Egghead Island Was More Than We Expected
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The only thing I expected to see in this arc was Vegapunk's appearance... Soooo yeah I was pretty happy with the other things I got💀
You can be getting top comment on Murphy's video with THAT profile picture
That profile picture ain't gonna look good at the pearly gates mate
Freaky ah profile picture 💀
@@idunn000 God will have to deal with it
@@OfficialEdwardNewgate you'll be dealt with, that's for sure
I'll never understand the complaints about Vegapunks speech to be honest. I love that it was this background thing while the fight and escape was still ongoing, to me that feels very cinematic. The world is hearing the truth of the world while the strawhats fight off some of the most evil beings that exists that are also the root cause for a lot of this worlds problems. That feels epic to me.
Vegapunk’s speech feels so much better read in one sitting, as opposed to weekly.
Really? The long coffee break, his refusal to name the perpetrators who he knows for certain sunk an Island and everyone on it and came to kill him
It felt inauthentic. He sounded like a conspiracy theorist on the internet equivocating the hell out of us.
it's gonna be phenomenal animated
@@imshkth he doesn't say a single thing in that speech that could not be proven with facts.
It's really funny to me as a long time Berserk fan to hear One Piece readers complain about the occasional one week POSSIBLY two week break lol. I was on a boat for like 6 years lol >
RIP never getting an end. just like hxh probably :(
@@dinothunder629 They're working on it it definitely has an asterik next to it but I'm interested tos ee what they do.
Jeeez, these mangaka and their boats! Im pretty sure HxH is on like year 8 of being in a boat ( one piece also got some boats)
@@JoJoDirt LOL Idk about HxH, but Muira kept going on year/half-year long breaks and then the chapters had important stuff... but it was like talking and world building so not a lot ot eat after starving for so long lol.
I never see complaints 😂 always fans wishing him a nice break
egghead is in the top 2 for me, and it's only behind water-7/enies lobby. The Kuma backstory and Bonnie character arc were the peak.
It is top 3 for me.... Marineford is no. 1 water 7 /ennies lobby no. 2 and then egghead...
@@geetadhumane5793Water 7/Enies lobby will forever hold a place in my heart, prior to that arc i was kinda just background watching one piece but that was the arc that had my undivided attention, through the surprise reveal in water 7, to the stare down of cp9, sogeking firing at the flag, and Robin’s I want to live speech. It truly had it all and ever since then I kept up with one piece.
agreed, we got the same top 2
Being reminded of everything that happened in this arc made me love it more overall. And Solidifying that Kuma is in my top 5 favorite Characters in One Piece.
kuma
whitebeard
corozaon
zoro
law
jimbie my top 5
I think hes gonna be in a lot of peoples top 5 now
I'm genuinely not ready to see that flashback animated
@@TheOddsOneOutxDuhm, thats 6
The Gorosei’s entrance has to be my favorite moment of the arc. Comes seemingly out of nowhere and does not disappoint.
One weird thing about this arc is that, while the theme of human nature versus programming was undeniably a theme that kept popping up, it never felt like it got fully addressed. My guess is that's deliberate, and we'll have later arcs to resolve what's going on with Kuma, S-Snake, and even Borsalino.
I agree! This is the beginning of the saga and I think that theme will be ongoing throughout the entire saga
Top 10 best moments in the Egghead arc:
1. Kuma's Backstory.
2. Vegapunk's long awaited appearance.
3. Luffy, Bonney & the Iron Giant vs. Saturn and the Five Elders
4. Vegapunk's message.
5. The shocking secret of the Nefertari family.
6. Kuma's punch
7. Robin's tears of joy after discovering Saul is alive.
8. Garp vs. Kuzan and the Blackbeard Pirates.
9. The long awaited reveal of the names of the Five Elders.
10. The betrayal of a Vegapunk.
Reveal of water level increasing all over the world
@lalboimanlun1230 Honestly the biggest reveal of the whole speech
I accidently forgot about Luffy vs. Lucci Round 2.
@@mcurran6505 also good
Kuma's backstory is so beautifully weaved into the rest of the story, that alone makes Egghead legendary!
The following is the translation from my post on facebook OP community:
The passing of Vegapunk seems to have been intentionally foreshadowed from the beginning, especially to emphasize his unique perspective on "death."
During Vegapunk's first introduction, he repeatedly referred to himself as "しがない天才科学者," which humbly means "just a mediocre genius scientist." However, knowing Oda's penchant for wordplay, "しがない" can also be interpreted as "死がない," meaning "won't die."
