century.
@@retrogamermax8287 Which would suck cause it would make Blackbeard the most pointless character why have one of the most famous pirate in history just to go ''HA GOT YOU HE WASEN'T A THREAT'' Just don't write the character than.
@raymondwalker3020 True. But regardless of how much we love One Piece and how amazing the story is, this is a Shonen afterall and they like to reuse tropes and ideas from their other mangas. If it does happen, it might have not been Oda's decision by the higher ups at Shonen as you know most of these creators in Japan especially in the big companies don't have complete full control over every decision as their bosses and board of directors always have the final say so in every matter.
@@Nastyn1nja808 if BB was with WB before becoming a true menace, who's to say Lafitte wasn't on another crew before BB, or even Prior to the rocks theory as well. There's no telling.
Shot in the dark. Given how the feathers come out of his back, and all basic zoans follow a human form, hybrid and full form and that we see him with JUST the wings in the instances we see him fly, I'd put money on some sort of Angel. Thought your Stryx theory is also very good thematically and makes way more sense lol
Yeah comparing to other one piece wings there inst a single type of wings that work like laffite's wings But i personaly have a theory that all appereances of laffite he was using his half zoan half human form That.explains why he looks completely pale and why he can just use his wings withou any other modifications
I like the idea that white smoke awakenings are fruit+user sharing the same will while black smoke awakenings are the users will dominating the fruits and stuff like the jailers are the fruits will dominating the user
Maybe this is a stretch, but I think Lafitte's Devil Fruit is some kind of angel fruit. A bird zoan sounds kind of boring, especially for a member of a the final enemy pirate crew in the series. Plus, an angel fruit would explain the wings and why Lafitte's still alive: angels are often said to be able to perform miracles. Maybe the 'miracle' Lafitte's fruit granted him was saving him from the brink of death.
1:06: my money is on Jimbei. I’m betting that Vasco is a fishman, he probably knows F.Karate and might light his Booze on fire in a corruption of Jimbei’s fighting style. That would be LITERALLY LIT 🔥
I've been toying with various ideas for OCs for One Piece for a while now, and one of my most recent ideas was a Fishman Karate practitioner who fought by manipulating flammable liquids like alcohol or oil while they're burning. Needless to say, I like this idea.
People think brook is weak but he casually just Cut off Saturn’s Leg like he’s way stronger then people realize and he’s an incredible Swordsman I like to think he isn’t actually taking fights seriously
Saturn had no defensive capabilities tbh. It seemed like anyone could just easily put holes in him or damage him and his regeneration is what saved him
lafitte is far from my favourite blackbeard pirate (probably right in the middle), but he's definitely the one im most interested in learning more about. i really hope there's something special to his character that separates him from the rest of the non-kuzan crew. whether he's a traitor, has been manipulating/grooming blackbeard in a sort of trebol-doflamingo way, or that crack theory about him being hattori is actually true. i just want something crazy.
I've always believed that Laffitte has the Magician Magician fruit: - Wears a top hat (just like magician use to make things appear, like bunnies or doves). - Has dove wings (instead of coming up from the hat, he incorporates it to his body). - Usually it's the assistance that tap dances, but there are magicians who include that as part of their show. - Uses hypnosis.
Good stuff!! I nvr had it in my mind that lafitte could be Strix or Caladrius makes a lot a sense. Also love that you point out 52 year gap with real lafitte and brook. Thats sound like Oda parrellel, there are fights that seem obvious like - BB- Luffy: Dreams or Destiny(Fate) - Van Argur - Usopp- both are sharp shooter - Zoro & Shiryu: Both were Imprisoned swordman And there are out the box ones, like aojiki which i feel like robin will talk him out of his new conviction knowing that Saul is alive as oppose to have actual battle. Or possible thoery of Kobe vs Burgess; with both of them possessing immense strength and hold prestigious titles, like 'Marine Hero' and 'The Champion.' Kobe was also the first person Luffy met on his journey & Jesus Burgess is BB First Mate, & Kobe parrelling garp in the God Valley incident where Garp teamed up with Roger to defeat Xebec. All in all, great content Dak, cant wait for the next match-up!
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Super thanks for the Super Thanks! The next matchup is either Vasco or Devon’s because those are the only two left for me (other than Luffy vs Blackbeard, which will be saved for last obviously, that one will have to be like a documentary), and after the support on this one I might have to move those up the schedule 😂
Calling it here: Lafitte's fruit is the "Swan-Swan Fruit" >White wings >Swans are known for dancing, either for courtship in mating or to establish territory >a "Swan Song" is a term for the someone's "Final Act," which could just have been Lafitte eating the fruit and entering a "second life"
First this is exactly one of the match ups between the crews I want which I imagine that during this fight the Tone Dial in Brook’s skull will fall out which Laffitte (his age is 41 but maybe Brook fought his father / grandfather) will or maybe try to dance on it like stomping on Brook’s dream causing him to awaken his Revive-Revive Fruit which will grant him for a short time call forth the souls of people that was close to him like his convoy members, Yorki along with the Rumbar Pirates, & even Pedro to fight along with him which I call “Battle of the Band’s Reunion”
I think the most solid theory on what Lafitte's fruit is would be that he has an angel zoan. First, because Black Beard's crew is known for going after the absolute best devil fruits, either in strength or utility. It wouldn't make any sense for BB's right hand man to just have a random bird fruit. Second, look at Lafitte's wings. He grows an extra set of limbs to serve as wings. Every bird type fruit we've seen, including mythical and ancient zoans, has the users arms transform into wings during a partial transformation. I don't think Oda just forgot about that when drawing Lafitte in these scenes.
