THIS, this is a REAL analysis of One Piece, not just "I like or dislike this" or "I think it went like like this or it should've gone like this" or mistaking speculating about future plot for analysis like most one piece tubers do (not naming names). You actually go indepth with the material to support your conclusions and made me realize things about the story that I had in the back of my mind but could never fully articulate, bravo. I'm however curious about why you think Luffy vs Lucci is a very different battle compared to other Luffy battles though? That fight had very clear theming with freedom vs opression and considerable build up since Water 7 (Luffy constantly getting stuck between walls and eventually breaking them all down for example).
I think the reason why he thought Luffy vs Lucci was different is probably because Morj couldn't find an environmental element that fits the fight. Although, from the way I see it, when Lucci finally got knocked out, we got to see his scar on his back (which is not a coincidence that his scar looks exactly like the world government symbol) which symbolizes Luffy spitting in the face of the world government.
He didn't say it was different cause of the emotional impact, he just said the setting of the fight was different. Arlong's fight was in Nami's room, while Lucci's fight was just some random room
@@juccidrugs3405 And I'm saying the setting for the Lucci fight mattered if you think about how this claustrophobic space was supposed to contain the Strawhats from getting to Robin, Luffy finishes the fight by breaking down the walls (and Lucci as the representative of CP9) to make him reach Robin with saying they'll go back to sea together.
@@islandboy9381 idk, that's seems to be pushing it for me, fighting in a room and breaking down a wall is a very vague setting. I mean, most super powered fights have walls being broken down and shit Hell, I could say my room at home represented my parents hold on me and me walking out going to college represented me being free With the Nami's room, it was atleast a unique room, not just A room, you know?
Now that I think about it, the Mirror World could be a metaphor for Luffy's and Katakuri's similar personalities and the respect they have for one another.
Well duh. Their fight had several themes. Willpower, the nature of family, success and failure, fighting experience vs fighting ability etc. But the key theme to understanding the fight was in fact "mirrors". The fight was mainly one of self-reflection and introspection. So think of this fight as two people looking in a mirror and reflecting on their flaws. Oda leans into this theme pretty heavily by having Katakuri mirror Luffy's moves at the start of the fight and then has Luffy mirror Katakuri by seeing into the future, then Katakuri in turn mirroring Luffy's wound by inuring himself and then the two mirror eachother when using conqueror's Haki. They both also reflect each other as characters. Both fighters paralleled one another to contrast their strengths and weaknesses and the areas they needed to improve in order to continue protecting their respective families. Luffy's weakness is shown in his inferiority to Katakuri in terms of fighting ability, and Katakuri's weakness is shown in his fear of failure and his inability to accept that failure and keep going the way Luffy can. After realizing their weaknesses they both work to overcome it, abandoning logic and reason in the process. Instead of running away as logic would dictate Luffy chooses to overcome his weakness by seeking to match Katakuri's future sight. In the same way, Katakuri instead of using Mole, and his awakening, throws away his weapon and gimps himself and decides to fight without fear of failure or shaming his family. And Katakuri wasn't ashamed of his mouth. It's just that his image needed to be protected above all else. Or so he believed. What he really feared was shaming his family and being unable to protect them because of it. Once he saw that Luffy was able to protect his own "family" without fear of shame, or ridicule it made him do the same.
@@redx589 Bottom line: Things powerlevelfags will never understand! Oh and your comment really deserves to be pinned (even though thats not possible since its a reply to another comment but yeah... ;) ).
@@furorteutonicus9045 ahah yes, that line from the Beyond Blood video of Craftsdwarf was incredible. It's crazy how his video and the WCI analysis of Morj have make me love the Luffy vs Katakuri fight 10 times more than before and it was already a fight that i found very good.
@@furorteutonicus9045 I would 100% give credit to someone else if I am referencing an observation made by them that I hadn't thought of! However, no disrespect to Craftsdwarf, but that didn't seem like a "new" idea to me when I heard it in his Beyond Blood video. Even if he has already made the point about Luffy always bouncing back like rubber in one of his videos, if I've also had that thought and have more to say on it then I'm not going to hesitate to make that point as well in my videos and expand on it! To be clear: I make a mental distinction between if someone is making a point that I have already thought of versus if someone is making a point that I have not thought of. For example, in that same video, Craftsdwarf made a point I had NOT thought of, which is that Katakuri is mochi, which does NOT bounce back like rubber. It stays in the shape that it's beaten into. That was new to me, and that really highlighted the differences between the two characters that I had never considered. I thought that was a unique observation he made, which is why I would NEVER mention that in any of my videos without giving credit to him. Even though I thought it was a very interesting point, I didn't put it into my WCI video, as this was somebody else's observation. I just want to be clear on this stuff, as there are other OP and manga analysts who are all coming up with interesting observations on the series, and I don't want to step on anyone's toes.
@@MrMorj Thank you for your honesty dude. but don't worry what Furor and I were saying was not on a serious tone (at least not for me), personally i don't have any problem if more than one people make the same observation about a situation in One Piece, it's normal to repeat something if that fits in your analysis too.
A person should have no right to make such a detailed and insightful video. BEAUTIFULLY DONE!!! Got yourself a sub and I can't wait to watch all of your other videos!
@@VidaAnimada He meant why would you write a line saying that no one has the right to make such a good video. I know you enjoyed it a lot but writing "no right" is pretty bad wording.
Well, as many people say: Lucci symbolized the inevitable and unbreakable wall all people who pursue their dreams or freedom or even both must face eventually, and what Luffy did was knock him down with a repeated rapidfire attack of stubbornness and will power that also destroys the literal wall that was behind Lucci. And in the next episode, the lack of that destroyed wall is what allows Robin to throw the paralyzed Luffy to the sea where Going Merry was waiting to take them to their next destination.
Good shit! Now that I think about it, that explanation makes a bunch of sense. That would also make the "harden the body into a brick wall" technique the CP9 members use also serve a thematic purpose.
luffy vs lucci is during the best arc of the series so it holds more weight emotionally...its probably the only time oda's fights were on the level of dragonball….its that middle arc where the hero truly has to overcome a big bad on his own during a fantastic arc aka the pain arc in Naruto shippuden or the garra arc in of Naruto if you will, the freeza arc in dbz or the tien fight for goku in the finals of the 22nd tournament of og drgonball or the finals tournament younger toguro fight for yusuke or kenshin vs saito in rorouni kenshin ...I have seen this type of fight before in these great series half way through...its pretty neat that you can expect a great middle tier fight in the series that you will always remember as epic...
Very well said about Enies Lobby's final fight. I would also throw in that one of the biggest things about Luffy vs. Lucci, in addition to that, is their fight during the Buster Call, the event that initially crippled Robin and the very catalyst that caused the events of Water 7, had Luffy preserving through the "unbeatable" Buster Call and the embodiment of "Dark Justice" that Lucci represented. Just my 2 cents. ^^
what a concept..pokemon vs digimon Naruto vs one piece dragonball vs dbz hunter x hunter vs yu yu hakusho ..why not both..who cares if one is better or if your opinion is one is better cause blank..why not enjoy both...they both have positives negatives flaws and brilliance...theres ways to just like things without needing to compare or hate..like what you like and enjoy life..its too short to hate
Amazing video as always from you. I want to add one type of fight that, as far as i know, One Piece is the only serie to do that good : The comic/humouristic fights, the best exemple is Ussopp vs Perona, this fight has nothing serious but goddamn it is good, and the way Ussopp wins is one of the most original i think i have seen in manga.
Trollfighting is amazing when done right, and One Piece is the only series I've seen that makes it consistently great. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure has some signs (Oingo Boingo episode and then Boingo+Hol Horse are the prime examples of this), but Araki tends to slide back into seriousness too quickly for it to have any lasting effect, so Oda wins this one.
nami vs miss double finger too is unique, the difference is the final attack while usopp vs perona's final was psychological nami's was physical. both are hillarious to even rewatch/reread
And one thing I like about One Piece fights is that they begin naturally as a result of the story. There's no contrived setup such as those you see in Dragon Ball where one character says "come this way if you want a fight" and then a massive staredown occurs.
This is what I was was saying too in a comment. Fights in One Piece always serve some narrative purpose. They happen for a _reason_ and that's what makes them feel so important. Hell, by the time it comes to blows, you know that this was the natural conclusion. So when Luffy tells Sogeking to burn that flag to declare war on the World Government, you know everything was leading to that point to free and save Robin. There was nothing arbitrary about that act at all.
