It's so messed up. We meet Dadan in Luffy's flashback and see how much she did not want to take care of those boys, then we jump back to the present and her reaction after Ace's death and seeing Garp, and its just soul crushing.
She was genuinely the first example i thought of, also in terms of how overprotective „grandmothers“ are over their children’s children. It conveyed this kind of dynamic to me.
That is what we like in this ship! Having a partner is nice, having a lifetime of stories about your adventures and all the places you have visited and made an impact in is legendary.
@@AegeanOliveThey know, that's why they mentioned it in this video about general, non-romantic love. We all know romance has different means without you needing to spell it out for us.
When I think above One Piece and love, the first thing that comes to mind is Corazon's final words to Law. "I love you" as he makes one of the best smiles ever.
@@harkthesound32 , Tsuru is also the only grandmother in One Piece that has her biological grandchild in the Marines because Garp's found family in Koby wants to remain in the Marines, and Sengoku's found family in Law was only a temporary warlord of the seas.
The Aggressive Affection can also extend to Luffy, Ace, and Sabo. There's no doubt that the brothers love each other so so dearly and yet... they are so mean and violent to each other as children. But that violence doesn't stop them from loving one another. If Ace and Luffy didn't love each other then the whole Marineford arc wouldn't hold nearly as much weight as it does.
I just got diagnosed with cancer one month ago and I'm under treatment,. One Piece taught me to love life. Before watching it never once thought about being glad for existing, for being alive, after Robin a Brook stories I'm just so glad I'm continuing living, and with Ace made me be glad for the people around me, that love me and care for me. I'm glad that I'm living, even if I'm sick. I'm giving my all to fight against this, I wanna be here to watch Luffy becomes the king of the pirates. It's a great video, brought tears to my eyes at the end c: .
Let zorro embodies you on your battle. Mental Strength is powerful. Hope someday you will say "Nothing happened" as well, very very soon. Wish you good health nakama ❤🙏
I can still hear Sanji's voice screaming "Owner Zeff" in my head. My first tears at One Piece were shed watching him bow and thank his father for the years of care. This had to be a Sanji video lmao
Another beautiful moment🖤🖤 My sub and I just watched the Fisher Tiger/Otohime flashback. It's her first time through, and many tears were shed. Honestly, I think it's a great example for this video as well. Tiger's living a life of compassion despite being filled with internal darkness and hate, and her pure love... Jimbe and Nami after... I have a Sun Pirates tattoo for a reason😁😁
One of my favorite moments centered around love is when Brûlée tells her whole family that Katakuri was beaten by Luffy - in that moment, she is freeing him from the expectations he’s been held up to for decades. His reputation may be smeared, but now he doesn’t NEED to feel like that perfect older brother figure he had been for so, so long.
I also love how Brûlée understood that Katakuri became like that because of her scar. Instead of hating him, her understanding and kindness made Katakuri believe he needs to be perfect for his younger sibling as a way for atonement to the point he even hid half of his face to fit the idea of perfectness. When flambé or whatever that brat’s name showed her disappointment at his imperfectness rlly made me pissed because she went from an undesired simp to a a brat that truly belonged to the streets.
“It’s not a Sanji video please believe me” LIIIIES, YOU CAN’T HAVE A VIDEO ON LOVE WITHOUT THE MELLORINE MELLORINE LOVE HURRICANE MAN HIMSELF! All kidding aside, I love exploring the platonic and familial love of this series, really helps me with my own character writing and helps me understand how deep bonds can truly be without the need to shove in romance, can’t wait to finish the video!
It was that moment when Luffy fought a lion for a dog... not to defend him or take revenge for him... but just to protect his treasure... and then he sat down beside Shushu and spoke to him as equals... That moment solidified One Piece for me
31:18 I think a favorite love moment of mine was G5 saving Tashigi. The guys who throw her without doubt or hesitation tossing her together, Tashigi desperately trying to go back for them, and the most heart-rending part, them being told she's safe before the panel where it shows them turned into statues in the most giddy, happy positions.
What tore me apart about that scene is how they were depicted as being misfits. This was the same group that was as close to pirates as you could get, the same group that Tashigi had to scold constantly, yet they still cared enough to save her over themselves without a second thought.
I love that G5 panel too. Sacrifices made of love are amazing. But I won't lie that they lose a bit of magic when revealed to be another fake-out death.
I know we all cry at the Merry/Ace final words scenes, and I can see how we cry when Nami begs Luffy for help (and earns a hat) But what -actually- made me cry entirely too hard: at the very tail end of Whole Cake arc, Sanji is splitting a page with Zeff in the other half mimicking the same motion of putting a plate in front of someone, and saying “You Hungry?! I’ll feed you!! We can talk after that!”
The entire Marineford arc is completely fueled by love. Luffy's quest to get to Ace is completely kick-started by the love of those around him, wether it was Boa's romantic infatuation or Bon Clay's deep friendship. The entire war is one caused by love, the sacrifice made by Ace's mom to delay his birth so that he lives, the Whitebeards' attempted rescue, Luffy's plan, hell even Garp's own dilemma is caused by the conflict between his ideals and his familia love for Ace. God One Piece is so cool
Koby's love for the Marine soldiers more than Akainu himself is another tragic of display in the Paramount War because after the final war against the World Government Koby needs to be the Fleet Admiral more than Akainu himself.
