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In my experience, the goofiness in One Piece is actually great for darker themes, bc it doesn't treat the darker themes lightly but instead uses its goofiness to prevent the emotional fatigue that would otherwise come from such heavy topics.

"that's an orgy of ideas that shouldn't go together" its the most accurate one piece description

Completely off topic, but your dad sitting down, actually paying attention, and even taking notes on a series he’s never heard of before all because you enjoy it so much is super adorable lol. It seems like y’all have a good relationship. ✌️

17:50 - I don't think any of us expected Egg Head Island after Wano, and it's a perfect example of "Oda can get away with anything in this story and it's pure gold."

I'm a 31 year old writer (I work mostly in TV) and I've been reading and watching and playing 'stories' in one medium or another my whole life. One Piece is my favorite story ever told. It's not without its faults but whatever faults I could find in OP are often caused by Oda (the creator of OP) either wanting to do too much or loving his own story 'too much' (meaning, he can be self-indulgent). For example he has a hard time killing off characters and he keeps them around for longer than he arguably should. But this is the same 'character flaw' that makes him such a great writer in the first place. He has spent his entire professional career writing this series and it's clear to anyone who's willing to read it, that he has a childlike enthusiasm for it since day one. No one loves this story, this world and these characters more than Oda himself. His imagination seems limitless at times and coupled with his emotionally mature character writing and his fascination for real world history makes for an incredible story, plot and characters. This is genuinely my favorite story ever written and I love these characters more than some of my real friends and family. I wish I was joking.

Oh man, if your dad every started reading One Piece i would love arc by arc updates on what he thinks of it. I know i can safely say that many of us would love to go through the journey with him.

This makes me feel joy. I have never been able to share my interests with my parents, they usually shamed me for them or told me to shut up about it. So this is like vicariously getting them to learn about this thing I love so much. Been a fan of OP for 12 years. Never once regretted it. Btw, you explain things very well.

For the dad : I am 26 now and started watching one piece on tv after school when I was 11. I am absolutely in love with this story. May be hard to get into i the first parts but this show helped me through very heavy stuff in my life. Made me laugh, cry and feel like a character. It's amazing !

"Anime Star Trek, but pirates" is how I I explain it to people quickly.

I genuinely believe that one piece is a story that you can fall in love with no matter your age, race, political beliefs, or sexual orientation. It touches the heart and makes you fall in love with the world, the crew and even the fucking ship (iykyk). It touches on racism, slavery, bonds of brotherhood, tyrannical dictators who starve their people, and an oppressive government that is restricting knowledge and actively hunting anyone who has this knowledge. The goofiness and serious tones really play well with each other they Balance each other out so it doesn't ever feel stale or a drag to put on. One moment luffy is pushing a zombie back into its grave casually and the next you're watching a pirate crew die from poisoning while singing one last sea shanty together and listening to the voices drop off until the silence is eerie and sets in slowly. The show One Piece is nothing less than a Greek odyssey, it is a near perfect work of fiction that will be praised for the next two millennium. To not read this story is to deprive yourself of the love only a family member can give you. Like your mother holding you when you've scraped your knee, one piece is home for so many people. I have tattoos and decorations and I'm in my mid 30s. It will make you laugh, cry, feel genuine shock and anger, it will make you feel.

One Piece was picked up by a few "literary youtubers" on here that usually review books and fantasy fiction. All of them fell in love with it. One of them said something I entirely agree with. "If not for the medium that Oda works within, he would be considered amongst the greatest fantasy authors of all time on par with Tolkien, Martin, etc."

I'm a Millennial and my parents are Baby Boomers I can't really have a conversation or try to explain anything to them without them looking at me like I'm crazy so yeah the generation gap is REAL!

First video I see of yours, but I am so impressed. You are such and incredible educator. The way you manage to pull your dad into the series with examples and explanations is really admirable. They are really well chosen, as to depict the series as intriguing and fascinating, while making it very understandable for a newcomer and spoiler-free. I really liked the way you let your dad interpret the picture of the straw-hats in the beginning, as a mean to let him understand how one piece completely overthrows expectations and I think that was an incredible strategy to hook people in into the series. You have a very funny and wholesome chemistry with your dad and as I mentioned in the beginning you are a wonderful educator with tons of charisma and goodwill and I enjoyed and learned a lot from your video. Props to you and best of cheers to you and your dad :)

dude, your dad has a great voice!!

