i love how in marineford, moria gets saved by absalom, while on fullalead he gets saved by perona. Despite all his efforts to discard crewmates and rely on zombies it was always his living crewmates that helped him when it mattered most

"Who will side with Who!? Who will betray who?!?" Dolflamingo's words continue to ring true

Did you hear that Hibari has the same accent as the fleet admiral (i.e., akainu/sakazuki). It's transparent in the Japanese characters/writing, but that bit is lost in translations. This has led people to think that Hibari might be related to Akainu, maybe even the daughter. Which is so interesting, cute, and funny because of her relationship with Coby. Edit: apparently, the only people with that accent in the series are hibari and akainu. Adds credibility to the "they're related" claims

Koby has the sweetest case of imposter syndrome ever, I hope it’s just a phase. Even if you don’t compare him physically from his first appearance, the character growth that Koby has experienced has been astounding. I believe he’s Oda’s representation of who Luffy and/or Ace could have been if they joined the Navy. Just like Luffy, Koby has a powerful mentor, a group of close friends and his status in SWORD gives him the ability to do whatever he needs to do to make sure that everyone is saved. Nobody dies on his watch, just like Luffy.

Kuzan never had any issue aligning himself with monsters as long as he believed he could get something out of it. He was not blind to the WG's horrors (he even specifically said to Smoker "I *never* thought the marines were the only way I could change things" or something to that effect. If he *never* thought they were the only solution but still accepted the horrors they committed for decades, it shows pretty well he's a "the end justify the means" kind of person. He only left the marines once the "end" wasn't possible anymore (as he failed to secure the position that could allow him to change things and Aka Inu of all people got it instead and presumably would keep it for a couple of decades). So I never had any issue believing that he was genuinely joining Teach because Kuzan is pretty fricking ruthless when it comes to getting what he wants. And sure he turns a blind eye to the horrors Teach commits but he did the same his entire career and as I pointed out, those horrors becoming too much is not why he left the marines, he left because he thought he could not use his position to enact change. So is Kuzan evil? Meh, his goals probably aren't evil, he's definitely trying to do some good whatever his plans are. And that probably means he will betray Blackbeard at some point but not because he was a spy, simply because as Blackbeard says, their alliance is one of convenience and therefore will end the moment it's not useful anymore. It's a Robin/Croc situation rather than a Drake or Rosinante situation basically. I like your idea of Kuzan having to choose his allegiance, but I do hope we get to find out exactly what his plans are before that happens. I also agree with you on Garp. I mean Garp's loyalty is to the marines, I think he genuinely believe that the marine protecting the common people is for the best. But if he can see a future in which Luffy destroys the WG but not the marines, he'd laugh and support his grandson. I don't think he's completely "fine" with Dragon though. I think they're ideologically different enough that they had a falling out. "it will be interesting to see how Oda justifies that" I mean... slaves?

I should also point out the distinction in the English version (dunno if it’s reflected in the Japanese), Kid’s crew was described as being “destroyed,” but Law’s was “defeated.”

I like how we are getting more Garp moments. Now that we are in the end game NO ONE is safe and I'm scared but also HYPED!

Law being my favorite character that newest chapter had me going trough all kinds of emotions

Great stuff Merphy, 2 things I'm totally with you on: 1, "Pick a side" being a theme of Egghead I think is spot on and would be very fitting for the first arc of the Final Saga (on that note I wonder what Fujitora is doing right now...). 2, I also don't think Garp will die because there's more to be done with his character especially in regards to the God Valley incident. Thinking about it now, I don't think we've ever even heard Garp speak about Roger at length despite their history together and in my mind there's no way that goes unaddressed for the whole story. Also what better character to take us in to a God Valley flashback than one of the 3 main people that fought there.

