How Usopp Became The MOST Neglected Strawhat 

God himself

i remember saying that about Wano and Zoro

​​@@Alexronni so you mean ussopp??

No, i mean yassop

@@Ner0tikaWano did Zoro justice though. Man got the crazy sword that only a select few swordman can tame and defeated a healthy King while he was injured. He also got a new ship. This man got a lot of love in that arc.

This is the one ☝️

Because he is crying and running away all the time on top of flat out lying. He should be showing bravery of some sort by now, he has not learned from the rest of the crew. They way he is written just makes him annoying.

Man screw that power scaling excuse. Ussop has always found a way to beat enemies much stronger than him. Mr 4 was a monster, Kuma C was mixing him, Perrona defeated Luffy Sanji and Zoro but Ussop won. Oda just neglecting him

It did bug me a lot how Nami and Usopp couldn't find a way to beat Page 1 and Ulti without getting a massive amount of help from Big Mom. That just felt lazy to me. Nami soloed a six powers user with a cheap devil fruit in Enis Lobby. I don't see why she can't beat a haki user using intelligence. She needs to at some point. The Strawhats always get better by beating somebody who has abilities that they don't possess, and using quick thinking and in Nami's case weather science. Usopp has overcome stronger foes by using psychology, and by being surprisingly hard to take down. Surely there would have been some way Usopp could take advantage of the dynamic between Ulti and Page one, as messy as it is.

No one is coping when they say that about Elbaf. Usopp since Little Garden, has had a connection to Elbaf through Dorry and Broggy, and we're just waiting to see what its about.

@@ArlecchinoAKAFather You’re right, it’s fictional story after all, I think no one would mind Ussop beating opponents way stronger than him the way he did in the past.

@@shadowjuan2 yeah, like page 1. Oda could have gave Ussop his moment but big mom stole the spotlight

Yeah I wish we got more cooperative combat from the crew like in Thriller Bark. Usopp and Nami would be perfect for this and it would be a great way to show off the relationship with other characters

But Nami had an amazing role in WCI arc. She was literally always backing everyone up, she didn't left Luffy's side even once, even tried fighting the enemy herself when he was injured. Plus with her intelligence she managed to have Zeus by her side. So what if she doesn't fight much she is still one of the most useful characters imo.

My head cannon is that pirates have a rule to fight only one on one. Because things could be much easier if they can gang up on someone 😂

@Os yeah thats just how fights go in one piece lol. Whether it's "don't get in my way/don't slow me down" or "don't interfere" the characters always let each other fight one on one first, probably to let them resolve the conflict between each other or something. The exception is straw hats vs oars and moria, that was a cool combo fight

they are great support, however, too many intense fights end up 1v1s by monster trios choice

Hoping for big things for our boy! 😤

It’s ending soon tho :/ there’s more one piece behind us rather than ahead of us

This needs more likes 👍

hoping for Elbaf to be huge for Ussop!

​@@Thenoble1j Still a few more years. The Final Saga is already moving at breakneck speed, characters hyped up for decades finally showing what they can do, and lore dumps galore. Usopp's time to shine was always hinted to be Elbaf since Little Garden. Plus considering they're a Yonko crew now Most of the Strawhats that aren't Luffy, Zoro, Sanji and Jinbei are in dire need of powerups (except maybe Nami, she just got one).

I hope he gets an upgrade too. Usopp is smart and could definitely incorporate something from Egghead into his kit

The GP flowers are perfect for a guy who fights using magic plants. I'd also like to see him incorporate the dials more in some way.

@@mechamanw668 ya seriously his fight with luffy is him at his best he needs to pull out more stuff like that Throw some impact dials on his uusop hammer and a reject dial on the 100ton hammer Dials were more used for namis weather tact uusop should use them more

@@RustyNips I don't even think dials are used in the climatact anymore. Maybe you could argue cloud dials? But that might just be weatheria tech. Seriously, impact and rejects damage you internally. And I think Usopp's body at this point should be able to handle it.

​@@crovantiwell i guess not

Yeah he became one of the most physically jacked characters post TS but still hasn't shown any physical feats

@@hunbi1875 - cause ussop needs to change into sogeking to unlock his "godly powers". Sogeking might have become a seperate personality due to trama.

