One Piece love it, one of my all time favorite series even if it's a few issues.

Read hajime no ippo

You need to try read twin star exorcists

Oda goes all the way to make Sanji look bad and to put Zoro in the spotlight. Take Dressrosa where Zoro wants to go the Sunny-Go where Nami Brook and Chopper are, instead Oda led Sanji go so that he has to fight Doflamingo and loses terribly instead of Zoro.

Mask the first person to agree with me on zoro post time skip he lacks all character depth just hype

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Couldn’t have said it better! 👍👍👍

I agree completely zoro is the realistic counter part to Luffy. He keeps him in check if he's being unrealistic/ soft. He's the perfect right hand man.... does everything for his captain that tends to go unnoticed and unpraised. And he mirrors the dark and dangerous Rayleigh as a great example of the brutality of a pirate In comparison to their captains Rodger and Luffy...we also might see him in more of a enforcer role should we see the crew leading a larger force.

I mean yeah, but that still doesn't make it non one dimensional

this is probably what i wouldve said, couldnt have written in better lol. maturity definitely looks one dimensional sometimes, while making us believe through that maturity the depths of that person.

Fr I was waiting to get tricked any second 💀

I love Zoro too, and you've got a good point, he doesn't have to be terribly complex but you gotta admit at this point there are several dozen side characters with more emotionally rousing backstories than him. I just wish there was just a *little* more to him than just cool feats.

Yes, a good character can just be badass. But that's the limit. A GREAT character is someone that can bring an emotional reaction other than "damn that's cool"

@@thatonenoob7854 his encounter with Kuma, post Thriller Bark Arc, where NOTHING HAPPENED, really solidified him as one of the GREAT characters in the story. And Oda hasn't given him a second backstory yet.

@@musikalora Nothing Happened was a cool moment. But Sanji was just as willing to take it as Zoro. Zoro forced it on himself. It doesn't solidify him since it isn't something only he would do.

Think a good character can be made through actions. That’s what I like about zoro. Nothing happened and his moment in water 7 are really good examples.

The road poneglyph, “raizo is safe” and sanji parts were the only interesting things in Zou. That arc is highly overrated imo. It’s good for what it is, but ppl act like it’s a top 5 OP arc when it’s just not.

Imo Zou arc is eh...

@@Jon155mt ive never heard anyone even try to claim zou is top 10, let alone top 5

@@Jon155mt Zou arc is a masterpiece. What it accomplishes in its short few chapters are more than what you will do in your entire life. Your oversimplification is the epitome of pure ignorance and stupidity. "Raizo is safe" was a series of build ups and plot twists while simultaneously showcasing rich world building and lore while simultaneously leading us, setting up foundations and hyping us up for the next arcs to come WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY giving us more questions than answers. From a storytelling perspective its plot twists rivals that of other famous works such as Gone Girl, Rebecca, Hidden Bodies, and Deep Water (which are one of my favourite works of fiction) while giving readers an incredibly unique feeling I have never experienced before (the closest word I can describe that feeling is awe) Calling it overrated is an insult to fiction as a whole

@@katipunan4212 I get the feeling u seem kinda offended bruh chill

I mean, is not like Brook could defeat a top tier villain or something, he just a side character like most of the others, I think that aspect of one piece is overrated

@@arkex449 does a character need to be able to defeat a top tier villain to be enjoyable?

@@arkex449 So what? Why does that matter lol I don't see Chad from Bleach beating any top tier villains or Kiba from Naruto

@@arkex449 I honestly hope the reappearance of old villains (if you know, you know) can bring this kind of thing into it, like I could see Robin, Usopp or Franky pulling something open in the current arc

Honestly out of the big 3 naruto has the worst use of its side characters. They all get forgotten rather quickly or become irrelevant because of the power Gap or because of the narrative shift. Honestly I feel like even fairy tale is better at handling side character than naruto.

