There's nothing a one piece fan enjoys more than seeing someone enjoy this story for the first time, the way we once did

I'm talking to you, my fellow one piece nerds: we must protect this man at all cost. We all know how this fanbase can potentially be toxic, but this pure, wonderful individual must be protected

Fun fact: Oda revealed one of his favorite panels is in Skypiea, in chapter 253, the panel when the bonfire party took place. In fact he also specified that his purpose to drawing Skypiea is to draw that very specific scene. Oda looooves parties 😂

He got all the symbolism in the arc. My friend, most reviewers doesn't see half of you saw.

This arc genuinely has some of the strongest senses of adventure in all of One Piece. And the comedy is just so good. "A placre we're not supposed to go... heheheheh." Peak.

The story of Noland shows the power of narrative and the importance of who is telling the story. Winners write the story of the future. In this case a good man's name was ruined for making a king feel foolish. We already saw at the end of Alabasta that the World Government will spin the narrative in order to maintain their aura of power and giving themselves credit for saving the country instead of the Strawhat pirates.

The part where the snake is having the worst day of it's life when Luffy's inside it cracks me up so hard

Funny thing: "Kami" means god. "Kaminari" means lighning. There's an inherent pun there between Eneru's ability and him calling himself a god.

its crazy how you just nailed down robin’s character so succinctly right off of the cuff. shes the center of a certain arc that the fandom tends to place at the very top, but youre already so primed for it- i think its gonna blow you away.

Blackbeard’s debut is such a wonderful scene. He and Luffy have exact opposite opinions on the lemonade and cherry pie, but in the end, he’s the only one in the bar who understands the value and power of dreams. Establishes right away that this is someone totally unlike Luffy in personality who still sees the world in the same exact way underneath that all and takes that in his own direction - a perfect nemesis. And this one arc after we meet Ace, presented as this ideal version of Luffy who lacks many of his faults as another aspirational figure. It’s always so clear how Oda thinks about Luffy’s place in the world and what characters can best highlight his strengths and his faults.

Skypiea is microcosmos of One Piece and is preparing us for the future, even small scene now can be super important later in the manga 😀 I really enjoyed listening to you!

A lot of people dislike this arc and even skip it because of its overall detachment from the greater story, and some people defend it because of its relevancy to the future story that is only seen through hind sight. Personally I think this is miss guided. We shouldn’t only enjoy one piece because of what will happen at the end, rather the components that make up this story are what matter which is why I think Skypiea is one of the better sagas. It feels like Oda also believes this and tries to spread it as one of his messages. Overall it’s great to see you enjoying the series and I think everyone should see this saga the way you do.

Noland (No Land) and Kalgara backstory is one of my favorites. It has pretty clear parallels to Pocahontas and definitely El Dorado. And interesting thing about that backstory is that it is subtly a piece of the puzzle to the clue of what the One Piece might be in that it is an inversion of Gol D Roger. Both reached a vast treasure, a place that no one believed in, both returned to be executed. Roger returned as a hero, Noland returned as a liar. Roger smiled at his execution, Noland frowned. Noland told the truth at his execution and died anyway. Was Roger lying before he died? The coincidence of part of Jaya getting knocked up by the Knock Up Stream at that specific time and then getting framed by people that lied about being in his crew is also an interesting tidbit I think is something to ponder about. Shandians seem to be based on Inca, Mayan, and Aztec cultures. The ruins are even a real place in Mexico - Mayapan. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are more connections though Aztec lore and mythology. One of my favorite aspects of this story is that it isn’t “magic” in this world to go into the sky. There is an explanation for everything in story, just not always exactly when you want it. While things can seem random or like “it’s One Piece so it can be randomly absurd.” But this arc introduces that idea that the absurd can be justified. Were given explaination in-universe how the Merry can fly, how a ship can get into the sky. We’re even given an explanation of how we are able to be on clouds and how it’s possible to stand on clouds. Oda is giving us logic for things that should have no logic in the real world. Bellamy says dreams can’t come true and it’s impossible. Not only is it possible, it is also explained through science and understanding. I believe that Oda wants us to believe that everything is random at first, only to find that the world is deeper than what is on the surface. Thats a theme in this story you’ll find time and time again. You think you know someone or something, but it turns out to be unexpectedly different. The surface isn’t always reflective of what’s inside. “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” And since you are new to manga I think this is something that is definitely reflective of your experience. I also think that is what stops a lot of people from reading something so dauntingly long or something that has artwork that isn’t appealing to everyone. There is a ton of foreshadowing in this arc, a lot of small subtle moments of foreshadowing too. This is an arc people farther into the story frequently go back to. Excited as always to see you continue the journey.

