Some Highs, Some Lows, But Buggy Makes Me Happy | One Piece Chapters 1057 and 1058 Review
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I like the fact that Mihawk is disgusted by Buggy being the first one to beg for mercy becoming an Emperor, while Luffy is caged by Nami and also begs for mercy literally the page before Buggys appearence😂
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I didn't notice that 😂
Every new scene we get of Buggy makes me happier. And yeah, him not being behind the creation of the Cross Guild but getting the credit due to his fanboys is exactly what his life has been like since Impel Down
@Mike bot
Not only buggy used, but crocodile and mihawk being bros there is just fun.
Buggy fails upwards but manages somehow to land in his own version of hell.
He was always falling upwards in a state of middling panic so that is just par for the course.
Suffering from success
Fun fact: Luffy, Zoro and Sanji have never really had the three highest bounties in the crew at the same time.
First it was Luffy, Zoro and Robin.
Then it was Luffy, Zoro, and Usopp
Then it was Luffy, Jinbei, and Sanji
Now it's Luffy, Zoro, and Jinbei.
The only time Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji have had the highest bounties was in that period between Whole Cake Island and Onigashima, and that's only if you don't count Jinbei despite Luffy calling himself Jinbei's captain in Whole Cake. And in that scenario, Sanji's above Zoro.
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It's kinda like a running joke at this point.
Robin bounty was higher than Zoro at one point
Still from a narrative perspective it doesn't make sense to place Jinbei between Sanji and Zoro when they have been established as Luffys wings and therefore his number 2 and 3.
I guess it was just the counter joke to Sanji having a higher bounty than Zoro. Now Zoro got to call Sanji "Number 4".
@@She-Devil94bounties are based on how much of a threat they are
Jinbei:
Was a former member of the sun pirates under fisher tiger
A big mom pirates ally
A member of the straw hats
Broke out of impel down
Survived the paramount war
a former warlord
Defeated beast pirates member & former cp0 agent who's-who
He is a major threat to the world government not just because of his strength but because of who he has been allied with
The smile on my face when Crocodile and Mihawk had Buggy head though. Crocodile the brains of the operation, Mihawk the muscle, Buggy the comedic relief.
Buggy is the company mascot.
@@ThyFloorestFloor the most important thing lol
@@hashshashiin.forsī Indeed, they wouldn't be as popular as they are without Buggy
I don't think lack of crew interactions is a function of having too many crew members, it's just that it's been a long time since Oda has put any focus on it. I was reading an article last week about how it's been over 300 chapters since Luffy and Franky have so much as exchanged a word with each other. Really hoping that future arcs are less bloated so that the straw hats can get more focus, I liked the scabbards but I miss having arcs where the Straw hats are the focal point
That's Why Water 7 is still My Favorite Arc because its so focused on the Crew
People been asking for less bloat all post-skip. I doubt it's happening now.
But compared with Yamato, Franky had a defined role in the crew, Yamato will just give power for fighting, and we just got jinbe joined, giving a new nakama will just split screen time, and the story will be diluted, we'll see a reduce on fighting quality, just take a look how oda struggled this arc to met expectations.
I mean having crew members on land is also great, it was oda saying that Yamato, Momo and scabbards will come back when they need to.
@@nevergonnagiveupuntilibeco5690 Yeah and Summit War was focused on the world
@@Ryuksgelus It will but less
I think Vivi's decision to stay in Alabasta was more narratively satisfying because there was always a sense of conflict between her own desire to be with the crew and her responsibility to her country. Yamato seemed pretty set on sailing with Luffy, and there was no obvious second option.
So no Yamato and no Carrot? No
@@Ryuksgelus Carrot could still join but it 50 50 chance at this point
The conflict with Yamato was there later. It was just poorly developed.
How can you even compare these 2 xD
Totally agree, I just don’t understand the way Oda handled this. This just totally fell flat and felt like a rug pull for the sake of it. Compared to the moment with Vivi at the end of Alabasta which is one of the definitive emotional moments of the entire series this “twist” was utter crap.
the fact that Buggy has accidently become a yonko is honestly the funniest thing in the world. There was so much joy in 1058 and I am LIVING for it
Hiyori's line (and Oden's equivalent line) never included "born to" in Japanese--you can see this if you watch the subtitled anime, which uses a more accurate translation for Oden's line: "Oden wouldn't be Oden if wasn't boiled!" An even more literal translation might be "If it wasn't boiled, it wouldn't be Oden!"
It might feel like splitting hairs, but most of the hate for Hiyori's line comes down to the idea that the Kurozumi were "born to" burn--as in, if someone has the Kurozumi name, it's everyone's job to burn them; as if there could be no such thing as an innocent Kurozumi. But just like Oden is the name of a food that's served while boiling, Kurozumi is the Japanese word for charcoal, aka wood that's been burned once already. Oden (the food) isn't Oden if it's not boiled, and charcoal isn't charcoal if it's not burned. Again, oden and charcoal aren't "born" for these purposes--you could make charcoal and then not burn it again--but *if it wasn't burned/boiled,* then it's not charcoal/oden.
Basically the original Japanese has the connotation that their deaths were fitting (but not obligatory) because of their names, while the poor English translation suggests that their deaths were *required by* their names, which has very unfortunate implications for anyone else named Kurozumi (or Oden!)
Thank you the community has been so annoying calling her racist
I rather the english translation left it as "Charcoal wouldn't be Charcoal if it weren't burnt" and left the Fandom to figure it out
@@gweejiahan9336 I understood either way
@@gweejiahan9336 I like that Translation way more it fits perfect
@@gweejiahan9336 this is actually very good idea, i wish this was in the official translation
I loved Robin's bounty reaction (or lack thereof) due to the fact that it just shows that she's no longer worried about how high it gets. She's no longer the kid with a 79 Mil bounty who had to learn to not trust anyone to survive. Her calmness shows how much she knows that the crew she's a part of won't let anything happen to her, no matter how high that bounty gets.
This is how criticism should be presented. Extremely happy with how merphy and daniel present their criticisms. Not blowing things out of proportion and trashing everything. Love this ao much, no story is perfect and having expectations is ok.
agreed, clearly oda had too much fruits in his baskets and he couldn't have eaten them all to give everyone a satisfying conclusion to each character. Wano has it problems but it by no means a bad arc as it has some of the highest peaks in the series. As soon as we left wano we were presented with another 10/10 chapter.
TRUEEE!!! Not trying to invalidate people's emotion for being disappointed but I do think that some of them are blowing things out of proportions...