21:36 With regard to Kidd’s name, I believe initially, Kidd was supposed to play a much bigger role as a rival to Luffy and Law was just kind of there. But people ended up really liking Law and so Oda, in his amazingness, flawlessly integrated Law more into the story, making him one of the best nonstrawhats! But I agree that we haven’t seen the last of these 2 captains!

you can tell how great the One Piece World is just by having 0 maincharacters in the story for 2 chapters and it is still absolutely fantastic

My view of Kuzan and Black beard relationship was something kinda similar to Luffy and the rest of his crew. Luffy never demands loyalty, he offers friendship and naturaly people gravitate towards him. To me, Black Beard did a similar thing but offerring a transactional relationship, but his charisma won Kuzan over. That's how I explain the scene where he says to Garp "Teach" isn't even here. It felt like "My captain trusted me to protect the island when he left and I will do it", something that any straw hat would do if Luffy asked

Garp being my favorite non Straw Hat character, the last two chapters were simply 🤩❤ Only downside of being up to date after basically binge reading the entire manga up to Egg Island this year is the wait between chapters - how have all you longtime fans managed that for years on end? 😅

One of the things that i love about this couple of chapters is the fact that we've gotten more information about blackbeard's personality, and some of his dynamics with his own crewmembers. Like Blackbeard literally tells koby to not ruin his own dream, while he is literally hunting dreams(Devil fruits), that line is so interesting to me.

21:50 Two defeats that lead to the demise of his empire. Trafalgar, naval battle where the mighty Spanish fleet under his command was defeated, and Waterloo, in Waterloo (Belgium), that truly symbolised his ending

Shifting alliances is definitely one of the most exciting twists in the current story. Oda is using Egghead to scramble the characters.

not gonna lie, I laughed out loud when you said "lafefette"

Listening to merphy theory on grandfather, son and grandson stand back to back is incredibly possible to happens knowing right now there are three perspective works back to back. From Dragon perspective first with Sabo's death then Luffy with Bonney; Kuma's daughter and now Garp with his adopted sons, Coby. Kind a logically if they will converge at the end of this arc and start the second arc of last saga with they meet their common enemy make sense if this is really the start of a great war that oda said will make Marineford looks childplay.

Hibari in japanese speaks in same dialect as Akainu, and in the total of One Piece there is only Akainu and Hibari who talk in that dialect. So Hibari might be Akainu's daughter so that is why Kuzan froze hibari, Just my tinfoil theory

I've never been more excited for chapter reviews, past few months were so crazy

Merphy: "I would see who it was so I don't look like a fake fan... Lafayette!" Me: "Name aside, that was Van Augur... her Luffy mind of not recognizing people is expanding."

With Law’s name, Trafalgar and Waterloo were both defeats for Napoleon. The battle of Trafalgar was a naval battle which primarily involved the defeat of his Spanish allies (Dressrosa being the island with primarily Spanish influence), and the Waterloo was his final defeat, at the hands of a large alliance of his enemies. To me that seems to be a direct parallel to the downfall of Kaido than any events Law went through.

I saw an edit of you talking about not wanting one piece to end and there was a general consensus that you have the will of D. So from here on out I will be referring to you as Murphy D Napier in all my moments and to my friends

Man Kuzan is such a fascinating character. Ohara changed him. It changed his destiny. He thought he could change the WG for good by becoming Fleet Admiral, and he lost. Here, he says it left him heartbroken. Garp reprimands him, saying only weaklings lose their way. But I think for Kuzan, it doesn't apply. He didn't lose his way. Rather, he found his way. Choosing to live for himself. Garp's words there can apply directly to Luffy. Post MF, he almost lost his way, but he didn't. Because he's not weak. He's not Aokiji. He's not a huge pillar of justice anymore. He's no larger than life symbol. He's.... just Kuzan, the human guy. Not trying to change the world. Just trying to live how he feels and do the occasional good deed. Joining a pirate crew not as an inside agent, it seems, but because he's come to appreciate the freedom they represent. No doubt Luffy helped him see that perspective.

Merphy I'm so glad I found your channel before you started One Piece. Seeing your journey through it just makes me all happy. I love seeing someone who's strong suit is characters and themes like myself. Plus seeing you get deeper and deeper into it taking over your life also makes me smile 🤣

I LOVED this chapter , im happy Garp learned from Ace's death and is now doing what hes always wanted to do regardless of consequence. Hope its all worth it.

Murphy, I don’t have any interesting things to say but I’m so happy to see you excited about this series that over the last 3 years I’ve fallen so deeply in love with. ❤ #nakama

Garp is so underrated (not strength-wise), the day we get his flashbacks, half of One Piece mysteries are sold. The man has lived through 2 turning-point events in this world: the God Valley incident and Roger execution.