glad theres love and no spoilers, this is a special series im sure you will enjoy the ride more and more as you keep reading! Much love from Portugal to everyone! X

If you plan to continue the series till the end, I strongly recommend that you get someone who reads comments for you. The series is so big that sometimes people can throw at you a spoiler because they misremembered when something happened. And of course, there are others who have bad intentions and purposefully spoil things. Edit. Seeing you document your thoughts on the series as you go through it is also a really fun experience, I hope you keep doing these reviews saga per saga.

the warlord’s meeting imo is one of the most insane lore drops we’ve had, and Doflamingo is such a cool character

I just love the way you put this story into your own words. It is like I’m reading the story again for the first time.

It makes me so glad to see you're reading the SBS corners, not everybody does. Between that and the cover stories, it's one of the best parts of reading the manga that doesn't make it into the anime. They reveal so much information that doesn't have an organic way to make it into the story, and it shows that Oda's mind is exploding with creativity and ideas. The world building in the series is incredible, and these Q and As are a perfect compliment to that. Sure, it's not always particularly interesting information, but even when it's just juvenile humor, it's great to see Oda interact with his readers. It's insane, but even with how popular the series is now, he claims he still reads all his fan mail.

Your face fits so well on gan fall's body 😂 Keep it up man, love hearing your thoughts and opinions on the series 👍👍

Your presence within the grand fleet is a beacon for some,, please keep sharing your one piece thoughts and experiences with us ❤

Jaya-Skypea is the most important arc of all the series in my view, the metaphors and parallels are spot on. I look at this arc as a short of a map oda drew ;) (the small detail of chapter 222, the 3 seagulls fly over merry, are shot down by Augur, hitting the deck of the boat, that symbolises the start of a theatre play with the 3 strokes on the stage, and after that all actions are scripted, that is why Augur talks about fate in that way. This story is truly a masterpiece!)

"As above so below" pretty much sums up Skypiea

don't take comments like " the anime drags on" " it has terrible pacing" etc etc to heart too much. A lot of people who make those comments are people who have rewatched or re-read one piece 3 or 4 or even 8+ times over and over again. those people tend to forget that for first time audiences, the pacing is actually very fast especially now that you can binge watch and binge read instead having to wait weekly.

I like how shadows are used as a visual motif throughout the arc, specifically shadows of people celebrating/partying. It starts on Jaya when Cricket and the SH decide to try to get to Sky Island and follows all the way through the saga to that final big two page spread at the end. The musical motif with the chapter titles was fun too

i think its also worth mentioning how luffy is enerus perfect counter, not just because rubber beats electricity, but luffys loyalty and trust he has with his companions is the perfect rebuttal to enerus authoritarian control on his subordinates

The One Piece fandom used to look down on this arc as being 'Canonical Filler', however as time has gone on it's become clear that this is one of the most important arcs in the entire series.

One of my favorite things in this entire manga is the panel of Luffy imeadiatly getting along with the two other monkey dudes. Its so cute

So nice to see you made it to Skypeia. I watched this Saga early in High School almost 20 years ago so it resonated with me as well. I'm from the Philippines so the Strawhats defying a deity really sparked a sense of rebellion inside me. I was always adverse to blind obedience and societal constraints. I was a cartoon by nature and I saw that within Luffy and his friends. His very essence of being a Rubber Man (which also harkens to old cartoon animation styles) renders him impervious against a God's power (in which I love the irony). So it led me to believe that if I stay true to myself and accept that my own nature can work within this world if I do. So I became a comic book artist and cartoonist preaching the great stories I've come across from Batman: The Animated series to Bojack Horseman to even One Piece.

I believe here is where one piece starts getting heavy on the lore. It's awesome that you like it so far man! Love your videos!

