I really kinda want shanks and his crew to be proficient haki masters while blackbeard and his crew could all be mastering their devil fruits as a way of combating haki.
I just said this in another comment earlier. I feel like at this point shanks is relegated to war with bb as his remaining plot points. Possibly also shanks vs luffy
@@thetruth997_ i think the debate is settled atp; haki has a higher ceiling than df. Other than a select few fruits, like light or magma, ope ope. Yami + gura is pretty nuts… but i seriously hope shanks doesnt lose 1v1. It would throw away a lot of his hype
@@anegg1464 Not really and u said haki has a higher ceiling when there are fruits that can destroy the world or do the highest destructive force we've seen in the series
I agree. I love the treacherous Teach, but I can’t imagine a scenario where there’s any conqueror that would tremble in fear of losing their own life like what Blackbeard showed against Whitebeard
@@adonaimelles2317 same, because the arc right before Teach laughs about how he almost died, and says whoever gets scared first loses. I don’t think he was actually scared
I can see Shanks Crew being the "Haki" based crew and Blackbeard being the "Devil Fruit" based crew. And the way Luffy surpasses both is by mastering both to their fullest extent.
@Filipe agreed, its a bit dumb, wouldve been a bit better if it was the "resin resin fruit" like some theorized, but Nika/Joyboy used it in the past. That way it would still technically be just rubber. But if it makes it any better, luffy still had to work extremely hard to even be able to use the "Godly" properties of his fruit
@@zerikva I still like Luffy 's fruit. It wasn't a devil fruit in terms of potential but it's a "high max speed, slow acceleration" kind of fruit, perfect for the protagonist's fruit. It's different from say Ace fruit or Enel fruit where you can just obliterate most people in the world without training from the get go. Luffy was very weak when he first ate the fruit, being weaker than Ace and Sabo without fruit. It took he a lot of time training the fruit to even get to the Luffy that we saw in the first chapters. Luffy was lucky to eat the fruit so early in his life. Others would have eaten that fruit and awakened the fruit, and probably die if they attempted it. With that said, we have to see how Oda implements the fruit from now on. I have been impatiently waiting to see what happens next time luffy uses his awakened state.
@@sebastianmartinez5508 good point, yeah i think in terms of how luffy developed it and made it strong enough to awaken makes its the perfect fruit for the protagonist
There is a reason his DFs: 1)Allow him to punch things without touching them(GuraGura/Conqueror) and 2)Nullify DF abilities (YamiYami/Armament) The only one left is Observation Haki, which begs the question what DF can provide such ability as Future Sight
Allow him to punch things without touching them(GuraGura/Conqueror) -> This has nothing to do with CoC, it stated that the technic is called Ryo and is a form of Armament used by the Wano Samurai. Later in his fight against Kaido Luffy used CoC on top of Ryo - but there is no connection. Kinemon used this Ryo technic also, but hasn´t CoC
Blackbeard has an observation feat, measuring luffys power level, that only rayliegh is also able to do. I genuinely think most of this comes from haki not being drawn pre time skip. It makes it easy to say that since the story didn't show us the same way it does now who has strong haki, that means older characters just don't have haki or they're bad at it. If there were no black hands and lightning it'd be a lot harder to falsely compare pre and post time skip. For all we known blackbeard could have already used conqueres coating at marine Ford. All it will take is one line from luffy, just like all the other feats luffy figured out where actually just people using haki.
@@GamingUproar no its not dude. Rayliegh does it to the elephant in luffys training and explains that it's the final form of color of arms. Luffy even comments on it during his fight against queen with hygoro. Luffy could hit targets, like tree right before the raid or the stone walls at udon without touching them. He learns coc in his second kaido engagement.
Been saying for awhile that his obsession w devil fruit power could result in him having subpar haki in comparison. The guy has two of the most dangerous fruits for their type at the same time, which is unheard of, and he’ll most likely have TWO awakenings. Hell many believe a third fruit is coming, ultimate devil fruit user is born. It’s probably going to take Luffy relying solely on his haki to win, since Kaido says haki trumps all.
Kaido didn’t say that haki is superior or that it beats DF 10/10 times. What he said was that having a devil fruit isn’t the be all end all, and that someone with strong haki can be a powerhouse on the seas, just like Roger.
@@drm726 Exactly people are stupid and wanna misinterpret things on purpose for their agenda. We wouldn't see cases of haki getting beat by df powers if haki was always superior👍
Haki techniques don't trump all, I have seen armament & observation get beat by df powers alot. Queen said his dinosaur snake hold has crushed the bones of dozens of armament haki masters cuz their haki couldn't withstand the force & pressure. Even Luffy was still hurt by Hody Jones when he bit thru his armament haki 🤷♂️. You can't use Roger as the standard for haki technique users he's literally in the 1% & only became PK cuz he begged Whitebeard for Oden. Whitebeard could of said no and Roger wouldn't be PK
Blackbeard basically is using his devil fruit abilities as a substitute for haki. He can damage people from the inside and damage them without touching them with whitebeards df and he can absorb/defend/nullify against any other df with his logia type darkness fruit(forget the name). I can see blackbeard’s 3rd df giving him a type of advanced observation/future sight haki type of ability which would give him pretty much all of the same abilities that high level haki masters have without any of the training.
My theory is his 3rd df is a Zoan type. It would make sense. Blackbeard already has a Logia and a Paramecia. He wants to make a complete set with a Zoan type
Just want to say I love your stuff Morj, hope your managing whatever backlash you get from the community for missed takes. They actually nuts and your passion for OP is nearly unmatched.
"You see the true measure of a man when at death's door." Blackbeard has ambition in spades but that doesn't make him King material when he doesn't have the willpower to look eye to eye with death and laugh in its face.
Yep his switch from brilliant mastermind to whimpering and begging WB to not hurt him shows that. Tbh that moment made me like Blackbeard more as villian but I can see that as a way for him to not have strong will. But to be fair his will is strong enough to wait for the right moment to preform his plan. Just not the same as Rogers or ace and luffy he's more like law
Precisely. Blackbeard likes to take the easy way. Waited for the WB pirates to find the fruit and backstabbed his commander for it, challenged Ace only because he knew his devil fruit was OP, waited for WB to be weakened and still had his crew help him out.
"Whether we live or die, that's for the heavens to decide. The one who gives in to their fear loses" - Teach. So BB is sometimes on this mindset and sometimes he is just coward. Sometimes he is playing chess with people and yet sometimes he has one brain cell. very odd...
I genuinely think that Conquerors Haki isn’t a thing that has to be granted through luck. I believe it’s something you unlock simply by having a strong enough will. A will very few people have.
Pretty much, there’s a mental block that most of the things in the OP world has that prevents them from accessing it and Zoro was having issues due to that.
@@TheGovernmentputcrackinmyblunt Big Mom crew if it was genetic then more of her kids would have it besides Katakuri. I think it's just a persnality trait that enables it. Either protecting, gaining a title, or supernatural will.
I think it's genetic but it's almost random if you are born with it, it being more likely you have it if you are the child of a king haki user. Then you need to have the correct personality type to unluck it.
The fight Luffy vs Blackbeard ends with Luffys Devilfruit powers getting cancelled out COMPLETELY, making this Luffys first fight without any rubber abilities, and knocking out Blackbeard barehanded.
So I was recently rewatching marineford, (gf is on her first watch through) and I noticed when Blackbeard tilted the sea they also emphasized that he split the sky as well. But I went and doubled checked in the manga and the sky is never shown splitting nor is it mentioned like the anime. It’s kind of odd to me because he was fighting Sengoku and as we now know he also has Conquers Haki as well. I thought that was a cool way to subtlety show that they both have it and we’re clashing, but I guess that’s not the case.
@@muizmin 1. Garp 2. Mihawk 3. Blackbeard 4. Akinu 5. Beckmen with 3-4 being interchangeable especially since they are end series potential villains I doubt they would have weaker conquers than Any second commander (other than whitebeard while he was on rocks crew) but both have broken devil fruits so I doubt they are gonna have conquers as strong as mihawk , and definitely not garp , they may be better at other aspects of haki though I expect Blackbeard in particular to have broken future sight
When you put it like that it makes sense why it was law that ended up in the fight with Blackbeard. And kid was the one who fought shanks(another fellow conquerors haki user)
Glad someone said this I always thought it would make sense for him not to have it. Given Him being powerful in so many other ways and as a way to separate him from Luffy. While also helping to explain why the Yami Yami was so critical for him to get if he’s not a haki master
@@BlackangelKatakuri You aren’t wrong, but none of that conveys conquerors haki, just reasonable to good armament/observation haki use in general. Plenty of people are commanders and don’t Have HotSK. It is obviously possible he has HotSK but I just think it’s more interesting if he doesn’t. Cause he runs away so much and is so sneaky and as a way to really separate him from Luffy thematically.
@@qjc1142pigs More interesting? The man who will serve as Luffys final pirate opponent not having conquerors would be like Goku fighting an opponent who can't produce energy blasts or fly.
Ok so since onigashima according to Mr Morj, Law has definitly conqueror's haki because he refused with kid and luffy to backdown in front of big mama s fireballs
I've had this suspicion for awhile. I couldn't back it up, mainly because I wouldn't put in the time, but the thought was there. Lingering. I remember mentioning to a friend of mine and he thought it was stupid, that I was crazy/silly for considering it, but I just brushed it off. So... It's suuuuper satisfying to see you considering it. I mean, the fact that you even made a video on it all makes me think you believe in it to some degree. I feel vindicated lol.
This video just introduced a new exciting idea in my head, that of Blackbeard cancelling Luffy's fruit in their final fight and "forcing" him to fight as the last Pirate King fought, no fruit, just Haki, and thus solidifying his place as his true successor.
This is an interesting take. I myself always believed that Blackbeard does not have Conqueror’s Haki particularly because he didn’t seem like someone with the characteristics of those who are conquerers. Thanks for voicing this out Morj 🙌🏾
@@timurjack8773 I believe that he is talking about a few scenes that we had seen before, where Black Beard was begging when there was that battle in Marineford.
After the way Big Mom was defeated with no conquerors haki, its clear that if you have very strong and op devil fruits you can be part of some of the strongest in the verse. However to be the absolute cream of the crop, you need to master all 3 types of haki. This is the way Luffy will defeat Blackbeard. You are spot on Morj.
Facs. I hate this agenda the community is pushing that if characters don’t have conq they automatically arent a top tier fighter. After seeing laws awakening (which is comparable to conq coating) and akainu literally blowing off half of a yonkos Face I’d think devil fruit users would get a lil more respect.
Basically being a Conqueror is someone who has an unwavering spirit to the point even if they know they are out matched they'd rather go out swinging than to run away having the drive, will and spirit to never back down it's either you succeed or die trying thats a solid idea
How do you explain luffy at sabaody? I remember a shout of can't win run. He uses conqueres littetally 5 days after that incident. How do you explain litterally seen one of the manga where shanks tells luffy to back down from a fight? What about kaidos suicidal nature? He litterally would rather die than keep going. That's litterally the opposite of unwavering. How about doffy v kaido? Doffy backed down awfully quick from that fight but he still had conqueres. Why not just accept rays explanation that no, never baking down is not how conqueres works? It's a rare manifestation of someone's will and desires. That's why luffy and shanks can use it to save their friends and backing down doesn't mean they don't have it. That's how kaido can have conflicting desires and still have it.
