I want to remind everyone that when Ace was dying, he said that he doesn't regret anything, besides not seeing Luffy accomplish his dream, which is interesting because we thought he meant Luffy being pirate king but he was talking about Luffy's other/real dream, that's crazy.

The shading on Sabo's face was coming from the side which implies he wasn't on the island but instead on a boat next to the island. Everyone else was directly under the light.

There are even more connections to the number 16 that you missed. On Enel’s cover story on the moon, he finds a mural that seems to depict the 3 ancient weapons. The part that should be Uranus is a 16-pointed sun. The other main connection is that “Imu” can be read as 16 in Kanji.

Something else to mention is that this may actually recontextualize Tequila Wolf a bit. Maybe the island they were originally building toward got wiped out by Uranus, and then they just kept building past it because all evidence of the island's existence was erased.

This also implies that the Fishman Island is not under Marijeois out of pure chance, but out of desperation. It's the only place in the world where Im can't nuke them without nuking themselves. And this also implies that there used to be more races like the Lunarians in the one piece world, but they got nuked to make way for the humans. The minks probably only survived because they kept moving around so Im couldn't point to them on a map. And maybe Skypieans survived because they're so high up in the air so Im can't reach them?

Imu strikes me as the type of person who only gets involved when they absolutely need to. No point in being a shadow dictator when you're always involved. Imu probably spends most of their time chilling out in Pangea Castle or somewhere on the Red Line, probably somewhere isolated from the rest of the world. I also like the think that the other Celestial Dragons but don't speak his name to commoners because Imu will kill them if they do.

I love how much people talk about Im Sama again. This is what we needed if he is really the final Villain

One thing I find interesting are the connections between Im and Doflamingo. For example in chapter 782 we see Doflamingo standing on top a mountain of garbage, with his executives kneeling down at him, the paneling is very similar to the scene in chapter 908, where the Gorosei kneel before Im. Plus Doflamingo has his “16 holly bullets” attack, which is the same number of lasers Im used to destroy Lulusia.

I also wanna point out that Doffy implied the World Government had "some amazing treasure" that would've made him incredibly powerful if he had the immortal surgery done on him at the time. So it's likely that Uranos drains lifespan to use or something.

I feel the potential connection between Doffy's last attack and whatever was used to destroy Lulusia(potentially weapon Uranos) is super insightful. It would make a ton of sense for Doffy to model his best attack after the Celestial Dragons' best attack. This fits really well imo

Sabo isn’t dead because the light is coming from the side in the panel, which means he’s on a ship.

Imu legit got fed up with the Gorosei and the Marine's incompetence. Since the government possibly has Uranus, I want to see a power showcase between Pluton and Uranus in the future.

I’m assuming that The WG is wiping out The 8 Rebelling Kingdoms and Lulusia Kingdom just happened to be the first one they were targeting. That’s why The Gorusei said he was unlucky.

The crossing out the name of the kingdom in the map could probably have been just for dramatic purpose... a way to show that it was Imu's immediate order that destroyed the kingdom... a direct order from him that was "as simple" as crossing it out on a map to destroy a full country... Something similar to common villains in any movie "directing like an orchestra" or looking at a screen... stuff like that... while overlooking how their orders "control" what happens... Not saying that there is no chance a mental link is required... but i don't think the dramatic show of power Oda was making with the use of that weapon was meant to imply a mental link...

A war involving these three weapons kind of makes you wonder if during the Void Century there was a whole lot more land and it was just split up by the weapons. I'd also be interested to see a map in Pangaea Castle that has like 80 island crossed out and Nami commenting that she's never seen any of these island on any other map before.

I was expecting a 5ft long two handed war hammer for some reason, maybe in the future

I Heard This In GrandlineReview's Review 1060 And After Rereading The Chapter I Agree With Him. Sabo Probably Wasn't On The Island. The Lulusians Were Looking Up At Uranos As It Fired Sabo Was Looking To His Side. So He Probably Witnessed The Destruction Of Lulusia But Wasn't Hit.