Man I also love how love shapes a character- Sanji was only shown examples of love being so self-destructive that it makes sense why he’s always willing to give himself for others. Sora taking the poison in hopes to keep her children human and not regretting it for a moment even as she withered away. Zeff cutting off his own leg and eating it just to make sure this kid had a fighting chance at survival and seeking out his dream. Luffy starving himself as a declaration of love and to show just how important Sanji is to him and the crew. Just the fact of Sanji being a chef shows how much he was shaped because he devotes himself so fully to the act of serving others. Man. I love Sanji so much
I second loving this comment! Sanji’s relationship with all forms of love, familial, romantic and platonic is easily one of my favourite things to look into in One Piece because it’s all so deep and multi-layered
The first moment that came to my mind was Luffy remembering that he has his crew waiting for him, that moment not only was important for Luffy but for Jinbe as well.
As someone who comes from a Turkish family full of hot-blooded maniacs who can't show love unless it is in some form violent, One Piece has done more for me than some actual therapists have and there is no other series that has connected with me on this level. I think a large reason for OPs popularity in the middle east or France with a huge middle eastern and African diaspora is directly linked to this. It depicts the dysfunctional kind of love we know and were raised with.
Another example of love I like is the love Garp has for Luffy. Despite Luffy growing up to be a pirate instead of a marine like Garp wanted he's still proud of him. Anytime he hears about the trouble his rambunctious idiot grandson gets into he laughs and says that's his grandson. We also see how much it hurt him to stand by at Marineford when he had his heart felt conversation with Ace. Saying he had no sympathy for criminals, but for family he does. Then when he let Dadan beat the shit out of him for failing to save Ace. Garp is a man torn by duty and love.
I really like Garp as a character, however for me he's the one who shows what happens when duty comes before love :/ He was too deep in to chose his family (which is cool, makes him a really interesting guy!)
@@sparo_art agreed but I think something broke in him when Ace was killed. If Luffy is ever to face the same fate of being captured and executed I don't think he'd sit by and watch. He'd kill whoever he had to to save Luffy.
You just had to get me with Zeff punching Sanji as him showing how much he loves him more than cooking for the ppl he cares about. Thank you for all the Sanji love, I appreciate it more than you know
I'm so glad you honed in on the ringing of the Light of Shandora as one of the most thematically resonant moments in One Piece. It's truly breathtaking how that moment captures everything One Piece is about. Luffy defeats Enel, freeing the Shandians and Skypieans from the tyranny of a false god and bringing them freedom. Luffy proves to Cricket that Skypiea exists, thus showing that dreams, things we think may be impossible, are real and are worth fighting for. And it fulfills the 400 year long promise of Noland and Kalgara, whose wills are carried on by Wiper, Cricket and Nola. Their friendship and love for each other was strong that even 400 years later their promise to each other was fulfilled.
One of the times I think of aggressive love is when luffy says something completely mean but it comes from such a pure place that you can't help but doki doki ie when he hits vivi and then proceeds to ask her to rely on them ❤ literally chefs kiss
Sanji asked Zoro to kill him, with Zoro replying to Sanji he better be alive until that moment. If that’s not the most romantic thing I don’t know what else
Maybe the most underrated "love" scene in my opinion is in the end of fishman island where jimbe donates blood to luffy and he just smiles at jimbe as he invites him to join the crew... that and all the flashbacks of the story so far, and remembering how jimbe helped luffy in marineford just made me bawl the first time i saw it... it was all so genuine and warm
A moment of love that immediately comes to mind is how Robin knew the crew for a few weeks tops and already decided she would rather set the whole world ablaze than let any one of them come to any harm. And the absolute desperation of the others fighting their way through to her. Also stuff like the franky family and similair characters who were complete outcasts who were shown exactly one kindness in their life and decided they would do anything in their might to repay that even just a little. The sun pirates letting jimbei go with big smiles because all they want is him finally being happy too
The aggressive love has the appeal that it's honest. Many relationships/friendships die from the frozen climate of bottled emotions and withheld feelings, even if they are "negative" or unwanted feelings. Someone to bounce ALL feelings with on a two-way street is someone with whom you can have absolute undoubtful love with, platonic or romantic. I also love that you brought up Sanji's sibling abuse c.f. Zeff's abuse. Definitely belongs in fiction, but the distinction is important.
The love between Luffy and Shanks is so beautiful. Despite Luffy being a cheeky brat to Shanks and Shanks teasing Luffy, they have such a strong bond.They only knew each other for a year (and even then its implied that Shanks would still leave every now and then) yet Shanks considered Luffy basically a son and Luffy considered Shanks to be, arguably, the most important person in his life. That's why he treasures his strawhat so much. Also, I don't just love Shanks sacrificing his arm for Luffy: I love the scenes after: Shanks thanking Luffy for standing up for him, telling him not to cry because "he's a man now!", telling Luffy that losing his arm was no big deal, swimming back with Luffy close to him and one arm while he's still bleeding (most likely what happened), everything Shanks did in that moment was for Luffy and his well being. And Luffy cries, knowing the gravity of the situation and not just crying on Shanks's behalf but because of his love for Shanks.
One Piece was the first series, that I watched as a kid, which did a really good job of showing that blood alone isn't what makes a family. No matter whether you look at the backstories of Nami, Sanji, Luffy, Law, the Whitebeard Pirates, etc., all of these backstories cover this topic so incredibly well. One of the main reasons why One Piece has become the most successful manga of all time over the years is simply the fact that, in addition to cool fights and well-written characters, Oda can simply excels at conveying emotions and even after more than 20 years still manages to write a story with so much heart.