Also notable for OWLs is their Silence. They only make noise to call threats or territory- basically to check who is paying attention. Brook is always making sound to reassure people and himself that he is not alone. Some kind of sound muffling effect would put LaFeet on a more even field with Brook being immune to hypnosis if both of them have difficulty affecting the other. Thus having them default to the far easier to draw high speed sword fight
In my opinión Laffite's fruit is not a birds zoan, because bird zoans transfor a part of their body into wings (normally the arms, seen with Pell and Marco), but Laffite grows the wings directly from his back, so (in my opinion), it may be an angel mythical zoan, as he doesn't seem to age, is very pale and knows how to conceal his presence very well, and he could be considered the guardian angel of Blackbeard (stretching a lot right here), as he seems to do things that would benefit him by himself. Edit: the strix also applies the wing-arm thing, and everything else fits better, so ignore my previous statements
Holy crap! I love this video! Yes! Thank you!Brook and Lafitte are some of my most favorite characters in all of anime. I got 90 seconds into the. Ideo while posting this because I'm so excited!!!!
You should take a look at WCI and Bobbin. Oda uses alot of owl references in WCI. Alone the mask of Bobbin and the way he moves his head. Oda has foreshadowed it always. Great theory!
3:54 I'm not sure about the theme of being overly violent but this does make me think that all the core members of the Blackbeard Pirates are kinda exiles of some kind, even Kuzan.
A lot of people probably came to the same conclusion, that Brook's DF awakening will allow him to contact the spirit world and the ghosts of the dead will come to aid. I'd like to add to your idea that he will make homies out of his instruments with the spirits of his former crew. Lafitte will destroy them one by one, so Brook will say, just like when he recorded Bink's Sake: Quartet, trio, duo, (final slash) SOLO! Or would the reverse, in which he brings back more and more crew members work better actually?
I'm not sure the Straw Hats are ready yet. Zoro is ready for Shiryu, but beyond that I don't know. I think Sanji will have to fight Catarina and she will force him to hit a woman and likely turn into Nami. Blackbeard is terrifying and Luffy will likely need help with him. Luffy is straightforward and has no deception whatsoever whereas Blackbeard makes a plan build around guile and misdirection and executes it while still able to improvise when something goes amiss. Aokiji is a big wild card. There's a chance he won't be active on either side of the fight though after letting the crew go in the past I don't see him fighting them now. I think he could possibly solo the entire crew.
I think Brooke is going to be able to call forth the spirits of people who have died, probably limited either to people he knew/ was close to or to people he has a close link with (maybe even going as far as people like Nami's mom or Ace, even though he never met them). It may also just be people who died in the area where he's using the ability. It'd be amazing to see a fight with all of the people we miss coming in to help in a seemingly hopeless situation. Imagine Firefist happening and when the screen turns, it's not Sabo, but Ace doing it.
9:10 If it were the "Land of Dancers", now THAT might be a convincing argument. Also, the fact that you also reached the conclusion that Laffite's fruit is the Stryx-Stryx Fruit (or the Bird-Bird Fruit: Model Stryx) just solidifies Hidden Island's theory to me.
The strix is also the origin for the strigoi which are a precursor of vampires, which is fitting for Lafitte as a pale, hypnotizer (and also paralleled against Brook as a different kind of undead). I'm for this match-up!
I find Laffitte so interesting and mysterious, my head canon is that he was who look for Blackbeard and not the other way around, and it would we so f-up if Laffitte is the mind behind everything, that he actually is mind controling Teach all this time
Here's another connection with Brooke and Laffite having an owl. Owl Pellets. Filled with the one thing Owls cannot deal with once consuming their prey: Bones.
I'm not actually sure that we're on the right track with the whole "Strawhats vs Blackbeard Pirates" discourse. The most recent chapters make me believe that the status quo will change significantly before we actually fight Blackbeard as a major villain, and by that point he may have lost some crewmembers and gained new ones.
Excellent excellent theory. A friend of mine came up with very similar points independently. What if Lafitte’s backstory was this. As an I’ll young man, or after being brutally defeated and kicked out of West Blue, he instead of starving to death killed and ate a guy. He then was gifted with the healing powers of this unknown DF. He now knows a way to acquire DFs that no one knows, and he informed BB of this, and this is what they did to hunt DF’s and did to Whitebeard?
0:14 Hey Daks have you taken a look at when Shanks crew shows up at Marineford the Anime seems to pair up Members as if a showdoen is happening but of course nithing happens. inwomder if yiu talk about it ok play on
I love this video. The only thing I find funny is mentioning that Sengoku recognized Lafitte when in the manga it was Vice Admiral Tsuru (chapter 23) and in the anime it was some no name vice admiral (Episode 151). Both times, they gave Sengoku his name and him being a peace officer.
nice points. (and I’m bouncing my points off yours) I did some research on a Griffin and it sounds VERY similar to Lafitte’s devil fruit and character. Firstly, there isn’t MUCH information on griffins, as it was said to be a beast who is wise and witty, maintained anonymity and mystery, with incredible strength and a zero tolerance policy for evil. (Keep this in mind and Let me cook) However, it is said that the creature is a MYTHICAL hybrid between having an eagle head w glossy feathers and a curved beak,(king of birds) with tufts of feathers spring from the head (representing the lions ears) w wings on its back and a lions body. (king of beasts), which makes it the KING of the creatures. (Potential Mythical Zoan w imbued outstanding haki or a will??) Griffins were said to fight to the death to keep evil out of its territory, and in some cases that territory was Gold (metaphor for any valuable in OP), Royal Families (BB’s mysterious lineage), and their Sacred Sites (Rocky Port, BB being able to get his hands on an Ancient Weapon etc) Now to bounce off your points again. My guess is that when Lafitte somehow got his Devil Fruit, it tricked him into becoming evil or one who works for Blackbeard, and his personal reasoning behind this could be that “Toroa Incident” which made him change his views on whatever life he was living and views Blackbeard’s dream as a better one. It’s not until Luffy comes and shows him the true way you know? And this mighttt be a stretch but finally in Greek mythology is said that Griffins pulls the chariots of the SUN GOD Apollo, and carried him to heaven and earth. Also (I’m on a tangent now but this is my final point) Griffins were said somehow to restore sight to the blind (ik that somehow ties into the Brook and Lafitte fight) and so maybe Brook NEEDS to kill Lafitte so he can awaken his Devil Fruit, and potentially break FREE of its control to realize his REAL dream. Point is, Griffins sounds kinda like Lafitte when you consider we don’t know too much of shit of the guy, considering that every character is based off an animal, and the overall similarities they share (especially the hypnosis/psychic ability) yeah hopefully Lafitte is the next Obito character, as one comment stated.
