Lore Piece Greatness | Reviewing One Piece: Zou
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0:00 - Introduction + AJPiece Comments
13:47 - Chronological Story Review 
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Sorry this took so long, a bunch of factors meant that the Whole Cake Island video took some time to put together. BUT it's done and it's 3 hours and 16 minutes and it should be uploaded quickly, in the next week or two! Thanks for your patience. If you wanna watch it now and don't wanna wait 1-2 weeks, it's up on Patreon as per usual. The Reverie review will be up there soon too.
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Sorry this took so long, a bunch of factors meant that the Whole Cake Island video took some time to put together. BUT it's done and it's 3 hours and 16 minutes and it should be uploaded quickly, in the next week or two! Thanks for your patience. If you wanna watch it now and don't wanna wait 1-2 weeks, it's up on Patreon as per usual. The Reverie review will be up there soon too.
While it IS Germa Sixty Six, the anime(BOTH sub and dub) pronounces it Germa Double Six, for some reason.
"Inu" and "Neko" are fine for typing shorthand, but I really don't like it when people refer to Dogstorm/Inuarashi and Cat Viper/Nekomamushi as "Inu" and "Neko" because those just literally mean "Dog" and "Cat." I love your reading streams, but it bugs me every time you call them that.
@@paulvillerius848 I'm sorry you don't like it but it ain't changing unfortunately mate, I was told that and it stuck and that's where we are now. I knew what they meant when I started calling them that and I see no problem.
Law not having his crew in Dressrosa and instead keeping them safe in Zou really shows how ready to die he was and that he didn't want them to be endangered, he really does care about them.
He's low-key one of the most caring in the story, it's just that other aspects of his personality tend to overshadow that a little.
Sorry this took so long, a bunch of factors meant that the Whole Cake Island video took some time to put together. BUT it's done and it's 3 hours and 16 minutes and it should be uploaded quickly, in the next week or two! Thanks for your patience. If you wanna watch it now and don't wanna wait 1-2 weeks, it's up on Patreon as per usual. The Reverie review will be up there soon too.
Crazy that you’re nearing catching up! It’s been a great journey so far
Thank you
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Always excited when a new one of these drops take as much time you need
Not a problem at all. Can't wait for the WCI review, I'll check it out this weekend.
I love Aj's way of reading stories. That feels like a weird thing to compliment, but one thing I notice often in the One Piece community is people anticipating events or theorizing and being dissapointed when Oda goes in a dofferent direction. It's gotten to the point where my gut instinct when people theorize is to be worried and/or preemtively dissapointed that it may be different. Mostly because i just want everyone to enjoy our wacky, yet deeply moving, pirate story.
TL;DR Aj steels his expectations in ways that allow him to enjoy the story and I like that 👍
Thank you so much! I just read in a way that’s most effective for my enjoyment, and it’s cool to see that resonate!
that's funny because anytime I hear a theory (or make one up myself) I hope that it _doesn't_ happen because I hate getting spoiled so much that I don't even wanna spoil myself on accident with a theory that happened to be a bit too good lmao
@@Aleczandxr I second that it is refreshing to see. It is what I try to do as well. Big part of why you are my favorite arc analysist.
50:00 He is definitely annoyed, at the very least, at the possibility of Sanji actually leaving the crew. And later on, when Pekoms is filling Luffy in, Zoro is waiting outside, listening, and Luffy being Luffy knows exactly what's going on, and trolls Zoro about being worried about Sanji. Zoro's reply is perfect. Many times he's told Luffy that he was gonna kill him, or that he was gonna cut him. This one time he said he was gonna kick him. Oda magnificent freak, Zoro is a tsundere
#AJPiece The little climbing dragon just shows how fast Oda can make us emotionally attached to literally anything.
It reminds me a bit of the social experiment where they show a person a pen, say "This pen's name is Billy" and then smash it. It actually evokes a response in our brain much different than if you'd just smashed a pen.
I love how you're able to appreciate parts of Punk Hazard, your Chopper monologue in this video made me smile.
Punk Hazard is such a good time and Chopper is a star!
not many scenes can still get me emotional after so many repeat viewings, but “raizo is safe” is definitely one of them, especially the anime, the ost is amazing
I think Oda expected Kid to be more important too. He's commented in the past that when he made the 11 supernovas, he figured Kid would probably be very important and that Law ended up being much more important than he expected
How does this work from a writers standpoint? Oda created the world and characters and all their story arcs, so how does the author himself not fulfill his own expectations of his own creation? If he wrote every chapter as he went along then sure he wouldn’t know what the future had in store but considering that’s not the case with One Piece, I don’t get how your own characters can get lost in your narrative?
@@Godskilla91 I think Oda's writing style is what I call the road trip model - he knows a few major story beats he needs to hit, but how exactly he gets to those beats hasn't been planned in advance. The 9 supernova characters in particular were designed within a few hours just because Oda thought the Sabaody arc was too boring.