@@TyRendition Every chapter after wano is a 10/10. Even the next chapter is, as the spoilers suggest
Chapter 1059 somehow made chapter 1057 less bad
Jimbei interacting with the rest of the crew and being part of their family just fills my heart. I love the joke about Nami having Conqueror’s Haki, it just makes everything that she’s done to Luffy even more funny.
Also, Crocodile looks like he’s having fun, which means he’s definitely dangerous again. He helped Luffy mainly out of boredom but now that he’s back in the game, you can tell that he’s just having a blast.
Time to hear Crocodile's evil iconic laugh again?
For me it's the opposite never really liked jimbe as part of the crew so it really sad to see him get along
About Sanji's bounty. Except after the events of Whole Cake Island, his bounty was always the 4th one.
After Ennies Lobby: Luffy: 300; Zoro: 120; Robin: 80; Sanji: 77
After Dressrosa: Luffy: 500; Zoro: 320; Usopp: 200; Sanji: 177
And now the same pattern after Wano.
So it is really not surprising even with the wings of the pirate king stuff. Because we always knew Luffy, Zoro, Sanji is the heart of the crew (strenght wise speaking) regardless their bounties order. This matter of surprise now is actually,just fandom quarrels running into our heads.
He had 2nd highest bounty after wci arc since jimbe hadn't officially joined crew.
@@jojosoni which is precisely what "except after the events of Whole Cake Island" means.
@@rafaelserra6790 i somehow missed that
Considering he was the fourth crew member to officially join, it makes sense.😁
With Wano bounties in mind, it feels so weird seeing how low even the Dressrosa bounties were in comparison. Pretty much everyone's bounty has at least doubled since then, and Luffy and Sanji have had more than a 5x increase since then.
To think that Crocodile could've been the 3Billion Yonko right now had Buggy's people not messed with the graphic design on the poster is insane. His training montage during the timeskip must've been transcendental.
If buggy wouldn't mess with posters, yonko will be mihawk
Mihawk would have been the yonko. That's why Oda included that part, "I don't care about being yonko. Let's use buggy". In other words, their 1st choice was Mihawk
Buggy was becoming a yonko for multiple reasons, not just cross guild. If it wasn't for buggy there wouldn't be a yonko in cross guild at all
Ah yes, use the guy who got washed (literally because water) by early series Luffy just 2 years ago as a Yonko instead of the guy who's kept himself as Shanks' equal for decades, that's a great idea
@@buciallstar Actually think this is fair
I’m pretty sure we’re gonna get a lot more of buggy, crocodile, and Mihawk
@Mike No it's not stfu
A trio we didn't know we needed
Yamato not joining was teased a lot by Oda but his excuse was poor and it makes me feel like Yamato’s entire character was pointless if not to develop with the crew. THAT BEING SAID THE BUGGY CHAPTER WAS GREAT AND MARINE HUNTER VS PIRATE HUNTER IS GETTING ME HYPED
she was pulled out of oda's ass for le epic sideboob fanservice character + twitter fuel for ambiguous trans character
It's just that really, if you think about it, in THIS arc Yamato did NOT have a moment of self-reflection where he was like, "Do I really want to be 100% Oden? Or be Yamato?"
Also, Oden knew Wano inside out and then wanted to go out into the world. Yamato doesn't really know Wano that much, he hasn't shared with his people, he hasn't walked among them, he hasn't visited all the places in Wano, etc, all his life he was locked up by Kaido, so it makes total sense that he wants to know more about Wano and in doing so, he can protect Wano while Momonosuke grows stronger.
Therefore, it seems VERY coherent to me that Yamato decided what he decided, I trust that Oda will develop his or her (whatever xD) character.
@@carlosdanielcalderonmontoy3723 stop using headcanon to justify bad writing lol
@@jojosoni I honestly don't think it is "headcanon", I am saying what I think based on what I have read, I am not inventing anything and what I am saying is not exaggerated either.
Also, I am not saying that Oda did this in the cleanest way possible because NO, he DIDN'T. But at the same time I don't think it was the worst writing ever. That's it.
Anyway, I respect your opinion.
@@carlosdanielcalderonmontoy3723 I genuinely don’t understand what you’ve been reading to justify this horrible writing. Yamatos character completely flipped, she was literally going to set sail with ace when he came back. It feels like there were so many wasted panels of Yamato building up the same narrative just to stay behind with barely an explanation. If odd was going to do this he should have spent more time on literally any other character rather than hype up Yamato.
I like to think that Yamato's decision was a form of character development that is gonna be shown in a greater moment in the future. I think he stayed behind to protect wano, differently from Oden. Not protecting wano and leaving to fulfill his selfish dream was a flaw of his part, his failure, as he himself says even though he doesn't regret his decision. Yamato saw this and realized he has to do it differently (keep in mind that Yamato read Oden's journal), deviating from Oden's path and that's probably what he talked about with Luffy but cannot talk about with momo, for if that was the reason why Yamato wants to stay then Momo simply wouldn't let him. That one line from Luffy saying "I'll leave it to you now, Yamato" is a bridge open for that to be shown in the future. The way Yamato was built was almost a complete opposite from Vivi's, but although opposites, different sides of the same coin, so for the end to be the same for them would be a classic Oda move,. There's much more to it than "i just wanna do what Oden did" and it's something much more immediate than is Vivi's case. I think Yamato is gonna join very soon, it's not gonna take too long and he is gonna have a integral role along with momo/zunesha/pluton. (i wrote this comment in another occasion but i do think it fits here as well)
The wonderful thing about Buggy is you can do just about anything with him and it somehow makes sense. From the moment the Cross Guild was introduced, I was thinking Crocodile and Mihawk had the plan from the beginning to let him be the figurehead that that took all the heat. But to know that it was because Buggy’s own crew just wanted to hype him up and that screwed him over was even better 😂😂 Damn I love Buggy!
I do think the real reason, IMO, that Oda decided to not let join Yamato is simply because of story convenience. Its been pointed a couple times how hard Oda was juggling the characters in Wano and resulted in lack of character on some of them. Marineford arc showed he can juggle it. Imo though, Wano had alot of side "main" characters, like alot more than Marineford. Hence how "disjointed", "chaotic" people feel about the act 3 part of Wano.
I think Yamato was never meant to join. She was a plot device created for Wano.
It's just that really, if you think about it, in THIS arc Yamato did NOT have a moment of self-reflection where he was like, "Do I really want to be 100% Oden? Or be Yamato?"