I’ve really never gotten the bias against One Piece fights. Especially recently with Luffy vs Katakuri, my favorite all time fight. The most important aspect to me is characters, and most of the time I really care about the characters that are fighting in OP fights. My other two favorite fights, Toriko vs Staarjuun and Alibaba vs Hakuryuu are more of the same really
YES, my man. This is great. Especially the stuff about conclusions - this is also the main reason I really love the Skypeia arc, even though it's criticized by some. The underlying story of Noland and Calgara is just so beautiful. When I watch the anime, the ending brings tears every single time. One of my favourite little stories in OP.
The Noland and Calgara backstory is my favorite non Straw Hat backstory. It brought me to tears, when they first showed it and when the arc concluded. Amazing
Fantastic analysis! I agree with most, but I actually have to differ about a few points. I don't think One Punch Man's choreography is necessarily better than One Piece's. Murata has nice impactful standalone pages, but he overuses them to the point of serious detriment. OPM has had a major problem of a slow pace for years now and I think it's largely because Murata can't draw brief action sequences but instead has to fill every fight with full page panels. I much prefer how mangakas like Oda and Toriyama use actual panel layouts and the flow between panels for their action.
I most certainly agree with the pacing but I prefer the highly detailed and gorgeous looking full page spreads for the action sequences. Once the fights are completely finished reading them all the way through makes for a real treat, however reading monthly does make it drag.
@@blues4509 They definitely are more fun when you can binge them, but it's not just a matter of pace. There's a lot of interesting ways that mangaka can use page layouts and how they arrange panels to give the action an interesting flow and convey additional ideas. I wish OPM would take more advantage of that, even if there's also artistry in the full page panels and what they can accomplish.
@@-LAH nobody is saying not to use full page spreads most manga use a full page spread during the last attack and stuff like that, they are just saying that murata overuses which can get a little stale and monotonous
@Waifu -Kun Really??I don't agree at all....Oda is one artist whoses actions scenes,the way he conveys impact, angles he chooses I find very exciting and impressive.....Compare odas fight scenes to that of toyotaro in the dbs manga.Toyotaro uses literal flat side angles for every damn fight in his manga and its really stale.And toyotaro doesnt understand how to make a blow feel impactful either....His drawings are way to damn stiff so he cant make a character reel back and throw a decent impactful punch visual without it coming off as stiff and awkward. Oda's art is flexible...sonhe can make more impactful attacks.....and he draws the fighting from a variety of angles...... Toyotaro=Standard fight panels at best Oda=Quality fight panels
i really like this part of your channels. Your scripted analysis are the best Ive seen. you are doing a phenomenal job at portraying its elements, keep it up
Your breakdown of this series is thoroughly satisfying. I can’t even get upset and say you’re not consistent because I know you’re just refining an aspect you want to do an essay on. You’re appreciated brother✊🏿
Brilliant analysis! I hadn’t actually registered that since the beginning Oda’s fights boil down to showing the willpower of his characters, not until it became more obvious Post-TS. Maybe because it’s more visually obvious Post-TS with haki that people gripe or call plot armour for things that they would have let slide Pre-TS
Island Boy top marks lol but my point was it’s always been so naturally embedded into the fights but now it’s depicted as a power, fans just overlook/devalue it, e.g luffy vs katakuri, luffy’s 12hr struggle gets overshadow for those hung up on the “asspulls” 🙄
Why does this channel not have atleast 10 times the no of subscribers it has? This video epitomizes how much effort Mr Morj puts into these videos and how he understands Oda's writing and creative process a lot more than so many others in the community. Love your videos and hope you continue making more.
As usual you never fail to impress Morj. I wanted to write an analysis of One Piece fights myself but sadly my old computer broke and I lost all the data.
The Will of the fight. The fighting in One Piece is one-dimensional because such is life when it comes to fights. In reality most people in a fight will either punch, kick, use a weapon, win with wit, or a combination of 2, 3, or all 4. Most of us aren't quick with the physics and science or are properly trained fighters. The serious fights in life are either emotionally charged or situationally intense. It's a pirate story so brawls, riots and being up close and personal are what it's all about. Real life pirates are typically only trained on a gun or sword and think on their feet. I'd only expect fights to be more complex and strategic from One Piece when it comes to characters that have specific DF abilities/training or are very weak but clever. To me the intricate storytelling makes up for what could be bland punches, kicks and blades because it's all about context. What they are fighting for will decide how they will fight for it , so it will allways boil down to how much a person is willing to do to win the fight and that "why" behind the will is what makes a fight a fight. Oda making the fights be just brawls in its basic form was and is intentional imo. * Though, I still do very much want to see a character that mainly fights with quick physics and science w/o a DF ability.
Idk about that U r not wrong But oda is creative with punches ,kicks and others moves For example - in katakuri fight ,the way katakuri used his ability in his move set was incredibly done by oda
true..one piece isn't dragonball..where martial artists compete...its fights usually to the death and to continue the journey...in drsgonball its about improving and the joy of the fight...its message isn't to say fighting is wrong like one piece sorta tries to do..in dragonball fighting is just a lifestyle and while you shouldn't hurt the defenseless the series doesn't say you cant enjoy a good brawl with your friends....that's why the fighting is so good in dragonball but everything else lacks...
Personally I love the choreography of the fights in one piece. But what i love more are you’re analysis videos. You are without a doubt my favourite one piece youtuber keep up you’re amazing work
I wonder what zoro's pattern is cause i can't find it i mean there is a difference in fight vs mihawk and mr 1 then mr1 and ohm or zoro vs ryuma i mean especially when you look at fights after timeskip it becomes even more difficult to see a pattern
@@nomanahmed9880 Zoro always faces an enemy that makes it difficult or annoying to cut. Hatchi was annoying with his multiple swords style and other tactics, kakus giraffe form kept on making it almost impossible for Zoro to cut, pica was annoying for Zoro to fight because of the devil fruit, daz bones was making it hard for Zoro to cut better, I assume it will be annoying for Zoro to cut what he cant see when fighting shiryuu, Ryuma made it annoying for Zoro to cut in the air, and to a much lesser extent, Carrots geppo was annoying for Zoro to cut, as well as kabajis tricycle & literally every enemy after he got wounded by Mihawk. He defeated them all by overpowering their annoying strategy. (A contrast to Sanjis "outsmart dirty tactics", with Zoros "Overpower the annoyances")
@@nomanahmed9880 While Jack Jill also answered your question, I think Zoro's fights are heavily focused around enemies that he can only defeat by coming to a greater understanding of himself or the world. Zoro is prone to speeches centered around Buddhist concepts, and I think he wins a lot of his battles by finding some sort of 'enlightenment.'
Reddit brought me here, but your videos are severely underrated in the one piece community. Amazing video. You have a good narrative, keep up the killer work!
amazing video, very well thought out and makes a lot of sense. i know some people that think OP fights are boring but when your missing context you would end up thinking that.
The fight scene of Luffy vs Lucci does have thought put into it because luffy faces off against lucci, who thinks justice is only truly to be achived by the strong and is ruthless by taking civilians as colletaral damage, in the building that is supposed to be the most just place in the world. In the end he punches him out of the Pillar of Justice and leaves him unable to fight on. In other words signaling that he is stronger and that his way of justice is wrong.
This One Piece Video is by far One of If not the Best One Piece video I have ever seen on RUclips. Great job on the video. So well thought out, well organized, well written/spoken, and explained very well.
Good job on how you where able to put everything together and put meaning to the underlying symbol that each situation/fight brings. That's just one of the best trait of one piece. Almost every detail has a meaning that gives mountains of life to the overall story
OK dude lets start with 4 dollars a month. I really like your videos . The OnePiecePodcast, Greg (Ochimusha108) and you are the only One Piece people on RUclips I can take seriously. Thank you for beeing who you are. :-D Thanks for the video. There where a few points again I never thought about before. Time well spent. Quality content!
Craftsdwarf is one of few people on this platform that wants to understand story and don't give fuck about powerlevels! I suggest you watch his latest video about one piece or check out his podcast nenshow!
@@sasakihaise5739 If you are talking about his video "Beyond Blood" it has been taken down by Toei for a second time, he made a video on that, you can still watch it in redirection but for the moment not on youtube.
One Piece not focusing heavily on tactics isn't really a "weakness", it's called having different priorities than something like HxH. It's more or less a matter of personal preference at that point.
I'd agree with that. Every mangaka has different priorities when creating their series. I mean, it is art, after all, right? Why should it all be the same?
P. Castaneda yeah, I think it’s sort of unfair to hold everything to the same gold standard. One Piece’s straight up Brawls and quirky fights with comedic strategies honestly fits the series tone better than HxH abilities that require full chapters of third-person narration for the reader to understand (Not that there’s anything inherently wrong with HxH, but it has its style and so does One Piece)
I feel like it’s fine to not like one piece’s fights because they lack strategy, but when you’re at the point that you’re criticizing them and holding that up as a weakness it’s like... you’re criticizing one piece for having different goals than another manga. You’re basically saying “this is nice but it’d be better if it was HxH”, and I sort of feel like that misses the point of what makes both series styles unique.