Huh, I always thought he just had a Special Paramecia-Magician. Able to perform acts related to common magician acts. Summoning Pigeons, Appearing in the crowd, and Hypnotism
@Dak's Sake i feel like lifieet was referenced by Mr. 2 when he was telling Sanji about his Ballet Kenpo, he lut right states that there is a Tap-dancing Kenpo so... It's possible that Bon Clay came from the sams nation that Lefieet came from.
One piece has a lot of inverted meaning like "good" being bad and "evil" being good. Brook is the good side while looking like a devil (remember his timeskip intro being mistaken for Satan) and laffite having angel wings but being on BB's crew (obviously evil sided).
I watched it to the very end now and holy crap do I want to see this fight. It's gonna be amazing! It would probably be in my top 10 fights of one piece by the end. This video was 10/10
The Blackbeard Pirate matchups are interesting to predict because I don't think we'll get what we're used to outside of Luffy vs Blackbeard. That's a fight that HAS to happen. Beyond that, it could go either way. Here's what I am thinking: Zoro vs Shiryu Nami AND Robin vs Catarina Usopp vs Van Augur Sanji vs Pizzaro Chopper vs Doc Q and Stronger Franky vs Vasco Shot (I originally had him up against Burgess but I truly believe Burgess would stomp Franky) Brook vs Laffitte Jinbe vs Burgess (That Armament Haki fight would be insane!) All that's left is Sanjuan Wolf and Kuzan. Sanjuan never struck me as a serious fighter despite his "atrocious" crimes. I would love to see the Straw Hats fight together to take him down like they did with Oars. As for Kuzan, I think he will depart from the crew right before the one-on-ones. Maybe team up with Luffy to fight Blackbeard?
So many theories, its beautiful that OP can go in so many directions. They could give us back stories back to back and make an entire series out of it.
My theory: when Brook awakens his soul music will "raise the dead" or call back the souls of the people Lafitte killed and regreted killing effectively making a Gashadokuro which is a yokai again based on death which would actually have good symbolism if your theory is correct, Lafitte is the one who sends souls off where as Brook is the soul who brings them back
Counter theory Laffife got the hypnotic powers from a devil fruit but was a failed seraphim designed by the world government (before they got king)and he looks nothing like an actual lunarian because the world government only had a vague idea about what lunarians actually looked like and gained self control as a marine(back when sengoku did things) Or something idk
I love the owl theory because we know Lafitte somehow got into the holy land without anyone noticing and evolution-wise owls gave up power and defense for stealth so it's a great parallel
Bro he's an angel? I have no idea why everyone is hung up on birds. If he had a mythical fruit giving him angelic powers it lines up. Angels are capable of captivating and swaying mortals minds, they're practically the embodiment of "rebirth" and he's called a devil. He is clearly supposed to represent lucifer as a fallen angel. I think he was a good person then eventually died and decided to punish criminals due to how it was he died. He was reborn through his fruit giving him angelic powers then proceeded to be a ruthless bastard as a sheriff completing the whole fallen angel thing. Was kicked out and the rest is history. It's not like religious figures are out of bounds sengoku is Buddha. And to be clear I don't expect him to be Jesus or Lucifer, just a genetic angel that kind of amalgamates the death / rebirth and fallen angel tropes. It's just wild to me that everyone is so focused on the bird thing when he is literally called a devil and has big white wings
13:44 I’m gonna guess that lafitte has a paramecia: body-body fruit-allowing him to mold his body how he likes which complete parallels brooks soul soul fruit It would also allow him to be able to start that new life by literally changing what he looks like and his attributes This would allow him to get wings and possibly even hypnotism if it’s like a sound or way his eyes look Also, dancing is a physical thing while music is a non physical thing, just as the body and soul
I think there is one other option to laffette's Devil Fruit and thats a Angelic fruit a biblical angel fruit would explain the white angel like wings and it could give him a long near immortal life.
I think maybe Lafitte may have an angel devil fruit. Could conceivably have a rebirth effect, white wings makes sense, and could have an interesting interaction with Brook's soul powers.
Laffitte actually has a cool/interesting looking wanted poster from the Stampede movie that's on the wiki 22:37 WAIT! Now, i don't think he could do stuff like Big Mom- bring things to life by giving them soul, but maybe strengthen the souls of others? Such as... _The Thousand Sunny_
I think when Brook awakens his fruit powers, he will do more thanhave his own version of "homies" He's gonna bring back the dead itself and control spirits of past characters. I imagine he'd summon Ace and Whitebeard to use against Teach personally. but Lafitte might be the one to activate that so brook can use it against Blackbeard.
I'm sure Brook's from Taroa, glad to see i'm not the only one. For a while I thought Shanks' was from there too, because of the Byron line about wine and Shanks' saying he loves the booze from his hometown, thats looking unlikely now though.
Leaning in on this theory I would bring up that it's not just dance that's linked to hypnotism. Ms. Golden Week was able to hypnotize people with paint and Brook can do it with his music. Hypnotism in One Piece seems to be heavily tied to art and artists.