@@lukeseguin1875 I think it's not about not backing down from ANY fights but it's the undying will to fight for your goal. Much like how Luffy's goal is to become a pirate king no matter what, or Zoro's goal of becoming the strongest swordsman.
@@JoNarDLoLz both luffy and zoro are, and have been shown many times, to be willing to give up their dreams to save their friends. Zoro with mihaw and nothing happened, luffy to save his crew from kuma and to save his brother . So did shanks and Oden. Shanks is currently sitting around doing jack squat intentionally. How does that or kaidos suicide attempts fit anywhere into this theory. Believe the plain text of the story, rayliegh explained how it works. It's not about not backing down or even having ambitions. Wapol should have conqueres if it works how you are saying it does .It's an inherent power that is a manifestation of will.
Ok with Doffy he was a kid when he awakened his C.H because even though he was about to be killed by people socially beneath him, he didn't waver he didn't back down, yh he worked under Kaido but that's a buisness or partnership, look at Zoro and Luffy they both are conquerors but Zoro decided to work under him Shanks taught Luffy the ability to discern which people are worth fighting and which ones are not, Luffy could've easily beaten Bellamy just like how shanks could have easily beaten the bandits but at first they thought it wasn't worth it, With Luffy running away it was a lesson in humility keep in mind he didn't fully awaken his conquerors until marineford u could make the argument that all of pre time skip was building up Luffy as a captain and like with anything in the world you got to take the good and the bad sometimes you got to pick uf fights and other times u got to run
Whether your theories become true or not..its always has been a treat to watch and enjoy these as you put your theories so articulately, eloquently. keep it up morj.
I think the focused emphasis of BlackBeard's crew hunting devil fruits is the best indicator of this. As well as BB's own desire to steal Whitebeard's fruit. BB has definitely seen Advanced Conquerors from the best of the best, so knowing he will never have that capability, chose to maximize devil fruits instead
Considering one in a million have conquerers haki which is quite rare it’s probably a good idea in general to hunt devil fruits and I’m surprised other pirate crews weren’t doing this as much. Him hunting devil fruits doesn’t indicate that he doesn’t have conquerers because although a Yonko is strong you need a strong crew. Let’s not forget kaido was on something similar collecting zoan devil fruit users and trying to artificially create devil fruits to feed to people to strengthen his army
I'm starting to believe this more because of the one scene in Impel Down where BB drags in Luffy to smash him into the ground no Haki needed. Maybe he doesnt need it because of the Fruit he has.
Im not saying that u r wrong, since all ur arguments r very consistents, but some points got to be discussed more. 1 - All the oposite traits that you stated between both characters r true, but that for itself doesnt mean that Blackbeard havent developed Haki´s abilities. Actually the Kaidou´s quote about Haki can point as well to the the fact that all major players of One Piece have a really powerfull Haki, since its the ultimate ability that defines the King. Blackbeard seeking for strong Devil Fruits for his crew doesnt necessarily means thats the only way he is using to gain power. We saw that Kaidou was doing the exactly same thing with the smiles production and still have a really impressive use of the Haki. We did not see Blackbeard using Haki, for the same reason we did not see Dragon using it... Its not their time to shine yet. Sabo and Burgess had showed us strong Hakis, so we can just imagine their leaders doing even more impressive use of this type ability. So, that being said, i got say that it´d be very strange for the final pirate villain of Luffy´s journey to doesnt have Conqueror´s Haki, since all his last opponents are users of that type of Haki (Doffy, Katakuri, Big Mom and Kaidou) and that is probably the main ability that will make Luffy achieves the top and rise as the Pirate King. Therefore, would make more sense for his last pirate opponent to have a really strong Conqueror´s Haki for Luffy surpass in the end. 2 - The common trait beetween all the Conqueror´s Haki users, but the possession of a strong ambition to be the "king", r not that clear. We dont know that much about that ability´s requirements yet. Your conclusion (that they never step back) makes sense, but still... i dont know, i think there is some points of discussion. To start with, what is the meaning of "do never step back" ? Cause we could say that in Sabaody, Luffy and his crew steped back before a too much strong enemy, trying to run away and regroup with a better strategy just like did Law in ur example. We could even arguement that the Time Skip was a step back that Luffy took in order to be prepared for the challenges of the New World. But the biggest inconsistence of your conlusion is someone u did not mention, Doflamingo. Doffy, with no doubt, has taken a step back against Aokiji and, more important, against Kaidou. And still, he definitely has the Coqueror´s Haki. So, i think ur conclusion for the commmon trait that all Conqueror´s Haki should have is not 100% correct. My guess would be that all of them has the ability to attract people to their side and to naturally make others accept their leadership. That would tottaly fit with all characters with this type of Haki we have seen. Even the ones that are not a Captain or a Group Leader, like Zoro, Rayleigh and Katakuri, we can see this characteristic, people around them tend to admire, follow them and to accept their guidance and positions. The only Conqueror´s Haki user that does not fit this characteristic "yet" is Yamato, bacause we did not see that much about him. CONCLUSION - All that being said, Blackbeard fits perfectly for a Char that have Conqueror´s Haki. His role in the narrative as the main pirate villain and competitor for the One Piece treausure plus the fact that people around him tend to follow his leadership, having him 2 groups in his crew, a true loyal core group and other composed of former captains that believe in his power and ambition (just like tobiroppos for Kaidou), we can say that he gathers the characteristcs to have this Ultimate ability.
There were some situations were Luffy also retreated instead of fighting. Smoker multiple times, Kizaru on Sabaody, Magellan in Impel Down and Big Mom in Whole Cake Island come to mind instantly, so retreating from a stronger opponent is not an instant no-go when it comes to having conqueror's haki. The reason I agree that Blackbeard probably will not be able to use conqueror's haki is that Rayleigh explained haki blooms in the kind of situations that Blackbeard consistently avoids. Blackbeard only picks the fights he is sure that he will win. Ace was probably a slip up since Blackbeard did not know that Ace cared about Luffy who was his target to become a warlord.
Morj already addressed the Kizaru point and you're ignoring context for the rest. For example with magellan, luffy was running because his goal was to save ace. He had bigger priorities than fighting Magellan. Luffy didn't fear Magellan. It's not about running away, it's about the characters personality in dangerous situations. Luffy does not back away from a challenge, this doesn't mean he fights everyone in every situation
It's even worse than you're saying with this theory. Additional support for why this theory of conqueres is busted First thing we ever see shanks do, back down from a fight. First thing we see rayliegh do, get himself enslaved with zero plans to fight. Conqueres, as rayliegh explained very clearly, is not linked to a set of actions a character takes. It is an inherent part of their will and no amount of training can get it. If it worked any bit the way morj is saying it does people could absolutely train to have it. Like the raid failing this theory requires the reader to skip huge swaths of the plain text of the story and assume explained things are contradictory.
@@omaraldhaher4571 I get that, I'm saying I trust rays explanation that conueres is a thing ppl either have or they don't, not morj theories. You don't loose your conqueres by fleeing or get it because you want anything. You can have conqueres and still choose to do whatever you want.
@@lukeseguin1875 "You either have it or you don't" doesn't at all contradict what Morj says in the video. I have no idea why you think the video implies you can train for it.
@Mr Morj But Luffy started displaying Conquerors at the start the Saobody Archipelago Arc when he made Motobaro faint. By the end of that same arc, he admitted that him nor his crew were strong enough to beat Pacifistas+Admiral Kizaru+Sentomaru+Shichibukai Kuma and told his entire crew to *RUN*. Don't this conflict with your theory of who can develop Conquerors?
Notice that Luffy fought first before deciding to run. He didn’t automatically run or cower from punching the celestial. He faced them head on then lost
I've said this many times but reddit just doesn't accept it. BB gets his power the quick and easy way, with no hard work put in, he's a cheater in a sense. That's why he doesn't have ACoC.
I definitely think Bb will have it like you said Morj he not built like other users but he’s definitely built different we talking bout a man who is strategic he hides his true strength but defeats all the strong opponents in his way you might think of him as a coward but I look at him like a chess master We will see in the future as The story continue tho Respect Morj 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Even Doflamingo as a kid didn't bow down or accepted the fate his father brought him into. He even screamed that he will not die no matter what those people do to him. Or Katakuri never backing down a challenge and always facing head-on despite him having some advantages in the fight. Good video Morj
not sure if I agree with the “never backing down” aspect of conqueror’s. Like it’s there to an extent but it’s not always the case. Luffy has run away from both Smoker and Kizaru pre-timeskip. He also spent a good portion of whole cake running away from Big Mom during her hunger pang attacks. Also Doffy pretty much wanted nothing to do with Kaido I feel like it’s more a mix of the unwavering will along with the caring about your friends that plays into conqueror’s, but even that’s not super consistent cause Big Mom is out here killing her children Although I do agree Blackbeard probably doesn’t have it
You misunderstood the point being made, the key trait of a coc user is ambition, and the unrestrained will to pursue it despite the odds. Meaning that any obstacle that blocks their path towards their goal, they'll keep fighting persistently until they succeed, that is the main point. We see this from Luffy throughout his journey through the grandline. Despite that being the case, that doesnt mean they can't be sensible and logical. Like the Kizaru incident, Luffy and co finished fighting a pacifista, Luffy had experience fighting an admiral and knew it was suicidal especial if his crew were there, Luffy is still a captain at the end of the day, and any captain is responsible for the crew. The same applies to Big Mum. Doffy fighting Kaido wouldnt benefit him so why should he have a 'never back down mentality' infact, the reason Doffy feared Kaido because he new that Kaido, with his unreasonable personality he could be a threat to Doffys establishment, therefore he'd rather not go that route. When DOffy trapped fujitora in the birdcage, he easily accepted having to fight the admiral, knowing it would be hard. Caring for friends has nothing to do with coc, its only ambition, and the things that fall under it. Luffy in pursuing his goal knows he needs his crew who are down to join his cause, plus he cherishes his friends more than anything, therefore he is willing to protect them, that falls under Luffy's conviction, its not a coc thing.
@@cwoherem If it was purely about ambition then law wouldn't have been juxtaposed against kid and luffy to reinforce the point. In the instances that law wanted to retreat, he wasn't giving up on his goal, he just wanted to regroup and find a tactical path past his obstacle as opposed to brute force. And how is suicide ambitious? Zoro's ambition would have ended then and there if mihawk had chosen to kill him while if he'd lived, he could have continued chasing his dream. He straight up accepted the end of his goal in that moment when he didn't have to. How is that more ambitious than someone who would have been willing to escape mihawk and lived to fight another day but continued chasing their goal?
@@valuedcontributer7690 , as Luffy and Zoro both pointed out many many times in the series their dreams and ambitions matter more than anything in the world, and if they die on their paths before completing their ambitions then their ambitions means nothing if they can’t even live to accomplish those tasks, so yes having the heart of a Conquer isn’t determined by genetics because Zoro is related to no one special at all, and he has Conquers Haki because of his strong will alone because he beat Kaku the second strongest CP9 Agent with Awakened Conquers Haki Coating in Enies Lobby, and he only learned how to do that by almost dying to Mihawk, and Law’s and Sanji’s ways of fighting along with Black Beard’s ways of fighting aren’t the ways a Conquer would fight, but more of the line of a strategic general that looks a battlefield like with maps, charts, data, and figurines on a battlefield in which positions they should be placed onto the proper positions unlike true Conquers like Luffy and Zoro.