An analysis that's not bullshit and isn't focused on meaningless minutia, but also isn't so vague that it doesn't tell you anything. Loved the video, great work.
You are the only one piece youtuber where I can watch all your analysis video over n over but didn't get bored. I love the flow of the video. Keep it up! ❤️
Wow, that's the first time ever I saw a video with less than 0.2% dislikes. Instantly subscribed for the content of the video. You really did get to the bottom of the issue of how a Shonnen with such (comparatively speaking) mediocre fights can be so popular and so good. It is also the reason why Toei can be so lazy with One Piece and still be watchable, because Oda did all the heavy lifting for them by making the fights so intense and the climaxes so satisfying through theming and set-ups that the lazy animation is barely noticed.
Not fully related but I would like to share that Zoro's Ryuma and Mr.1 fights are among the best and most choreographed in the entire series, well surpassing any of Sanji's fights. The choreography and panels all flowed so well together and were incredibly entertaining- especially with the panels that weren't featured in the anime such as his crab attack being a beheading and witnessing it slash right across Mr.1's throat. The Ryuma fight as well was much better in the manga, and although I've watched the fight plenty of times in the past (I actually dislike the anime version of it, which I was exposed to first), reading it honestly kept me on edge. That's just how good it is. Too bad Oda never kept the same level of choreography throughout the rest of the series. Great video btw.
I almost never comment, but man your analysis put words on my feelings toward One Piece. Also thank you for the memories about the bell in Skypiea. I cried while reliving those epic moments.
Yooooooo! Keep up the fire content bro we all appreciate it! I got a question though. do you have any other series that you are wanting to analyze on this channel? I'm asking because one piece is my favorite series but I want to know if you would ever consider doing other series as well as one piece content.
100% want to do other series, and I have a lot of notes on certain other series with topics in mind that I want to do. The main issue is time, so whenever I commit to working on one of these analysis type videos I'm basically committing a lot of effort into one project. That's why I'm kind of prioritizing One Piece so far, because it's my favorite series. If I wanted to do a vid on HxH or Berserk for example, that would mean that I'm basically investing a lot of time into that, even though I would personally rather be working on another One Piece vid. HOWEVER, now that I've started a patreon, I can start thinking about opening up options where people can push for me to do another series and I would be willing to do it.
Haha, that's not happening any time soon. I haven't even gotten to the stuff I really want to talk about yet tbh, I still consider all the videos I've done so far to be "smaller" topics
@@MrMorj But what i love is your one piece content. I haven't seen anybody on youtube expect you or craftsdwarf have a deep understanding on one piece core values and what it's represent! I have no problem you want to do videos on different series,but i hope your primary focus on the channel still remains one piece content!
Great job!! Loved the analysis! I always really appreciate the layers on importance Oda puts into the backgrounds of the fights as well as the bigger meanings built up through excellent storytelling. what a gift Oda has been all these years.
17:04 I don't think Luffy vs. Lucci was an exception... When Luffy declared war against the world government, Spandam said to him that they can't challenge the entire world and expect to win, but luffy showed them that he can by taking their fight to the heart of the world government. Luffy fought Lucci who clearly represents the world government as seen by his scars at the back, in an Island that looks like the WG symbol and literally burned the whole place down just as they burned the flag.
@@sasakihaise5739 Yeah, those people do not seem to get that Oda threw powerlevels out of the window right after introducing them (Doriki in Enies Lobby) since he realized that powerlevels make no sense in a series where the abilities can be pretty much anything.
@@furorteutonicus9045 even if you look at some the complaints on WCI ARC,you can clearly see most of them don't get what is core of one piece and criticised things existed in story for long time are just bunch of invalid bullshit!like why the actual fuck do you guys reading in first place?!
Aah! Thank you for this! It's been a while since you've done something like this. Also, I like that you're using visual cues again, in the form of actual panels, but be careful cos a lot of youtubers have been getting copyright strikes. Anyway...keep up the good work! Oh, I'm sure I speak for everybody else who watches your channel...can you please make more material? Your content is always so relevant!
Man, wow. Thank you for highlighting the Romanticism ans Symbolisms of One Piece. Now I again remember why I like One Piece so much. Keep up the good work.
I know this is most about Oda and the manga. But including Dvorak 9th symphony on the anime for the Crocodile defeat was absolutely brilliant by whoever had the idea.
This video was amazing. All of these patterns were so obvious but I never really noticed how prevalent they are. I hope you do more videos that get into symbolic meaning, and the "narrative". (also from this perspective its kinda easier to discern how the stories might go.)
Well hey, when it comes to the variety of the techniques in One Piece's fighting, sometimes it comes down to what Bruce Lee said: "I fear the man who's practiced the same kick 1000 times, than the guy who's practiced 1000 kicks." Yeah, Sanji may only be able to kick you, but damn will he be a GOOD kicker. Same with Luffy. A mere brawler but an AMAZING one, and that has some reality to it.
For me One Piece fights are amazing. The aspects in wich I think Oda is better than most are: The themes explored The personality of the characters The emotions The art
I don't like how he portrays emotions (everyone just screams and cries with a cringy face), and he fucked up lot of personalities, like Zoro, when he made him bow to Milhawk for Luffy, he killed his ambition.
He didn’t kill Zoro’s ambition. It is an in character move. Whenever his captain is in deep shit, Zoro will set aside his pride in order to help him. Zoro believes that if he cannot do whatever it takes to make Luffy the pirates king, then Zoro is unworthy of becoming the greatest swordsman in the world. This is something that was shown at the end of Thriller Bark. You could also see it a little bit after Zoro got emasculated by Mihawk. With Zoro being upset with himself for losing spectacularly and he probably promised himself that he would never let his pride and ambition get in the way again. But Zoro will never let his ambition die, however he wouldn’t let his pride blind him from doing right by his captain.
I like this analysis so much. One Piece does give us a variety of the attacks, it’s just not as technical as the other anime. It's Oda's style. I'm not saying one is better than the other but this kind of build up - conflict - struggle - conclusion storytelling is one of Oda's strongest suits and personally, I like it very much. The way the SH wins is not repetitive, Oda always shows us new and creative ways that make the most sense for the character and the progression of the story.
pointing out the symbolic meaning of the one piece finale's really made me realise how beautifully constructed odas world is. arlong park ending in nami's room is easily my favourite because luffy stops fighting just to destroy the room because it's like a prison to nami honestly it made the fight so much more like a struggle towards the final act like the room was too small for arlong to hit luffy with his sword and even when grabbed luffy struggled to smash more of the room. it epitomises a brutal pirate brawl in how scrappy it ended and it's probably one of my favourite moments in the series.
I disagree with the clarity and art bit. Oda is always clear with page layouts and flow, and his art is consistently impressive in fights. Of course hes art isn't as detailed as orher mangaka, but thats an stylistic choice
Yeah Oda's a master at paneling, I think his art for fights is plenty impressive, it's just that he doesn't spend additional time polishing each individual illustration the way someone like Murata does, I personally like how that in itself kinda gives the action a fast paced aesthetic, I can just picture Oda whipping up a storm while wielding his pen (I also draw comics by hand without really using additional effects so I have some additional appreciation for the organic look. I think heavy use of screentones and digital blurs etc has become a bit too much of an expectation for mangas these days, sometimes a man just want to draw and Oda's certainly a traditional guy like that).
oda has one issue..he jumps around ruining his fight flow too much..if theres one thing he didn't improve upon from his love of dragonballs formula of what a shonnen series could be he didn't improve on the combat...too many fights arent choreographed properly...which is a shame...I really don't like the intro of haki cause it ruins what made devil fruit users so special and makes pre haki fights seem so inconsequential looking back..kinda an insane ability to just introduce so late that everyone can and pretty much has to have if they want to be strong in new world...the fact there even is the new world makes me mad..i thought it was grand line that mattered?..turns out nope...wtf...