I love how wyper gets his own main character arc where he almost kills enel. Its a pretty respectful take on colonisation and how shandians are portrait, and that they had the right to be angry, and ganford, is also complicit and did . I mean thats a great portrayal in fiction.

Have been checking for this everyday! So excited for the journey to continue.

I loved how you expressed all of the different themes and meaning especially near the end of the video when referencing the "bell" and the meaning of dreaming and dreams in the Jaya arc in mock town. Great saga thats rather underappreciated by the community as this saga is seen as a "Mixed Bag" that people either love or hate.

Man glad you're catching up. Maybe biased but if theres any parts of the anime to watch just for experiencing it the black beard quote, the history of Noland and Calgura and the next arc as a whole is just those moments that finally set the series in stone that never can be done justice without the original takes, the voice work and emotion is permanently stained in my mind.

The next saga is the reason why so many one-piece fans are so obsessed! The main reason why so many people love these read-throughs is because of getting to this section and seeing how people react! You would absolutely not have any of this amount of dedicated community or positivity going on whatsoever if you didn't come in after The next saga came out. We didn't even know that Oda was considered a great author and a genius at this point one piece itself had only really critical acclaim with the Alabasta ark and when Skipea was first printed the week to week pacing wasn't alway the most engaging. It was only after reading the next saga that that many of us became so in love with this manga and people started naming their kids after characters, An official wing of the emporers Royal Palace became a dedicated one piece museum. There's even an official national holiday in Japan one piece day. We had to go back and reread everything because we just noticed all the layers, clues and foreshadowing for the first time because we didn't know what kind of story it was at the time. Oda even said that the story was half way over at the end of Alabasta so we had no reason to believe it would be as big as it is now 20 years later at this point.

I really enjoy seeing people who are not into anime/manga and hear their thought on the story, because the anime/manga fandom is your typical comic fans most of the time arguing who is stronger than who and it kinda makes the discussions of the story a bit bland because people are often powerscaling the characters and all of that, so seeing people actually paying attention to the story itself is really refreshing. Just wanted to say this because i've enjoyed your videos and it reminded me of Merphy when she started one piece and how refreshing it felt hearing her thoughts on the story.

I think the main drawback of reading everything first is that you miss out on the soundtrack that is so wholesome and adds so much to the show. Trying listening to a couple of the songs and feel that vibe with it!

I love unintentional foreshadowing. I'll say nothing but you friend are very spot on.

18:50 - Eneru looking like Eminem is one of the most blatant examples for westerners on the real life inspirations for One Piece characters, but as you move on there will be more and more you'll start to notice. Some of them are possibly coincidental, and others are so blatant and on the nose it makes you wonder how some people miss them. In particular, some later characters are based extremely specifically on famous world leaders, and another set based on old Japanese actors who specialized in Yakuza films. If you're ever reading One Piece and go "hey, this guy gives me vibes of THIS famous person", you're probably on the mark haha

All of these have been great, but this one is a real testament to your ability to analyze media… without spoiling anything, you are really latching on to things that have a ton of importance as the story goes on. Excited to keep watching!

There is usually a recommendation to check out the G8 anime filler that occurs right after Skypiea. It is not canon but many fans consider it to be ascended canon because of how good the characterization everything is and just the good story it tells. Otherwise, up next, a devisee arc for the fanbase, Long Ring Long Land.

To me the Noland/Calgara flashback is so interesting too, because it talks about the differences between more ancient cultures and current societies, and how, despite the differences, we all just want to overcome the world. You have the ancient Shandians who are sacrificing people to their snake god to heal those afflicted by the tree disease, and then you have Noland, who just wants them to not cut off bonds just because of some stupid ideology. Noland representing more modern cultures who understand science as opposed to religion. God or no God, we’re all just people, looking to survive. Looking to lend a hand. And that idea of brotherhood that can survive even through generations, through time itself, that crying out of, “You’re not alone, brother.” Skypiea is truly phenomenal.

