Also here's something else. When Shanks was confronted in Windmill Village, Luffy got mad and Shanks was chill. When Luffy got confronted in mocktown, Luffy was calm and Nami was mad. Now fast forward to Return to Sabody, when Nami was confronted by the fake straw hats, she kept her cool and ignored them. She learned from Luffy
I also liked Blackbeard in Impel Down, where he talks about destiny. After facing Magellan he says ''you do what you have to do and you die only if it is your destiny'', that is the definition of ''fearlessness''
Blackbeard was never liked in the beginning. He is the exact opposite of Luffy in every way except his end goal and relying on faith/destiny He is a coward He is vocal about his deep desires He uses others He remains in the shadows hidden Etc
@@veloc.raptor9136 i love every little bit of him, even his recklessness and cowardice act make BLACKBEARD a really great streotypical pirate you can found in most history book related to sailors 😍
Zoro not doing anything even when Nami was yelling at him to fight back due to Luffy ordering him not to is such a amazing showcase to his loyalty to Luffy
Also if Nami was really badass she would've tried to fight Bellamy until he fought back and then they would've had to step in, cause Nami in danger now.
When he is hit by a bullet? No! When he suffers a disease? No! When he ate a soup made out of a poisonous mushroom? No! A man dies when he is forgotten!"
It's so strange how Blackbeard gives a speech on the importance of dreams, and Luffy, who champions this idea throughout the story and always smiles at this kind of talk, instead just stares right through Teach. Luffy has ignored people before, and stared at them with anger and hatred, but I can't recall another moment where he stares at someone with such emptiness in his eyes.
I remember reading an interpretation of Luffy's emptiness somewhere that I really liked: "For the first time, he met someone else that he believed could become the pirate king."
That's the moment when I knew Blackbeard wasn't just going to be a funny background character to bounce Luffy jokes off of. It's also what makes him so ambivalent to me: on one hand I detest him for what he did to Ace but on the other I cannot help but respect his freedom and way of life
This may be a reach, but I love how height is used between Luffy and Blackbeard. In the bar, Blackbeard is literally looking down on Luffy whereas Luffy is looking up. But then at Blackbeards speech you can see that when he sat down their eyes meet at the same height. They both respect each other and share the same ideals. He doesn't talk down on Luffy, but rather sees him as an equal pirate. And later on , after Blackbeards actions, when they meet again in Impel Down we have that panel of Blackbeard towering over Luffy looking down on him, as he got stronger and turned into Luffys biggest enemy. So yeah, maybe a reach, but maybe not. You never know with Oda
Why I’ve instantly got to like Blackbeard is because he‘s potentially an even bigger dreamer than Luffy... He‘s considerably older and more knowledgable of the world, its history and also the timing of the new era that he‘s been ever so patiently waiting for. He‘s had a 10 times more direct path in rising to power than Luffy by confronting exponentially more powerful opponents in the same timespan Luffy has. He‘s essentially a stronger, smarter, evil Luffy... Now was there ever a more complementing antagonist to a protagonist than Blackbeard is? I guess not
It's so ironic that when we first saw blackbeard we thought blackbeard was good guy and when we saw whitebeard we thought he was a bad guy. But we were all wrong.
Blackbeard is Luffy without Shanks, Garp, Ace, Sabo, Makino, Dadan etc. to show him what true freedom is. His role models and morals were there before he joined Whitebeard’s crew. Remember Luffy would rather die than be alone, Blackbeard was probably used to being alone.
@@briandkwik9837 Kidd over Luffy? Why? He's not much of a character. Mindless violence, "just because I'm strong" orr " becuase compared to me, the government is worse" is pretty flat and booring. The will to see an ugly world, and not conform to it , is much more interesting.
@@tevinm4292 it's because if you remember back when luffy was a child, and the thing with shanks and the mountain bandits happend. Luffy had the same mindset then as kidd does now. I watched a video over it before that went way more into it, but i can't remember too much from it, but i do remember they concluded by basically saying kidd and luffy are perfect foils for what luffy could have been without shanks
@@briandkwik9837 personally I'd say Blackbeard might be who Luffy would've been without morals. Blackbeard is truly the most free character besides Luffy in the series. While Luffy gets by with honesty and justice, he gets by with deceit and murder. Luffy as a child just reacted to the bandits how any normal guy would. Anger.
Where does all this "kidd is like luffy without.." and the "connection between BB and rocks" that you people talk about are coming from? Is that from the manga? I am sure as hell havent seen it at all cause i havent read any back story about kid even this rocks guy..
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mrbow177 And i just saw this scene not to long ago because i actually just got done with Skypiea, so of course i saw the Blackbeard speech\introduction not to long ago, but it’s crazy he actually shows up so earlier in the series, and seems like a kind and caring guy until you see his evil side at marine ford.
I like that we're led to believe that Blackbeard didn't believe Luffy's bounty was 30 million because it was too high, when in reality he didn't believe it because it was too low. Something epic about that idk
To understand why Luffy didn't fight back, consider the park bench scene from Good Will Hunting: > Sean: Thought about what you said to me the other day, about my painting. Stayed up half the night thinking about it. Something occurred to me... fell into a deep peaceful sleep, and haven't thought about you since. Do you know what occurred to me? > Will: No. > Sean: You're just a kid, you don't have the faintest idea what you're talkin' about. Luffy is ready to defend himself against someone who has insulted his dreams. But then, as Luffy listens to the guy explain himself, it occurs to Luffy what kind of life this man must be living. This is a guy who genuinely believes that dreams are worthless, that putting your life at risk for your ambitions is a waste. How miserable must that be? This man will never experience the unparalleled joy of getting that one step closer to your goal, or reminisce about the crazy things you've experienced in your journey to get there. This man, who has never even experienced the kind of "dreams" he's denouncing, is trying to call them worthless. What possible satisfaction could you get from beating him up? It isn't "evil" that he doesn't believe in dreams, it's just... sad.