@@razkable Agreed on the flow thing, I'd much prefer if big fights like Luffy VS Katakuri were more tightly paced with less interruptions, it'd especially improve their rewatch value. With the way they're right now you'd only rewatch certain highlights but probably never the full fight unless you really needed to. Haki I'm iffy about, I think observation is fine because it's not as much of a constant factor, was introduced early in Skypiea (whether Oda planned for Mantra to be a thing anyone can eventually learn or not as a separate question) and can lead to cool story and character moments like we just got in Whole Cake Island. Conquerors is also fine cause it's reserved to special individuals and isn't used constantly but is extremely cool whenever it is. Armament is the big issue, but I feel like fans overrate it's importance, I don't think Oda will give it to most crewmembers for example but they're still going to defeat top tier opponents before the end, so there's still plenty of room for creativity in fights. Also Oda HAS been pretty creative with Armament itself, Craftdwarf made a great video about that. I'll reserve judgement on it for now. Disagree with New World, the concept of some people calling the Grandline paradise was introduced very early and since we knew that the Red Line was a thing naturally the world would be divided into two halves, it's not too surprising that most of the strongest pirates would inhabit the same half leaving lesser ones to the other. It's a pretty smart and logical way to add escalation to a story, rather than have the top tiers conveniently wait till it's appropriate for them to show up in the story.
Asmosis Jones What do you mean? The New World is just the name of the second half of the Grand Line. And I don’t think it’s unreasonable for the second half to be more dangerous than the first half, so I don’t mind the distinction.
@@razkable The new World is still Grand Line though... And Haki techniques clearly existed way earlier in the story. Haki was an obvious necessity to make sure non DF users don't become useless and logia users don't become massively overpowered.
Thank you for breaking this down. One Piece fights (with exceptions) were never the flashiest or jaw-dropping choreography wise, but they were all unforgettable, because the stakes were so personal and the storytelling so layered. I will NEVER forget Usopp and Luffy's duel over the Going Merry just for one example. There was so much more going on under the surface of that fight and the ending was devastating for everyone involved. That's another thing One Piece gets right. There's always a COST to fighting. It's never mindless. It always serves some sort of purpose.
First time seeing one of your videos and must say, really well done. However, looking at some of your other videos, the thumbnails look very generic and plain. Think if you used better, cleaner thumbnails, you'd get the views and subs you definitely deserve. Think Swagkage does this very well, Fronky uses a similar format to Swagkage's older thumbnails and it works, I see right away what the general topic is with the image and text on the thumbnail tells me what will be talked about.
Damn I really liked this. I’ll subscribe even though I can’t watch your chapter reviews. I’ll look forward to your analytical type videos. Hope you do some more of these.
This is awesome. I always thought Dressrosa was a weird rehash of Alabasta, so I appreciate you pointing out these subtle differences. I would love to see a video on Doflamingo, mostly because I feel his portrayal in that arc was a strange let-down (read: even though he is a string man, his attacks all seem to be focused on physically overwhelming his opponent rather than manipulating to a more advantageous position). Maybe I just misunderstood Oda's intentions. I loved your video on why you felt Whole Cake Island was underrated. I liked that arc because I felt it was more easily digestible, with clear goals being broken up into sections (e.g. go through Seducing Woods to meet Sanji, who they find once they're through; next, struggle to wait at & eventually get back to that spot until Sanji returns, which he does; plan an assassination on Big Mom at Tea Party while also rescuing Vinsmokes, the former of which fails but they accomplish the later; & lastly escape, which they do with casualties). Dressrosa, meanwhile, felt like a constant slugfest with tangents & detours that prolonged getting to the conclusion. Your Arc analysis in early 2019 was appreciated, but I was not quite satisfied on your explanation for Doflamingo. Perhaps, much like Big Mom has a childish willpower that grants her absurd levels of Haki, Doflamingo has a sense of "deserved entitlement" that has tempered his willpower through struggle to such obscene extremes.
Dude, this video was realy awesome and I just suscribed to your channel since your arguments are solid and all ideas come out hearing you out. But I recommend you to be carefull of the images you use so you won´t have any problems with those guys banning and deleting videos of one piece theorists out there. I´m looking forward to see your new vid bro!
One of the other strengths of the fights is how he builds up to the major final fights in the arc. Even though One Piece fights don't look great in a technical sense they are a masterclass in making you truly care about the characters fighting.
I think luccis' fight has a very good and meaningful setup. Eyepatchedwolf does a very good analysis of it. Lucci represents the crude reality of an obstacle too big to overcome, and its the one last thing separating Luffy from stopping Robin's inevitable end. He literally fights Lucci, the last obstacle, in the room which last door leads to his goal. It's the first arch that focuses on the theme of defying pre-established order, which is one of the core features of Luffy and the Pirate King
This video was weirdly emotional for me. Having all the memories of how I felt during all of those fights come crashing back onto me in a continuous wave. Definitely not what I was expecting.
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THIS, this is a REAL analysis of One Piece, not just "I like or dislike this" or "I think it went like like this or it should've gone like this" or mistaking speculating about future plot for analysis like most one piece tubers do (not naming names). You actually go indepth with the material to support your conclusions and made me realize things about the story that I had in the back of my mind but could never fully articulate, bravo.
I'm however curious about why you think Luffy vs Lucci is a very different battle compared to other Luffy battles though? That fight had very clear theming with freedom vs opression and considerable build up since Water 7 (Luffy constantly getting stuck between walls and eventually breaking them all down for example).
I think the reason why he thought Luffy vs Lucci was different is probably because Morj couldn't find an environmental element that fits the fight. Although, from the way I see it, when Lucci finally got knocked out, we got to see his scar on his back (which is not a coincidence that his scar looks exactly like the world government symbol) which symbolizes Luffy spitting in the face of the world government.
Just say it, it's the grand line review 🤣
He didn't say it was different cause of the emotional impact, he just said the setting of the fight was different. Arlong's fight was in Nami's room, while Lucci's fight was just some random room
@@juccidrugs3405 And I'm saying the setting for the Lucci fight mattered if you think about how this claustrophobic space was supposed to contain the Strawhats from getting to Robin, Luffy finishes the fight by breaking down the walls (and Lucci as the representative of CP9) to make him reach Robin with saying they'll go back to sea together.
@@islandboy9381 idk, that's seems to be pushing it for me, fighting in a room and breaking down a wall is a very vague setting. I mean, most super powered fights have walls being broken down and shit
Hell, I could say my room at home represented my parents hold on me and me walking out going to college represented me being free
With the Nami's room, it was atleast a unique room, not just A room, you know?
Now that I think about it, the Mirror World could be a metaphor for Luffy's and Katakuri's similar personalities and the respect they have for one another.
Of course
Well duh. Their fight had several themes. Willpower, the nature of family, success and failure, fighting experience vs fighting ability etc.
But the key theme to understanding the fight was in fact "mirrors". The fight was mainly one of self-reflection and introspection. So think of this fight as two people looking in a mirror and reflecting on their flaws. Oda leans into this theme pretty heavily by having Katakuri mirror Luffy's moves at the start of the fight and then has Luffy mirror Katakuri by seeing into the future, then Katakuri in turn mirroring Luffy's wound by inuring himself and then the two mirror eachother when using conqueror's Haki. They both also reflect each other as characters. Both fighters paralleled one another to contrast their strengths and weaknesses and the areas they needed to improve in order to continue protecting their respective families. Luffy's weakness is shown in his inferiority to Katakuri in terms of fighting ability, and Katakuri's weakness is shown in his fear of failure and his inability to accept that failure and keep going the way Luffy can. After realizing their weaknesses they both work to overcome it, abandoning logic and reason in the process. Instead of running away as logic would dictate Luffy chooses to overcome his weakness by seeking to match Katakuri's future sight. In the same way, Katakuri instead of using Mole, and his awakening, throws away his weapon and gimps himself and decides to fight without fear of failure or shaming his family.
And Katakuri wasn't ashamed of his mouth. It's just that his image needed to be protected above all else. Or so he believed. What he really feared was shaming his family and being unable to protect them because of it. Once he saw that Luffy was able to protect his own "family" without fear of shame, or ridicule it made him do the same.
Great point, its the first fight that luffy has to reflect on his own shortcomings and improve himself to meet the standards/image he set for himself
@@redx589 well put
@@redx589 Bottom line: Things powerlevelfags will never understand!
Oh and your comment really deserves to be pinned (even though thats not possible since its a reply to another comment but yeah... ;) ).
"...Luffy, like rubber, always bounces back"
whoaaa
He got that line from craftsdwarf! ;)
@@furorteutonicus9045
ahah yes, that line from the Beyond Blood video of Craftsdwarf was incredible. It's crazy how his video and the WCI analysis of Morj have make me love the Luffy vs Katakuri fight 10 times more than before and it was already a fight that i found very good.
@@furorteutonicus9045 I would 100% give credit to someone else if I am referencing an observation made by them that I hadn't thought of!
However, no disrespect to Craftsdwarf, but that didn't seem like a "new" idea to me when I heard it in his Beyond Blood video.