The wano arc was kinda ass untill the last part, shoving down oden lore and having waaaay to many side characters the whole time.

@@9Calavera6 oden lore was important and one of the best parts of the arc

@@zoovaado7759 subjective opinion

@@9Calavera6 yep let’s not give any backstory to the father of a character we spent a decade following, good idea! A character that was also traveling with the pirate king and went to laughtale. Wano has a lot of problems, like a fucking LOT. But that definitely isn’t one of them.

@@zoovaado7759 i just didnt think oden was an interesting character to follow and i hade 0 emotional investment in all the characters from wano exept for like 3 of them.

He cares for his friends, and he would do what Nami did if the role were switched.

100% agreed I feel like the Pop Green’s are the biggest gripe I have for Usopp rn

He's just like me fr, I feel that.

Fr

Yeah well, he has always seen himself that way and his dream is to overcome that. Doesn't matter how we look at it the only thing that can help Ussop is ussop himself He is going to accomplish his dream in the end so he is not being done dirty, now is just not the time for his development. Elbaf is going to be important for obvious reasons but this video doesn't make sense because none of the Strawhats accomplished their dream it's not the time for that yet and it would be weird if Ussop just became a proud warrior of the sea immediately after Dressrosa before he even visited elbaf or met his dad. His past accomplishments are just a little glimpse of the person Ussop want's to be and he becomes that person only when his friends are in danger so we can assume that when he does something brave not to save his friends or other people but to prove to himself that he is a brave person than he achieved his goal

Exactly. The reason why ussop gets so much hate is because he had so much potential. In wano even robin had a good fight but ussop had none. It’s actually fucked

You mean stake right? Not steak cuz I’d love to how steak driven through my heart

Here's the thing oda said usopp will always be the weakest strawhat

Despite Oda’s objective for writing him, and Usopp being the weak one. I wholeheartedly believe that he could still show the depth you mentioned because I think the weakness is supposed to always be there in terms of Usopp’s fears and insecurities. Therefore, he can still showcase better skills in fighting and tact while remaining as the less superior one since he’s not part of the dominant group of the crew (powers and monster-like capabilities). So his cool and great feats and added skills could be on a level that’s realistic for him and human beings.

A fight that would transcend anime

So true. But I also believe that Oda has involvement in the making of the movie stories as well, so maybe he really does have something planned.

I hate the fact though that Usopp's best moments are halved into the movies as well because they're non really canon. Still Usopp drag racing in GOLD was badass

Don't worry about it, Ussop has his great moments. It's not that bad as this video makes it look and Elbaf is coming soon, so Ussop will rise again.

Me too

Yep dont worry. I for one completely disagree with some of his takes. Some characters shine in some arcs, some dont. That's just the way it is in stories. His back and forth between bravery and cowardice is completely natural and not entirely unfounded for a slow burn character development. :))

@@Vanadiaa ok ty

Easily the weakest strawhat, even including the straw hat grand fleet

@@abdurrahmanqureshi3030 strength isn’t why we like Usopp, chief

@@bigpete7240for real.

Lol stop pretending that current usopp is better than the old one

@@jonathandeza7718 Did I say that?

@@jonathandeza7718 he's way better lmao

@@Kanemakii no he is not. Peak usopp was when he challenged Luffy. That was peak usopp and the most flesh out usopp ever. Thats how you make a good character. Not make him a god and just contribute nothing but sh*tin the narrative.

@@jonathandeza7718 so basically: the only ways to make a good character is if I like them no. current usopp shits on old usopp as a character in terms of writing

Nothing has been misunderstood or misconstructed , everything the crew had done up until now had been to some extant to help those who couldn't help themselves be that directly or indirectly, from Arlong Park to Fishman island. There is 0 excuse for Usopp to act as cowardly as he did in Dressrosa specially during such a crucial moment and it doesn't matter than he ended up coming back at this point in the story the thought shouldn't even have crossed his mind.