It's also a show of how much Luffy has learned from Shanks since he was a kid, when Higura, the bandit made fun of Shanks, Shanks didn't care, but Luffy made a big deal, here we see Luffy take Shanks' role while Zoro follows Luffy's lead and Nami takes Luffy's role
Blackbeard actually being 3 brothers is also a perfect mirror for Luffy. Blackbeard has 2 blood brothers, whereas Luffy has 2 "adopted" brothers. Luffy and his brothers have been separated during their travels. Blackbeard and his brothers, on the other hand, have been together (literally, after he ate the devil fruit)
The popular theory is that Blackbeard is 3 people in 1 body. I just think Luffy and Zoro were referring to BB crew. Before they encountered BB here, they've met Doc Q exploding people, seen birds get sniped off the sky and i think the hunk of a man Jesus Burgess. They simply connected the dots that those dangerous fellows must be together and connected them to Blackbeard
@@DINO-hr3wb luffy probably saw him as a very respectable person on the likes of Ace and Shanks, someone who can overcome and achieve their dreams. Little did he know Blackbeard was searching for luffy in order to kidnap him
@@pepperonicheesecake1656 idk its just the fact that zoro said 'its them" at the end is why I kind of have a theory that luffy was looking at something different
I love how the bounties are brought to the focus in this arc as well. Luffy lives for a bigger bounty. His infamy is arguably a sign of his progression in his goal. But not Blackbeard. He sees other people’s bounties as how they can be used for his goals, but has no bounty himself. He doesn’t even get a bounty until his goal requires him to perform infamous acts. Until he’s practically a yonkou in his own right.
Oda is always a master at pulling loose threads. Small introduction and less profiles on his villains make it easier to shape them later on in the story.
Blackbeard is Reincarnation of Xebec D. Rox. Teach & Rox in one body. His Rox part makes him seem brave at times but his Teach side makes him seem cowardly too... hence the Scaramouche persona he has. Remember when Zoro refers to him as "them" ?
Akio Otsuka is god-tier voice actor in my opinion. His voicing of Iskandar in Fate/Zero is just legendary, but he basically rocks every character he gets to voice.
So small thing, my boy Blackbeard defeat Ace in a fight and turn him into the World Government, but akinu is the one that killed him. Now I thoroughly believe that if Shanks stands in the way of him getting a certain big Square Rock he'd most definitely kill him to get it... Or just because
Currently binging your stuff and as someone who needs captions to be able to make out the words in videos, big thank you for including actual written captions in your videos. They immediately make your stuff more accessible and easier to consume. The deep analysis of this part of the story is cool. We all know this moment with Blackbeard and Bellamy hits different, but not necessarily understand just *what* makes it so great. A joy to watch.
I don't know if this is just me but luffy at least from what I remember never killed one of his enimes ( I mean a main enemy like crocodile or hordy) but instead beats the dream out of them making them have no point to fight but for belemy he beat a dream into him because he felt pitty
As a man, who has a dream which everyone says is, for someone like me is not achievable , and those who know what my "dream" is only knows a small fraction of it, this scene/moment in One Piece has touched me the most and still does till now. This and Hiriluck's "Men only die when they are forgotten", which is also related to the dream of mine, are the two, in all of fiction which I had read and seen, you can say, important, touching my very core, scenes.
He encouraged Luffy to not give up on his dreams, right after he defeated his brother and turned him into the Marines. Only to later be one of the biggest villains in OP and Luffy going to one day have to fight him (I hope). The amount of dichotomy in that one scene is amazing.
I really don’t know how good this scene is, but I think the walk to Arlong park was the first time most fans knew how talented oda is.That was the first time I knew I wanted to follow this show. Please do a revisit on this Ohara!
13:35 I thought it was because Bellamy and his crew said they were pirates that Luffy and Zoro were ready to fight. But by laughing and saying dreams are over they showed themselves to be less than pirates (like the mountain bandits). Also I think Luffy and Zoro recognized that Teach was a pirate and thus had a crew. That's why they corrected Nami and said they were ready to fight "them"
Still one of my favorite scenes in all of anime. Plus, Luffy and Zoro's comments about Blackbeard's "condition" really elevated my interest in this character
Will this series only include moments that've been animated already? Cuz I feel like something that could make an amazing vid would be the "Born to Boil" Scene. It also feels like it doesn't get talked about much anymore. Love the vids btw!
I didn't even know that they said this! or possibly forgot it wasn't as impactful in the anime as it was in the Manga and I only watched the anime back then. holy shit. I'm full on with this theory, that's why only Luffy and Zoro felt more than once presence and also why he seems like at least two different people comparing this scene to impel down.
The popular theory is that Blackbeard is 3 people in 1 body. I just think Luffy and Zoro were referring to BB crew. Before they encountered BB here, they've met Doc Q exploding people, seen birds get sniped off the sky and i think the hunk of a man Jesus Burgess. They simply connected the dots that those dangerous fellows must be together and connected them to Blackbeard
@@nightlessbaron But maybe that's what Oda wants us to think from a natural perspective. But if you think outside the box, the "3 in 1" theory kinda makes since. Oda is too clever man! Can't wait to find how they reveal how blackbeard is able to do that.
