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Why Crocodile Was The Villain One Piece NEEDED
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Crocodile: Alright, strawhat, popquiz
Luffy: Oh no
Luffy would be the guy to say pass and it being the right answer against crocodile though
shit, my weakness!
Luffy skipped school just to get a pop quiz lol
he asked because he is Sir.
Hell nah
Crocodile one of the best characters that suffers from early story syndrome making him weaker then it actually should be.
Well he got stronger and is now YC1+ Level as Oda admitted he attended Crocodile to be.
He got his dreams crushed. Since Haki equals Ambition, getting knocked down several pegs literally sapped all his strength away from him.
Now he's returned.
@@BraceDecadesis basic armament haki really enough of a boost to get to YC1 level?😂
The only way ill buy his strength is if he awakened his logia
Yeah but we would have gotten another mid villain that was weak and that would just be boring. I’m actually glad crocodile appeared early
He got them prison gains lol
Seriously though how’s it so hard to believe that Crocodile was lax on physical stats from sitting in the shadows, in the first half of the grand line no less, and over relying on logia abilities? If Luffy and Co. can grow why not Crocodile? He’s dangerous because of his intelligence and now he’s got more strength to enact his goals.
Alabasta was the arc where I truly got invested into one piece and it was pretty much all due to crocodile. He was so ominous and cold. It was the first time I thought that the Straw Hats path to achieving Luffy’s goals in particular really wasn’t going to be easy as he genuinely posed a real threat to the Straw Hats, so I feel like Crocodile set a gold standard in some ways for a good one piece villain in my eyes.
Alabasta was the one that got me
The exact scene was when the pirates pretended to be a part of the military and started killing civilians to try and cause a Civil War. At that point I realized the world is bigger than luffy
Yeah Alabasta and Crocodile set the tone of every major arc that came after.
Dont forget doflamingo he was the most ruthless , cold hearted , gangster in One piece
@@yardman8842 Of course I’m not forgetting him or anyone else. Im just talking about crocodile as for one it’s a crocodile based video and he is what got me hooked on One Piece. Secondly for me he is the quintessential cold and cunning antagonist / turned anti hero in current times, that really posed a large threat to Luffy and set the standard for other antagonists like Doflamingo to be just as good.
Well said Croc is awesome
Crocodile has that effect that people looking back on the series may mistakenly say that he's not that special of a villain, but its because they forget that he's the one that DEFINED what a great One Piece villian is, there was no one like him before him, and the greats that came after took his template and made improvements
I wouldnt say improvements. He still is by far the best at what he does. Enel, Doffy and Kaido all had something going for them but none of them were as good as being an antagonist as Crocodile
Didn’t matter what the good guys did. He was always one step ahead of them, until he was finally defeated. No other villain comes close to that feeling, aside from maybe Doflamingo.
@@Kaisona2017The 1st True Hurdle
@@Kaisona2017no even Doffy he never had back up plans, after Sugar felt so did all his scheme and he was never close of defeating Luffy.
Doffy is only charismatic same thing that Crocodile is, but only Croc was the one that possesed a big threat in his own arc
@@veruskatorres9276 Untrue. Doffy had plenty of backup plans during his arc. He created a birdcage to cause chaos, and started a game to turn the citizens against Luffy and the others. After that. he sent a string clone to attack Luffy and Law. Then he made Bellamy fight Luffy, to force an ultimatum on Luffy. Then, he started closing the Birdcage, to destroy everything.
Crocodile was basically a Bond villian, and a very good one at that.
True
Having an extra pair of officer agents just to guard the bomb was shear brilliance.
To be fair: Crocodile got at some point in the way of everybody at Marinefort. Dude wanted to 1v1 Whitebeard from the start, clashed with Mihawk etc.
Also straight up attacked Akainu
And then he spat on the marines and Doflamingo as well. Crocodile is the definition of not giving a damn.
This was definitely Oda way of saying Crocodile has been training and is up there with the best of them. Crocodile fought the most people (heavy hitters) in Marinefold by far
@@Sweet_KarmaAh yes, the infamous prison buff
@Sweet_Karma he's the frieza in one piece.
Crocodile is legit still probably my favorite villain in one piece his style his laugh he’s awesome and very evil. The sub laugh for him is cold.