Even if he has already made the point about Luffy always bouncing back like rubber in one of his videos, if I've also had that thought and have more to say on it then I'm not going to hesitate to make that point as well in my videos and expand on it! To be clear: I make a mental distinction between if someone is making a point that I have already thought of versus if someone is making a point that I have not thought of.
For example, in that same video, Craftsdwarf made a point I had NOT thought of, which is that Katakuri is mochi, which does NOT bounce back like rubber. It stays in the shape that it's beaten into. That was new to me, and that really highlighted the differences between the two characters that I had never considered. I thought that was a unique observation he made, which is why I would NEVER mention that in any of my videos without giving credit to him. Even though I thought it was a very interesting point, I didn't put it into my WCI video, as this was somebody else's observation.
I just want to be clear on this stuff, as there are other OP and manga analysts who are all coming up with interesting observations on the series, and I don't want to step on anyone's toes.
@@MrMorj
Thank you for your honesty dude. but don't worry what Furor and I were saying was not on a serious tone (at least not for me), personally i don't have any problem if more than one people make the same observation about a situation in One Piece, it's normal to repeat something if that fits in your analysis too.
@@SuperBallani Gotcha!
Morj swooping in like a superhero to save the One Piece community yet again.
King Kaidou damage control
@@GiovaniPablo1 The heck are you talking about?
@@furorteutonicus9045 KAIDO'S THUNDER.....
I never noticed the fighting formula of the Straw Hat's until now
Same here.
Me neither
me neither, it may be the same pattern but oda manages to set things up in so many ways!
That's the magic of competent writing, you notice it unconciously and only know it conciously when someone explicitly calls it out
thats a sign that oda is a god
A person should have no right to make such a detailed and insightful video. BEAUTIFULLY DONE!!! Got yourself a sub and I can't wait to watch all of your other videos!
@Pez Get your English together and one day you might be witty enough to understand it.
@@VidaAnimada He meant why would you write a line saying that no one has the right to make such a good video. I know you enjoyed it a lot but writing "no right" is pretty bad wording.
I subbed
He has many amazing videos in his backlog, I recommend "A Living World" and "The Ladder" to start with.
@@VidaAnimada lol your quite a big youtuber yoursekf congrats 😂
Well, as many people say: Lucci symbolized the inevitable and unbreakable wall all people who pursue their dreams or freedom or even both must face eventually, and what Luffy did was knock him down with a repeated rapidfire attack of stubbornness and will power that also destroys the literal wall that was behind Lucci. And in the next episode, the lack of that destroyed wall is what allows Robin to throw the paralyzed Luffy to the sea where Going Merry was waiting to take them to their next destination.
Good shit! Now that I think about it, that explanation makes a bunch of sense. That would also make the "harden the body into a brick wall" technique the CP9 members use also serve a thematic purpose.
@@rhondahoward8025 Indeed.
luffy vs lucci is during the best arc of the series so it holds more weight emotionally...its probably the only time oda's fights were on the level of dragonball….its that middle arc where the hero truly has to overcome a big bad on his own during a fantastic arc aka the pain arc in Naruto shippuden or the garra arc in of Naruto if you will, the freeza arc in dbz or the tien fight for goku in the finals of the 22nd tournament of og drgonball or the finals tournament younger toguro fight for yusuke or kenshin vs saito in rorouni kenshin ...I have seen this type of fight before in these great series half way through...its pretty neat that you can expect a great middle tier fight in the series that you will always remember as epic...
Very well said about Enies Lobby's final fight. I would also throw in that one of the biggest things about Luffy vs. Lucci, in addition to that, is their fight during the Buster Call, the event that initially crippled Robin and the very catalyst that caused the events of Water 7, had Luffy preserving through the "unbeatable" Buster Call and the embodiment of "Dark Justice" that Lucci represented. Just my 2 cents. ^^
I like that you have the ability to praise this manga without having to bash other shows
It takes depth and having a brain to praise something, which most RUclipsrs don't have.
lol so true, something that a lot of HunterxHunter fans should really learn to do.
Boris Kelkun irony at it's finest
@@kitkat7074 Haha
what a concept..pokemon vs digimon Naruto vs one piece dragonball vs dbz hunter x hunter vs yu yu hakusho ..why not both..who cares if one is better or if your opinion is one is better cause blank..why not enjoy both...they both have positives negatives flaws and brilliance...theres ways to just like things without needing to compare or hate..like what you like and enjoy life..its too short to hate
Amazing video as always from you.
I want to add one type of fight that, as far as i know, One Piece is the only serie to do that good : The comic/humouristic fights, the best exemple is Ussopp vs Perona, this fight has nothing serious but goddamn it is good, and the way Ussopp wins is one of the most original i think i have seen in manga.
Trollfighting is amazing when done right, and One Piece is the only series I've seen that makes it consistently great. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure has some signs (Oingo Boingo episode and then Boingo+Hol Horse are the prime examples of this), but Araki tends to slide back into seriousness too quickly for it to have any lasting effect, so Oda wins this one.
nami vs miss double finger too is unique, the difference is the final attack while usopp vs perona's final was psychological nami's was physical. both are hillarious to even rewatch/reread
Even the supposedly serious fight like zoro vs kaku also has its super hilarious moments XD
@@lemonringo566 Don't underestimate the power of a giraffe!!!
@@drecellthealive8912 pasta machine will forever be my fav move
And one thing I like about One Piece fights is that they begin naturally as a result of the story. There's no contrived setup such as those you see in Dragon Ball where one character says "come this way if you want a fight" and then a massive staredown occurs.
This is what I was was saying too in a comment. Fights in One Piece always serve some narrative purpose. They happen for a _reason_ and that's what makes them feel so important. Hell, by the time it comes to blows, you know that this was the natural conclusion.
So when Luffy tells Sogeking to burn that flag to declare war on the World Government, you know everything was leading to that point to free and save Robin. There was nothing arbitrary about that act at all.
As always great Content! So much detail, i am genuinely impressed with your research skills.
Your videos are way better Ohara
@@roccoprochilo5130 Not way better but close.
You're both are top tier
@@furorteutonicus9045 he surpassed morj
I’ve really never gotten the bias against One Piece fights. Especially recently with Luffy vs Katakuri, my favorite all time fight. The most important aspect to me is characters, and most of the time I really care about the characters that are fighting in OP fights.
My other two favorite fights, Toriko vs Staarjuun and Alibaba vs Hakuryuu are more of the same really
YES, my man. This is great. Especially the stuff about conclusions - this is also the main reason I really love the Skypeia arc, even though it's criticized by some. The underlying story of Noland and Calgara is just so beautiful. When I watch the anime, the ending brings tears every single time. One of my favourite little stories in OP.
The Noland and Calgara backstory is my favorite non Straw Hat backstory. It brought me to tears, when they first showed it and when the arc concluded. Amazing
Fantastic analysis!
I agree with most, but I actually have to differ about a few points. I don't think One Punch Man's choreography is necessarily better than One Piece's. Murata has nice impactful standalone pages, but he overuses them to the point of serious detriment. OPM has had a major problem of a slow pace for years now and I think it's largely because Murata can't draw brief action sequences but instead has to fill every fight with full page panels. I much prefer how mangakas like Oda and Toriyama use actual panel layouts and the flow between panels for their action.
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I most certainly agree with the pacing but I prefer the highly detailed and gorgeous looking full page spreads for the action sequences. Once the fights are completely finished reading them all the way through makes for a real treat, however reading monthly does make it drag.
@@blues4509 They definitely are more fun when you can binge them, but it's not just a matter of pace. There's a lot of interesting ways that mangaka can use page layouts and how they arrange panels to give the action an interesting flow and convey additional ideas. I wish OPM would take more advantage of that, even if there's also artistry in the full page panels and what they can accomplish.
@@-LAH nobody is saying not to use full page spreads most manga use a full page spread during the last attack and stuff like that, they are just saying that murata overuses which can get a little stale and monotonous
@Waifu -Kun Really??I don't agree at all....Oda is one artist whoses actions scenes,the way he conveys impact, angles he chooses I find very exciting and impressive.....Compare odas fight scenes to that of toyotaro in the dbs manga.Toyotaro uses literal flat side angles for every damn fight in his manga and its really stale.And toyotaro doesnt understand how to make a blow feel impactful either....His drawings are way to damn stiff so he cant make a character reel back and throw a decent impactful punch visual without it coming off as stiff and awkward. Oda's art is flexible...sonhe can make more impactful attacks.....and he draws the fighting from a variety of angles......