BB shouldn't kill Laws crew. He's the kinda guy that would use them as bait and get Law to come to him.

Honestly, I'm so worried for Garp because we don't know how much time it will take for Blackbeard to get back. We don't know how far away he is, and I'm inclined to believe that he's close by judging by the amount of stamina it took for that one flying crew member he has (I forgot his name) to transport Blackbeard to the fight with Law. Garp is a legend - but he's not in his prime. And Blackbeard is like the Randy Orton of One Piece because he's a Legend Killer. He shows up, drops the RKO outta nowhere and takes the belts. To put it in perspective, imagine how frightening Luffy would be if we knew about as much about him as we know of Blackbeard? Some guy with dubious powers roaming around, knocking off legendary figures every few weeks. Nobody knows how he did it because, as the audience, we'd have never seen the fights in their entirety. Viewed like that, Blackbeard is basically a horror genre monster in pirate form. And part of the reason I'm worried for Garp is because there's a high possibility that Oda will cut back to the Strawhats, and some time later, he'll cut back to the Pirate island, and we'll just see a dead Garp with Blackbeard's stupid, laughing face standing over him.

I really enjoy your reviews because its about story and characters not power scaling. Also how you fan girl is so much fun. 😁😁

-Kuzan is such an interesting character right now. He’s probably in my top 3 characters who’s stories I want to know. -Burgess calling Robin’s backstory boring… rude. -Blackbeard’s Pirates devil fruits are interesting. It’s like for the most part Oda just picked their main character trait and made it a fruit. Drunk=Alcohol, Very Big= Gigantification, Muscular= Strong, a Doctor= Illnesses. King Pizarro’s is interesting, taking control of an entire island is like a more overpowered Pica. Fighting him will be interesting. At the moment Lafitte’s fruit is the only one we don’t know. It must be on purpose that Oda’s saving him until last since he was the first one with a power revealed to us. (He had wings way back in his very first appearance.) -Knowing what we found out about ships back in Water 7 makes seeing ships get destroyed really hurt. RIP Kid’s and Law’s ships. They both had really cool designs. It’s interesting that Oda left Kid’s fate ambiguous yet let us know that Law escaped. Although he’s not going to get too far without the Polar Tang. -Considering that Kaidou had an entire army of Zoan’s I was expecting Rumble Balls to become important sometime during the Wano arc. Better late than never I guess. 😂 -I’ve been so interested in the Rocky Port incident ever since it was first briefly mentioned like, a decade ago. I hope we find out what exactly happened back then soon. The fact that the 100 pirates who’s hearts Law traded to become a Warlord are now living with Blackbeard is such a nice, little detail. Things like that are what I love about Oda’s world building. -WHO IS BURN SCAR? I NEED TO KNOW! -As basically the last remaining powerhouse of the old generation I am worried for Garp right now. I can’t see him losing a fight against Kuzan or Blackbeard but narratively he can’t be the one to take out Luffy’s biggest opponent. So he might let himself be taken prisoner in exchange for Coby’s freedom.

This final saga I think is going to be about “losing your way.” This is a theme that has been lurking in the background that I think will have to come up at some point. Oda tends to use his movies as blueprints for future arcs and film Red is about - Uta losing her way. Then we also have a strange question about characters like Rocks D Xebec. We were told he was a heinous criminal by the navy, an unreliable source that tends to spread propaganda. Did he lose his way? Did Shanks, who now talks to the Gorosei, lose his way? Will Luffy, when he is foretold to destroy Fishman Island lose his way? Maybe the D live a checkered life because they tend to lose their way. Maybe Blackbeard was a genuinely good guy until he lost his way. This is a theme we haven’t yet explored and it seems like it is popping up everywhere. Even with having one of the Vegapunks “lose their way.” I say this is specific to this saga because Kanjuro didn’t lose his way, he was always a spy that just revealed himself.

Garp took the cake and ran with it these chapters, and I loved every second of it.

Hi, Just a small unimportant detail : Napoléon actually lost both Waterloo and Trafalgar, with Waterloo being indeed the end of "Le Premier Empire" IIRC.

Hey! I just wanted you to know that I'm really enjoying your videos. Your character analysis and theory-crafting as well (even if you think you're not good at it!). Cheers from Brazil, love that you're as passionate about One Piece as I am. It feels like listening to a friend.