Making a sand hour glass then saying do whatever you want for 3 minutes then I'll stop playing and kill you is one of the coldest things in One Piece.
Same
He always will be my fav Villain and top 3 overall
Knowing Oda, he will surprise us by revealing something different about Crocodile than the popular fan theory just to troll with us.
I think he is a secret revolutionary. He went so far undercover to help the RA get the weapon in Alabasta based on what they knew.
@@josephwiessner1558 i don't see it because, maybe he was but after he done in alabasta he 100% not
@@josephwiessner1558 Great Possibility too considering they probably didn't entirely trust Nico Robin at that time so they had Crocodile act as a watch-dog for her actions. And Dragon, after finding out that Nico Robin joined forces with Luffy, his son, it concluded that Nico Robin is not so bad after all especially after that Impel Down arc, so during the timeskip the revolutionary army invited Nico Robin.
Sorry for my bad english, not my 1st language.
I think he is either a former slave saved by the Revolutionary Army and is a secret associate or he's the maternal uncle of Luffy (Luffy's mum's brother). Oda has stated out of all the characters in OP a young Crocodile was the most similar to Luffy personality wise. Also, the SBS of a young Crocodile reading a newspaper looks suspiciously similar to Luffy just a cooler/darker version, so I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out that Crocodile was Luffy's uncle on his mother's side
@josephwiessner1558 Crocodile is the mastermind behind Cross Guild, it's his brain child and seeing how he approached Mihawk and turned down Doffy gives us a lot of insight into the kind of company he likes to keep, so I can see him and Dragon sharing similar interests, especially since Crocodile said he doesn't like seeing the world government win during Marinefold
Crocoboy is still my favorite villain, and the fact hes stuck around just as much as buggy is amazing, hes never stopped being this force
Crocodile and Moria have some similarities. Both have mighty fine dreams and have the potential to do so, but got humbled by an old Rocks member. The difference is that Crocodile changes his dreams adjacent to it in a more intelligent way while improve upon his mistakes, meanwhile Moria's way is pure laziness, so he will never suffer through losing the people he cared about again
There's a reason why Crocodile remains one of the most popular One Piece characters even to this day, he left a REALLY good first impression! For me, what I love most about Crocodile as a villain is how he has so many "oh, you bastard!" moments but is crafty enough to not only let them interfere with his plans, but even outright ties them into his plans. The most notable example of this is the whole bomb thing, Crocodile tells Vivi about it not expecting her to actually find it, but if she somehow does, the bomb is on a timer and is too heavy to actually move it a safe distance away before it goes off. On top of Crocodile just giving Vivi and the Straw Hat Pirates false hope that they could actually do something about this, it helps keep them distracted while he goes to the crypt and has Robin read the Poneglyphs. Of course, Pell does end up showing up and carrying the bomb away, seemingly sacrificing himself in the process, but I view that as a "evil cannot comprehend good" moment; he didn't account for that because to him, why would anyone throw away their life for someone else. This actually feeds into Crocodile's lack of trust he has for anyone, now that I think about it. See, Crocodile is such a fascinating and layered character, which is impressive considering we don't know Crocodile's backstory or why he is the way he is now, and that helps with his popularity, I feel. Definitely an A-Class villain, in my opinion at least.
“A hero is a hero but everyone loves a good villain.”
-Ferb Fletcher
Ah yes. The early Villain that started the trend of Luffy losing first then get endless rematch opportunities 😂
All the villains he seemed to have fought like that tend to have fallen hard after their own great defeat. Seeing Luffy get back up again would be pretty striking for each one of them.
I know it's common shonan trope, but I like how Luffy kind of baits his tougher or smarter opponents into endurance matches. Like he is out thinking them in his own way
Crocodile is definitely a top tier villain for me. He was the 1st real threat and will always be a good measure of how far the Straw Hats have come (especially Luffy).