Very true cuz of how tragic that really is

agreed

robin still the saddest imo, alone since kid and people around you keep betrayin you is more deep than old man alone

@@Farisss11 Yea but in my opinion I think that not even having anyone to be BETRAYED BY is even sadder

@@Ramzan69 I don't mean to compare the characters sad backstory. But being alone for decades is wayy better than living under pressure and fear that someone will betrayed you and sold you to the world government who annihilated not only your friends (what Brook experienced) but your entire island (people you know for your whole life at that point). Being bullied because she has powers as a child, called as monster when she was at least 8 years old. Her parents left and she lived with abusive aunts who not only abuse her but also low-key enslaved her. Finally meet her mom, her mom refused to acknowledge her for a while, but when they finally came back together for like only 10 seconds, they got separated again, not understand why her mom choose to not be with her at that time. Knowing that the government purposely blame her innocent people as not only just criminals but as devils when they discovered who's the devil one. Being told that she wasn't supposed/worth to live after lost her entire life. Not even time to mourn for her family and friends because constant fear and being chased. And not to mentioned she has to continue her friends and mom's dream about the blank history knowing fully well that that's what caused them and your entire island was annihilated. Robin has to live that life for 20+ years and doing so, she stop caring about her own emotions. And at least Brook and his crew knows their goal are to come back to Laboon while Robin has no purpose in life when the buster call happened. She just wants to survive after that Yeah all of that makes watching your friends who are pirates, and all of you know full well that you could die by doing so, died. While trying to keep your last moment to be a happy one

Zoro has a good backstory in a vacuum. The problem is that, as the story progressed, Oda began writing backstories that were much more detailed, usually over the course of several chapters. Zoro's backstory isn't bad, but it's certainly overshadowed by every other Strawhat's (except Usopp's) as well other non-Strawhat characters like Oden and Law. I think that's why so many of us were disappointed when Zoro didn't get an extension to his backstory in Wano. While I loved Luffy's and Sanji's second backstories, I don't think they were as necessary as Zoro's would have been since Luffy and Sanji had more detailed first backstories. Still, I like Zoro's flashback a lot and I bet Oda would have probably extended it if Zoro was introduced later than the first arc.

It's that Zoro's backstory is weaker than the others.

I like that zoro’s backstory is so simple compared to the rest of the cast. It shows his insane dedication, that merely a friend’s death pushed him to become a top tier. It just works imo, ofc could be better but it’s not as bad as people make it seem

It might have been an accident, but in Japan "fell down the stairs" usually means "took their own life". It's just a theory though.

Zoro also shows another side at the end of enes lobby, in a single side story episode they have him basically get adopted by an old woman and he basically becomes a big brother for the episode. He shows his caring and protective side

Can we get much higher?

so high

Fr.

@@Name_Pending- oh oh oh, oh oh oh-oh

easy.

What's Oyasumi Punpun? I've read the other three, not this one. In fact, never even heard of it

@@krishbohra5536 a psychological story

@@krishbohra5536 It's a romance, slice of life with psychological drama. Go check it out. It's light hearted and a good relaxing read especially when you read all the depressing and gore stuffs, oyasumi punpun really cleanses your mind.

The person above me wants to see the world burn lmao

I dont if you are caught up with the manga, but as of now, is very mysterious that Zoro stayed with Brook somewhere and is very mature about having to protect and being a line of defense of sorts.

We literally got a Zoro flashback in Wano and y’all still aren’t satisfied 😂 Oda wont ever give Zoro a WCI type focus like he did Sanji. Y’all are the same type of ppl who complained about sanji not getting a serious 1v1 in WCI. Oda clearly PRIMARILY focuses on strength for Zoro and character for Sanji. Neither of them will ever have 100% of both.

I only enjoy week to week because I have some ppl who I geek out about every ch. I don't go insane over the ch, but I love to discuss it

Well said I suppose.

Nah its its Ichigo.. He is now 27 years old..

@@abyzz4419 at the start of the series ichigo is 15 theirs a 2 year jump that makes him 17 and then by the final chapter hes a full adult. by that same logic, Naruto is in his 30s now maybe older

@@abyzz4419 if we're going by now then naruto beats everyone in experience

That’s such a stupid reason to not have an emotional journey or growth. Guts is an adult and still develops emotionally lol.

That's so true! Only Oda could have come up with a man made of mochi and made his fight one of the best, while doing amazing character work too.

Funny since Law's fruit is OP, pun intended

Lucci got a regular ass zoan but made it work so well with his martial arts!

This is probably why I like usopp and nami fights so much as it basically weak characters using their skills to the absolute fullest to compete

Man really called Law and Enel’s abilities weak

dude, I've never seen any one piece or naruto fans giving props like this to Bleach, (just my opinion, I don't wanna create any fandomtard wars, but, for many reasons I can't caught up to naruto and one piece compared to bleach...)