Skypiea is very important to me as someone who is religious. I went into this arc expecting your typical “bad god must be defeated” that is often the source of conflict in anime and video games. But what shocked me was when everyone started praying at the end. They weren’t praying to Enel. “What else can we do but pray?” That cemented Skypiea as one of my favorite arcs, because it’s so rare to see affirmation of religion (or faith, rather) in the same breath as denouncing cruel gods like Enel. It’s not denying the existence of a god, but Enel specifically. And that made me extremely happy.

My nakama, we have a good one sailing with us. Such insight, such story-telling view. This is refreshing, too. Let's enjoy the ride with him until we all find where the poneglyphs lead us!

Hi, I subscribed to your channel because you started covering this series I have a few tips and I'm keeping this spoiler-free 1. The next arc (Long Ring Long Land) will be a short funny arc. A lot of people don't like it but I don't agree. The next arc after the short one is another huge one with big stakes so Long Ring Long Land is a great break 2. Some people will advise you to watch anime here. There is an anime-only arc called G-8 and while it's filler (doesn't change anything in the storyline) it is really well written and if you decide to watch it it will help you imagine the crew's voices. About your video because I loved it too Oda wrote about colonization better than anybody I saw. While he showed its bad sides he also showed that not everybody under the colonialist flag was an evil-doer. Both Noland (who served the colonialist kingdom) and Gen Fall are good people who were born on the side that is far from perfect but their actions speak louder than history itself. I think it also connects with Luffy's idea of not acting about the past. Luffy doesn't care about your past. He knows you have it and you are shaped by it but in the end, he cares about who you are which is very well shown when Nojiko wanted to tell Straw Hats about Nami's past and he refused. Luffy didn't fight Enel because of Skypeia's history. He thought him because the man was threatening his friends (old and new like Conis) and because he wanted to ring the Bell so Cricket could hear it - because it was Cricket's dream. Luffy stands in the way of people who enslave others and destroy dreams. Believe me, it's a theme you should keep your eye on Oda tells us that the way forward is in the future not in the past. Robin is an interesting one here because this is her first adventure with SHs and this is where she regains hope. By the end of Alabasta she said she lost hope in her dream and yet on the first adventure with those misfits she finds a piece of her dream I also love the flashback of Noland and Calgara. I think they are kind of based on Gilgamesh and Enkidu

i love jaya arc. i love how the town where luffy's dream was mocked is called mock town, the town of mockery. i kinda like to imagine that it was named mock town as a reminder that this is the town where pirate king luffy's dream was mocked, it kinda becomes a fable kids in the future just know about. even tho its just my head canon ahaha

I really love your review on OP. One of the biggest critisism I see online by new OP reader/watcher recently is that Luffy's character is very naïve, a dufist, goofy and hungry all the time besides the time where he just randomly get serious. It made me think that maybe I was looking back at it with rosetinted glass when I first watched the series. But everytime you describe a scene or character it tugs a string within me, of how I emotionally feel when I was first experiencing the series.

I still cry when I think about Norland 😭. It was in the sky Norland! THE SKY!!

Philip's thumb nail game is outstanding. Only thing that he is better at than thumb nails is writing fantasy books! Good Job Philip👍.

That thumbnail is genius, Philip. 😂

I cant wait to see your room slowly have more and more one piece in the background as you get further into the story. i think thats happened with every single youtuber ive seen start the series from the start and its funny.

Im so happy that this is getting continued, easily the most exciting videos to watch this year for me!

Ngl, I had to do a double take when I saw the thumbnail. It looks so good and quite authentic! 18:45 I think Enel/Eneru looks like Eminem just because Oda is a fan of him. No further reasons I really enjoyed your thoughts and opinions especially on the themes and questions of the respective arcs! Thank you for reviewing this saga! Just some head-ups: the filler arc in the anime (meaning that Eichiiro Oda has not written/drawn the arc, and is anime exclusive) right after Skypiea is called G-8 arc. This anime filler arc is beloved in the fandom, thus this arc is often recommended to be watched and I agree! So if you want to watch some anime episodes to learn their names, hear the voice acting and get a good grasp on the comedic timing, I highly recommend to watch G-8 arc (episodes 196-206)! Sadly the next canon arc is not so loved, but the rest of the saga is crazy loved and you might want to start arc-reviews instead of saga-reviews. But you do you, and I wish you a fun and good experience!