Now I'd love to see what GLR thinks of Foxy. XD
Foxy S tier. Don't need a video. No explanation needed.
unironically, he's got a fun gimmick and devil fruit
@@MasquedMocha the people who hate foxy arc are casuals who cant enjoy the fun elements of the show. they watched it purely to get to wano where everything gets serious and drawn out for four years until the arc ends in about 5 minutes
@@satisfried_6654 nah, I get why they don't like it, it's a C tier arc sandwiched between two S tiers. Like it was fun, but it looks bad when compared go skypiea and water 7/ennies lobby
Crocodile is one of the best written villains in all of media. he’s introduced as a terrible despicable irredeemable piece of garbage, and then he gets defeated, and not only has respect for that little pup, but goes on to protect him
I really like Crocodile as a character, he is one of my favorite villains so this video is just PERFECT
3:00 Joseph: SHIIIIZZAAAAAAAAA NOOOOOOOOOOOO, I TOLD YOU TO EAT THE GAS-GAS FRUIT.
I started watching One Piece on a Catalan TV channel. At that time, they eventually stopped airing it after Crocodile defeated Luffy for the first time. As a kid, I spent a long time believing that Crocodile was such a badass that he actually defeated the main character and ended the show for good right then and there. Even after growing up and understanding the truth, I've never been able to shake off the brutal impression Crocodile left on me.
god thats so fucking amazing
I'd like to see the villians analyzed in order. Sort of to see how Oda has evolved (or devolved?) overtime. I'd also like to eventually understand why Dolfy is so darn charismatic so really looking forward to your explanation lol.
It doesn't hurt that he was straight up spittin' facts at Marineford.
Crocodile is literally the reason I started watching One Piece. There’s a certain AMV of their fight I can’t find anymore but will always remain in my heart.
Alabasta holds a lot of nostalgia for me, but I still believe Crocodile is the best villain the series has every had. I don't believe I'll ever think otherwise.
Crocodile: "To hell with pups!"
*realizes who Luffy is related to*
Crocidile: "Crap... he's my pup."
I love that at 2:59 there’s just a casual Joseph Joestar mourning Caesar
Hi Liam, just wanted to mention for the Lucci video (great series already!) - I think he just can’t be analyzed in that way without putting spotlight Spandam. Those two combined are my fav One Piece Arc antagonists because they represent two total different sides of the same coin!
Crocodile fans when they meet Alligator fans: Wait wait wait!
Caiman left the chat.
It would be funny if Sir Crocodile had a relative with the name of Alligator.
14:03 "A truly great villain needs to satisfy one more criteria"
i honestly thought he was going to talk about the laugh
Kuro was underrated: he drove Luffy to the point of exhaustion (and blood loss) and he was self-admitted out of practice yet still managed to troll him mid-battle.
I mean, after crocodile, kuro pales too much. Planning wise crocodile is way better. But yeah, kuro was decent
I think Kuro was an early prototype for villains that are more cunning like Crocodile or Donflamingo
@@saparapatepete East Blue in general was foreshadowing the Grand Line: Captain Axe-Hand Morgan and Nezumi represented Corrupted Marines, Buggy Represented Opposing Devil Fruits, Kuro was the foreshadowing of Superhuman Techniques aka the Six Powers, Don Krieg was the poster child of relying on tricks and numbers and even despite how strong he was he was insignificant in the Grand Line, Arlong and the Fishmen represented other races/cultures and their struggles/prejudices, and Loguetown was the epic finale of crossovers that resulted in lore drops, info, and future allies/enemies.
On the note that fighting Luffy changes people, Doffy had a cover page of him helping a bird from a fallen tree by giving it a comfortable spot with his cape. (Chapter 1083)
also he puts a band-aid on the birds head idk if that's significant.
My favorite One Piece villain getting some serious recognition ❤ He was the big bad the first time I came into OP, and his mark never left.
A video on Arlong or Doffy would be dope, but ill take any 😂
Crocodile is that serious villain they introduce to change the tone for a series, he's methodical, he's cunning, he's treated and displayed as a hill for the strawhats to overcome.
Another example of this type of character is Thawn in the *Star Wars rebels* everytime he fought the rebels, he overcame them due to his strategy and cunning and because of his ruthlessness and ability to predict their actions he was able to rob them of any meaningful victory
Dang this gave me old school GrandLineReview vibes. I loved it it reminded me of the one piece 101 videos but with your new charisma and attitude! Keep up the great work!
Its like Crocodile is Gold standard of villain but we can’t forget Dofy is the dimond of villain world
Crocodile walked so Doffy could run.
nah, crocodile is way better than flamingo.
alao the donquichotte family is embarresing and way to prominent in the arc.