This ties back to the moment when Marcus Mars first encountered Punk Records and asked, "What is death, and where does thought exist?"
If we look back, Egghead Island is one of the most philosophically rich chapters in One Piece, exploring several deep themes:
1.The Definition of Death: Examined through the experiences of Kuma, the Five Elders, and Vegapunk.
2. Life's Purpose Amid Suffering: Explored through the struggles of Kuma and Bonney.
3. The Power of Thought: Illustrated by Punk Records and Nika's will.
4. Desires as the Source of All Things: Echoed in the title of Chapter 1069 and the origins of Devil Fruits, touching on themes of idealism.
5. The Nature of Identity: Questioned through the existence of beings without a "heart" - whether they are cyborgs without memories, clones without purpose, or a soldier breaks heart because he has to follow orders.
Using a scientist who should be a "materialist" to bring out this kind of "idealism" creates an interesting sense of conflict. What's even more interesting is that if you look closer, you'll notice that Oda is trying to blur the line between "advanced science" and "divinity". This forces readers to rethink the "definition of a god"
So, what did Vegapunk achieve?
1. The creation of the Seraphim.
2. Achieving a form of immortality through Punk Records.
3. Creating the sky via the Island cloud machine.
4. Creating his satellites, mirroring divine incarnations.
5. The ability to erase memories.
If these accomplishments don’t push the boundaries between science and divinity, then what does?
And the parallels with Imu are now apparent.
Then, Oda brings in the Five Elders, who bear the "name of gods" but have done little other than regenerating themselves, and has them wreak havoc on this "island of science".
This narrative structure of blending and contrasting definitions masterfully illustrates one of One Piece's core themes:
The clash of ideologies.
Egghead Island is filled with fascinating contrasts and details that align with these central themes. Can't wait for you guys to discover more!
This is an incredible analysis! I never really thought about how he plays with science as divinity with 'this' being the arc that the 5 elder's transformations are revealed.
Amazing job
@jefferyguy7588
This is a very interesting analysis and you have expanded on some very valid points.
Probably the most pressing Q on everyone's mind now is, 'Is Vegapunk Stella really dead now? What about the other satellites who were killed can they be brought back like Atlas was, after she was injured badly by Tob Lucci? What's gonna happen next with Lilith and York and Punk Records?'
However, for your analysis on this most interesting mystery and the first bit of your comment to make sense to MORE people you ought to have put the Romaji as well as the Japanese script. Not everyone can read Japanese and it's not very easy to look up a few words in an essay on a RUclips channel's comment section, if one's using a cellphone vs a laptop.
You may retort with a 'but I gave the translation', to which I will say that some long time anime watchers may not be able to read the Japanese script but can understand words and phrases if spoken or written in romaji.
And you've lost the chance to reach all these people!
思い遣りが不足していますね。
@@ladybookworms Thanks for pointing out the Japanese part
The most relevant one is "しがない"(shi ga nai, which roughly means mediocre), which reads the same as "死がない" (means won't die or no death )
Apologies for the inconvenience. I was actually aware of that. It wasn't my original English script, but I was already frustrated with RUclips comment because it got very weird censoring algorithm, I had to revise it so many times in order to get the greenlight. Even with very small changes on this version it got removed immediately, and I don't know why, but i guess my original one had too many mentions like dead and religion or stuff like that
@@jefferyguy7588 Yes. It does that. You just put * or @ like so de@th
Great arc. I don't think anyone expected it to escalate the way it did. So many memorable moments. Whenever the anime catches up I'll have to go check out some of the key moments. Great video as always!
The anime is great now, really worth watching it weekly or binge.
Egghead is so amazing because of the foundation Oda has layed over the past 27 years. The long term pay offs and twists and turns are outstanding.
This arc was so good! The themes, the Kuma backstory, the developments around the world, Kizaru’s conflict, the Gorosei, Vegapunk reveals, the world sinking, Emet and Joyboy, the giants.
I’ve been reading One Piece weekly for the past 15 years and this is a good time to be reading the series!
Really looking forward to Elbaf and hopefully there will be some good Strawhats spotlights there!
People have been talking about how the arcsin the latter half of the seires seem to correespond with arcs from the first half, Dressrosa being like Alabasta etc. Taking that into account then Egghead might be the latter half equivalent of Sabaody which and with that the feeling of "Getting on the island and almost immediately getting off" makes a lot of sense. Sabaody was the lead in to the Paramount War and Egghead leads to the "Final War" or whatever it is going to be known as.