Father and son bond everybody needs.

One Piece seems like it wouldn't handle its dark themes well, but it is surprising how it all works so well. How Luffy is so good at handling the emotions and respecting the experiences of everyone he meets. How he knows just what to do to help using his high level of emotional intelligence.

Your explanation was great! A great introduction. Maybe your dad should know that what you explained to him is just the very scratch of the surface of the story. I loved how he was genuinely paying attention and listen to you.

There are TONS of things unexplained. Zoro is an alcoholic and is so terrible with directions that you have to hold his hand and walk him him to keep him literally on track. Sanji is a simp so dedicated, that its amazing that only two of the women in the antagonist roll that have tried to kill him have actually beat him in fights. And this guy refuses to hit women. Zoro and Sanji often fight alot, but they also kinda care for each other too. Usopp is also a liar. But he has a special abilitiy: any lie he tells can become a fact in the future. This has happened to at least TWELVE of his lies. Also, he doesn't use a gun. He instead uses a slingshot. And though he is the weakest member of the crew, there are plenty of things narratively that wouldn't be possible without him. For example, he was so instrumental in the revolt on Dressrosa, that he pissed off the tyrant in charge who henceforth put the biggest bounty on Usopp's head by a mile. Even Luffy got a lesser local reward put on him. One more thing about Usopp, he ends up befriending quite a few giants in the series and possibly might have a big role when he finally visits their island of nordic-like culture. Chopper is the melodrama reboot of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. When he hides, he sticks his body out from behind a hiding place and hides his head. And he has eight transformations that he at first needed a drug he developed to access all of them. Nico Robin was wanted since she was only a girl. Her island was destroyed and its people genocided. Of course, most of the citizenry were jerks to her, even her blood relatives. She gets along well with Chopper. One of the best arcs in the story revolves around Luffy and Co. getting her back from a black ops group she voluntarily surrendered to in exchange for her crew and captain's safety and Luffy declares war on the Government in the process to show her what she meant to them( she spnet her life hiding in the shadows of pirate and criminal organizations just to survive). Also, she ate the Flower Flower Fruit, which allows he to sprout copies of any part or parts of her body onto any surface. She can eavesdrop, get a better view from a literal different angle, make ladders and nets out of her limbs, snap enemies' necks, and even make a perfect copy of her entire self. Only catch is that any damage inflicted on those parts transfers back to her originals. Nami loves kids, tangerines, and money.. And she's a skilled pickpocket. Her weather weapon was made by Usopp. And she liberally abuses Sanji's simping to her advantage and can actually hurt her crewmates if they make a mistake involving the accrument and/or handling of treasure. Franky built himself after getting run over by a train. He is bullet proof on the front, but he has a normal, flesh and bone backside, because Franky couldn't reach his back for modifications. Brook is also a highly skilled exorcist, capable of overpowering constructs powered by weaker souls and is a great support character. And he's just as pervy as Sanji, but without being a simp. And despite being dead, he still has to eat, drink, and relieve himself like organic life forms. He can open his head and use it like a bag of infinite holding. Finally, Jimbei can talk to fish, a trait normally exclusive to mermaids.

you didn' mention Oda's mastery of set ups and pay offs, the man's patience and memory is insane

If you wanna start one piece, watch the anime until arlong park. If after finishing arlong park you don't like it. You never will

I know I am late to this, but I just wanna give my two cents, since you asked for opinions on One Piece: this series, as a whole, is a masterpiece of storytelling, character writing and world building. The range of emotions this story will make you go through is immense, and even though it has so many goofy moments, it just fits together perfectly. The usual light heartedness this series has just makes the emotional gut punches even stronger. And theough it all, the themes of Nakama (found family/a crew to belong to) and hope are so strong, that they literally brought me through my depression during my teenage years. I am 30 now, and I have been a One Piece fan ever since I was 7, back when I had no idea what all those themes meant and just thought that Zoro with his 3 swords was cool as heck. Now I still think that he is cool as heck, but he is also great character with layers, just like every other character in the story. Just another thing, then I'm done, I swear: What makes the world of One Piece great apart from the great imagination Oda has) is that the world feels alive. In many stories, the world revolves around the main characters, but not in One Piece. Most places they have been to we know what happened afterwards, there are plenty of characters that show up several hundreds of chapters later and we see what they are up to now. Echiiro Oda is truly an amazing writer, since he is able to juggle all of the information in his world and not forget about little details, so its just very satisfying to see.

