(Light Spoilers if you're not caught up) Something about the Ace cover story that you may have missed that might make you feel better about it: The milk girl (Moda) that Ace helps is the same girl whose island that the revolutionary captains help when they were revealed and also the same island (Lulusia) which Sabo saves in the recent chapters. She's now with the revolutionary army on Ivankov's island.

People screech about Ace's Great BB Search introducing the cornerstone of One Piece, Moda the Milkgirl, but actually, the real point of the story was introducing the notion that Ace will go nuclear on anyone talking shit about Whitebeard, even to the detriment of his own mission. Now, where might have we seen that play out before?

also id like to point out that wapol accidentaly made the strongest metal in one piece by combining scrap and named it wapo metal and its important because franky say that is what genral franky is made out of so wapol cover story has lore significance

The cover story is one of the best ideas oda has had. The power of planning, folks.

“From the decks of the world” were one of the best for those who read the manga weekly at that time, since we never seen those characters for several years, some for over ten plus years. But I guess if you read the cover pages all at once after catching up, and you already seen some of those characters in the main plot, it results in to having a less impact.

I think you missed the "Where They Are Now" series. Which aren't really counted as cover stories, but they are basically the same thing. They are bit of predecessors for the 2 "From the decks of the world" series that replace them after the time-skip, but have also more storytelling, being focused on just a few small groups of characters. "Where are they now" is divided in two parts. The first part shows the tribes of Skypiea starting to live in peace together, the second part follows the lifes of the Galley-La company and the former Franky Family after the events of Water 7

What do you mean Ace’s Blackbeard is not good and doesn’t do any world building? Ace’s life is saved by Moda. And because of that he agrees to deliver her letter. But when he infiltrates the Marines he blows his cover pretty quick. Yet he saves a Marine’s life in the wreckage of the burning ship and retrieves valuable information on Blackbeard. The bad coffee meeting was run by Vice Admiral Comil who we also see throughout the story. So this story not only introduced Moda the Milkmaid, who we formally meet 100s of chapters later when the Revos arrive on Lulusia and she became an eventual Revo herself. It also explains how Ace found Blackbeard, through the info on the Marine scout ship. And overall it’s just funny and feel good before Ace’s story turns very serious (Banaro and onwards).

So, while you may not be a fan of Ace's story, you're somewhat wrong in there being no world buidling. Moda, the girl who's milk he delivers, is someone we see appear in the main story. She's the milk girl the revolutionaries save from Peach Beard. And that island was also the kingdom of Lulusia, which if you're caught up to the manga, you know why it's relevant.

The Straw Hats separation cover stories were significantly expanded in the anime as filler. And I think it significantly elevates the cover stories by adding more development and depths in their characters, while having some very funny moments like Franky's personality shifted. Robin's side stories is my favourite cause she has the world building is just amazing at portraying the dark side of the WG.

The "cute enough" group should be renamed "cover stories I don't yet comprehend the importance of" lol

The straw hat separation serial makes more sense while you're reading the manga, since between arcs we would check on them in the chapters and during the arcs (Amazon Lily, Impel Down and Marineford) we would get these cover stories.

When it comes to CP9 on the run from the navy, it turns out Spandam blamed them for the debacle at Enies Lobby. So they have to be incognito while Lucci heals and the end is CP9 promising Spandam they will have revenge. How they managed to get pardoned and promoted to CP0 is still a mystery, I was hoping it would be revealed when Lucci and Kaku showed up on Egghead, and they would just monologued a bit to the Strawhats about their frustrations, it might still happen when we go back, we really want to know.

The murals on the moon depict all 3 races of sky people we know so far, Brikkans, Skypieans, Shandorians (you can distinguish them based on their wings, hairstyle, clothing). Also Spoilers if you're not caught up: No idea if you noticed, but that "Ace getting Milk"- story takes place on Lulucia. The same island the WG destroys after reverie. Milk girl was among the survivors who joined the revolutionaries.

Bro I love your videos and usually agree with you... But Enel's story not being a MUST READ?!? It's like, insanely important. The world of One Piece now canonically has goddamn SPACE PIRATES and an ancient, technologically advanced civilization on the moon ala Ancient Kingdom, plus it shows the origins of multiple sky island races and potentially showed all three ancient weapons on that wall mural.

I actually like how enel would use his abilities on everyone he encounters. Feels like he's experienced with luffy really f*cked him up, plus he doesn't know what rubber really is.