Absolutely wild! I remembered bringing up this theory in one of your streams. I'm so glad you're doing a video on it! With the existence of Haki, it never made sense to me that Blackbeard would focus so much on getting the Yami fruit as a trump card. He must not have it to begin with.
There's no beauty in luffys struggle everything falls in his pocket EASILY, they just low dif 2 yonkou crew in a few hours, when to other characters to defeat jimbe or jack takes 3 days straight, aokiji vs akainu took 10 days
Wait... Doflamingo did backdown and run away when he was in front of Kuzan...and Boa is also basically running away and hiding from the world noble since she is a child....that theory need more work man :/
I completely agree with the BlackBeard has no conqueror's haki theory. Even before this video was up I already speculated that due to his obsession with power through devil fruit's I believe the possible way to make him "balanced" in a story perspective is to lack conqueror's haki. If this theory proves to be true you will have a BIG W. I honestly like your analyses on OP
The theory olds up. the only thing that's left out is the direct parallel between black beard and rock's crews. Rock had a problem in having too many conquerors users in his crew, and supposedly he had it too. If black beard doesn't have an inch on conqueror, why his crew would follow him? Taking as granted that some of them have conqueror for sure (aka shiriu). Oda likes to trace these tween paths between Roger's timeline and the current one. A way to connect them could be that rock would consider black beard weak, a disappointment for taking shortcuts. Maybe teach motives are to be found in his past with rock. unwonted child, with a loser father that in is view lost because he played "fair" and took out his frustration on his son.
yeah but Roger had no Devil Fruit, when it makes sense for him to thematically have the Nika Nika Fruit, but he doesn't, Luffy and Roger aren't direct copies of each other. similarly, Teach doesn't need to be a copy of socks in everything. he is a man with similar aspirations to Rocks, but that doesn't mean he has to be as great as Rocks. for example, there's a clear difference between Teach's crew and Rock's crew. Shiryu, Devon, Pizarro and the others seem strong, but are they Whitebeard, Big Mom and Kaido? are they conquerors themselves? we have the parallel of D. vs D. already and similar goals possibly, it doesn't need to come down to the same abilities and mastery over Haki too, I think that's what makes Rocks and Teach different
One way to look at it aswell is like this: Rocks pirates had too many conquerors, thus a lot of heads butting constantly and in fighting. While the Blackbeard pirates have too many Devil Fruit users, so if one falls in water, who saves them? They're all weak to kairoseki weapons aswell and in some cases Haki which can counteract some DF abilities, like Law being unable to do some attacks on BM and Kaidou due to their Haki. Since most have OP DF it's fair to say that most will have a weak reliance on Haki or barely having to use it if not on their weapon like Shiriu a clear exception since he was a marine/prison guard in a high position. This will result in the situation that Luffy found himself in vs Katakuri, where they both used armament Haki, but Kata was stronger so Luffy fist was hurt by it in result, kinda how in base form Luffy Haki is just black blue ish, in gear 4 or some attacks with ryuo or red roc it has a red tint, which Katakuri always had. So if they all have basic black Haki, those with stronger ones or red tinted ones will win out.
@@nouration9685 absolutely, I was just proposing a way to tie up the thematic differences between the two timelines. Not stating they HAVE to be 1 to 1. The fact that roger was without devil fruit is another strong indicator on how these obvious differences are not random, there is a porpouse. He pontentially could have been joy boi but, has he stated, he was too early (without the nika fruit). So the idea that Black beard is doin it the easy way, gatherin multiple fruits, without training becaouse he has the exemple of rocks losing, who we presume trained to be a strong aki user, fits just right with everything else said in the video. Of course all speculation and fun. No need to be super special flakes @King Manga8
I used to subscribe to this idea until we saw conqueror’s haki coating. Cause even though Blackbeard cheats he’s probably the most ideal version of a conqueror after Kaido and Doflamingo
I saw a video earlier today saying that Blackbeard will definitely have conqueror haki. I fully agree with that video it only makes sense from a narrative standpoint than Blackbeard will have a conqueror haki. But you're allowed to believe whatever Mr. "The Raid will fail".
Having the ambition that Blackbeard has I would be surprised if he doesn't have conquerors haki. Also considering he scarred Shanks with a weapon that was non DF related, I would assume that he would need too tier haki to do so.
@@chokomaru5465 According to who? You? Nowhere does it state when he got the scars. All we know is that it was between when he Shanks was a kid on Roger's ship and when he visited Luffy in Windmill village. And considering Shanks already knew how to control Conquerors, I would think it's safe to assume he had pretty damn good haki.
@@jahamilton pretty sure hanks was around 29 when he was at windmill so he had plenty of time to train haki and there was legit a frame showing the fight where it happened and shanks was nowhere above 16
@@chokomaru5465 He was 15 by the time of Roger's execution and 27 when meeting Luffy. That is a 12 year period in which the fight could've happened. We also don't k ow his strength at any of those points, but to say that he got the scars when he was a teenager is something that you made up. Fact is that Shanks saw him highly enough to warn Whitebeard for ace not to go after him.
It's people who saw the anime and saw the red lightning but didnt have the brain power to realize Law had the same lightning and didnt know the animators themselves confirmed that it was not CoC
Whitebeard was definitely not as headstrong as roger/luffy despite having a high level of conqueror’s haki mastery. This makes me think that oda is far more flexible with conqueror’s haki users compromising or “appearing weak” than the viewers may be
Are you sure? When Shanks came to Whitebeard's ship to warn him of Blackbeard, he was really not hearing it and doing it his own way attacking Shanks to test himself right away. I think Whitebeard does fit the mold Mr Morj is talking about. On the other hand I do agree with you that I think that Oda is more flexible with the power than Morj thinks... I see blackbeard having it after all.
Oh I totally agree with you. I’m not trying to say whitebeard wasn’t headstrong at all. The example you mentioned is a perfect example of him not backing down when it matters. I’m just saying that whitebeard is much more similar to law than to luffy in a competition of “world’s most headstrong man”. Much like law, whitebeard would put his life on the line for his beliefs but only after considering his options first. We saw this pre time skip when he dissuaded ace from going after teach even though teach had broken the ironclad rule of his ship and killed a crew mate. We also saw this post time skip when he dissuaded ace from going after kaido in the flashback. I can’t imagine very headstrong characters like luffy Kidd or big mom making the same choices that he did in those situations but I could see folks like law or sanji making the same choices. Right now whitebeard seems to be the exception to the “must be headstrong” rule but fanmade rules can easily be broken and made obsolete by oda. We saw this happen before with the fanmade rule that “you must be a captain to have conqueror’s haki”. At first Raleigh was the only exception. Then katakuri, zoro, oden and even whitebeard himself were revealed to have been subordinates at one time or another with conqueror’s I’m mostly saying this shouldn’t be taken as serious evidence that teach won’t have it
I loved this theory and would like it to be true, but I just think knowing oda, he won’t make his main villain for the climax of the story not have that ability, even if it would make narrative sense. I think luffy will beat him by having the stronger conquerors of the two, of course.
Blackbeard has 2 dfs and may possibly get a 3rd. He will easily be the strongest df user in verse. He doesn’t need conq to still be a super big threat to luffy. Especially if he has 2-3 awakenings.
Nah oda loves narrative storytelling more than stupid power scaling... I have no doubt in my mind that BB won't have COC in the final fight of the series vs luffy
If he potentially has 3 DFs which will most likely be true, having them awakened would make him a worthy foe. He has already shown observation haki and he probably knows armament too he doesn't really need conqueror's imo
I think there is a chance blackboard has conquerors haki. If he is indeed multiple personalities I think the cowardly and skeeming blackbeards didn't have it but the one that said to luffy dreams will never die might have conquerors haki.
Wow this is a good idea. The dreams speech, and his confrontation with luffy at impel down, are the only times blackbeard seems to embody the conqueror's spirit
TrueBagel, the only possible explanation on why I’d see Black Beard having Conquers Haki is unless he has two or three souls inside of him, and of the souls has the heart of the Conqueror, but the other one or two souls doesn’t.
Theory: there are 20 sovereigns and they were the original bearers of conquerors haki… This would have been the original 20 kings to form the WG. This could also explain why there aren’t more than 20 known character with conquerors haki. How these people are chosen is random but you are essentially born with it. Somone needs to take this a step further and elaborate though. Head cannon: devil fruits are a way for non conquerors to compete by copying the power of the 20 sovereigns / kings Edit: There are 15 known users assuming this theory that could mean the last 5 users are the 5 Elder Stars.
Several of his crew are likely to have Conqueror's so that's why I don't really see a line where he doesn't, even if it is more interesting. Haki users are pretty much invincible for non-haki users so that's another reason tbh.
there's still the issue with this that Blackbeard fought Shanks before having any devilfruit, and was capable of giving him the scars over his eyes. and like shanks said, he wasn't being careless, so it was a proper confrontation and not a sneak attack. considering that shanks is all about haki, I feel this would have been kinda hard for blackbeard to do without a proper use of haki himself
@@ringofdreal1374 well, I mean conqueror's haki specifically. we saw in the kaido fight that you can imbue your attacks with conqueror's haki, and we've already seen how powerful shank's conqueror's haki is. if blackbeard fought him in a more or less equal maner, then it would only be logical to asume he can use it too of course there's always the possibility that when they fought shanks did not have the command over haki that he does now, we really don't know how long ago they fought, other than it being before shanks met luffy
@@Deoix9877 wow someone with a brain on tiktok people swear black beard is fodder 😂 he killed a yonko commander thatch and scarred shanks without a fruit.
Blackbeard definitely HAS conquers haki. Blackbeard was the first person who ever mentioned haki Why he definitely has conquers haki: Chapter 234 - Blackbeard says: "I thought 30 million was a little too low judging by his haki but... To think it'd be this high", according to Luffys new bounty. For the fact that Luffy didn't had armament or observation haki, the only thing he could meant was conquers haki, for the fact that you are able to use it unconsciously. But Luffy never used conquers haki, so the only explanation for this is, that Blackbeard has such a strong conquers haki and such a great knowledge about conquers, that he is able to sense conquersuser even if they arent even haki user yet Chapter 544 - Blackbeard says: "You're stronger than I thought... your haki is stronger than before, too", right after Luffy punched him in Impel down. For the fact that Luffy used conquers unconsciously in Amazon Lily, the only explanation is that he sensed the increase of Luffys conquers haki.
I've felt this way for a long time. Blackbeard is always portrayed as "missing something" to be Pirate King. The Vivre cards not listing him as a CoC user is also evidence.
Awesome vid. I casually commented about Blackbeard not having haki as well a long time ago on one of your vids, but you've explained this a lot better than I could.
I disagree because in the end we just established in wano from Kaido that non conquerors Haki users are irrelevant if Blackbeard can’t use it then that makes him irrelevant devil fruits are just fancy decorations at this point at this point if luffy runs up on Blackbeard and he has no conquerors haki it would be a wash that combined with future sight it’s over for Blackbeard way to easy
I don’t know... he went most of his pirate career without a DF so I wouldn’t say he has subpar haki. Although that is a possibility I must accept. Regarding conquerors?? I don’t know... does he have the qualities of a king? I think so.
