Every Race’s Connection To Nika In One Piece Explained 

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Dorry and Broggy being there looking for Nika proves why the Gorosei flipped out when Morgans published the Gear 5 photo on the bounties and newspapers worldwide

If Luffy goes to Elbaf and is immediately worshiped, that would be hilarious. A nation of giant Hancocks.

I wanna point out (if morj doesn’t in this video) that Oars Jr’s ship in marineford has a very conspicuous sun right next to his jolly roger on his sail!!

Joyboy being a giant, lunarian with the gum powers would be so freaking OP

Hygoro mentioned luffy in gear 4 looking like a God of Fire (or wisdom god if y'all remember the earlier translation). So it could be argued Wano did have a concept of a god persisting

I also believe that the Kuja tribe may also have a history with Nika since their jolly roger has a sun like reference.

Id love to see luffys reaction to this whole sun god thing. I feel like he wouldnt give a shit and being worshipped would just annoy him.

One thing I’ve been thinking about. Toki could have sent momo and crew to further into the future when it would have been “safe” after the incoming dawn for seen in 20 years. But both Toki and Oden wanted their people and children to witness and HELP liberate the world. They could have taken the easy way out but instead felt they needed to be there by his side to help out. The fact that the Nika supporters don’t just sit aside and wait for their savior they HELP and work towards achieving those dreams. JoyBoy isn’t there to save them single-handedly. They walk that path with him.

It might be seen as fringe but i have a theory that the paws on Kuma are actually the sun(sun god) being surrounded by 3 smaller celestial bodies. The larger sun is surrounded by pluto(pluton), posiedon(neptune), and Uranus. Or its just an abstract palm eith 3 fingers.

I love how all the interesting races with unique powers - Fishmen (can swim and breathe underwater), Giants (have three times the lifespan and massive bodies), Minks (possess electricity powers), Kozuki (unique language or writing fonts and brute samurai power), Buccaneers (tanky build), Shandians (have technology and wings?), and Lunarians (firepower, tanky build, and wings) - all side with the Joyboy Empire, while the WG only has humans and giants (due to enslavement and with the help of Mother Carmel). How tf do Imu and the Gorosei single-handle all these races? 😂 Another mysterious race is the Oni (we only get a glimpse in Yamato and Kaido's fight) with horn and a power of tanky build, I suppose? Other extra organ races (long legs, hands, neck, head, nose 😂) seem like minor races, and I don't think they will play a major role in the series. Maybe these extra organ races are the effect of nika's df awakening

Kudos to Orochi and Caesar for creating and distributing Smile devil fruits. They were pioneers at mass producing Joy Boys and Joy Girls..

Morj consistently putting out the most detailed, evidence-backed analysis of OP

Morj, you've mastered reflecting One Piece to the real world. This is the uniqueness of your channel. Keep it up

hey morj. did u notice that nika, the sun god, reincarnating in wano is not a coincident? wano is the portayal of japan and i think oda is deliberately telling us that japan is the land of the rising sun.

Could it be that Bonny will become a key character to reach the One Piece like Brook is? Musik becomes more and more important. Drums of Liberation is a specific rhythm that a professional musician like Brook can use and even enhance with his Devil Fruit. Considering that Kumar might have told her countless stories and prophecies about Nika while she was growing up, she could give the needed hints at what is the most important about the Drums of Liberation and what it will do to the people of the world. Side note: Since Romance Dawn Luffy wanted mainly two crew members as early as possible: A chef and a musician. At one point a musician was more important than a chef.

Luffy's final attack at the end of the series needs to be him making the earth a universal basketball or else he's a false prophet.

The scene of bonney realising luffy is sungod have the cahnces to become top 5 best moments in one piece . The timing the desperation is perfect here . They just have to use perfect soundtrack and animation . Like they can use into the grandline sound

Such a nice explanation for the absence of Nika through the earlier parts of the history.

you miss the part about hyogoro mention about luffy form, btw nice detailed video

Still waiting for smoker to join the crew oda be throwing them curve balls

The thing I'm the most interested in is luffy's reaction to all of this worship If he couldn't handle the grand fleet seeing him as their boss , imagine how annoyed he'll be to see the the entire world worshipping him

I really hope we see King/Alber again I was kinda of disappointed he didn't bring more information about Joyboy since he's the last lunarian I feel like he didn't completely give up on his goal it will be very tragic he gets tortured again on the hands of the WG I see him appearing for the final war lunarians are difficult to be ignored

With the Shandians mostly worshipping the god of the land, there's something to be said about a false god comparison. The Vearth was worshipped because it was rare up in the sky, but ultimately the island's presence only brought suffering, and it's rarity seems silly in comparison with the world below. Idk, just a thought

i love that story decisions Oda makes that at first can seem random actually hold up to a lot of scrutiny. great video!

You don't know how happy I get to hear theories .... like yes give me a great reason to sub challenge my knowledge this is what the community should be centered around

Thanks for the consistent high quality One Piece content!

Jimbei certainly seemed to react to Nika specifically during his battle in Wano.