STOP SPOILING
@@Eiichiro_Oda_Real XD
@@Eiichiro_Oda_Real LMAOOOO
Hahaha 😂😂😂
Imagine this is the real Oda-Sensei disguising as a fake account to go around One Piece UA-camrs' theory videos to take notes.
You can easily change the story if this theory is correct, right
A war between an island of musicians and an island of dancers is exactly the kind of shit Oda would pull lmao
This is Longarm Ttribe vs. Longleg Tribe all over again
@@ammendum9044 True
lol kinda like the happy feet movie
their battle will be legendary concert
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Lafitte trying to hypnotise Brook to only get countered by "I'm looking with my eyes, BUT i'm skeleton so i don't have any eyes! Yohohohoo"
Let's just be so fucking fr right now:
Brook is going to use his awakened fruit to summon the souls of his old crew
@@oup6009 final binks sake
and perhaps even for laboon during the reunion
Woahhh
That's cruel
He just wants them to be at peace
@@RongDMemer Only if it is for a battle instead of meeting Laboon again.
Another thing that supports laffites fruit being something like an owl is that owls make no sound when flying, which could explain how he got into marijois without anyone knowing
I just watched a video of a sound test for owls flying. This just put Laffite's abilities in a different light for me!
@@oogaboogabe3464 never thought about that, wow
@@oogaboogabe3464 it could also be the angel fruit or something because brook symbolizes the underworld and his fruit being of heaven would've a nice juxtaposition
Hito hito no mi: model angel
Or
Bird bird fruit model owl
@@oogaboogabe3464 that's a stretch
To top what brook did at whole cake island;
i feel like people tend to forget he survived a 1v1 against big mom. Sure it wasn't a full fight etc, but just getting away from her, zeus, prometheus... he's underrated.
Not to mention he survived sleeping with her, too...
yeah honestly he's like the 5th in term of power in the crew after Luffy Jimbei Zoro and Sanji,purely because he isnt shown to have haki
and i think he can be in top 3 if he learn/awaken haki
I think Franky is stronger, got better 1v1s and matchups all around
She wanted to keep him as a pet let's not act like he wasn't also struggling against a pug in a hamster wheel in wano
He resisted her DF that's pretty bawler
If we accept the theory that Lafitte has the Owl/Strix devil Fruit, that leans to another pararel between him and Brook.
As Strix, Lafitte would represent the frightning aspect of the death - the fearful, predatory, the gruesome.
While on the other hand Brook is a skeleton wearing bright, colorful outfits which makes him quite reminiscent of La Catrina - a notable part of the Day of the Dead, which is a very positive and joyous holiday.
If you want to go even deeper the owl in North America/some southern America mythology’s is associated with death, sorcery and evil. There are meso-American gods, as well as the mythological figured called La Lechuza a woman wronged in life come back to take revenge who can turn into an owl. But that’s just some fun fact :).
Personally I think is something else, every other Blackbeard fruit is something so simple, nothing weird, strength fruit, teleport fruit, ice fruit, earthquake fruit, so having a weird animal like the Strix is off even the other prehistoric/mythologic zoans are something common or well know
Personally I think Laffite has the Inmortal Crane, so it could be something more simple the guy who died vs the guy who can't die
@@artist0154 what is basic about an Island fruit
@@artist0154 to be completely fair, alot of them are relatively simple because they may have been some of the earliest fruits planned, either at Jaya or before then. Oda just saved some of those ideas for the present day for these characters, and they are simpler by virtue of being very early fruits. He could still have a complex/out there devil fruit, like the strix, since it simplicity is likely not an INTENTIONAL trend.
@@artist0154 Caterina Devon has the nine tails fox mythic zoan, the simplicity in the fruit is not necessary.
Man, if the "dying is necessary to awaken Zoan fruits" theory is true and it retcons Pell's death into an intentional hint i'm gonna laugh so hard. I'd be leaning very hard towards it just being an ass-pull retcon instead of a carefully planned long-term reveal... but it'd be hard to say it doesn't kind of work for the story.
I mean, both Chaka and Pell had fruits that lined up with Alabasta's guardians, being the Jackal and the Falcon. And since these are based on Anubis and Horus respectively, i think Oda could easily give him a resurrection awakening under the guise of "they were actually Hito-Hitos all this time!", or something like that. 🤔
@@MVKBPR Also could explain why we never saw Kaido’s awakening!!
If that theory ends up being true then you can branch this off into another. Which is Luffy actual killed Lucci back in Ennies Lobby and that Lucci got a second chance from awakening.
@@willtalebian oh no he might awaken now
both awakening result is gonna be bad to the world:
1.he gain cloud and more mastery of the fruit and more power,resulting in stronger Kaido
2.he loses his consciousness like the guardian in Impel Down,we got a wild dragon running rampant in the world
@@danang5 and then tamed by luffy as his big friend lke zou
Sneaking into the most secure place on the planet with *tap dancing shoes on* will always be gangster. Even Mihawk had a ?
He just flew there sadly, not tap dancing involved
I can already imagine Brook and Lafitte fighting as if they are performing on a concert they compliment each others talent. Nice theory bro
If anything, they may not even fight each other to the death like everyone else. Whoever loses would just give a *Thumbs Up* or *Soft Clap* to the other and they agree to do it again in a Century.
this would be like kenjaku vs takaba
Lafitte is going to be OPs Obito. He is hiding something huge.
That would suck 🙁.
Agreed
If Laffitte is that person, he'll end up being more like One Piece's Black Zetsu if you know what I mean.
@@retrogamermax8287 Which would suck cause it would make Blackbeard the most pointless character why have one of the most famous pirate in history just to go ''HA GOT YOU HE WASEN'T A THREAT'' Just don't write the character than.