Also, Oden knew Wano inside out and then wanted to go out into the world. Yamato doesn't really know Wano that much, he hasn't shared with his people, he hasn't walked among them, he hasn't visited all the places in Wano, etc, all his life he was locked up by Kaido, so it makes total sense that he wants to know more about Wano and in doing so, he can protect Wano while Momonosuke grows stronger.
Therefore, it seems VERY coherent to me that Yamato decided what he decided, I trust that Oda will develop his or her (whatever xD) character.
@@Sebster85 nah
@Ritz Tan She can say whatever she wants, Luffy never officially agreed lol
For me is Simply power scaling.
Jimbe joinex only when the Monster Trio surpassed him by a lot.
I mean Sanji and Zoro are probabily strong almost like Prime Jimbe
I admit that I loved Yamato, but I could have had it one way or another. Fully agree with you that the issue was that Yamato was adamant about joining until the last moment, then offscreen decided not to come. It's a really disappointing bait-and-switch. In general, the final 5th of the arc felt so rushed, disjointed and badly paneled. Really unfortunate.
which is ironic cause that is how kabuki plays usually end
It doesn't help that it was rushed to coincide with a movie that is required to watch because it has story canon info that is currently unavailable in the source material
@@aganaom1712 God I hate movies like that. They should really choose, to make a story either canon or not and not somewhere in the middle like that.
I really wanted Yamato to join, but I've always been a stan of current female character in current arc, and have always wanted to have her around more, that I'm fine with Yamato holding off. At the time, though, I had RAGE. XDDD
It's also interesting to mention the reveal of Mihawk being called the 'naval hunter', which is very fitting for the man who would someday rather soon fight the 'pirate hunter'.
100% agree on the flashback idea. Luffy actually stepping up and asking Yamato whether they could look after Momo fits very well with the whole little brother vibe, especially if Luffy also said that they'd be back soon for Pluton or something along those lines. I'm mostly just hoping that a 'Return to Wano' arc is happening at some point - my tinfoil theory is that we'll get knocked down a peg and the crew will be defeated just to reset the board after the whole Joy Boy reveal, and that's what will instigate the return. That would also seems like a neat way of reintroducing the fleet - but that's just my headcanon.
If that's not the case though and they legit just left - the whole off-screen conversation is super bizarre. 😅
As for the Cross Guild chapter - I couldn't relate less 😂 I hate Buggy so much, hearing an opinion that is litearally a 180 from mine is just brilliant 😂👍
I kinda feel the failing upwards gag is a bit overdone a this point, so I'm hoping Oda subverts that at some point and Buggy actually turns out to be a real threat. (Kinda like Zoro was the first one back at Sabaody, but got lost moments later)
Just wait for Buggy to split atoms and nuke people EoS
Part of me is really hoping that Kuma Paw-Pawed Vivi after he was rescued and she’s currently flying over the sea to land on the Sunny. I really want her back in the story with the crew. And yeah! The Kuma/Bonney mystery is one of the ones I’m most excited to get some more info on!
I like Carrot and Yamato and wouldn’t have minded them joining with the crew, I am hoping we haven’t seen the last of them at least.
And yeah, Buggy supremacy! Mihawk’s bounty is absolutely insane also
I get that I like Vivi. But what is she gonna add to the crew? She has no extra knowledge neither is she strong. She's only going to be a hassle that needs to be saved by the crew again and again. Ofc the StrawHats wouldnt mind doing that but as a narrative, Vivi has to add something to the crew otherwise its completely useless. Yamato for me was perfect. He was a log keeper like Oden and He could be the last recruit like Oden was for the Roger Pirates. Yamato also had a connection with Ace similar to Jimbei, which could develop a different bond between Luffy, Jimbei and Yamato.
@@poemirtiza she can be strong now.
@@poemirtiza Tbf Vivi provides political view that the other straw dont have so she does provide something. Yamato imo was just a brute because the log keeper role is kinda handled by nami already and the journey already is almost over.
@@poemirtiza Vivi can be the diplomat of the crew! They don't have one yet! Unless you follow Luffy's diplomacy of chaos and freedom.
Probably he send her to Elbaf since Vivi already know Dory and Brogy
Chapter 1058 was awesome! It was nice to get back to just the crew and their shenanigans. I cant wait for this new island, I'm hoping its Elbaf considering we are in the end game.
Something I really liked about Yamato staying is how Kaido talked about how he wanted Yamato to be his figure head to guard Wano on his behalf because Yamato aye a sacred DF of Wano. He wanted to use Yamato and their DF to help keep Wano under his heel. But now that Yamato is staying, helping the new true Shogun, flips what Kaido wanted on his head.
The more I learn about Buggy the more I strangely come to love him. The man is the textbook definition of the term Failing Successfully. 😂
Leaving the implications of Hiyori's line aside, I was just supremely disappointed that her biggest role in the arc was delivering a zinger to Orochi.
Was really hoping for her to take revenge into her own hands, or for her to lead Wano, or something. Instead, essentially all she did was sneak onto Onigashima, monologue at Orochi, and then become a damsel in distress for Denjiro to save. I dunno, just feels like there were a lot of missed opportunities with her character. Would've been cool to see more of a direct contrast between her and Momo since she was the sibling that stayed behind
oh you missed the important part where she literally put sea prism nail to orochi? After denjiro cut his head orochi was still alive since the sea prism came off before that, but then hyori moved denjiro aside and she burned orochi alive using fan, literally she was the one FINISHING HIM OFF?!
And there's no aside from hyori line because her line supposed to be reference to, "Oden wouldn't be oden if it wasn't boiled"
So it's "kurozumi wouldn't be kurozumi if it wasn't burned" basically a charcoal wouldn't be a charcoal if it wasn't burned. Like oden's line, there's no meaning behind it, just them choosing to be boiled and burned.
AND I SWEAR I'M SOOOO ANGRY, why some said hyori didn't do anything, like how some say momo didn't do anything, where he literally stalled the onigashima from going near flower capital and summoned flames clouds as onigashima falls.
@@thearminoff you mean the same nail that eventually fell out and then orochi turned back to the snake? He almost killed Hiyori if denjiro didn't come in off screen conveniently at the right time to save her. Ch1047 just in case you want to re-read it.
@@thearminoff I'm Japanese, you don't have to explain the Kurozumi pun to me lol. It was just a dark note to end the arc on. Also I'm pretty sure you read the scene wrong if you think Hiyori finished off Orochi.
What exactly made you think this? Is it her giving away her sword? Is it her beeing a bonified prostitue? Or should every character that had a bone to pick with Orochi be the one to kill him?