I love watching you break down my favorite show and talk about what makes it so great :) Keep up the spectacular work Philip!

It's interesting to see in retrospect how Oda pics up a theme by starting several stories which relate to it at the same time, for example the unreliability of historical records as you mentioned here, or uncertainty in the Arabasta arc!

Love this. If this guy was my English professor I would’ve been front row. This is such an amazing POV of how others digest one piece especially a Professor! BRAVO 🎉

BOY this show and analysis brings me so much JOY

hey just got recommended this video! love how you retell the story and i can hear your appreciation for it. welcome to the journey!!!!

skypiea is one of my favorite arcs! hope you enjoyed it

I watched most one piece when I was in middle school, so a lot of the symbolism went completely above my head. Really like how you talk about the series, it’s fun hearing your take and dissection!

Just finished taking my SAT and was a pleasure to see that this video finally came out. I’m glad you’re enjoying one piece and let me just say this it will get far better than you can possibly imagine

Everytime he shows up on my feed I get giddy

Im so happy youre continuing the story, my only sadness is youll never experience how the big moments pair so amazingly with the sound track the anime uses, but at least you dont suffer the pacing issues

"Gives her smiles" Luffys Gift to the World

I am currently watching a Canadian Teacher reading One Piece, Mom Piece lol so this will be just as interesting. Hope you enjoy your Journey, The Community is mostly great and please do just think about everything. Lead us too the One Piece.

I am loving these theme discussions from you. One Piece is a series that massively benefits from attentive reading. The effort you are putting in now will pay off in spades later in the series and it is impressive to me that you are absolutely nailing certain aspects of the story that some people only catch onto on second or third readings with the benefit of knowing what comes in the future.

I love how meticulously you analyze what Oda-sensei wanted to show. This is a very correct way and when you read further, you will understand why (especially with this saga)! Maximum support to your channel and your One Piece journey! If you have any questions to One Piece community about SBS/spoilers/any other info feel free to ask! We will answer (or not) without spoilers of course.

I think the thing that makes one piece so great is you get a lot of these defining moments that just hit all the right spots in terms of satisfaction in emotion. You had two in this arc alone. That cathartic punch that Luffy gave to Bellamy after he had stolen Crickets gold and beat him and his friends up is a wonderful callback to what Shanks did all the way back at the beginning of the story and being able to ring that bell at the end saying that I am here are so satisfying from a narrative standpoint. Oda does such a good job making sure these moments land and feel genuine. I am enjoying your journey down the grand line and can't wait to hear what you think about some of the arcs coming up! Excited for things to come and I hope you continue to enjoy your journey! You're off to an incredible start already!

What’s so fun about these videos is that I feel like I’m back in literature class, but the lessons are on my favorite piece of fiction. Your insights are incredibly enjoyable and well said. This story only gets better as well. Very excited for more reviews!

so glad to hear the comments are keeping this experience spoiler free for you, cant wait for you to catch up and to hear your thoughts on the foreshadowing and overall structure of this massive story. happy reading!

Philip! Your segment about the symbolic importance of ringing the bell was incredibly moving. It's a precious thing to hear you put into the words these resonant moments. Well done!

So I just found you today, but I try and keep up with people doing reviews and read through of one piece, one piece is an amazing story that is filled with depth and wonder and joy you haven't even scratched the surface of yet, and it is a joy to experience them. The story is so layered and well established that every new piece of information youlearn changes everything you read before. You can only read one piece the first time once but it is always a joy to get to experience someone else read it for the first time

I love all the support the fellow One Piece fans in these comments are giving you. I adore walking down memory lane with you. I’ve only watched the anime (I’m on the Punkhazard arc for those who know). You’re doing great, and I’m so happy for you to love this story as well. ❤

such a good review of this masterpiece Saga

That scene of luffy letting bellemy wail on him is still un my top 3 one piece moments, glad you liked it too! And then the punch luffy lands on him later... damn satisfying haha

One thing I love about skypea is how gunfall is dressed like quixote (Spanish character) and all the shandia theme is maya like (South American) making a direct reference to Columbus reaching America