Vegapunk’s speech in the anime is going to break people.
If it felt dragged out in the manga… oh dear lord, the anime. 😭
Flashbacks to earlier parts of the speech while it’s still going, oh god
Toei: I used to pray for times like this
At least the action is going to amazing LOL
This is why I read the manga. To me his speech flowed very naturally, not dragged out at all.
@@jarosbodytko6462 it was dragged out even in manga lol
One thing I love about this arc is that vivi is walking the same path of lily since they both disappeared after the meeting, Lilly spread her message by writing a letter and now vivi is with big news Morgan and is already influencing big news writhing as she’s fighting against the way he wants to manipulate people by spreading false news
Wait! Vegapunk speech is really 11 minutes long if cut together? Dude is a real youtuber getting over the 10 min mark for that ad revenue!
As somebody who has always been intensely interested in Vegapunk and Kuma, watching RUclipsrs follow One Piece for over a decade, and watching pretty much all of them and their commenters never having any interest in either Vegapunk or Kuma, it was satisfying to see the content of this arc play out and blow everybody away.
i’m really hoping that Elbaf will have some strong Straw Hat character moments. we’ve been waiting so long to get to the isle of giants, so it only feels fitting that we get some cool character developments for the crew!
This is my second favorite arc right below Sabaody!!!!!
I think One Piece best arcs is when the straw hats have to escape an island
Normally i don't like repeats of fights from previous manga arcs but lucciVSLuffy was fun😂
I was hesitant to rate it a "top 5 arc" until I thought about how I felt reading the culmination of Kuma's backstory. This arc was a payoff over 16 years in the making, and the emotional payoff was something really rare.
Bonneys reaction when she realizes that luffy is nika is amazing
Finished catching up last week and its maybe my favorite arc. It shows so many moving pieces on the chessboard while having such an emotional gut punch in the bonnie kuma story. Blackbeards scheme is slowly coming into shape while we get more and more questions answered about the world. The man is just at the peak of his craft and when elbaf somehow one ups egghead which somehow one upped wano ill just be in abject awe of an author who is just in perfect stride. The amount of questions answered that only bring more questions is never not an amazing magic trick
1. Marineford
2. Enies Lobby
3. Egghead
4. Whole Cake
Egghead feels like Punk Hazard huge set up and introduction to new threats.
Making this concise is difficult. But I'll give it my best shot.
Since this was a transition arc, I didn't expect any major development from our crew. I would have been happier with less reliance on the tropes, though.
I did expect to meet Vegapunk and I did expect to see how the world at large was getting along, and for that I think I got so much more than I bargained for.
Not only did we get our lore dump, but we traveled around the world to see people that were affected in some way shape or form by our crew. In that traveling, we had a chance to reflect on the fact that Luffy has been doing his liberation thing from the beginning.
He started with Coby and he hasn't stopped. But more importantly he didn't do it alone and he didn't do it _for_ anyone, he did it _with_ them.
For those whose lives he touched, we see what freedom means to them. We see how the world is moving and growing and changing, what our crew affected and what went on without them.
That's what I expected from a transition arc. And that's what we got.
Kuma and Bonney's story was one of the best in all of One Piece.
The shanks and kid fight was cool, and the elders are going to be a good opposition to the new crew.
I think the reason people feel so differently about post-time skip than pre-timeskip is that with pre- Oda wrote a character driven story. He himself has admitted to the story being so long is because Luffy's (and the crew's) personality drives where they go and what will happen as if it's out of his control. But post- has been 100% story driven writing, where Oda has a bunch of ideas where and whom the Straw Hats has to check off their list before the ending and kinda forces them into it. Not once since they arrived in the New World has a destination been a choice from Luffy (the whitestrom forced the to Punk Hazard, Law is the reason the went to Dressrosa and Zou, Sanji's kidnapping forced him to Whole Cake, Momo dragged him to Wano and a "shortest straw" contest made him go to Egghead) and not once has an arc been driven by Luffy's sense of andventure and the crew's shenanigans. They have actively been forced into side character status.
So true! I've just resigned myself to view it as two different phases of their journey.
The more childish wonder and curiosity and fun part and the more high stakes growned up version.
I love both. But they sometimes feel like two different stories to me.