Croc and Dofy are my favorite villains , even more than the Emperors thus far (other than Blackbeard)
@@FranzFerdinantIItf
Doflamingo is NOT a more effective villain than Crocodile, strictly for one specific reason:
Zero Tension
Never once, in the entire Dressrosa arc (and that's a long @$$ arc) do I ever feel like Luffy is going to lose to Doffy. The second Luffy puts up his foot to protect Law and take over that fight, all tension evaporates as I'm just waiting for Luffy to put the final nail in Doffy's coffin.
Crocodile was a threat that I honestly did not know how Luffy would overcome. Even after he discovered Croc's weakness to water, it seemed like he was able to absorb it anyway, and Luffy legitimately almost dies THREE TIMES fighting him. It was an absolute nail-biting conclusion.
The same cannot be said for his fight with Doffy. At that point in the story, Luffy had already defeated two warlords, and that was BEFORE his two years of training with Reyleigh, and since we had yet to see him go all out and be pushed to his limits since the time skip, I knew we were just waiting for him to pull whatever new movement had in his arsenal and waist his @$$, which is exactly what happened.
I know Oda tried REALLY hard to still make Doffy seem like a threat by introducing "awakened Devil Fruit powers" (I'm sorry, it STILL sounds corny to me) and having Luffy's haki run out, but it all just comes across superfluous padding that unessesarily drags the fight out even longer than it needed to be, and it was already long as heck.
I “liked” Crocodile because he was so cruel; anytime he offered someone a choice or a chance, there was always a hook buried in it, some trick that meant to guarantee the worst possible outcome. It wasn’t just that he was so calculating, it was that he was so cruel while doing so.
I recently had a discussion with a friend who loves this character and he basically compared crocodile to a James Bond villain and it is so accurate. They have the style, the various henchmen, a great aesthetic and the ingenious plan to take over the world
You know that the day is going to be good when Liam posts a video about your all time favourite One Piece villain
Arlong walked so crocodile could run
crocodile walked so that arlong could crawl
croc walked all over arlong
@@sorry987654321do not disrespect the blue haki
Stretching a tier list video, into an entire series, is exactly the type of big brain move I would expect from you Liam.
Dude. Your videos are maybe the best content I’ve seen on RUclips. They are visually stunning and really immersive. But the most important part (for me) is that you put your soul into them. This is how it looks when somebody is doing something they love from the bottom of their heart. Insanely inspiring. Thank you 🙏
lmao the fucking Jojo Caesar moment in the background art for the underground chamber
And maybe The Mother Luffy NEEDED ...
With big news Morgan as the ideal father
@@christopheranderson4328 Only if that was the way, fluffy would have been the Pirate King already.
Bruh he stabbed his son through the stomach
👌😂
@@blast473 then fluuffy would be the one sitting on the empty throne
I'd like to disagree a bit on your line "Villain's are done after being defeated by Luffy"
Buggy - Made a Warlord, then a Yonko
Wapol - Made a New Metal Alloy which lead to him becoming King Again, then saves Vivi
Crocodile - A Leader of Cross Guild
Caesar - Joins up with Bege, then Creates New Madds with Judge
Katakuri - New Captain of the Big Mom Pirates
Moria - Challenged and Emperor of the Sea for his Nakama
Lucci - Currently Fighting Zoro as a reinstated CP0
Bon Clay - Best Buddy Now
No Longer Active but may come back: Doflamingo (In person for now) Big Mom (Probably Survived Volcano)
No longer Active, Morgans, Kuro, Arlong, Krieg, Hody, Kaido, Jack,
So it's about 50/50, but many of the main antagonists end up picking themselves back up.
One of the things that I loved about Crocodile was the conversations he had with Luffy instead of just smack-talk (or getting into someone's head). My favorite being their agreement over the ludicrousness of Vivi not wanting anyone to die especially when a revolt is taking place. It gave credence and not just dismissal to everything Crocodile said, even though Luffy would fight him to keep Vivi and his dream alive.
Not to mention that Crocodile *IS* Luffy's mom 🤨
Meff
I'm happy my favorite character / villain in one piece is getting the recognition he deserves. Crocodile is always been underrated. Love the fact you learned haki too
Crocodile got me truly invested into One Piece all those years back when I watched the show as a kid and he to this day is still my favorite character. I am always over the moon every time Oda decides to bring him back.