Also it makes SO MUCH SENSE why Oda doesn't kill characters off as much as a lot of psychopaths seem to crave. I will never understand the death lust the fanbase has, it truly baffles me. I also don't subscribe to the idea that moments like that get ruined retroactively by revealing they're alive. It didn't change anything for in the moment, even when I realized they were alive I was more relieved than frustrated by it. I guess it's cause I love life so much.
Hearing that you love Berserk was a really nice surprise. It's my favorite series of all time and I cry every time I talk about it because it's such a great emotional story that gets horribly mischaracterized so often.
i recently got my friend into one piece so we've been watching alabasta together and i never realized just how much the scene w nearly everyone staying in the room w nami while she was sick and sleeping meant to me :')
Surprised you didn't mention Garp in the "aggressive love" section. I understand that maybe his style is so similar to Kureha's and Zeff's that maybe it didn't add much to the video, but I do think his inner conflict in Marineford as well as all the things he has done for Roger, Ace and Luffy (and presumably Dragon) over the years is worth a mention in this conversation. Great video, as always!
So ive been watching your series since its inception and I seriously “Love” (had to throw that in for this video) how you breakdown the One Piece world. Considering im usually stoned out my mind when I watch the show, your able to summarize everything so well Im able to have such a deep understanding of the themes of the show, which just allow me to sincerely “Love” One Piece that much more! 😂
I am so grateful to have you in our community MelonTee, your analysis is so rich and insightful and tackles core elements of the story that so often get overshadowed. It's so necessary it practically feels kismet.
Franky's whole W7 arc was him fully regaining his love of ship-building and gaining a new understanding of what it is to be loved, and I feel like a big reason for tht was seeing how much the Strawhats cared for Robin. For Franky to see an actual human get treated like the Battle-Franky's that ended up causing his mentor's death, and then to see her receive such a strong outpouring of love fully demonstrated not only everything Tom taught him, but also probably showed him a whole new type of love that he never even knew existed. It's why I'm fully okay with his goofy cry after Robin's "I wanna live" moment because it's probably lowkey the exact moment he knew he'd join the strawhats if Luffy asked him to.
Never clicked on one of your videos so fast I absolutely adore the depictions of platonic love in One Piece. Particularly that the people you love are people you choose, not the blood you're born into.
Great video got teary eyed on some parts. My favorite episode and the one that made me love one piece was episode 6, it's the episode with the dog and his owners pet store. I love it because when it's destroyed and chow chow is howling in sadness, luffy could see how much he loved not only the store but his former owner. It wasn't just about destroying someone's treasure, luffy got so upset because someone's only connection to loved one was ripped away from them
I know instantly that you gonna bring back Skpiea because it's represents exactly themes like love, inhereted will and how that moves the characters and the history itself. I got goosebumps too the moment Luffy ring the bell, because the past and the present connect each other through Luffy, it's an amazing arc that i recommend too re reading like I do myself Keep slaying it Melon :)
My favourite love related moment in One Piece has to be Pudding erasing Sanji’s memories. She loved him with all her heart but knew deep down that he’d be eternally unhappy if he was taken away from the Strawhats, so she sacrificed herself to save him and protect his dream. That was such a magical moment to me.
I would LOVE for you to collab with Liam from grandlinereviews but for me the most pivotal moments around love in one piece has to be the merry's end along with the backstory of ace, luffy and sabo till the death of ace. truly one of the loves of all time
Hey, wouldn't you know it - Italy is one of the first foreign markets where One Piece blew up in popularity when it arrived in 2001, and the Italian publication is two volumes behind Japan, with Volume 98 even setting sales records. I guess your thought about "Italian love" kinda makes sense. (also we just love pirate stories over here, one of Italy's most important modern authors, Emilio Salgari, wrote TWO series of action/adventure pirate novels, with the Tigers of Malaysia getting several adaptations)
When I came back to one piece I immediately recognized that part of its magic is how much the crew love and care about each other. Banger as usual boss
I think it was one of your videos that actually got me to start watching/reading one piece, after kind of writing it off for so long as not for me. And I think it's with it's portrayals of love, and the characters who like Zeff and Kureha who unexpectedly become parental figures, that really made sure I stuck with the series.
I cant wait for the Kuma video, I was wondering if hed be mentioned here and now I'm sure hell have a whole episode on the way once this arc is over...
Man One Piece really helped me to appreciate and love those around me more than ever... And also to finally love and accept myself too. Also it's the only story that made me cry over a ship. And also.... Ace and his self worth issues and the "thank you for loving me" scene hit like a truck and made me cry like a baby.
Kuma definitely deserves a video, though that would definitely be a tough one to talk about. I guess it's also good to wait and see how the end of Egghead unfolds and what it'll do for him and the characters surrounding him.
thank you so much for this video, i've been struggling as to how to explain the weird ways Oda shows the inter-crew compassionate dynamic to people i want to get into one piece. also this has helped create some ideas as to how i might implement love into my own creative writing
Also I hope there’s a Garp video in the future because he’s the embodiment of aggressive love, as much as people crapped on him for not saving Ace there was no doubt he loved his grandsons and wished they hadn’t gone down the path of piracy, he even hit them with his fists of love growing up
Nothing ever has made me appreciate Sanji more than your crazy love for him. He used to be at the bottom of my straw hat list and now he's probably top 5 or 6. Thank you very much.
The first time I actually became an absolute fan of One Piece was Bellemere's love and sacrifice for Nami and Vivi. My mom sacrificed so much for me and Bellemere reminded me so much of her. Like people can say One Piece is not that romantic. But there is so much platonic love. Its truly beautiful.
