OMG Zou isn’t long I was lying cause your boy is busy with a book release. Y’all don’t let nothing slip! Jesus 😂 Whoa that book available for preorder is looking mighty fine. I know I’ll buy one ☝️ Lawful Times Series: Breach of Peace: amzn.to/3CnKsfX Rebels Creed: t.co/sEHQP0VEJe?amp=1

@nikcantsnipe

2 жыл бұрын

You were caught up with all the WOT things coming out, weren't you? We've caught you in your lies, Daniel.

@billyalarie929

2 жыл бұрын

I already did it Daniel I can show you the receipt just please let my family go

@harshgarg7542

2 жыл бұрын

Now I want to see your take on Berserk and Chainsawman

@BladeWinters

2 жыл бұрын

One of these days, there should be a novel version of One Piece that removes all the cringe parts, like how there's One Pace which fixes all the pacing issues in the anime by shortening it to what it should have been.

@foxstevenjaleco4496

2 жыл бұрын

If u understand the life of Weekly Shōnen Jump artists, u will understand why there are problems with the pacing and structure of One Piece as u have encountered

The comment about Oda being indulgent reminds me of the quote "If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter." And while I do agree that OP does get a bit long at times, I think its important to recognize that he's writing a chapter every single week. And once he's written a chapter, it's canon forever. He doesn't have the luxury that most authors have of finishing his story, and then going back and tweaking the beginning. Given that, I think it's a miracle that the many themes and characters throughout OP are as cohesive and dense as they are.

@michaelhowell2809

2 жыл бұрын

Very good point otherwise retcons would kill this series

@thexenosaiyan

2 жыл бұрын

Incredibly impressive. Oda is actually insane

@johnd.rouffy3871

2 жыл бұрын

And when it comes to Punk Hazard well when Danny gets to Wano he will see that there are things still present thete that have to do with it and probably the kids stuff will be related to CP0 so that story thread is still on going is like Oda in that arc created the thread for thr Yonko saga and the coming CP0 saga anyways if i was at the present moment where Danny is at the manga i would think the same way he does in reference to Punk Hazard but besides that he says alot of things that i share the same thought"

@StepAsideLiL

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnd.rouffy3871 I am rewatching it...and when Kin'emon was kicking the green dragon in Punk Hazard..it felt very very different..But now we know.

@charlesacker9174

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah as far as I've known there's only been a handful of corrections/mistakes. Like when a certain Logia turned into a Special Paramecia. Or a sudden promotion of a certain Marine after a certain mystery box event.

David: “I wish we had a more condensed version of One Piece.” Oda: “This is the condensed version.”

@luck_adiante

2 жыл бұрын

I understood that reference

@totallyreal1476

2 жыл бұрын

@@luck_adiante good. now explain.

@iamdivan7368

2 жыл бұрын

The warlords kind dragged it out and I am not complaining

@zackm681

2 жыл бұрын

@@totallyreal1476 His editors make him cut out panels and scenes all the time cause he’s always going over the panel limit.

@Nastyn1nja808

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahaha

What happened to the daniel who swore he would never read one piece.

@DanielGreeneReviews

2 жыл бұрын

I ate him

@MoriWillow

2 жыл бұрын

@@DanielGreeneReviews Goblin Goblin Fruit

@paconotaco

2 жыл бұрын

@@DanielGreeneReviews Does that make you Wapol?

@subramaniamk9094

2 жыл бұрын

@@MoriWillow lol😂

@abdelm4lek

2 жыл бұрын

He ate adventure-adventure fruit

Treating One Piece as a valid and epic fantasy in more..."reputable" circles is exactly why you and Merphy have blown up in the One Piece community.

@andresprado4648

2 жыл бұрын

This! that perspective is really cool to see

@carlosdanielcalderonmontoy3723

2 жыл бұрын

*It is one of the best epic fantasy stories ever written imo,* I feel so🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️when I see people talking about manga like if it was something "inferior" than books, they couldn't be more wrong. But anyway, I don't care if a lot of people keep thinking that way. (I read books as well) I really appreciate Merphy and Daniel for being so open-minded🙌🏼❤

@carlosdanielcalderonmontoy3723

2 жыл бұрын

@@masterofmeow8894 oh, you again🤦🏼‍♂️🤣 Bro, I respect what you think👌🏼 (Vagabond is goated af)

@carlosdanielcalderonmontoy3723

2 жыл бұрын

@@masterofmeow8894 🙌🏽🙌🏽

@Nastyn1nja808

2 жыл бұрын

@@carlosdanielcalderonmontoy3723 me too I read books/comics/Manga/ Games/ Great stories are all around us

Oda said this in 2012: *"if i write/draw everything that i have in my mind, the story will never end"* He does say no to himself but not all the time of course

@AnyMEmdq

2 жыл бұрын

And Dressrosa is a great example of this, he had flashbacks for the entire Doflamingo Family

@crw1367

2 жыл бұрын

@@AnyMEmdq Doflamingo, Senor Pink, Baby 5 (for like 30 seconds) was all.

@AnyMEmdq

2 жыл бұрын

@@crw1367 That's all that made it, he had flashbacks for all of them in his head, but he refrained from adding them. That's why I used it as an example if him saying no to himself

@crw1367

2 жыл бұрын

@@AnyMEmdq Oh ok I get you now

@jayloncollins9681

2 жыл бұрын

Bro no he does not. Nobody wants to see nami franky brook fights

The thing about people not bringing it up in conversation with the high epics is because book nerds are sooo in denial about manga even offering a good story... Remember the " past daniel " who said one piece looks funny or the " past past daniel " who completely relegated anime and manga as a medium... That's been a problem for years in internet.. Bringing up shit about manga and anime only gets you hate comments or something like " your reading Child's stuff "... Internet is weird man😂

@berserker8884

2 жыл бұрын

This.

@aidenharper1046

2 жыл бұрын

This is so true.

@iamdivan7368

2 жыл бұрын

To be fair, I am pretty sure that 99% of manga fans don't know who Brandon Sanderson is

@carlosdanielcalderonmontoy3723

2 жыл бұрын

@@iamdivan7368 Well, I know who he is, I am planning on reading Mistborn, *but what is wrong with not knowing him?🤷‍♂️*

@aidenharper1046

2 жыл бұрын

@@iamdivan7368 And 99 percent of the elitist booknerds don't know who Miura or Oda is . So what's your point?

Yeah, Oda really lacks self restraint sometimes. He could simply publish all the information he has on background characters and historical events and that could be a series of its own. His dreams are as big as Luffy's for that matter. Sadly sometimes that leads to him writing an arc as long as Dressrosa but that's what binging is for. If WOT can have its slog, so can One Piece

@megamonmon

2 жыл бұрын

The thing is that he does have editors who tell him to cut stuff out so this is already oda with some restraint. Let that sink in

@nikcantsnipe

2 жыл бұрын

@@megamonmon oh I'm more than aware. I get the impression that Oda is a child and this is his sandbox.

@kailupo7543

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah after one piece is done, I hope he releases all his lore and character information that he couldn't fit into the series. There is so much stuff that we don't know about under the surface.

@Travelling_Heart15

2 жыл бұрын

@@kailupo7543 adventure of buggy after roger pirates disbanded? Sing me right up

@daasnahk5058

2 жыл бұрын

@@kailupo7543 there's always the databooks atm atleast

I know it’s not flawless but it might as well be for me. I fucking love it so much the cons don’t matter to me.

@furorteutonicus9045

2 жыл бұрын

Same for me. There is not a single flaw in One Piece that lessens my overall enjoyment of the series. Some things people bring up as flaws are not even flaws in my eyes (for one I like seeing sexy women in sexy outfits :) ).

@RoronoaZoro-bt7sd

2 жыл бұрын

And this is why One Piece is so great. You can have problems with some of the stuff within it (I did in the past), but none of the things I dislike could shift my perception of One Piece and suddenly make me not like it anymore. The good and awesome stuff outweighs the bad stuff BY FAR.