I do think we've reached a point where Oda pretty much has a roadmap for every future arc - he said recently that he took some time to organise his notes and figure out what needs to happen from here on
@@Godskilla91he just assumed kid would be the most popular which would lead him to including him in the story more....its not rocket science my guy
@@Godskilla91Plans change. If you've ever written a story, then you'll know that you might have one idea of how you want things to go but new ideas can pop into your mind and change your initial plans as you're writing.
@@Godskilla91 Others have already given some helpful answers but I think it also speaks to the type of writer Oda is. George R. R. Martin, the author of A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones) differentiates between two types of writers; architects and gardeners. While the former will work with fairly fixed, somewhat rigid, outlines for their story and follow it to the best of their ability the latter might have a core narrative in mind but around it, they set up an enormous amount of elements that may or may not "blossom" into importance. Just like Martin, Oda seems to fall into this gardening style of writing which seems reasonable, considering how long-term manga production is and how advantageous the more dynamic approach is for that purpose.
This isn’t a spoiler. We know exactly what happened to Kuzan. It’s mentioned in the second panel on the 4th or 5th page of chapter 793. The gorosei mention to Akainu that Kuzan allied himself with Blackbeard. #AJPIECE
Maybe you should make this an AJPiece comment.
@@somedudewatchintv5297 done
Actually, Vito is one of Bege's pirate group. Though, their alliance with Big Mom DOES technically make them Big Mom's pirates
I'm so in love with One Piece and I am also so in love with your channel, I think ive been obsessed with your videos for a good 6 years now thank you for dedicating your time and making all these videos, I'm enjoying binging through all of them for the hundreth time immensely. :]
What a beautiful thing to read, thank you so much and hopefully it continues!
1:08:50 I love how Robin makes Luffy remember who Marco is: The one with pineapple head
I don't dislike post time skip or anything. But the raizo is safe moment is one of the first moments in a long long time that made me as impressed with the series as I was in my youth during pre time skip.
Pulled the rug from under me
It never hit that hard for me.. not sure why
@@contemptman3646 it's the fact that it's not just inu and neko. Their ENTIRE civilisation was in on it and not one person snitched. There ancient city was leveled there people tortured repeatedly but not one of them even considered for a moment rating out their friend. An utterly insane level of loyalty, the second I heard that I knew the minks where some of the realest ones out there.
Zou being directly setup for both Whole Cake island and Wano, while telling its own satisfying story in a tight package makes it a marvelous arc.
Really glad to see that you don't feel the timeskip was a downgrade. I personally think it is a little worse in terms of execution of ideas and plotilnes, but at the same time it's much more ambitious, so it kinda evens out. I think the sentiment that TS is much worse comes mostly from the weekly grind. Dressrosa lasted like 2.5 years, it was a slog reading weekly, people were losing patiance, overanalyzing every chapter and nitpicking all the potential plotholes, characters acting stupid etc. - things they never had time to do when binge reading pre-skip. Now when new fans binge it, they have more fun, because all the nitpicky stuff can be glossed over or not even be noticed in the first place. Focus can be put into enjoying the fun and interesting stuff, which post-skip is still full of around every corner. The weekly grind also creates a lot of expectations in the fandom. When you wait for something for 5 years, over that timespan the expectations and hype can snowball out of control into unrealistic levels, and then when those expectations are not met, people are disappointed. Fans take every little thing and then begin to theorize and fantasize, hyping themselves into the straosphere and then falling hard when reality is just another 8/10 level resolution and feeling it's bad because it's not highest peak of all fiction.
Side note: On chapter 814? when they are going to see Nekomamushi for the first time, there's a song Brook sings about him. That song was composed by the voice actor, years before, just because, as a lullaby. Oda liked it, and that's why Nekomamushi is called Nekomamushi. If you look up "nekomamushi original song" in youtube, you will get a result with the title in Japanese, from the channel @chochosans, uploaded on April 19 2011. That's years before Zou was written
Here's a fun one that you'd usually see in your Twitch streams but might as well give it a go here - since you alluded to Zunesha in this way in your Zou review here, what are your top 5 pieces of One Piece imagery throughout the whole series? Could be spreads, locations, panels, character designs, whatever! #AJPiece
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I agree with you on Zoro being angry with sanji for not leaving a proper explanation, because the way Zoro jumped to conclusions of Sanji's troubles being less relevant than their situation is so not him , cuz when has Zoro done that ?. As mistrustful as he was of Robin and to some extent nami , he still played it realistic in a way that he himself and the crew didn't knew their (nami and Robin's) situation when they left and same could've been the case for sanji but for him this kinda pissed him off since they share a relation of respect and brotherhood that made it a bit personal for him ig
Seeing you fanboy for Vivi was very relatable😅
The Wano streams have been amazing so far. Thank you for your work and it'll be cool to relive your thoughts on Zou here.