This is the conversation i wanted to have with my dad... he passed in February and loved comics but i never could get him to really listen when i tried to tell him about One Piece. You guys are awesome. One Piece has helped me through hard times, it makes you laugh cry any emotion. I highly recommend reading it if you dont want to watch it. I read it and watch it.

i started one piece last year when i got diagnosed w a chronic illness. i always joked abt starting it w friends but then seemed like a good time as any since i had freetime. and man. i didnt even know it was abt pirates initially and over the four months it took to catch up i fell in love with the show more. its such a goofy show but like you said it has its themes done rlly well. the world building oda has done makes for rlly good escapism and theres so many different characters across the timeline its almost real history. i love the anticipation of every week waiting for the episode to come out cause one piece is almost always there unlike seasonal animes

I have never see a person explaining one piece so nicely , this is a great video for beginners .

This is really enjoyable to watch. Seeing your dad take genuine interest in what you have to say is nice to see.

Entertaining episode. Good job explaining why you like it and Richard's reactions made me laugh a few times. I've never been exposed to this genre beyond a peripheral awareness of Dragon Ball. I know some highly intelligent people read the genre, which has always made me curious about it, but not quite curious enough to give it a go. Nice hat.

I'm an early GenX-er and I love One Piece. It took a while to get into the art style, but the characters, the story telling and the worldbuilding are just magnificent. But I also think a lot of older gens just didn't had the time to go into stuff like this, because of work and family obligations and thus sheer lack of time and other responsibilities. Only reason I went down headfirst into anime, was because I had no friends after we moved and I always enjoyed fantasy and adventure in literature, comics, movies and video games. I was a real tomboy in my youth and rather had a wooden sword than a doll. Also, during University I had a lot of free time and found both, 2 RPG groups and the universities anime fangroup. To this day I am still a huge anime fan, but now I split my time between work and family on one side and everything else like games and anime on the other.

I love how every time your dad takes the series seriously, you give him another fact that makes him go wtf coz that's exactly the One Piece experience. In the words of Matt Owens, "One Piece makes you laugh, cry, and go wtf."

Excellent job explaining it to him!

Big One Piece fan myself. Thank you for introducing your Dad to the series it really is a wild ride one of the best series I have had the pleasure of watching/reading.

We need a follow up. This reminds me of my discussions about one piece when my father was still alive. He was from the same generation as your dad. It was very nostalgic watching this video, in a way I had forgotten my dad had passed

HIM TAKING NOTES??? I can't with the cuteness overload

The last count of sales or at least the updated sales that we have for One Piece is 519 Million copies. Superman is around 600 Million. And that was August or October last year.

Luffy can be goofy but he is someone you want as a friend. In the anime I think episode 4 is a big hook but the series really captures you with the Arlong Park story.

His dad taking notes? That is so damn cute.

“Dominatrix… Close” I see what you did there you clever bastard😂

Haven't finished watching, and I already SO want this to blow up.

Genuinely overjoyed at the fact you could sit your parent down and talk to them about something you love so dearly, I feel the same way about One Piece! I think it was my first anime? One Piece is such an anomaly but I think it's because it really is above and beyond its peers, I genuinely think it'll be something people look back at as something that really captured a lot of people around this time. Compared to a lot of other shonen or battle anime, I whole heartedly believe it's just trying to push a lot of good morals out into the world, and also showcase a lot of the bad things in the world too, but on the outside it's a very joyful and optimistic journey. The whole world aside, power system aside, the CHARACTERS are what hook you, the backstories are so well done it really makes me cry anytime I come across them again.

How blessed are us '80s and '90s babies? We got the best of the old school in the new school. Came up watching anime before it was even known meant to be able to explain this to somebody who's older than that is downright awesome!

One Piece is over 1000 episodes long. You can't summarize it in one sentence! Sengoku: GARP IT'S YOUR DAMN FAMILY AGAIN

I think the thing that holds one piece together is all in Oda’s writing, he manages to tie all these elements that shouldn’t work together, and balance so many fun wacky ideas, as well as extremely dark and serious topics together. And he sticks the landing every time. he created a world where anything is possible, yet the struggles and hardships still feel grounded. And every character, every location, every theme is so perfectly well rounded and explored so thoroughly, that you’re sucked into the world in a way id say no other piece of media can. Oda can make you feel like a child exploring your own imagination, and also have you reflecting on things the meaning of life, societal issues, and moving past trauma, all in the same ark. He can make you go from crying your eyes out to laughing hysterically in the same chapter. Like no other piece of media I’ve ever experienced one piece manages to do it all, and still feel cohesive as one journey. And its a journey so fun that by the time you catch up you wish it was even longer. If it sticks the landing which I have full confidence it will. I believe it will go down in history as one of the greatest human works.