@RoronoaZoro-bt7sd

2 жыл бұрын

@@furorteutonicus9045 Yeah, or like Daniel said about humor. I understand, he doesn't enjoy it as much. But that's literally the most subjective thing in the world. Not all people are gonna find the same things funny.

@bayekofsiwa5847

2 жыл бұрын

@@RoronoaZoro-bt7sd The humor that Sanji brings will only ever be appreciated by manga fans in Asia. That is because nosebleed/pervertedness is not really a thing in Western culture. Western culture can have straight up hot kissing/sex scenes but never with the over-the-top virgin pervert reactions that is everywhere in manga/anime. I realized this when I read ountless of people's comments/posts on reddit having the same issues with Sanji but never with my One Piece fan friends from Philippines, Malaysia, Indonedia, Thailand etc.

@GrantG

2 жыл бұрын

Everything I hate about one piece is just another reason I love it

I think Daniel is forgetting how hard it was to convince him to pick up One Piece in the first place. It doesn't matter if we tell people a manga of an anime is great, they are not media that are taken serious. It can be so frustrating to be a fan, because no matter what you say people will just not believe you.

@wa-bu3ke

2 жыл бұрын

Media not taken serious by who? Many already fans of the medium it’s difficult.

@BlackLotus30

2 жыл бұрын

So maybe we should have him pick up Berserk.

@wuschelfloke7690

2 жыл бұрын

@@wa-bu3ke by people who are not in the community. A big majority of people who never watched/read anime or manga are super dismissive about it. They treat them as a genre not a medium.

@archlectoryarvi2873

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlackLotus30 He's done dat already. Didn't like it. A shame but very understandable

@Nastyn1nja808

2 жыл бұрын

@@masterofmeow8894 he followed it up with a video. Saying he didn't give it its due went and pushed past vol 1. And gave it some good praise. He said you can't read the Shire parts then call LOTR crap.

For what it's worth, I'm not super worried about the ending as Oda has stated repeatedly that he's always had the ending in mind since he first started writing the story. While there's no denying Oda's talent for discovery writing, the whole journey is heading towards a known (at least to Oda) conclusion, so I dont think he's gonna get lost in the weeds of his own worldbuilding.

@Chanur2394

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure he knows what the One Piece is, and I've even seem some great videos on KZread that have me convinced, but I think it's fair to have some concerns about characters getting satisfying conclusions. The core of the story seems to be Luffy vs Blackbeard in a race to claim the throne and change the world either for better or worse Where, Shanks, Law, Kuzan, Coby, and Sabo all fit into that I'm still yet to be sure.

@mycenaeangal9312

2 жыл бұрын

also notably, right after or maybe a little during the tail end of dressrosa, he did a lot of plot work and thinking about where he wanted to take the series.

@robbybevard8034

2 жыл бұрын

Sure he has the ending in mind, but will he be able to handle the sheer raw scope of the finale he's built up to? He's got thousands of characters and he' probably going to want to show a lot of them off a final time. His final arc might take years and years. He swears he's in the endgame and finishing up by the 30th anniversary seems possible, but he will have to start showing some restraint to get there.

@chidi329

2 жыл бұрын

This!! Oda has the ending of the story written our point blank and simple. Whether ppl will like it is a valid point but I disagree with the opinion that he doesn’t know where he’s taking the story. And given fact that he’s able to give many (albeit vague) percentage reports in his interviews about how far this series is to completion, I think it’s safe to say his “lack of restraint” is in how much stuff he wants to ADD to each section of his story. There are many things Oda added last minute that he thought was fluff but got taken by the community as huge revelational points in the series. So I think it’s this fluff (which we don’t always know what Oda considers fluff compared to us) is what makes the story so damn long lol But I’m along for the ride anyways!😁

@marocat4749

2 жыл бұрын

Oda also mentioned be it after the end of lufys journey or nor, ther will be a gigantic war neve seen before(or similar grand promises) and given the hints of the rebels, evil govrnment and void century and escalating, it does not seem an empty one.

Zou is only 23 chapters long, are you combining it's review with WCI? Just trying to figure out why you'd call the next arc long

@DanielGreeneReviews

2 жыл бұрын

Because it was a lie and I haven’t been reading due to working on Rebels Creed. Y’all just not letting shit slip at alll 👀

@nepwrath

2 жыл бұрын

@@DanielGreeneReviews We're always understanding of the Goblin being busy, looking forward to RC. The lie just had me genuinely confused lmao

@fodinski1

2 жыл бұрын

@@DanielGreeneReviews ahaahahahah

@oleksandrbyelyenko435

2 жыл бұрын

That was obviously a joke

@brianyaniro5086

2 жыл бұрын

Liar!

Daniel : "Why did he introduce all these themes of child experimention only to drop them by the end of the arc ?" *Mamamamamah!!*

@guillermorodriguez3509

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah i heard that in my mind too

@IfOUGHTpIRANHAz

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha. Yep, the results and purpose of the child experiments do come back, don’t they?

@henryzorrilla5711

2 жыл бұрын

@@lazytotype909 isn't your comment a spoiler?

@lazytotype909

2 жыл бұрын

@@henryzorrilla5711 Oops ure right! i'll delete it then

@henryzorrilla5711

2 жыл бұрын

@@lazytotype909 Nice! 🙏 Thanks!!

Idk if it's been mentioned but the anime being so bad has actually caused people to create a fan edited version called "one pace" which as the name suggests greatly fixes the pacing. Could be worth checking out if you are still interested in watching the story visually animated I highly highly recommend it over the original anime

@heroluka7088

2 жыл бұрын

One pace is the only reason I can watch the anime, before I quit it at Water7 and now I'm almost done with Punk Hazard. God I love the guys for making one pace.

@harmonicarchipelgo9351

2 жыл бұрын

Even One Pace is too slow paced. Only so much you can edit out as a fan and still make the audio cohesive. The Manga is the way to go unless they do a complete remake.

@kataraarts3027

Жыл бұрын

Why haven’t I heard of this sooner, I’m on episode 605

I feel like Oda plans how the general flow of story arc goes. He probably knows how it begins and ends but how we get there is just him thinking “oh it would be cool if we did this, or added that”. That’s how i always viewed it when reading his story. It would be boring as a writer if everything was planned moment for moment for 20+ yrs. He mostly does anything he enjoys which gets him sidetracked a little

@bayekofsiwa5847

2 жыл бұрын

It's still crazy to me that Oda just came up with the 11 Supernovas a week before actually including them in the story and all of them are still relevant even today, a real-world decade and 600 chapters have already passed, and the 11 Supernovas are still adding to the ever-growing worldbuilding of One Piece.

@BlackLotus30

2 жыл бұрын

@@bayekofsiwa5847 Not just the Supernovas the 7 Warlords as well.

@GalekC

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlackLotus30 yup lol, Hancock circa '02/2003 - first appeared 2008, haha...

@Nastyn1nja808

2 жыл бұрын

What crazy is the story is ended in his head. He always at least of month ahead prepping for Release. But as we all, including Daniel , should know is Characters Write themselves. I've watched a few time-lapse videos of color spreads. And it's interesting to see the story of the color spread changes as he draws..

@Humble197

2 жыл бұрын

@UCzBFlwc_RRMmo9NtHjar1Mg jump actually had to force him to take breaks. He is a insanely hard worker to the point that the industry had to stop him think about that. He takes a week off about every three weeks.

4:25 the thing is: whatever we have now IS already the result of Oda telling himself no LMAO. He mentioned it in a few interviews that he has so many extra plotlines and characters in mind but he's forcing himself not to include them or the story will never end.

@ana-mariabobe1762

2 жыл бұрын

I see no problem with One Piece never ending.

@mrstrangeworld5977

Жыл бұрын

@@ana-mariabobe1762 it would have to because oda won't live forever

You have to take into consideration how manga is written also. Because revisions (if any) cant be the same with the weekly churning of chapters as is when you complete a rough draft and then revise and revise and revise. Considering how manga is written, ODA’s structural flaws are insanely few.