@raymondwalker3020 True. But regardless of how much we love One Piece and how amazing the story is, this is a Shonen afterall and they like to reuse tropes and ideas from their other mangas. If it does happen, it might have not been Oda's decision by the higher ups at Shonen as you know most of these creators in Japan especially in the big companies don't have complete full control over every decision as their bosses and board of directors always have the final say so in every matter.
This title make me think you gonna say that Lafitte old Crew was the Crew that kill brook old Crew
wow that would be wild lol
That’s what I was thinking. I’m thinking he was possibly a Rocks pirate too
moria killed the rumbar pirates. he stole their shadows and they perished in the fog of the florian triangle. maybe read the manga idk lol
Didnt Brook’s crew die to illness/ starvation after they got stuck in calm belt
@@Nastyn1nja808 if BB was with WB before becoming a true menace, who's to say Lafitte wasn't on another crew before BB, or even Prior to the rocks theory as well. There's no telling.
Shot in the dark. Given how the feathers come out of his back, and all basic zoans follow a human form, hybrid and full form and that we see him with JUST the wings in the instances we see him fly, I'd put money on some sort of Angel. Thought your Stryx theory is also very good thematically and makes way more sense lol
Yeah comparing to other one piece wings there inst a single type of wings that work like laffite's wings
But i personaly have a theory that all appereances of laffite he was using his half zoan half human form
That.explains why he looks completely pale and why he can just use his wings withou any other modifications
Lafitte is clearly an owl who ate the Hito Hoto no Mi, Model: Tapdancer.
I like the idea that white smoke awakenings are fruit+user sharing the same will while black smoke awakenings are the users will dominating the fruits and stuff like the jailers are the fruits will dominating the user
Maybe this is a stretch, but I think Lafitte's Devil Fruit is some kind of angel fruit. A bird zoan sounds kind of boring, especially for a member of a the final enemy pirate crew in the series. Plus, an angel fruit would explain the wings and why Lafitte's still alive: angels are often said to be able to perform miracles. Maybe the 'miracle' Lafitte's fruit granted him was saving him from the brink of death.
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Also, angel vs skeleton would be sick
Scrolled down looking to comment the same thing.
Angel of Death vs the Soul King
I'm glad someone said it
Hito Hito no mi model: Angel
Got a cool ring to it
Probably something like an owl , or something with hypnotism
Not only are Marco and Baron Tamago tied to birds and rebirth, but Pell is the first bird Zoan we saw, and he survived a nuke to the face 🤷♂️
ComPELLing argument.
@@casvandijck9338 they can't keep 'im (Pell) down!
@@maxmurray6680 what do you think about the theory that Lafitte is Lucci's Pigeon?
Anyone in one can survive nukes
@@SuperiorIronMan0 r/whoosh?
1:06: my money is on Jimbei.
I’m betting that Vasco is a fishman, he probably knows F.Karate and might light his Booze on fire in a corruption of Jimbei’s fighting style.
That would be LITERALLY LIT 🔥
@@themister.s-1st Vasco shot use fire too so he could use a achol and fire version of fish man karate
@@themister.s-1st Wait, where was it confirmed that Vasco Shot's a Fishman?
@@N.0rmus ahh my bad, that’s just a guess I had. I’ll amend my comment. Sorry about that…
The only opponent jimbei took was a racist cat , the literal half fish was beat by a dog . The battles are not really predictable
I've been toying with various ideas for OCs for One Piece for a while now, and one of my most recent ideas was a Fishman Karate practitioner who fought by manipulating flammable liquids like alcohol or oil while they're burning. Needless to say, I like this idea.
People think brook is weak but he casually just Cut off Saturn’s Leg like he’s way stronger then people realize and he’s an incredible Swordsman I like to think he isn’t actually taking fights seriously
You can’t blame people for thinking that though, it’s just the he’s never taken down much commander class characters( can only think of one ).
Saturn had no defensive capabilities tbh. It seemed like anyone could just easily put holes in him or damage him and his regeneration is what saved him
Also if you need a job done, you send brook. He's been hella reliable doing things on his own or with minimal support
lafitte is far from my favourite blackbeard pirate (probably right in the middle), but he's definitely the one im most interested in learning more about. i really hope there's something special to his character that separates him from the rest of the non-kuzan crew. whether he's a traitor, has been manipulating/grooming blackbeard in a sort of trebol-doflamingo way, or that crack theory about him being hattori is actually true. i just want something crazy.
I've always believed that Laffitte has the Magician Magician fruit:
- Wears a top hat (just like magician use to make things appear, like bunnies or doves).
- Has dove wings (instead of coming up from the hat, he incorporates it to his body).
- Usually it's the assistance that tap dances, but there are magicians who include that as part of their show.
- Uses hypnosis.
It's more probable he has the Siren fruit. Hypno voice, wings
Birds coming back from the dead was expertly foreshadowed in alabasta
I always knew you were my favorite OP UA-camr but your favorite straw hat being Brook seals it 😌
Bro it is his choic3
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I love brook, too. He's my second favourite character right after usopp.
@@instinctart2548 brooks my 2nd favorite after Luffy. Jinbei is moving ever and ever closer to 3rd
@@instinctart2548 praying for big things for Sniper King this arc 🙏🏽
Good stuff!! I nvr had it in my mind that lafitte could be Strix or Caladrius makes a lot a sense. Also love that you point out 52 year gap with real lafitte and brook. Thats sound like Oda parrellel, there are fights that seem obvious like
- BB- Luffy: Dreams or Destiny(Fate)
- Van Argur - Usopp- both are sharp shooter
- Zoro & Shiryu: Both were Imprisoned swordman
And there are out the box ones, like aojiki which i feel like robin will talk him out of his new conviction knowing that Saul is alive as oppose to have actual battle. Or possible thoery of Kobe vs Burgess; with both of them possessing immense strength and hold prestigious titles, like 'Marine Hero' and 'The Champion.' Kobe was also the first person Luffy met on his journey & Jesus Burgess is BB First Mate, & Kobe parrelling garp in the God Valley incident where Garp teamed up with Roger to defeat Xebec.