@@thearminoff Everything told by the story teller on stage was just a story though. There’s no proof that anything past what we saw before happened. She held Orochi down with the mail for a while and gave him a little scare. Basically stalled him until denjiro got there and saved her. That’s her biggest feat. She probably didn’t even say the line about burning. It just makes for a good story to tell the people of Wano. She was being set up to be way more important than she actually was.
In terms of disappointing endings in Wano, I think by necessity of the story we'll never get a real conclusion to most, if not all, of the places the Straw Hats visit. The Straw Hats leave following the immediate incident that happened, but there really has never been an addressing (that I recall) of the long term effects of the oppression or revolutions. Naomi's village was oppressed by Fishmen for years, Alabasta was embroiled in civil war, Skypeia was basically a race war - we get small epilogues, but there never really is a round up of what the nation goes through in the aftermath. Leaving Wano on a positive note doesnt discard the trauma and suffering the people endured, personally I think it's more of a short hand way to suggest that country is going to rejuvenate itself we just won't see it (at least immediately) because the adventure continues beyond it.
It wouldn't really make sense for Luffy to tell Yamato to stay for Wano's sake when he himself told Momo, Kinemon and Yamato herself to come aboard his crew whenever and he'll come pick them up.
The biggest issues that ultimately lead to the lackluster/rushed ending of Wano:
- Oda trying to wrap up the series, with the focus being on the last saga of the story
- Timing film red with some chapters with shanks
- Too many plot points built up in Wano, which if they were all to be addressed, would stretch the longest arc to date, even longer
- Too many characters to focus on (same point as above)
There were early signs of this as well, when a lot of cool scenes that we wanted to see were off screened. Let’s hope Oda learns from this and goes all in for the last saga. It just saddens me though, as it was said by Oda himself that Wano was THE arc he’s wanted to write for so long. It’s been built up since early on.
yo hazzyyy
I agree.😁
Bunch of words with no substance 😭
@@Kanemakii unfortunately, oda did have some substance but sadly fell short.
@@HazzyDevil always hearing that there’s unresolved plotlines with nothing valid ever mentioned in these comments
About hyori, i think it's pretty obvious she was saying that just about orochi, not only is a parallel with oden ( the more oden boils the better) but orochi did died burning and hyori was saying that in a literal theater in front of an audience. They where telling the tale of wano to the citizens and she just said orochi deserved his death
I feel like it was a bit disappointing at the end and everything was cut short to rush to an ending.
Zoro's brush with death( the reaper) what was all that about? His connection/lineage with Wano.
We never got to know how kaido came to know about Joi Boy, His backstory was cut short. Who was Yamoto's mother. What species kaido is? Was he an Oni? Why does he not like humans and Wano?
Sanji feeling his body was changing the more he used his Germa suit what was all that about? Is he changing into a Lunarian or does he have some other change in his DNA? How can he set his legs on fire ?
What happened to Kaido and Big Mom's bodies are they dead or are they still on the Island?
What happened with X-Drake and SWORD and why was he undercover in Kaido's crew?
Where's Koby ?
So many questions were left unanswered .
Hmm idk most of these elements will be adressed later in the story? I don’t know for how many years you’ve been reading one piece but it has always been a thing for Oda to start plot points and resolve them later, in another arc
@@ibii1124 Yeah, he likes to add things and then deal with them at a later date, otherwise it would feel like each arc was its own story and the rest wasn't really super connected
Kaido knew about Joy Boy from King. We see that from his conversation with him in the flashback. Kaido hates humans because he was sold as a slave to humans when he was 10. And his country were dogs to the celestial dragons when in his mind strength dictates who has the power His entire character is explained during his flashback. I'm genuinely curious if people read his backstory or just wrote it off because it was short. Most of these questions about Kaido have answers. They just weren't explicitly stated and you gotta connect the dots a little bit. The oni stuff I have no clue. It could just be Kaido thinking himself as better than humans and making it up. Or he could be an actual different race. But it doesn't detract from the story for me at least.
@@prssssss I don’t understand the first point “what brought Kaido to have an obsession with dying an honorable way“ isn’t this just related to his ethos as a warrior and how he believes as a man who values someone by their strength and skills as fighters that the best way to die is to die honorably? I’m just genuinely confused because I don’t understand what needs an explanation here
@@prssssss Kaido being suicidal is just him trying to do anything in his power to find something capable of beating him and that has never happened until Luffy. His final line before being defeated I think confirms that for me. But that is one thing up for interpretation. And the purpose of saying to the alliance that they won't believe Luffy is dead until he sees his head is exactly that. They won't believe Luffy is dead until they see him dead. I don't get what needs to be explained about that. Not every single piece of dialogue has some hidden meaning behind it. The New Onigashima project is Kaido taking over Wano officially. Orochi was the shogun of Wano and Kaido stayed in Onigashima. Him slicing off the head of Orochi was the start of him fully taking over Wano and turning every citizen into slaves. Orochi kept some people free and gave the citizens some sliver of freedom. The New Onigashima project was a plan to make Wano into a pirates paradise. He explains the purpose of it in the arc. Read chapter 985 again. It's the chapter where the New Onigashima Project is introduced. And Kaido explains what his goals are in that same chapter. The pluton reveal at the end of Wano makes the chapter make even more sense. And Doflamingo is gonna ruin all the villains in One Piece in the future. He's the only villain in the entire series up to that point where we get a complete backstory and multiple chapters explaining his motivation beat for beat. You can also make the case for Hody Jones having a backstory but I think that's more of a general fisher tiger/Jinbe backstory. But Lucci, Enel, Foxy, Buggy, Magellan, Croc, Don Krieg, Kuro, Arlong had tiny or zero backstory. Doflamingo is my favorite villain because we got to know his every thought. But not having a flashback explaining every little detail is not important to me. What's important is the actions the villain takes in the arc they are the villain in. Kaido during Wano was a menace and terrifying villain. And he shows his terror through his actions in the story. Would I have loved a complete flashback for Kaido? Of course. I'll always take more One Piece. But Kaido was an amazing villain and second behind Doflamingo for me. I hope I explained my thoughts well.
The Buggy failing up gag has always made me happy.
But knowing how happy it makes you just makes me enjoy it even more. XD
There was several hints about Yamato not joining the crew, people just choose to ignore them (her DF being the guardian of Japa-, i mean Wano, being one of them). Also one thing that every straw hat member does before joining the crew is having interactions with the rest of the crew during the arc, not just after the arc is over. Yamato pretty much fails every straw hat member requirement except for having a vague dream, that doesn't even need the SH to be accomplished. People felt entitled to her joining the crew because of something Ace promised her, which is like something even Luffy said "Ace is having his own adventure and i'm having mine"
People got mad with Hyori hating the kurozumis, but she never went in some character arc about stopping the hate circle, idk what people were expecting, to her to simple forget all the pain and suffering and have no resentments toward her oppressor ? That sounds like a cop out ending that people would say is bad writing, but now they are complaining about not happening, i cant understand these people.