It was also a very bold choice on Oda's part to give such a series defining speech to one of the biggest villains. Also the part about BB not sleeping made me think about the narcolepsy that's characteristic of so many of the D clan. Another difference between him and every other D.
I think that fact that the BB pirates went after Luffy only to get stopped by "dreams" is poetic too. The straw hats were already on their way to skypia. I think this symbolism of dreams will be the same reason as to how BB is defeated.
@@deadlypandaghost Everyone who watches this channel should know about what is fact and what is not. Also Ohara rarely (never) makes it clear what is fact and what's theory in his videos when talking about coherences. You are just using double standards. Fans of OP theories and this channel instantly know what my comment is about. There is no clarification needed.
I've never liked the idea of Blackbeard having multiple souls/personalities. He's just a very nuanced and unpredictable character and the souls theory would ruin that about him
It wouldn't ruin anything because Blackbeard already has an abnormal body for possessing two DF's. Don't be disappointed if the answer to his powers ends up being goofy as hell; The man is a foil to Luffy, after all. The fact that Luffy and Zoro refer to BB as "Them" only raises questions about the way his mind works, as he strangely just waltzed into Magellan's poison without utilizing his darkness.
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Blackbeard one of most interesting anime characters ever even tho i hate him I can’t deny the fact that he might be best villain of all times at the end of the story.
If it counts as an anime Prince Zuko of Avatar: The Last Aribender is an even much better villain for me. There is just so much character development. Of Blackbeard we don't know very much, although he was mentioned almost twenty years ago for the first time.
To me it’s a psychological scene. Some ideas are so bad they aren’t worth contending with. Arguing with a flat earther is like fighting with Bellamy, it’s not worth it. Fighting with Blackbeard is a fight against luffys dark side and is worth contending with, the fight reveals information like a good argument with a respected friend, often resulting in personal growth.
The first bird that auger shot down when the straw hat’s were otw to log-town was insane, it shows just how far ahead he was from usopp at the time. A whole different level. The bird that just randomly died at the begging of that episode was so far away 🤯🤯🤯
During Luffy’s battle with Katakuri, he had a flashback to when Rayleigh was training him and asked Luffy how does he plan on beating various haki masters in the new world to which he replied, “Depends on what kind of a person they are.” This way of thinking goes hand in hand with Luffy not giving the time of his day to Bellamy in Mocktown. Oda is goated fr!
This is the most importers scene in OP for me, OP is about dreams. And here we see the 2 most imported people in the story talking about it. This scene made BB great and showed how dreams are impotent! ZEHAHAHAH
A foil! I love that word. I think I knew it but it never clicked before now. I've always been calling villains who mirror the hero but for one major difference Negaducks.
It's odd that blackbeard talks about dreams but in the manga. SPOILERS FOR THE WANO ARC The flashback of Oden's past has Buggy and Shanks note that he didn't sleep at all for the three days that Whitebeard and Roger fought Another thing to note is that when Oda Drew blackbeard as a Child he's crying and looking at the moon Almost as if he can't sleep at all
I think the three skulls on his skull flag and zoro and luffy saying "it's not him, it's them" means that blackbeard has three personnalities or rather 3 souls in him! Ace also did say to blackbeard why did you change but he said nothing has changed (i think) maybe out of the 3 personnalities 2 are awake and ate 2 different devil fruits but the third one is asleep
@@sourklive idk I don’t think so I think he can take the devil fruits because of his devil fruits that’s basically a black hole. If it can stop it’s powere maybe it could take it to
I dont normally like or comment on videos but your work, overall is great, on this topic is sheer gold. Keep it up man! Look forward to your next video.
I'm a man of dreams myself, but all of the dreams has been denied to me. Right now, I'm biding my time and I've set some more realistic goals in life for now, while I support others in their dreams! Wonderful video as always Ohara! or tho, you might've had a tad fun making it xD Let me know if you (the reader) want to talk deeper with me down below.
I really like these videos, while a bunch of UA-camrs focus on grand themes and everything. Your individual character focus on how each characters speech, like this one, or Robin's "I want to Live!" Really puts them into perspective on why this show is great.
He fears White Beard, not death. He didn't show fear facing Magellan, Garp, Sengoku, Shanks, even when Akainu chased him Teach was extremely calm, sort of implying he already expect his "exchange" with Bonnie to go south.
@@snakeliquid2243 If you think BB was honestly begging you are a fool. He just tries every little trick. And he saw that Squardo has been forgiven by WB, so he might as well try to gain a small advantage.
700th comment: You just helped me solve the mystery of why Luffy and Zoro said "THEM" and "THEY" when Nami talked about Blackbeard. They met 2 or 3 other members of Blackbeard's crew before. So...they COULD have guessed that those people are a crew. Of course... this is just a guess. I like the other popular theories.
Remembering the shanks scene with context is hilarious, because as a near or at yonko level character, chilling in bum fuck no where. And some bandit that literally the biggest fodder in shank's crew could probably stomp out along with his entire gang, thinks he's a big shot and tries to humiliate shanks who can like blow up islands is actually hilarious so you can actually see why they all laugh as soon as the bandits leave because it's also just a really good joke to them.