If anything Morj is debunking himself by definition of a “conqueror” because you can make a point Blackbeard is one the best example besides Luffy tf 😭
@@Sky-bz2vq not what I’m saying, and how can a Conquer be fake? You just ethered yo self like Morj, in definition he takes what he wants and lives his ambitions hasn’t failed yet a tactical Conqueror is still conqueror tf. either you are or are not, no in between. I swear Oda be making yall over think some times. Speaking parallels Teach = Rocks a conqueror, Luffy = Roger a Conqueror. Sticking strictly to the “Narrative” 😂 Face it the Vid is a clearly tryna start something. Ps. BB scarred Shanks a conqueror
@@impossiblexshogun5065 You did not even give your argument about how Blackbeard is one of the best examples of a potential conqueror's haki user. Making strong and forced parallels is not One Piece-esque. Go back to Naruto for that.
I believe Devil fruits will get a "buff" once we understand how and why they work. So haki will stay useful but maybe certain lineage factors give you an affinity for a fruit or fruit type, with Blackbeard being the paramount fruit user. If not that BB knowledge of fruits could give him a deadly edge. I think we'll have our fill of conquerors coating by the time we're done with God King Shanksu 🔥
Yeah there's no real reason for him to have conqueror's, it doesn't really fit his character. But god would it be so lame if he doesn't. Basically any formidable enemy has to have it for a while now, and blackbeard being candidate for one of the top enemies in all of one piece, but without conqueror's haki, would be really lame? Can't really take him seriously without it
@@lkrxlee I dunno honestly, yami yami no mi seems to not be that strong if the opponent has great haki, gura gura no mi might even be 100% useless against luffy cause he just wobbles away. The 3rd DF is still entirely theoretical. Compare this to advanced conquerors... Of course it's not impossible. Just hard to take him seriously. Kaido wasn't impressive because of his fruit, neither was big mom really. They were physical powerhouses with strong haki, which is what made them scary. Also it's kind of ignoring that BB hurt Shanks badly before he had the yami yami no mi. And shanks is built up to be a haki specialist, so BB should have had *some* form of it
@@TehDalek yeah I think so too, but even then he had more buildup than basically any other of the main bosses in the last 100s of chapters, who all had conquerors haki.
You always have a great structure to your videos! I would love the nika fruit being disabled in the blackbeard fight to truly show how far luffy has come and that he isn't just carried by his fruit. It would be a perfect showcase of the man worthy enough to be crowned king haha
Mate, Luffy ran from Kuma. He also ran away from Smoker before Ace saved him in Alabasta. If a rule doesn't apply in absolutely every situation, then it's not absolute. I'm also certain that Doffy wouldn't willingly fight against a Yonko (or rather he would back down) based on his personality. He feared Kaido.
i think you're misunderstanding what hes saying. Firstly those two scenarios u stated are from before luffy even started to develop conq haki and just like he said about shanks there are characters who are reasonable when it comes to picking fights even if they do posses conq haki. Ofc he feared kaido he never backed down to him or had any intention of fighting him to begin with he decided to work for him cause it was the best route for him to achieve their goals
@@kiavashparvizi914 King's haki is an ability that you're born with. Him "not having it at the time" I would say isn't a good way against arguing the Smoker situation IMO. It still defeats the reasoning that Morj stated.
@@sirski7525 I get what you're saying, and I do understand what Morj was saying as well. But I suppose then it should probably have been communicated better. Because whether or not a situation seems hopeless, you're still not going to back down from a fight, which is what Luffy did (twice), and essentially Doffy did as well. You could also argue that Blackbeard is also choosing the best path in order for him to achieve his goals, so that shouldn't disqualify him from having it.
@@gabbs140 Blackbeard is choosing the best pqath for his goals and this is all speculation he actually might have it ive basically always thought he didnt and after that thing kaido said i realized then it was said for this exact reason but there are still differences when it comes to this. but i see ur point
Honestly at this point I wouldnt be surprised if Blackbeard was a 'false D' with his cowardice and fear of death Guess we'll see if he does/doesnt die with a smile
To all people,that was not conqueror haki shown in ep 1093. That was normal haki which law was also releasing. Conqueror haki has black and red colour while normal haki is just red colour. In manga,none of them were releasing any type of haki. In manga, Blackbeard conqueror haki is not revealed yet. So all of that was anime only thing.
@@Blackbeard43556thats not concrete information and doesn’t even make sense, in the manga Blackbeard used no haki at all, so if the anime put it in, then their wrong, they also did it for kaido and big moms combo attack, zoro can’t take the full and combined might of two yonko, not even for a second
Yes but that was when he hat the innate ability and potential of Conquerors when he wasn't aware of. At his core and nature Luffy doesn't bow down or run away which was the point. That doesn't mean he won't run away. But when Luffy started to become an "actual Conquerors" after the Time skip he made his mind up to not run away anymore. Conquerors Haki gets stronger if you develop your own spirit as Rayleigh said. So if a conquerors user stays true to his innate nature he will become stronger AS A CONQUEROR Not all Conqueror users are equal..
@@Ikuzuno My thing is I know Luffy core is to never back down to anyone. I'm just saying their were times when he did run. I believe he only fights when it benefits him like seeing people he care about in danger or going through hardships. But if it doesn't benefit him he won't fight.
It just occorrer to me this theory: what if luffy fights gear 4, gear 5 and advanced conquerors against each of blackbeard's all 3 devil fruits (allegedly) like in a 1v1 of each power ?
I really kinda want shanks and his crew to be proficient haki masters while blackbeard and his crew could all be mastering their devil fruits as a way of combating haki.
I just said this in another comment earlier. I feel like at this point shanks is relegated to war with bb as his remaining plot points. Possibly also shanks vs luffy
that would also strongly resemble the Roger vs Whitebeard pirates Dynamic where Rogers crew is known for Haki Mastery and WB’s is known for DF mastery
And Shanks is going to lose and the debate on haki vs df will spark up again lmao 🤣
@@thetruth997_ i think the debate is settled atp; haki has a higher ceiling than df. Other than a select few fruits, like light or magma, ope ope. Yami + gura is pretty nuts… but i seriously hope shanks doesnt lose 1v1. It would throw away a lot of his hype
@@anegg1464
Not really and u said haki has a higher ceiling when there are fruits that can destroy the world or do the highest destructive force we've seen in the series
Kaido's line about Haki really felt like a direct narrative shot at Blackbeard.
“Abilities alone cannot conquer the world, because only haki can TRANSCEND ALL!!!”
@@TheRealExr that was merely kaidos opinion. Even a non haki user can kill him.
@@Green-cactus. and who might that be?
@@TheRealExr Ancient weapon controllers duh
@@Green-cactus. by mr oda himself right 😂
I agree. I love the treacherous Teach, but I can’t imagine a scenario where there’s any conqueror that would tremble in fear of losing their own life like what Blackbeard showed against Whitebeard
I interpreted it him as putting up an act to cause wb to hesitate
Yamato trembled and has conquerors lol
@@adonaimelles2317 which is a bitch move. So far no conqueror has been a bitch.
@@chinuaalibatya7345 She has never begged for her own life though. No Conqueror shown so far has pleaded to save their own skin
@@adonaimelles2317 same, because the arc right before Teach laughs about how he almost died, and says whoever gets scared first loses. I don’t think he was actually scared
I can see Shanks Crew being the "Haki" based crew and Blackbeard being the "Devil Fruit" based crew. And the way Luffy surpasses both is by mastering both to their fullest extent.
Your comment is completely the truthful and the most accurate whenever it comes to the lore of One Piece.
@Filipe agreed, its a bit dumb, wouldve been a bit better if it was the "resin resin fruit" like some theorized, but Nika/Joyboy used it in the past. That way it would still technically be just rubber. But if it makes it any better, luffy still had to work extremely hard to even be able to use the "Godly" properties of his fruit
@@zerikva I still like Luffy 's fruit. It wasn't a devil fruit in terms of potential but it's a "high max speed, slow acceleration" kind of fruit, perfect for the protagonist's fruit. It's different from say Ace fruit or Enel fruit where you can just obliterate most people in the world without training from the get go. Luffy was very weak when he first ate the fruit, being weaker than Ace and Sabo without fruit. It took he a lot of time training the fruit to even get to the Luffy that we saw in the first chapters.
Luffy was lucky to eat the fruit so early in his life. Others would have eaten that fruit and awakened the fruit, and probably die if they attempted it.
With that said, we have to see how Oda implements the fruit from now on. I have been impatiently waiting to see what happens next time luffy uses his awakened state.
@@sebastianmartinez5508 good point, yeah i think in terms of how luffy developed it and made it strong enough to awaken makes its the perfect fruit for the protagonist
blackbeard actually gave shanks a scar without devil fruit, he has top tier conquerers haki 100%
There is a reason his DFs:
1)Allow him to punch things without touching them(GuraGura/Conqueror)
and 2)Nullify DF abilities (YamiYami/Armament)
The only one left is Observation Haki, which begs the question what DF can provide such ability as Future Sight
Blackbeard was confirmed as Armament and Observation Haki user by Databook already.
Allow him to punch things without touching them(GuraGura/Conqueror) -> This has nothing to do with CoC, it stated that the technic is called Ryo and is a form of Armament used by the Wano Samurai.
Later in his fight against Kaido Luffy used CoC on top of Ryo - but there is no connection. Kinemon used this Ryo technic also, but hasn´t CoC
@@silvergodanalyser7762 No CoC is what does the not touching. Law notes it in Luffy's fight with Kaido.
Blackbeard has an observation feat, measuring luffys power level, that only rayliegh is also able to do.
I genuinely think most of this comes from haki not being drawn pre time skip. It makes it easy to say that since the story didn't show us the same way it does now who has strong haki, that means older characters just don't have haki or they're bad at it. If there were no black hands and lightning it'd be a lot harder to falsely compare pre and post time skip.
For all we known blackbeard could have already used conqueres coating at marine Ford. All it will take is one line from luffy, just like all the other feats luffy figured out where actually just people using haki.
@@GamingUproar no its not dude. Rayliegh does it to the elephant in luffys training and explains that it's the final form of color of arms. Luffy even comments on it during his fight against queen with hygoro. Luffy could hit targets, like tree right before the raid or the stone walls at udon without touching them. He learns coc in his second kaido engagement.
This is gonna be the new "Raid failing"
We can all laugh at this in the future or just forget about it if this is true.
Common Morj L
Lmao yep
To be honest the raid failing had soooo much basis to it tho.. like imagine if they all the zoans awakened... lol like our rubber boi I mean Funny Boi
Lmaooo
What if Blackbeard just smells so bad that he makes everyone around him pass out?
Yessir 🗿
Blackbeard do be looking like a musty dusty crusty ass mf
Gotta make up for your weaknesses somehow. Truly brilliant on Blackbeard’s part.
I mean what pirate doesn't smell like trash. Irl even most of the SH's would smell horrible have you seen their bath patterns?
That’s like the budget version 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Been saying for awhile that his obsession w devil fruit power could result in him having subpar haki in comparison. The guy has two of the most dangerous fruits for their type at the same time, which is unheard of, and he’ll most likely have TWO awakenings. Hell many believe a third fruit is coming, ultimate devil fruit user is born. It’s probably going to take Luffy relying solely on his haki to win, since Kaido says haki trumps all.
