The Failures of the Warlord System: One Piece Analysis
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- Опубліковано 1 тра 2022
- Spoilers for Story Events up to Ch 1000. I don't hold back in that regard.
A Thematic breakdown of the World Government's skewed priorities. Mainly through how they benefit from the Warlord System. Enjoy!
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Made me really think on how the WG prioritizes usefulness over loyalty
I think we've got a bit more context now too. It seems to me the Warlord system was always just a precursor to the Seraphim. A stopgap solution to the balance of power and a way to get their hands on the DNA of powerful pirates. If it meant allowing the likes of Crocodile to get away with stuff for a few years, they probably saw it as worth it in the end once they had their clone army.
The worst part is that the whole Warlord system empowered both Blackbeard and Buggy.
Moria was also one of the best ones. He stopped pirates getting to the New World in the Florian Triangle, he was preparing against a fight with Kaido (the job description) and the only one to try in Marineford. Then he’s the only one who got fired despite Boa actively fighting on the other side. Moria better make a comeback once Koby saves him.
Well, of the original 7:
From a pragmatical perspective, keeping an eye on the warlords is less dangerous than letting them join the crew of another Yonkou or even becoming one.
The warlord are so OP in concept, White Beard and his crew could have been easily annihilated in MarineFord if the Warlords had been actually trying to do their part, but no one of them was actually trying to win the war, some of them were even helping Luffy.
This just shows how good Oda is with continuity and smoothing out his story years later, with the newly introduced Seraphim explaining why the WG was so lenient with the warlords.
Doflamingo was not a failure as far as the government is concerned. By ruling over Dressrosa, he kept a tribe of criminals (the Tontatta) and a couple of renegades (Kyros and Rebecca) imprisoned).
To be fair, that's why Fujitora is actually is a good man.
I wish Rebecca and Kyros fought Diamante together. Would have been perfect father-daughter bonding.
excellent video dude, I would change the title a little bit, because for me it gave the sense of failures in the meta sense and not the in-universe problems of the system
I don't understand why Mihawk accepted the warlord position in the first place. god! he is so mysterious!!!
I want to see what the Goverment is hidding they feel way too relax after all their mistakes. Like they don't care just see how frustrated Akainu is.
Also the entire story is predicated on power. Luffy is only able to make a difference because he is strong and the weak are only able to have a voice through Luffy's power to save their kingdoms with the strength that he has that they lack. Notice how the one trait above all else that is framed as a significant and meaningful flaw in Luffy is his lack of strength pre-timeskip and it isn't about Rebecca needing to win fights to have value as a person in the context of the narrative, but rather to give her more of a significant role to justify her existence beyond being a token princess that others have to rescue and defend. Differences can't be made without some form of power and that is an inherent truth regardless of whether or not the story endorses it deliberately or on accident. If Luffy was weak, no differences could be made and literally the only sincere value that he sees in himself is his strength, his ability to fight and protect his friends and loved ones. This is a battle shonen, might makes right, even if the story wants to preach otherwise.
Honestly Gecko Moria does more for the government (other than Kuma obviously) than the rest of the warlords combined
Great video, you did a great job describing the failures of the world government
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Rebecca’s gladiator outfit is explorative, that’s the point.
It's called necessary evil