Blackbeard is the best character in one piece Imo .. and his speech in Jaya is the best moment " people dreams never die " it is the most realistic words you can read in any story
Which colored version are you using for the videos? It seems to have brighter coloring than the one I read As always great video, great format I'm so hyped for a full display of Blackbeards character (with flashback etc) maybe more than for every other character :D
I loved that you picked that moment in Jaya. It is on of my favorite moments in the whole series when Luffy and Zoro tell Nami "it's them". Most people tend to forget about that ending of the boardwalk scene. Which has huge implication for the entire future of OP
Also here's something else. When Shanks was confronted in Windmill Village, Luffy got mad and Shanks was chill. When Luffy got confronted in mocktown, Luffy was calm and Nami was mad. Now fast forward to Return to Sabody, when Nami was confronted by the fake straw hats, she kept her cool and ignored them. She learned from Luffy
I don’t know who Laffy is but he seems like a fun character. Edit: good on you for correcting it
Huh, good point.
You meant windmill village? Cause loguetown is roger's home town.
@@mikebearthegamer1365 yes
dk you know, nami wasn't mocked like luffy or shanks
I also liked Blackbeard in Impel Down, where he talks about destiny. After facing Magellan he says ''you do what you have to do and you die only if it is your destiny'', that is the definition of ''fearlessness''
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And we get to Marineford and he was scared of whitebeard. He only is fearless if he has the control.
@@jpp929 It's probably was not hin. But them.
@@jpp929 if he was afraid he wouldn't fight him at first place
Blackbeard got bars for days
It is also a coincidence that Luffy bounces everything thrown at him, while Blackbeard absorbs
This is why Oda is a genius, he made us like blackbeard in the start but then boom, tricked us all by making him the biggest villain
You can still like a villain.
i think oda made the best villan for luffy and for world gorvernment
I love Blackbeard's character
Blackbeard was never liked in the beginning.
He is the exact opposite of Luffy in every way except his end goal and relying on faith/destiny
He is a coward
He is vocal about his deep desires
He uses others
He remains in the shadows hidden
Etc
@@veloc.raptor9136 i love every little bit of him, even his recklessness and cowardice act make BLACKBEARD a really great streotypical pirate you can found in most history book related to sailors 😍
"It's not him, it's them" - the number of theories that came out of this one line is just amazing !!!
further expended when shanks told buggy that teach isnt normal in odens flashback
I think they were talking about his crew, as Blackbeard was not alone, “not a him, it’s them”
cerberus fruit? (jolly roger's BB, scratches on shank's eyes, & additional 2 fruits, paramecia logia n zoan for the cerberus)
I honestly believe they refers as the words of blackbeard being told before by other pirates
@@gordonsherrill1946 NO , LUFFY WAS TALKING ABOUT 3 BROTHERS
Zoro not doing anything even when Nami was yelling at him to fight back due to Luffy ordering him not to is such a amazing showcase to his loyalty to Luffy
I was looking for someone else to see this man's respect
Yeah he takes orders from the captain 😂😂
Really mindblowing 😂😂
Also if Nami was really badass she would've tried to fight Bellamy until he fought back and then they would've had to step in, cause Nami in danger now.
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@@tricker2357 no nami is just piece of sh*****************it
When does a man die...........
When he's forgotten 😭
When he's is diagnosed with an incurable heart disease? No.....when he in just a poison flower? No.....
When he is hit by a bullet? No! When he suffers a disease? No! When he ate a soup made out of a poisonous mushroom? No! A man dies when he is forgotten!"
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It's so strange how Blackbeard gives a speech on the importance of dreams, and Luffy, who champions this idea throughout the story and always smiles at this kind of talk, instead just stares right through Teach. Luffy has ignored people before, and stared at them with anger and hatred, but I can't recall another moment where he stares at someone with such emptiness in his eyes.
I remember reading an interpretation of Luffy's emptiness somewhere that I really liked: "For the first time, he met someone else that he believed could become the pirate king."
@@KingKalashnikov that’s deep and I think your right
That's the moment when I knew Blackbeard wasn't just going to be a funny background character to bounce Luffy jokes off of. It's also what makes him so ambivalent to me: on one hand I detest him for what he did to Ace but on the other I cannot help but respect his freedom and way of life
What did he do to Ace? He just beat him in a fight Ace came looking for.
@@wisdommanari6701 Yeah because he killed a member of his crew...
@@blyzer7373 but people told him not to ......
@@matthewstanley8295 well he does have a the blood of Roger.
@@blyzer7373 I'm not saying Ace didn't have a reason but did we expect BB to lay down form him?
"When you aim high you often come across fights that aren't worth fighting" - *Marshall D. Teach* - Best Quote In One Piece
This may be a reach, but I love how height is used between Luffy and Blackbeard. In the bar, Blackbeard is literally looking down on Luffy whereas Luffy is looking up. But then at Blackbeards speech you can see that when he sat down their eyes meet at the same height. They both respect each other and share the same ideals. He doesn't talk down on Luffy, but rather sees him as an equal pirate.
And later on , after Blackbeards actions, when they meet again in Impel Down we have that panel of Blackbeard towering over Luffy looking down on him, as he got stronger and turned into Luffys biggest enemy. So yeah, maybe a reach, but maybe not. You never know with Oda
i think your right it makes complete sense
Height or levels are essential to convey feelings and ambience. You're right on the money
Oda always does that even with admirals and yonko,Except shanks idk why
@@sarov7658 shanks doesn’t have a superiority-complex... he sees himself as human just like everyone else so all are equal in his eyes
nothing in art is a reach its how everyone interprets it in their own way great catch!!