All in all, great content Dak, cant wait for the next match-up!
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Super thanks for the Super Thanks! The next matchup is either Vasco or Devon’s because those are the only two left for me (other than Luffy vs Blackbeard, which will be saved for last obviously, that one will have to be like a documentary), and after the support on this one I might have to move those up the schedule 😂
@DaksSake either one you do the fandom will be here for it! Even if its a documentary 😆
Calling it here: Lafitte's fruit is the "Swan-Swan Fruit"
>White wings
>Swans are known for dancing, either for courtship in mating or to establish territory
>a "Swan Song" is a term for the someone's "Final Act," which could just have been Lafitte eating the fruit and entering a "second life"
1:56 You could also see Brook as the number 2 in the way that Luffy's first thought of who to have as a crewmember was a musician
….. no
Makes no sense
I wanna see Brook yoink his old crew’s souls for a quick show when he awakens his fruit, that would hit so hard
First this is exactly one of the match ups between the crews I want which I imagine that during this fight the Tone Dial in Brook’s skull will fall out which Laffitte (his age is 41 but maybe Brook fought his father / grandfather) will or maybe try to dance on it like stomping on Brook’s dream causing him to awaken his Revive-Revive Fruit which will grant him for a short time call forth the souls of people that was close to him like his convoy members, Yorki along with the Rumbar Pirates, & even Pedro to fight along with him which I call “Battle of the Band’s Reunion”
I think the most solid theory on what Lafitte's fruit is would be that he has an angel zoan. First, because Black Beard's crew is known for going after the absolute best devil fruits, either in strength or utility. It wouldn't make any sense for BB's right hand man to just have a random bird fruit. Second, look at Lafitte's wings. He grows an extra set of limbs to serve as wings. Every bird type fruit we've seen, including mythical and ancient zoans, has the users arms transform into wings during a partial transformation. I don't think Oda just forgot about that when drawing Lafitte in these scenes.
Also notable for OWLs is their Silence. They only make noise to call threats or territory- basically to check who is paying attention.
Brook is always making sound to reassure people and himself that he is not alone. Some kind of sound muffling effect would put LaFeet on a more even field with Brook being immune to hypnosis if both of them have difficulty affecting the other. Thus having them default to the far easier to draw high speed sword fight
In my opinión Laffite's fruit is not a birds zoan, because bird zoans transfor a part of their body into wings (normally the arms, seen with Pell and Marco), but Laffite grows the wings directly from his back, so (in my opinion), it may be an angel mythical zoan, as he doesn't seem to age, is very pale and knows how to conceal his presence very well, and he could be considered the guardian angel of Blackbeard (stretching a lot right here), as he seems to do things that would benefit him by himself.
Edit: the strix also applies the wing-arm thing, and everything else fits better, so ignore my previous statements
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Holy crap! I love this video! Yes! Thank you!Brook and Lafitte are some of my most favorite characters in all of anime. I got 90 seconds into the. Ideo while posting this because I'm so excited!!!!
About time. I love this matchup
brook literally called gol d roger a “rookie he heard abt” during sabaody 😭
You should take a look at WCI and Bobbin. Oda uses alot of owl references in WCI. Alone the mask of Bobbin and the way he moves his head.
Oda has foreshadowed it always. Great theory!
3:54 I'm not sure about the theme of being overly violent but this does make me think that all the core members of the Blackbeard Pirates are kinda exiles of some kind, even Kuzan.
bro broke into Odas home and read his notes.
shhhhh
A lot of people probably came to the same conclusion, that Brook's DF awakening will allow him to contact the spirit world and the ghosts of the dead will come to aid. I'd like to add to your idea that he will make homies out of his instruments with the spirits of his former crew. Lafitte will destroy them one by one, so Brook will say, just like when he recorded Bink's Sake: Quartet, trio, duo, (final slash) SOLO!
Or would the reverse, in which he brings back more and more crew members work better actually?
When they finally fight this gon b crazy, I wanna see b.b crew vs the straw hats so bad
I'm not sure the Straw Hats are ready yet. Zoro is ready for Shiryu, but beyond that I don't know. I think Sanji will have to fight Catarina and she will force him to hit a woman and likely turn into Nami. Blackbeard is terrifying and Luffy will likely need help with him. Luffy is straightforward and has no deception whatsoever whereas Blackbeard makes a plan build around guile and misdirection and executes it while still able to improvise when something goes amiss. Aokiji is a big wild card. There's a chance he won't be active on either side of the fight though after letting the crew go in the past I don't see him fighting them now. I think he could possibly solo the entire crew.
The birds wings and hypnotism makes it feel like he’ll have a magician fruit (dove from the hat and hypnotism and teleporting/disappearing)
I think Brooke is going to be able to call forth the spirits of people who have died, probably limited either to people he knew/ was close to or to people he has a close link with (maybe even going as far as people like Nami's mom or Ace, even though he never met them). It may also just be people who died in the area where he's using the ability. It'd be amazing to see a fight with all of the people we miss coming in to help in a seemingly hopeless situation. Imagine Firefist happening and when the screen turns, it's not Sabo, but Ace doing it.
9:10 If it were the "Land of Dancers", now THAT might be a convincing argument.
Also, the fact that you also reached the conclusion that Laffite's fruit is the Stryx-Stryx Fruit (or the Bird-Bird Fruit: Model Stryx) just solidifies Hidden Island's theory to me.
Never considered this matchup but it instantly made sense
The strix is also the origin for the strigoi which are a precursor of vampires, which is fitting for Lafitte as a pale, hypnotizer (and also paralleled against Brook as a different kind of undead). I'm for this match-up!