It also doesn’t help that whole cake island provided a blueprint for bringing a crew member into the foreground of the story post time skip, but then not repeating it where it made sense (zoro could have been highlighted in wano, franky in egghead).
@@drewprew I think they got their time there. What else did you expect? What would you have done?
While it's truez that the story focus more on the plot in the New World, by your logic, in the first part, Luffy only really decided to go to the Grand Line, to recruit Zoro, and...that's all.
The rest of the time he was following Nami's guidance, the Log Pose, or being drawned onto islands by people he took onboard or peole he had to save.
This is the reason why I don't want the crew to split up again. I like having a few side characters, but at this point the main focus should be on the Strawhats as a crew.
Egghead is among the best/my fav arcs in the entire series. Loved the entire thing, indeed besides not really witnessing our beloved crew as much as I'd have hoped
I don't think Egghead is over yet
Once we get official confirmation, I need to do a full read through but this is one of my favorites!
From my point of view, sharing his Nika greatness was the best thing Luffy could have done with it. He's not some dumb chosen one who just so happens to be the bestest and most unique ever, he enthusiastically brings people with him to that level for no selfish reason.
I thoroughly enjoyed Egghead and even enjoyed Vegapunk's message, I don't have any personal complaints abut Egghead
The Egghead arc was one of the best. I think the big complaints come down to the frequent breaks and some of Vegapunk's speech repeating towards the end. I'm sure this arc will only get better without having to read it week to week.
Vegapunks speech sounded Romantic. It wasn’t cut and dry
It's literally my favorite arc.
I finally caught up on the manga and I adored the Egghead Arc. Coming from Wano which, although certainly not a bad arc, far from it, was dragged out a bit too long, Egghead was a breath of fresh air. Not just the futuristic setting, but the lore, and mostly Kuma’s and Bonney’s backstory were just fantastic. Where I felt absolutely nothing with the Law/Coraçon backstory, Kuma and Bonney’s had me tear up and both characters became top 5 characters for me. Can’t wait for what comes next with Elbaph. Hopefully Usopp will finally live up to his potential as he’s long overdue.
I'm amazed that the story of One Piece has grown so much on itself, that Oda had to write chapters for his characters (Vegapunk's Speech), instead of for his readers!
The pacing was awesome. The breaks were the problem. People wont binge read and complain about little things.
Also it makes sense Vegapunk took his sweet time with the recording. I dont think bro was expecting 5 freaking yokai regenerating monsters would be ravaging his island with the largest buster call following behind them
One thing I feel it's missing is some Franky development. I thought he'd share a conversation with any of the Vegapunk's that'd ultimately make him stronger.
Still one of the best arcs though. Stella singlehandedly killed hundreds of theories, but birthed hundreds more. That is how you lore-drop. GOda.
This ark is S++++ tier. Bonny, garp, vegapunk, Kuma, kizaru! So many payoffs that turned out so amazing. I never thought I'd be so attached to this ark, I'd cry so much or cheer so loud. Thriller bark was cemented as my favorite ark for so long I can't believe it just hit 2nd place.
This arc was filled with moments that made me gasp. And the emotional impact of Kuma and Bonnie's backstories cannot be overstated. The moment where Luffy had Bonnie join him to punch TF out of Saturn genuinely moved me. Absolutely loved it, and following along with your reviews has been so much fun
I love the futuristic feel to Egghead as well as the whole tech v.s magic aspect to it this is what to me makes Egghead feel fresh to me
Kuma is my favorite backstory so far. It’s the first time I wanted even more from the flashback.
With respect to the elders being another power on the side of the World Governemnt, uping the stakes for the final arc, I have been expecting this for a while, but wow! The execution was brilliant. The elders make a truly menacing group. Additionally, the reveal of the God's Knights was unexpected, and a further emphasis that the true power of the World Government has never been the Navy.
Shanks' Divine Departure and Koby's Honesty Impact were the most hype moments for me. Yes I'm that basic lol
Mine were luffy vs gorosei and Kizaru breakdown
Mine was Buggy's declaration ngl
Basic is just being a normal guy dude - that’s not a bad thing
I loved everything about this arc and I don’t feel like Vegapunk’s speech was long at all although I didn’t read this weekly- I spent the past month catching up on everything. I also love Kuma’s backstory so much and while I could say- oh it’s my favorite! There too many amazing flashbacks.