@@rastapopoulos5808 What are you talking about he's a Pirate not a Hero. Just because Luffy has a tendency to fight for others that does not mean that He or any other strawhat is obligated to. infact in that same arc you are talking about Franky directly asked permission from Luffy to help the Tontattas that were imprisoned because that went against the plan, so no you are wrong. Luffy does not even like being refered to as a hero because he only does what he wants and if that means helping people by beating up other pirates or marines, then so be it. Luffy, just like usopp have 0 obligation to help anyone. They are pirates, not marines and certainly no heros. You have misunderstood everything

@@DrJuice-xb1cr No, Strawhats are joke in name of pirates. They don't have any pirate characteristics whatsoever. BB or Buggy is more of a pirate than them. And since their actions have always been that of 'heroes', people expect them to act the same. That's all.

@@Rudy-fr3uf Joke Pirates? They are pirates. By law and by title. Just because they don't act like the traditional idea of a pirate doesn't mean they aren't. For example, Roger doesn't steal or plunder from regular people, but that doesn't mean he's lesser of a pirate than BB. Usopp has no expectations or obligation to help anyone or anything and he's certainly not obligated to DIE for some strangers that he has next to no connection with.

@@DrJuice-xb1cr First of all nowhere did i mention whether they were heroes or villain as it is irrelevant to the discussion. Second of all you're clearly the one who understand nothing, throughout the manga you're shown countless times that they are bad people in both camps be that marines or pirates so what the strawhats identify as is irrelevant everything they've done since the start of their adventure has been beneficial to people and more often then not these people were being oppressed, so don't even try to play the semantics game that because they identify as pirates it somewhat influence what they do, it doesn't and never has they always end up helping those in need and not once have they walked away from helping someone in need. Lastly when Usopp did what he did they were already actively involved in the core of the problem. So sure Usopp had no obligation to help them but you are delusional if you think Luffy and co would have let it slide had he actually walked away.

I agree with Chopper, but Franky at least has had a 1v1 or 1v2 in every arc he has been in except for Thriller Bark.

Nah Franky still have a spotlight

Brook is there too He only around to make skeleton jokes

Chopper was not neglected in Wano.

Chopper shined in fishman island, punk hazard, zou whole cake island, and wano franky a lot of fights post timeskip and shined in dressrosa

“We all just keep coping with the neglect of Usopp’s character by saying he’ll get his shine in Elbaf.” - Sonson, RU-vid commenter

@@rockjohnson706the only arc he could have even participated in since dressrossa is wano

​@@mcallister2642 and yet he didn't. Usopp is literally number one for me in all of one piece and my man is being done dirty. We got a little hint of haki and now all of a sudden it's completely gone and we haven't even heard of that since.

@@ranguntnt8732 he’s not being done dirty he just isn’t the focus of these arcs. Same way robin hasn’t had any major development between water 7 and Wano (she is getting some now tho). Usopp has both elbaph and meeting Yasopp to get character development and be the narrative focus. His arc can’t be completed halfway through like robin’s could or like Sanjis seems to be. Edit: (because him becoming a brave warrior of the see should somewhat coincide w meeting up w his dad and the giants. It creates a better moment narratively speaking) *this is all dependent on oda not rushing the ending which is also something he is possibly doing*

@@ranguntnt8732 Man it's stupid to judge a week-to-week series like it's already over. One Piece has at least 5 more good years to come he is not being done dirty, now is just not the time for Ussops development. His dream is to be a proud warrior of the sea and we are at endgame now so obviously either the fight against Yassop, Van Auger, or his visit to Elbaf and maybe all three are going to leave a massive impact on his character and finally give him the push to be confident in his abilities. It's like judging Luffy for not being pirate king after punk hazard it doesn't make any sense you gotta be patient reading week to week.

nah brook mvp of whole cake

This comment is king. ❤

Water 7 didn’t prove that he was useless the whole point of Water 7 and Enies Lobby was to prove that Usopp is a necessary component of the team. Without his devotion to Merry throughout Water 7 the crew loses to the buster call. What you said about him helping Nami can be applied to anytime Usopp has teamed up with a character, not to mention Big Mom did most of the damage to Ulti and Page One and Nami finished Ulti with Zeus, without Usopp Ulti and Page One still get defeated.