Nice video. Looks like i found myself a new subscription 😃
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@@DaksSake Arrrr 🦜
Yeah it is weird it took the algorithm so long to bring us together. Almost all my youtube feed is one piece 😅
This was a banger video!
Great video as always G, I can't disagree with anything you said here. I know it's small, but Lafitte having the feather boa is deffo intentional
I find Laffitte so interesting and mysterious, my head canon is that he was who look for Blackbeard and not the other way around, and it would we so f-up if Laffitte is the mind behind everything, that he actually is mind controling Teach all this time
If brook got homies they’d be an orchestra or audience
Here's another connection with Brooke and Laffite having an owl. Owl Pellets. Filled with the one thing Owls cannot deal with once consuming their prey: Bones.
I'm not actually sure that we're on the right track with the whole "Strawhats vs Blackbeard Pirates" discourse. The most recent chapters make me believe that the status quo will change significantly before we actually fight Blackbeard as a major villain, and by that point he may have lost some crewmembers and gained new ones.
Or maybe Blackbeard can steal people's powers by awakening his fruit, and we'll have the whole crew fight just Blackbeard with every devil fruit.
Excellent excellent theory. A friend of mine came up with very similar points independently. What if Lafitte’s backstory was this. As an I’ll young man, or after being brutally defeated and kicked out of West Blue, he instead of starving to death killed and ate a guy. He then was gifted with the healing powers of this unknown DF. He now knows a way to acquire DFs that no one knows, and he informed BB of this, and this is what they did to hunt DF’s and did to Whitebeard?
My thought is that lafitte doesn't have a bird zoan fruit, it might be a mythical zoan Angel fruit
I love both you and Hidden Islands videos. I'm hopping both theories end up true (Laffitte has some connection to both the Rock Pirates and Brook)
0:38 i gotta ask, who is this coin nonsense man lol
It's Flick D. Coin
From the Rainbow Mist Anime filler arc.
Wdym, that's my guy R A P A N U I .
Gordon Ramsay
Oda browsing theories on the internet being able to choose any combination of solutions to his story must be a weird experience
Lafitte has been sitting on rob luccis shoulder lol
Plot twist: Rob Lucci was actually the friendliest boy before Lafitte hypnotized him into becoming a bloodthirsty sadistic massmurderer.
I like vasco and franky as a matchup. One’s power is glug-glug and the other is powered by cola. Manly drinking contest
0:14 Hey Daks have you taken a look at when Shanks crew shows up at Marineford the Anime seems to pair up Members as if a showdoen is happening but of course nithing happens. inwomder if yiu talk about it ok play on
I love this video. The only thing I find funny is mentioning that Sengoku recognized Lafitte when in the manga it was Vice Admiral Tsuru (chapter 23) and in the anime it was some no name vice admiral (Episode 151). Both times, they gave Sengoku his name and him being a peace officer.
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nice points. (and I’m bouncing my points off yours) I did some research on a Griffin and it sounds VERY similar to Lafitte’s devil fruit and character. Firstly, there isn’t MUCH information on griffins, as it was said to be a beast who is wise and witty, maintained anonymity and mystery, with incredible strength and a zero tolerance policy for evil. (Keep this in mind and Let me cook) However, it is said that the creature is a MYTHICAL hybrid between having an eagle head w glossy feathers and a curved beak,(king of birds) with tufts of feathers spring from the head (representing the lions ears) w wings on its back and a lions body. (king of beasts), which makes it the KING of the creatures. (Potential Mythical Zoan w imbued outstanding haki or a will??) Griffins were said to fight to the death to keep evil out of its territory, and in some cases that territory was Gold (metaphor for any valuable in OP), Royal Families (BB’s mysterious lineage), and their Sacred Sites (Rocky Port, BB being able to get his hands on an Ancient Weapon etc) Now to bounce off your points again. My guess is that when Lafitte somehow got his Devil Fruit, it tricked him into becoming evil or one who works for Blackbeard, and his personal reasoning behind this could be that “Toroa Incident” which made him change his views on whatever life he was living and views Blackbeard’s dream as a better one. It’s not until Luffy comes and shows him the true way you know? And this mighttt be a stretch but finally in Greek mythology is said that Griffins pulls the chariots of the SUN GOD Apollo, and carried him to heaven and earth. Also (I’m on a tangent now but this is my final point) Griffins were said somehow to restore sight to the blind (ik that somehow ties into the Brook and Lafitte fight) and so maybe Brook NEEDS to kill Lafitte so he can awaken his Devil Fruit, and potentially break FREE of its control to realize his REAL dream. Point is, Griffins sounds kinda like Lafitte when you consider we don’t know too much of shit of the guy, considering that every character is based off an animal, and the overall similarities they share (especially the hypnosis/psychic ability) yeah hopefully Lafitte is the next Obito character, as one comment stated.
0:52 BUCKET
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13:40 Editor's note: There's a clip of Lafitte using something like Soru/Shave in EP 325 at 8:01.
Offhand Disney just started foaming at the mouth right now and he doesn't know why.
Huh, I always thought he just had a Special Paramecia-Magician. Able to perform acts related to common magician acts. Summoning Pigeons, Appearing in the crowd, and Hypnotism
Istg bros timing on uploads are fantastic
Great video, dude
great video! I really like the west blue dancer x musician possible connection
@Dak's Sake i feel like lifieet was referenced by Mr. 2 when he was telling Sanji about his Ballet Kenpo, he lut right states that there is a Tap-dancing Kenpo so... It's possible that Bon Clay came from the sams nation that Lefieet came from.
One piece has a lot of inverted meaning like "good" being bad and "evil" being good. Brook is the good side while looking like a devil (remember his timeskip intro being mistaken for Satan) and laffite having angel wings but being on BB's crew (obviously evil sided).