Great video. Love the father son relationship on display throughout

I like how this is a full on presentation.

"He's the enforcer" lol how accurate is that 😂😂

I could have watched another 2 hours of this! Loved it :D

You did a very good job of explaining without spoiling. I have taken many notes from this video off how to explain to someone who hasn't seen One Piece.

I absolutely love one piece and honestly one of the best parts about the show is sharing it with other people. The conversations and community around such a well written story is unlike any other. I would love to sit down and explain one piece to my own dad lol. I know you had to keep the video short but I would also have mentioned the awesome geography of the world, the found family dynamics and crew backstories. Great video 👍👍

Great video! Definitely enjoyable listening to the discussion and having your dad engaged the whole time. Hope dad pulls the trigger and gives the manga a shot! Definitely think he would enjoy it. Absolutely my favorite story and you nailed it with the mystery aspect. Especially considering how interconnected everything is. The wonder of realizing 1000 chapters in that things from an arc 500 chapters ago were all foreshadowing is just something else.

Watching this was so interesting because I feel like as a kid I knew luffy and reed richards had similar powers, but forgot about it as I got older (not really an FF fan) 🤣 and your desciption of luffy made me realise he really is just, the opposite of reed (from what i understand about the character) but with the same powers... anyway I love op so much and i'm so glad you got to share it with your dad!

One thing I adore about One Piece that immediately stuck out to me is the interpersonal relationships between the characters of the main cast. In the typical battle manga the relationship between the protagonist and their supporting cast tend to overpower any bonds between the members of the supporting cast themselves. My favorite examples being Zoro and Sanji’s heated rivalry/tough love and Chopper’s naive wonder in Usopp’s hyperbolic persona, like a little kid’s admiration for their big brother

Looking back on this video, it's cool that you brought up the Goku balloon for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, since only 7 months later Luffy got a balloon for the next Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Excellent format. This was so wholesome to watch ❤

Very wholesome content, as a fan of one piece it was very sweet getting to hear these perspectives. Good job guys :D

"... Luffy is also a idiot..." that cracked me up! Subbed

Love the way your dad mentioned bad comments in such a relaxed and comical way you both definitelly have the right mindset for youtube.

This video is sooo wholesome !

loved this video keep them one piece vids coming. I love the vibe you and your dad have

Speed Racer the best live action adaptation made to date, in my opinion. I'll take that as a good sign for One Piece. Really cool shirt

I love this video. Watched is many times over :)

That shirt, Speed Racer and Racer X is what I grew up watching, that and Stablazers, never watched One Piece and I think the live action looks like a lot of fun

Best video I saw in this year, thank you

You did a really great job to separate the different parts of how to tell the story of One Piece and how hook up you listener ! 👏

Just saw this and as a new fan who caught up recently after years of not being interested or the series being too long once I delved into the series if you a man of mystery solving or you like the national treasure franchise with puting clues together to solve a situation if your into deep concepts and revolutions you will like it the storyline is borderline genius coming from a average Joe and we don't have any answers after 25 years if you deemed yourself a welled endolve man you will find satisfaction in trying to figure the mysteries of the one piece world Luffy is the embodiment of pure soul goofy but righteous silly yet serious and he has the ability to make people do their best its awesome I hate to say it as a dbz fan this is a great series for a man of seriousness