Excellent video Morj, keep up the great work 👍🏿

The editor did a great job depicting the real world examples in the beginning

Very interesting Morj reads between the lines again Nice one

I think that the reason Oda didn't tell about Nika earlier is because it would've been obvious that Luffy is Nika, or that Luffy inherited his will. And Oda didn't want the story to be predictable.

Great analysis as usual. I never would have made that connection with different races.

Since Toei began Egghead I cannot wait for the Kuma Flashback. Seeing the video reminded me of Kuma and his dad frequently doing the Nika dance and chanting Doon-Dut-Dut. I was so curious since I first read that in the manga what that sounded like. Hopefully toei does not disappoint.

thumbnail goes incredibly hard this week

Gotta include this in my BigNewsLetter No. 3!

yes that's why Kuma's story was so powerful, but why Bonnie is so important now, because even Kuma doesn't have the ability to communicate it.

I agree that most people who have used Nika's name in the story so far make sense to know it and that his existence was foreshadowed more subtly through broader sun/dawn/Joy Boy-based legends. I think what I'm mainly puzzled about is the timing; how the last two arcs were the first to feature several characters who fully knew of the legend. It kinda just feels like a necessary consequence of trying to surprise the reader, reminiscent of the numerous story coincidences the Straw Hats found themselves in like stumbling across Momonosuke and Kin'emon or meeting Vegapunk right when he's set to be executed.

This is why I'm subbed.

Your hair looks really good in this episode

I think Oda knows what his world contains, since he crafted it for decades. And he knows his last page. Aside from that, the way there doesn't depend on him, but on the characters, since they are alive in his head. That's why he always suprises us, since aside from the world and the ending everything happens according to the characters.

I think the eight circles on the outside of the sun symbol symbolize the eight islands that were followers of Nika: Alabasta, Jaya/Skypeia, Fishman Island, Wano, Sorbet, and now in Chapter 1106, Elbaf. We have 6, we are still missing 2. I think Zou is more than likely one but we haven’t seen the sun symbol so I can’t confirm. And then maybe whatever Water 7 or Tottoland were.

How are the residents of Zou not intimately familiar with Nika when Zunesha clearly has major ties to Joyboy?

Hey Morj, what song did you use at 7:15-8:00? Nice track.

Interesting point about the giants life span having them be not so far removed from events of long ago for most characters

it's wild that we got the name reveal from Who's Who, a character who's name i had to look up to remember it, lol

If the Kozuki line passed down the skill of writing poneglyphs, why couldn't they also pass down information about the void century like the story of Nika?

What if Jaguar D Saul, or another pirate we just, is actually the grandson of the captain of the giant pirates who was alive during the void century?

MAMADRAWK CALLED IT!! She was only halfway through Loguetown where she theorized Luffy is Sun God, and when she reached Little Garden she solidified that theory. ❤

I hope despite all this that Luffy is never made aware of this knowledge. Oda has been very careful keeping Luffy away from all conversations about ancient history pertaining to Joyboy or Nika

I was inclined to believe that the Buccaneers were slaughtered due to their belief in Nika as I read Kuma's backstory.

I bet when we get to Laughtale or the if they go to the ancient kingdom, there will be buccaneers living there.

When is Mr Morj going to make a video about Rob Lucci like me

Bc of the giants life spans we can assume that the void century isn’t that lost on them. They probably know what happened back then but the question is why haven’t they retaliated? Not even fighting the WG, but why haven’t they at least attempted to spread the truth throughout the world?

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Bro it’s been hyped asf since finding out luffy was the sun god nika I just can’t wait to see who has the other 3 god fruits and how robust their awakened abilities are bro this final war/saga finna be some different 😊

Heck the name of the ship is Thousand Sunny!!

Bruh, the comments section are cooking 🔥. You guys are geniuses.

i really don't think kuma is the last buccaneer in existence, even if explicitly stated there's always a chance that there's another one or 2 out there

What do you guys think about the “D.“s being the natural Enemies of the Gods and now Luffy being called a God himself? Does it go against the “Enemy of the Gods“ idea or does it work?

Will you talk about the Wit Studio The One Piece anime adaptation?

Did you know that Big Mom and the Rocks Pirates were in Disney's Treasure Planet?

Nika was born after the raid will not fail theory failed

Ready for the race war 🥵

I'm thinking the Ancient Kingdom wasn't all sunshine and roses. The Fishmen have a history of slavery, but the troubles with fishmen started only 200 years ago? That's far from their entire history. So we're left to wonder "who's who?". Was the Ancient Kingdom truly who Joyboy fought to liberate? Or did Joyboy fight to end human and Buccaneer slavery at the hands of the stronger races? If he did, then perhaps his crime was going against calls for punitive slavery that came from his own side. He and his Buccaneer kin were enslaved for the stand they took to prevent the cycle of hatred from continuing. They fought their own side and lost. I think Joyboy was too early. Those old wounds had to heal before the dawn could come. I think the fishmen gained immunity by continuing the slave trade under the WG. Jinbe acknowledged the violence of fishmen at Marineford, but we all thought he was referring to Arlong. What if it's not so simple? I believe that 200 years ago, the fishmen broke the deal, releasing the Buccaneers and causing the Iron giant incident. Their knowledge of Joyboy is second hand. They gained that knowledge indirectly though the slaves they oversaw, explaining their vague awareness of a Sun God. The Buccaneers, once freed by the fishmen, located Joyboy's Iron Giant that he had used first to fight the Ancient Kingdom, and second to fight his own side. They began to play the drums of liberation, it then came to life and promptly assaulted Marie Jois. The fishmen freeing the Buccaneers is symbolic of those old wounds healing, setting the stage for the new dawn.