Toyotaro=Standard fight panels at best
Oda=Quality fight panels
i really like this part of your channels. Your scripted analysis are the best Ive seen. you are doing a phenomenal job at portraying its elements, keep it up
Your breakdown of this series is thoroughly satisfying. I can’t even get upset and say you’re not consistent because I know you’re just refining an aspect you want to do an essay on. You’re appreciated brother✊🏿
Brilliant analysis! I hadn’t actually registered that since the beginning Oda’s fights boil down to showing the willpower of his characters, not until it became more obvious Post-TS. Maybe because it’s more visually obvious Post-TS with haki that people gripe or call plot armour for things that they would have let slide Pre-TS
AJ Doku My dude Luffy vs Lucci should've been evidence enough that the fights are about willpower.
Island Boy that ones a given mate but did you notice it in a fight like nami vs miss doublefinger
@@ajdoku865 Yea, when Nami got stabbed on her foot yet still managed to stand on her legs and give the finishing blow for the sake of Vivi
Island Boy top marks lol but my point was it’s always been so naturally embedded into the fights but now it’s depicted as a power, fans just overlook/devalue it, e.g luffy vs katakuri, luffy’s 12hr struggle gets overshadow for those hung up on the “asspulls” 🙄
Why does this channel not have atleast 10 times the no of subscribers it has? This video epitomizes how much effort Mr Morj puts into these videos and how he understands Oda's writing and creative process a lot more than so many others in the community. Love your videos and hope you continue making more.
I think if people share this video on one piece reddit or other one piece related communities can greatly help his channel grow!
As usual you never fail to impress Morj. I wanted to write an analysis of One Piece fights myself but sadly my old computer broke and I lost all the data.
Sorry to hear that dude! I'm getting back to being more One Piece focused now, will talk to you on Oro Jackson again soon!
@@MrMorj Thats good. Looking forward to it.
The best one piece analyses! Every fandom needs a Mr Morj!
Hunter X Hunter has 1!!
Aleczandxr
Wish they Collab someday somehow!?!
@@randomsht9836 unfortunately Aleczandr doesn't read OP but still is video about FMA are dope
but every anime can't be one piece
Waited so long
Wasn't dissapointed!
It's amazing how clear it is after it is explained.
This guy explains everything so much better than others.
The Will of the fight.
The fighting in One Piece is one-dimensional because such is life when it comes to fights. In reality most people in a fight will either punch, kick, use a weapon, win with wit, or a combination of 2, 3, or all 4. Most of us aren't quick with the physics and science or are properly trained fighters. The serious fights in life are either emotionally charged or situationally intense. It's a pirate story so brawls, riots and being up close and personal are what it's all about. Real life pirates are typically only trained on a gun or sword and think on their feet. I'd only expect fights to be more complex and strategic from One Piece when it comes to characters that have specific DF abilities/training or are very weak but clever. To me the intricate storytelling makes up for what could be bland punches, kicks and blades because it's all about context. What they are fighting for will decide how they will fight for it , so it will allways boil down to how much a person is willing to do to win the fight and that "why" behind the will is what makes a fight a fight. Oda making the fights be just brawls in its basic form was and is intentional imo.
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Though, I still do very much want to see a character that mainly fights with quick physics and science w/o a DF ability.
Nice try fanboy one piece is not real life
@@luisfernandez1387 Never said it was. I only implied that it imitates life. Plus i'm a girl.
Idk about that
U r not wrong
But oda is creative with punches ,kicks and others moves
For example - in katakuri fight ,the way katakuri used his ability in his move set was incredibly done by oda
true..one piece isn't dragonball..where martial artists compete...its fights usually to the death and to continue the journey...in drsgonball its about improving and the joy of the fight...its message isn't to say fighting is wrong like one piece sorta tries to do..in dragonball fighting is just a lifestyle and while you shouldn't hurt the defenseless the series doesn't say you cant enjoy a good brawl with your friends....that's why the fighting is so good in dragonball but everything else lacks...
Personally I love the choreography of the fights in one piece. But what i love more are you’re analysis videos. You are without a doubt my favourite one piece youtuber keep up you’re amazing work
9/10 times, every fight feels like that time George McFly punched Biff. Which is a good thing.
That’s not a good thing
It's a good thing
Wow...How did I miss these patterns in the strawhat's fights until now?? o.O
Cuz u're not Mr Morj.
@@geogeo3733 The only answer.
I wonder what zoro's pattern is cause i can't find it i mean there is a difference in fight vs mihawk and mr 1 then mr1 and ohm or zoro vs ryuma i mean especially when you look at fights after timeskip it becomes even more difficult to see a pattern
@@nomanahmed9880 Zoro always faces an enemy that makes it difficult or annoying to cut.
Hatchi was annoying with his multiple swords style and other tactics, kakus giraffe form kept on making it almost impossible for Zoro to cut, pica was annoying for Zoro to fight because of the devil fruit, daz bones was making it hard for Zoro to cut better, I assume it will be annoying for Zoro to cut what he cant see when fighting shiryuu, Ryuma made it annoying for Zoro to cut in the air, and to a much lesser extent, Carrots geppo was annoying for Zoro to cut, as well as kabajis tricycle & literally every enemy after he got wounded by Mihawk. He defeated them all by overpowering their annoying strategy. (A contrast to Sanjis "outsmart dirty tactics", with Zoros "Overpower the annoyances")
@@nomanahmed9880 While Jack Jill also answered your question, I think Zoro's fights are heavily focused around enemies that he can only defeat by coming to a greater understanding of himself or the world. Zoro is prone to speeches centered around Buddhist concepts, and I think he wins a lot of his battles by finding some sort of 'enlightenment.'
Reddit brought me here, but your videos are severely underrated in the one piece community. Amazing video. You have a good narrative, keep up the killer work!
amazing video, very well thought out and makes a lot of sense. i know some people that think OP fights are boring but when your missing context you would end up thinking that.
Your channel is criminally underrated man, here's hoping for explosive growth for you soon!
The fight scene of Luffy vs Lucci does have thought put into it because luffy faces off against lucci, who thinks justice is only truly to be achived by the strong and is ruthless by taking civilians as colletaral damage, in the building that is supposed to be the most just place in the world. In the end he punches him out of the Pillar of Justice and leaves him unable to fight on. In other words signaling that he is stronger and that his way of justice is wrong.
I've honestly learned more from your channel than any writing course I've ever taken, this is insane.
This One Piece Video is by far One of If not the Best One Piece video I have ever seen on RUclips. Great job on the video. So well thought out, well organized, well written/spoken, and explained very well.
I’m the biggest Sanji fanboy in the world and I somehow didn’t notice that fight pattern. Nice Work👍
Good job on how you where able to put everything together and put meaning to the underlying symbol that each situation/fight brings. That's just one of the best trait of one piece. Almost every detail has a meaning that gives mountains of life to the overall story
OK dude lets start with 4 dollars a month. I really like your videos . The OnePiecePodcast, Greg (Ochimusha108) and you are the only One Piece people on RUclips I can take seriously. Thank you for beeing who you are. :-D
Thanks for the video. There where a few points again I never thought about before. Time well spent. Quality content!
Craftsdwarf is one of few people on this platform that wants to understand story and don't give fuck about powerlevels!
I suggest you watch his latest video about one piece or check out his podcast nenshow!
@@sasakihaise5739
If you are talking about his video "Beyond Blood" it has been taken down by Toei for a second time, he made a video on that, you can still watch it in redirection but for the moment not on youtube.
Really, really appreciate it man! People like you who support me make me more motivated to put in MORE time and effort into making future videos!
One Piece not focusing heavily on tactics isn't really a "weakness", it's called having different priorities than something like HxH. It's more or less a matter of personal preference at that point.
I'd agree with that. Every mangaka has different priorities when creating their series. I mean, it is art, after all, right? Why should it all be the same?
P. Castaneda yeah, I think it’s sort of unfair to hold everything to the same gold standard. One Piece’s straight up Brawls and quirky fights with comedic strategies honestly fits the series tone better than HxH abilities that require full chapters of third-person narration for the reader to understand (Not that there’s anything inherently wrong with HxH, but it has its style and so does One Piece)
I feel like it’s fine to not like one piece’s fights because they lack strategy, but when you’re at the point that you’re criticizing them and holding that up as a weakness it’s like... you’re criticizing one piece for having different goals than another manga. You’re basically saying “this is nice but it’d be better if it was HxH”, and I sort of feel like that misses the point of what makes both series styles unique.