Also, as a dog lover myself, the puppy cover is so cute when I saw it for the first time I was fighting the tears.
Crocodile feels like a seinen character trapped in a shounen franchise, which is hilarious
My favourite Crocodile moment was when Crocodile said *_"It's sanding time!"_* and sanded all over and inside Luffy and gave him heavy backshots. Truly a great and incredible moment.
Crocodile is such a great character. I love his disdainful laugh too. It actually sounds like he's mocking you. I especially love that it's him that reaches out to Mihawk for the team up after the Warlords are abandoned.
Fantastic breakdown, one of your better videos mate! Great stuff! I think this is bang on, Crocodile is one of my favourite characters in One Piece and this does him justice.
Crocodile literally keep me watching OP and putting it as the best, he made Alabasta so interesting and even after years he just keep getting better. There is no other villain that is as good as him in OP imo
12:44 Thanks, Liam. You made me try Googling Crocodile drawn JJBA-style. I now hope a talented artist out there decides to do it.
I've loved crocodile since I was little kid watching the 4kidz dub 20 years ago 😭❤ to this day, luffy defeating him is one of my favorite moments in the anime
Crcodile coming out of Impel Down in his clothes shows that its not just an outfit for him. It’s more akin to a uniform, a statement that he is above you simply by what he wears. A General isn’t a General without his uniform, and just by looking at him does he make this statement.
Crocodile is the Frieza of the One Piece world. He starts off as the big bad that must be taken down no matter what. Eventually turned into an unintentional ally but may become an obstacle in the way of Luffy once again to become the King of the Pirates.
And the next villain that we should look at next is Foxy, the polar opposite of Crocodile.
Douglas Vs Crocodile ended in a draw because they were fighting near a school zone and as soon as the fight started, they were scolded by the local authorities and were forced to stop fighting, thus ending in a draw
thats my headcanon.
Please do Moria! You rag on him a LOT but there are a ton of points people tend to gloss over.
Happy to help in that regard and he’s not even one of my favorite villains, but I think he deserves a fair shake.
3:22. Ayooo??? (A low blow with a Jojo reference in the back ground haha)
Croco boy is still one of my favorite villains that “Mugiwara” in Impel Down…. Plus I see him as the first villain that sets up how crazy BB will be.
Crocodile and Doffy were schemers who plans would have worked if not for being put on Luffys direct path by a princess (Vivi and Law).
I see some people in the comments saying that crocodile suffers from being an early villain and being weaker than it should. But I honestly don't think this is true for Crocodile.
He was a force of nature, even as a "retired" pirate he was beaten the shit out of everyone in his way, and only lost because Luffy had quite literally God on his side.
Crocodile put the straw hats down more times than Kaido, and not only the straw hats, as he is able to easily beat Robin and the royal guards as well. He display a level of power that we will only see again in Enel, and he is almost a God. Even retired and without Haki, Crocs with the Cross Guild could probably run the ones against CP9. (That would be a really cool history to watch).
And when we see him again, he is just facing everyone in Marineford, from random figurants all the way up to Akainu. Crocodile has always been a menace.
I want to say that Alabasta is probably what set the tone for what One Piece is in general. Up until that point, it was mostly a villain of the week sort of thing. The heroes show up, beat the villain, and move on to the next one. And to be fair, that was because it was still in the stage of gathering and building up it's heroes first. But Alabasta is when the story shifted from plucky pirates leading a carefree life of adventure, to all the grand tales you see after. Political intrigue, multiple battles, maps to keep track of the events, large scale armies, and the heroes breaking into a weight class that can start making an impact on the world at large. This became the format for most of the major arcs going forward.
Genuinely want you to analyze gecko moiria. I think he is such an interesting antagonist for being incredibly strong and competing against kaido, to lazy and building an army out of the corpses of god valley, to now willing to step onto an emperor’s territory to demand his friend be returned
One thing that I really enjoy was when Crocodile was defeated, the symphony of the new world was playing.
Is soo fitting in the context of Luffy defeating his first big obstacle to enter the big league.