@gehtdichnichtsan2418

2 жыл бұрын

Most underrated difference between Novel and Manga as a medium.

@pikachu3b366m

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Being a mangaka isn’t as easy as people think. And Oda being in this game for over 20 years straight and still being able to publish fire chapter week after week. It’s truly insane. Novel authors shouldn’t be compared to mangakas at all. The hell mangakas has to go through week after week is insane. They literally sleeps only 3 hrs a day and works none stop with little to no breaks. I’ve never heard any novel writers work as hard as an average mangaka.

@erfanashkan5925

2 жыл бұрын

exactly this!

@sokkawiseoaf4839

2 жыл бұрын

Which is why Isayama, Araki and other manga authors chose the monthly schedule instead of weekly.

@smittywerbenjaggermanjensen69

2 жыл бұрын

@@sokkawiseoaf4839 Oda cant do that or he and us die

Oda has said that the ending of one piece is what keeps him excited towards drawing this story. The final chapter is so incredibly awesome to him that he can't help but keep drawing this story, these characters and keep fleshing out the world for that ending to land. And having caught upto the current arc so much has changed and was revealed that I trust oda completely on giving a resolution to pretty much everything that was promised.

This is actually what my degree was about. Comparative Literature is meant to look at non-traditional approaches to literature. We explored some older media and comics but never did get to contemporary examples. And I feel One Piece is a contemporary example of pieces of literature that often are missed because of their format. This however should not be detrimental for a critical approach to the series and yet I often feel I would be bashed if I bring it forth to a literature conversation.

@mfbond13

2 жыл бұрын

Wow that's a really unique and cool degree to have!

@corrupt3835

2 жыл бұрын

LET THE PEOPLE ALL KNOW

I'm not sure having a bad adaptation is exactly a mark against the series itself

@Nastyn1nja808

2 жыл бұрын

Why people always complain about da Anime lol I've been watching 20 years. Oh recap time press skip problem solved lol. People grouchy over everything

@boopityschmoops

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nastyn1nja808 it’s not even the recaps, it’s the sluggish pacing and poor visual quality that plagued the anime since the timeskip began all the way to the end of whole cake, wano has improved the anime a lot tho

@almostunliketea

2 жыл бұрын

Well there are alot of people who are anime only, so the series has kinda become to include the anime and the manga

@marocat4749

2 жыл бұрын

By the way, when th live action comes out, daniel should look at it. It sounds promising. And covrs the least zany parts of the story at the start.

@AnyMEmdq

2 жыл бұрын

@@almostunliketea People who have only watched Peter Jackson's movies can give opinions on Tolkien's work? Or even more accurate, as One Piece has had several different people at the helm of the adaptation, can people who have watched Minority Report, Paycheck, Blade Runner, The Adjustment Bureaux, A Scanner Darkly, The Man in the High Castle (series) and both versions of Total Recall make a critique on Philip K. Dick? Original work and adaptations are different things, and need to be treated as such. Using one as a critique of the other is invalid

I actually LOVED Thriller Bark, it blows my mind that people think of it as a problem arc. It's what really got me INTO the series, before that I was watching to have something to discuss with friends.

@WyllCKP

2 жыл бұрын

Same honestly

@tylercallagher3485

2 жыл бұрын

It relies too heavily of comedy which is hit it miss for viewers, and the characters don't feel as powerful as they are so it never feels satisfying when characters get beaten. Plus it is unrelated to the overarching story of one piece until Kuma shows up. This makes it an arc that I did not enjoy. Also the invisible guy just makes me uncomfortable, he should be locked behind bars along with Sanji.

@AnyMEmdq

2 жыл бұрын

Daniel's main problem with Thriller Bark, and what made him condemn Sanji forevermore is Absalom, specially the assault scene taken from the 80s horror movie The Entity. If that scene wasn't there, just that one scene, his opinion of the arc and Sanji would improve tenfold

@tylercallagher3485

2 жыл бұрын

@@AnyMEmdq Yea well Absalom was quite literally a rapist, and Sanji was angry at him for taking the fruit he wanted so he could be a rapist. That is literally what happened.

@AnyMEmdq

2 жыл бұрын

@@tylercallagher3485 yes and no, but I won't get into that argument

“...at least where I’m at so far.” Give it another 100 chapters lol

@saroojanvasanthakumar1510

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah they get relevance soon lol

@ionutionescu7490

2 жыл бұрын

lmao

Zou isn't that long though

@DanielGreeneReviews

2 жыл бұрын

OKAY! I just haven’t been reading much due to the booking out. I can’t just have this ONE little excuse. 😂

@Ozgarthefighter

2 жыл бұрын

@@DanielGreeneReviews FOR SHAME! Obviously you are expected to drop all other hobbies, activities, and project so that you can better devote to the reading of One Piece...... I better add JK before someone thinks I'm serious

@pojo7712

2 жыл бұрын

@@DanielGreeneReviews One Piece fandom says no. You are our puppet Daniel. More. One Piece.

@SkyAssassinGG

2 жыл бұрын

@@DanielGreeneReviews bruh just be transparent on your reasoning instead 😂😂

@carlosdanielcalderonmontoy3723

2 жыл бұрын

@@DanielGreeneReviews 🤣it's okay Daniel, take your time👌🏼

I am from India and reading onepiece for past 10 years - I never felt the comedy cringy. I think it has got to do a lot with cultural differences....

@gamingparadise3390

2 жыл бұрын

Same lol was funny most of the time for me. I am from Pakistan but live in Italy

@oogleway1127

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, I’ve noticed the west loves its comedic satire and dark comedy but the east loves funny character tropes and gags

@padrenuestre

2 жыл бұрын

@@oogleway1127 the east likes both. we just don't care much about sanji being "a literal predator" and so on. I'm exaggerating with sanji of course but I see similar sort of complaints from the western readers way more.

@artilleryjunky5737

2 жыл бұрын

Same for me i am french and i love the it. I think the reason why he doesn't like it is due to 2 things : 1 He is an adult that just started to get into manga, his taste and opinions have been shaped by western views and style. While i think most people get into anime in they teenage years or even sooner. 2 Is probably because of all those political movements that are going on these day that are trying to make everything possible and imaginable something you should get offended by. That means that jokes that are in any way shape or form related to women, gay or anything or that sort seen as offensive and degrading. (and even more those sexualy related). Of course if its men in same position it doesn't matters except if they are gay. Proof is in Merphy's video she is always being annoyed about Brooks or Sanji. Yet when Franky got his balls crushed by Robin she didn't react.

@BlackLotus30

2 жыл бұрын

@@padrenuestre Same western readers btw who praise G.R.R Martin a Song of Ice and Fire series. They can take all the violence and the fucked up shit that happen to characters in these books yet go full on pearl cluching seeing Sanji's nose bleeds. I think this point they just like to complain about things.

Did he combine Zou and the next arc? Zou is pretty short, only 23 chapters. Glad to have a one piece video though. Edit: I do kinda get wanting to take a break after reading through Dressrosa in a week. Keep up the good stuff.

@oleksandrbyelyenko435

2 жыл бұрын

That was a joke

@don471

2 жыл бұрын

@@oleksandrbyelyenko435 *lie

@bidi1211

2 жыл бұрын

i thinks he merged zou and whole cake .

@marocat4749

2 жыл бұрын

Zou deserves its own review.

Good points, I'm very glad you're comfortable providing criticisms and keeping it honest. Though I will disagree with one thing: you said it feels at times like OP is just "wandering around aimlessly", and while this may be the impression you get on first readthrough, upon reread you may find many more arcs to be much more intentionally and meaningfully placed than they seem at first glance. Even arcs like Thriller Bark. This is why I highly recommend you do a reread of OP once you're caught up, and you definitely don't want to skip parts, because those parts you might want to skip often hold exactly what you may have missed on the first read.

