It's funny how this arc started with Luffy wanting to go to Marijoa to save Vivi and now, 52 chapters later, Marijoa has come to him. The next 3 chapters will be insane!

Vegapunk: i will now reveal the truth of this world... But before that hit that like button, subscribe and a quick word from our sponsor, grand line coffe...

No one should tell Murphy and I repeat NOONE SHOULD TELL her that Spiders are not insects.

AND BREAK NEXT WEEK!! Thank you very much, Oda, for playing with what little sanity you've left us with

5:20 well that theory is dead already since, say it with me guys: Spiders are NOT insects!

Saturn's devil fruit is definitely a yokai called Ushi-oni, which are often depicted to have spider-like legs and a bull-like head. So the 5 Elders are probably yokai/demon themed.

Inside you are two wolves; Merph: “I love a good countdown! 😄” Rogersbase on stream: 😐Oda I am so sick of these countdowns every arc

Kizaru just laying on the deck of the ship regretting volunteering for this mission

Vegapunk needs folks to have visual transponder snails cause, you see, he has this PowerPoint...

Oh Merphy, you sweet summer child, thinking we will actually get to see the Gorosei next chapter and that Oda's not just going to cut away and deal with some side plot., like the Zoro and Lucci fight or whats happening in the labo stratum and the sunny. Just like people thought we'd get Vegapunk's message this chapter and all Oda gave us was a countdown, he won't show us what the Gorosei look like next week.

The fans who aren’t excited about a countdown are the ones who were reading week-by-week in Dressrosa. It was… a lot.

It’s the End of the World as We Know It (and Merphy does not feel fine)

I love that among everything that’s happening Oda casually drops the name of a character that been unnamed for 16 years (Alice), start discussion of how expensive it’s to keep a den den mushi and confirms that the One Piece world has time zones.

Thank God you're not one of those reviewer who reads this chapter and just complain about the countdown without even understanding how it's being used in this current situation.

I dont get why people are tying saturn and insect together as "haha youre kind of an insect too" and not Saturn is a Spider who sees all humans as insects(food). Like everyone is pulling insect as irony when it seems more to show the extent of his monstrosity.

I saw a really funny image of the five elders doing the robot thing that Frankie did against moria in thriller bark and it was Luffy looking at them with like stars in his eyes.

Something to note is how when the strawhats and co where purely a physical threat they where fine with taking their time and sending only saturn but the second the threat came in the form of information and knowledge they ( the gorosei) immediately came to stop it

I like how the title of this video sounds like a Dr Seuss stanza (assuming you say 1109 as eleven-oh-nine).

Woop Slaps annoyance was me when I learned that to watch an NFL playoff game I had to sign up for Peacock.

I love how much time you take to appreciate your artists. Talking about their pieces and making sure everyone knows how amazing they are

I love your perspective on the countdown People complained a lot in regards to it and how Oda has done this in the past. The thing is... a countdown that's a risk FOR THE BAD GUYS is actually not that common. We had it once at the end of Dressrosa, and even then it's quite a different thing. The heroes' goal is merely surviving/getting out of there. The bad guys have a LOT to do in order to stop what's happening and the stakes are higher than ever

This chapter was a coffee commercial for the entire world ours and theirs Oda is such a troll Btw someone told to imagine if Luffy turned kizaru into a light saber and slashed Saturn last time and you said that'd be crazy well what do you think about pizzaru now this is crazy 😂

My favorite theory so far is that the video feed isn’t on egghead but on Kamabakka kingdom which means that dragon doing nothing is actually a good thing .

The parallel between Vegapunk + his Stellars and Imu + Elders being hiveminds can also be used for Vegapunks Punkrecords (as in, a wikipedia for everybody to use) and the void history (a huge amount of knowledge deleted from public knowledge).

Arachnids Arachnids Arachnids Arachnids Arachnids Spiders are Arachnids , they eat insects. Insects are beneath spiders in the food chain.

Vegapunk might be planning on showing some of Kuma's memories. We know he had a way to read them without destroying them, and if you want to show people the truth of the world and the people that run it, Kuma's life is a good place to start.

awakening a Zoan seems to influence your personality if the gorosei have had legendary monsters zoan for centuries, could they have been corrupted overtime ?