Kaido didn’t say that haki is superior or that it beats DF 10/10 times. What he said was that having a devil fruit isn’t the be all end all, and that someone with strong haki can be a powerhouse on the seas, just like Roger.
@@drm726 Exactly people misinterpret what kaido said
He’s literally the first person in the story to ever reference haki and has been shown to be able to sense haki multiple times
@@drm726
Exactly people are stupid and wanna misinterpret things on purpose for their agenda. We wouldn't see cases of haki getting beat by df powers if haki was always superior👍
Haki techniques don't trump all, I have seen armament & observation get beat by df powers alot. Queen said his dinosaur snake hold has crushed the bones of dozens of armament haki masters cuz their haki couldn't withstand the force & pressure. Even Luffy was still hurt by Hody Jones when he bit thru his armament haki 🤷♂️. You can't use Roger as the standard for haki technique users he's literally in the 1% & only became PK cuz he begged Whitebeard for Oden. Whitebeard could of said no and Roger wouldn't be PK
Blackbeard basically is using his devil fruit abilities as a substitute for haki. He can damage people from the inside and damage them without touching them with whitebeards df and he can absorb/defend/nullify against any other df with his logia type darkness fruit(forget the name). I can see blackbeard’s 3rd df giving him a type of advanced observation/future sight haki type of ability which would give him pretty much all of the same abilities that high level haki masters have without any of the training.
Yami yami
My theory is his 3rd df is a Zoan type. It would make sense. Blackbeard already has a Logia and a Paramecia. He wants to make a complete set with a Zoan type
then it might be a mythical zoan that have advance kenbun-like ability that would be perfect
How the hell a DF can give BB oservation haki? is it Eye-eye fruit?
@@abdur1300 maybe something like eagle type zoan maybe even mythical
Just want to say I love your stuff Morj, hope your managing whatever backlash you get from the community for missed takes. They actually nuts and your passion for OP is nearly unmatched.
"You see the true measure of a man when at death's door." Blackbeard has ambition in spades but that doesn't make him King material when he doesn't have the willpower to look eye to eye with death and laugh in its face.
Yep his switch from brilliant mastermind to whimpering and begging WB to not hurt him shows that. Tbh that moment made me like Blackbeard more as villian but I can see that as a way for him to not have strong will. But to be fair his will is strong enough to wait for the right moment to preform his plan. Just not the same as Rogers or ace and luffy he's more like law
Precisely. Blackbeard likes to take the easy way. Waited for the WB pirates to find the fruit and backstabbed his commander for it, challenged Ace only because he knew his devil fruit was OP, waited for WB to be weakened and still had his crew help him out.
@@imbored1179 it was a charade obviously
That’s why I don’t think he has it. Or at least not the advanced version
"Whether we live or die, that's for the heavens to decide. The one who gives in to their fear loses" - Teach. So BB is sometimes on this mindset and sometimes he is just coward. Sometimes he is playing chess with people and yet sometimes he has one brain cell. very odd...
I genuinely think that Conquerors Haki isn’t a thing that has to be granted through luck. I believe it’s something you unlock simply by having a strong enough will. A will very few people have.
I think it's genetic. I haven't seen anyone gain conquerors or it hinted at
Pretty much, there’s a mental block that most of the things in the OP world has that prevents them from accessing it and Zoro was having issues due to that.
@@TheGovernmentputcrackinmyblunt Big Mom crew if it was genetic then more of her kids would have it besides Katakuri. I think it's just a persnality trait that enables it. Either protecting, gaining a title, or supernatural will.
Yo who tf thinks it’s luck
I think it's genetic but it's almost random if you are born with it, it being more likely you have it if you are the child of a king haki user. Then you need to have the correct personality type to unluck it.
The fight Luffy vs Blackbeard ends with Luffys Devilfruit powers getting cancelled out COMPLETELY, making this Luffys first fight without any rubber abilities, and knocking out Blackbeard barehanded.
Luffy tell his crew to run away in Sabaody
So I was recently rewatching marineford, (gf is on her first watch through) and I noticed when Blackbeard tilted the sea they also emphasized that he split the sky as well. But I went and doubled checked in the manga and the sky is never shown splitting nor is it mentioned like the anime.
It’s kind of odd to me because he was fighting Sengoku and as we now know he also has Conquers Haki as well. I thought that was a cool way to subtlety show that they both have it and we’re clashing, but I guess that’s not the case.
I honestly doubt that Blackbeard won’t have conquers lol
Random question to y'all:
Who's the least likely to have conq haki among these 5:
Akainu, Beckman, Blackbeard, Garp or Mihawk
@@muizmin 1. Garp 2. Mihawk 3. Blackbeard 4. Akinu 5. Beckmen with 3-4 being interchangeable especially since they are end series potential villains I doubt they would have weaker conquers than Any second commander (other than whitebeard while he was on rocks crew) but both have broken devil fruits so I doubt they are gonna have conquers as strong as mihawk , and definitely not garp , they may be better at other aspects of haki though I expect Blackbeard in particular to have broken future sight
I think you hit the nail on the head. I totally believe this.
BB might already have it
When you put it like that it makes sense why it was law that ended up in the fight with Blackbeard. And kid was the one who fought shanks(another fellow conquerors haki user)
Also the black haired guy fought Blackbeard
And the red haired guy fought red hair shanks
Glad someone said this I always thought it would make sense for him not to have it. Given Him being powerful in so many other ways and as a way to separate him from Luffy. While also helping to explain why the Yami Yami was so critical for him to get if he’s not a haki master
Cough Cough he fought Shanks prior to having any fruits and was even offered a commander position Cough Cough
@@BlackangelKatakuri You aren’t wrong, but none of that conveys conquerors haki, just reasonable to good armament/observation haki use in general. Plenty of people are commanders and don’t Have HotSK. It is obviously possible he has HotSK but I just think it’s more interesting if he doesn’t. Cause he runs away so much and is so sneaky and as a way to really separate him from Luffy thematically.
We also don’t know Shank’s haki situation/ development when they fought, or then we could use it better to assume what types of haki he has.
@@qjc1142pigs More interesting? The man who will serve as Luffys final pirate opponent not having conquerors would be like Goku fighting an opponent who can't produce energy blasts or fly.
@@qjc1142pigs He was trained by Roger and Rayleigh
Morj: "Hmm, so that quote from Kaido about haki did not end up being evidence for the raid failing".
"Alright, it's now evidence for a new theory".
For someone to injured shank is on the next whole level buddy
Ok so since onigashima according to Mr Morj, Law has definitly conqueror's haki because he refused with kid and luffy to backdown in front of big mama s fireballs
*Black Beard's ability is broken af already and adding CoC would be nuts*
I've had this suspicion for awhile. I couldn't back it up, mainly because I wouldn't put in the time, but the thought was there. Lingering. I remember mentioning to a friend of mine and he thought it was stupid, that I was crazy/silly for considering it, but I just brushed it off. So... It's suuuuper satisfying to see you considering it. I mean, the fact that you even made a video on it all makes me think you believe in it to some degree. I feel vindicated lol.
One thing I’ve noticed if mr morj says something won’t happen it most likely will happen
This video just introduced a new exciting idea in my head, that of Blackbeard cancelling Luffy's fruit in their final fight and "forcing" him to fight as the last Pirate King fought, no fruit, just Haki, and thus solidifying his place as his true successor.
This is an interesting take. I myself always believed that Blackbeard does not have Conqueror’s Haki particularly because he didn’t seem like someone with the characteristics of those who are conquerers.
Thanks for voicing this out Morj 🙌🏾
what characteristics? Doflamingo and Chinjao has Conquerors LOL
@@timurjack8773 ok?
@@timurjack8773 ????
@@timurjack8773 I believe that he is talking about a few scenes that we had seen before, where Black Beard was begging when there was that battle in Marineford.
@@sonicplays8740 so what’s wrong with begging for one’s life?
After the way Big Mom was defeated with no conquerors haki, its clear that if you have very strong and op devil fruits you can be part of some of the strongest in the verse. However to be the absolute cream of the crop, you need to master all 3 types of haki. This is the way Luffy will defeat Blackbeard. You are spot on Morj.
...And bombs. Turns out a giant pile of TNT can help
U mean she got beat by no conqueror user or u mean she doesn't have it?
@@RongDMemer Law and Kidd didnt use Conqueror coating on her. It was all pure DF abilities and some luck with bombs.
@@polmao i see
Facs. I hate this agenda the community is pushing that if characters don’t have conq they automatically arent a top tier fighter. After seeing laws awakening (which is comparable to conq coating) and akainu literally blowing off half of a yonkos Face I’d think devil fruit users would get a lil more respect.
Basically being a Conqueror is someone who has an unwavering spirit to the point even if they know they are out matched they'd rather go out swinging than to run away having the drive, will and spirit to never back down it's either you succeed or die trying thats a solid idea
How do you explain luffy at sabaody? I remember a shout of can't win run. He uses conqueres littetally 5 days after that incident.
How do you explain litterally seen one of the manga where shanks tells luffy to back down from a fight?
What about kaidos suicidal nature? He litterally would rather die than keep going. That's litterally the opposite of unwavering.
How about doffy v kaido? Doffy backed down awfully quick from that fight but he still had conqueres.
Why not just accept rays explanation that no, never baking down is not how conqueres works? It's a rare manifestation of someone's will and desires. That's why luffy and shanks can use it to save their friends and backing down doesn't mean they don't have it. That's how kaido can have conflicting desires and still have it.
@@lukeseguin1875 I think it's not about not backing down from ANY fights but it's the undying will to fight for your goal. Much like how Luffy's goal is to become a pirate king no matter what, or Zoro's goal of becoming the strongest swordsman.
@@JoNarDLoLz both luffy and zoro are, and have been shown many times, to be willing to give up their dreams to save their friends. Zoro with mihaw and nothing happened, luffy to save his crew from kuma and to save his brother . So did shanks and Oden. Shanks is currently sitting around doing jack squat intentionally. How does that or kaidos suicide attempts fit anywhere into this theory.
Believe the plain text of the story, rayliegh explained how it works. It's not about not backing down or even having ambitions. Wapol should have conqueres if it works how you are saying it does .It's an inherent power that is a manifestation of will.
That's why Ace didn't run against Akainu
Ok with Doffy he was a kid when he awakened his C.H because even though he was about to be killed by people socially beneath him, he didn't waver he didn't back down, yh he worked under Kaido but that's a buisness or partnership, look at Zoro and Luffy they both are conquerors but Zoro decided to work under him
Shanks taught Luffy the ability to discern which people are worth fighting and which ones are not, Luffy could've easily beaten Bellamy just like how shanks could have easily beaten the bandits but at first they thought it wasn't worth it,
With Luffy running away it was a lesson in humility keep in mind he didn't fully awaken his conquerors until marineford u could make the argument that all of pre time skip was building up Luffy as a captain and like with anything in the world you got to take the good and the bad sometimes you got to pick uf fights and other times u got to run
Whether your theories become true or not..its always has been a treat to watch and enjoy these as you put your theories so articulately, eloquently. keep it up morj.