Strongly agree One Piece is about LOVE. My favourite moments of love are Zoro putting himself in front of Kuma, not FOR Luffy, but FOR HIMSELF so that Luffy can go on, and then not letting Sanji put himself in front of Kuma. Bro loves Luffy and Sanji he couldn't risk either of them. Another favourite would be (it's not the biggest or grandest but,) when Luffy and Zoro reunite after Whole Cake, I wept seeing two fictional men hug and rejoice at their reunion 😢
Your videos got me to start reading One Piece and I’m currently on chapter 113. Having a blast reading it so thank you for making me want to read it :D
You’ve really gone and done it now, I had tears in my eyes the entire time listening to you. This is exactly why I love this story so much and I only picked it up last year (am caught up and thoroughly obsessed now). To me, One Piece is actually therapeutic and I realise how weird that can seem with all the aggression and the perverted gags. Saying it here is probably ok though 🤪 we’re all in the same boat together. My goodness. P.S. I also really love the scene where Jimbei finally joins them and they all hug him so happily. Luffy’s and Jimbei’s relationship is so sweet and straightforward affectionate sometimes.
Whenever guts has that stupid look on his face when looking at his friends just horsing around are my favorite moments in the series. So warm and sunny
omg what a beautiful video😭💞💞💞 you described it so well i would have never made that connection despite it being so clear. i absolutely love one piece sm and esp love zeff n sanji’s dynamic genuinely makes me cry every time they play their backstory or zeff says goodbye. the strawhats have such a beautiful love and i feel like so do the whitebeard pirated and whitebeard to his crew its so cute🥲 i always thought i liked one piece bc there isnt “love” or romance but now i think i love one piece sm bc of this. the part where you mentioned luffy loving his crew and thats what keeps him living made me cry thank god u stoped at kuma😭🙏 i fr dont blame u ur vids always make me tear up
No story has ever evoked so much emotion in me. One Piece makes me cry like a baby. When I started 15 years ago I never would have imagined this goofy looking anime could be so special.
"This is not a Sanji Video"
she lied as naturally as she breathed
That's what I love seeing.
I don't think Mel's capable of talking about One Piece without bringing Sanji into the conversation every 2 seconds
@@MoroFuorowhat you “love” seeing you say?!?
@@shmooters5599 Her bringing up Sanji with ease.
@@MoroFuoro oh no I knew what you were referring to, I was making a joke about the topic of the video being love.
I can't believe you didn't mention Dadan in the agresssive parents category, she's terrified of Garp but when Ace died she goes to beat him zero fear
It's so messed up. We meet Dadan in Luffy's flashback and see how much she did not want to take care of those boys, then we jump back to the present and her reaction after Ace's death and seeing Garp, and its just soul crushing.
@@msaag5490and she sobbed so hard when they both left, that hurt more than the donuting event.
Also how Dadan attacked Garp after Ace's death because he was there and he allowed it to happen😢
DADAN IS SO BASED FOR PUNCHING GARP (this post was made by the garp hate club)
She was genuinely the first example i thought of, also in terms of how overprotective „grandmothers“ are over their children’s children. It conveyed this kind of dynamic to me.
We don’t talk about Romantic love in One Piece… it doesn’t end well. We talk about our love OF THE ADVENTUUUURE!
That is what we like in this ship! Having a partner is nice, having a lifetime of stories about your adventures and all the places you have visited and made an impact in is legendary.
The smell of adventure
@@ThyFloorestFloorGol D Roger got both. Truly, the richest man in the world.
I mean Capone bege and chefon are doing pretty well
@@dravenocklost4253 Indeed, that is why he was the king.
The proto-One Piece being named Romance Dawn makes so much sense.
The first arc is named Romance Dawn too
You know romance doesn't mean just love right? In that context it refers to "adventure" or "fantasy"
@@AegeanOliveThey know, that's why they mentioned it in this video about general, non-romantic love. We all know romance has different means without you needing to spell it out for us.
@@RiveroftheWither myb, was just scrolling the comments before watching the vid
@@AegeanOlive Nowhere in OPs comment do they say romance = love, lol.
When I think above One Piece and love, the first thing that comes to mind is Corazon's final words to Law. "I love you" as he makes one of the best smiles ever.
My first thought was Sengoku's conversation with Law at the end of Dressrosa:
"Don't try to find a reason for someone's love."
@@harkthesound32 , Tsuru is also the only grandmother in One Piece that has her biological grandchild in the Marines because Garp's found family in Koby wants to remain in the Marines, and Sengoku's found family in Law was only a temporary warlord of the seas.
Corazon was who I thought of when I read the title (him and Sanji), his journey with Law was so touching
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Remember that Devilman video where she still managed to mention Sanji? That was wild
The Aggressive Affection can also extend to Luffy, Ace, and Sabo. There's no doubt that the brothers love each other so so dearly and yet... they are so mean and violent to each other as children. But that violence doesn't stop them from loving one another. If Ace and Luffy didn't love each other then the whole Marineford arc wouldn't hold nearly as much weight as it does.
Brotherly love is often aggressive man! a fey days ago i stuffed my shirt with pillows to help my lil brother train with his punching lmao
My brother and I have the same relationship, we threw hands for fun but no matter what happened we’re always gonna be brothers
Family love? Check!
Romance? Check!
Friendship? It’s a Shonen, of course there is friendship.
Sanji? Check.
Nakama is life
I just got diagnosed with cancer one month ago and I'm under treatment,. One Piece taught me to love life. Before watching it never once thought about being glad for existing, for being alive, after Robin a Brook stories I'm just so glad I'm continuing living, and with Ace made me be glad for the people around me, that love me and care for me. I'm glad that I'm living, even if I'm sick. I'm giving my all to fight against this, I wanna be here to watch Luffy becomes the king of the pirates. It's a great video, brought tears to my eyes at the end c: .