@lowki07

10 ай бұрын

No it doesn't. Just because you like goofy or likeable characters in a story doesn't mean what they're a part of isn't some meandering and bloated crap

Definitely enjoying this convergence between novels and manga. I've been reading manga longer than I have read books and what really gotten me into Fantasy novels is the fantastical elements that I found similar to the manga I frequently read. So to see that here, it's absolutely a treat

It's not that Oda is fumbling his way into greatness. Yes he's creating concepts and characters seemingly at the final minute, but the usage of those characters is done meticulously and ties into the larger narrative exceptionally well. Not to say that your point on self restraint isn't valid, because it most definitely is. But I feel it's reductive to chalk his writing upto luck exclusively. As you keep reading you'll still keep seeing how he still incorporates these "random" characters he comes up within the story really well. (some more than others, naturally) Although if literally every single stroke of genius storytelling has been luck, then in the latest arc Oda went very meta with a particular character 💀

@piratekingbuggy3583

2 жыл бұрын

All according to keikaku

@dakotarandolph4714

2 жыл бұрын

@@piratekingbuggy3583 all according to keikaku

@xayneverjust4143

2 жыл бұрын

What character are you talking about exactly? Just give a vague hint or something since I'm caught up

@Travelling_Heart15

2 жыл бұрын

@@xayneverjust4143 a cetain yonko child maybe?

@RoronoaZoro-bt7sd

2 жыл бұрын

@@xayneverjust4143 I believe they're talking about a certain samurai with 400 iq lol

"Just to have no greater relevance" (Remembers what Tashigi said about getting those kids to Vegapunk) (Does pepelaugh)

@kevinlucena8825

2 жыл бұрын

Let me laugh in Thriller Bark's lack of relevance xD

@BlackLotus30

2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinlucena8825 one word for you Ryuma... Thriller back have some revelance.

@highgrove8545

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlackLotus30 Also Lola, Perona and Kuma

@pedroi.s2093

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlackLotus30 omg so much relevance your right, now im so Glad i read a whole Arc so that i could get ryumma, who didnt actually had ryummas personality, Memories or strenght, youre right thriller bark is so relevant

@eliashigham8901

2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinlucena8825 You’re absolutely right. I’m sure Kuma showing up in Sabaody would have gone great without the setup in TB. Totally useless arc, I mean who even wants to watch the crew fight a giant monster all together? Worst arc ever, not like foreshadowing elements related to two different yonko are prominently featured. Definitely complete filler

You and Merphy doing one piece reviews is great. The thing you said about bringing it up in different scenarios. I think you guys are amongst the people who'll help bridge that gap

@Nastyn1nja808

2 жыл бұрын

It's crazy to see Olympic Athletes doing One Piece Poses!!!!!!!

I think judging One Piece through the anime isn't really fair, do we judge the harry potter saga by it's movies? The manga is what should be judged, the pacing of the anime also annoys me but that's not really Oda's fault. Also, regarding your criticism about stuff in the manga that presumably could not be there, because it's a waste of time and doesn't bring anything to the story, I think you will change your mind really soon... I'm not saying that Oda couldn't have left some things out of the story, but for example, when you say that the experiment on children didn't really matter and that plot was abandoned... No spoilers, but that's just not true... Almost all plots matter or will matter, as Oda doesn't make anything by chance. Even the davy back will be important in the future (I'm just assuming here, but there's some really cool theories about it). About the humour, I get it and I agree with almost everything you said, but you also have to have in mind that humour may vary from culture to culture. Keep up the good work, I dig your videos. Just wanted to share my opinion as well. Peace!

I actually had a conversation with a friend recently where I recommended the Demon Slayer anime/manga. He told me that he was into fantasy, not manga, and that they were two different things. I’ve been thinking about that conversation and your video helped me mentally articulate a response. If you’ve ever been upset when someone dismisses fantasy or fiction as somehow being less than other literature then you are just as guilty of the same thing when you dismiss manga because of its medium.

@sacredbeastzenon

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, I guess Berserk isn't fantasy.

“Why was the theme of child endangerment introduced?” “MaMaMaMaMaMa”

So very glad you're not afraid to be good old Book Daniel with One Piece and point out issues you have with the series. Being part of this community for a long time now I've witnessed many youtubers dedicated to it curb their opinions to appease the large fanbase that doesn't like to hear negative things about it. It shows your integrity in the face of all this and for the comment section here I'm happy many people are being mature about it.

I believe everyone would agree that Dressrosa's anime adaptation is the lowest point of the series. From Oda himself having lessons to learn about longer arcs, to the absolute crawl of adapting what felt like single panels per episode, to the frankly disgusting number of times Rebecca's flashback was shown, it all culminated into a steady IV drip of pain. The good news, both Oda and Toei took those lessons to heart, and now the manga and anime compliment each other's strengths. Oda focuses on the main plot points, while leaving room for the anime to expand on the details. Some do say that all those details should be in the manga, but then we'd be on this island another ten years if they were. All said, I believe today is currently the best time to be a One Piece fan, and we wouldn't have gotten this quality without the mistakes made in Dressrosa.

@mcfarlane819

2 жыл бұрын

Toei is still drawing out every moment. It’s not as bad as Dressrosa, but it’s still hard to watch if you can’t handle the horrendous pacing.

@padrenuestre

2 жыл бұрын

I fully enjoyed Dressrosa. There wasn't anything in the arc to be SO dramatic about and say things like "oda learned from his mistakes". What mistakes? the chapter to chapter readers sound like a broken record at this point.

@dudeguy8686

2 жыл бұрын

@@mcfarlane819 Aye, there's absolutely still some rough spots, like getting every present character's close-up reaction to that certain execution, but in the same episode, we also got the full theatrical presentation of "the actor" vs "the dancer", expanding both characters' mindsets. It's certainly not perfect, but they are at least attempting to have meaningful delays over just throwing in ten minutes of recap each episode.

@dudeguy8686

2 жыл бұрын

@@padrenuestre I was an anime-only til a few months ago, and began when we were at WCI, so had the full opportunity to binge as I wished. I'm also glad that you have no complaints with Dressrosa, as even with my nitpicks, there is still a lot to love of the arc. To elaborate on "mistakes", I'd say the main one in Oda's writing for Dressrosa was a lack of focus, manifested in the introduction of so many characters at once, with so many seperate factions. It left very little room for development with any of them within the arc. That said, it did still have a good payoff in showing the threat of the bird cage, that all of these different people were powerless to stop it. Where I see Oda having improved since Dressrosa is in that focus, allowing each new character to better show their purpose to the story. Finally, a great artist isn't so because they make no mistakes, rather it's because they embrace those mistakes, improving their work because of them, that they are great, as Oda certainly is.

@Nastyn1nja808

2 жыл бұрын

@@padrenuestre yah since they don't have to wait to turn a page they get impatient. Do they really expect a 10 sec. Scene. I just wish people would just appreciate animators out there doing 50thousand drawings so you can watch it and never look back.

Tashigi : "Well take these kids to be cured by Vegapunk , the most genius scientist in the world , who successfully created a devil fruit of his own and probably knows all their secrets!" Daniel : "I'm just gonna ignore that !"

@BlackLotus30

2 жыл бұрын

Or Ryuma and Shusui

@HTX-enjoyer

2 жыл бұрын

As well as that tying into WCI

@Nobody-pv9jt

2 жыл бұрын

@@HTX-enjoyer he hasn't even started zou, cut him some slack.

@bfc10200

2 жыл бұрын

There's another connection to the kids besides Vegapunk. Remember who in WCI also wanted Cesar to do experiments for them?

@HTX-enjoyer

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nobody-pv9jt I know, i replied to the comment, not to Daniel directly. It's not a criticism of Daniel, just an addition to the comments explanation of why it actually matters.

I think it's been mentioned on an SBS or an interview that Oda actually leaves alot of stuff out because he has an editor (now two) that make him be more restrained so he can finish in his lifetime.

Daniel is so brave making this video. Hats off to you and Good luck.

Love these opinions dude, I definitely feel like some of what you bring up is not what people usually bring up in terms of problems. I really appreciate the different angles you’re coming from.

Loads of manga have problems with endings because of the way they're serialised so I really hope one piece pulls through. Only manga I've read with a perfect ending so far is fullmetal alchemist

@Yaziiir

2 жыл бұрын

I add steins: gate to it!