I think Vegapunk’s speech will work better in the anime. It was sometimes confusing to read going back and forth between his speech and what’s happening in the moment. I think hearing it spoken out loud will help a lot. (Even if I can’t understand Japanese and am just reading the subtitles anyway)
It’ll at least be easier to tell when the speech is being said and something else
I loved this arc! But I agree, I missed the SHs... Maybe Oda did that to keep the manga on schedule, relying on the anime to fill up the blanks? And my main complaint is probably the reason for Vegapunk's message to be transmitted by video snails... Either it was to show his flatlined monitor (not really proof of anything if you ask me) OR I missed the point entirely which is very possible '.'
Damn Im getting teary-eyed now thinking about this Arc. Is this my favorite Arc Post Time Ski? I dont know its probably recency bias.
great analysis merph very cohesive
12:00 When you are talking about all the created people who act on their own free will I was expecting you to talk about S-Hawk and the humanity Zoro see's in him when crossing blades.
Going based off what happened to the rest of the admirals minus Green Bull, I think Akainu is eventually going to turn his back on the world government as well, it’s no secret that he hates not being able to take initiative or have his ideas or actions snuffed by the higher ups. If anything seeing what happened to the Admirals is exactly the reason why Garp didn’t want to be one, you see how limited their ability to be free is, they’re essentially nothing more than strong body guards for the celestial dragons. Fujitora, Kuzan and now Kizaru have felt and seen how cruel the world government can be and slowly seeing that it isn’t justice. Akainu though i believe he doesn’t really care about the cruelty committed by them as he has done the same. I suspect he’ll be fed up with being chained down to the orders from the five elders, imu, and celestial dragons and won’t take that disrespect any longer.
I can't wait until the kizaru's call at the end to be animated. I can feel the emotion of that man as he yells at his superior.
Let's not forget the 3 way friendship between Dragon, Vegapunk Stella, & Dr. Clover. The conversation between them on Ohara after the buster call. And The last convrrsation with Clover Revealing his full name and goal. Passing it on to Vegapunk to continue research.
Prob my 3rd fav arc behind enies lobby and whole cake island
So I forget if there were already conversations about this alternate translation, but it tickled me because it was a revelation that happened during work of all times. I'm a chef, and was looking up okonomiyaki recipes to tinker with, and got caught up with the translation for the name. Okonomiyaki is made up of two parts: okonomi (whatever you desire) and yaki (grilled, fried, etc). And I began to fixate on okonomi. NOMI NOMI NO MI. So you could almost say it's also the Desire Desire Fruit. Vegapunk's Brain Brain Fruit was incredible for him because combined with his intellect, even if short lived, he created his own microcosm, the world that he desired through and in Egghead.
Usopp HAS to get an upgrade next arc!
I think this is cope
Hi, Merph! Excellent video!
Aside from the chinese mythological flood, back then, the OP lore got me watching historical videos for its other themes and narrative outlines. At first, it's just for theories, but it's as if Oda's unifying globally cultural themes (?) into one integrated flow.
You've perhaps encountered some literature on it, but I just want to make sure. Have you associated accounts and articles on (our) Earth's pole shifts and Atlantis's suggested location?
Also, on native american ancient giant red heads named si-te-cah and an alleged "giant sighting" the 2002 iran war?
With mumblings that we end the story in a few years, I find it quite frightening (while still very entertaining), really.
yesterday I remembered how I finished Wano on anime, then started reading the manga. First big thing was the Amazon Lily event with Raleigh, Boa, Blackbeard and Koby - it was crazy at the time! Now after finishing Egghead, its unimaginable how far the plot advanced and how the pieces are set for the future events.
do not underestimate Oda!!! Oda always 1-ups. the final saga will be nothing short of insane, and I feel people's expectations are wayyy too low for what's to come. forget the standard island arc structure and conflicts, everything will happen all at once at the same time and it's going to be crazy.
personally I think Elbaf is the actual final arc. let's see what happens :D
Kuma/Bonney's backstory was a welcomed surprise for sure.
I agree with the speech being too long, or the initial pre-speech coffee break could've been shorter imo.
I do want Oda to show what happened that night that the Strawhats gained control back tho.
If u ask me, Robin was underutilized due to injury and Frankie deserved a moment to shine in the land of science, what could've been his arc.
The arc was enjoyable nonetheless 🤩
12:00 the theme of personhood runs a lot deeper and before this!! It's actually all throughout the comic with Chopper's wanted bounties. Chopper is definitely a person to the reader but the World Government prices him like a non-person.