💖💕💖💕💖💕💖💕 I’ll remember you in my prayers. Even though we don’t know each other, we are still Nakama. And thanks to MelonTeee for giving us this space.
It's amazing to hear what one piece has done for you! Keep fighting through this sickness knowing we're all rooting for you to get better too!! 🩷💪
@@MelonTeee Thank you c: I'll give my best wishes for you too. I love what you're doing keep going
@@farashahanem Thank you so much, we're bonding through a story and that's enough to wish the best for each other c:
Let zorro embodies you on your battle. Mental Strength is powerful. Hope someday you will say "Nothing happened" as well, very very soon. Wish you good health nakama ❤🙏
I can still hear Sanji's voice screaming "Owner Zeff" in my head. My first tears at One Piece were shed watching him bow and thank his father for the years of care. This had to be a Sanji video lmao
That was the second time for me. The first time was when Zoro told Luffy he'd never lose again.
Another beautiful moment🖤🖤 My sub and I just watched the Fisher Tiger/Otohime flashback. It's her first time through, and many tears were shed. Honestly, I think it's a great example for this video as well. Tiger's living a life of compassion despite being filled with internal darkness and hate, and her pure love... Jimbe and Nami after... I have a Sun Pirates tattoo for a reason😁😁
That's the first time One Piece made me tear up, too.
I remember first crying to Shushu/Chouchou's story in Orange town.
I didn't care enough first time through to cry there, but I get it.
One of my favorite moments centered around love is when Brûlée tells her whole family that Katakuri was beaten by Luffy - in that moment, she is freeing him from the expectations he’s been held up to for decades. His reputation may be smeared, but now he doesn’t NEED to feel like that perfect older brother figure he had been for so, so long.
Love this perspective! Hadn’t considered that moment in that way
I also love how Brûlée understood that Katakuri became like that because of her scar. Instead of hating him, her understanding and kindness made Katakuri believe he needs to be perfect for his younger sibling as a way for atonement to the point he even hid half of his face to fit the idea of perfectness. When flambé or whatever that brat’s name showed her disappointment at his imperfectness rlly made me pissed because she went from an undesired simp to a a brat that truly belonged to the streets.
Amazing comment
“It’s not a Sanji video please believe me” LIIIIES, YOU CAN’T HAVE A VIDEO ON LOVE WITHOUT THE MELLORINE MELLORINE LOVE HURRICANE MAN HIMSELF!
All kidding aside, I love exploring the platonic and familial love of this series, really helps me with my own character writing and helps me understand how deep bonds can truly be without the need to shove in romance, can’t wait to finish the video!
its also a dr kuleha one?
It was that moment when Luffy fought a lion for a dog... not to defend him or take revenge for him... but just to protect his treasure... and then he sat down beside Shushu and spoke to him as equals... That moment solidified One Piece for me
The dog losing it's precious treasure is why Luffy can't and will never be a Marine.
31:18 I think a favorite love moment of mine was G5 saving Tashigi. The guys who throw her without doubt or hesitation tossing her together, Tashigi desperately trying to go back for them, and the most heart-rending part, them being told she's safe before the panel where it shows them turned into statues in the most giddy, happy positions.
I think vivi in general and the lengh she goes for her people.
What tore me apart about that scene is how they were depicted as being misfits. This was the same group that was as close to pirates as you could get, the same group that Tashigi had to scold constantly, yet they still cared enough to save her over themselves without a second thought.
I love that G5 panel too. Sacrifices made of love are amazing. But I won't lie that they lose a bit of magic when revealed to be another fake-out death.
My fav scene from one piece is one in whole cake island, where Luffy eats the destroyed lunch that Sanji made with a smile. that made me fell prone.
I know we all cry at the Merry/Ace final words scenes, and I can see how we cry when Nami begs Luffy for help (and earns a hat)
But what -actually- made me cry entirely too hard: at the very tail end of Whole Cake arc, Sanji is splitting a page with Zeff in the other half mimicking the same motion of putting a plate in front of someone, and saying “You Hungry?! I’ll feed you!!
We can talk after that!”
And it's a callback to Sanji's mom eating his horrible lunch
I go back and watch that episode every once and a while to feel something. It works every time. Every time I end up in tears at hearing ITS SO GOOOD
The entire Marineford arc is completely fueled by love. Luffy's quest to get to Ace is completely kick-started by the love of those around him, wether it was Boa's romantic infatuation or Bon Clay's deep friendship. The entire war is one caused by love, the sacrifice made by Ace's mom to delay his birth so that he lives, the Whitebeards' attempted rescue, Luffy's plan, hell even Garp's own dilemma is caused by the conflict between his ideals and his familia love for Ace. God One Piece is so cool
Koby's love for the Marine soldiers more than Akainu himself is another tragic of display in the Paramount War because after the final war against the World Government Koby needs to be the Fleet Admiral more than Akainu himself.
Take a shot every time “love” is said.