@samgourhan207

2 жыл бұрын

I keeping dropping it but i love it. Rurouni Kenshin is goat

@geogeo3733

2 жыл бұрын

Code Geass has the best ending in anime.

@samgourhan207

2 жыл бұрын

Ehhh dunno

@thexenosaiyan

2 жыл бұрын

@@Yaziiir Steins Gate is a VN, so it's given as a complete story from the get go. Manga put out a chapter week after week, which can last year's of not decades, and people can change ideas in that time. Steins Gate still GOAT tho, absolutely fantastic

Thank you. Thank you. THANK YOU, for putting a manga up there with traditional novels! The novel community and manga community aren't at "odds" with each other but they definitely don't interact enough. We really do need more authors and reviewers of the manga community comparing their works to the Big Bads. Maybe when the 2 communities have meshed better we'll see the webtoon and manwha nerds get some recognition too.

I absolutely absolutely love you for the latter half of the video where you talk about bringing manga to the fantasy conversion!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH! I AM CRYING

As a massive OP bootlicker, I respect all your points with a hard salute. Punk Hazarad SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AS LONG AS IT WAS. Same for Dressrosa and some future arcs you've yet to see. And although I agree Oda is like a kid in a candy store hauling everything into his metaphorical basket, I still have faith in the man. He's proven time and again his ability to be that kid BUT also a mad genius when connecting his dots, it just takes a butt load of time to draw the through line. As for One Piece ending, I really don't want to think about that yet but, again, I think all the necessary pieces to predict the ending have been laid out for us. Once you've caught up I highly suggest being involved with the larger OP community because the theory crafting they create just emphasizes my point about Oda being a mad genius (that is if he really does connect the dots like we think he does.) But yeah, great video! PS Thriller Bark I disagree with. It's great on re-read and the themes in that arc about life and death, depression, etc. can get real deep. You just have to look under the pile of crappy humor. You could say that its bones are really good. Yohohoho

@haleyalitz9976

2 жыл бұрын

Kids experiment = mamamama

@Nastyn1nja808

2 жыл бұрын

He's been laying clues forever this is a pirates treasure hunt right? Lol

@Nastyn1nja808

2 жыл бұрын

One piece is layered like like like ...... "an Onion? "No !

@furorteutonicus9045

2 жыл бұрын

I really want people to elaborate on what exactly could be shortened or taken out from those arcs. Because pretty much every plot point or character is in some way relevant to the overall story or the arcs overall plot. Characters and things involving them pretty much all the time lead to situations that are important to the story or move the plot forward.

@DawnofIsai

2 жыл бұрын

Dressrosa was apparently two arcs in one that he thought by combining it would save time but in the end the same result happened lmao

You don't see One piece being brought up in fantasy conversations because manga audience and book audience are not very close to each other. There are not many people reading many books and comics at the same time, so there weren't lots of people who had read OP in your audience before you started covering it on channel and all those manga readers flew in

@mfbond13

2 жыл бұрын

There should be more of both though! Both mediums deserve there respect and praise

For the anime, I highly recommend checking out the fan project One Pace. They literally trimmed the anime from all the bloat, unnecessary reaction shots and all. They make the anime much closer to how the manga portrays the story.

@ANunes06

2 жыл бұрын

In some places, it cuts a lot of the rare content that actually elevates the anime over the manga and makes some moments ring a bit hollow. And skipping G-8 is a cardinal sin. Otherwise, it is verygud.

@Nastyn1nja808

2 жыл бұрын

But I want to watch anime not animated panels. Lol

@Nastyn1nja808

2 жыл бұрын

@@ANunes06 like I don't think I want am edited down Katakuri fight or Lucci fight. I hated reanimated Lucci and Luffy The coolest part about that fight was not being able to see luffys arms so fast. New one looked like floppy noodles

@heroluka7088

2 жыл бұрын

I happily skip out on some "rare" scenes that make the anime better for skipping hours and hours of pointless garbage and so far no fightscene felt bad to me. For the most part you dont even notice how it was condensed. You cant imagine the hate I felt towards the anime when I watched Water7 and Enis Lobby in the normal version, I could watch that as a kid but as an adult fuck no, I dont have the patience or time to see endless flashbacks and needless padding.

@nuredingeziqi679

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nastyn1nja808 _w h a t_ Where did you get this idea? Do you really think that anyone would do something like that? What you wrote basically means removing in between frames, which is absolutely not what happens and is a horrible idea. Cutting useless scenes and speeding 30second long stare downs, removing repeated shots is truly what One Pace is. Because that is not content, that's literally just wasted time as it does not build up anything, not even tension This is a ridiculous idea

I know this is pretty late comment, but I think it bears repeating. I am so glad you started this series and have done videos on it. I have been looking forward each week to your videos. Thanks Daniel!

Yeah the weekly manga chapter format is awful, can you imagine having to release a chapter of your book everyweek? No time to plan, no time to revise and make more drafts + the work of actually drawing the bastards. Makes me wonder if Oda sometimes buries the pace on purpose to buy time to plan things out

11:13 Thank you for bringing this up! The same goes for cartoons in comparison to live-action shows. It's a massive peeve of mine when people downright reject animated shows purely due to the medium that it exists within.

Honestly, I was skeptical going into this but Woah, I actually do agree with some points, namely the comedy aspect, I think it does have a lot to do with me not being the target audience (female in 20s living in west) but damn it drives me nuts sometimes. for me, that is the biggest problem with one piece, personally. Also, watching you and merphy's videos has honestly made me love this series more (if that was even possible) and knowing with a fact that it is a fantasy epic, I've started WOT because of OP too, and cant wait to read other series you've mentioned. Thanks for giving this a chance, and take your time with Zou LOL its short, but gdi you do deserve a break after getting through dressrosa in a week.

Excellent takes, homie. Keep up the great work!

Been watching Daniel for some time just because he's on KZread and he makes some good content. I have never seen him review or talk about a series I loved a lot, like one piece, and I just think his approach is really great, he's great at articulating his thoughts while being entertaining and fair and I don't know. Makes me respect you a lot, man :)

Honestly I didnt even know he was into anime at all a pleasant surprise

@Luffy-zj6vm

2 жыл бұрын

He actually reads the manga

On the topic of bringing more manga into the general fantasy conversation: I think we all want you to pick up Berserk again (no hurry of course), especially seeing as it is more relevant than ever now with the author just having passed away.

@blackcatpirates8134

2 жыл бұрын

@@masterofmeow8894 Why won't he?

@robbybevard8034

2 жыл бұрын

@@blackcatpirates8134 He's already tried Berserk twice and didn't like it. The first time when he was still new to manga and just reviewed the first volume. Folks rightly told hi that was the wrong way to do it, and in a later video he said he read more of it and it just wasn't for him. It's unknown how MUCH more he read, (the key question of course being "did you get through Golden Age? Or did you stop while it was still in the opening black knight part?") but he took more than one crack at it.

@blackcatpirates8134

2 жыл бұрын

@@robbybevard8034 Ohh interesting

@marocat4749

2 жыл бұрын

@@masterofmeow8894 Why, first, vinland saga is not berserk, despite similar beats. And not as dark. And really amazing character developement and being fun. Also its faster. He really should give it a try. And kubera but webtoons, no expectations h will read one. But yeah vinland saga is faste paced and as good about the aspects, unlike berserk. And surprisingly historical accurate. For a saga. Also red storm is really good(and finished)

This is like the most positive “problems with” video I’ve ever seen lol. I’m not sure how anyone could be mad at you for this one

Damn why you gotta be so smart sometimes, This really made me think and you are absolutely right about pretty much everything, i didn't even realise i had these problems, i think i was just too immersed in the world to really pick up on the flaws but this made me realise that while one piece is amazing and will always be close to me it has it's problems and i should notice them too. Really good and concise video btw, how the hell do you make me think back so much so deeply in just 12 mins. I love it Final point: i do want to recommend you do keep tabs on the anime as after it passes dressrosa it does become a bit better and certain moments must be experienced in the anime and are some of my favourite scenes in the whole story. Also as i'm sure you know they got a new animation team fairly recently and current animation is just incredible and compliments the current arc brilliantly. Although the pacing will always be... well, one piece

Thanks man, I've been praising the worldbuilding of one piece as one of the strongest in manga and comparing it to wider fantasy novels for almost ten years now haha and a lot of people just disregarded the comparison for no reason.

