Like the content Morj and I know taking sponsors helps you out but Raycon is terrible, it doesn't take a genius to realise a company with no R&D history that spends most of their money on marketing and getting influencers to push their product that they sell for less than competitors that the product is cutting corners to make margin
I feel like the fall of the WG is going to be met with a question of which type of freedom you want, and when Imu, Akainu, the Admirals, and the WG are defeated, Blackbeard and Luffy will be left to face off to decide which freedom is the best. Imu potentially has a Zoan DF that so many have been predicting Blackbeard is going to steal.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. The fact that One Piece has 3 potential final villains in Blackbeard, Akainu, and Im is insane, especially when you consider most shonen battle series struggle to even come up with a single character to fill that slot.
Shippuden offered a few potential final villains during the final war arc: Obito, Kabuto and Sasuke, then presented us with Madara to boot… only to throw it all out the window and give us Kaguya…
@@enriquesalvador9904 yes but the penultimate villain also led to Two Piece and Buffy. I'm not a fan of sequels. Therefore final villain 3 is superior.
In case you guys didn't know, Imu as written in Japanese (katakana) is イム. Put together in a single kanji, it becomes the character for "Buddha". However, it's obvious that Imu is a blatant corruption of the concept of the Buddha, as someone who rules the world from the shadows and with ironclad control and probably has a belief that they are "one with everything", but not in the way a real Buddha would be. Luffy has many different inspirations behind his design, but one that has always been very obvious is the Monkey King from Journey to the West, from his surname to his personality and love of fighting. One of the greatest opponents the Monkey King had to fight in the early chapters of JTTW was the Buddha himself, who appeared in the midst of the war he was waging against the entirety of (Taoist) Heaven. Obviously, One Piece is just loosely inspired by the original novel, so what happened in the end of JTTW won't be the end of OP, but it's clear Oda was making some symbolic or thematic reference to Luffy and Imu's inevitable confrontation. On that note, it would be neat if it's shown at any point that Imu has the power to imprison people for "eternity" in some way like how the Buddha imprisoned Sun Wukong under a mountain with a magic seal that prevented him from busting out. It could even be a power similar to Sugar's in that people will end up forgetting about that imprisoned person. Would play well with the idea of "erasing someone from history".
@@ultimatedumbass4640 I dunno, it was just an idea that came to mind. Wukong was trapped under that mountain for 500 years, but I don't think Oda would copy that for Imu's power, though that would also work to "erase" someone from history. I just realized it would be a funny parallel to Satan if that's what happened with Rocks, though.
Imu is probably gonna have some kind of water df, maybe even water df itself (I mean Kuzan has ice df so...), and the part about everyone forgeting someone's name is probably some ability like getting lost in deep sea.
Also, the 5 elders had ZERO fear of shanks when he came to speak with them. Either they believe way too highly in the "we are gods and far better than you mantra" way too much or they are secretly incredibly powerful themselves. Makes sense for IM to be in charge and them be their greatest generals
I seriously believe that Luffy becoming the pirate king wont be at the end of the story, but rather be the start of the straw hats final voyage, where everything breaks loose.
Oh absolutely, imagine Luffy’s story ending with him basically reaching the same height as Roger? That would be lame imo, Luffy needs to surpass that status. The same goes for Zoro defeating Mihawk, I don’t think it makes sense for Zoro to be fighting Mihawk during the clash with the World Government, so it has to happen beforehand.
Mate, Wb said that someone will find the one piece and challenge the world to a fight.. Once Luffy becomes the Pk that's when the actual fight against the WG starts.. At least that's how i understand it.
@@Stefan0v1 , Ace and White Beard died together, and considering neither of them wanted the One Piece treasure you’re absolutely right that Luffy will obtain the One Piece treasure, and then he will win against The World Government in the series finale.
@@userusernomi I don't necesarily disagree with the idea of him finding the op first and then getting the final war but i hardly think him reshaping the fucking world and taking down a power that's been established for 1000 years and then finding the one piece can be considered "reaching the same height as Roger"
Just to add to this point, all the major villains in the new world have been “godly” in some way. Doflamingo is obvious, but Big Mom is explicitly referred to as a god of destruction by a giant, rules like a god by distributing souls and spying on everything with her homies, and her strongest weapons are literally named Zeus, Prometheus, and Hera. Then Kaido, as a dragon, is basically a divine beast, names his attacks after eastern mythology, and is referred to as a guardian deity early in the arc.