Not even Law can save u ⚰️
🤣🤣🤣
Man I also love how love shapes a character- Sanji was only shown examples of love being so self-destructive that it makes sense why he’s always willing to give himself for others. Sora taking the poison in hopes to keep her children human and not regretting it for a moment even as she withered away. Zeff cutting off his own leg and eating it just to make sure this kid had a fighting chance at survival and seeking out his dream. Luffy starving himself as a declaration of love and to show just how important Sanji is to him and the crew. Just the fact of Sanji being a chef shows how much he was shaped because he devotes himself so fully to the act of serving others. Man. I love Sanji so much
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I second loving this comment! Sanji’s relationship with all forms of love, familial, romantic and platonic is easily one of my favourite things to look into in One Piece because it’s all so deep and multi-layered
-"Guys it's not another Sanji video I promise"
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The love Oda has for his creation pours out even +30 years from its inception, and I have licked ALL OF IT, nothing was spilled, promise.
The first moment that came to my mind was Luffy remembering that he has his crew waiting for him, that moment not only was important for Luffy but for Jinbe as well.
As someone who comes from a Turkish family full of hot-blooded maniacs who can't show love unless it is in some form violent, One Piece has done more for me than some actual therapists have and there is no other series that has connected with me on this level. I think a large reason for OPs popularity in the middle east or France with a huge middle eastern and African diaspora is directly linked to this. It depicts the dysfunctional kind of love we know and were raised with.
Another example of love I like is the love Garp has for Luffy. Despite Luffy growing up to be a pirate instead of a marine like Garp wanted he's still proud of him. Anytime he hears about the trouble his rambunctious idiot grandson gets into he laughs and says that's his grandson. We also see how much it hurt him to stand by at Marineford when he had his heart felt conversation with Ace. Saying he had no sympathy for criminals, but for family he does. Then when he let Dadan beat the shit out of him for failing to save Ace. Garp is a man torn by duty and love.
I really like Garp as a character, however for me he's the one who shows what happens when duty comes before love :/ He was too deep in to chose his family (which is cool, makes him a really interesting guy!)
@@sparo_art agreed but I think something broke in him when Ace was killed. If Luffy is ever to face the same fate of being captured and executed I don't think he'd sit by and watch. He'd kill whoever he had to to save Luffy.
The day you make a Kuma video is the day we all relive tragedy only to come out as a much better person
Guys melon tree posted again time to stop what your doing
I mean…obviously
Amen
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You just had to get me with Zeff punching Sanji as him showing how much he loves him more than cooking for the ppl he cares about. Thank you for all the Sanji love, I appreciate it more than you know
I'm so glad you honed in on the ringing of the Light of Shandora as one of the most thematically resonant moments in One Piece.
It's truly breathtaking how that moment captures everything One Piece is about.
Luffy defeats Enel, freeing the Shandians and Skypieans from the tyranny of a false god and bringing them freedom.
Luffy proves to Cricket that Skypiea exists, thus showing that dreams, things we think may be impossible, are real and are worth fighting for.
And it fulfills the 400 year long promise of Noland and Kalgara, whose wills are carried on by Wiper, Cricket and Nola. Their friendship and love for each other was strong that even 400 years later their promise to each other was fulfilled.
One of the times I think of aggressive love is when luffy says something completely mean but it comes from such a pure place that you can't help but doki doki ie when he hits vivi and then proceeds to ask her to rely on them ❤ literally chefs kiss
Sanji asked Zoro to kill him, with Zoro replying to Sanji he better be alive until that moment. If that’s not the most romantic thing I don’t know what else
yessssss 😭😭😭😭
Maybe the most underrated "love" scene in my opinion is in the end of fishman island where jimbe donates blood to luffy and he just smiles at jimbe as he invites him to join the crew... that and all the flashbacks of the story so far, and remembering how jimbe helped luffy in marineford just made me bawl the first time i saw it... it was all so genuine and warm
I love crying while listening to people talk about the reasons why they love one piece
J*dge tried to turn Sanji into a killing machine, but the power of love made him a̶ p̶e̶r̶v̶e̶r̶t̶ more human.
I think one of my favorite depth of love scenes is Dadan snapping on Garp about letting Ace die.
Omg that scene always makes me ugly cry. We don’t get enough of Dadan in the series.
Luffy's love for beetles is one of those little character details that I absolutely love.
A moment of love that immediately comes to mind is how Robin knew the crew for a few weeks tops and already decided she would rather set the whole world ablaze than let any one of them come to any harm. And the absolute desperation of the others fighting their way through to her.
Also stuff like the franky family and similair characters who were complete outcasts who were shown exactly one kindness in their life and decided they would do anything in their might to repay that even just a little. The sun pirates letting jimbei go with big smiles because all they want is him finally being happy too
We are so back (we never left)
The aggressive love has the appeal that it's honest. Many relationships/friendships die from the frozen climate of bottled emotions and withheld feelings, even if they are "negative" or unwanted feelings. Someone to bounce ALL feelings with on a two-way street is someone with whom you can have absolute undoubtful love with, platonic or romantic.
I also love that you brought up Sanji's sibling abuse c.f. Zeff's abuse. Definitely belongs in fiction, but the distinction is important.
The love between Luffy and Shanks is so beautiful. Despite Luffy being a cheeky brat to Shanks and Shanks teasing Luffy, they have such a strong bond.They only knew each other for a year (and even then its implied that Shanks would still leave every now and then) yet Shanks considered Luffy basically a son and Luffy considered Shanks to be, arguably, the most important person in his life. That's why he treasures his strawhat so much.
Also, I don't just love Shanks sacrificing his arm for Luffy: I love the scenes after: Shanks thanking Luffy for standing up for him, telling him not to cry because "he's a man now!", telling Luffy that losing his arm was no big deal, swimming back with Luffy close to him and one arm while he's still bleeding (most likely what happened), everything Shanks did in that moment was for Luffy and his well being. And Luffy cries, knowing the gravity of the situation and not just crying on Shanks's behalf but because of his love for Shanks.