I loved how Law and Luffy got so pissed of with Kid taunting them, their rivalry became my favorite thing about Wano
I think we gonna have a lot of crew interactions now since we don't have a defined objective or destination, the time feels right for crew moments.
Jinbe having a higher bounty than Sanji doesn't change the fact that Zoro and Sanji are Luffy's wings, cause its not about power levels and such, its about how much support they give to Luffy, and even so, Jinbe is up there as the crew member that most helped Luffy, he got a hole on his stomach protecting Luffy from Akainu, helped him through his mental breakdown after Marineford and donated blood to him during the aftermath of fisherman island, so i feel like his position of being in the "upper circle" of the crewmates is deserved despite him being the newest member.
Something very few people noticed: Buggy's body is on ground at croc's and Mihawks feet, which implies that Mihawk did in fact tried to cut his head off.
The people of Wano seem to have a cultural predisposition to prejudice. Neko and Inu were almost crucified when they were young. Kawamatsu's mother was killed and he pretends to be a Kappa to avoid persecution. The entire Kurozumi clan were hunted and killed just for the sins of one man.
Yeah! If anything it seems like a cultural commentary on Japan as a whole in a really interesting and nuanced way.
That happens in many countries
In Asia
There's always been a running joke about Sanji being the fourth in bounties even though many see him as the third strongest. His first bounty in Alabasta was behind Luffy, Zoro, and Robin. His bounty after Dressrosa was behind Luffy, Zoro, and Usopp. It was only after Whole Cake that he moved to third being behind Luffy and Jinbe (just edging out Zoro by 10 million). However now things have returned to normal and Sanji is back to fourth place.
The Buggy “fan-girling” is awesome! We don’t get a lot of Buggy.
I like the little touch of Merphy calling them Yonko instead of Emperors. Shows that she's gone beyond the Viz translations and has really become one of us
Yamato not joining genuinely pissed me off, I was like "you've been insisting on sailing with the crew nonstop and now you are NOT JOINING?!?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!?". I get the whole "Oden started by traveling around Wano so I'm starting from there too" and I have the feeling that she'll appear again near the end of the story (probably when that huge war that was promised happens and Luffy calls the whole SH fleet to fight) but it still pissed the hell out of me.
Regarding Hiyori I'd like to start with what most people seem to have missed (for what I've read), and that is that her line about the Kurozumi being born to burn (or something along those lines) wasn't *really* said by her. That's what the storyteller said to the people of Wano, we already saw her in that moment and she just kept crying in Denjiro's arms, no "cool" last line.
As for the line itself it makes sense that it is like that. The Kurozumi were already hated before (unjustifiably though), if you add to that the fact that another Kurozumi humiliated Oden, killed him and tried to kill the rest of his family and scabbards AND decided to put the people of Wano through hell for over 20 while enjoying every second of it, then yeah, obviously the people of Wano will keep hating him and his clan.
It may not feel very satisfying to have the Kozuki not acknowledge their fault on part of this whole situation but it is 100% realistic how it ended. (also agree with Hiyori not wanting to hunt down the rest of the Kurozumi if there is any. They all literally worked alongside Yamato, Kaido's son. They know very well that being related by blood doesn't make 2 people be the same person nor have the same goals)
Also Robin's new bounty reveal was my favourite part of 1058, she FINALLY got a bounty worthy of her potential danger to the world (and getting another "mom Robin spoils her son" moment is always nice).
I've enjoyed almost everything about Wano. However, I have always been in the Yamato boat. I think he's a really cool character, and I was hyped for when he declared he was setting out. Which is why the beginning of chapter 1057 was the first time in a long time I was sour reading One Piece. Usually it's when a character 'dies' and pops up later. You've given me hope, though, with the idea that the discussion Yamato had with Luffy makes the sudden switch understandable. Honestly, it shouldn't have been discussed off page. Hell, I would've taken a mini flashback or something. Otherwise, I think One piece has been on a roll. Loving the new revelations with the Emperors.
The ending of wano for me felt satisfying because it aligns with the samurai code of honor and the fact that the people of wano want to just enjoy the freedom they got isn't to trivialize their trauma but a symbol of hope
That panel where it was reiterated how Luffy is now a Fleet Commander with a bounty of 3 Billion while seeing a caged Luffy being extremely apologetic and hungry all the while seeing Zoro and Sanji in the background with their usual bickering is just pure gold OG One Piece moment. Chapter 1058 was indeed a 10/10 chapter with laughs all around the entire chapter lol
Please never stop doing these Merphy! It's been a joy watching you react to all of One Piece that you kinda feel like part of the crew now.
The problem with the plays wording, is that it goes against a prior arcs conclusion. Namely Fishman Island. Fisher Tiger had too much trauma to surpress. He couldn't bring himself to move on, but what he managed to do, is to not give that hatred to the next generation. It doesn't really matter if the pun with the Kurozumi name is only meant for Orochi. The pun uses the clans name not Orochis, the same clan that was hunted down and slaugthered for the sins of it's leader, leading to this whole mess with Orochi in the first place. Ending the arc on such a terrible note for the sake of a pun is frankly a baffling decision.
I love all these points you are making Merphy. Your analysis and perspective of all the little things and scenes that had gone past the heads of many "fans" makes reading One Piece for me even more amazing and memorable. Makes me wanna reread and rewatch everything in your POV😁
To address the problem of 10 crew members and Yamato: not having any interaction anymore between the current crew, i think we need another Drum Island before the end. An island arc where our crew is on themselves, only with the bare minium of new characeter to carry the plot. Wano, Punk Hazard, Dressora even were very much about the island, which makes sense and is good. But all the more we need not crew interaction outside of downtime (dare i say filler); during a proper arc. Maybe not even something like the Robin rescue saga, but literally like Drum Island where isolation is out setting. Lodstar maybe? Right before Laugh Tale? Laugh Tale itself will prob be such an arc
Hiyoris line is a parallel back on how Oden, meaning to boil, and so a soup to boil, died boiling. And so kurozumi, meaning charcoal, died burning. It’s mildly clever. Still a little dry a take but I wish that parallel was more obvious.