I hope you will make a video for Bon Clay's sacrifice in Impel Down sometime in the future. he's just such a chad
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The end of a cover arc shows him dancing in level 6
@@isauldron4337 yeah but what he did was indeed worthy of a video, don't you think?
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Why I’ve instantly got to like Blackbeard is because he‘s potentially an even bigger dreamer than Luffy... He‘s considerably older and more knowledgable of the world, its history and also the timing of the new era that he‘s been ever so patiently waiting for. He‘s had a 10 times more direct path in rising to power than Luffy by confronting exponentially more powerful opponents in the same timespan Luffy has. He‘s essentially a stronger, smarter, evil Luffy... Now was there ever a more complementing antagonist to a protagonist than Blackbeard is? I guess not
Great point!
Blackbeard is a real pirate he's not out on an adventure hes out pirating. He fights when he knows he can win and runs when he thinks he can't.
A morganian, to be short.
It would be wrong to call either a protagonist or an antagonist but Reiner and Eren are a very close or equal second
I think this was the wrong comment lol
It's so ironic that when we first saw blackbeard we thought blackbeard was good guy and when we saw whitebeard we thought he was a bad guy. But we were all wrong.
Blackbeard is Luffy without Shanks, Garp, Ace, Sabo, Makino, Dadan etc. to show him what true freedom is. His role models and morals were there before he joined Whitebeard’s crew.
Remember Luffy would rather die than be alone, Blackbeard was probably used to being alone.
I think you're confusing luffy with naruto on lonliness lol, also I feel like kidd makes a better if luffy didn't have x character in the series.
@@briandkwik9837 Kidd over Luffy? Why? He's not much of a character. Mindless violence, "just because I'm strong" orr " becuase compared to me, the government is worse" is pretty flat and booring. The will to see an ugly world, and not conform to it , is much more interesting.
@@tevinm4292 it's because if you remember back when luffy was a child, and the thing with shanks and the mountain bandits happend. Luffy had the same mindset then as kidd does now. I watched a video over it before that went way more into it, but i can't remember too much from it, but i do remember they concluded by basically saying kidd and luffy are perfect foils for what luffy could have been without shanks
@@briandkwik9837 personally I'd say Blackbeard might be who Luffy would've been without morals. Blackbeard is truly the most free character besides Luffy in the series. While Luffy gets by with honesty and justice, he gets by with deceit and murder. Luffy as a child just reacted to the bandits how any normal guy would. Anger.
Where does all this "kidd is like luffy without.." and the "connection between BB and rocks" that you people talk about are coming from? Is that from the manga? I am sure as hell havent seen it at all cause i havent read any back story about kid even this rocks guy..
Love how Oda made the antagonist (though we didn't knew at the time) serve as a motivator for his protagonist . Genius writting right there 👍
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mrbow177 And i just saw this scene not to long ago because i actually just got done with Skypiea, so of course i saw the Blackbeard speech\introduction not to long ago, but it’s crazy he actually shows up so earlier in the series, and seems like a kind and caring guy until you see his evil side at marine ford.
Dmaj Mendoza I think he just lost his mind.
I was really impressed by how Nami could drag both Luffy and Zoro about town like that. Still am.
I like that we're led to believe that Blackbeard didn't believe Luffy's bounty was 30 million because it was too high, when in reality he didn't believe it because it was too low. Something epic about that idk
To understand why Luffy didn't fight back, consider the park bench scene from Good Will Hunting:
> Sean: Thought about what you said to me the other day, about my painting. Stayed up half the night thinking about it. Something occurred to me... fell into a deep peaceful sleep, and haven't thought about you since. Do you know what occurred to me?
> Will: No.
> Sean: You're just a kid, you don't have the faintest idea what you're talkin' about.
Luffy is ready to defend himself against someone who has insulted his dreams. But then, as Luffy listens to the guy explain himself, it occurs to Luffy what kind of life this man must be living.
This is a guy who genuinely believes that dreams are worthless, that putting your life at risk for your ambitions is a waste. How miserable must that be? This man will never experience the unparalleled joy of getting that one step closer to your goal, or reminisce about the crazy things you've experienced in your journey to get there. This man, who has never even experienced the kind of "dreams" he's denouncing, is trying to call them worthless.
What possible satisfaction could you get from beating him up? It isn't "evil" that he doesn't believe in dreams, it's just... sad.
It's also a show of how much Luffy has learned from Shanks since he was a kid, when Higura, the bandit made fun of Shanks, Shanks didn't care, but Luffy made a big deal, here we see Luffy take Shanks' role while Zoro follows Luffy's lead and Nami takes Luffy's role
Blackbeard actually being 3 brothers is also a perfect mirror for Luffy. Blackbeard has 2 blood brothers, whereas Luffy has 2 "adopted" brothers. Luffy and his brothers have been separated during their travels. Blackbeard and his brothers, on the other hand, have been together (literally, after he ate the devil fruit)
The biggest mystery in this scene is what luffy and zoro said, "it is not 'he', it is probably 'they'."
I'm sure "they" meant Bellamy and his crew
The popular theory is that Blackbeard is 3 people in 1 body.