Craziest part about the Bege moment was- next time we see him- he’s fine. He doesn’t mention losing crew, his working with big mom, no mentions about that incident whatsoever

I bet the ancient weapons have a rock, paper, scissors relationship like Uranus > Poseidon > Pluton > Uranus.

I'm surprised you didn't mention the Cave Drawings Enel saw with the floating ship, depicting what people are assuming the 3 weapons - the 16-point circle being Uranus just used by the WG. Also, what if the 3 weapons actually represent the 3 types of Devil Fruits?

For every Empire that has lasted a thousand years, there have been like three others that only lasted a couple hundred or less. Needless to say, for any power to last for 800 years is a feat.

Ohh I love the idea about the strongest conqueror's being able to override someone's will, or "brainwash" them. That would definitely add another layer to Imu's power, and could make confronting Imu super interesting. I love this idea, and the idea that it this power could belong to Imu. Awesome vid. Insightful

how are you pumping these vidoes out so fast wow just one after another i cant even finish one without another being uploaded! keep up the good work!

This is one of the best intros tekking has ever made, this is why I love him so much, congrats on 700K subscribers on youtube

Tekking deserves a customized plaque for the level of detail and enthusiasm he brings when analyzing videos.

About a "human element" being needed to control the Ancient Weapons: I am like 80% sure that in the German dub, the World Government wanted Nico Robin not just because of her ability to read Poneglyphs. She was said to be the only one able to control it due to her Devil Fruit. It's never brought up in the manga and I doubt it's even in the English dub. Just something that stuck in my head from way back in the day.

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Great animation of the lasers, Matthew! Good job, love your work.

My theory about this weapon comes from teh specific phrasing of the Gorosei. They said that Sabo was "Unlucky" for being exactly in that Kingdom. One can think "Oh, so they were going to already use it on that island because it was rebelling!" but that doesn't make sense for me. A Buster Call and that would be over. Or they could simply deal with that place normally. There is no reason for bringing the Space Laser for a mere Rebellion. So, what I think, is that Sabo was "Unlucky" because that kingdom is one of the palces where that laser beam (Let's call it Uranus), can work. It is NOT something that can be aimed anywhere whenever Im wants, it has SPECIFIC places where it can be used. But what are this specific places? They are the allied nations of the World Government. I think that when the World Government was formed, a specific "Beacon" was sent and planted in each of the kingdoms that formed it. This way, if they got out of line for some reason, Uranus could be brought to rain on top of them, erasing that kingdom from the world. The "Beacon" per se would be very big and clunky, so planting it somewhere would be no easy feat, makign installing it on enemy territory VERY hard, so they CAN'T use the weapon in places like Kamabakka Kingdom to erase the Revolutionary Army. And then that left me thinking "Wait, but we say how Uranus flew on top of the Lulusia Kingdom, why would it need a Beacon to shoot right down?". So then I thought that maybe it isn't simply a "Beacon", but a 2 Parts System. The Giant Aerial Fortress Uranus in the sky, and a second part installed on the ground. When Uranus is going to shoot, it's not that it shoots laser in a specific direction, but that the Lasers are generated in between both parts from a system where the energy flows from one to another. The Top part can be moved around freely while the Bottom part has to be installed in the ground, so by placing the Top part in a flying carrier they can make it work with a single one of them, while they install one of the Bottom everywhere where they might need it later. So, Sabo was "Unlucky" because he arrives at one of the Kingdoms that possessed one of the Bottom Parts of Uranus. If he had arrived in, let's say, Wano, or a Sky Island, or any Island that hasn't been absorbed by the World Government, they wouldn't be able to do anything about it. Maybe that's also why they couldn't use it against the Yonkou. Kaidou was in Wano, Teach in that island that appears to have been a nest of Pirates and criminals since forever, Shanks is always on the move, and Big Mom may have created her own island out of nowhere XD. Anyways, this is my theory of how Uranus works.