I also wanted to add that luffy called momo his little brother like whitebeard called oden his little brother 😭
I love the Buggy gag and I love even more that he had absolutely nothing to do with himself becoming a Yonko. In my head cannon I thought he'd accidentally blow up an entire fleet of Marines, but the fact that it was literally just his crew loving him so much is just pure gold. I feel more and more strongly about Buggy becoming the actual final boss of the saga, with the parallels he draws between him and Luffy this chapter.
Even narratively I feel like it makes sense, the emphasis Oda places on himl People mention the Mihawk Marineford comment a lot still, with the 'most dangerous power on the sea' being to make people follow you and Oda is showing us just how far that power can get you. Buggy is definitely more than a comedic relief. With him Oda is making a point.
So now we have the three other emperors individually representing the three cornerstones of power in the world of One Piece. Shanks is haki of course. BB is devil fruits and now Buggy is 'making people follow you'. I'm a big fan on this Yonko lineup.
I just want to comment what hyori did in onigashima since some didn't noticed or catch these, aside her from protecting wano for many years together with denjiro, she (1)helped aiding the samurais. And when orochi planning to escape, she was there, imagine orochi probably jumped after he know his ninja lose since he will still survive so he escape then. Hyori (2)put sea prism nail, and watched kanjuro burned orochi, the two koruzumi who betrayed wano.
And then, denjiro didn't end orochi just by coming in by cutting off his head, because he was still alive since the sea prism came off. That's why next chapter, hyori moved denjiro where (3)she was the one who finished orochi, NOT denjiro. It's frustrating since most people believe denjiro is the one who killed orochi, but it was a team work of two people who are together under orochi.
In addition, I don't get why "Oden wouldn't be oden, if it wasn't boiled" changed to "Oden is burned to boiled", because hyori's line supposed to reference her father's line. It was explained that it was supposed "Kurozumi wouldn't be a kurozumi, if it wasn't burned", meaning a "charcoal wouldn't be a charcoal if it wasn't burned". It has nothing to do about generalizing hate. It just about two people choosing to be boiled and burned. And in all honesty, I don't, don't, don't understand why some can say orochi is justified for his hate, because he was given chances many many many times, by 3 kozuki family who has nothing to do with mob's execution to his family. He even has audacity to believe his grandfather didn't do wrong. He even brought wano in hell for 20 years, killing hope, robbing emotion and freedom. I'm still not over for what he did in wano, same with doflamingo but as always people forgive since it was "justified" hate. And doflamingo is a cool character :))
Yeah, Hyori was not portrayed as damsel in distressed at all! Sometimes we do alot of work since mnaga is not only words, where it will describe detailed the scenes, so we look at the panel for more understanding to the story.
I was never really a fan of Yamato's character, but even I was baffled by how Oda handled the situation. Why exactly did Oda give Yamato so much focus only to off screen such a significant conversation? It really feels almost like Oda just changed his mind at the last minute. Either that or Oda is just trying to rush things and get on to the final saga. I'm not really sad that Yamato didn't join, I'm perfectly fine with how the crew is right now and I don't think we need any more members. I'm more just concerned about how Oda decided to wrap up an otherwise phenomenal arc. I really hope this doesn't hold true for the final saga. Oda can't afford to rush the ending. He needs to take his time and make sure he covers all his bases.
In my opinion I think the conversation didn’t actually happen, I think she felt like she did but didn’t actually talk to them because she has a blunt personality prone to confusing others.
I thought it was pretty obvious the hiyori line is a reference to oden’s last words but directed to orochi. So it becomes a pun in the play they’re acting out.
I love Buggy, and have a running theory that he'll in some fashion be the final Boss for the strawhats. Because of that, 1058 was an outstanding chapter in my opinion.
I also enjoyed 1057 for the Momo and Hiyori sections. I think Hiyori having a moment like her mother, talking down to the man who ruined their lives om his final moments, was so deserved. I do get the negative thematic implications, but I have faith in Oda to at least address some of these concerns before the series is over.
Finally, I never wanted Yamato to join, so I was pleased that she changed her mind, but I do feel bad for all the people excited and let down by this reveal. Personally, this was just a small cherry on top.
Anyways, I absolutely love One Piece, it's a joy to discuss with such an amazing community.
The thing with Hiyori's Kurozumi line was way too overblown. It's a pun. It's wordplay. Kurozumi in Japanese means Black Charcoal, so what she's saying is that Charcoal is born to burn, in parallel to Oden was born to Boil.
Every time you explain your buggy theory it just... I hate/love how it makes more and more sense.
My favorite underrated moment in 1058 was when Mr. 3 was ready to jump the ship and leave Buggy behind the millisecond he saw Crocodile.
I’m so happy that Sir Crocodile a relevant character in the story again because I personally think he is the best villain in One Piece and I’m really digging his partnership with Mihawk hunting down Marines utilizing Buggy’s Yonkou status to pin any incoming incidents on him personally is genius lol
I also loved the arc so much. I always love One Piece arc endings… but the ending WAS rushed and it’s so sad because it’s something I look forward to alot.
Post fight scenes, crew interactions, long banquet and more cool stuff. Yes we got 1056 and it was amazing. But like the pacing went so fast the moment Luffy used gear 5.
But hopefully we get a calmer, shorter arc with more crew interactions next arc. An arc like Zou.
I like how accurate your prediction was! i've been watching you reviews to each arc recently and when you did Impel Down i remember you said that you had a theory that Buggy would continue to take credit for things and get on procedurely higher positions of power because of it, and you were COMPLETELY RIGHT AS WE CAN SEE
About the Hiyori line, I think its a play on words since in japanese Kurozumi means "Black Coal", thus when Orochi burns she says "Black coal is meant to burn", Altho im completely on your side about the Wano people still carrying trauma, I feel like it would just be very sour if they just perpetuated the same cycle of hatred that made Kanjuro and Orochi into who they were in the first place, similarly to Fishman Island where they finally break the cycle of hatred, this is what i expect and hope it will happen moving forward for Wano
Plus, Oda has said Vivi already is a Strawhat, so we're already at 10 🤷♂️
@6:10, I also think that’s how the off screen conversation went. I just wish Oda fleshed it out, the arc felt rushed at the end.
But in Oda we trust. I hope we do see some flashbacks in Wano revisiting some of the unresolved plot lines. I’m sure he’s saving it for a critical point of the story. Doesn’t feel like this is the last time the crew will be in Wano since the borders are still closed.
Apparently there has been a note that the story was slightly changed to make Shanks appear right when the movie dropped - this might be why the ending was quite rushed indeed.