Most problems come from Oda having to put out a chapter weekly and being so consistent with that. A lot of other series usually have more time/hiatuses.

@benjaminmeusburger4254

2 жыл бұрын

He is writing one piece now for more than a quarter of a century. Nobody forces him to do anything - he could go into a 2 or 3 week rythm and has as many assistens as he wants (at the moment it is more like 2 chapters : 3 weeks ratio).

@Dg316.

2 жыл бұрын

But also, take a look at the monthly Boruto manga. Nothing relevant has happened in the last 5 chapters. So more time doesn’t mean there will be no problems

@jojosoni6355

2 жыл бұрын

But that also pushes his creativity. If it wasn't for that, we might not have gotten supernova

@DawnofIsai

2 жыл бұрын

Look at his first couple years writing one piece literally no breaks other than national holidays and even later on the breaks were put onto him. The man wanted to draw while in the hospital he's an addict

@AnyMEmdq

2 жыл бұрын

@@DawnofIsai and he only took time off at the timeskip, and just a month or two. He is responsible for law being passed in Japan forcing mangaka to take time off, and for an even stricter policy at Shueisha

3:00 hello there lol. I'm very happy of the guy's existence tho! the brought me back to OP after a huge break and keeps hooked since then.

This is a really interesting video, great points especially things I haven’t considered

Well, i also feel the same vibe while reading malazan and one piece. Though i only read till midnight tides so far. The way i explore these 2 fantasy have a same feeling somehow.. So i agree with you

A lot of fans portray Oda as this Godlike genius being who planned everything in advance: Sabo is not an asspull because Ace has a strikethrough S in his name (which is definitely not a joke on a tattoo artist making a spelling mistake), Gear 2/3 was not an asspull because Luffy says "I'm gonna try something new" right before Enies Lobby starts,... Oda is great because he's able to link old stuff to new stuff, but these people are so convinced that he thought this through 20 years in advance. I just can't stand the diehard fans praising him like a beyond-genius because of stuff like this. Yes, he's a great writer, and One Piece is solid. But it has flaws. Accept that fact ffs 😫 (especially the plotarmor and plot-convenience at times... JfC) (Anyway, great video)

@ManSeekingMeaning

Жыл бұрын

Spitting facts.

A complaint video for a series that has ran for 20 years or more weekly, only being 12 minutes long, should really be a testament to the brilliance of One Piece. Reading weekly can be a drag on occasions, but in the grand scheme of things, I am more than happy to get a chapter every week than have to wait years for the next book of a series. Sometimes I think of the last episode of One Piece and it’s “The End” and I begin to cry tears of joy. When you’ve invested so much time into something, it’s hard to imagine it not being around anymore. I personally believe the ending will be the biggest celebration of this series, and will spur more to read it. Keep up your vids man!

I like this idea of bringing in manga to the literary conversation. Because, I have long wanted to get into One Piece, but it could not be more daunting or confusing to figure out where it actually starts.

Oda is like mixed on planning stuff decades in advanced and making things up along the way. Like the fact that when Vivi was introduced she wasn't a princess or that the members off the Worst Generation(Law Kidd, X-Drake, etc) weren't part of the story until right before Sabaody Archipelago. Imagine Dressrosa without Law.

@Krazedkarl

2 жыл бұрын

Early Current arc spoilers..... Originally Oda planned for Doflamingo to be part of Kaidos crew. I'd imagine Law changed that lol.

I love the line "manga is not a genre, it is a medium"

Whole section toward the end about Manga vs Novels and OP being hard to recommend was really interesting. This was a great video as always! Also... If you don't have time to make videos because you're focusing on your own stuff or literally anything else.. You don't have to lie to us :D Be honest man! If anyone gets mad because something is late or you did something else instead, we can collectively kick them in their shins

I agree!! You brought up very good points.

I get not recommending it to friends who don’t read or aren’t familiar with manga but would you recommend it to someone familiar with the tropes to start this very long series that hasn’t finished?

@paconotaco

2 жыл бұрын

Familiar as in "is used to manga tropes and doesn't mind them" or as in "is annoyed by manga tropes"? For the former? Yes, absolutely recommend. For the latter? Still yes, I don't think the manga tropes really take away from the overall quality of the story even if in the moment it could come off as cringe or unfunny.

When Dressrosa was going on, the anime had basically caught up to the manga. In the manga it did stall a bit too, but the anime is excruciating. they had to stretch stuff because Oda takes many breaks and the anime was only like 10+ or so chapters behind the manga at that time. It's a weekly manga and weekly anime, and at that time, One Piece was the bread winner for anime.

Preach. This is a video that I've wanted to see from you since the start of your reviews. I really want to see some one with a more outside point of view to give just criticism. Its something I feel other you-tubers that rely on the anime audience will gloss over.

I love the honest that comes with Daniel's reviews. Like whether you want to hear it or not attitude is what I look for with my work because it's the only way to improve in my opinion. And Daniel just sounds damn good when he spits the hottest of truths.

The nosebleeding part is like standard cringe humor for manga world. I think every manga/anime have that joke in their series. I also dont understand i think it is just japanese thing. Pervy jokes are such common thing in japanese manga

@chubbyalonso3687

2 жыл бұрын

Personally I think the pervy humor is relatively tame in One Piece compared to other series. For example, the og Dragonball, Gintama and Great Teacher Onizuka are some of the series that take the crude gags to the extreme.

@creativename6126

2 жыл бұрын

One Piece has the worst pervy stuff in mainstream media, but in anime in general definitely not. It’s played off as a joke in 7 deadly sins that the main character ,Meliodias, just molests random people

@expensivenes2645

2 жыл бұрын

I understand cultural differences but l still don't like it

@furorteutonicus9045

2 жыл бұрын

@@creativename6126 lol One Piece is one of the tamest shounen series when it comes to fanservice. Have you ever seen Fairy Tail?

@creativename6126

2 жыл бұрын

@@furorteutonicus9045 when I say mainstream I’m referring to basically stuff as popular as Naruto and Dragon Ball. I haven’t seen Fairy Tale but I imagine it’s pretty bad too

Maybe my memory is bad as I've been reading OP for almost 20 years, but imo there hasn't been that many issues with the humor aside from a couple of misfires (some bigger some smaller) and things that maybe have aged poorly. Like, the pervy humor and the Sanji gag post-timeskip are the most annoying things I can think of, but nothing that sets it aside from the genre standard? This could be a translation issue too, because I've been reading it in 3 different languages and English is by far the weakest version so far. Or maybe it's the anime/manga humor tropes that may appear strange if one is not used to them (and tbh this deserves a discussion of its own). Also, while I as a woman agree that there are issues with the female characters (Toei's excessive fanservice, tokenism), I also think OP (the manga, not the anime) does female characters rather well considering the genre. We have women of different sizes and shapes, different ages and positions of power too. Granted it's still like 1 woman per 10 men ratio, but considering the amount of characters in the series, I've found many interesting female characters from it. From Tsuru to Dadan and Otohime to Big Mom, Pelona to Violet and Lola to Boa, there is diversity. Even the common argument of "Nami face" is kinda meh, because manga always has that issue where the characters look similar for stylistic reasons. So while I do agree that OP could do many things better, I feel like it often gets criticized for things it actually does way better than, say, the peers of the series.