The calm part where Vivi is seeing Crocodile flying, almost like a miracle come true + flashback of when luffy say that he will beat that dude (is soo simple but effective)
And the final part, the glorious ending where King Cobrah is thanking Luffy as the music ends.
I really cannot express how much I love that decision
i really enjoyed this one and it made me love Crocodile even more.. I especially loved your Artist male depiction of a young Croco
Crocodile is the GOAT just because he never gives up. Him and Buggy both have that energy where they’re gonna keep going in spite of their defeat at the hands of Luffy so I love that they ended up together in Cross Guild. Iron wills the both of em.
In the Impel Down arc I struggled to figure out why I didn't Crocodile so damn much. And then I figured it out. He was very honest. He was straight up saying, 'Let me out of here so I can kill the father figure of your sworn brother'.
Crocodile and Buggy by far should be the two most powerful people. Just look at what their fruit allows for their bodies to do.
I love this video, crocodile is my favorite. I always thought oda was saving his back story for a later reveal like he did kuma.
Funny thing is that Crocodile is one of the few characters that can lower the walls of Wano. If he could cause enough of a distraction for Kaido, beyond the sudden loss of all the fresh water on the island, he could gain access to Pluton.
The D in Luffy's name stands for "Didn't hear no bell" since 99% of his fights are won by him refusing to stay down
For Ace it's 'Doughnut' I know super original.
I want to see a review of Trafalgar D Law as a villain; a lot of people seem to forget: the guy literally pulled hearts from chests, destroyed the entire Punk Hazard lab with one sword stroke, cut through Vertigo (who is grossly undervalued as a haki master) and he orchestrated the only successful plan to unseat an emperor against Kaido, even unseating a second yonko in the process and executing his years long revenge scheme as an added bonus…
Way too many fans have slept on his potential as a foil character to luffy and penultimate villain: if BB can have 2 DF, why can’t Law copy that physiology in himself with a simple procedure and boom now he has the OP and both of BB’s DF. Making him beyond any character we’ve seen so far with 3 of the strongest fruit powers and confirmed conquerors haki
Crocodile knows about the battleship, not the "ancient weapon". He got mixed information and half truths.
The government would be mad because it's already meantioned it was a COUNTER, meaning it's from the WG side and now the Ancient Kingdom, that's how we know.
I’m probably not the first person to come up with this theory, but I think the secret about crocodile that ivankov knows about crocodile is that crocodile may have been enslaved by the celestial dragons at some point. Seeing how ivankov was also enslaved they could have somehow crossed paths, probably during the god valley incident where crocodile could have escaped, and the fact that crocodile is prideful enough that he wouldn’t want information like that getting out.
Phenomenal job mate. Crocodile has always been my favourite one piece character. I love his depth and character development since the alabasta arc and as you said, I feel like every villain Is chasing his tail.
I love it that nearly everyone cried out so much when Kaido got his half-chapter of Backstory. Crocodile still has to get his first panel of actual Backstory.
Alabasta and crocodile are how I initially got hooked on One Piece. He’s such a good villain that you love to hate.
Crocodile vs Luffy was an excellent example of the how an experienced chess player can get got by a novice. So many plans accounting for EVERYTHING except the wild card that is the "winging it" mentality.
I think MOST of Luffys enemies are not done after being defeated. Only Hordy, Arlong and Don Krieg were done for i believe, and maybe Donflamingo, but hes coming back for sure. even Captain Black still sails about. Buggy just got bigger from it, CP9 rose in rank, Jacko joined the marines as Hinas simp, Alvita sails with Buggy, Ceasar joined up with Judge, Enel found a new army, Katakuri is still the second in command. Even Moria was still doing his thing. Oh and Kaido and Big Mom might be dead, but probably not.
The Lord of the Coast is probably still eating peoples arms.
Let's not forget that Doflamingo and even Mihawk wanted to team up with Crocodile. Whether it's for his strength or his brains or both, I feel like that really speaks volumes.
11:22 I'd like to think part of why Crocodile laughs here is because he's just now realising that this was a side benefit of stealing, and that he'd been focused enough on his plans of using rain powder to create a drought to harm public morale & sow distrust in the king that he simply hadn't considered how the lack of rain benefit him as a result of his devil fruit. He's hearing Luffy say that and having a little giggle like "Oh yeah, I guess that did work to my advantage"
I totally agree about your placement for Crocodile! Love the character.