7:59 Merphy, you can be a broadcaster at big news morgans company hehehe 😂😌 the paneling in this chapter is so awesome, cant wait what will be featured in the next chapters since Oda continues to suprise us one week after another 🙌

Pretty sure that with Vivi close by Morgans won't be able to push a negative view of Luffy's deeds, she'll berate him to make it honest or straight up pro Luffy And I would agree that Kizaru holding his hand over his face could incidate mourning, if it wasn't for the fact that this is the third time he does so this arc so it seems more like it's a "I can't be bothered with this shit" vibe he's giving off.

8:13 do you think Oda is a Lil Wayne fan? "Mind so sharp I fk around and cut my head off" (6 foot 7 foot)

I do like the setup, as this allows the straw hat crew to "win" by just holding out for 10 minutes, then escaping. And the gravity of that information being revealed allows the gorosei to go all out and show us their full power, without the gorosei being defeated nor completely destroying the straw hat crew. I'm hoping everyone from this gets a big glow up in how they are presented after all this

I like the idea that the Elders communicating is a more honed version of the Voice Of All Things. I also like the idea of the Vegapunks in the message being holograms, and that the footage is actually live, but I don't know what the reason for that could be

Dude, I did NOT even consider Imu being a "stella" to the five elders. That is an insane theory Merph! Not sure anyone else has thought of that/mentioned it either!

13:20 Kizaru is mourning the pay cut he will get for failing to capture Luffy XD

I consume OP manga content on YT with variety..Roger for instant official release, Liam for a well rounded review, Jay for his funny agendas, Tekking for the Encyclopedia he is, and Merphy, you, for the fresh air you bring in the community. Are these our five elders of some sort now😅

8:32 THANK YOUUUUUUUU! I mean I've watched all the reactions and reviews and not ONE person mentioned that incredible joke. In the scans the guy said, "I knew he was a cut above the rest, but this isn't what I expected." 😂😂😂😂😂 HAHAHAHAHA. I thought that was hilarious

A Kurapica coverstory would bring up so so so many questions about both OP and HxH. ...HxH plz come back, I love the current arc in it so much.

You're my favorite One Piece content creator, I love the energy you put in these videos

The thumbnail artwork is so masterful!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰

A lot of people mention Saturn being a spider as putting him on the level of insects and I don't get it. If anything it gives horrifying new context to his earlier dialog. Spiders eat insects, they are prey.

The only saving grace of Kizaru’s turning is if he is Snape and Dr. Vegapunk is Dumbledore

Yo i hav been watching for almost a year now i think just wanna say its been a crazy year for me and glad i can see your vids every week 😂thx for all the vids not just one piece

Love countdowns too)) But what a painful time to read One Piece in ongoing!

One theory i like is that to support what Vegapunk will expose about the ancient kingdom he needs to show the "hero" and the "culprits" Which are Nika and the Gorosei hence he lured them by giving them 10 minutes and "live stream" the fight.

Still having COPIUMS that Vegapunk will pull off something like Rick Sanchez's "Operation Phoenix"

9:07 that's exactly what i was thinking, imagine if it is a video from the void century, showing how the ancient kingdon was like

I am annoyed that we didnt know the secret of the world but I like that the story is getting balls of the wall...

Kev D OG’s newest theory video brought up a cool connection with where the signal might be coming from Ohara. I really like the idea that Ohara has a role in revealing this information.

Commenting this each time merph calls a Spider an insect. They're arachnids! Arthropods aren’t insects and that's the point and theme for the gorosei; they are so far from human that they manipulate and devour humans.

To me, the telepathic communication between the 5 Elders seemed just like when Shirahoshi & Luffy were able to hear the Neptunians, or when Momo & Zunesha were able to communicate with each other. This got me thinking: Saturn keeps talking about humans as if he's not part of them. So maybe, the 5 Elders really are non-human beings who just each ate different models of the Human-Human-fruit, to pose as them. If that's not the case, then here's a crazy theory: Allegedly, zoan-type devil fruits have a "will of their own". But what's interesting is, that Vegapunk had to rely on studying bloodlines in order to research Devil Fruits. So my crazy theory is this: individuals from 800y ago have been turned into Devil Fruits, except for the 5 Elders & Imu; aka Saturn really is this creature he's turned into in this chapter!