First of all, I REALLY enjoyed this. Your breakdown was great without spoiling some of those most hard hitting moments that are less impactful without the build-up of the series, so well done man! I would add 2 things: I think world building still should be it's own item on the list because, and I'll try to say this without spoiling things too, we learn SO MUCH about the world, the people, the technology, the societies, etc. from the background. Oda doesn't address story wise why some things are the way they are, BUT if you spend time observing the background scenery, or conversations, or even just reactions of characters in world, it adds so much context. For example: on the island with the "rain eruptions" we see in the populace's fortress that they live high up in the trees, which because we know about the rain eruptions, we don't need the character's to explain why that is. We can look at the scenery and know "oh, they built up high because of the rain, that makes sense." Oda puts so many tiny details into basically every panel that we can learn more about each individual island than can be expressed in just the telling of the story. That's what's great about manga, the visual element, qnd Oda does it so, so well. Lastly, I really think you should have covered Oda's ability to foreshadow. Your dad seems to appreciate good writing and part of what makes One Piece so top tier is the almost GOD-like foreshadowing. Again, I don't want to spoil things but we've had things like, a single character in an early arc- his backstory suddenly comes into play something like 300 chapters later. A certain person makes an offhand joke that perfectly aligns with his character and we find out nearly 600 CHAPTERS later that it wasn't actually a joke, just incredibly well placed set-up for future information. A picture in a person's desk is recognized 150 chapters later and we were all blown away because we realize that character's backstory was set almost immediately after meeting them, but doesn't become relevant for literally years. Oda's ability to manipulate not just the information, but how WE, the readers/viewers, think about the information is incredible. Like with senor Pink, we all make the same assumptions until Oda forcefully changes our minds. He leads us, and we go where he wants almost helplessly. That man has dragged my heart up and down mountains and I will follow him forever, lol. All in all I really enjoyed this, so thank you for the work you put into it.

First of all i wanna say AWESOME vid! Nice picks of toppics and nice timing cutting to the next and not going too deep! (I loved how dad instantly makes a skeleton joke after hearing about Brook Yohohoho!) Now since yall asked, I wanna give my point of view as a 20years fan who grew up with it. My biggest credit goes to timing and Worldbuilding with character development. As a kid you see this goofy pirates on whacky adventures, but as we and the show grows, we realise all these heavy topics that get scarily close to real life and gives you every emotion possible. So quit often we see characters at the edge of breaking in a scenario we might all know too well and see how they overcome it and that is immense powerful too me. Its all about freedom and hope. And im sure everyone had the expierience of later in the show looking bad at the start and earlier arcs just to realise all the foreshadowing, all these themes being present from the start but we couldnt realise it simply cuz Luffy didnt care. "I dont care about the Story of this island, i will punch out the big bad cuz he hurt m friends." and later we learn about said story of the country to be a huge part of the world and history (so the goofyness itself is part of the storytelling and worldbuilding). So the amounts of mindblows and eyeopeners are imo the reason this show is able to run soo long. And lastly, Oda is a master of emotional storytelling, as given example with baby man. To me the show is actuall a drama only disguesed as a comedy due to our goodball Luffy. This man, Oda, can create a charakter in a backstory who may appear 1 or 2 times but makes you cry whenever you do as much as hear the name (wich for me is "Bellemere"), hes a master of immersion. So to bring it back and make it round with the sons words "its a world where everthing is possible" (good and bad) and "its all about freedom" which so many people seek in our modern society. If the dad is slightly interested itd be coll if all check out the Live Adaptation trailer b Netflix as it might be easier to consume and hook up.

Waw man, well done. Really that video is as close as you can get to a perfect introduction to One Piece.

i love how you so enthusiastically speak about one piece, for me one piece has changed my life, and i love how many others share the same experiences as me.

One piece by far favorite story i have read. Just the mystery of the world and the raw emotion that it brings out is top tier. I mean this story had me crying over the death of a boat

I love the scale of the story. The whole story encompasses an epic quest and the adventures along the way. Because the story is so grand the show often builds off ideas and hints mentioned hundreds of chapters prior. It makes the world feel grounded because no matter how whimsical the content the story has built up the context so that the story still feels cohesive. It also allows for mystery and complex themes to develop and somehow continue to add interesting, uniquely designed characters. I don't know if I'll ever experience another story on such a scale as this one.

This was an amazing video and I watched it from start to finish!! I love how your dad approached the subject with an open mind and heart! One Piece to me has become my 2nd favorite anime/manga behind Bleach because of everything you talked about in this video!! The deep dive into cultural differences and showing how beautiful the World building really is when done properly!! I wouldn’t consider myself to be political even in the slightest but I still enjoy every minute!!!

Truly a Candidate for the Greatest Story Ever Told.