@@strongstateofmind5420 its all personal taste my boy. Personally I love all three, although Bleach is my favorite of the three 👍

@@NinthShinigami yeah, at the end, it's always good to see some people respecting all three beside all these toxic fans XD

if all anime fans could think like you, we would live in an utopia

Yea merphy had a great video expanding on your thoughts that I feel like anyone who dislikes FMI should watch because it really is about the overall conflict of discrimination and hatred towards fishmen and how you can move forward from that.

@@TyRendition Merphy's video was good, the part that i think alot of people missed (and again not gonna give the full essay) Fishman Island is Oda's answer to how you tackle a really difficult question of how to fight for racial equality, the first point Oda makes is that violence is necessary, Fisher Tiger didnt slaughter people but he definitely got people killed and caused tons of property damage he became a legendary pirate and a Jimbe would continue being a large enough threat that eventually a deal was offered. HOWEVER Oda also has Otohime who represents the time to step away from violence, she even sacrifices herself to keep harm from being done to someone who completely deserves it. Her actions are why Jimbe took the deal and began the process of now working within the system and having a powerful connection. The second and most powerful point Oda makes is that despite the anger of the Fishman being justified and despite the humans being the one's to have really started all of this racial violence, it had to be the fishman to put away their hatred first. was the fair no, did they have every right to hate humans, yes , should the humans have come looking for forgiveness first, absolutely in a perfect world. But the world isnt perfect and sometimes the person who gets hurt the most has to also be the bigger man if they want change.

Tbf the reading experience isn’t really that amazing, but the moment, Hody gets asked what they have done to him and he‘s just like „nothing“, but I’m still the biggest racist ever was so powerful. This one came incredibly unexpected for me, because Oda always has something tragic happen especially to the really irredeemable villains. In my memory it‘s an amazing arc, but I remember not liking it while reading it

It may just be that the anime makes the ark more enjoyable to watch, because I've had a fun time with FMI.

To add on to this point, the final fate of Hody is perfect due to the same reason, his old and obsolete ideas and will are left behind, and he and those that follow him end up old and withered just like those ideas.

I understand why people hate week to week, but idk. Even without the community aspect, it’s just fun to have the manga progress as you progress through life, and you can look back at those chapters and associate them with that time in your life. I’ve only been week to week for around 2 years (I’ve been a fan for 8), and it’s given me something to look forward to on most Sundays. I agree too, the reveals can be awesome to read. I’m a newbie, but reading Chapters 1010, 1053, and especially 1043 and 1044 as they came out were some of my experiences with fiction. Despite some of my problems with Gear 5 (My problems are lorewise only, I fucking love the design and toonforce abilities), it has a special place in my heart for the magical experience I had when reading the reveal chapter. Overall, week to week ain’t that bad if you ignore the fandom.

Because Onigashima, specifically from Roof Piece to Gear 5 was a fucking dreadful experience, the pacing was godawful, and it felt like nothing was happening. Post-Onigashima was way too rushed, but Egghead rn has been a really good week to week. But yeah Wano was getting hard to read week to week

I don't really get it too tbh, especially because I've practically been reading it weekly since....2008? lmaooo Anyways, I understand that some parts could feel a somewhat draggy, but I do feel that the slow buildup is what makes One Piece so fun and engaging. It doesn't instantly give you the answer you're looking for and keeps everyone on their toes.

I guess bc ppl are desesperate and cant wait for smth to get a conclusion

To me it's like watching someting live or later on. Following manga weekly/monthly is completely different experience. I like my fantasy shounen/seinen, last year i binge read Jujutsu Kaisen, Chainsaw man, Demon Slayer, Gantz, Fire Punch and i enjoyed all of them but it's not the same feeling when you are able to see in real time what author is doing with his art. I understand that every manga takes time, finished series wasn't released at once. Maybe it's just me but reading completed story or big part of the story makes me forget about the time authors spends doing this. Following weekly/monthly reminds me of that.