You really think Oda is gonna miss a opportunity to draw another sick conqueror’s haki clash panel? Doubt it
I think the focused emphasis of BlackBeard's crew hunting devil fruits is the best indicator of this. As well as BB's own desire to steal Whitebeard's fruit. BB has definitely seen Advanced Conquerors from the best of the best, so knowing he will never have that capability, chose to maximize devil fruits instead
Considering one in a million have conquerers haki which is quite rare it’s probably a good idea in general to hunt devil fruits and I’m surprised other pirate crews weren’t doing this as much. Him hunting devil fruits doesn’t indicate that he doesn’t have conquerers because although a Yonko is strong you need a strong crew. Let’s not forget kaido was on something similar collecting zoan devil fruit users and trying to artificially create devil fruits to feed to people to strengthen his army
Random question to y'all:
Who's the least likely to have conq haki among these 5:
Akainu, Beckman, Blackbeard, Garp or Mihawk
I'm starting to believe this more because of the one scene in Impel Down where BB drags in Luffy to smash him into the ground no Haki needed. Maybe he doesnt need it because of the Fruit he has.
The problem is.. BB cant do much damage to the ones without DF.. his Darkness Ability wont be much of a threat thou since it cant nullify Haki
It's already been confirmed that Blackbeard has observation and armament haki.
@@joelthomas6517 Pretime skip? I don't think so.
Not sure about this one.
The thing is, that Blackbeard mirrors Rocks and i highly doubt, that Rocks didnt have it
You have earned a sub simply because you dont do clickbait like most other anime theory videos and get right to the point.
I watch Mr Morj for the accuracy of past arcs analysis and the absolute dumbness of his future arcs predictions
Im not saying that u r wrong, since all ur arguments r very consistents, but some points got to be discussed more.
1 - All the oposite traits that you stated between both characters r true, but that for itself doesnt mean that Blackbeard havent developed Haki´s abilities.
Actually the Kaidou´s quote about Haki can point as well to the the fact that all major players of One Piece have a really powerfull Haki, since its the ultimate ability that defines the King.
Blackbeard seeking for strong Devil Fruits for his crew doesnt necessarily means thats the only way he is using to gain power. We saw that Kaidou was doing the exactly same thing with the smiles production and still have a really impressive use of the Haki.
We did not see Blackbeard using Haki, for the same reason we did not see Dragon using it... Its not their time to shine yet. Sabo and Burgess had showed us strong Hakis, so we can just imagine their leaders doing even more impressive use of this type ability.
So, that being said, i got say that it´d be very strange for the final pirate villain of Luffy´s journey to doesnt have Conqueror´s Haki, since all his last opponents are users of that type of Haki (Doffy, Katakuri, Big Mom and Kaidou) and that is probably the main ability that will make Luffy achieves the top and rise as the Pirate King. Therefore, would make more sense for his last pirate opponent to have a really strong Conqueror´s Haki for Luffy surpass in the end.
2 - The common trait beetween all the Conqueror´s Haki users, but the possession of a strong ambition to be the "king", r not that clear. We dont know that much about that ability´s requirements yet. Your conclusion (that they never step back) makes sense, but still... i dont know, i think there is some points of discussion.
To start with, what is the meaning of "do never step back" ? Cause we could say that in Sabaody, Luffy and his crew steped back before a too much strong enemy, trying to run away and regroup with a better strategy just like did Law in ur example. We could even arguement that the Time Skip was a step back that Luffy took in order to be prepared for the challenges of the New World.
But the biggest inconsistence of your conlusion is someone u did not mention, Doflamingo. Doffy, with no doubt, has taken a step back against Aokiji and, more important, against Kaidou. And still, he definitely has the Coqueror´s Haki. So, i think ur conclusion for the commmon trait that all Conqueror´s Haki should have is not 100% correct.
My guess would be that all of them has the ability to attract people to their side and to naturally make others accept their leadership. That would tottaly fit with all characters with this type of Haki we have seen. Even the ones that are not a Captain or a Group Leader, like Zoro, Rayleigh and Katakuri, we can see this characteristic, people around them tend to admire, follow them and to accept their guidance and positions. The only Conqueror´s Haki user that does not fit this characteristic "yet" is Yamato, bacause we did not see that much about him.
CONCLUSION - All that being said, Blackbeard fits perfectly for a Char that have Conqueror´s Haki. His role in the narrative as the main pirate villain and competitor for the One Piece treausure plus the fact that people around him tend to follow his leadership, having him 2 groups in his crew, a true loyal core group and other composed of former captains that believe in his power and ambition (just like tobiroppos for Kaidou), we can say that he gathers the characteristcs to have this Ultimate ability.
There were some situations were Luffy also retreated instead of fighting.
Smoker multiple times, Kizaru on Sabaody, Magellan in Impel Down and Big Mom in Whole Cake Island come to mind instantly, so retreating from a stronger opponent is not an instant no-go when it comes to having conqueror's haki.
The reason I agree that Blackbeard probably will not be able to use conqueror's haki is that Rayleigh explained haki blooms in the kind of situations that Blackbeard consistently avoids. Blackbeard only picks the fights he is sure that he will win. Ace was probably a slip up since Blackbeard did not know that Ace cared about Luffy who was his target to become a warlord.
Morj already addressed the Kizaru point and you're ignoring context for the rest. For example with magellan, luffy was running because his goal was to save ace. He had bigger priorities than fighting Magellan. Luffy didn't fear Magellan.
It's not about running away, it's about the characters personality in dangerous situations. Luffy does not back away from a challenge, this doesn't mean he fights everyone in every situation
It's even worse than you're saying with this theory. Additional support for why this theory of conqueres is busted
First thing we ever see shanks do, back down from a fight.
First thing we see rayliegh do, get himself enslaved with zero plans to fight.
Conqueres, as rayliegh explained very clearly, is not linked to a set of actions a character takes. It is an inherent part of their will and no amount of training can get it. If it worked any bit the way morj is saying it does people could absolutely train to have it.
Like the raid failing this theory requires the reader to skip huge swaths of the plain text of the story and assume explained things are contradictory.
@@lukeseguin1875 he already addressed this in the video.
@@omaraldhaher4571 I get that, I'm saying I trust rays explanation that conueres is a thing ppl either have or they don't, not morj theories. You don't loose your conqueres by fleeing or get it because you want anything.
You can have conqueres and still choose to do whatever you want.
@@lukeseguin1875
"You either have it or you don't" doesn't at all contradict what Morj says in the video. I have no idea why you think the video implies you can train for it.
@Mr Morj
But Luffy started displaying Conquerors at the start the Saobody Archipelago Arc when he made Motobaro faint.
By the end of that same arc, he admitted that him nor his crew were strong enough to beat Pacifistas+Admiral Kizaru+Sentomaru+Shichibukai Kuma and told his entire crew to *RUN*.
Don't this conflict with your theory of who can develop Conquerors?
Notice that Luffy fought first before deciding to run. He didn’t automatically run or cower from punching the celestial. He faced them head on then lost
@@Lerossignol94 but still run though. Nowhere in one piece it is said you need not to fear death to have coc. That’s something the fan have made up
Kaido, "Haki trumps all"
Also Kaido, "Time for my final move a giant flaming dragon Susano naruto style".
All that needs to be said
Then Luffy bring out an Island dized fist WITH ISLAND SIZED HAKI. And shoots out haki out of his fist.
@@darrenraphael the haki really didn't matter though when it comes to the damage.
It mainly was just there to block Kaido's fire bite
I've said this many times but reddit just doesn't accept it. BB gets his power the quick and easy way, with no hard work put in, he's a cheater in a sense. That's why he doesn't have ACoC.
I definitely think Bb will have it like you said Morj he not built like other users but he’s definitely built different we talking bout a man who is strategic he hides his true strength but defeats all the strong opponents in his way you might think of him as a coward but I look at him like a chess master We will see in the future as The story continue tho Respect Morj 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Even Doflamingo as a kid didn't bow down or accepted the fate his father brought him into.
He even screamed that he will not die no matter what those people do to him.
Or Katakuri never backing down a challenge and always facing head-on despite him having some advantages in the fight.
Good video Morj
not sure if I agree with the “never backing down” aspect of conqueror’s. Like it’s there to an extent but it’s not always the case. Luffy has run away from both Smoker and Kizaru pre-timeskip. He also spent a good portion of whole cake running away from Big Mom during her hunger pang attacks. Also Doffy pretty much wanted nothing to do with Kaido
I feel like it’s more a mix of the unwavering will along with the caring about your friends that plays into conqueror’s, but even that’s not super consistent cause Big Mom is out here killing her children
Although I do agree Blackbeard probably doesn’t have it
Luffy ran from big mom because his goal wasn’t to fight her, it was to bring back sanji.
You misunderstood the point being made, the key trait of a coc user is ambition, and the unrestrained will to pursue it despite the odds. Meaning that any obstacle that blocks their path towards their goal, they'll keep fighting persistently until they succeed, that is the main point.
We see this from Luffy throughout his journey through the grandline. Despite that being the case, that doesnt mean they can't be sensible and logical. Like the Kizaru incident, Luffy and co finished fighting a pacifista, Luffy had experience fighting an admiral and knew it was suicidal especial if his crew were there, Luffy is still a captain at the end of the day, and any captain is responsible for the crew. The same applies to Big Mum.
Doffy fighting Kaido wouldnt benefit him so why should he have a 'never back down mentality' infact, the reason Doffy feared Kaido because he new that Kaido, with his unreasonable personality he could be a threat to Doffys establishment, therefore he'd rather not go that route. When DOffy trapped fujitora in the birdcage, he easily accepted having to fight the admiral, knowing it would be hard.
Caring for friends has nothing to do with coc, its only ambition, and the things that fall under it. Luffy in pursuing his goal knows he needs his crew who are down to join his cause, plus he cherishes his friends more than anything, therefore he is willing to protect them, that falls under Luffy's conviction, its not a coc thing.
@@cwoherem If it was purely about ambition then law wouldn't have been juxtaposed against kid and luffy to reinforce the point. In the instances that law wanted to retreat, he wasn't giving up on his goal, he just wanted to regroup and find a tactical path past his obstacle as opposed to brute force.
And how is suicide ambitious? Zoro's ambition would have ended then and there if mihawk had chosen to kill him while if he'd lived, he could have continued chasing his dream. He straight up accepted the end of his goal in that moment when he didn't have to. How is that more ambitious than someone who would have been willing to escape mihawk and lived to fight another day but continued chasing their goal?
@@valuedcontributer7690 , as Luffy and Zoro both pointed out many many times in the series their dreams and ambitions matter more than anything in the world, and if they die on their paths before completing their ambitions then their ambitions means nothing if they can’t even live to accomplish those tasks, so yes having the heart of a Conquer isn’t determined by genetics because Zoro is related to no one special at all, and he has Conquers Haki because of his strong will alone because he beat Kaku the second strongest CP9 Agent with Awakened Conquers Haki Coating in Enies Lobby, and he only learned how to do that by almost dying to Mihawk, and Law’s and Sanji’s ways of fighting along with Black Beard’s ways of fighting aren’t the ways a Conquer would fight, but more of the line of a strategic general that looks a battlefield like with maps, charts, data, and figurines on a battlefield in which positions they should be placed onto the proper positions unlike true Conquers like Luffy and Zoro.