One Piece was the first series, that I watched as a kid, which did a really good job of showing that blood alone isn't what makes a family. No matter whether you look at the backstories of Nami, Sanji, Luffy, Law, the Whitebeard Pirates, etc., all of these backstories cover this topic so incredibly well. One of the main reasons why One Piece has become the most successful manga of all time over the years is simply the fact that, in addition to cool fights and well-written characters, Oda can simply excels at conveying emotions and even after more than 20 years still manages to write a story with so much heart.
Whitebeard's love for his children will always break my heart.
Came here to say this! And the fact that the one thing Pops wanted most was a family. 💜
Also it makes SO MUCH SENSE why Oda doesn't kill characters off as much as a lot of psychopaths seem to crave. I will never understand the death lust the fanbase has, it truly baffles me. I also don't subscribe to the idea that moments like that get ruined retroactively by revealing they're alive. It didn't change anything for in the moment, even when I realized they were alive I was more relieved than frustrated by it. I guess it's cause I love life so much.
Literally the last words from Corazon to Law were "I love you" 😭😭
the real thing pushing me to catch up faster on one piece is me wanting to watch these videos without getting spoiled
Enjoy the adventure and good luck on not getting spoiled!
Oda is a genius when it comes to writing melancholic pay-offs in One Piece, especially when it comes to moments that showcase love.
Hearing that you love Berserk was a really nice surprise. It's my favorite series of all time and I cry every time I talk about it because it's such a great emotional story that gets horribly mischaracterized so often.
this is it. it's in our face all along. "romance dawn", it's literally a romance story
i recently got my friend into one piece so we've been watching alabasta together and i never realized just how much the scene w nearly everyone staying in the room w nami while she was sick and sleeping meant to me :')
I think One Piece and Gintama are the most wholesome heartfelt animes I've ever seen
"The Gilf and the reindeer" is definitely the best title for the Drum island arc.
“I wish there were more Franky ball crushing”
I know what you are Melon
Surprised you didn't mention Garp in the "aggressive love" section. I understand that maybe his style is so similar to Kureha's and Zeff's that maybe it didn't add much to the video, but I do think his inner conflict in Marineford as well as all the things he has done for Roger, Ace and Luffy (and presumably Dragon) over the years is worth a mention in this conversation.
Great video, as always!
Onepiece portrays Love so great that when every emotional moments comes it hits really really hard.
So ive been watching your series since its inception and I seriously “Love” (had to throw that in for this video) how you breakdown the One Piece world. Considering im usually stoned out my mind when I watch the show, your able to summarize everything so well Im able to have such a deep understanding of the themes of the show, which just allow me to sincerely “Love” One Piece that much more! 😂
Thank you so much!! That's my goal with these videos, I'm glad I can make sense of everything for you. Watching one piece stoned must be a trip HAHA
I am so grateful to have you in our community MelonTee, your analysis is so rich and insightful and tackles core elements of the story that so often get overshadowed. It's so necessary it practically feels kismet.
Franky's whole W7 arc was him fully regaining his love of ship-building and gaining a new understanding of what it is to be loved, and I feel like a big reason for tht was seeing how much the Strawhats cared for Robin. For Franky to see an actual human get treated like the Battle-Franky's that ended up causing his mentor's death, and then to see her receive such a strong outpouring of love fully demonstrated not only everything Tom taught him, but also probably showed him a whole new type of love that he never even knew existed. It's why I'm fully okay with his goofy cry after Robin's "I wanna live" moment because it's probably lowkey the exact moment he knew he'd join the strawhats if Luffy asked him to.
Never clicked on one of your videos so fast I absolutely adore the depictions of platonic love in One Piece. Particularly that the people you love are people you choose, not the blood you're born into.
Great video got teary eyed on some parts. My favorite episode and the one that made me love one piece was episode 6, it's the episode with the dog and his owners pet store. I love it because when it's destroyed and chow chow is howling in sadness, luffy could see how much he loved not only the store but his former owner. It wasn't just about destroying someone's treasure, luffy got so upset because someone's only connection to loved one was ripped away from them
Hard to argue that love isn't a big part of One Piece when the prototype of the series is called Romance Dawn
New to your channel but loving it so far😊😊 One Piece is my favorite manga, and it's always nice to see someone speak on it well.
Bro I have never felt more of an agreement, One piece is 1000% about love. Banger video as always
You made me tear up over remembering the snake Nola, how dare you TTnTT
I know instantly that you gonna bring back Skpiea because it's represents exactly themes like love, inhereted will and how that moves the characters and the history itself.
I got goosebumps too the moment Luffy ring the bell, because the past and the present connect each other through Luffy, it's an amazing arc that i recommend too re reading like I do myself
Keep slaying it Melon :)
My favourite love related moment in One Piece has to be Pudding erasing Sanji’s memories.
She loved him with all her heart but knew deep down that he’d be eternally unhappy if he was taken away from the Strawhats, so she sacrificed herself to save him and protect his dream. That was such a magical moment to me.
I love how squisy all the image/meme pop ups are in this video
I would LOVE for you to collab with Liam from grandlinereviews
but for me the most pivotal moments around love in one piece has to be the merry's end along with the backstory of ace, luffy and sabo till the death of ace. truly one of the loves of all time
One of the best Sanji-Videos that Melon has made yet 👍
Hey, wouldn't you know it - Italy is one of the first foreign markets where One Piece blew up in popularity when it arrived in 2001, and the Italian publication is two volumes behind Japan, with Volume 98 even setting sales records.