I just think Luffy and Zoro were referring to BB crew. Before they encountered BB here, they've met Doc Q exploding people, seen birds get sniped off the sky and i think the hunk of a man Jesus Burgess. They simply connected the dots that those dangerous fellows must be together and connected them to Blackbeard
also what the hell is luffy looking at. I feel like oda mad him stare down blackbeard because luffy is seeing something we can't see yet
@@DINO-hr3wb luffy probably saw him as a very respectable person on the likes of Ace and Shanks, someone who can overcome and achieve their dreams. Little did he know Blackbeard was searching for luffy in order to kidnap him
@@pepperonicheesecake1656 idk its just the fact that zoro said 'its them" at the end is why I kind of have a theory that luffy was looking at something different
The D may stand for Dreams, so the “Will of D” is the Will of Dreams
Dreams Pirates
Shadow Ninja dude, blew my mind 🤯
But
Monkey Dream Luffy doesn't sound right
@@soulking9690 I mean yeah, like maybe that’s one of the reasons why it’s shortened.
actually that is a good theory you should make this an actual thing
I love how the bounties are brought to the focus in this arc as well. Luffy lives for a bigger bounty. His infamy is arguably a sign of his progression in his goal. But not Blackbeard. He sees other people’s bounties as how they can be used for his goals, but has no bounty himself. He doesn’t even get a bounty until his goal requires him to perform infamous acts. Until he’s practically a yonkou in his own right.
Like how oda giving small characters a great introduction but give the main villain of the story simplest introduction ever
Oda is always a master at pulling loose threads. Small introduction and less profiles on his villains make it easier to shape them later on in the story.
"Its not him, its Them"
Blackbeard is confirmed transgender
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Probably blackbewrd has a twin of some kind - that's why he was able to portray that he absorbed multiple Devil fruit powers
@@PrasannaMestha it's his shadow
Blackbeard is Reincarnation of Xebec D. Rox. Teach & Rox in one body. His Rox part makes him seem brave at times but his Teach side makes him seem cowardly too... hence the Scaramouche persona he has. Remember when Zoro refers to him as "them" ?
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This is the scene that truly hooked me to One Piece - 15 years ago
for me it was Arlong Park.
My one was also the arlong ark
d3m3n b.02 hell yea bro nami asking for help and the Arlong walk. The speech zoro’s followers gave while they were on they’re way was hype as hell
Lmao I just be her it over quarantine buts it’s by far my favorite anime
For me was when Zeff and Sanji were stranded on that island, seeing how selfless Zeff was is truly admirable
you should cover the scene with Fujitora at the end of Dressrosa when the straw hats are leaving!! super underrated moment imo
Blackbeard has the most wholesome villain introduction I've ever seen
I just realized that both Blackbeard and Luffy have dreams, they are Ds and dream begins with D
Woah
Roman, you might be on to something huge here. Save this comment for the future!
Funny I thought of the same thing when O'Hara got to the d and dream part
Are you guys new to One Piece? This theory is at least 15 years old...
I hear zoro is a D. He wants to be the world's best swordsman 😬
Honestly one of my fave moments when Blackbeard states that peoples dreams have no end. It actually motivated me.
Akio Otsuka is god-tier voice actor in my opinion. His voicing of Iskandar in Fate/Zero is just legendary, but he basically rocks every character he gets to voice.
He's also the guy voicing yujiro hanma and uvogin. He's basically used to voice The biggest Chads in anime.
Blackbeard was surprised by Luffys bounty is because he thought it was to low
I don't know if it already on the list, but please cover the Good Doctor who raised Chopper and his heart shattering final scene.
"good" "doctor"
Probably most important speech in One Piece.
So small thing, my boy Blackbeard defeat Ace in a fight and turn him into the World Government, but akinu is the one that killed him. Now I thoroughly believe that if Shanks stands in the way of him getting a certain big Square Rock he'd most definitely kill him to get it... Or just because
Currently binging your stuff and as someone who needs captions to be able to make out the words in videos, big thank you for including actual written captions in your videos. They immediately make your stuff more accessible and easier to consume. The deep analysis of this part of the story is cool. We all know this moment with Blackbeard and Bellamy hits different, but not necessarily understand just *what* makes it so great. A joy to watch.
I don't know if this is just me but luffy at least from what I remember never killed one of his enimes ( I mean a main enemy like crocodile or hordy) but instead beats the dream out of them making them have no point to fight but for belemy he beat a dream into him because he felt pitty
As a man, who has a dream which everyone says is, for someone like me is not achievable , and those who know what my "dream" is only knows a small fraction of it, this scene/moment in One Piece has touched me the most and still does till now. This and Hiriluck's "Men only die when they are forgotten", which is also related to the dream of mine, are the two, in all of fiction which I had read and seen, you can say, important, touching my very core, scenes.
He encouraged Luffy to not give up on his dreams, right after he defeated his brother and turned him into the Marines. Only to later be one of the biggest villains in OP and Luffy going to one day have to fight him (I hope). The amount of dichotomy in that one scene is amazing.
I really don’t know how good this scene is, but I think the walk to Arlong park was the first time most fans knew how talented oda is.That was the first time I knew I wanted to follow this show. Please do a revisit on this Ohara!
13:35 I thought it was because Bellamy and his crew said they were pirates that Luffy and Zoro were ready to fight. But by laughing and saying dreams are over they showed themselves to be less than pirates (like the mountain bandits). Also I think Luffy and Zoro recognized that Teach was a pirate and thus had a crew. That's why they corrected Nami and said they were ready to fight "them"
Its also amazing that the three strawhats present in this scene represents words by roger... Fame(Luffy), power(zoro), wealth (Nami)....