Without spoiling his review, did he seem to like WCI?
@@Shohoku00 I haven't watched the review, I'm a Patron but I won't be watching it til this weekend. But I did see the streams so I can still answer - Overall, yes. Won't say more than that. But you can look at the streams for the full picture, or wait for the review :)
@@Shohoku00yes alot
@@Shadow-fb2ec I'm glad!
@@jimmyichigo7410 Thanks for the answer! It was exactly what I was looking for
1:00:00 I think without directional information in 2d (flat) space all you need is three points to triangulate (thus the word) a specific location, but in 3d space with height/depth (for example above the world in a sky island or beneath the world in ocean trenches or underground) you need an extra point to locate it (with only 3 points you will get 2 valid answers instead). Of course all these was assuming they were actual geographic points on a map, but given that the world of One Piece is wild I think it may not be that simple. not that locating an point in the New World is easy in the first place, especially since the One Piece world has no completed world maps yet.
Glad you're a Carrot fan. She's so fun to have around.
You must’ve missed it or something but we know what happened to Kuzan. in chapter 793 the Gorosei mention to Akainu that Kuzan is allied with Blackbeard. It’s the fourth or 5th page.
so glad you brought up the few people who told you post-timeskip op was weaker... i remember seeing those few comments and i was so incredulous bc HOW?? i just don't get anyone who says that and i'm so happy to see that you're against the idea too. this was another awesome commentary, zou is such a lore-ful arc, i knew you'd love it!
Thanks for reading my comment, loved the Dressrosa vid😁.
Wano should definitely be broken up into parts. Long arc, helps spread out the content while the current ongoing arc finishes and lets you add more discussion which is always a plus
1:00:15 You only need 3 if all locations are close enough that you can go to all 3 of them. By going from A to B, from B to C and from C to A, you'll eventually will happen across the island, even if you have no idea where D is. But if the are too far away a) you can never be sure you are following the line properly, b) you can bump into several islands that happen to be over one of the lines, c) you might not be physically able to travel the whole length of each line
Thing is if those islands weren't charted yet, that would mean they exist in no map, you just can't guess the fourth one given how devastating the New World can be.
@@Lackadais1cal The Lode poneglyphs give you a chart pointing to a specific location, according to Nami. So whatever it is they point at, it's charted. And even if it wasn't, you only need the spot they bring to the map to draw the X. But you need to properly set that chart on a map to know the exact location
HOLY SMOKES you haven’t been showing up in my recommended lately. I’m so excited to hear your Zou thoughts. The Raizo through line is so good
Hell yeah been waiting for this one man awesome
I can’t wait for you to get to the end of wano. Wano is very good. It does have its flaws but I think recency bias amplifies them to a lot of people. But I think the opposite is also true. Some people overrate it because it’s new. But regardless it’s dope. Some of the best stuff in the series is in that arc and in the post wano stuff
I cant actually believe there's going to only a few more of these videos before you catch up AJ, insane
I can say as someone who primarily consumes One Piece through the anime, I looove Carrot. Seriously she is very lovely.
I've been missing these videos so much I almost subscribed to the Patreon, but just in time you saved my money🤔
Next up is my favorite Arc, might have to subscribe to your patreon now since I cant wait for your review
WCI is your favourite in the series? Awesome take
@@michaelyu6250 pretty much, not by far since Marineford and W7 are just as good if not better in some aspects.
I just really like one certain character
@@XraynPR Katakuri
@@jimmyichigo7410 yeah
Hey Aleczandxr, not sure if you already talked about this, but what is your plan for the arc after Wano? Will you wait until it's over (shouldn't be too long) or are you going to catch up and then do weekly videos?
For these videos? I plan to wait until the arc is finished and then release a video. It may be done by the time I catch up.
Don't worry about how long it took I appreciate it all the same whenever it comes out and Zou is such a great short arc learning about another new species with Carrot newest best girl with Garfield and Doggo Duke. Also the Raizo safe moment is one of the best moments in the whole series to me and Jack the Jobber here too plus Sanji getting taken away for reasons.
#AJPiece
One aspect that I think is massively disregarded is how the Strawhats as a whole are written in Post Time Skip
Many say they're given less character moments but I don't think that's what Oda's objective is to begin with.
Pre Timeskip established each of them, who they are, their struggles, how Luffy affected them and in the end how he liberates them to pursue their dreams. Their tragedies and character directions have been dealt with for the most part and they're ready to vibe, like Robin.
That also means that they feel somehow redevable to him for that freedom.
And then strikes the tragedy that is Ace's death and how none of them were able to be there for Luffy, so they did the best they could by growing with and for him.