Totally agree. His conflict with Luffy, the stature he imposed as an obstacle and the impact of defeating him were one of the best things to behold while reading One Piece.
Love the snark and the comedy in straight-laced style delivery.
I love this video because everything that you explained is what makes croco-boy my favorite antagonist and one of my favorite characters all time
What’s interesting is that Doflamingo is basically a successful Crocodile, he was able to control Dressrosa like Crocodile wanted to control Alabasta. But Doflamingo didn’t really move higher from that status, whereas I think Crocodile would have the ambition to continue conquering the world.
Sir Crocodile is PERFECT as a villain. His awesome design, and his power combined with his extreme intelligence, and how much of a threat he posed to the heroes were what inspired me to write Toshineko, my villain character you see in my profile picture.
Crocodile's whole journey from the time of losing to whitebeard, alabasta, impel down and marineford and now after wano has been so exciting. I admire his 'following his dreams' attitude and how he has changed after learning from luffy in a way. I hope to see a at least a brief backstory to show his early days. And ofc, as a part of cross guild, I'm excited for the plans he going to make to get the one piece or whatever they're trying to do now lol
I have to admit, I like that you’re doing this. This should be fun to see where every main villain from One Piece ranks.
If I may throw a war spear in the ring, I would like to see you do Don Krieg next. With no devil fruit, Fishman genetics, or direct cyborg implants (but admittedly a lot of foul play), he almost killed Luffy (even though he technically lost the fight). Plus his gear was pretty sick.
my favorite crocodile moment was his final beatdown in the anime where they used dvorak's new world symphony. It's just unique and makes crocodile stand out even more and marks a pivotal moment in the story. like if luffy can surpass crocodile, there isn't a single thing that can stop him.
I love Crocodile's character development most out of all the villains in One Piece. You just can't hate the guy.
I'd like to see you analyze Enel/Eneru next. I feel he has some potential for big comeback.
Related to that, I'm still a bit sad about how Haki really lessened the challenge of Logia powers. Before Sabaody, big part of fighting a Logia user was figuring out how to harm them (Enel being a bit of an exception, since Luffy literally was his weakness).
Crocodile is what really turned me into a fan. Such a good villain with a complex plan and some fallbacks to. I believe pre time skip there is no other villain that help a candle to his impact
I love the part where you point out Croc's growth and development post-Luffy beat down. Spot on. This also makes the appeal of Crocomom theory grow on me. Or at least Oda plans to have Croc play a role in final. Like as an ally by circumstance or my personal wish, joining Grand Fleet to support his son 🔥 Kaido, Doffy, Caesar, Katakuri in that order are my favorite OP villains
Speaking of Crocodile when Luffy finally does defeat him it's one of my personal favorite moments in the anime with the sympathy music playing as Luffy goes Gum Gum Storm. To me it's up with with Jet Gatlin vs Rob Lucci.
Love this series Liam. Can't wait for the Foxy video!
Croc is awesome in manga, but in anime; iconic. The voice is so strong 🔥 The lines and the way they are delivered: mesmerizing. Epic combination that elevates Croc off the page for me.. or out of the frame, through the 4th wall, to feeling like a real living character. "Hisashiburi danaaa.. Mugiwara" 🔥
Something about Crocodile's style and drip made him my favorite villain. Looking back at Impel Down, the newkamas had a change in wardrobe ready for him after Luffy let him out of his cell and one of them was even shining his shoes. No other inmate freed during this time got that kind of treatment and respect, not even our beloved Bon Clay.
Make another video on Doflamingo,
he is the coolest villain in One piece and i Even love him the most after Aizen in all of anime.
Watching this video made me realize that there's a very real chance Crocodile could actually have a chance of fulfilling his dreams from Alabasta as well. I love the way you ended this video:
"Even though this may not have been his plan, he's now put into a position to go after the one piece"
The reality is, with Buggys wild fate of failing upwards, Crocodile and the Cross Guild have the real potential to fail into Pluton. Especially if something were to go awry with Swamp nakama's "dream of meeting Blackbeard". This shift in him feels eerily like Sabaody- in that Carabou is looking for a way to preserve himself, and then in a fatesome twist he could actually be trying to meet with our favorite genius jester.