Kill the captain that was suppose to die

TYBW is my pick for anime of the year 👍 they’re doing a phenomenal job imo

the animation is sad tbh... Couldve been much better

@@NinthShinigami let’s just hope that this quality sticks throughout to the end because I truly hope for the best for Bleach

@@alextihor1190 The episodes are setups the big fights are coming in ep 5 and beyond that have some absolutely insane stuff animate with these fights.

i meant 588 not 808 💀 i was thinking of something else when i wrote 808

Ace will and always be my favorite fictional character ever man I love him so much

Luffy has most definitely changed a lot

Luffy definitely isn’t a static character. Static is a strong word if you know the definitions of it in writing. A lot of character development in one piece is subtle. It is not something explicitly shown like Berserk or Naruto. Luffy as a character has grown a lot even up till Wano, if you notice the subtle changes in his character.

i was going to recommend the vid too 😂

Dude exactly. One piece can lag in some areas, but its lows are still higher than some highs in other anime. 😱some arcs have drawn out parts , but are followed up with GOLDEN episodes that not only tie up loose ends, shift the tide of the monotony, or make up for the draggy-ness (I know there’s a word for this but my brain can’t word today lol) , but make you shout “THIS IS WHY I LOVE ONE PIECE!!” 😭😭 SPOILERS: dressrosa dragged in the middle (I know this was only an anime problem, I hear the manga was perfect pacing), but holy crap did some of the most pivotal moments in that arc make it shoot to the #1 spot for me (close tie with water 7/ennies lobby)…Sabo coming back, Bellamy seeing Luffy’s shadow in Skypiea, fujitora being a Badass blind admiral that wants to abolish the warlords system, ace’s devil fruit being a prize, sabo eating said devil fruit, god ussop, Bartolomeo being luffy’s fan, the bird cage closing, law’s backstory, senior pink’s backstory, everyone from the colosseum eventually siding together to take down Doffy, everyone including the Navy working together with pirates to push back the cafe, fujitora pretty much saying he wishes he’d undo blinding himself just to witness the man Luffy is, and the freaking straw hat fleet where everyone is ready to pledge loyalty to Luffy and he’s basically like “do whatever you want, all I care about is freedom 💖🥰” and they still drink to set it in stone anyway 🥹 absolutely worth it!!

Yeah for me personally one piece has one of the greatest binging experiences but a poor weekly for its major arcs because it takes a while to build things up and its easy to forget alot.

But The Experience Of Reading Chapters is in heat when they release

you are correct but thats characterization , masked is not talking about that

Yea post thriller, he cool before that

Im in Dressrosa but his attitude towards Jimbei dueing fishmen island arc really urked me. Cant wait for the Whole Cake Saga.

​@@TheMaskedMan I still miss big brain sanji

@@nou2097 we all do 😩

Agreed, and to add a little bit, I think not everyone needs a tragic backstory like Law or Robin, but everybody should have a dream of sorts and determination to accomplish it. Zoro and Usopp fit that mold, while Zoro is one dimensional in his dream, his determination and character is multi-dimensional since we have seen time and time again that he was kind of selfish and said to Luffy he will leave if he could fulfill his dream, but as time went on he started being more empathic and culminated with the "nothing happened" moment, and from there is always being the first crewmate, acting as the cold common sense but without being too harsh sometimes and even going into action for others, as we saw in Wano with the smile village, and the rare instances he co-op with Sanji to take down someone. Also I find it extremely interesting that Zoro has cried like only twice in the whole series, once for Kuina and the other after his defeat against Mihawk, showing that his emotions are at a peak when his dream could be snuff out or he was directly involved in said dream being crushed but all other instances he is stoic, worry or excited in the most dire of situations but never afraid or crying, which shows that he has full confidence in himself and the crew that they will come on top.

"They always win"! Bro read Summit war saga again, don't talk random BS!

@@sajalghosh9309 bruh that was 10 years ago, talking about weekly reading. wano was the largest scale arc yet and there was no tension, Kaido didn’t get a single kill. The only ones were Ashura and Izo who no one even thought was dead. Kiku didn’t mourn Izo at all and apparently no one like Shuten. That’s the consequence of treating death like a joke. Kinemon, Kiku, Kanjuro, blue scarf, Luffy all had fake out deaths, obviously *on Luffy. There was no tension in Wano. Even the characters themselves never had any doubt except for half a chapter which was executed poorly

@@jadenbbbruh5227 then mention it that you're talking about wano!

That can be said about most shonen however OP I think luffy has a lot of Ls in this series even in wano he lost to kaido three times.