YOU HAVE ACE WALLPAPER ❤❤❤ AND THE ACE HAT! Well i subscribe!! Edit 20:52 NOOOO u dropped the Ace hat! 😢 Your dad sounds like an amazing person. It would be awesome to read his thoughts and reactions

One Piece is my favorite story of all time, not just anime/manga, favorite STORY. I had only vaguely heard about One Piece before I started watching it, but the second I read "pirates" in the synopsis, I immediately clicked play. Didn't know anything about it other than the name and that it was one of the big three. Absolute masterclass of a story.

good, good presentation, mate. also, very articulate on the senor pink backstory, I almost can see the light in your father's eyes faded w/ every passing word at that moment (:

This is a really interesting discussion. You wrapped that up really nicely and i love how hour dad really enjoy it. I'll subscribe! Please do more this kind of video about one piece!

I love the show....came for the comedy and humour, stayed for the story, chracters, the drama, adventure and also, the comedy and humour. So much looking forward ti next week's episode... 1071

You explained it better than I ever could. Really nice he sat down to listen to you :)

Holy shiz, you recapping Señor Pink’s story made me tear up. 😢

Man you explained it really well and very entertaining to listen

This is the first video ive watched from you guys and i really enjoyed hearing your guys point of veiws on the series. 40:49 40:50 i just loved the way the dad described the crew when he was asked what he thinks the show is about and he replies with "i mean that is just an orgy of images that just dont belong together" for me who has watched the entire series that one line really got me😂

It’s been 10 years for me and I started it after my brothers were watching it and I got into it when they were at impel down, I then started from the very beginning. Before I even gave it a shot I was very judgmental of the art style, but I’m so happy I gave it a chance because it has been a wonderful 10 years, and it’s my all time favorite story. I’ve been a manga reader only since 2018 but planning on restarting the anime soon.

one piece helped me in two of my darkest years as a teen at around 12, 13 the freedom, the hope it portrays helped me tremendously, alongside the solutions it showed for various horrible situations although I haven't gone back to the anime after catching up to at the time around episode 700, it definitely shaped a part of who I am I think one thing that I brought with me, is to find your truth, believe in what you think is right and speak up/act when no one is willing to even when I was a teenager at school, I remember often being the only person speaking up when someone made bad 'jokes', making fun of others etc. it also helped me in trusting myself, my beliefs and morals, not letting others manipulating me or take advantage of me I've never really thought about how watching one piece affected me, but thinking back, I'm glad I did

In my humble opinion, you gave the best explanation to one piece, I've ever heard or attempted myself. I will be using your video as a introduction to the show for people who haven't watched the anime. My only add on, would've been three things. 1) each crew member have their own internal goal, that ties into everyone else, some more intertwined then others. 2) revolutionary army, just to touch on the three factions. 3) the extremes on all sides with the life style of these pirates, not just the wacky side, but the code and standard they set in place. The unwritten rules of the sea, if you will.

You look genuinely happy explaining one piece to your dad. Enjoyed the video

Great duo!!!

Loved your video so much just subbed

24 minutes in and he still hasn't even mentioned devil fruits. Just goes to show how deep the rabbit hole goes... Still haven't finished the video, but loving it so far.

Wow explanation is so good easy to understand, now i can just show this to my parents and get them hooked on some onepiece 😂😂😂

My 26 year old son got me into One Piece. The difference between me and your father I watched anime when I was younger. I didn't know it was anime. All I knew was I liked it. Before One Piece, my sons were into Naruto. Manga and anime have something to offer for any demographic.

stuff like this make me wish I had a dad. wholesome content

This was really cool! I wish I could explain One Piece to people like you do, but I get too excited and jump around too much to the point where it becomes confusing. I subscribed 5 minutes in, don't' know why it took 2 months for this to show up in my recommended. Also, I wouldn't mind seeing a reaction series on the anime if your dad decides to give it a go.

Speed racer totally counts as Anime. Alot of Gen X'ers dont even know what they had. But the same can be said for all generations. Great Video!

I found and absolutely fell in love with One Piece in college and in an attempt to reconnect with me, my mom agreed to watch just a few episodes with me. Almost 15 years later we're still watching it together. Your pitch sounds so similar to what i said all those years ago. I love it.

Great video, thoroughly enjoyed it. As for the something to add about One Piece, it was briefly touched on with Ussop being a massive coward and as a result fighting from a distance which is true however as Ussop is my favorite character I'd like to add a bit more context. He normally wins his battles more through clever thinking, tactics and deception than being an exclusively ranged fighter. Adding further to this Ussop tends to represent the everyman character of the show doing his best to keep up with his friends with the sense of imposter syndrome constantly lurking at the back of the mind and actually has a pretty good bit showing how no matter how worthless you think you are you can still push forward and to do things as well as knowing when to let your pride go. This is all without touching on him showing the positive aspects to lying and kind of being a counter to the idea of Pinocchio and how it links to storytelling or his interactions with the crew and supporting characters like (Sniper/Soge) King. Regardless, I hope you both have a great day.