@bayekofsiwa5847

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. It has irked me quite a while now that people are losing their minds over how Oda draws women. While it's true that Oda has very similar design with normal looking female bodies, he does it as well with his male characters. Just look at all normal-sized male characters in One Piece and point to me a char that doesnt have abs and good muscle structure. Why also Oda resorts to body extremes is because of the "Romance" theme in One Piece which its classical definition means "exagerrated view of reality" Also, these "Nami face" issues is very rampant among manga, not just in One Piece. While it's probably more noticeable in One Piece, its other contemporaries like Naruto, Fairy Tail, Bleach, Dragon Ball, etc also suffers the same "issue" when most female character in Naruto has the "Sakura face," FT with the "Lucy face," Bleach with the "Rangiku face", and Dragon Ball with the "Bulma face". Why the similarities then? Well it's because it's the authors own art style and own formula of drawing their characters. Remember manga authors, especially Shounen ones, do not have the luxury of coming up with completely unique character designs due to time constraints. So yes, it's utterly confusing to me that people are so adamant on character designs being a big issue for the series. Character designs are useless when the character itself doesnt serve a purpose and has no soul.

@dawnofthesecondday

2 жыл бұрын

@@bayekofsiwa5847 Indeed. I think that if we're talking about improvement regarding female characters in OP, my main take would be to just have more of them all around and have them play more active roles. So far I've really enjoyed seeing a varied range of women from kids to old women in OP, as it's not exactly common to see female characters outside the age range of 15 to 25 in any media, let alone in shounen manga. And considering when this was written, I feel like OP has been quite different from other shounen series of its time. The only series I can see doing more range in female characters are those written by women, aka FMA for example. But coming from an allegedly straight cis man shounen author living in very patriarchal country, I'd say OP has done rather well with the women. Of course the "just draw an X and two circles" comments suck no matter how much of a joke they are, but honestly that's a discussion we need to be having regarding the industry in general. I know the bar is not exactly high in this field, but at least the manga so far doesn't push a male gaze that's completely alienating to female audience, imo. Toei then again is a whole another story (case Violet for example). But I've never seen, say, Nami for example get disrespected because of her gender. She also takes no shit and has a well rounded personality, so the gaze is appealing to me as a female reader as well. And I could even enjoy the anime if there was a bit less jiggly fanservice gaze, even if the chests were large, lol.

Very good video and I'd LOVE to see the Discworld vs. One Piece humor video!! That would be so incredible!

Could you please read out an excerpt of your book please? I'm really interested in buying and reading your work but I have no idea what your books about. I'm kinda new to this channel and started watching your videos when you began reviewing One Piece arcs.

I feel like Oda can't draw female characters with proper distinctive characteristics because there's that pressure to draw them pretty with limits to how weird they can act and Oda thrives on drawing oddballs the stranger they are the more he enjoys drawing them. This also stems from a rather conservative world-view on what has been ingrained in him to be women's roles in society, it has gotten better as he grew as an artist and a writer but you can still see the shadows of cringe past. So while he can write good female characters because he generally knows how to write good characters, there's always that inclination and bias towards the male characters in the story.

@ballsarecold

2 жыл бұрын

His wife was a Nami impersonator the pressure was within him the whole time

Oda is a very sneaky writer. He'll often include easter eggs, puns and references all over the place. I bet this is related to why the world building is so great. He doesn't have to do those things, but he does it because he enjoys diving into the world. Unfortunately, though, that subtle approach to storytelling can often be confusing, especially to readers that don't pay as much attention, as the plot is often weaving many different threads at once that often only connect years down the line if you keep track of it. Maybe the story would benefit more from more overt themes, though that would also bring problems. I still think the ending could be great, especially considering that he had all this time to tinker with it.

@saroojanvasanthakumar1510

2 жыл бұрын

I see your point - a lot of people don’t grasp many subtle clues left behind Oda which can have value for the thematic subtext, world building or characters. I do think some thing need to be spelled out for some readers before they catch it. But this subtlety in Odas writing is also very unique to him I feel.

@Nastyn1nja808

2 жыл бұрын

He will also take you wandering to make you forget what going on around you then Bam Remember this ahahahaha

@Nastyn1nja808

2 жыл бұрын

@@saroojanvasanthakumar1510 also we miss half of his Genius because of not Knowing Japanese Numbers/counting scemes. Chapter titles form words and words form chapter numbers. Sunny Go=San Ni Go= 325. This is just small.example with no elaboration but there are connections crazy.

@saroojanvasanthakumar1510

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nastyn1nja808 many of the Japanese puns apparently also escape people who know Japanese or so I’ve been told by the Japanese youtuber yuderon

@Nastyn1nja808

2 жыл бұрын

@@saroojanvasanthakumar1510 yup love that yuderon has subtitles now.

I DID try to put it in any fantasy conversation at first, especially Malazan. But it's hard to keep doing it because not many of us (OP readers) read novels, so most of OP fans don't have the confidence to do so. And those who do read OP and standard novel feels like it's a losing battle to compare it, because there's not many of us out there, and will get pushback from both side, even the OP fans. The first big youtuber who DID compare it to some of the greatest fantasy epic is Super Eyepatch Wolf. Even then, it still didn't motivate OP fans to do so. Hopefully people would change after you put this video out.

The current arc makes it quite clear that Oda knows where he’s going with the story and how it will end. There are a lot of story threads that he’s already busy connecting right now and the final picture will be visible soon enough. It’s a really exciting time to be a OP fan!^^ I do agree with your other criticisms and with the assessment that manga is in fact a medium and not a genre and people shouldn’t be so judgmental when you mention manga in conversations about books…It’s all just stories in the end, no matter how they’re told.

I agree with the humour part. Despite being very familiar with anime and manga i can't stand that nosebleed sanji phase from fishman island - punk hazard. Thankfully that gag isn't being used much anymore

One piece fan? No I’m not one of them… *reads the first arc for the 37th time*

I really like this one as it shines some light to some points that I never thought about. Especially the comparison to other fantasy series

Man I can’t for Daniel to get to Reverie arc, so much lore and exciting stuff in such a short amount of time

I'm glad you made this video. I'm someone who has found it incredibly difficult to get into anime as an adult. I used to love Pokemon and Yugioh and all that as a child, but as an adult I just find the style, the run on story lengths, and the art style difficult to enjoy or have the time for these days. That said, hearing you, Murphey and my friends talk about One Piece has made me curious about it. That said, this video summarizes much of what I was worried about and why I think I'll bow out and likely why I'll never get around to reading or watching any of these epic long form anime/manga stores. But this is especially in regards to fandoms. Please forgive me for saying, but in my many years on this planet, I have - honestly - found Anime fans to be the most egregious (particularly online), matched only by Star Wars fans. From an outsider looking in, I find the communities unbearably elitist, gate keepers, arrogant, misogynistic, and prone to bullying tactics, not to mention relentless when it comes to recommending their favourite series over and over as if they were spam bots. It's only extra frustrating, because in person, I don't find this to be case, most anime fans in person are chill and friendly and understand this medium isn't forever and they are happy to enjoy this thing they like and not push it upon you if you say, "it's not for me, sorry; I've tried." I'm not sure why online the fans are so much different and more aggressive... Thankfully, you and Murphy have been more enjoyable fans to hear from. Hopefully the online community can learn from you and do better, because I'm sure these stories are lovely :)

@quendi5557

2 жыл бұрын

I would like to say that as a massive fan of One Piece, that is fine. I also would agree, Anime fans can be toxic as hell, I am pretty sure I can be toxic even though I don't try to be. I also tend to operate on the fringes of most fandoms I am in, not 100% immersed in the culture of said fandom, largely because I don't really care all that much about the fandom, I just kinda want to be left alone to enjoy these stories in my bubble and maybe discuss it with my irl friends. Also online is more detached so that may be why people are more aggressive? I dunno I don't get why opinions are suddenly counted as objective truths. And yeah..... Oda's artstyle is an acquired taste, though I would mention that the sexualisation(of both men and women) doesn't start out full throttle, it increases and while it is way more prevalent for the woman I would like to point out that all the men with muscles on the crew have a Six Pack minimum after the timeskip. Sorry for the rambling and hope that I haven't gotten annoying but I hope you have continue to enjoy the stories you are interested in.