@@crovanti that’s what I said

nah bruh usopp didnt get taught anything hes being neglected smh

@@crovanti the thing is, you said that Usopp had a very wide role in the crew and it got reduced with franky joiniing. But then you reduce the story telling itself to his fights post timeskip. Or even in pretimeskip you don't give credit to how he saved Zoro, Nami and Vivi from the melting candle wax from Mr 3, him blowing up Jangos and fullbodys Ships and producing an escape route to Mr 2s distraction and how his rope came in very usefull in multiple situations in skypia. But postimeskip, what about how his plants, brain and skill helped the crew there. The list grows, when you not just focus on fights. 1. Keeping the crew save on the travel to ffishmen island like keeping a zoro from making a slash attack threw the bubble or slowing rocks. 2. Trampoline for Zoro when he fought the dragon, boats to cover a lake. 3. Putting the raging kids to sleep and capturing caesar at the end (very important) when he got seastone handcuffs in advance (a disappearing he did what formerly was mostly Sanjis thing). 4. Starting that whole alliance in Dressrosa with getting the tontattas to their side, freeing himself and robin. 5. Improving Namis clima tact again. 6. Rallying up the samurai in wano, something Zoro declared to Luffy he would do but failed misserably by geting kicked out of the flower capital. 7. Not only keeping 2 Tobi Roppo occupied while they could harm allied forces liike queen did, he forcefeeds tamas dangos to A LOT of Gifters and headliners. 8. Protecting Red scabbards. Yes, his fighting was not that success in wano and he probably realised it himself that just with plants, you can't get threw something very durable like a Dinosaur. Even Sanji could not defeat Page One fast, IN HIS RAID SUIT. But he did lots of stuff in wano pre onigashima, more than Zoro, who at the end just protected Komurasakki and Otama and the rest wandered around lost. He also did stuff in Onigashima. But yea, it ofcourse gets totaly overshadowed in things like popularity polls by more and more strong, cool characters appearing with cool fights/gimmicks. All what Usopp does in the backkground seems like nothing when a Zoro defeats an All Star with the Name "King" and slows down a combined attack of 2 yonkos, while also getting a tiny bit of family history revealed. And while Usopp and Sanji shared tactican/strategist roles pretimeskip, Usopp claimed these roles mostly for himself posttimeskip. And why sani priior to wano also not exactly won some fights with Vergo/Doffy (he also not lost them), it gets overshadwoed that Usopp also took these jobs as from Zou onwards, Sanji took a leading role and got lots of development as focus on him. The tons of small jobs Usopps got are well, small and easily overshadowed.

@@the_Haexler The issue with those small sidejobs is that it tends to be like half a scene in 2 episodes, compared to the fights with the tobi ropi which get much more focus. If ussop has to rely on those sidejobs, and can't shine in combat, then they need to get more focus.

jimbei teaching ussopp how to reach his potential in observation haki would be really cool

We all miss a good old fire bird star, plant attacks except skull bomb grass feel weak af.

Man people are forgetting that the ussop you want is the Ussop we are going to get at the very very end of the story when he accomplishes his dream of becoming a brave warrior of the sea. If he stopped acting cowardly and scared after the timeskip than he would have been the only Strawhat to accomplish his end of story goal in the middle of the story before visiting Elbaf or meeting his dad which were both teased to be very important for the development of Ussops character.

@@mikeostwald9645 he pretty much accomplished his goal in enies lobby

@@ConquerorsMentalitynah that was sogeking

Thanks! Yeah I’m hoping he gets some love from Oda soon

I hope so especially with his Dad being on Elbaf it would be the perfect time for the Strawhats and Usopp to go to there

I agree with that and I do feel like Oda has something big planned for him

I disagree, his glory was long awaited.

I dont know man. Running over Big Moms face with a fucking car and beating a Tobi Roppo by himself was pretty impressive

@@DrJuice-xb1cr I mean that's true I won't argue about that.

I honestly agree, especially with Chopper.