Nah Oda is just not as smart as Togashi
@@TheTariqibnziyad Sure kiddo, whatever you say lmao
00:00:00 ⟾ Other Strengths: Worldbuilding,
00:00:28 ⟾ Fights - Oda’s approach
00:01:03 ⟾ WEAKNESSES - inconsistent fluidity, choppy action, strategy
00:02:39 ⟾ Weaknesses - One-dimensional fights
00:03:45 ⟾ INTENSITY - brutality, dramatic flair, battles of will
00:06:05 ⟾ PERSONALIZED FIGHTS - Story Templates: Usopp, Sanji, Franky, Nami, Luffy
00:11:11 ⟾ FINALES - thematic conclusions, layers of impact
00:11:58 ⟾ Finales - Luffy vs. Enel, Shandorian Golden Belfry Bell
00:14:16 ⟾ Finales - Luffy vs. Arlong
00:14:37 ⟾ Finales - Luffy vs. Crocodile
00:14:50 ⟾ Finales - Luffy vs. Doflamingo
00:15:26 ⟾ Finales - Luffy vs. Hody
00:15:58 ⟾ Finales - Location, meaningful setting
00:16:54 ⟾ Finales - major endings, climax
00:17:34 ⟾ Fights - Oda’s Priorities
00:18:09 ⟾ [Promo]
Great video as always, Morj.
Fantastic Video I always wonder why one piece finales always felt so GRAND
and he didn't mention the things that come after the fight, like the allies of the final boss,the repercussion with the marines or the news
Only reasonable and respectable op youtuber
An analysis that's not bullshit and isn't focused on meaningless minutia, but also isn't so vague that it doesn't tell you anything. Loved the video, great work.
Opens RUclipss home feed
Sees new Mr Morji video
Goes "Yeeeeeeeah baby"
I’m so happy that you included Kenichi. It’s one of the most visually appealing manga I’ve ever read.
Great analysis btw!
Amazing analysis!!!! Now I have an extra level of appreciation for One Piece. Thank you so much for this!!!
Great video as always. I never put any thought in the fighting patterns of the straw hats so this was really eye opening
Unpopular opinnion, Foxy's fight is actually one that showcases the best how someone can make the most out of his devil fruit and even counter it
You are the only one piece youtuber where I can watch all your analysis video over n over but didn't get bored. I love the flow of the video. Keep it up! ❤️
seriously dude you are the most underrated with excellent sense of one piece philoshopy and analysis skills
Wow, that's the first time ever I saw a video with less than 0.2% dislikes. Instantly subscribed for the content of the video. You really did get to the bottom of the issue of how a Shonnen with such (comparatively speaking) mediocre fights can be so popular and so good.
It is also the reason why Toei can be so lazy with One Piece and still be watchable, because Oda did all the heavy lifting for them by making the fights so intense and the climaxes so satisfying through theming and set-ups that the lazy animation is barely noticed.
Not fully related but I would like to share that Zoro's Ryuma and Mr.1 fights are among the best and most choreographed in the entire series, well surpassing any of Sanji's fights. The choreography and panels all flowed so well together and were incredibly entertaining- especially with the panels that weren't featured in the anime such as his crab attack being a beheading and witnessing it slash right across Mr.1's throat. The Ryuma fight as well was much better in the manga, and although I've watched the fight plenty of times in the past (I actually dislike the anime version of it, which I was exposed to first), reading it honestly kept me on edge. That's just how good it is. Too bad Oda never kept the same level of choreography throughout the rest of the series. Great video btw.
Oh my god. This is the first video I saw on this channel and my god is this awesome 😍👌
Thanks to you I can finally understand why I love one piece so much
I almost never comment, but man your analysis put words on my feelings toward One Piece. Also thank you for the memories about the bell in Skypiea. I cried while reliving those epic moments.
Yooooooo! Keep up the fire content bro we all appreciate it! I got a question though. do you have any other series that you are wanting to analyze on this channel? I'm asking because one piece is my favorite series but I want to know if you would ever consider doing other series as well as one piece content.
100% want to do other series, and I have a lot of notes on certain other series with topics in mind that I want to do. The main issue is time, so whenever I commit to working on one of these analysis type videos I'm basically committing a lot of effort into one project.
That's why I'm kind of prioritizing One Piece so far, because it's my favorite series. If I wanted to do a vid on HxH or Berserk for example, that would mean that I'm basically investing a lot of time into that, even though I would personally rather be working on another One Piece vid. HOWEVER, now that I've started a patreon, I can start thinking about opening up options where people can push for me to do another series and I would be willing to do it.
@@MrMorj Berserk videos would be fire. I'm fine with sticking to One Piece until you run out of things you want to talk about though.
Haha, that's not happening any time soon. I haven't even gotten to the stuff I really want to talk about yet tbh, I still consider all the videos I've done so far to be "smaller" topics
@@MrMorj But what i love is your one piece content.
I haven't seen anybody on youtube expect you or craftsdwarf have a deep understanding on one piece core values and what it's represent!
I have no problem you want to do videos on different series,but i hope your primary focus on the channel still remains one piece content!
@@MrMorj One Piece is my favorite thing ever, you can keep talking about it for years and I won't mind it one bit :D
This was a great analysis! Well done.
Great job!! Loved the analysis! I always really appreciate the layers on importance Oda puts into the backgrounds of the fights as well as the bigger meanings built up through excellent storytelling. what a gift Oda has been all these years.
you earned a subscriber! keep up the good work
17:04 I don't think Luffy vs. Lucci was an exception...
When Luffy declared war against the world government, Spandam said to him that they can't challenge the entire world and expect to win, but luffy showed them that he can by taking their fight to the heart of the world government. Luffy fought Lucci who clearly represents the world government as seen by his scars at the back, in an Island that looks like the WG symbol and literally burned the whole place down just as they burned the flag.
Mr Morj is the most analytical one piece channel. He deserves 1million subscribers.
I just love how you never mention powerlevels even once. :]
Seriously powerlevels on one piece are meaningless!
only some shitty youtuber or power level freaks cares about that stuff.
@@sasakihaise5739 Yeah, those people do not seem to get that Oda threw powerlevels out of the window right after introducing them (Doriki in Enies Lobby) since he realized that powerlevels make no sense in a series where the abilities can be pretty much anything.
Power levels are probably the stupidest thing in anime
@@furorteutonicus9045 even if you look at some the complaints on WCI ARC,you can clearly see most of them don't get what is core of one piece and criticised things existed in story for long time are just bunch of invalid bullshit!like why the actual fuck do you guys reading in first place?!
There are so many elements to a story to talk about. Wasting all the discussion on powerlevels is stupid.
What a good analysis. Subbed!
You deserve so many more subs man keep giving us videos like this
You are a genius in analyzing in regard to One Piece!
I appreciate your content, thank you!
Great video once again. Mainly the Doflamingo and Crocodile part was neat.
Awesome video. I already watched a lot one piece in my life, but I‘ve never realised how these fights were really build up in the first place.
Oh my .. you're good :)
Aah! Thank you for this! It's been a while since you've done something like this. Also, I like that you're using visual cues again, in the form of actual panels, but be careful cos a lot of youtubers have been getting copyright strikes. Anyway...keep up the good work! Oh, I'm sure I speak for everybody else who watches your channel...can you please make more material? Your content is always so relevant!
Amazing video. Reminded me why I subscribed
Man, wow. Thank you for highlighting the Romanticism ans Symbolisms of One Piece. Now I again remember why I like One Piece so much.
Keep up the good work.
I know this is most about Oda and the manga. But including Dvorak 9th symphony on the anime for the Crocodile defeat was absolutely brilliant by whoever had the idea.
This video was amazing. All of these patterns were so obvious but I never really noticed how prevalent they are. I hope you do more videos that get into symbolic meaning, and the "narrative".
(also from this perspective its kinda easier to discern how the stories might go.)
This is one of the best anime analysis I’ve watched in a long time. Looks like we’ve got a new Supernova in the One Piece RUclips community.
Well hey, when it comes to the variety of the techniques in One Piece's fighting, sometimes it comes down to what Bruce Lee said: "I fear the man who's practiced the same kick 1000 times, than the guy who's practiced 1000 kicks."
Yeah, Sanji may only be able to kick you, but damn will he be a GOOD kicker. Same with Luffy. A mere brawler but an AMAZING one, and that has some reality to it.
For me One Piece fights are amazing. The aspects in wich I think Oda is better than most are:
The themes explored
The personality of the characters
The emotions
The art
I don't like how he portrays emotions (everyone just screams and cries with a cringy face), and he fucked up lot of personalities, like Zoro, when he made him bow to Milhawk for Luffy, he killed his ambition.
He didn’t kill Zoro’s ambition. It is an in character move. Whenever his captain is in deep shit, Zoro will set aside his pride in order to help him. Zoro believes that if he cannot do whatever it takes to make Luffy the pirates king, then Zoro is unworthy of becoming the greatest swordsman in the world. This is something that was shown at the end of Thriller Bark. You could also see it a little bit after Zoro got emasculated by Mihawk. With Zoro being upset with himself for losing spectacularly and he probably promised himself that he would never let his pride and ambition get in the way again. But Zoro will never let his ambition die, however he wouldn’t let his pride blind him from doing right by his captain.