I've always felt like it would be like the Final Naruto war. The Ds take down the government and Im (Kaguya), but society has a choose a particular way to go. So pure freedom (Naruto and Luffy) vs Flawed freedom (Saskue and Blackbeard) determine the ending
100% agree. But there is also one aditional reason why Im and not BB is the final vilain. The void century. For the WG be a complete vilain we still have to know the whole extend of their crimes. What did they do 800 years ago. We have to find out how the previous Joyboy failed as to give more meaning to Luffy succeendind. The only way to find out those things is in Laugh Tail and Luffy has to defeat BB before getting there or when they get there (my theory, they will fight on the island for the tittle of PK). It would make no sense for Luffy to defeat BB after becoming PK because they are are both aiming at the tittle and it would make no sense for Luffy to defeat the WG without knowing the full extension of their crimes (it would be really anti climatic for Luffy to defeat the WG and than arrive at LT and find out what they did 800 years ago). So, defeating BB (aka becoming PK by getting to LT) has to come before defeating the WG.
From the moment I learned about Imu, this is exactly what I thought. You don’t hide a character for over 900 chapters and then introduce them in silhouette in a dramatic manner for no reason. Imu is going to be the primary antagonist.
@@samt3412 yeah hopefully we don’t get a Game of Thrones situation where he just speedruns through the built up final bosses and the ending ruins OP’s legacy
@@samt3412 easy mode, Blackbeard is fought for the possession of the Last Poneglyph that leads to the one piece, then Luffy and gang head to Imu and on the way they have to go thru sakazuki first to show the level gap between an admiral and luffy, and then the final battle with Imu happens
@@samt3412imu will be destroyed when marines and pirates are woeking togeter after that luffy qill fight against akainu and win and finally luffy will fight against bb and win and claim the one piece simppeli as that😊
"You're not the one Teach!! The man Roger was waiting for, ""at the very least"", it's not you Teach (...)". NEWGATE, Edward (The Whitebeard) He said it just before talk about the Greatest War that is about to come... And that is why i believe that Blackbeard is not the final villain.
The WG being an opressive organization precedes even Water 7. The very first arc in OP is against Captain Morgan, who was only a Marine Captain but also the highest authority in Shells Town, who commanded fear in everybody, even the townsfolk and his own underlings -- a clear case of abuse of power and unpopular rulership, which perflectly represents the bigger picture with the Celestial Dragons. The evil of the WG could also be felt by the Shichibukai system and some other little examples.
Morgan was hypnotised and brainwashed by kuro. When he was reported he was captured and was about to be court martialed. The world government & the navy aren't bad organizations even the revolutionaries accept this fact. The clestial dragons are an anomaly we don't know why they are the way they are. Why are they so protected? They don't benifit anyone. Why would Pirates like Roger protect them?
@@Mr-ON Morgan was hypnotized to believe he captured Kuro, but it's only that. His tyranical behavior in Shells Town was all himself, no brainwashing. The Revolutionaries are not against *a* World Government, but they're certainly against the ideology that's rooted in *this* World Government from top to bottom since its foundation 800 years ago, which is a fascist organization that establishes a racist social hierarchy (Celestial Dragons are "gods") that explores those on the bottom (the poorer allied nations) and considers to be inhuman all the nations who are not under its oppressive rule (like Greenbull explictly stated). Beyond the Celestial Dragons themselves, Akainu's "absolute justice" perfectly embodies this fascism in the Marines, and that's why he became Fleet Admiral. Of course, there are some marines who are good people, and they fight pirates who are bad... but this doesn't change the fact that the Marines exist to protect the rule of the current WG, which produces slavery, genocide, poverty, misery, imperialism, colonization, etc.