I don't agree with the 'caring about your friends' bit, I think Mihawk has to have Conqueror's Haki, but he has no friends
“Blackbeard doesn’t have conquerors haki” is the new “ the raid will fail”
I agree, before they were saying BB don't have any Haki then databook confirmed he has armament and observation, now they say conquerors only LOL
No way does a man who fooled the world, took down whitebeard, tamed prisoners, and took over large swathes of the new world without being a conqueror.
Buggy did all those things except “taking down whitebeard”
Absolutely wild! I remembered bringing up this theory in one of your streams. I'm so glad you're doing a video on it!
With the existence of Haki, it never made sense to me that Blackbeard would focus so much on getting the Yami fruit as a trump card. He must not have it to begin with.
Yeah that's what I've been thinking since the Kaido quote about abilities not being everything. Sure hope that's indeed the way Oda goes with him.
In short
Luffy wants TO BECOME the pirate king
Teach wants TO BE the pirate king.
One sees the beauty in the struggle the other doesn’t
There's no beauty in luffys struggle everything falls in his pocket EASILY, they just low dif 2 yonkou crew in a few hours, when to other characters to defeat jimbe or jack takes 3 days straight, aokiji vs akainu took 10 days
@@kollen5952 thats just pacing
@@webpaygrowearn8739 nah he’s right actually. Maybe before the time skip there was something of a struggle but after it? Nah!
@@kollen5952 big moms crew didn’t participate in the war besides big mom and perospero they had a lot of ally’s in war
@@themister.s-1st who is r8? You want to see a 100 days f8 of luffy and kaido?
I’ve been saying BB doesn’t have Conquers since marineford.
Wait... Doflamingo did backdown and run away when he was in front of Kuzan...and Boa is also basically running away and hiding from the world noble since she is a child....that theory need more work man :/
I completely agree with the BlackBeard has no conqueror's haki theory. Even before this video was up I already speculated that due to his obsession with power through devil fruit's I believe the possible way to make him "balanced" in a story perspective is to lack conqueror's haki. If this theory proves to be true you will have a BIG W. I honestly like your analyses on OP
The theory olds up. the only thing that's left out is the direct parallel between black beard and rock's crews.
Rock had a problem in having too many conquerors users in his crew, and supposedly he had it too. If black beard doesn't have an inch on conqueror, why his crew would follow him? Taking as granted that some of them have conqueror for sure (aka shiriu).
Oda likes to trace these tween paths between Roger's timeline and the current one. A way to connect them could be that rock would consider black beard weak, a disappointment for taking shortcuts. Maybe teach motives are to be found in his past with rock. unwonted child, with a loser father that in is view lost because he played "fair" and took out his frustration on his son.
yeah but Roger had no Devil Fruit, when it makes sense for him to thematically have the Nika Nika Fruit, but he doesn't, Luffy and Roger aren't direct copies of each other. similarly, Teach doesn't need to be a copy of socks in everything. he is a man with similar aspirations to Rocks, but that doesn't mean he has to be as great as Rocks. for example, there's a clear difference between Teach's crew and Rock's crew. Shiryu, Devon, Pizarro and the others seem strong, but are they Whitebeard, Big Mom and Kaido? are they conquerors themselves?
we have the parallel of D. vs D. already and similar goals possibly, it doesn't need to come down to the same abilities and mastery over Haki too, I think that's what makes Rocks and Teach different
Sounds like a parallel to soldier boy from the latest boys episode 😃
One way to look at it aswell is like this:
Rocks pirates had too many conquerors, thus a lot of heads butting constantly and in fighting.
While the Blackbeard pirates have too many Devil Fruit users, so if one falls in water, who saves them? They're all weak to kairoseki weapons aswell and in some cases Haki which can counteract some DF abilities, like Law being unable to do some attacks on BM and Kaidou due to their Haki.
Since most have OP DF it's fair to say that most will have a weak reliance on Haki or barely having to use it if not on their weapon like Shiriu a clear exception since he was a marine/prison guard in a high position.
This will result in the situation that Luffy found himself in vs Katakuri, where they both used armament Haki, but Kata was stronger so Luffy fist was hurt by it in result, kinda how in base form Luffy Haki is just black blue ish, in gear 4 or some attacks with ryuo or red roc it has a red tint, which Katakuri always had.
So if they all have basic black Haki, those with stronger ones or red tinted ones will win out.
@@nouration9685 ur speaking nothing but facts. Op fans at this point thinks every new era event/character has to parallel the old era.
@@nouration9685 absolutely, I was just proposing a way to tie up the thematic differences between the two timelines. Not stating they HAVE to be 1 to 1.
The fact that roger was without devil fruit is another strong indicator on how these obvious differences are not random, there is a porpouse.
He pontentially could have been joy boi but, has he stated, he was too early (without the nika fruit).
So the idea that Black beard is doin it the easy way, gatherin multiple fruits, without training becaouse he has the exemple of rocks losing, who we presume trained to be a strong aki user, fits just right with everything else said in the video.
Of course all speculation and fun.
No need to be super special flakes @King Manga8
I used to subscribe to this idea until we saw conqueror’s haki coating. Cause even though Blackbeard cheats he’s probably the most ideal version of a conqueror after Kaido and Doflamingo
Whitebeards devil fruit mimics the abilities of conquerers haki quite a bit
I saw a video earlier today saying that Blackbeard will definitely have conqueror haki. I fully agree with that video it only makes sense from a narrative standpoint than Blackbeard will have a conqueror haki. But you're allowed to believe whatever Mr. "The Raid will fail".
Blackbeard haters were also saying Blackbeard had no Haki, then Databook debunked them by confirming Blackbeard as armament and observation Haki user.
What a month without one piece does to a person.
Lmao
Lol
I've believed BB wouldn't have CoC for almost a year now.
Having the ambition that Blackbeard has I would be surprised if he doesn't have conquerors haki. Also considering he scarred Shanks with a weapon that was non DF related, I would assume that he would need too tier haki to do so.
he hurt a teen shanks
@@chokomaru5465 According to who? You? Nowhere does it state when he got the scars. All we know is that it was between when he Shanks was a kid on Roger's ship and when he visited Luffy in Windmill village. And considering Shanks already knew how to control Conquerors, I would think it's safe to assume he had pretty damn good haki.
@@jahamilton pretty sure hanks was around 29 when he was at windmill so he had plenty of time to train haki and there was legit a frame showing the fight where it happened and shanks was nowhere above 16
@@chokomaru5465 He was 15 by the time of Roger's execution and 27 when meeting Luffy. That is a 12 year period in which the fight could've happened. We also don't k ow his strength at any of those points, but to say that he got the scars when he was a teenager is something that you made up. Fact is that Shanks saw him highly enough to warn Whitebeard for ace not to go after him.
@@jahamilton he saw him high enough because he knew of the yami yami no mi
I like this idea
I hope to see who is right in the coming storys
Finally, an uncontroversial take from Morj.
I think this is obvious. There's no way a coward can have conquerors haki
Idk why people are saying this didn't age well. Like bro... blackbeard hasn't shown any conquerors haki at all
That's the op Fandom .They don't know what's conqueror haki .
It's people who saw the anime and saw the red lightning but didnt have the brain power to realize Law had the same lightning and didnt know the animators themselves confirmed that it was not CoC
Erm, your intel is wrong. He used conquerers on law
@@STGAoe Incorrect - it was conquerors lol. It is just like how you all said Zoro didn't have it when it was so clear from long ago he did.
@@llDeathllno he didn’t dude, read the manga, bro didn’t even use haki at all in the fight
The shanks and law arguments ar contradictory. Shanks also said it's ok to run afaik
The Conqueror's Haki in Blackbeard is going to fail.
whitebeard marineford hold back because his fruit was too dangerous it could killed his crew
You make a good point. Better than the raid failing
Whitebeard was definitely not as headstrong as roger/luffy despite having a high level of conqueror’s haki mastery. This makes me think that oda is far more flexible with conqueror’s haki users compromising or “appearing weak” than the viewers may be
Are you sure? When Shanks came to Whitebeard's ship to warn him of Blackbeard, he was really not hearing it and doing it his own way attacking Shanks to test himself right away. I think Whitebeard does fit the mold Mr Morj is talking about. On the other hand I do agree with you that I think that Oda is more flexible with the power than Morj thinks... I see blackbeard having it after all.
Oh I totally agree with you. I’m not trying to say whitebeard wasn’t headstrong at all. The example you mentioned is a perfect example of him not backing down when it matters. I’m just saying that whitebeard is much more similar to law than to luffy in a competition of “world’s most headstrong man”.
Much like law, whitebeard would put his life on the line for his beliefs but only after considering his options first. We saw this pre time skip when he dissuaded ace from going after teach even though teach had broken the ironclad rule of his ship and killed a crew mate. We also saw this post time skip when he dissuaded ace from going after kaido in the flashback. I can’t imagine very headstrong characters like luffy Kidd or big mom making the same choices that he did in those situations but I could see folks like law or sanji making the same choices.
Right now whitebeard seems to be the exception to the “must be headstrong” rule but fanmade rules can easily be broken and made obsolete by oda. We saw this happen before with the fanmade rule that “you must be a captain to have conqueror’s haki”. At first Raleigh was the only exception. Then katakuri, zoro, oden and even whitebeard himself were revealed to have been subordinates at one time or another with conqueror’s
I’m mostly saying this shouldn’t be taken as serious evidence that teach won’t have it
I loved this theory and would like it to be true, but I just think knowing oda, he won’t make his main villain for the climax of the story not have that ability, even if it would make narrative sense. I think luffy will beat him by having the stronger conquerors of the two, of course.
Blackbeard has 2 dfs and may possibly get a 3rd. He will easily be the strongest df user in verse. He doesn’t need conq to still be a super big threat to luffy. Especially if he has 2-3 awakenings.
Giving BB conquerors would be horrendous writing. I can already see a flashback of kaido saying that haki is more important than a strong devil fruit
Nah oda loves narrative storytelling more than stupid power scaling... I have no doubt in my mind that BB won't have COC in the final fight of the series vs luffy
If he potentially has 3 DFs which will most likely be true, having them awakened would make him a worthy foe. He has already shown observation haki and he probably knows armament too he doesn't really need conqueror's imo
I think there is a chance blackboard has conquerors haki. If he is indeed multiple personalities I think the cowardly and skeeming blackbeards didn't have it but the one that said to luffy dreams will never die might have conquerors haki.
Wow this is a good idea. The dreams speech, and his confrontation with luffy at impel down, are the only times blackbeard seems to embody the conqueror's spirit
I absolutely love the way you’re thinking here!
TrueBagel, the only possible explanation on why I’d see Black Beard having Conquers Haki is unless he has two or three souls inside of him, and of the souls has the heart of the Conqueror, but the other one or two souls doesn’t.
Random question to y'all:
Who's the least likely to have conq haki among these 5:
Akainu, Beckman, Blackbeard, Garp or Mihawk
My god not another “raid fail scenario” get it together Morj😂
This is a good strategy to build your platform first raid failing now this. Good job morj
Theory: there are 20 sovereigns and they were the original bearers of conquerors haki… This would have been the original 20 kings to form the WG. This could also explain why there aren’t more than 20 known character with conquerors haki. How these people are chosen is random but you are essentially born with it. Somone needs to take this a step further and elaborate though.