My new favorite arc. Was a short reign for Wano. Marineford is only my 3rd now (who would've thought 3-4 years ago...)
I am a weekly reader since Skypiea and this was the best arc to read weekly, even better than Sabaody (which was the best weekly read before Egghead imo, even though it only ended up somewhere in my top10 in the end)
Egghead as a whole *egg, haha* was amazing, easily B or A Tier, the only thing that dragged it down was reading it week to week during the "speech"
- Amazing moments -
Gorosei demon form reveal
The truth of what really happened during Reverie
Kuma backstory
Blackbeard vs Law
Shanks vs Midd
We expected a chill transition arc, we got an insane arc for so many reasons.
maybe this is chill transition among final saga arcs
Boa and being in the wrong age group to be loving Luffy, name a better duo
First complete manga arc for me after starting the anime as a kid and watching over 1000 episodes.
Anime always felt slow in my opinion and always bothered me.
But I am so glad I am still here for the final saga. And I finally realized in this arc what one piece is for me.
Probably the best story I ever experienced in any kind of media.
i went in expecting franky and vegapunk to talk or build some shit. i got one speech bubble where vegapunk is surprised that franky runs on cola. so i was disappointed in that aspect, but everything else was 10/10, i even think the message was really good
i'm so ridiculously hype
That is so wild to me, that in a manga of this length of an arc of this length, one of the main complaints is the time spent with the Strawhat as characters. Basically saying, it needs to be longer. True you can cut out a bit from Vegapunk speech but that's just 5 chapters you're saving for 10 characters.
I feel like elbaf will be a major power up for everyone. Friendly island, a vegapunk, just saw how powerful the elders are. Haki training arc?
Great arc. I loved it. My only disappointment is that Vegapunk didn't point out the world government as the perpetrators though he was aware.
So silly that people are mad about the battles... this was an arc about story and feelings and lore and love and all that kinda stuff, not fights, the opponents were all either people who are in the middle of brutal introspection and extreme bouts of inner conviction, or the gorosei who obviously aren't intended to be wiped out yet rather than simply introduced in a manner similar to getting to see the power of a Yonko at Marineford without actually having to fight one for much longer. Cept we'll fight the Gorosei for real (and/or other factions will fight them) much sooner this time. Was amazing all around, easily one of my favorite arcs recency bias be damned
I really wished we had more franky x vegapunk / egghead technology moments since i feel like it was being built up a lot ever since sabaody when franky ended up in his old lab:/
this arc was just delicious, anime and manga
You know every time i think about Kuma's backstory for some reason it always of the song "the man who sold the world" :
We passed upon the stairs
We spoke of was and when
Although I wasn't there
He said I was his friend
Which came as a surprise
I spoke into his eyes
I thought you died alone
A long long time ago
Oh no, not me
We never lost control
You're face to face
With the man who sold the world
I laughed and shook his hand
And made my way back home
I searched for form and land
For years and years I roamed
I gazed a gazeless stare
At all the millions here
I must have died alone
A long, long time ago
The only thing I hated, was that I really thought Franky would be a much bigger focus since Vegapunk's stuff is like his inspiration. I feel like between Wano basically barely diving into Zoro's backstory and now Egghead barely diving into Franky's inventiveness - Oda's inevitably had a few things fall through the cracks. Not complaining too much because the rest is absolutely amazing. Loved the backstory for Bonney and Kuma and sooo much lore.
Eggcellent arc, agreed. My biggest issue is that absolutely none of it is conclusive. We still have so much knowledge missing from devil fruits, god valley, Imu, Garp, the message, Blackbeard’s goal, if Vegapunk is actually dead, what this power of love is, what Zoro wanted from Vegapunk at the start of the arc, how Stussy is connected to Bakkin, how Vegapunk can put Devil Fruits into items, what the Iron Giant was, why Kaido and King were in Punk Hazard, more on Vegapunk’s connection and eventual fallout with Mads, Where Law is, where Shanks was going, what power the Gorosei have, what the mother flame is, etc.
It’s an arc full of questions and teases, which I guess a ton of people love because Reverie is a favorite arc of many people and it is only a few chapters full of more questions.
We did get a super vague answer on devil fruits, we got confirmation of Shanks connection with Elbaf (it was heavily theorized prior), finally got a backstory to both Kuma and Bonnie, got to see kind of what we’re dealing with in terms of the Gorosei, we got a hint to what might be happening with the world flooding, we got to see what Oda was planning with Caribou, insight into Sword and part of BB’s plans, Saul is alive, joyboy hints..