I watched it to the very end now and holy crap do I want to see this fight. It's gonna be amazing! It would probably be in my top 10 fights of one piece by the end. This video was 10/10
The Blackbeard Pirate matchups are interesting to predict because I don't think we'll get what we're used to outside of Luffy vs Blackbeard. That's a fight that HAS to happen. Beyond that, it could go either way.
Here's what I am thinking:
Zoro vs Shiryu
Nami AND Robin vs Catarina
Usopp vs Van Augur
Sanji vs Pizzaro
Chopper vs Doc Q and Stronger
Franky vs Vasco Shot (I originally had him up against Burgess but I truly believe Burgess would stomp Franky)
Brook vs Laffitte
Jinbe vs Burgess (That Armament Haki fight would be insane!)
All that's left is Sanjuan Wolf and Kuzan. Sanjuan never struck me as a serious fighter despite his "atrocious" crimes. I would love to see the Straw Hats fight together to take him down like they did with Oars. As for Kuzan, I think he will depart from the crew right before the one-on-ones. Maybe team up with Luffy to fight Blackbeard?
I always saw Lafitte's fruit to be an angel fruit, which also fits the theory he died and came back to life.
So many theories, its beautiful that OP can go in so many directions. They could give us back stories back to back and make an entire series out of it.
My theory: when Brook awakens his soul music will "raise the dead" or call back the souls of the people Lafitte killed and regreted killing effectively making a Gashadokuro which is a yokai again based on death which would actually have good symbolism if your theory is correct, Lafitte is the one who sends souls off where as Brook is the soul who brings them back
Counter theory
Laffife got the hypnotic powers from a devil fruit but was a failed seraphim designed by the world government (before they got king)and he looks nothing like an actual lunarian because the world government only had a vague idea about what lunarians actually looked like and gained self control as a marine(back when sengoku did things)
Or something idk
Damn you got taste
This is exactly what i‘m wishing for too, with Brook as my favourite character
nice i like the parallel of brook being the song and lafitte the dance
Nah Brooks awaking got too be the ability to call the dead to the living allowing him to see his entire crew again
Don't forget that Brook laugh is YOHOHOH and Laffit is HOHOHO
why is that so cloce to each other?
you really giving us something to look for
I love the owl theory because we know Lafitte somehow got into the holy land without anyone noticing and evolution-wise owls gave up power and defense for stealth so it's a great parallel
With tap shoes, this fact can’t be ignored. Stealth so high that you can sneak past Mihawk with shoes designed to make noise.
Bro he's an angel? I have no idea why everyone is hung up on birds. If he had a mythical fruit giving him angelic powers it lines up. Angels are capable of captivating and swaying mortals minds, they're practically the embodiment of "rebirth" and he's called a devil. He is clearly supposed to represent lucifer as a fallen angel.
I think he was a good person then eventually died and decided to punish criminals due to how it was he died. He was reborn through his fruit giving him angelic powers then proceeded to be a ruthless bastard as a sheriff completing the whole fallen angel thing. Was kicked out and the rest is history. It's not like religious figures are out of bounds sengoku is Buddha.
And to be clear I don't expect him to be Jesus or Lucifer, just a genetic angel that kind of amalgamates the death / rebirth and fallen angel tropes. It's just wild to me that everyone is so focused on the bird thing when he is literally called a devil and has big white wings
13:44 I’m gonna guess that lafitte has a paramecia: body-body fruit-allowing him to mold his body how he likes which complete parallels brooks soul soul fruit
It would also allow him to be able to start that new life by literally changing what he looks like and his attributes
This would allow him to get wings and possibly even hypnotism if it’s like a sound or way his eyes look
Also, dancing is a physical thing while music is a non physical thing, just as the body and soul
I think there is one other option to laffette's Devil Fruit and thats a Angelic fruit a biblical angel fruit would explain the white angel like wings and it could give him a long near immortal life.
I'm so happy Brook is your favorite charcter. I've waited so long for someone else to be a Breok suporter.
Eggs came first because fish came before chickens and fish lay eggs.
I think maybe Lafitte may have an angel devil fruit. Could conceivably have a rebirth effect, white wings makes sense, and could have an interesting interaction with Brook's soul powers.
Laffitte actually has a cool/interesting looking wanted poster from the Stampede movie that's on the wiki
22:37 WAIT! Now, i don't think he could do stuff like Big Mom- bring things to life by giving them soul, but maybe strengthen the souls of others? Such as... _The Thousand Sunny_
I really think Lafitte's fruit is an Angel fruit. That would explain the white wings and gaining powers after his death
I like to think that Lafitte has the angel fruit
this would explain a lot and would be a good parallel to Brook
Brook HAS used hypnotic attacks in the past! Remember his “Party Music” attack in Fishman Island?
I really like the sound of going into Brook's past for the second round, like Luffy and Sanji
I just had a thought brooks awakening would be summoning the souls of the dead to enhance his power it would be the rumbar pirates
I think when Brook awakens his fruit powers, he will do more thanhave his own version of "homies" He's gonna bring back the dead itself and control spirits of past characters. I imagine he'd summon Ace and Whitebeard to use against Teach personally. but Lafitte might be the one to activate that so brook can use it against Blackbeard.
I'm sure Brook's from Taroa, glad to see i'm not the only one.
For a while I thought Shanks' was from there too, because of the Byron line about wine and Shanks' saying he loves the booze from his hometown, thats looking unlikely now though.
Iv always really hated how brook has one of the coolest devil fruit and just gets forgotten about in every arc
Leaning in on this theory I would bring up that it's not just dance that's linked to hypnotism. Ms. Golden Week was able to hypnotize people with paint and Brook can do it with his music. Hypnotism in One Piece seems to be heavily tied to art and artists.
I've seen a theory that he may have an angel zoan. This would work really well with his epithet "The Demon Sheriff" by making him a fallen angel.