Even tho Gedatsu didn’t make the greatest impact of a villain, I liked his cover story for personal reasons. His hand twitching and general mannerisms suggest he’s neurotic and likes to help people, even though he doesn’t reflect a generally friendly demeanor. He helped the yellow shirt guy revive his failing water tapping business solely because he gave him a bed and some food. He worked so hard to the point where he accidentally dug a hole into Alabasta, allowing for a great deal of water to flow in and naturally heat up like an Onsen hot spring. Idk what specific reason Oda had in mind for that cover story, but I appreciate it nonetheless because it’s a silly little redemption story for a character who did deserve better than being a crony to Enel.

It's an absolute crime that most of them did not get animated. We missed out on so fucking much story, lore and fun

Ace’s story is my favorite by far! It really built on his goofy character and kept me looking forward to seeing him join the adventure during the years between Alabasta and you-know-what. Remember that the manga didn’t have the filler episodes where Ace travels the desert with the crew. He just said hi and dipped.

That cover stories were not used in place of fillers was such a waste. Now its too late.

So many detail and connection missing, no wonder your ranking a mess

The aftermath of Jimbei’s solo journey is that Jimbei will later send the poneglyph he discovered to Big Mom before the Whole Cake Island Arc. Wadatsumi would also end up joining the Sun Pirates.

The reason why CP9 was hunted by the Goverment was because Spandam pinned all the blame for the Enies Loby incident on them in order to avoid getting punished himself, with the help of his father (who at that point was a member of Cypher Pol for decades)

the downplay of aces search is crazy

The main connections of Ace's cover story to the main story is that the island he was on for most of it was Lulusia kingdom and the girl from it showing back up when the Rev's saved the island

Ener cover story start going wild when you start researching every little detail, my head hurt a lot from that

Personally “from the decks of the world” are some my favorites...just catching up with all the familiar faces we miss being proud of the strawhats Idk if it’s just me or maybe they just hit different reading as you go instead of separated from the chapters but I really like them.

I think Jimbei's story has potentially insane lore implications, we saw ruins submerged in the water (possibly saying that sea levels were much lower in the past) and there also was a paw print on one of them, the same we saw in Vegapunk's laboratory

Django’s Dance Party was in fact animated, it’s a small 5 minute OVA.

I think someone missed who the gilr in the cow farm was... XD That was the girl from the Lulucia kingdom the revolutionaries saved... and then she joined Sabo when escaping from the destruction...

You don’t like from the deck of the world and 500 million man kinda surprise me. My favorite chapter in Onepiece is chapter 439 after watersven saga where we see all people react to strawhat bounty. I read Onepiece for 15 years so I always adore anytime we see old time face reading weekly.

7:59 I think it's just his pride. Imagine: "The great ex-warlord Sir Crocodile got rescued by a 16 year old girl."

Not any sort of super special comment, just wanted to mention I love your videos and look forward to when you release new ones. I love One Piece and its cover stories are a lot of fun too, being bonus content that just makes them all the more interesting. :) Looking forward to your next video!

I will never not believe Koby and Helmeppo were not supposed to be a representation of young Luffy and young Ace respectively. I have a feeling most of Luffy's backstory was always planned (maybe not Sabo and Dandan, but Garp, Ace, Dragon, and the obvious chapter 1 stuff for sure), and so its narratively obvious, once thought about, that Garp, obviously feeling like he failed Luffy and Ace to an extent, would take a crybaby with a lot of potential and a cold but loyal asshole under his wing to train, because those were who Luffy and Ace were before they grew up. And Garp did do them good. Make jokes about Fists of Love and favorite children all you want, but its obvious Garp was not a good parental figure for Luffy and Ace, and its obvious he is trying to make it up to himself by raising Koby and Helmeppo better. Koby and especially Helmeppo get very little coverage in the story, but even with the little of Helmeppo we get, we can tell he has changed and is genuinely pretty strong, I'd claim (even if Koby tends to steal his spotlight as an up and coming Marine hero) And Koby is now a star, and is a foil for Luffy. Not in literal strength, or even importance, but in ideology and past. Point being I love the Diary of Koby-Meppo

getting closure on Pound's story genuinely made me cry lmfao thanks for that. subbed

15:28 Fun factor? I enjoy seeing old and new characters that members of the Straw hats know react to their new bounties. Also seeing where some are now after the 2 year time skip. You did this one dirty my guy.

It may not be exactly the same, but of course if you haven't watched the Django's Dance Carnival short, it's great. I'm pretty sure you probably have, but anyone who hasn't definitely should. I remember seeing it years before I even got into One Piece, and it was just a lot of fun!

Gravity is what holds the planets in orbit around the sun and what keeps the moon in orbit around Earth. The gravitational pull of the moon pulls the seas towards it, causing the ocean tides. Gravity creates stars and planets by pulling together the material from which they are made.