Usopp adresses this the best in Post War
'' I always thought Luffy would become Pirate King on his own. But that's not true. There are enemies out there he can't possibly defeat. Even Luffy can lose. He's been pushing himself really hard! But deep inside he's screaming! That's why he needs me to help him! Heracles, Help me grow stronger!"
And they all singlehandedly share that feeling which is shown by their promise to meet up in 2 years.
And what that means for their treatment in Post Timeskip is that they'll focus on rewarding Luffy for their freedom with an everlasting sense of trust.
It's no coincidence that in not even 3 Arcs PostTS we have more Strawhats claiming Luffy will become the King of Pirates than in PreTS when it started with Zoro facing Kuma.
Like Sanji in Zou, Chopper in Punk Hazard, or Brook in Sabaody and Punk Hazard and so on.
And it fits the Journey to defeat an Emperor started with the alliance, the crew giving their utmost belief to Luffy.
Love the love for Zou. Unappreciated arc, thanks for giving it the love.
The length comment is an intriguing to me, and possibly me reading into more than you intended. As there are many influences on length beyond just the author, that makes me feel like there are definitely cases where things go on longer than I think they should. But I do also agree, length shouldn't generally be the first thing you complain about, when evaluating the worth a series
This is reading into it more than I intended lol. Of course if the story goes on longer than Oda wants it to for reasons out of his control then that's not good. That's why I was sure to emphasize Oda's creative control and Oda's desire.
Hard carrying my Friday afternoon!
Vivi will always be a Straw Hat! Nakama for life!
Zou is underrated by many but so essential. Glad you spent 1.5 hours on it.
Am I dumb for never doing the Killua connection?! Thanks for that!
This series is great 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤
#AJPiece How do you feel about how Oda focuses on the straw hats now compared to pre-timeskip?
23:00 In other words, Sabo wouldn't shut up about Luffy
#AJPiece What would you say is the most effective "in-between" One Piece arc?
That Chika shirt looks great!
thanks!
#AJPiece I know you love One Piece, but my question is this - what do you think could raise it that little bit higher, that extra level, if anything at all can?
I feel like that may have already happened for him.. if you know you know, the streams....👀
YEAAAAAAAAAAA LETS GOOOO
WOOOOOO LET’S GOOOO
WOOOO!!!!
Where are we going!!!???
@@K1T82 to the One Piece
@@ramenpower8097 THE OOONNNNEEEE PIIIIIEEECCCEEEEE!
7:28 I think if more fans had this mindset there be just a little less outrage
#AJPiece Whenever you get to Wano if you read it I recommend watching 1084 before the final chapter
1:19:57 so good you had to say it twice lol
#AJPiece Elephants are rad, do you concur?
LET’S GOOOOOO
Afaik, Zunesha is pronounced (zoo-knee-sha) just in case you hadn't been told that yet :)
I LOVE ONE PIECE
you could say that zou was straight out of xenoblade chronicles eh AJ lol
TRUE
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I have never seen one piece. I have considered it however the cover didn’t appeal to me and kept putting it off. I know it’s not a good measure to judge by However it’s what humans do even when they say they don’t. I like your content so if you think it’s good I’ll give it a look
Vivi I miss her!
Wano is Dressroa pt2 dinosaur boogaloo
What part that you've been spoiled this far?
RYUNOSUKE IS LIFE!!!
I’m waiting for the relevance of Weevil and not just Stussy…
What do you think about the claim that Oda cannot write female characters? To expand it, what do you think about that claim levelled at Kishimoto, Furudate, Kubo and Togashi?
Oda is _clearly_ better at writing female characters than Kishimoto at least. There are plenty of women in One Piece who are fully realised characters and who aren't solely defined by their relationship to male characters.
I'd say that there are certainly elements to One Piece that detracts from its appeal to women like the character designs, fanservice or how there are _multiple_ characters who always try to creep on women but the actualy female characters are written very well for the medium.
@@LoeffelluxYeah but characters creeping on women isn’t an Oda exclusive and fan service is in every shonen manga because of simple economics. They’re marketing to teenage boys and that sells.
4/5 of them write fantastic female characters (I haven't read Bleach yet).
Lore Piece is Peak Piece.
AHHHH LETS GOOOOO I LOVE ZOU!
He's getting closer and closer to Egghead Arc.
I really disliked how Nami and Robin's designs changed post-timeskip and how heavy handed the fanservice became. Then I saw Nami's Zou dress and saw the light. Oda-seinsei keep doing what you're doing.
Eh, I don't mind. There's thousands of ecchi anime that are more scandalous. I think people overly bash it.
Idk how the manga handled it but in the anime they scream that Raizo isn't there so many times I was 100% sure he was. So when the "big reveal" came I just rolled my eyes. It's a shame because it seems to be a very impactful moment for most. I was actually right for once but at what cost?!
!!! SPOILER !!!
KUMA😭😭😭