Tekking you shouldn’t second guess yourself about Im being from another planet. I’m convinced Im is the last survivor of the people of the moon that invaded during the void century. The cover story of Enel finding the wall paintings on the moon (Chp 472) seem to depict a battle of the moon people using Uranus and the Lunarians/Skypieans using Pluton and Poseidon. So I’m convinced that Im is the last survivor of these people of the moon. What’s interesting is the design of the celestial dragons, they appear to be wearing something similar to space suits and a helmet. Now I know in the context of the story they wear these helmets to not breathe the same air as normal people. What if that’s not the whole story ? What if they are descendants of the moon people also ? It could be where the moon people were forced to breed with humans to carry on their lineage. Im May be the last pure blood person of the moon. How they have survived so long and the others didn’t I don’t know yet.. Celestial also refers to outer space. This could be why the void century was wiped is they don’t want anyone to know that the world was actually invaded , and conquered. The people of the moon seated themselves as the rulers , and it was wiped from record. That might also be why Im is such a closely guarded secret, imagine if Im’s appearance isn’t human. Also another thing is The Dawn , The dawn only comes when the moon sets. The Moon rises then sets , and then comes the dawn. So the dawn might be a metaphor for the moon people rising to power , and only once they fall can the dawn of the new world be ushered in.

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The question I had is less "why didn't they buster call Lulucia" and more "why didn't they use whatever they just used on Ohara"

Dofi stated that they fear him because he knows about the existence of the national treasure

Ive been without power since yesterday because of the hurricane fiona down here in PR and i have to admit using a bit of the battery life for watching you tekking makes these moments a bit better

Very well edited. great content =)

the most underrated power that the wg has is propaganda. the power they have to destroy islands has always been there, they don't want to do that which is why it's a last resort. On paper the power to blow up islands is terrifying but it's a pointed attack, if people are pulling up they will be beaten as blowing up islands a stationary object does nothing to stop mobile combatants. The op being something that makes people understand that and attack the wg makes the most sense. the wg is oppression incarnate, it focuses on symbols that cause despair but it does nothing overt to cause people to gamble with their lives as they can't stop a full revolt. a just government is able to stop internal and external revolts as they're spiritually focused on expanding more than consolidating. the Roman empire for centuries fought internal revolts and invasions simultaneously as their dream of Rome made them refuse negotiation and surrender, they need their citizens to participate so they want them alive but the evil emperor's were more concerned with keeping their opposition alive for their pleasure.

"dragon, the government is lying and theres someone secret sitting on the empty throne!" - Call disconnected - "Attention everyone, this call never happened and the island you were watching never existed" Ok i get the soldiers there must be used to doing some shady stuff, but how does that NOT raise mega suspicions with everyone listening in. The exact moment he said there was a secret king suddenly the call cuts out, the island "mysteriously vanishes" and you're basically told to forget the information or die...

Love the video and keep up the great work

Congrats on 700K Matt!

Please can you make another manga collection video

Here's a thought I had while reading the chapter: if Ouranos is truly the Orbital Death Laser (ODL) then each of the sacred weapons not only supposedly have the power to destroy entire islands, but also are a check and balance with each other. Ouranos as a floating ODL never has to worry about the sea kings under Poseidon's control and can annihilate them at any distance. Poseidon can command every sea king in existence, meaning a warship would be very vulnerable to attack from them. And pluton, as a powerful warship, would have the artillery necessary to destroy Ouranos from a distance before the ODL can get into position to fire onto them.

Nice nux taku story lol he’s a good guy! Thank you tekking good video hope you have a good rest of your weekend!

Always a good time when a new Tekking video drops.

Tekking101 : (Looks at Sledgehammer) ... The ultimate hammer! Thor: (Looks at Mjolnir) ... and I took offense at that!