BB doesnt sleep, so he doesnt even have dreams. thats very deep. BB dream is to have a dream
Still one of my favorite scenes in all of anime. Plus, Luffy and Zoro's comments about Blackbeard's "condition" really elevated my interest in this character
Will this series only include moments that've been animated already? Cuz I feel like something that could make an amazing vid would be the "Born to Boil" Scene. It also feels like it doesn't get talked about much anymore. Love the vids btw!
it's great moment too but imagine how it gonna be in the anime
the mainstream one piece tubers aren't going to talk about that because god forbid you spoil the anime only army with the titles and thumbnails
Can we talk more about this “them” thing? Can we go down the rabbit hole? I don’t fully understand it.
The theory is that Blackbeard might be more than one person, hence why he can use two devil fruits. Very scary, yes.
I didn't even know that they said this! or possibly forgot
it wasn't as impactful in the anime as it was in the Manga and I only watched the anime back then. holy shit. I'm full on with this theory, that's why only Luffy and Zoro felt more than once presence and also why he seems like at least two different people comparing this scene to impel down.
The popular theory is that Blackbeard is 3 people in 1 body.
I just think Luffy and Zoro were referring to BB crew. Before they encountered BB here, they've met Doc Q exploding people, seen birds get sniped off the sky and i think the hunk of a man Jesus Burgess. They simply connected the dots that those dangerous fellows must be together and connected them to Blackbeard
Nah, I think others are going way too deep into theory thing. Here, I think, by "them", it means not just Blackbeard but his crew.
@@nightlessbaron But maybe that's what Oda wants us to think from a natural perspective. But if you think outside the box, the "3 in 1" theory kinda makes since. Oda is too clever man! Can't wait to find how they reveal how blackbeard is able to do that.
Bellamy : "Pirates dreams are over!!!
*Doffy has entered the chat*
It was also a very bold choice on Oda's part to give such a series defining speech to one of the biggest villains.
Also the part about BB not sleeping made me think about the narcolepsy that's characteristic of so many of the D clan. Another difference between him and every other D.
Where luffy, ace and garp falls a sleep when eating or fighting. Teach never sleep.
I think that fact that the BB pirates went after Luffy only to get stopped by "dreams" is poetic too. The straw hats were already on their way to skypia. I think this symbolism of dreams will be the same reason as to how BB is defeated.
What about his laughter which is the best thing about his character "zehahahahahahahaha"
I think when bellamy pirates mock his dream, he isnt see them as equal(pirates) anymore. He see them just a townspeople mocking his dream.
14:40-14:45
Do my eyes deceive me or do I think I know what Doffy's eyes look like under those shades?
Yea red neon eyes
Blackbeards speech might beiconic, but the one hit KO on Bellamy is one of the most satisfying scenes in all of One Piece
I hate Blackbeard so much I love him.
Oh, Blackbeard does sleep. But one of his 3 selfs is always awaken.
this is just a theory ,not a fact
Mental Popcorn well there had been in the manga where shanks and buggy said Blackbeard never slept
@@tarikizgua1835 Oh no, what a bold comment of me on a theory channel...
@@AstorThalis Theory should be stated as theory not fact. There needs to be some indication so that others don't take it as fact
@@deadlypandaghost Everyone who watches this channel should know about what is fact and what is not. Also Ohara rarely (never) makes it clear what is fact and what's theory in his videos when talking about coherences. You are just using double standards.
Fans of OP theories and this channel instantly know what my comment is about. There is no clarification needed.
Do "ONE PIECE IS REAL!" next!
I've never liked the idea of Blackbeard having multiple souls/personalities.
He's just a very nuanced and unpredictable character and the souls theory would ruin that about him
It wouldn't ruin anything because Blackbeard already has an abnormal body for possessing two DF's. Don't be disappointed if the answer to his powers ends up being goofy as hell; The man is a foil to Luffy, after all. The fact that Luffy and Zoro refer to BB as "Them" only raises questions about the way his mind works, as he strangely just waltzed into Magellan's poison without utilizing his darkness.
Just want to say I love love love love love the freaking crap out of your content and am so glad i found your channel you are so awesome and well spoken and well thought 💭 love it man keep it up
Holy shit! Thanks man, really happy to hear you enjoy it!
Why do I feel like Blackbeard will have a heartbreaking backstory?
No
heartbreaking story of being in a ship without the sort of dream he likes
Blackbeard one of most interesting anime characters ever even tho i hate him I can’t deny the fact that he might be best villain of all times at the end of the story.
If it counts as an anime Prince Zuko of Avatar: The Last Aribender is an even much better villain for me. There is just so much character development.
Of Blackbeard we don't know very much, although he was mentioned almost twenty years ago for the first time.
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To me it’s a psychological scene. Some ideas are so bad they aren’t worth contending with. Arguing with a flat earther is like fighting with Bellamy, it’s not worth it. Fighting with Blackbeard is a fight against luffys dark side and is worth contending with, the fight reveals information like a good argument with a respected friend, often resulting in personal growth.
Actually Black Beard talking about dreams never dying is my favorite scene of ALL time
The first bird that auger shot down when the straw hat’s were otw to log-town was insane, it shows just how far ahead he was from usopp at the time. A whole different level. The bird that just randomly died at the begging of that episode was so far away 🤯🤯🤯
new chapter,, it could be the effect of Auger devil fruit power,, the warp warp fruit
I hope one of these days you can revise Dr. Hiriluk last words. " I man dies when he is forgotten"
During Luffy’s battle with Katakuri, he had a flashback to when Rayleigh was training him and asked Luffy how does he plan on beating various haki masters in the new world to which he replied, “Depends on what kind of a person they are.” This way of thinking goes hand in hand with Luffy not giving the time of his day to Bellamy in Mocktown. Oda is goated fr!