For the Kizaru panel, is it just me or it looks he isn’t just in mourning but actually is crying? It’s hard to tell due to Oda’s rough art style but it seems like there is two lines going going from it’s hidden eye to his ear that look like tears.

The only reason Saturn is there is because of Vegapunk and the command authority. It makes sense for the other Elders to arrive now that Luffy/Nika is also there. However, I have no clue how the stakes aren’t through the roof and Luffy will be able to do a 5v1.

i have the itch that the buster call is just an imitation of the original buster call which was the five gorosei coming down to obliterate everything back in the forbidden century and it explains why they are coming down.

Video title has a wicked rhyme scheme

14:40 The telepathy thingy could be most advanced Obseravtion Haki could be, it could also be why Shanks used his Conqueror's Haki from so far away, probably not but maybe :P

My prediction for this is since VP was the most intelligent man on earth, bringing the Elders was his plan all along. Not sure about the outcome tho (because how you defeat such monsters after dead?). I think people disliking the countdown are being distracted way to much or being to naive by it rather than thinking on the events its triggering... There is no reason to give so much importance to a countdown specially just the first chapter that it was mentioned when the trigger effect was summoning all the Elders, thats what matters and people dont really see it! Like come on, its not that deep but it is? lol

Luffy needs to send some funds to windmill village...they are still using radio

INSECTS AND ARTHROPODS ARE DIFFERENT, MERPHY!

vegapunk is trying to lure the elders in to then show video footage of their forms worldwide

Vegapunks dying message is a very important power point. A power point presentation that can topple an empire

There's still the robot that might come and help kick some butt with Luffy

This is a vibe I get from Saturn frisbee-ing himself back and turning himself into a buzzsaw, but it feels like he's used to fighting in this logic. More precisely, it definitely feels like he's not only seen but fought Nika's powers in the past. Definitely lends more credence to the "Gorosei and Imu have been alive since Void Century" and also just a cool aspect of the fight. Rather than just taking the giga disrespect hit, being flabbergasted and then coming back for more (Like Kizaru and Kaido), Saturn seems to be using a similar cartoon logic back at Luffy.

Your thumbnail are gorgeous

Spiders are not insects lol but they do eat insects

Saturn’s not a spider, he’s an Ushi-oni, it’s a Japanese bull-spider demon. I’m betting the other elders are all demons too.

10:26 Yes, I agree that Vegapunk likely did not anticipate Saturn or the Gorosei to be there, but I was thinking how it would be fitting to use the same surveillance technology against Saturn which he used to spy on Vegapunk and Kuma.

When Luffy and chopper ran into the giant robot, they said they wanted to ride it. Surely, at least those two will make that happen and hopefully they will ride it to a giant ship or all the way to elbaf

I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your review of this chapter. It was such a great chapter, and so many people are just complaining as if they’re shocked that a manga with over 1100 chapters is taking its time to tell a story. Thank you Merphy!

Your mention of Kuma just reminded me that he still has the paw paw fruit and with Bonny’s instruction he could send everyone to Elbaf if necessary

There's another translation where that one random guy says "I knew they said his mind was cut above the rest, but I never imagined this!" As in Vegapunk's head is literally cut above the rest of his body LOL

At the point where Merphy mentioned himans being called incects by Saturn made me think a bit. What if each of the elders have a different name for humans. Like the bird could call them something like mice as a theme around prey. But not knowing for sure what the others are makes this short theory a bit of a hit or miss.

Pizzaru is great 😂

I love the fact that the situations is inverted now... Generally, it's the protagonists that have to race against the clock to stop the bad guy's timeline dependant plot.

Oooh I ike your comment about the elders being a parallel to vegapunk. It's not something I thought of myself, and it would be really cool!!

I really like the idea of the message being transmitted from Ohara. It would be so poetic i feel but its probably just coming from punk records

Hey Merphy I think the end credits looped twice.

The past 30 chapters are absolutely insane. And the upcomming few will be even more mad and I can NOT wait

very disappointed in the lack of speculation on the whereabouts of caribou but your insight on the countdown really changed my opinion on it as a narrative device 10/10 video

Luffy: Heh, you have no hope of winning now... Saturn: Kuchiyose no Jutsu!

I’m thinking the cover story possibly is gonna show Pluton. And wouldn’t it be crazy if it follows Big Mom and Kaido?