@@lucasfmhomem The government isn't as opressive or tyrranical as people think. They even allowed the kings the abolish the warlords one of the 3 world powers. They allow countries that are kingdoms to be kingdoms and allow nations that are democracies like water 7 to be democracies. Post marineford we saw regular citizens clebrating the victory of the world goverment and the navy. That show that the average citzen really see the Navy and WG as a bekon of justice and the pirates to be evil. And the "genocide" wasn't tbe end goal at Ohara. They wanted to destroy the criminal scholars and their illegal research. The research that was outlawed and the scholars knew what they were doing is illeagel. So their government had the right to execute the punishment. The operation was lead by sengoku who most people don't call evil. Thats why the civillians were intially evacuated. But then Akainu realised that there was no way to seperate a civillian from a scholar. Robin is a great example of that she was a scholar disguised as a civillian. Thats why the civillains had to die to ensure the safety of the rest of the world. And Robin to this day is very much a real threat to world. If robin revieves an ancient weapon and that gets into the hands of an evil pirate like as BB. Aokiji will be responsible for the death and destruction the the ancient weapon would cause becaus he let Robin live. The only stain of the WG are the clestial dragons. Because they don't make any sense. They are increadibly weak, unlikable, unnecessary and waste of money. They don't contribute anything to the WG, they are a net negative. They have absolutely nothing going for them. The WG can funtion completely fine without them. So why the World Government the Navy and even Pirates like Roger are so eager to protect them an matian status quo. Why does shanks hold meetings with the Elders who are themselves world nobles?
@@Mr-ON The WG IS the Celestial Dragons. They are its founders, and the entire hierarchy and WG institutions were created to their benefit above all else. What's an Admiral's role? To obey the Celestial Dragons, and that's why Garp refuses to be one. And besides the Celestial Dragons themselves, the ones who benefit the most from this system are the other nobles/royalty of the world who also live in privilege. Most of the world population actually live in poor countries that can't pay their WG taxes, or live in slums in richer countries due to the inequality of the system. It's not random that people around the world are rebelling against these countries, and that's because THEIR life is personally affected by the exploitation of the WG. And the Marines will opress their rebellion because that's what this fascist institution is meant to do. Ohara is not the only WG genocide we know of (btw, Akainu was never punished for it, or expelled from the ranks, but promoted, and now is Fleet Admiral). The WG also allowed the genocide of Flevance because they kept exploring the richness of its soil despite knowing that it sicken the citzens in the long run and they'd all die. And that's only a handful of their crimes for power. If some folks support the WG, it's only because pirates can be even worse, and also because they are fed its propaganda, or are among the elite. It's no different from the real world, really.
I’m sad and excited at the same time. The final saga that was hyped from Marineford is finally gonna start… can’t wait to see the Admirals and the Revolutionary Army in action. Imu, Vegapunk, Shanks, and Mihawk will all be relevant. This is going to be epic
and don't forget the revolutionaries. at the final war we will see dragon in action!!! he must be at least yonko level!!! many yonko level characters will be in this war!!!
I think it's also interesting that the "flawed freedom" leads eventually to "control". If you have several parties who are fighting each other (survival of the fittest), you will end up with a party establishing a new status quo with them being on top. So essentially, Blackbeard in another scenario after defeating Luffy and Imu would establish a new government with him being the leader.
Well control is necessary, that’s why the we need balance in between freedom vs control. Too much freedom brings chaos which what Blackbeard represents and too much control brings dictatorship which is represented by World government.
@@sohailsadaqat6684 In the form of pure freedom, which is dictated by the laws of nature and our feeling towards each other. That's what Luffy wants to create.
There is no such thing as flawed or pure freedom. The only freedom that we have to deal with in one piece is "absolute freedom". Both Luffy and Blackbeard are advocates for their own absolute freedom. There is no difference between them in this regard. But blackbeard may have an acutal goal he is persuing, we just don't know yet. The acutal freest people in the world are the clestial dragons. Guessing by BB's character his goal seems to be more like kaido. A world in which only the strong survive; total anarchy. All these guys including luffy are after absolute freedom. Which is what the clestial dragons have achieved. Luffy is potrayed as the ultimate good guy. But everything he does is not done out of a sense to help opressed people as a hero. Luffy is not someone who rant about his world view. Because he doesn't have one. Luffy does what he wants he doesn't care if its right or wrong. Its only because of Oda's writing that his MC has never faced a morally grey situation.