@jayloncollins9681

2 жыл бұрын

I agree one piece fans think because their series is so popular that it’s flawless and hold Oda to a false pedestal. None of the characters even have character development. The story is repetitive and the main character himself has not grown mentally or progressed as a character at all. He doesn’t even go to other island looking for leads it’s always go help some citizens being oppressed by the big bad then scream I’m gonna kick your butt and then he wins. The fans are so delusional. Then when you point out the flaws they get so offended and shell for Oda and give the dumbest reasons as to why those problems aren’t actually problems. When it all boils down in the end it’s a kids manga series with beyond wacky elements and some mature themes however the stakes are so low and the dialogue is so bare bones that if you believe this to be peak fiction I’d say you my sir are a moron.

@quendi5557

2 жыл бұрын

@@jayloncollins9681 Okay, how much of one piece have you read? This is just because I have some points I really disagree with, some I agree that they are true but don't see it as a problem and some that I agree and think it is a problem. One of the things that I disagree with has several points which I want to see if you had read up to. For instance the stakes thing confuses me because while, yes the world isn't in danger every other arc there are plenty of personal and smaller scale stakes.

@jayloncollins9681

2 жыл бұрын

@@quendi5557 I’d read it all. It is very flawed from a writing standpoint. Characters have no development. The stakes are very low. The comedy is insanely childish along. The characters don’t even have meaning dialogue. The power scaling system of haki and Devil fruits is so inconsistent. Oda creates important concepts and characters of the series’s from thin air. How did we never hear any mention of Oden from no character. He traveled with WB and Roger. Haki was cleared created later in the series as s plot device along with it “blooming in fights” so that characters can gap other characters in a short amount of time. I could go on and on. The series is based and grounded in hype. Not it’s actual storytelling or developing characters. It’s lore and mysterious nature of who is this character and what does he look like how strong is he what’s his background ? That’s what makes the series interesting. The hype around the mystery of characters and history of the one piece void century etc. The most beloved chapters are always revealing or hype chapters. Never a chapter with emotional moving dialogue or a shocking revaluations. The story is essentially fairly tail in the way Luffy screams and wins but the due to its large popularity people think it’s quality stuff but it’s not.

@quendi5557

2 жыл бұрын

@@jayloncollins9681 hokay, so I will take you to the 3rd arc of the entire series: where a small village would have been wiped off the map. Or maybe the Alabasta saga, where a country was tearing itself apart because of the manipulations of one man. That's stakes and with both of those things there are characters in the main cast that will have lost something. There are counter points i could bring to your other points but I don't know if that's really going to go anywhere. If one piece didn't do it for you, that's fair. But you cannot decide what makes a good or bad story for everyone based on your subjective opinion. You didn't connect with it and then decided to keep going (probably because people kept on being asses about your opinion not counting because you hadn't seen the whole thing (assholes)). Is one piece flawed, yes. Does it have problems that some fans will defend to the point of toxicity, yes. Does that mean that your opinions are fact? No. Will I agree with some? Yes. Do I disagree with others? Yes.

Really happy that One Piece has made you feel this drive to include Manga as well into conversations surrounding Fantasy or in general literature. With Anime starting to become mainstream, there is no reason why Manga can't be included as well. And regarding Oda being on just a flow and making up a lot along the way, I feel what's impressive about that is, now that I'm caught up, everything just makes sense. Everything fits perfectly. Eventhough these were made one or two weeks before publication, Oda has continued it and made it work. And Oda still surprises me weekly. So I'll look forward to see if you change your opinions after catching up though. You are still in early Post TS material ;p

I can’t wait to see you reaching the current arc!

Honestly dude for someone who loves One Piece with fierce passion, I completely agree with you on most of these points.

Has Daniel read Berserk?? or any of the 4 Pillars of Seinen?

@Nobody-pv9jt

2 жыл бұрын

he dropped berserk before golden age iirc, as for vagabond, vinland saga and kingdom, I don't think he even knows about their existence lol.

@Alexander-kc8oq

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nobody-pv9jt He has disavowed the Berserk review. Hemade statements about Berserk as a whole while only having read the first volume. I don´t think he was in the right mindset and or prepared for it. Which I don´t blame him for since Berserk, while it´s one of the best manga and fantasy works ever written, it makes stuff like ASOIAF look tame at times. He was going to reveiw Vinland Saga but some assholes spammed "read Vinland Saga" on a live stream which seemed to sour him on the idea. I don´t think he knows about Vagabond and Kingdom doesn´t even have an official english translation.

@Nobody-pv9jt

2 жыл бұрын

@@Alexander-kc8oq ah that sucks lol. I hate when people spam like that. tbh though, out of the 4, I think berserk would suit daniel's tastes the most. he seems to be a character and world building guy, doesn't focus so much on themes and such, so idk how much he would like the historical trinity. I don't think he likes dark stuff either so even berserk is pushing it.

@Alexander-kc8oq

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nobody-pv9jt It’s like with ASOIAF. I don’t think it alines with his personal preferences but I know he would be capable of recognizing the skill and work that is being put into it even if the edge, darkness and nhilistic themes isnt what he’s drawn to in a story.

One Piece may be my favorite series from a biased perspective, but I always love watching and listening to criticism towards the series. I hate blinding myself due to my own opinions so I do value things like this greatly because it always makes you step back a little and look at it from a different light. If anything I'm immensely glad that there will never be an objectively best piece of media cause it takes the fun out of the experience and makes a correct answer where there shouldn't be one, it may sound weird but I sincerely hope no piece of media ever becomes 'perfect'. On another note I absolutely abhor the pervy humor, there's maybe two, three at most moments in the series which is actually well crafted humor, the rest is just creepy fanservice (my Humble Opinion) Also hope everyone who reads this has a blessed day!

Good news Daniel, the arc the anime is currently in, for some reason, got crazy good, theres still slightly tilted pacing(not nearly as terribly as dressrosa, which i think we can agree is absysmal) and the animation gets thicker lines and it just looks really good

I like when people compare One Piece Magic system or narrative to other fantasy stories. I have listening to a lot people reviewing One Piece through that lenses lately and it’s really nice and interesting to see and watch people pick it apart and compare it. It’s fun. Thanks for expressing and explaining your thoughts on the series. I’m still working through the series myself as I’m studying animation so learning more about visual storytelling by studying a piece of media and the audience reaction to it is insightful. There are some many different ways people experience the series like One Piece and it’s great to hear about that. Thank you for making your videos on the series. :)

"the ending is PROBABLY not going to be satisfying" is not a solid critism

@shorthopdoublelasers4168

2 жыл бұрын

Damn did he really say that? What an awful take.

Berserk needs to be talked about with the best of the best fantasies, and the fact that it isn’t is a literal crime

The reception of this video is very telling considering recent developments in the one piece community when it comes yo criticism. Well done daniel

Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on zou. Questions answered, new questions given… it’s one of my favorites for its size Also… if you’re ever interested in reading a manga where the humor hits, try out grand blue dreaming. It’s the only manga that’s had me on my ass laughing at times

when you complained about one thing in dressrosa as a saga (from punk hazard to dressrosa), it turns out to be a very sneaky detail for the next arc . the whole bigger plotline is still on going

Aren't we on Zou? I'm surprised we got Dressrosa in one week but now we're splitting it up haha I looked at the other replies, you're good buddy

So, since you are now very much close to keeping up with One Piece, first off, damn amazing work on reading through it, second, thank you for opening up WoT for me, third, I think you could try to open up a bit on manga, if I may provide some recommendations the first one would be Monster by Naoki Urasawa

With the anime I watched it up to just after dresrossa prior to reading the anime. When it got to the point that I was skipping forward extremely frequently I dropped it, only watching main fights. I was able to pick it up again in the current arc and while the episodes are still stretched they are done so bearably.

I feel like the self-restraint problem is worsened by weekly publishing. Because he is forced to develop his story on a fixed schedule, I think he has less time to cut content out before it's too late to change it. Imagine if all those detail oriented fantasy writers had to publish their books one weekly chapter at a time.