As someone who has read alot and watched alot of one peice, once you have read and caught up however you see fit for the movies give them a try over episodes (they cover whole sagas) they are well animated and very well done. Also giving you a great version of one peice without commiting to such a long show!! I love that you’re enjoying one peice ❤️

When I first read Skypiea, I enjoyed it, but it wasn't my favourite arc. As the series has gone on I've been more and more impressed with how it ties into the rest of the story; I reread it recently after being caught up in the manga and I think its really something special. Always a pleasure to hear your take on it and see someone experience it for the first time! Hearing you talk about the characters makes me so excited; I'm positive you will love Enies Lobby :)

The bell's symbolic value and meaning is very underrated. The way it ties together every single theme of this arc is masterful. Quite like the strawhat placed on Nami's head in the East Blue arc. Two very elegant (and eloquent) symbols that are incredibly powerful and compelling.

I have not read the Manga, I was never a comic book person (like what you said in the East Blue Saga, I know Manga and American comic books are much different) but I have watched the entire anime to present. I just recently caught up to present there, and these videos are a nice walk down memeory lane of a story I have gained so much respect for. Also watching these videos in a way is a testament to how well the animators, directors and voice actors have articulated this story from the Manga to the Anime since I can follow along perfectly, and I find it very interesting to hear a much more literary angle on the story I have enjoyed until now. Thanks for these videos and I look forward to seeing what you think as this story progresses!

Skypia is a very important saga, as you said it its about believing in the impossible. I love that luffy learn from Shanks to fight the right way, and not to has unnecessary conflicts something that now in day is hard to see

been following one piece for the last 17 years , This is one of the best analisys of skypea , thank you

An english professor saying 'Anna-may' brought me joy in a humble weeabo way lol Great videos! Excited to see you in Egghead!

Glad you are enjoying one piece! It is definitely an amazing piece of fiction! It's interesting seeing your western perspective on Oda's story beats. i think you're often missing the "twist" though. Such as with Skypiea. The Skypieans kicking outsiders out is a deep ingrained thing FORCED on the populace by a tyrannical ruler. The idea of keeping one's land safe is not something Oda is against, in fact He scrutinizes the one world government or "Open country" model throughout the story. Alabasta retaining its autonomy would be a good in his worldview.

I love the story of Nolan and the irony and misinformation. The weight and gravity given to the past, and the cyclical nature of things as you discussed. Sins of our fathers or ancestors. And redemption! Perseverance. The part w the Bell is amazing. I like the thumbnail a lot

I must say I have become a huge fan of your commentaries! They are so cool and profound on something I really enjoy as it is One Piece. Thank you for your videos!

Omg the thumbnail 🔥😂 This saga has one of the best storytelling i have liked in one piece in terms of connecting the dots of the past. So mindblowing. When you caught up, I hope you do a ranking of your favorite characters and arcs 😊

I dunno if it falls on deaf ears, but your readthrough of One Piece has struck a specific chord for me. I really enjoy the construction of the series and love to analyze how each part of the story is layered to create something really uniquely fun and deep without stepping on its own toes, but with the exception of Ch. 1102 (holy shit that chapter), I never got too drawn in. I loved the story and the characters and Oda regularly gets laughs out of me. We've got very different backgrounds but the way you talk about it is very similar to my own feelings on it and I appreciate that a lot.

I love the way you summed up the end of the arc. It’s been almost a decade since I went through it myself, so hearing you talk about it and what it all means brought it all back for me and that was really nice.

Just knowing what lies ahead in the story for you has me excited for you. Keep enjoying, it’s only still the beginning!