What happened really made me think of Eners "raigo" technique. The one he used to destroy a sky island. I'm not saying Ener works for Im, I think that what Im used was a Ancient Weapon, probably Uranos, since the attack came from the sky. And I think that Ark Maxim was probably either a mini Uranos or straight up a copy of it.

The video I was waiting for before going to sleep, perfect!

You finally hit 700k, congrats!

Sabo is alive (traumatized) and being an logia could've given him a second to save just a handful of civilians. Immediately thought of any near by islands that saw that or the other kings who just saw seki like a month ago.

Honestly i think the reason a buster call wasn't designated for lulucia was simply because they wanted to erase them from history and existence. Everyone knew about ohara and the world gov seemed to want to make it clear to the world of their existence in a way of using them as an example. If you try to find out about the void century and the past then you get eradicated, sort of deal. Versus lulucia which, for whatever reason, they wanted erased from history, they couldn't simply send a buster call and let the world be aware of their existence

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Congrats on getting to 700K Subs Tekking!!!

So, the one piece planet has multiple moons right? I have a theory that uranus is a full moon base that was retrofitted during or before the void century to become a mobile low orbit cannon. Like wouldn't that be so awesome if the government just straight up had the death star from star wars

this power could be a good reason on the ancient kingdom being wiped from history and how many islands get stomped out due to rebellion with wano and possibly elbaf we get the hidden history lost to time so thats gonna be fun to unpack

Again great job Matt, this weapon really reminded me of the flying island in "Laputa" the movie was an inspiration for one piece, and near the end the island shoots a massive laser which causes something similar to a nuke. Keep up the good work and happy 700K subs.

Yes yes yes yes - so happy for Tekking on the final saga. I don’t even read manga, just listen in to this guy lmao

Any chance royal blood is required to work the ancient weapons? Ancient weapons of an ancient kingdom may have been reserved for the exclusive use of their royalty.

If Im's conquerors haki is so strong as to manipulate someones WIll, then the Will of D becomes a completely different meaning...

Epicness. Just finished the chapter review. Perfect timing

Dude I love your videos it I listen to your videos as a podcast going to sleep ❤

Still surprised no one is talking about how Bonney came out of the seawater as a kid, possibly indicating that that's her base form

Guys he has a tiny little hammer

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Tekkings Hank hill voice is spot on

Just thinking out loud: if every ancient weapon needs a certain person to activate it (like Shirahoshi for the sea kings and maybe even Momo for Pluton), could it be possible that the person that activated Uranus isn’t actually Imu but Vivi? Maybe every few hundred years a princess of the Alabasta kingdom has this special power and that’s why Imu chose Vivi instead of the people in the pictures they sliced up. It would be weird if the ancient weapons aren’t at least comparable in power, and if the mermaid princess that can control sea kings is only born every few hundred years, but Uranus can be used all the time, this would make Uranus SO much more powerful than Poseidon. If the “light that should be extinguished” was indeed Lulusia, then it would make sense that Imu needed Vivi for that first, so they captured her and somehow got her to activate the weapon. OR even more likely, what if Imu was the princess of Alabasta in the void century and the key to unlock Uranus? She was originally friends with Joyboy, but betrayed him (I mean Alabasta WAS one of the founding members of the WG) and then she was made immortal by a previous user of the Ope Ope no Mi. And now after 800 years a new person has been born with the power to control Uranus - Vivi! - and that’s why Im chose her picture during the Reverie: to order her assassination.

I'm not sure if anyone has said this yet but hypothetically couldn't Luffy bounce the giant death laser back? 🤔 Might explain why the WG wants his DF so much...

Fun Fact : Who know if the Major Arcana can be referenced too. The 16th of Major Arcana : The Tower. The Tower is sometimes interpreted as meaning danger, crisis, sudden change, destruction, higher learning, and liberation Source: Wikipedia You can research about this if you are interested.