@@sajalghosh9309 Yeah just read 500+ chapters to get to the only arc where characters actually face consequences. LMAO

Exactly! I People hate it because they think it’s too funny or the humor is misplaced, but the thing is it came after such a serious arc (water 7/ennies lobby), and is followed up by even more serious arcs in which they go on a downhill battle that lasts for hundreds of episodes (the straw hats separating, marineford, then 2 years of not seeing one another), so it was like the much needed comedic relief calm before the storm arc. But I say this as someone who has binge watched back to back in 2021, so I do see while watching it weekly and not knowing the absolute chaos that is coming next would make someone go “…?” You’re right too that it mostly focuses on the straw hats, which i love because in retrospect, the next few arcs theyre either completely away from one another or always splitting up (other than fish man island and punk hazard ) I loved thrilled bark cuz I absolutely loved that kind of humor, but I can acknowledge too that it had some extremely poignant moments like the ones you mentioned and is incredibly important to the story!! And Laboon omf especially Laboon 😱

Some of the moments are dragged

His time to shine is definitely coming. Mihawk vs Zoro is definitely gonna bring back kuina into the story, whether that be flashbacks or a plot twist with them turning out to be alive.

It’s still a bummer that Zoro didn’t get a well fleshed out story for Wano. He did get some character progression during his fight with King but everyone assumed that Wano was going to be Zoro’s arc because of the samurai theme.

@@subtleprelude2400 I mean Zoro is probably gonna get a few flashbacks to Wano, like him returning Ryuma's sword. But I think Oda is keeping alot about Zoro mysterious for the reunion with him and Mihawk, like how he lost his eye and of course Zoro turning enma into a black blade (if that is whats going to happen)

I think that tophs character design is what makes her stand out Like being blind and being the youngest in the avatar crew yet still being the secind strongest is such a contrast Compared to zoro who already looks badass and is the second strongest in the crew would just be an obvious thing

Wish ya the best and don't rush it🤝

take breaks

Honestly I feel like sanji is underrated now days right?

@@crocoboi7936 by the toxic crybaby insecure zorotards

@@rajeshwar9329 sometimes

Wait...sanji had really great moments in thriller bark, sabaody. I agree with the post timeskip sanji being a mess but pre timeskip sanji was like a trump card of strawhats. He had big brain moments throughout pretimskip.

@@307nishchay8 thriller bark was the start of perv Sanji. Hell nah

Bruh i had a reverse experience. I read part 7 after every Jojo fan was screaming about it being the peak and i had to read through part 1-8 just to understand part 7 well enough. And tbh i was very dissatisfied. It was very good ofc, but i expected it to give me the same level of excitement as berserk or 20th century boys or even one piece. Part 2, 4 and 8 was way more enjoyable. Though my opinion is among the minorities. Different people have different levels of enjoyment ig. I mean JoJo's also is pretty much held down buy it's toxic fandom as well. It goes either way.

Those fanbases can be bad, but the one piece fanbase has become a lot worst over the years.

Naruto fans been very chill lately one pice fans have been horrible lately tbh anime and manga fans of late just been horrible in general and a lot of the sounding like npc’s

he said in some video that he will put it at 25 or below 25 but he was not caught up with the story

@@udayjoshi223 yeah I remember that but since he made this video he finished wano and formed new opinions and might rate it higher so I was wondering where he would put it in his new top 100.

I agree on the setup arcs being better than the climax arcs, though one big reason for me that the climax arcs tend to drag on too long where as the setup arcs tend to get straight to the point.

@@djmeagaaim17 Yeah, like so much shit goes down in water 7 and it has phenomenal character moments especially for Robin and Usopp but then Enies Lobby spends an eternity on shit like the train ride there.

Just read the manga lmao

@@retroburst155 I have, the issues still stand, I actually like how the anime handles certain aspects a lot more but the abysmal pacing definitely makes the manga better

@@projectmessiah most of the points for me disappear except for the marineford thing

I think its another case of Arlong Park where his backstory will be explained in later arcs.

i found kaido pretty shallow too and didn't read week to week

he had the potentail but was not fleshed out i think when god valley incident flashback will in manga than kaido's character will be fleshed out

@@shadowofthenorthstar989 the problem isn’t that he’s shallow. A lot of great villains are shallow. The problem is that we were teased about depth and a great backstory. So when we finally got his backstory, we were underwhelmed.

Agreed. RoT is such an under appreciated masterpiece.