Grus has the "I am alone on this barren Earth" fishing hat so he's already my favorite new SWORD member.

Love the thumbnail. At that exact moment Garp said I’m doing too 😂

I love the idea of Hibari crushing on the rebellious guy her dad tried to kill and Kuzan taking some petty revenge against him by freezing her without needing to.

one thing that really made me sad about the BB/Law fight is that the Heart Pirates basically just lost their Merry. They've had that submarine since they went out to sea, and none of them even got the chance to process their grief. The ship was gone and then they were defeated.

Oh boy.. i cant wait for Merphy to read 1082. Knowing her and her favourite characters the excitement is gonna go through the roof

Ive been a big Koby fan since I started reading One Piece, and hearing Garp call him "the future of the marines" hit me really hard

Your excitment is so nice to see. Glad I came across your channel!

This has to be my favorite of Murphy's thumbnails

Oda is doing such a fantastic job with Kuzan's character. To me, there's absolutely no way that he's *simply* a Blackbeard Pirate. But Oda has actually convinced people that he is. I have always believed that Kuzan has been using BB for his intelligence network (Black Market), since he can't rely on the Navy anymore, in order to enact his justice. If you remember, the WG was tipped off about the HQ of the Revolutionaries (revealed in 824). I believe the man who did it was Kuzan. The only people who knew about the location were the BB pirates and Kuzan would've been among them. He also did something similar in Punk Hazard when he issued that warning to Smoker

The look of joy on your face starting to talk about Garp was beautiful

Captain William Kidd was also known as the most unfortunate pirate, maybe Oda took that route 😂I do hope we still have some Kid content, in a world where Islands and navigation revolve around Magnetism, I think Kid's awakening could be as important as an ancient weapon and we might learn more about it

Hahaha the cutest moment when you said "lemme look so I don't look like a fake fan" and then goes to check who it is, and says the wrong name hahahahah it was Van Augur I love your videos and your energy, Merphy

Merphy: "I don't read one piece for the fights, it's not really my thing." Also merphy: "GARP SMASHED HIS FACE INTO THE GROUND!" same Merphy, same.

20:17 sorry but not Lafitte. Lafitte is the slim guy with the tophat and cane whose current location is unknown (which makes him a prime candidate to be at egghead btw). Bepo beat up Van Auger and Burgess.

I like the theory that Koby only has 5 stars because Alvida (who's with Cross Guild) is still salty - since he was her cabin boy.

Rule number one of One Piece, nobody is dead till proven otherwise. You have some nice theories

Kuzan has long been one of my favourite characters. The story of a righteous marine being forced to commit and watch heinous acts in the name of laws that dont make sense to him, and then becoming disillusioned and apathetic, was a very engaging one to me. I feel like Akainu potentially becoming Fleet Admiral kind of woke him up in a sense. He realized that someone cold and ruthless would be at the helm of the marines, and putting a stop to Akainu and becoming Fleet Admiral reignited that burning justice he had lost. After fighting for 10 whole days (very different from his half-hearted and lazy attempts in his duties we'd been seeing), losing after getting that worked up for the first time in years was just too much for him, so he left. My personal theory was always that he left the marines in order to pursue his own kind of vigilante justice, but I dont know these chapters are making me wonder. Has he truly fallen to being a villain like Blackbeard? Is he trying to take down the BB pirates from within? Is he just using them for his goals only to betray them later? Im super curious Anyway, great video as always!

"so i don't look like a fake fan" Proceeds to try and pronounce the only bb pirate memeber we haven't seen in ages 😭

We seen law be loyal to luffy kid has too since he didn’t attack luffy after the war at wano but it’ll be nice to see luffy and kid have to go through something similar to what luffy and law did

Merph, you're one of the most entertaining OP fans out there xD "real fan" lmao

If you want to talk famous pirates, look at Maynard. Who's Maynard you ask? In real life, he's the British lieutenant who killed the real life Blackbeard. In One Piece, he's a vice admiral in Dressrosa who's honestly pretty forgettable. I love the real life name references in One Piece, though I think you can't always rely on them as a sign of power

My grandmother was watching a movie in the other room while I was reading the chapter, and sad music started playing when I got to the page with Law and Bepo on the ground and the Polar Tang broken into pieces. Thanks movie for making my favorite character in one of his lowest moments even more depressing.