I have to disagree on Brook at least. Brook was hands down the MVP in Whole Cake Island, both getting the rubbings of the poneglyphs (Even standing up directly to Big Mom, mind you) and destroying the picture of Mother Carmel. Furthermore, he greatly helped in fending off Big Mom's fleet during the escape. Even in Wano he held his own, even if he may not have been fighting a major opponent. Usopp just felt completely out of his league during Wano. Chopper on the other hand may have ways to contribute that go beyond just fighting, but he suffered greatly from the fact that he was left out of both, Dressrosa and Whole Cake Island. But overall there's generally a whole lot of neglect for the main cast because Oda is putting more and more focus on a whole new roster of supporting characters in every arc ever since Dressrosa, leaving far less time to focus on all of the Strawhats, even with the massively inflated amount of chapters for each arc. I really miss the times when it was, for the most part, just the Straw hats versus the arc's big bad and his henchmen... arcs like Alabasta, Enies Lobby or Thriller Bark come to mind.

​@Tyrian3k Brook had literally ONE moment on Whole Cake Island but he's done basically nothing for 5 or 6 arcs. He's easily more ignored than Chopper or Usopp and is basically a useless character. Usopp had more screen time in the east blue than Brook has gotten since he joined.

True, although ussop is a core member he should had far more development early on with chopper and Brook following suit.

@@JesusChrist2000BC u gotta stop reading w eyes closed dawg

Same! I hope big things are to come for him 🙌

@@crovanti I'm sure of that!!!

Elbaf will be perfect for him

I hope so, I think Oda has big plans for Usopp

Hopefully Usopp gets some love in Elbaf, I’m sure he will it’s a part of his dream

I hadn’t thought about doing this for the other Strawhats but I’ll look into it. Robin is interesting and has some of the best development on the crew. Pre-timeskip (mostly before Enies Lobby) she was kind of tense, suspicious, and mysterious. Post timeskip she’s already gone through most of her development and is now free to just be her quiet dorky self. I will say she was one of the more prevalent Strawhats in Wano, and recent chapters are starting to suggest more Robin content in the future.

Robin got reduced to the dark humor girl with big racks, which can also read poneglyphs from time to time.

She showed a new form and broke black marias back ffs😂. That was epic imo.

I totally agree!!! In fact, it wouldn't make sense for Usopp to be so brave in Dressrosa right away bc his goal is to be a brave warrior, and all the strawhats will achieve their goal at the end of their journey! Slow burn character development is not linear, so moments like this totally make sense. It's the fact that even if he forgot Robin and would MOST DEFINITELY lose against someone who could killed him, he still went back at the end and made a decision to stand up! People forget that he's the most normal guy in their crew sans Nami by that time.

I believe! Elbaf is going to be great! 🔥

I agree that Post-Timeskip the scale of what is happening means that all the Strawhats can’t get attention all the time and I really liked Oda’s solution of splitting up the crew in Dressrosa and WCI to make sure that he doesn’t have characters just sitting around doing nothing. But I’ve been rewatching pre-timeskip and some of the Strawhats have definitely been reduced down some. Zoro is one of the biggest examples of this he used to be so much more than the cool strong guy he is now (Yes I did like him and Sanji being excited to see Luffy getting close to his dream in Wano). On my rewatch I’ve been shocked a couple times on just how smart Zoro used to be. And I’m not calling for everyone to have a 1v1 fight every arc. For instance, I’ve been completely fine with Robin Post Timeskip because she is on the crew to look for and translate poneglyphs and she has been fulfilling this. Chopper hasn’t had a 1v1 but in Wano he did his doctor duty. Sanji highlights my problem because he has been written so well consistently since Dressrosa. If Oda can do all this stuff for Sanji why can’t he spread the love around to the rest of the crew? The point of this video was to show that Usopp can contribute to things to narrative because he used to all the time (Enies Lobby is probably Usopp at his best and he doesn’t have a 1v1), but recently he has been no where near as important or prevalent. The timeskip happened in 2010. Is it not fair to expect more out of members of the main cast across 13 years?

It still bothers me that half of the SH have no basic armament. Robin specially since that would solve a lot of her power's vulnerability problems. They're not just outside of the center stage (which is good because the recent chapters are fire), but half of them are still destroyed by the likes of Smoker and Enel because they lack a key power of the world that even some yonkou crew fodder have

@@apollyon2018 they don't need it we have seen that time and again

@@damriyeauhayes8660 what a fucking excuse to not have at least fodder-level armament haki. It's not rocket science and it would help at least Robin and Franky a lot

@@apollyon2018 arguing about power scaling is pointless