But you're also right, there's an ancient weapon on the island - Wano will still play a role in the story at some point.
I can see chopper getting a second bounty for his monster form like if the marines dont know where it comes from and just assume its a different member ahah
buggy is my God and i swear to you i have been screaming to my friend on my buggy obsession!!! croc and mihawk and buggy together are SO AMAZING!!!
Thank you for putting my sentiment for these last chapters into words so perfectly.
Masterfully done my Oda. I was so excited when Cross Guild was announced and I’m so satisfied with the reveal. Perfectly in character for everyone. Each character in the alliance gets the props they deserve. Mohawk’s strength of course but his desires to be left alone. Crocodile getting some much deserved respect and the criminal mastermind boss he’s always been. Dare I even say the true Yonko? And my dear Buggy. Nothing beats the gag of fail upwards unless it’s the gag of failing upwards and not wanting it. Bravo. Great video too!
on the hiyori scene I saw it more of clash to orochi as she mirrored oden's last words "kurozumi(coal) wouldn t be kurozumi if it wasn't burned", i never really interpreted it as a hate speech towards a kurozumi more of way to end this story by mirroring the last word of Oden that started it in the first place, and also this was said in the context of a play so it fits more.
I notice the sanji gag of his bounty, he always is depressed when seeing it or has a complain about it. In post Ennies Lobby it was the drawing picture of him, in Dressrossa was the only alive, in Whole Cake the Vinsmoke last name been shown and now he is the fourth highest. I love it and notice it just now.
9:44 my issue with that line, is that 20 years ago, from what I recall it wasn’t mandated by the Kozuki’s to go after every Kurozumi but rather the citizens of Wano decided to go after them on their own. So I feel like this line, could be seen as them needing to do that again even if that’s not what Hyori would actually want
I am not convinced that Carrot is going to actually become the ruler of Zou. She was clearly not into the idea and seemed introspective when they mentioned Pedro's will. Parallel that with Yamato further reflecting on Oden's will and deciding to protect Wano. I think Carrot will reflect on Pedro's will and join the straw hats. I think Yamato not joining and Carrot joining will be a double fake out. We haven't as far as I recall been shown the exchange of sake cups to officially welcome Jimbei to the crew and I think that's because we're going to welcome him and Carrot at the same time.
Might be wishful thinking on my part. I love Carrot and her chemistry with the group and I think she has a lot of room to grow.
I realized you said a lot of the stuff I wrote in previous comment later in the video lol. But 1058 was really amzing! Something for every One Piece fan!
I am so glad you have this take on Hiyori.
Finally some nuance on the kurozumi line. This review was a breath of fresh God damned air
Regarding the Hyori thing, based on official translation it's now a case closed issue.
TCB scans made a mistranslation(which they do every once in a while) wherein Hyori talks about the entire clan. But it is confirmed by both native Japanese people and official VIZ translation that she didn't refer to the clan as a whole as the specific wordings are "Kurozumi WAS born to burn" which is in singular form and only indicates Orochi in reference to Oden's speech "Oden was meant to boil" which is a fair thing to say considering what the people of Wano went through because of Orochi.
18:33 "IM NOT A TANUKI!" ... "Oops, we're sorry" was such a fun moment
Man Merphy rly summed up alot of how I felt about Wano with the chapter 1057 portion. I genuinely enjoyed almost the whole arc and only rly wasn't super glad with the execution of the resolution in those last 8 chapters or so, but I'm still very positive on the arc as a whole. And ofc chapter 1058 was very gr8 across the board. I can't wait to see where we're heading next
BUGGGGYYYYYYY 🥳
I will never get tired of watching Murphy talking about the series like shes been a life long fan even though she only started the series a year ago!
And I look forward to it every time
I am with you for the Kuma thing, his actions throughout the story have been so fascinating, I just need to know his motivations and what happened to him. He is the reason the Straw hats are still together and as strong as they are due to splitting the crew up, and everything he has done seems to suggest him an ally to them (and the revolutionaries), but he is simultaneously a robot and tool of the world government (maybe I don’t know Vegapunk’s motivations either, just another layer added to the whole mystery).
Thank you so much for your analysis. The way you described Momo breaking down was a very worthwhile emotional epiphany for me.
Many people(especially people who dont understand japanese well) dont really get the hiyori line.
This is NOT towards the whole clan(she didnt even say Kurozumi CLAN). it was just a PUN. Similar to odens pun "born to boil". because Oden is a japanese dish that you boil.
And Kurozumi is japanese for "black charcoal" which is literally there to burn. In japanese you usually adress people by their family name. so this is 100% only directed towards Orochi and to "counterPun" Odens death. If she would have talked about the entire kurozumi clan she would have said 黒炭家(Kurozumi-KE). but she didn't. Its these details that get lost in translation.
The Living Swamp is going to tell _someone_ about Pluton, so we'll revisit that plotpoint later down the line. Hope it's Crocodile.
Hiyoris words are super commonly misinterpreted by English speaking people. Her line basically is a play on what was said about oden being boiled because korozumi literally means charcoal and if you read the Japanese its way clearer that it was meant to mean he died a fitting death. It has nothing to do with his clan it has everything to do with thematics and theatric setup.
Best moment for me is when Zoro bounty was revealed, I have always loved Zoro as a character he's my favorite character in the series and for the past few years his bounty has been undermined by other yonko commander's, Tobi Roppo, supernova and in his own crew, so personally him being back at number two after 6 years of real time no bounty increase it was refreshing
I was totally on board with Yamato Joining! But I also had a feeling that she would pull a Jinbei on us ...
Just that I was hoping she would board Kidd's Ship (or Law, but I feel Kidd makes more sense), for that "Oden Experience", but I didn't expect her to go for it from the very beginning.
7:15 coming from the future to just say that Oda hid the "little" detail of Tama being a KUROZOMI (revealed in SBS 105, the name can be "seen" on the graves of her parents) which turns on its head the whole tone of the Kurozomi thing of the end. I wish he would make that more apparent rather than almost being an easter egg like pandaman... I hope the anime will highlight this better.
Finally got around to finishing the video, I like to listen to them when I’m driving home. I have a soft spot for Characters with a backstory that effect the main story or the protagonist. Being a hero, antihero, or even an antagonist. Kuma’s story is the one I look forward to the most, he is one of my top 5 favorite OP characters, with my favorite devil fruit lol to me Kuma will be the Snape of the OP
I'm still pretty sure Yamato is going to join the crew when the Straw Hats return to Wano for Pluton on their way back from Laugh Tale to New Marineford for the Final War.