The Ace cover story completely went over his head. What a massive L take.

you might be aware, but there's a 5 minute short film called Django's Dance Carnival

I hope the next cover story will be about the beast pirates after getting defeated

That first one of the chef chasing ace, Pandaman is having tea, and looks like Luffy is at a table

I think its worth noting that while in universe its only been like two weeks to a month between Deck of the World and 5 mil Berri Man, in real time they were years apart so it doesnt have the same weight as if someone was reading it all at once

2:35 the celestial dragon being there like 400 chapters early is straight stupid. Oda, you god.

Where do you go to read the cover stories?

yea massive miss on the ace cover story, people usually have that in the top 3

8:28 Damn Oda foreshadowed about crocodile joining Buggy via his clothing 🙇‍♂️🙇‍♂️ Edit : And caribu knows about two ancient weapon's Shirahoshi and Pluton

The last one does have a couple pretty big revelations, but I also liked the fact that it further humanized the Vinsmoke siblings. Especially since Ichiji's the one who originally was willing to leave fallen family behind (Reiju when she got hit, and he didn't rush to Judge's aid when he went down either), yet he joins Reiju in rescuing Niji and Yonji.

Former members of CP9 were fleeing from the Navy because of their inability to capture Nico Robin. Their mission was to capture the demon child, but once she was freed, Spanton, the leader of CP9, wanted his former colleagues dead to avoid getting into trouble. It's worth noting that Spanton's father was initially tasked with capturing Robin, but he relinquished his position to his son. However, Spanton's father is a more skilled fighter than his son, who only got the job due to nepotism. Additionally, it was Spanton who accidentally activated the buster call Snail, putting his companions in danger of being killed.

Enel's story is a continuation of his dream of ruling the moon. You get to see first hand the significance behind the straw hat and the how the moon people are skypeians, as depicted from the wall mural.

You should rank the Where They Are Now cover stories as well, they aren't an official cover story series but they're canon cover story showings of what characters are up to.

The dog pissing on Wapol is 10/10 content

Jango's story is animated in a pre movie special called "Jango's Dance Carnival". well part of it anyway

FINALLY!!!! LOL miss ya bro

Wow! What are the odds I would actually be eating cake when you used the phrase "takes the cake"?

7:41 no. We saw her use it on pirates after Alabasta before Bon Clay sacrificed himself to let Luffy and Crew escape and considering this takes place after... you get the rest.

The Gedatsu cover history is a inside joke between me and my wife for almost 12 years.

Sorry to be that guy but it's Diez Drake.

Young judge's hair looks like sanjis hair when he goes super saiyan

Lmfao them leaving pound after he reveals he is their father is so fuckin funny man 😂

For Caribous story, The last we see of X Drake pre time skip was on this island talking to Scotch asking if this was Kadio's Island. Also Caribou knows Pluto is under Wano now as well.

So for the CP9 stuff. Basically if you a CP agent and you fail your mission, you are then categorized as a criminal, and be hunted by the marines and thrown in prison. The WG pulls a, "we don't know you" card. Pretty messed up

Thanks. I started the manga after I caught up at the beginning of whole cake and never went back to read the cover stories

Many people pointed out the milk girl. But i havent seen anyone mention the Nika pose Ace does in his cover story

I love listening to these the one piece is real !

Can someone please tell me what the name of the bakcground music is??? I know its like a classic pirate song but I JUST CANT FİND İT

The jango dance was partially animated in a weird way in a one piece special it's an interesting episode to check out

14:20 fun fact, we saw scotch before the time skip when drake found his island and learned it was kaidos territory

8:30 I never realized the Rodger outfit until now, and it's so obvious 💀

Denny Denny Denny. Nice to see ya. Er hear ya. Whoever decided to stop animating the cover stories in the anime should never get to decide anything ever again.

Damn the amount of downplay on Ace's story is insane

spot on with the baroque works cover story

Django's dance carnival is very close to an animated version of that cover story you mentioned. Not beat for beat, but it's an extremely similar concept and may scratch that itch to see a bunch of One Piece characters dancing to a giant mirror ball lmao

You forgot little Buggys Big Adventure

Cp9 was chased and killed for failure, cipher pol doesnt accept failure

I am wondering if you really READ the Cover Story or just ENJOYING the Picture 🤷

I believe ace cover is a must read its really great how oda made it clear that ppl like him and luffy everywhere they go the place get alot better after they leave think about it and its always like that in the cover story the happy stuff only happen cuz luffy went here and did that but the only diff here is that its ace doing its not only luffy that can free the people and make their live better plus its not the only thing we get to know in ace cover like it tell us about his character how he get his clue for bb and the girl we see later in the story

9:37 i think the old man find one of these robot that was left behind or a blueprint of them decipher it and create his own version of them. Likely is part of the forgotten history of One Piece world, with the lore Oda revealed in Skypea, it surely we can fully understand it because we lack some data. PD: what if the ship Enel made is a replica of the one in the wall, it's likely a previous user of his fruit create it and the original robots.