@@Mr-ON You didn't watch One Piece did you? Luffy has a moral based on his experiences, Luffy is not an idiot. That's what most people try to say (and what I thought before watching One Piece) but it's not true, at all. If you looked at enough arcs, you would know. If he really didn't care, One Piece would be REALLY different. Freedom is variable. Absolute freedom would be totally based on our present feeling, which would justify killing. Luffy never killed anyone, even Kaido and Big Mom surely are alive. Joyboy doesn't kill. That's against his character. So yeah, you're wrong.
@AndrewWithEase11 11 If the control you're talking about is to obey the natural rule of understanding and harmony so yeah, there is some kind of control. If you think about it, Luffy controls those that don't respect those rules like Kaido or Doffy. But I'm talking about control for power. To stand above other. PS : I don't see why you say we can't stay the same forever, then say we always go back to a state of control. Hence proving we can in fact stay the same forever. Pirates are here to break the mold, and One Piece is about a dystopia turning into an utopia. So... I don't know if you are reading a manga that's for you.
I always like seeing people's wrong idea of what someone is going to look like with just the silhouette, and seeing how close and how far they are from what it actually is
Personally I've always felt that we were getting a battle Royal instead of a single Final Villain. Instead of just one we get all of them at once. Blackbeard vs Akainu vs Im vs Luffy. An all out brawl.
I've always felt like it would be like the Final Naruto war. The Ds take down the government and Im (Kaguya), but society has a choose a particular way to go. So pure freedom (Naruto and Luffy) vs Flawed freedom (Saskue and Blackbeard) determine the ending.
@@ohmangoddamn1986 Ummm sorry but...Ew? Why would One Piece's Final War ever be like Naruto's? This isn't Naruto and the 4th Ninja War was dog shit. I'm almost offended you even made that comparison.
@@redx589 Stop pearl Clutching, he was just making a comparison. He’s not saying it’s going to be written exactly like the 4th great ninja war. He’s just talking about a war on multiple fronts, with 2 of the winners fighting at the end. That has been a plot device in fiction long before Naruto was ever thought of.
I’ve always thought that Blackbeard would be the final roadblock to get the One Piece, and that once the Strawhats made it to Laughtale, they would learn the secrets of the void Century and the final war between the pirates and the World Government would start, led by Luffy of course.
I hope its like that. Luffy beats blackbeard Gets to laugh tale Learns the secrets of the world. Becomes the pirate king. Pirate king leads the pirates and revolutionaries against the world governmemt
@@slimmy478-6 It would even give a defeated blackbeard and crew some time to recover and join the final war on the Pirates side of things. After Luffy has sufficiently broken Blackbeard’s dreams of becoming the pirate king and his other motivations, he becomes an incredibly strong ally to break the world government apart.
@@ShaggyDabbyDank I would like a scenario somewhat like above... however Blackbeard is a character I think who needs to drown. No one has drowned in the story and him having 2 fruits (potentially 3 soon or now?) would be a fitting way for his character to end.
I also think Imu is gonna be the final villain, although if there was some wacky stuff that happens and it ends up being Blackbeard I won't be mad. Just as long as it's not Akainu
Im honestly waiting for this all to be Shank's plan to be him the one that ends up victorious he has been moving pieces on the background since the start, he has talked with basically every single powerful character we know about things they dont mention including the Gorosei themselves, he probably already knows the way to laugh tale, he may have even set foot there, he moat likely knew the real nature of the fruit luffy ate but didnt tell him what it really was, he sacrificed his own arm for luffy and when whitebeard asked him he called it a "bet", and he has ensured luffy ends up alive at all cost, knowing about the will of D and probably knowing something about Luffy we dont know, he has all the cards to be a mayor challenger to final antagonist, maybe he knows that laughtale and the one piece or whatever is there is unreachable for him, but not to luffy, (probably cuz of something that has to do with imu and joyboy), thats why he was willing to sacrifice an arm for him, he may have been planning for luffy to open the way for him to attack him from the back and claim the treasure, lets remember that the first time we saw shanks he literally killed a guy with a cheap shot so he is willing to do it, and then he is centering on blackbeard since he may be the only one that could stop luffy as the clear opposite
Great observations on the theme of the story going on here. I have a friend who has been saying for a long while that he thinks the World Government, and not Blackbeard, will be the final villain of the story. I am still of the opposite opinion, even though both have a lot of appeal to them. The reason I haven't flipped is because the World Government being defeated before the fight vs Blackbeard carries a lot more meaning in my eyes than Blackbeard being defeated on the way to destroying the World Government. See, if Blackbeard has to fall first, he was just a stepping stone. There is a lot of work to be done in order for Blackbeard to symbolize some gargantuan theme like he's been se up to be. On the other hand, if the World Government falls first, the stage is set up beautifully as the world loses the authority it has had for centuries, and two opposing views must battle in order to bring about a new world, the one that each envisions. In other words, one king would be dethroned and the two heirs whose rule would look drastically different from each other would have to fight to the death to decide what kind of dawn the world will be seeing.