Thank you for a great video guys

This also explains why the Lode Poneglyphs were hidden either under the sea, behind tall walls, and on a tall moving elephant. Possibly also why Shandora fell to the World Government, but its gold was untouched.

Uranos prssents a funny reason why the Celestial Dragons don't really mess with Fishman Island The Celestial Dragons, and Im's throne, live right above it. They'd have to shoot themselves before the Fishmen. Even better? I think I have an idea of how Luffy destroys Fishman Island... if the prophecy hasn't been averted at least. Luffy probably sets off Uranus on Mary Geoise.

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Great point about not buster calling Lulusia. I hadn't thought about that. I think not wanting to cause more rebellion is insightful. I also kind of felt like there was urgency to destroying Lulusia

The theory I have about why they didn't use the ancient weapon before is that it required Vivi to work and since they kidnapped her during the reverie they can now use it.

Also, with how tense things are between the five elders and the fleet admiral, marines might get suspicious of the world government’s intentions.

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Gz on 700k subs yo

I have a theory. What if, in the last chapter of One Piece, the Strawhats was near of the Lulucia Kingdom territory? I mean, they saw a huge blob of water caused by an huge heat. Heat comming from that nuke. What if Bonney is one of the survivor ? And this lend to the retrieval of Sabo and the encounter of Dragon and Luffy ? I think this will happen soon enough .

Given the power that we saw in the last chapter (1059), couldn't the lasers come from the Seraphim. Going with what Doflamingo said, the WG could have made the Seraphim the '16 holy bullets'. I see this as the progression of the buster call to the next stage.

By the time the second hammer came out I caught onto what Tekking was doing. Was expecting a massive sledgehammer for the 3rd one though.

Congrats on 700k subs Tekking! 🐐. Thanks for being the best OP character not in the source material.....yet 🤔. Was here before the brick will be here for 1 million. Keep doing your thing man 😎👍 WANGGGGG ZHIIIII!!!!!!!

I’m guessing the mega blast is only used when secrets of the world are at risk, like there being a king of the world

Please make another manga collection video

Hey Tekking! Great video as always they make me smile! Just wondering have to thought about making a video on One Piece characters fighting with other characters they probably wouldn't happen but would be interesting to see Ex Black Maria or Hancock vs Ulti, Who's Who vs Rob Lucci, Mihawk vs Katakuri etc...?

Tekking's creativity when it comes to the beginning of his videos will never seize to amaze me xD

The planet one piece is based in is called "earth", roger says this during his monologue walking up to the execution platform "fate, destiny, dreams. So long as there are people who seek freedom in this life. These things shall not vanish from the earth "

Love the hammer reference perfect for this video 👌🏾

Its easily understood and relatable when you give examples from Pokemon game. It also refreshes my childhood memories of this game. Nice analysis though. 👋😀

I didn't know I needed the hammer intro in my life, but I don't know how I survived life without it now.

YOU ARE SO CLOSE TO 700K

I appreciate the shout out to podcast-style listeners like myself at the beginning

Im so excited for the next instalment of Hardware Facts

I love your videos tekking

That thing you mentioned about the number 23 is called the frequency illusion, also called the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon. It's one of the main ways people get into conspiracy theories. But within One Piece it makes perfect sense because Oda intentionally adds these details in for us to turn into the Charlie Day red string on the wall meme. Lol

thank you for making me reflect on the flatness of Im-sama's a55

Thanks Enrique

700k congrats

Glad you liked the monkey facts intro! Can't wait to work on next one. I already got a tune planned out!

There is a german youtuber who had this theory about the connection between haki and the weapons One of the best I have ever heared ^^ I even based my own theory around it

I can't believe you mentioned Eneru and didn't hypothesize (or even joke) about Im's weapon possibly being Eneru.

The weapon used could connect to the seraphim’s with the WG potentially not wanting dofalmingo to be made into one. There’s the idea of Genetic memory, certain memories can be kept in genetic code and passed to next generations or in this case clones, that could lead to the accidental release of their secrets.