Oda simply retconned Luffy's DF in Wano to make his fight against the World Government even more symbolic (and to make him even more of a chosen one, as if he wasn't one to begin with). We can headcannon all we want and try to justify it but it's quite hard to believe that Oda, the guy who adds constant hints for mysteries that need hundreds of chapters to be explained, wasn't able to even mention this legendary sun god until what, 15 chapters before it showed up for the first time?

nika is mentioned first time in fishman island

13:45 Morj: Excuse me sir, do you have time to talk about our lord and savior nika? 😂

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Fishmen didn't know, because Oda decide d add nika later

Well, Kaido also knew about Sun God Nika and he was of Oni race. So there's some chances that the Onis also knew about Nika. Kaido and Yamato are the only two onis we have seen. Therefore, we can conclude that the Onis were also erased by the World Government since they knew about the Sun God. Okay guys, some corrections - Kaido didn't know about Nika but Joyboy. They are not the only Onis we have seen. Magellan was also a potential Oni, and there is a potential Oni in BB's crew too. Forgot his name.

Im very curious how the life action will handle the nika lore

8:21 I like how Morj chose Inuarashi instead of Carrot to represent the minks despite her being literally appointed as their leader. Goes to show how much of a forced conclusion that was for her character.

Fishman island wanting to live on the surface might have more to do with Nika than with their current living conditions. It's kinda silly that they don't want to settle any other underwater area. Their planet surface is like 4/5ths ocean and all they need is shallow water to experience sunlight, so what are they really waiting for?

This is genious!

Doom-Dut-Da-Da! Doom-Dut-Da-Da!

Do you guys think somehow the iron giant tipped off the rest of the giants of Nika's presence? And when they heard about it maybe Shanks explained how that was in fact Luffy? Idk I'm not one for providing hypotheses lol it was just a passing thought

I just know a certain subreddit will be mad asf about this video lmaoo

I mean the problem here is that the Shandians were not separated from the World Government until the knock up stream 400 years ago, and they knew more than the Skypieans who were even more isolated from the rest of the world. Also, it does not explain how the two most isolated groups, Wano and Zou know less than the Fishman.

We can find legitimate explanations for anything in a story, even outright inconsistencies, if we are interested enough.

What race am i? I’m a bit nervous for this race because of how fast it was and the race was a little slow and slow and the pace wasn’t great 👍

It’s true that Jim didn’t react to Lupe’s gear five but I think the freshman might know something about nika because when who’s who brought it up in their fight Jimbei got extremely angry and beat the shit out of bro low-key😭

The only thing that confuses me about Nika is that nobody at all said his name in the impel down arc. Just the whisper back then would’ve had the fanbase dying for years

Why do you keep deleting ur chapter videos 😔😭

Kuma is the only one to say everything about nika even about him giving freedom/liberation etc...even rubber powers/can do anything he imagine etc...even said he believes luffy is the one so i doubt oda will have another race know that much about nika outside the gorosei if someone knows i hope it's about joyboy like the fisherman/minks/wano/lunarians etc....only the buccaneers/giants ever said sun god

Saturn’s raid is gonna fail

No oni joyboy candidate kaido or ancient giant Oars with strawhats an luffy possessed with joyboy nika moves

First, RIP Pinmorj

What about Kaido race?

The WG just said “nuh-uh” a lot until people stopped believing in Nika.

Luffy x Nami at the end GGWP :)

In NIKA we trust 2024 😂🤑

"Why did we never hear of Nika before Wano" Retcon.

The true mystery is the prisoner who told whos who about nika, who are they? How do they know about nika?

its not a coincidence that all ancient mythologies AND religions in our world are all actually “worship” of the sun as well. Its just been encoded through allegory and parables, not a coincidence that the dawn of our world is coming at the same time that this masterpiece is coming out.

Every race's connection to 'Nika' 💀

Not sure how many people share this opinion already, but I believe that Pudding’s fruit was likely used to erase people’s memory of the sun god Nika

The best in the game

Mr. Moji. Quick question, the strongest most powerful race ever of all time in the history of one piece is the Giants always and forever above the lunarian Buccaneers etc

Personally speaking..a savior..one "true" lord narrative is something of a pass for me.I do think the story will diverge.If not,i think the story turned out to be something i wasn't expecting.A bunch of rag tag group of guys on an adventure with a purpose emerging. It also reduces the people who came before and other devil fruits.from whitebeard literally destroying marine head quarters to whales that kept banging on the walls with their heads.