I Love you Merphy! Great video I really enjoyed your excitement when talking about the different characters especially on are favorite Gramps Garp.

Thank you for your energy around this story. Wowwe

She would go ballistic when she reads 1082

Merphy strugling with Names always make my day. 😂

10:40 - Luffy started a war with the world government over one crew member. Garp started a war with the current most infamous pirate in the world over one organization member. ..God I love this family.

I'm so glad for your breakdowns. your like the only one piece reviewer who reads the official translation instead of the leaked fanlations and I just wanted to say thank you, I also love that you do multi chapter reviews

The whimsical feel of Chapter 1080 when we were introduced to the BB pirates was amazing.

bb wants an island with no law. island: check no trafalgar law: workin on it

Girl, I need your videos to be 1 hour long! Great content, I love your analysis of stuff.

I think the thing with Garp is that he’s not loyal to the World Government, he’s loyal TO THE MARINES. It explains his refusal to be promoted to a position where he’d have to submit to Government authority over Marine authority, and why he’s still working for the Marines as a teacher despite otherwise retiring.

It's my own fault for being too caught in the echo chamber of the OP youtube community; I didnt't notice just how fucking EPIC Garp's been these past two chapters. That summary @9:43 was amazing, "HANDS OFF, or I'll wreck you." 🔥🔥🔥

This is going to be a snape vs dumbledore situation

20:40 kid’s pirates are called the kid pirates so close enough lmao

1:34 " He wants to make an island where there is no Law" That's why he tried to take him out.

Oda is never gonna be satisfied with just "woman who can control inanimate objects", always has to add that distinct flair

I love these videos! One Piece is so exciting right now it's unreal

Sulong Bepo is terrifying. Probably the most vicious looking of all the Sulong we have seen so far.

I never really thought of Blackbeard trying to connect with the Celestial Dragons but it does make sense. The one thing I'm really confused is that Teach as a yonko should be able lead a country, but he still wants the pirate island to be recognized by the World Government.

The Blackbeard parallell with Luffy is so great. Blackbeard's crew are not friends, but have one goal, while the Straw Hats are friends that help each other towards each of them's own dream

I’m calling it here, the man with the burn scar is going to be the character with the eye patch and will signal the true beginning of the end

Garp,even 1/4 of the monster he used to be is still a Monster Kaido and Big Mom still remembers as the last time they felt pain 😹(and were handed their ass along with Xebec,Whitebeard,Shiki,Captain John,an Wang Zhi by Garp and Roger)

"Don't get involve!" Said Sengoku with serious face "Seriously? It's about my Grandson! But i don't have to involve??" "Yeah, and you don't need to move an inch!!"

I believe that Garp's fist is not just a fist, but a fist with love, and I believe that it will bring Kuzan back.

At this point, One Piece could become a manga centered around Garp always winning, and I think everyone would be on board.

8:43 Joining a Yonko crew as a form of self care

Imagine being Garp, visiting foosha village after a year and seeing your grandson with your biggest enemy's hat

I was waiting for this so bad

Knowing about some last minute changes Oda did trough out the series anything can happen with Garp, he can die, he can be imprisoned, Blackbeard may want to make with Garp what the Marine did with Ace. The only 99,9% thing to happen is Koby escaping.

I saw someone else call you Merphy D. Napier, so I'm continuing the trend. ;)

It was Van Augur, not Lafitte! Lafitte is most likely the one going to Egghead (with Catarina).

Blackbeards Rizz Stat is off the charts. One convo and Kuzan was like yeah I'm in.

People are thinking about this as too black or white Kuzan doesnt need to be part of sword to have a goal of his own In fact its much more interesting if he is pursuing an objective solo, by himself As Doffy said he has a purpose, hes not lost or doubtful like Garp believes As he said himself, he is still him

Ooo, now I really hope we get that shot of three generations of Monkey family standing against the World Government.

What this latest chapter really drew home was that characters in-universe are just as clueless as we are and are trying to figure things out with their own tinfoil hat theories. The Blackbeard Pirates talking to Kuzan about the road poneglyphs and the man with the burn scar is just like how the fanbase crafts theories: baseless speculation that's probably very, very wrong.