Imagine if the fishmen lived in old wano, the alliance that could be

I think Merphy is making the "animalistic" aspect more complicated than it has to be. I have been calling this from day 1, but to me now is more obvious than ever: the gorosei are mythical zoans. Saturn just went from hybrid to full animal.

5:40 the insect thing could just be a play on words because Saturn is a spider, which isn’t an insect but an arachnid, almost like calling out the difference in a pun

"this is just kinda annoying for luffy he just keeps coming back" -how ever boss felt everytime luffy got back up.

It's going to become a trend where the villains realize they can't take Luffy 1v1 anymore so they have to jump him.

Ngl, the arrival of other 4 elders gave me chills like I had when the god hand appeared for the first time.

I agree with your Imu theory. I think the Saturn is way too inhuman to actually being a human being. I mean, this spider form doesn’t seem a transformation (like Kaido’s dragon form). It almost feels like it’s true self. Idk if they are devil fruit users. My theory is that Imu is a devil fruit user and the elders are his summons from his devil fruit (like Cracker’s biscuit or Big Mom’s homies, but with more independence). It’s either that or they are actually devils (I mean, the name devil fruit must come from somewhere, maybe there truly are some devils and the fruits are just a prison of sorts, and the elders are free from their prison).

like oda said on the jump festa this fight is a "battle royale" its really interesting to see that all gorosei come to egghead cuz of a earth shattering message also i really wonder if we actually get the truth mesage and what its gonna be and i also feel like the message is at dragons place

Saturn: With this Sacred treasure I summon thee: Five Stars of Imu in Assembly!!!!

This countdown is the protagonists. Normally its a countdown from the antagonist but now its a ticking clock for their destruction.

No one is dying fully this arc we will survive this buster call

Saturn is an Ushi Oni from Japanese folklore

It looks like Dragon is coming. When we see him it looks like speed lines next to him.

I have thought about the Imu satellite theory for a very long time. Think about the aspects of Vegapunk split into the satellites and consider where the overlaps would be and what would be missing. Perhaps Imu only has five because Punk-01 is Shaka, who is the aspect of Vegapunk's Good.

honestly my first thought was not the other elders getting summoned but like a weapon getting summoned like the one that wiped lulusia or whatever it was called off the map. The elders does make more sense though 😅

Spiders aren't insects, they're arachnids.

I guess the Bird Gorosei could be some sort of flying mantis, sort of like Zorak from Space Ghost.

I really think the broadcast is going to be a video of Kuma's memories of God Valley. We know that Vegapunk was experimenting with the memories. And the world seeing the Celestial dragons essentially do a genocide for sport would sure stir the pot.

This might sound stupid but your neat idea of Vegapunk and his satellites being a parallelism of the elder stars and Imu lead me to come up with this: If you have 6 on one side and 5 on the other that does not sound quite correct so it would subsequently seem feasible for their to be a kind of sixth elder star. However if we consider the satellites to "orbit" around Vegapunk, we must ask what the elder stars actually "orbit" around and that would be the sun and in that idea the missing elder star would be the earth/Imu. However since this would mean Imu would be on par with the other Gorosei and I don't that's the case, neither do I think that the elder stars are actually orbitting around Luffy as our current sun god. My idea is now a bit far fetched. What if Imu is simultaneously the sixth Elder Star but also the former sun god (however that may be possible, maybe Imu and the sixth elder star fused in a way or whatever). If that were true, it would mean the Gorosei would orbit around Imu instead of Luffy. Or what seems much more likely is that originally the gorosei were supposed to serve the sun god, but Imu somehow took over and made them serve him and prohibitted the worship of the sun god (which would be a parallelism for the church prohibitting the heliocentric modell of our solar system). That is of course all just speculation and I am probably very wrong, but nevertheless thanks for bearing with me for that long and have a nice day😄

One thing I dont understand is why can't the message be played in loop, given it wouldn't take more than 10-15mins. So by this way even if they stop the playback by 10 mins atleast it would have reached most people if not for all, that's enough to get the ball rolling. And playing on loop has upside of whoever missed it first time can listen/watch it so they don't have to take others word for it. So only reason the most brilliant scientist in one piece choose this way should be plot convenience and create drama out of ticking time bomb(not really)