@@TheTariqibnziyad It's called character progression
@@everything1932 I call that character inslavement to the MC, who is an annoying screaming kid.
@@TheTariqibnziyad you can call it what you want, it doesn't mean you ain't wrong on so many levels.
I like this analysis so much. One Piece does give us a variety of the attacks, it’s just not as technical as the other anime. It's Oda's style. I'm not saying one is better than the other but this kind of build up - conflict - struggle - conclusion storytelling is one of Oda's strongest suits and personally, I like it very much. The way the SH wins is not repetitive, Oda always shows us new and creative ways that make the most sense for the character and the progression of the story.
God of one piece RUclipsrs - Mr. Morj , only guy deserving the title besides Oda himself
I think he had Oda's brain lmao ...I didn't notice the strawhats fighting formula after 20 years reading it *facepalm!*
pointing out the symbolic meaning of the one piece finale's really made me realise how beautifully constructed odas world is. arlong park ending in nami's room is easily my favourite because luffy stops fighting just to destroy the room because it's like a prison to nami honestly it made the fight so much more like a struggle towards the final act like the room was too small for arlong to hit luffy with his sword and even when grabbed luffy struggled to smash more of the room. it epitomises a brutal pirate brawl in how scrappy it ended and it's probably one of my favourite moments in the series.
Great Analysis man! Its what makes OnePiece so good
Keep up the good work mr. Morj
I disagree with the clarity and art bit. Oda is always clear with page layouts and flow, and his art is consistently impressive in fights. Of course hes art isn't as detailed as orher mangaka, but thats an stylistic choice
Yeah Oda's a master at paneling, I think his art for fights is plenty impressive, it's just that he doesn't spend additional time polishing each individual illustration the way someone like Murata does, I personally like how that in itself kinda gives the action a fast paced aesthetic, I can just picture Oda whipping up a storm while wielding his pen (I also draw comics by hand without really using additional effects so I have some additional appreciation for the organic look. I think heavy use of screentones and digital blurs etc has become a bit too much of an expectation for mangas these days, sometimes a man just want to draw and Oda's certainly a traditional guy like that).
oda has one issue..he jumps around ruining his fight flow too much..if theres one thing he didn't improve upon from his love of dragonballs formula of what a shonnen series could be he didn't improve on the combat...too many fights arent choreographed properly...which is a shame...I really don't like the intro of haki cause it ruins what made devil fruit users so special and makes pre haki fights seem so inconsequential looking back..kinda an insane ability to just introduce so late that everyone can and pretty much has to have if they want to be strong in new world...the fact there even is the new world makes me mad..i thought it was grand line that mattered?..turns out nope...wtf...
@@razkable Agreed on the flow thing, I'd much prefer if big fights like Luffy VS Katakuri were more tightly paced with less interruptions, it'd especially improve their rewatch value. With the way they're right now you'd only rewatch certain highlights but probably never the full fight unless you really needed to.
Haki I'm iffy about, I think observation is fine because it's not as much of a constant factor, was introduced early in Skypiea (whether Oda planned for Mantra to be a thing anyone can eventually learn or not as a separate question) and can lead to cool story and character moments like we just got in Whole Cake Island. Conquerors is also fine cause it's reserved to special individuals and isn't used constantly but is extremely cool whenever it is. Armament is the big issue, but I feel like fans overrate it's importance, I don't think Oda will give it to most crewmembers for example but they're still going to defeat top tier opponents before the end, so there's still plenty of room for creativity in fights. Also Oda HAS been pretty creative with Armament itself, Craftdwarf made a great video about that. I'll reserve judgement on it for now.
Disagree with New World, the concept of some people calling the Grandline paradise was introduced very early and since we knew that the Red Line was a thing naturally the world would be divided into two halves, it's not too surprising that most of the strongest pirates would inhabit the same half leaving lesser ones to the other. It's a pretty smart and logical way to add escalation to a story, rather than have the top tiers conveniently wait till it's appropriate for them to show up in the story.
Asmosis Jones What do you mean? The New World is just the name of the second half of the Grand Line. And I don’t think it’s unreasonable for the second half to be more dangerous than the first half, so I don’t mind the distinction.
@@razkable The new World is still Grand Line though... And Haki techniques clearly existed way earlier in the story. Haki was an obvious necessity to make sure non DF users don't become useless and logia users don't become massively overpowered.
Dude mad mad respect to u for this vid, appreciated by whole Community I'll say 🙌🔥 thanks
Dude I never really picked up on any of this. Awesome video.
Great video, your analytical skills always impress me.
16:03 Thanks for reminding me how I hate the conclusion of this fight.
This channel deserves like 1 million subs.
I can't wait for your Luffy vs Kaido analysis
Thank you for breaking this down. One Piece fights (with exceptions) were never the flashiest or jaw-dropping choreography wise, but they were all unforgettable, because the stakes were so personal and the storytelling so layered. I will NEVER forget Usopp and Luffy's duel over the Going Merry just for one example. There was so much more going on under the surface of that fight and the ending was devastating for everyone involved. That's another thing One Piece gets right. There's always a COST to fighting. It's never mindless. It always serves some sort of purpose.
First time seeing one of your videos and must say, really well done.
However, looking at some of your other videos, the thumbnails look very generic and plain. Think if you used better, cleaner thumbnails, you'd get the views and subs you definitely deserve. Think Swagkage does this very well, Fronky uses a similar format to Swagkage's older thumbnails and it works, I see right away what the general topic is with the image and text on the thumbnail tells me what will be talked about.
Damn I really liked this. I’ll subscribe even though I can’t watch your chapter reviews. I’ll look forward to your analytical type videos. Hope you do some more of these.
Check his backlog man, lots of good stuff there already.
This is awesome. I always thought Dressrosa was a weird rehash of Alabasta, so I appreciate you pointing out these subtle differences. I would love to see a video on Doflamingo, mostly because I feel his portrayal in that arc was a strange let-down (read: even though he is a string man, his attacks all seem to be focused on physically overwhelming his opponent rather than manipulating to a more advantageous position). Maybe I just misunderstood Oda's intentions.
I loved your video on why you felt Whole Cake Island was underrated. I liked that arc because I felt it was more easily digestible, with clear goals being broken up into sections (e.g. go through Seducing Woods to meet Sanji, who they find once they're through; next, struggle to wait at & eventually get back to that spot until Sanji returns, which he does; plan an assassination on Big Mom at Tea Party while also rescuing Vinsmokes, the former of which fails but they accomplish the later; & lastly escape, which they do with casualties). Dressrosa, meanwhile, felt like a constant slugfest with tangents & detours that prolonged getting to the conclusion. Your Arc analysis in early 2019 was appreciated, but I was not quite satisfied on your explanation for Doflamingo. Perhaps, much like Big Mom has a childish willpower that grants her absurd levels of Haki, Doflamingo has a sense of "deserved entitlement" that has tempered his willpower through struggle to such obscene extremes.
always look forward to your stuff! keep up the good work
I swear this is like my third time watching this phonomenal video.
I'm loving this channel! Keep it coming please!!
You are a genius! Subbed!
Dude, this video was realy awesome and I just suscribed to your channel since your arguments are solid and all ideas come out hearing you out. But I recommend you to be carefull of the images you use so you won´t have any problems with those guys banning and deleting videos of one piece theorists out there. I´m looking forward to see your new vid bro!
Awesome video, the other youtubers could learn a thing or 2 hundreds from you.
my fav fight in shonen ever is usopp vs perona.
but yes oda is the best for using symbolism especially in luffy's fights
🤣 nobody believes that shit fucking one piece fanboy . Ussop vs perona 🤣 go watch naruto vs sasuke!!! Fuckng one piece fanboy
@@luisfernandez1387 dude what's your problem? Respect him
"I read One Piece for the politics"
One of the other strengths of the fights is how he builds up to the major final fights in the arc. Even though One Piece fights don't look great in a technical sense they are a masterclass in making you truly care about the characters fighting.
I think luccis' fight has a very good and meaningful setup. Eyepatchedwolf does a very good analysis of it. Lucci represents the crude reality of an obstacle too big to overcome, and its the one last thing separating Luffy from stopping Robin's inevitable end. He literally fights Lucci, the last obstacle, in the room which last door leads to his goal. It's the first arch that focuses on the theme of defying pre-established order, which is one of the core features of Luffy and the Pirate King
This video was weirdly emotional for me. Having all the memories of how I felt during all of those fights come crashing back onto me in a continuous wave. Definitely not what I was expecting.
what a sweet video, thank you!