This is the first video of you two I've seen, and while I was greatly entertained, I also feel the son did not do the series justice. I don't say this as a fan of One Piece (I obviously am), but simply from the perspective of someone who notices the excitement of sharing and struggling to get the excitement across in a coherent manner. The things he said are all true, but at the same time, they are all over the place, and it makes for a very disjointed introduction that will struggle to make cohesive sense. IMHO, the most important thing I think he could have focused on is what the worldbuilding and mystery accomplish: a seamless storytelling experience. It starts out small and simple, feeling almost relatable with its optimism and joy while fighting scary and at times silly pirates. The world is a blank canvas and it feels very rural and pre-electricity-esque while seeming to simply hint that the government isn't always good for the simple people despite being protectors against pillaging pirates. Yet slowly the author weaves in little hints: tales of the scary warlords who roam the seas on the behest of the government and pirate emperors who dominate the seas, the huge monsters that hide in the deep water, the absolute crazy geography of the world oceans and how it can lead to physics where water flows up a mountain, etc. And once you get stuck in the middle of the world, the not-quite-so-rural parts, you'll end up finding it is a very lawless place, that electricity is a thing, that submarines exist, that there are spies and informers and illuminati and people from the moon and so much more. But those aren't the surprising parts. No: what is surprising is that the author manages to smoothly integrate all of these things into a cohesive whole. Any shonen series will have powercreep, and One Piece is no different despite its authors very admirable effort to keep it roughly under control, but what it excels at is making the new story arcs and revelations fit in with the greater whole. These aren't some new random DLC arcs with fancy new mechanics, but rather new stories set in fresh new places of which many details had been hinted at again and again and again. One Piece's author is an absolute master at FORESHADOWING, be it in obvious ways or in the most sneaky of ways, and it is exactly that which makes this series and its world such an enrapturing read and addicting thing to theorize about. Worldbuilding and storytelling to hand-in-hand in this series, and very few authors who have stories that can capitalize on these manage to pull it off so exquisitely. It is quite rare for a reader to even realize they are being infodumped at! As a final example, I want to point out demographics of the places we live. Some ethniticities will dominate, others will less so, and others are utterly rare. But throughout your life, you will come into contact with people different than you, or at the very least the knowledge of their existence. Even when living in China or Mongolia where foreigners aren't very welcomed, they will still know that people with black skin exist, just like how people in Sweden or Iceland will know that Asian people exist. The concept that these people have their own places and cultures isn't surprising: you will have had whiffs of it in terms of fastfood/takeout and popular media. One Piece is like that: long before the outlandish places truly pop up, you'll have had some hints of their existence. Fishmen? Logic dictates they have their own homeland, but when you first see them, you do not think of them that far: they were just the villain of the arc you met them in. Some random long leg tribe in the background or other weird species that's only casually mentioned somewhere? A few hundred chapters later, we might just get to see far more of them than a random trivia background shot. As a reader, you have no clue about all the things you actually already know, and by the time the spotlight ends up on these topics, you'll find yourself nodding in agreement that 'yes, obviously this fits in' as you take in a completely new environment that is everything the rest of the story had already hinted at without you being aware of it.

the fact that he's willing to do this with you makes him such a great dad, I love this

27:31 "I wonder if it tickles" One question I never asked myself and now absolutely need the response to

Ok, so. I watch/read One Piece since I was 15. That makes almost 15 years of my life, so half of my existence. This show is an experience that cannot be replicated. The main reasons, for me, that that's the case are how they tackle their subjects. Yes it's a show aimed primarily for kids, but do you remember that era where movies by Disney also were but adults also loved them to bits because they also had stuff for them built in? One Piece does that AND MORE. They do not shy away from tackling some VERY heavy topics, like human slavery, at the same time they also keep that jovial energy and spirit that tells you "even in this world, its ok to dream and to be a kid again". I could make a whole thesis on all the other topics on why the show is so good, but this one seems to be the better one to leave you with.

And this is the best time to be a one piece fan 25 years in that's mind-blowing just typing this