On imu's symbolism: I believe that just like Luffy represents the sun/dawn and Blackbeard the darkness/chaos Imu represent the symbols know as the Dark Sun. Now the Dark sun represents a lot of things depending on who you ask but in this case I'll focus on the following two: One) In some cases the Dark sun represents a bastardizing or dark reflection of the qualities of the Sun. To put it simply the sun represents life, natural order or in other words moral order, people living and letting others live. This in a way is represented in Luffy, who wants to be the most free man in the sea, sets free islands/nation that lived under authoritarian regimes, has the powers of the sun god nika and has a straw hat that looks like the sun. The Dark Sun, Imu, represents a twisted artificial version of order and a bastardization of life. Instead of an order maintain by morality/people living in harmony by choice he creates an order maintained by authoritarianism and violence, in other words a false artificial/man made "order" design and envisioned by him. And second) the Dark Sun represents what one would call the hidden hand or the power behind the throne that actually controls all from the shadows. While the archetypal good king (that wears a crown representing the sun and it's rays, or just a straw hat) leads his people in the open, maintains peace and harmony and is the embodiment of Morality a dark/hidden ruler, like Imu or Father from fma, keeps himself in the shadows controling everything behind the scenes since he would know that in order to effectively control a population the last thing you would want is for everyone to know your face and thus the type of person you are in case they don't want to be ruled by you any longer. Better to have a front man or a bunch of somewhat benevolent kings that are easy to manipulate or take out and have the people focus on them. If they f'ck up, like the Doffy or that guy from drum island, all you have to do is replace them with someone more likeable and the people will be content and non the wiser.
Imu is more Most likely a Primordial Darkness Before Darkness, a Primordial Void Chaos before Creation everything itself including BB darkness, represents by the Power of the Sea.
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Excellent analysis as always, I fully agree that this is where it's heading. It's very clear that this whole "enemy of the God's" thing will play into the finale, and Im wasn't introduced this late just to be some weak figurehead. I also love how Skypiea may end up being a "miniature One Piece" in the sense that we've already seen the rough story play out wi the the defeat of Enel. Which also makes it very satisfying as someone who really likes Skypiea.
To be honest I feel like the gorosei are ridiculously strong and eventhow we can't tell if they are as powerful or more powerful than let's say for example the admirals or even the yonko ,I think they will be really difficult enemies for the straw hats..they will not be the final boss but they will be taking part in the final boss fight
Modec is right; if they were admiral or yonko level then they could combine with the 3 admirals and then you have 8 dudes on admiral level... With a force like that ( and at that time they still had 7 warlords as well ) you could absolutely fuck the yonko in the ass--which they haven't done, so they are likely not that strong.
@Modec they weren't scared but they knew it could mean trouble and since they're basically ruling the world they are forced to react to two Yonko grouping up. They acknowledge their strength and react to it that doesn't mean they're weaker.
I know it's popular in the community for people to hype up the Gorosei but to me they always just came across as savvy politicians rather than fighters. After all they're Celestial Dragons and no Celestial Dragon we've seen has actually shown any potential as a fighter.
@@Pekara121 do you think they were scared of their power or scared of the influence their power means to their rule? If the people see that they can be taken down then they lose the power. The real power of any kingdom is the favor of the people. Whoever has this wins and takes the kingdom that’s why dragon is feared too.
makes sense, given the original story that it's influenced heavily by (Journey to the West) is about Sun Wu Kong's rebellion against the God (Buddha) himself
Not quite, that’s only the first part of the novel. If you read the whole thing, you’ll see that Sun Wu Kong’s character arc in the story is actually to subvert his rebellious nature
I think there's a fourth side to square this triangle of philosophies. There's the governance that is positive. Cobra/Roku/Kozuki. Just like freedom has a shadow governance has a silver lining.