Heso!!!🤙 In comparison with Lord Of The Rings, you are at Rivendell, just after Frodo decides to be the ring bearer, the moment in the story where you can start to see the journey ahead and the mission to Mount Doom. At the ending of skypiea you see Roger and I think its the first time you can really start to guess the most important question of the series "What is the One Piece?" Also, I love the bell symbolism. Through the story you can see how different people give the bell a different meaning: -For the ancient Shandians, the sound of the bell was used to guide their ancestors souls to the trees where they believed rested. After Nolan cut down the trees due to the plague and Kalgara apologized for the misunderstanding, the bell rang to guide Nolan again to Jaya saying "We are here", as a promise of "We will see each other again". -When the island rose to the sky, the bell rang and the inhabitants of Skipea called it "the song of the island". After years of war, creating the legend that "when the island sings again, the war with the Shandians will end and all of Skypiea will be at peace" -For Wyper was the symbol of the greatest regret of his ancestor kalgara, for not being able to keep his promise to ring the bell and say "we are here", so he wants to ring the bell so that the souls of Kalgara and Nolan can rest in peace. -And for Luffy ringing the bell was a way to let know the Cricket that his ancestor was not a liar so that he stops searching at the bottom of the sea since the island is in the sky. (because Cricket has divers disease and will die if he continues) So every promise was made full when Luffy punched the bell, the promise of peace for the island, the message to the souls of Kalgara and Nolan and Cricket knowing the truth. I also think I didn't mention it in your alabasta video but I think you would like to hear a couple of songs, the first is the song they used in the anime when Luffy defeated Crocodile and the second its the song the anime uses when they are navigating or in moments of discovery, both are full on Orchestra!!! . (You can get spoil if you search in youtube but they are on spotify) -Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, B. 178 "From the New World": IV. Allegro con fuoco by Antonín Dvořák -World's Number One Oden Store performed by Lars Sorensen (not the original of the anime but pretty close) Finally, I don't know if anyone has warned you, but using manga panels on video can be dangerous because the publisher is known for claiming videos, so I would recommend not using them, just to protect yourself.

There is nothing more fulfilling than a new person joining us as One Piece fans. It's a long series but anyone who catches up wishes they didn't because thy wish there was more to read. Oda also says killing a character is saying they don't know what to do with a character. A lot of One Piece characters are bases off historical figures, its not spoilers to make connections.

Im sure you've noticed, a lot of people calling Eneru "Enel". Not certain, but pretty sure thats also some classic Oda wordplay, En(ergy)El(ohim). Skypiea has truly become one of my favorite sagas in the series. Noland and Calgara's story isnsuch a beautiful story of friendship. I could probably read and watch it over and over. As always, glad to hear your thoughts on it all, and happy to see youre enjoying this series we all hold so dear.

Im glad Philip does these thoughts and take away video of OP arcs, brings a smile to my face, but i know, the OP geeks that we all are, thinks that 35min vids are too short to discuss the entirety of this behemoth of an Arc of Skypeia, and i know if this vid would be been atleast 5hrs longer, we'd be religiously watching this video with the same smile on😅😁

I would highly recommend the G-8 anime-only arc right after Skypiea. It's considered to be the best filler and shows a bit of fun and depth to the marine bases (or the G-8 base). A clever and genuinely good guy of an antagonist. I also love it when the strawhats are just goofing off rather than the more serious stuff from time to time.

When the Blackbeard talks about luffy's bounty there was a mistranslation in viz version. Correct translation would be something like "I thinked that 30 milion was to low based on his haki, but 100 milion?" For now it probably didn't tell much to you, but you will understand that reference in 300 chapters or so.

6:35 I love that moment too and the translation I had read said “A MAN’S DREAM NEVER DIES” and it hit me hard

Oh my goodness, I just finished the last video and upon a page refresh I saw that you had uploaded this 10 minutes ago. Here we go! I really enjoy your thoughts on this as you are fresh to the shonen manga tropes and storytelling ways. It's very interesting and honestly lends more insight on how nuanced Oda's writing is seeing people less experienced in the genre that can still take away the same if not more out of it from experienced readers

i like the idea that eneru is modeled after eminem because eminem raps lightning fast lol

At this point the whole world starts growing exponentially and it's full of life. Oda's worldbuilng is second to none and it will continue to show. You are in for a treat with what is to come! Oda will continue surprising you and outdoing himself. I'm enjoying your reviews very much and all the analysis of the themes and hiw you read the characters spot on. Also, if you ever want to get on watching the anime, there is a project called ONE PACE where they edited the episodes to match them with the manga's pacing and it cuts the viewing time about 50% I think it's the definitive way of watching it. There are some emotional moments in the story that the voice acting and the soundtrack make it all the more special and hits you differently. Please keep these videos coming!

i was starting to think youtube is too young for me. until i happened upon your channel. i’m gonna eat up your content like there’s no tomorrow