Nearly everyone in the comments is talking about Moda and that made me happy

As to your question of why CP9 is being chased by the Navy, it's probably because that the WG was looking for someone to pin the blame on for their failure. They had both Pluton's plans and a way to read Ponglyphs in their hands and because they weren't able to prevent losing either of them to the Strawhat's, they are the scapegoat for the Navy

They did animate Django’s Disco Paradise! Its an OVA so its not considered a filler!

For me it's a shame they only ever animated like 2 cover stories in the entire One Piece Anime before the Marineford arc since it would have been so great seeing these characters return in they're own stories like Miss Goldenweek, Ace, Jango and Hatchan while also explaining what happened to them between stories

Caribou also knows that the Pluton is located in Wano County so if that gets out. Wano will be in alot of trouble

How anime only people live withouth the cover stories

The wapol as the little match girl is ptoabably my favourite panel ever

Im not a manga reader but i definitely will be once i get enough money to buy them. Where can i get these cover stories? What are they, are they included in the manga or something else?

i would just want to see judge face getting to know that sanji beat queen from the source

Answering a question about the Crocodile unwillingness to escape the prison. In the Impel Down, he says that after his failed plan in Alabasta, which he spend 3 years on executing, he lost interest in the outside world. So when he was given an opportunity to escape back then, he denied it, and only decided to join Juffy in Impel Down, cause he wanted to get his revenge on Whitebeard. I am not quite sure about why Mr. 1 decided to stay with him, but for Crocodile the reason is clear

The disco island was a short before one of the movies

ENEL CUTE ENOUGH ARE YOU SERIOUS

Ace's story was a bit different, but it was so in key with his character. He sees a kid who needs his help? He's going to help that kid. Just like he did with Tama in Wano

12:56 wouldn't Dadan know Sabo is alive if she read the paper so much to gather these scrapbooks of Ace and Luffy? (And did Ace ever find out?)

The first time Hina's ability was revealed was at the conclusion of Alabasta. So the conclusion of Django's Dance Paradise happens before this reveal with him and Fullbody serving under Hina during that conclusion. Which is why the Cover Stories are so important because it gives additional context to the evolving world around the One Piece. Also, One Piece is a fantasy. It's not "forcing yourself to have it both ways" if you give characters important narrative sacrifices and they still can have a happy ending. That's part of what fantasies are about... they aren't realistic.

my man, have you not seen djangos dance island?

One piece cover stories+ perturbator in the background, must like

From the decks of the world technically got an anime adaptation if you count...the credits to Film Red

Milk girl Moda does come back later for the reverie arc.

10:31 Spandan give the order as revenge and to cover up lose ends, because of all happen on Eneas Lobby(as he do thing being the backs of his Marine superiors that involve ancestral weapons and the destruction of it(basically try to blame them fo the whole incident) He as enough authority to send low rank Marines. PD: this history set a precedent for current arc on egghead, the member of the CP9 aren't loyal either the marine or the mundial government and don't gonna let them simply execute them.

As a first time reader who's now at like, chapter ~300ish I have to disagree with Diary of Koby-Meppo only being 'cute enough'. For me, that cover story (and the anime episodes covering the story) is genuinely what made One Piece stand out as a series to me, and is a MUST READ/SEE. Koby and Helmeppo are one of the first characters we're ever introduced to, and you'd usually not give them much thought. Just some crybaby kid who has big ambitions and this stuck-up snob who's obviously written to be disliked, right? Well, not here. Not only do we get to find out what Koby and Helmeppo have been up to ever since Morgan's defeat, but we get to see these two genuinely grow and develop as characters in this Cover Story and fight for their own dreams and ambitions. It's extremely groundbreaking for it's time, and is one of the first amazing examples of just how insanely well the worldbuilding is handled in One Piece. I bet you serious money that in most other Shounen series, we would've NEVER gotten this much love and attention for such 'forgettable' characters like them. At most, they'd suddenly show up MUCH later, already having completed their training. But in One Piece, Oda takes genuine time and care to make sure that even these two, even HELMEPPO of all people, get the development and attention he deserves. It's even better when you later come to find out that Koby and Helmeppo (especially Koby) become very relevant in their own rights. Plus, this is where we get introduced to Garp, another extremely important character to the story. I could go on as to why this Cover Story is so significant for One Piece as a whole, but I think you get the idea.

Wasn’t the island of weird animals one was that a whole ass chapter

its luffy and coby tag to defeat the evil girl , this time the pirate need a aid from navy