I guess I just don't understand what more you think could've happened to wrap up Wano. I mean, it's not all "happily ever after" or anything. They've already talked about how it's going to take time to rebuild. But what, do you think the Strawhats should've stayed for the entire reconstruction efforts or something? I'm sure Hiyori and everyone do still have trauma, but that's something that will take a long time to heal from. I don't quite get what you think should've happened for it to be a satisfying conclusion for our protagonist's time here... Luffy did what he set out to do, the rest is on the shoulders of the new generation now. Luffy's job is done!.. I'm sure we will revisit at some point for things like Pluton and whatnot, but I don't see them addressing Hiyori's probable trauma at that point or anything... like, what else is missing??? Seriously...
i remember when i first read the scene of buggy getting literally beheaded by crocodile because the alliance was supposed to be under his and mihawks name, not buggys, my instinct was to say out loud, to myself, in my empty room: "ooh yeah that makes sense actually". because of course buggy is, once again, bullshitting his way though life and not even doing it intentionally.
Makes me happy knowing someone out there is appreciating Kuma as much as myself. Great video.
I recommend reading One Piece on a site that uses different translation than Vis. Every chapter it’s better. And I think there’s 2 different translators other than Vis. Plus you get color pages.
Nice review, I have a few things to add:
### 1
Something that I've seen literally nobody talk about with Yamato is the fact that her journey in Wano may not be just physical. There isn't that much point for her to see the sights of Wano before departing. What I really think she meant was that she needed to experience what life is like in Wano, the customs, the culture, the people, just like Oden did in his youth, and SHE specifically needs that if she wants to be Oden.
For all of this time she's been protecting Wano based on admiration from Oden, her empathy and her sense of justice, but she doesn't really know Wano. She's lived almost all of her life imprisoned in Onigashima. She doesn't know full well the value of what she is protecting right now, and she wouldn't have known how valuable it was when she had left it behind to set sail with Luffy.
I'm still dumbfounded by how her decision was shown in the manga however, and agree with you that from a narrative standpoint it's REALLY jarring.
As an addendum, anyone that says that Yamato's character arc was useless *just* because she didn't set sail with the crew in the end is completely clueless. The incredible things she did will never go away, she's always going to be a princess to me.
### 2
You may already know, but In the original text Luffy calls Kinemon, Momo and Yamato 'nakama' specifically, which means they HAVE joined the crew and will always be members, just like Vivi. They won't join when they set sail with him again. They already have joined. Luffy only used the word 'nakama' to refer to his crew, not to his friends or anyone else. It's a lovely detail that the translations really butchered
### 3
Jinbei's bounty being between Sanji's and Zoro's doesn't mean that Oda specifically is saying something and is continuing the conversation of the "wings of the pirate kings". It was Robin that dubbed Zoro and Sanji the wings of the pirate king (which they are 100%), while it was the marines that decided on the bounties.
I think Oda just wants to never have things stagnant between Sanji and Zoro, and he always wants for them to have things to argue about. This was also a chance to show Jinbei their petty way of fighting when things aren't serious, to get him introduced to the crew's dynamics, just like with Nami and Luffy at the beginning of the chapter
I would love for you to rereview the Reverie Arc, Levely Arc. There are a couple things you missed to talk about, and One thing in particular. There's a moment where we see the kings and queens at the meeting and Shirahoshi is about to be enslaved by our most hated celestial dragon, only to be saved by another celestial dragon... The same celestial dragon from Fishman Island that the queen saved all those years ago.. And, I think that its a bit surprising that you never talked about a moment like that when it meant the queens actions impacted such an evil person. I'd also love to hear you talk about the connection between this and Fishman Island, Thank you!
The past I am most interested in is Crocodile’s because I so desperately want confirmation that Crocodile used to be a woman and Ivankov facilitated his transition.
Also it would be a step closer in the Absolutely Wild theory that Crocodile is Luffy’s Mom.
i love that theory and I so hope it turns out to be true xD
Pls no
"I'll join your crew" is character speaking, not Oda. If Oda speaking, that character would got introduced at the beginning of the arc (or even before, like Jinbe), has an interactions with SHP, what the position in the crew, and finally fight together. Like Brook, Franky, and Jinbe recruitment arc (Also when Usopp and Sanji left the crew, we still get a 'fight together' moment)
That's always been Oda's formula to make that new member not a stranger to us.
Nami called Caesar "scum" "garbage" and told him to died, even when he has become a comedic character and help a lot. (Check SBS vol 89)
Why couldn't Hiyori do the same to Kurozomi who had taken her family away from her? Hiyori also wasn't a kind and naive character when she introduced. So..
I'm expecting Sanji and Kinemon farewell, since they both literally are the starter of Wano arc. But ok..
Since Oda love to use "from nothing to something", I think someday later, Chopper's bounty will suddenly increase high as Luffy's, or even higher. That's cause of his DF (hito-hito no mi) is actually a god type too and WG just realize that.
Ironically the guy who destined to liberate people, need to liberated from that cage. Lol
Can you imagine what Shanks will going to do with Mihawk and Crocodile if he find out how they treated his friend Buggy? It'll be like mountain bandits to Luffy.
I think this Revolutionary Army situation is the trigger to start upcoming final war.
Video seven since I started posting that I hope for Merphy to read/watch assassination classroom.
The beginning of the video is already giving me life! The casual sass is just 👌👌👌👌
I think that you will really like Kingdom. It's a war story manga. It's just like every war that have existed, but like no war story that have ever been told
I’ve seen a lot of debate about how Sanji and Zoro fit in as the wings of the Pirate King, but I think it’s important to remember that they were also once the legs of Pirates Docking 6, Giant Robot Warrior: Big Emeperor.
Oda has to backtrack to several islands. Fishman Island left threads hanging too
It's quite funny when I think about the fact that half or most of the things that happened to Buggy starting from the Impel Down arc 'til the present (Cross Guild) happened because of his crew. They love him so much and are so loyal to him. While Buggy is thinking of ways on how to stay kind of lowkey while putting up a brave and strong leader front/aura/image in front of his crew (most of the time), his crew mates hype (there's a better word for this, but I can't think of it rn but it's something like that hehe) him up everytime. His notoriety grew a ton during the Marineford arc because of mostly a series of coincidences and his fellow escapees-turned-crew mates. And now he became the figurehead of cross guilds because of his crew, too. It's crazy amazing how much belief his crew mates have on him and how much crew had grown since day 1 of his appearance in One Piece. Buggy really just has that certain je ne sais quoi or maybe charisma that pulls people in.