Head cannon: devil fruits are a way for non conquerors to compete by copying the power of the 20 sovereigns / kings
Edit: There are 15 known users assuming this theory that could mean the last 5 users are the 5 Elder Stars.
conquerors haki can also be inherited i think how much oda focused on haki i think it will make sense for blackbeard to have it
Several of his crew are likely to have Conqueror's so that's why I don't really see a line where he doesn't, even if it is more interesting.
Haki users are pretty much invincible for non-haki users so that's another reason tbh.
Who are the several??
@@musticlas the captains most likely
If Blackbeard has Conqueror’s Haki, Morj would be taking the second biggest “L” of his career
It's confirmed, Morj is addicted to gambling 😂.
there's still the issue with this that Blackbeard fought Shanks before having any devilfruit, and was capable of giving him the scars over his eyes. and like shanks said, he wasn't being careless, so it was a proper confrontation and not a sneak attack. considering that shanks is all about haki, I feel this would have been kinda hard for blackbeard to do without a proper use of haki himself
Of course he knows Haki. He was offered of being a commander in the WB Pirates. Plus, he sailed with WB for years, he's bound to know and learn it.
@@ringofdreal1374 well, I mean conqueror's haki specifically. we saw in the kaido fight that you can imbue your attacks with conqueror's haki, and we've already seen how powerful shank's conqueror's haki is. if blackbeard fought him in a more or less equal maner, then it would only be logical to asume he can use it too
of course there's always the possibility that when they fought shanks did not have the command over haki that he does now, we really don't know how long ago they fought, other than it being before shanks met luffy
@@Deoix9877 wow someone with a brain on tiktok people swear black beard is fodder 😂 he killed a yonko commander thatch and scarred shanks without a fruit.
He is talking about conquerors not armamanet and observation, he clearly has armament haki as we saw in the lastest chapter
@@muizmin they all will have it but Blackbeard least likley.
Blackbeard definitely HAS conquers haki.
Blackbeard was the first person who ever mentioned haki
Why he definitely has conquers haki:
Chapter 234 - Blackbeard says: "I thought 30 million was a little too low judging by his haki but... To think it'd be this high", according to Luffys new bounty. For the fact that Luffy didn't had armament or observation haki, the only thing he could meant was conquers haki, for the fact that you are able to use it unconsciously. But Luffy never used conquers haki, so the only explanation for this is, that Blackbeard has such a strong conquers haki and such a great knowledge about conquers, that he is able to sense conquersuser even if they arent even haki user yet
Chapter 544 - Blackbeard says: "You're stronger than I thought... your haki is stronger than before, too", right after Luffy punched him in Impel down. For the fact that Luffy used conquers unconsciously in Amazon Lily, the only explanation is that he sensed the increase of Luffys conquers haki.
I've felt this way for a long time. Blackbeard is always portrayed as "missing something" to be Pirate King. The Vivre cards not listing him as a CoC user is also evidence.
The Vivre card thing isn’t really relevant cause that could just be to avoid spoilers
garp, mihawk and xebec arent confirmed in vivre cards to have it, so that doesnt mean much
In Summary Blackbeard isn't an idiot Therefore he won't have Conqueror's Haki
Awesome vid. I casually commented about Blackbeard not having haki as well a long time ago on one of your vids, but you've explained this a lot better than I could.
I disagree because in the end we just established in wano from Kaido that non conquerors Haki users are irrelevant if Blackbeard can’t use it then that makes him irrelevant devil fruits are just fancy decorations at this point at this point if luffy runs up on Blackbeard and he has no conquerors haki it would be a wash that combined with future sight it’s over for Blackbeard way to easy
who said blackbeard isn't irrelevant? Because he is lmao.
How do you explain BB surviving and physically hurting Shanks? Clearly BB has an upper hand againsts Haki users.
@@Dragoncro0wn Nope. bb is known for his dirty tactics ans Shanks was 15 years old when he received that scar.
I don’t know... he went most of his pirate career without a DF so I wouldn’t say he has subpar haki. Although that is a possibility I must accept. Regarding conquerors?? I don’t know... does he have the qualities of a king? I think so.
If anything Morj is debunking himself by definition of a “conqueror” because you can make a point Blackbeard is one the best example besides Luffy tf 😭
A fake conqueror. Ain't the same with Roger's or Luffy's.
@@Sky-bz2vq not what I’m saying, and how can a Conquer be fake? You just ethered yo self like Morj, in definition he takes what he wants and lives his ambitions hasn’t failed yet a tactical Conqueror is still conqueror tf. either you are or are not, no in between. I swear Oda be making yall over think some times. Speaking parallels Teach = Rocks a conqueror, Luffy = Roger a Conqueror. Sticking strictly to the “Narrative” 😂 Face it the Vid is a clearly tryna start something. Ps. BB scarred Shanks a conqueror
@@impossiblexshogun5065 You did not even give your argument about how Blackbeard is one of the best examples of a potential conqueror's haki user. Making strong and forced parallels is not One Piece-esque. Go back to Naruto for that.
@@bayekofsiwa5847 ok like the man ship ain’t named after Rock tfoh
Why does Morj’s definition of a conqueror mean that Blackbeard is one of the best examples?
really enjoyed the video and I think you're spot on about his role and how the conqueror's haki system work
No, no, no... Blackbeard has been shown to know who he's recruiting...
Blackbeard without conquerors haki would be very disappointing.
Bb with conquerors would be very broken
Like who can even beat this man ?
Oh well Blackbeard is not that guy lol
That's exactly what will make luffy vs BB interesting
@@bane3123 The sun God
I believe Devil fruits will get a "buff" once we understand how and why they work. So haki will stay useful but maybe certain lineage factors give you an affinity for a fruit or fruit type, with Blackbeard being the paramount fruit user. If not that BB knowledge of fruits could give him a deadly edge. I think we'll have our fill of conquerors coating by the time we're done with God King Shanksu 🔥
First chapter after the break and we’ll see BB using CoC haki
Just imagine ahahah
Actually hilarious bro after the way things went for morj about wano
I think sanji has conquers haki
Possibly
Sanji is the most fitting character for the description of Conqueror's Haki
He should have it. He fits all the qualifications
This take is interesting. I kind of always just assumed Teach would have CoC but MORJ makes some good points. Can’t wait to see how it plays out.
Yeah there's no real reason for him to have conqueror's, it doesn't really fit his character. But god would it be so lame if he doesn't. Basically any formidable enemy has to have it for a while now, and blackbeard being candidate for one of the top enemies in all of one piece, but without conqueror's haki, would be really lame? Can't really take him seriously without it
Yeeeeaah, you do make a great point. Like, if somebody like Doflamingo has it, why couldn’t Blackbeard have it?
I've held since Im was revealed that BB is a side boss.
Dude will possibly have 3 of the strongest DF in the verse though. That itself is enough to make him stand out among the crowd
@@lkrxlee I dunno honestly, yami yami no mi seems to not be that strong if the opponent has great haki, gura gura no mi might even be 100% useless against luffy cause he just wobbles away. The 3rd DF is still entirely theoretical. Compare this to advanced conquerors... Of course it's not impossible. Just hard to take him seriously. Kaido wasn't impressive because of his fruit, neither was big mom really. They were physical powerhouses with strong haki, which is what made them scary.
Also it's kind of ignoring that BB hurt Shanks badly before he had the yami yami no mi. And shanks is built up to be a haki specialist, so BB should have had *some* form of it
@@TehDalek yeah I think so too, but even then he had more buildup than basically any other of the main bosses in the last 100s of chapters, who all had conquerors haki.
Just to nitpick at the "never backing down point", Doflamingo backed down hard against Aokiji.
Tbf he would have died but yeah that's definitely true . Whitebeard and Shanks have both backed down as well .
You always have a great structure to your videos! I would love the nika fruit being disabled in the blackbeard fight to truly show how far luffy has come and that he isn't just carried by his fruit. It would be a perfect showcase of the man worthy enough to be crowned king haha
really though,what about Doflamingo,man had Armament haki as if He had trained himself lol
Mate, Luffy ran from Kuma. He also ran away from Smoker before Ace saved him in Alabasta. If a rule doesn't apply in absolutely every situation, then it's not absolute. I'm also certain that Doffy wouldn't willingly fight against a Yonko (or rather he would back down) based on his personality. He feared Kaido.
i think you're misunderstanding what hes saying. Firstly those two scenarios u stated are from before luffy even started to develop conq haki and just like he said about shanks there are characters who are reasonable when it comes to picking fights even if they do posses conq haki. Ofc he feared kaido he never backed down to him or had any intention of fighting him to begin with he decided to work for him cause it was the best route for him to achieve their goals
He ran away from kuma so that he can protect his friends, not because of himself. And he didn't have conquerors haki when he ran from smoker
@@kiavashparvizi914 King's haki is an ability that you're born with. Him "not having it at the time" I would say isn't a good way against arguing the Smoker situation IMO. It still defeats the reasoning that Morj stated.
@@sirski7525 I get what you're saying, and I do understand what Morj was saying as well. But I suppose then it should probably have been communicated better. Because whether or not a situation seems hopeless, you're still not going to back down from a fight, which is what Luffy did (twice), and essentially Doffy did as well. You could also argue that Blackbeard is also choosing the best path in order for him to achieve his goals, so that shouldn't disqualify him from having it.
@@gabbs140 Blackbeard is choosing the best pqath for his goals and this is all speculation he actually might have it ive basically always thought he didnt and after that thing kaido said i realized then it was said for this exact reason but there are still differences when it comes to this. but i see ur point
Honestly at this point I wouldnt be surprised if Blackbeard was a 'false D' with his cowardice and fear of death
Guess we'll see if he does/doesnt die with a smile
i feel like we've known him to be a false d since forever, is this seriously not canon?
To all people,that was not conqueror haki shown in ep 1093. That was normal haki which law was also releasing. Conqueror haki has black and red colour while normal haki is just red colour.
In manga,none of them were releasing any type of haki. In manga, Blackbeard conqueror haki is not revealed yet. So all of that was anime only thing.
Type on google "Did Blackbeard use conqueror haki?" and that in ep 1093 was Conq haki
@@Blackbeard43556thats not concrete information and doesn’t even make sense, in the manga Blackbeard used no haki at all, so if the anime put it in, then their wrong,
they also did it for kaido and big moms combo attack, zoro can’t take the full and combined might of two yonko, not even for a second
@@ClarkeMichaelDuncan ok Bro i saw, but blackbeard Is One of the last antagonist so he prolly has conqueror haki
Didn't luffy try to run when the pacifista showed up and blinked everyone? And also the first meeting with aokiji?
Yes but that was when he hat the innate ability and potential of Conquerors when he wasn't aware of.
At his core and nature Luffy doesn't bow down or run away which was the point. That doesn't mean he won't run away.
But when Luffy started to become an "actual Conquerors" after the Time skip he made his mind up to not run away anymore.
Conquerors Haki gets stronger if you develop your own spirit as Rayleigh said.
So if a conquerors user stays true to his innate nature he will become stronger AS A CONQUEROR
Not all Conqueror users are equal..
@@Ikuzuno My thing is I know Luffy core is to never back down to anyone. I'm just saying their were times when he did run. I believe he only fights when it benefits him like seeing people he care about in danger or going through hardships. But if it doesn't benefit him he won't fight.
It just occorrer to me this theory: what if luffy fights gear 4, gear 5 and advanced conquerors against each of blackbeard's all 3 devil fruits (allegedly) like in a 1v1 of each power ?