Looking at it in the macro sense, as in how this arc fits into the rest of the series, it doesn’t give us much. In terms of the arc standing on its own in the micro sense, I think it’s excellent. There is a ton of heart, drama, escalation, payoff, surprises, intrigue, and the pacing overall is eggcellent.
I disagree, there's so much subtext being shown through the arc that tells us tons of information. For example, the reverie flashback. This is just the start of the final saga so I think this works great as we have so much more time. Additionally vegapunks message is a monumental moment for the world
@@re_striker3431 I can understand that. I think there are a couple way of seeing Oda’s writing. One of them is saying that we aren’t going to ever get defined answers and any answers we expect to get are within the subtext. That also allows Oda to continue the debate on these topics even after the series is over. It’s definitely possible that it can be that, I just kind of expect more direct answers or a direct solution and I don’t think Egghead has much of that.
@@doronrosstuvia3489 I think we are going to get answers, it's just oda can't reveal all his cards too early or that won't make the final stretch interesting imo
(I’ll admit upfront I’m heavily biased).
I , peronsally, felt like the speech being broken up by action sequences, was like a montage of luffy and Bonnie fighting against those who stood in the way of their, and the world’s, freedom in a very real/literal sense; all the while, vegapunk is making the very thing O’Hara was wiped off the map for simply studying… now known to the WORLD.
Stella is fighting the prevailing ideology of the world government, one that has kept the MINDS of many, from truly being free. I felt both of those elements worked in conjunction to really convey the ‘awakening of a new era’ in a physical and metaphysical sense.
There’s no going back now. This is it.
For me, I feel like the Strawhats need to significantly power up before the final arc(whenever that will be). And Egghead kind of proved that, with them needing to run away in order to survive. Honestly, when we're on Elbaf, I wouldn't mind another timeskip towards the end of that Arc, that way we get to explore Elbaf and it's people, bit we don't have to sit through 65 chapters of the Strawhats just training.
Is it a pothole that when Bonney passed out from fight after attracting bugs, she remained in her adult form? That’s pretty much the same way Sugar was knocked out but her powers stopped working
honestly all my complaints always come back to simply I wish Oda had more time to release chapters.
Imagine he didn't feel the need to rush all these different story lines and could actually take time to focus on everything
I was expecting an upgrade for Franky :c
Yall jumping the gun, im telling you there is a post story that will close up the arc.
My number 1 problem with Egghead (an arc that I THOROUGHLY enjoyed) is that Franky, the technology guy of the crew, whose whole deal is that he is a cyborg and engineer, who even has history with Vegapunk, had like 0 spotlight. He had a couple of great moments, but nothing really relating to his relationship with VP and technology in general
Egghead Island is great arc ....
This arc is not that long and so good is like Zou arc but on steroid
Egghead was good overall. One thing I wasn't a huge fan of was the jumping around from story to story. like the fights with Law's Crew starting then coming back like 10 chapter later or whatever to conclude. I would've liked each story to play out one by one, but that's just my preference.
I did love the lore dump we got from Vegapunk. It's a lot of stuff we have been wanting to know for ages. We're getting close to the end, and I am here or the ride!
I just finished watching the Luffy defeats Kaido episode. I will be back when I catch up with Egghead Island...
It’s wild how, yes the Elders are final bosses, but not THE final boss. Past them there is still Imu and past that is the Final Boss of One Piece, Blackbeard.
Egghead was definitely my favorite
arc so far, all the lore & revelations, fights & interactions. The next arc should be even better and filled with more answers to the questions left unanswered in Egghead. I wonder who is going to be the primary antagonist for Elbaf. Anyway good analysis as always annnnnnd looking good as always! 🙂
I wonder how Luffy will react to Garp being potentially dead
Top 3 arc
The biggest disappointment was that Franky didn’t get more focus in this arc
I think the reaction of all people around the world from chapter 1113 to 1121 (9 chapters) could be shorter, around 6-7 chapters.
Who want to pay attention to hundreds NPC of one piece, just show us people like high rank Marines, ex-warlords, Iceberg, and other people who involved in new era transformation
AoT when 👀
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Merphy Napier I recommend Hellsing or Devilman for Halloween they're Classic and short reads Hellsing is 10 Volumes and Devilman is 5 Volumes