I guess your thought about "Italian love" kinda makes sense.
(also we just love pirate stories over here, one of Italy's most important modern authors, Emilio Salgari, wrote TWO series of action/adventure pirate novels, with the Tigers of Malaysia getting several adaptations)
20:40 "I love Skypiea"?
.. based!
When I came back to one piece I immediately recognized that part of its magic is how much the crew love and care about each other. Banger as usual boss
Garp: "FIST OF LOOOOOVE!"
Robin’s escape from Ohrara and her saying she wants to live are my favorite
I think it was one of your videos that actually got me to start watching/reading one piece, after kind of writing it off for so long as not for me. And I think it's with it's portrayals of love, and the characters who like Zeff and Kureha who unexpectedly become parental figures, that really made sure I stuck with the series.
I always forget how easily one piece can destroy me and then i start tearing up just from you describing chopper leaving drum island
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I cant wait for the Kuma video, I was wondering if hed be mentioned here and now I'm sure hell have a whole episode on the way once this arc is over...
Also love that the first arc is called romance dawn, like the beginning of the love in one piece
Crying over a Snake IS only the second most insane sad moment before the time skip. Crying over a ship is number one
Man One Piece really helped me to appreciate and love those around me more than ever... And also to finally love and accept myself too.
Also it's the only story that made me cry over a ship.
And also.... Ace and his self worth issues and the "thank you for loving me" scene hit like a truck and made me cry like a baby.
Some mangoes have Romantic Love. One Piece has Romanticism and Love. Simple as.
I really want a garp video especially with galaxy impact being animated soon
You are the only creator on this platform that can make me cry in the club. Thank you for what you do, Mel!
Kuma definitely deserves a video, though that would definitely be a tough one to talk about. I guess it's also good to wait and see how the end of Egghead unfolds and what it'll do for him and the characters surrounding him.
I love how you can hear the fierce passion behind your words! Your love for One Piece shines bright with every sentence said.
I'm really glad you continue to make videos with your face in it
thank you so much for this video, i've been struggling as to how to explain the weird ways Oda shows the inter-crew compassionate dynamic to people i want to get into one piece. also this has helped create some ideas as to how i might implement love into my own creative writing
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@@Shane-ed6mu I will have you know that you just gave me an idea for how to spend my day off LMAO
Also I hope there’s a Garp video in the future because he’s the embodiment of aggressive love, as much as people crapped on him for not saving Ace there was no doubt he loved his grandsons and wished they hadn’t gone down the path of piracy, he even hit them with his fists of love growing up
Nothing ever has made me appreciate Sanji more than your crazy love for him. He used to be at the bottom of my straw hat list and now he's probably top 5 or 6. Thank you very much.
earliest I’ve ever been for a melonteee video, today is a good day 😭🙏
I knew there was a reason I should pull an all-nighter 😌
Your night only takes half an hour? Oh lad you need a better sleep schedule
@@DerLibertinI meant I was up all night and I got here early 😂
The first time I actually became an absolute fan of One Piece was Bellemere's love and sacrifice for Nami and Vivi. My mom sacrificed so much for me and Bellemere reminded me so much of her.
Like people can say One Piece is not that romantic. But there is so much platonic love. Its truly beautiful.
You bring up Noland and Calgara... Every time! EVERY TIME I watch their backstory, i bawl like a goddamn baby. It's so beautiful and tragic. T T
Strongly agree One Piece is about LOVE. My favourite moments of love are Zoro putting himself in front of Kuma, not FOR Luffy, but FOR HIMSELF so that Luffy can go on, and then not letting Sanji put himself in front of Kuma. Bro loves Luffy and Sanji he couldn't risk either of them. Another favourite would be (it's not the biggest or grandest but,) when Luffy and Zoro reunite after Whole Cake, I wept seeing two fictional men hug and rejoice at their reunion 😢
Your videos got me to start reading One Piece and I’m currently on chapter 113. Having a blast reading it so thank you for making me want to read it :D
You’ve really gone and done it now, I had tears in my eyes the entire time listening to you. This is exactly why I love this story so much and I only picked it up last year (am caught up and thoroughly obsessed now). To me, One Piece is actually therapeutic and I realise how weird that can seem with all the aggression and the perverted gags. Saying it here is probably ok though 🤪 we’re all in the same boat together. My goodness.
P.S. I also really love the scene where Jimbei finally joins them and they all hug him so happily. Luffy’s and Jimbei’s relationship is so sweet and straightforward affectionate sometimes.
Whenever guts has that stupid look on his face when looking at his friends just horsing around are my favorite moments in the series. So warm and sunny
omg what a beautiful video😭💞💞💞 you described it so well i would have never made that connection despite it being so clear. i absolutely love one piece sm and esp love zeff n sanji’s dynamic genuinely makes me cry every time they play their backstory or zeff says goodbye. the strawhats have such a beautiful love and i feel like so do the whitebeard pirated and whitebeard to his crew its so cute🥲 i always thought i liked one piece bc there isnt “love” or romance but now i think i love one piece sm bc of this. the part where you mentioned luffy loving his crew and thats what keeps him living made me cry thank god u stoped at kuma😭🙏 i fr dont blame u ur vids always make me tear up
the scene where whitebeard hugs his crew mate son after he stabs him nvr fails to leave me speechless
No story has ever evoked so much emotion in me. One Piece makes me cry like a baby. When I started 15 years ago I never would have imagined this goofy looking anime could be so special.
sobbing, screaming, throwing up (fr tho i adore OP and your videos keep making me appreciate even more deeply)