We NEED a panel of the three Monkey Ds standing together against the world government, that's why Garp can't die here

The whole thing about Kuzan seeming to be actually siding w Blackbeard is soo clever from Oda, I don't think a lot of ppl saw dat flashback coming (I sure didn't) ! xP

Blackbeard will probably bring Law’s crew to Hachinosu so he can sell them as slaves. Since it’s likely that the Holy Land is one of the final places people will fight, I think now we have a good reason why Law would want to go to either Hachinosu or the Holy Land

21:40. France under Napoleon lost the battle of Trafalgar (naval battle, he didn't command the fleet) as well as losing the battle of 'Water'loo.

I like to think Kid just had his Moria moment. Fights an Emperor and loses his way as a pirate. Luffy then beats some sense into him next time they meet.

Absolutely excited to see the black beard theories be disproved or proven we gotten so many bits of his character that will probably surface in this arc after egghead. This entire Last Saga is going to be insane. Love seeing you break down the themes, characters, and arcs of one piece. ❤❤❤

Blackbeard wants to be "pirate king" by being the official king of the official pirate kingdom instead of finding the one piece? that's kinda cheap, but it fits him.

Fan theory, not sure how I feel about it yet, but it could be interesting. So usually in One Piece we are following the crew 99% of the time and checking on what everyone else is doing in between arcs. So what if Egg Head island ends up being the reverse of that. We are spending a lot of chapters of the Revolutionary Army, Sabo, Kumo, Bonny, Shanks, Black Beard, Law, Kidd, and Garp with the marines and Aokiji. When we left Egg Head Island we hear a bit of Narration saying "What happened at Egg Head Island the next Day Shocked the World". Well what better way to get that across than the shock us, the Audience, than by spending time seeing what everybody is up to on the same day Egg Head Island is going down, and then seeing all of their reactions when they read about what Straw Hats have been up to in the news paper? So a lot's happened. Law goes down. Kidd goes down. Garp kicks butt and takes names on Pirate Island, and all of those adventures pale in comparison to what goes down on Egg Head Island. We get a panel of Shanks, Garp, and Blackbeard getting a Newspaper the next morning after all off their adventures popped off followed by another set of panels of the three of them with shocked faces as they read about what happened. The Headline could be "Straw Hats take Gorosei Saturn and Dr. Vegapunk Hostage". And then who knows what they read after that. Maybe they read the story and they find out that Kizaru is missing, and Franky destroyed a whole 100 ship navy fleet by piloting a giant mecha. And then the Straw Hats were aided in their efforts by 3 Government agents who joined their crew, and government just declares Stucci, Kaku, and Rob Lucci to be pirates now. Not only that but they even accuse Rob Lucci of being the mastermind behind the incident that. And then we afterwards we get some banter onboard the sunny with the Straw Hats talking about how inaccurate the story is. Luffy would be like "We only kidnapped Saturn." So it turns out that Luffy only remembers beating up Kizaru, but the reason he's missing is because Caribou showed up afterwards stored him inside his bottomless swamp so he could try to sell the Admiral to Cross Guild later for a bunch of money, but then afterwards Caribou just gets shoved in a barrel again because he's too busy excitedly talking to himself to notice Franky walking up behind him. And then Franky and Dr. Vegapunk somehow worked together to get Ancient Machine on Egg Head island working to defeat the Navy Fleet. Rob Lucci is just totally disgusted by the whole experience and wants off the Sunny as fast as he can. New bounties are issued, Sanji's mad because Rob Lucci has a higher bounty than him, but not as high as Zoro or Jinbe, and Zoro calls Sanji 5th place. And then the arc closes with Dragon on his ship reading the paper, and he just lets out the longest sigh and says, "Well I guess I better go to Marijoa and try and stop Kuma, but I guess I better go check on what my son is doing instead." So we get a good look at Dragon's ship and it looks like the official Bandai Model. Mahogany Wood exterior, Black Dragon on the Mast and surrounding the whole ship, and there are storms and whirlpools surrounding it, which he controls to wind to steer his ship where he wants to go. We get a shot of him bellow deck, the marks on his face aren't a Tattoo as much as they are scars from a Branding Iron, and in the background hidden away on his ship is the final Road Ponygliph. Dragon is totally the man marked by flames.