14:01 this keeps reminding me that they are all very tall (even doc Q without his horse) compaird to the shockd pirate infront of auger
The best voice I have ever heard... You're Morgan freeman of UA-cam...
Omg Luffy looks exactly like Gol D Roger at 15:24‼️
This is the most importers scene in OP for me, OP is about dreams. And here we see the 2 most imported people in the story talking about it. This scene made BB great and showed how dreams are impotent! ZEHAHAHAH
A foil! I love that word. I think I knew it but it never clicked before now. I've always been calling villains who mirror the hero but for one major difference Negaducks.
End of the video: Thank guys, peace!
Me: One Piece
nice first
Very nice indeed
It's odd that blackbeard talks about dreams but in the manga.
SPOILERS FOR THE WANO ARC
The flashback of Oden's past has Buggy and Shanks note that he didn't sleep at all for the three days that Whitebeard and Roger fought
Another thing to note is that when Oda Drew blackbeard as a Child he's crying and looking at the moon
Almost as if he can't sleep at all
I think the three skulls on his skull flag and zoro and luffy saying "it's not him, it's them" means that blackbeard has three personnalities or rather 3 souls in him! Ace also did say to blackbeard why did you change but he said nothing has changed (i think) maybe out of the 3 personnalities 2 are awake and ate 2 different devil fruits but the third one is asleep
@@sourklive idk I don’t think so I think he can take the devil fruits because of his devil fruits that’s basically a black hole. If it can stop it’s powere maybe it could take it to
Nice
I dont normally like or comment on videos but your work, overall is great, on this topic is sheer gold. Keep it up man! Look forward to your next video.
Thank you very much!
I'm a man of dreams myself, but all of the dreams has been denied to me.
Right now, I'm biding my time and I've set some more realistic goals in life for now, while I support others in their dreams!
Wonderful video as always Ohara! or tho, you might've had a tad fun making it xD
Let me know if you (the reader) want to talk deeper with me down below.
Jaya is absolutely GOATed
I really like these videos, while a bunch of UA-camrs focus on grand themes and everything. Your individual character focus on how each characters speech, like this one, or Robin's "I want to Live!" Really puts them into perspective on why this show is great.
Only diff between luffy and bb is that bb fears death.will b his downfall in the end that fear
He fears White Beard, not death. He didn't show fear facing Magellan, Garp, Sengoku, Shanks, even when Akainu chased him Teach was extremely calm, sort of implying he already expect his "exchange" with Bonnie to go south.
He doesn't. He is more realistic than Luffy. That's it.
@@snakeliquid2243 If you think BB was honestly begging you are a fool. He just tries every little trick. And he saw that Squardo has been forgiven by WB, so he might as well try to gain a small advantage.
Nice.
700th comment: You just helped me solve the mystery of why Luffy and Zoro said "THEM" and "THEY" when Nami talked about Blackbeard. They met 2 or 3 other members of Blackbeard's crew before. So...they COULD have guessed that those people are a crew. Of course... this is just a guess. I like the other popular theories.
Ohara, my dream was seeing your face reveal......
No Herero🤪
Now that’s done I’ll dream about what you’ll do for Wano Report 100
Any hints?
If they fought Bellamy would be dead.
Bellamy grew on me man, loved him at Dressrosa
What a power move to have Blackbeard and Luffy's first fight be over some fucking food.
Every time he says dream i want to tag Dream in it...
Dub is also good with this scene. I will make it known that the one piece dub is actually good!!!
yo when is luffy vs sanji analysis coming?
Ohara is making some of the best One Piece content OUT HERE
This is so relatable for me especially in the times we are in right now.
*This is my era!*
Remembering the shanks scene with context is hilarious, because as a near or at yonko level character, chilling in bum fuck no where. And some bandit that literally the biggest fodder in shank's crew could probably stomp out along with his entire gang, thinks he's a big shot and tries to humiliate shanks who can like blow up islands is actually hilarious so you can actually see why they all laugh as soon as the bandits leave because it's also just a really good joke to them.
It’s crazy how underrated creativity is these days but great video my g.
This series might really be the best thing happened to humanity in 2020.
Me: starts video, prepared for another great, calm analysis.
16 seconds later, almost jumping against the ceiling: -whAT THE HELL?!
1 minute in and I already had to like the video.
Blackbeard is the best character in one piece Imo .. and his speech in Jaya is the best moment " people dreams never die " it is the most realistic words you can read in any story
Brilliant series for a brilliant show, this is probably my most re-visited One Piece moment of all time.
Which colored version are you using for the videos?
It seems to have brighter coloring than the one I read
As always great video, great format
I'm so hyped for a full display of Blackbeards character (with flashback etc) maybe more than for every other character :D
It's a remastered version of the manga, that's sadly only available in Japanese. Really high quality though
I’d love to see you do a video on Koala’s voyage with the Fishman. That was one of my favorite parts of post time skip One Piece. How ‘bout it?
Man it’s hard to hate Blackbeard
I loved that you picked that moment in Jaya. It is on of my favorite moments in the whole series when Luffy and Zoro tell Nami "it's them". Most people tend to forget about that ending of the boardwalk scene. Which has huge implication for the entire future of OP