Negative freedom (or negative liberty) consists of freedom from something whereas positive freedom (or positive liberty) consists of the ability to do something.
Can't wait for some powercreeps.. like the Gorosei being some ancient legendary figures..that somehow get their primes back with the help of bonney's fruit..etc.
Bonnie de aging the gorosei back to their primes and making them strong unironically sounds interesting, even more so now that Luffys side is starting to feel kinda overpowered. Anything that makes the WG/Navy a bigger force to be reckoned with gets a +1 from me
I mean if that bald Gorosei actually has the shodai kitetsu there's no doubt he must be strong only Roger, WB and Mihawk have posed the highest grade of weapon in the story
I can imagine Imu being op for some reason. Like maybe his/ her DF is reality manipulations. Luffy is all about freedom. His demeanor, his behavior, his goal, even his DF reflect that. The complete opposite of that would be "Absolute control". By manipulating reality as he/ she pleases, Imu basically 'subjugates' not only the world, but reality itself
And toon force is a reality bend so, maybe, he'll have some resistance to reality being bent... Basically, a Hacks fight... It's may be the only fruit that can give you reality bending resistence. Like, without it, she can just insta kill anyone. (And Haki flow density inside of you can protect againdt Hacks fruit (Law)). Or the reality fruit is Laws fruit...
I feel like Imu-sama has got to have some nasty CoC. At first I just thought "not a fighter, just a ruler." Then I thought it's likely the King on the Thrown could have some conquers.
Considering the numbers match and that i think having Akainu face Sabo instead of Luffy would be a waste, i could see him and the other 4 Revolutionary Commanders taking on the Gorosei
I still think in the end Garp will be the one to fight Akainu. He wanted to during the war, but couldn't because he couldn't put himself before his duties as a marine and now that he has resigned as a vice admiral and the world government seems to be heading toward a schism from within between those who truly believe in justice (Garp, Coby, Fujutora etc.) and those who only want to control the world he might have a chance to redeem himself in that regard and fight Akainu to either protect Luffy or Sabo or maybe just so he can be the one to finally destroy the current world government and make way for a more just system. He was the only one who really refused to bow down to the Celestial Dragons. I can't think of anyone more suited to defeat the Fleet Admiral.
Luffy always fight someone who is stronger than him. I don't think akainu is going to be stronger than "final arc luffy" as he probably master both df and haki at that time.
@@Astro-hu8hd Akainu literally killed Luffy's brother right in front of him, if you think they're not fighting because of powerscaling.. unconfirmed powerscaling even, then you are delutional.
If anything, I feel like Blackbeard may even pay a pivotal role in bringing down Im. Now I’m not a fan of a bad guy turning good as he makes a sacrifice to bring the big bad down (aka Obito) but Blackbeard is a D after all and thus might have a say in the final battle. Also he’s always represented freedom. Yes, chaotic freedom but still freedom nonetheless. He also hates the world government but his methods are just extreme. I feel he’s like Slave Knight Gale from Dark Souls 3. Him and the protagonist are on course for the same destination but on different paths.
Blackbeard playing a pivotal role for Joy Boy/Nika Luffy to take down Im wouldn`t even be anything new or outrageous for Shonen or Anime/Manga in general. Aizen helped Ichigo taking down Yhwach (Ichigo never would have killed this broken guy without Aizens KS + Uryuu Plot Arrow), Obito helped Naruto + Sasuke sealing away Kaguya etc.
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Who would've thought back in the "4kids days" that those pirates would become so godly and powerful lol? "Godly pirates" sounds so crazy and unique I can't believe were here now.
Haha that’s how I feel too. Back in the good old early days, guys like Captain Kuro and Arlong were threats to the Strawhats and depicted as strong Pirates? Now, they are mere insects to the OP yonkos and post time skip Pirates lol
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People that dont think Imu is very powerful must have been dropped as a child. The dude is literally over 800 years old as if thats normal for a regular human being
It’s crazy we are two decades into a story that still has multiple plausible theories on how it may end. So many moving parts that all grind together to make a picture that will soon come into focus. I can’t wait to see where oda takes us next. The will of D, joyboy’s role, Blackbeard’s plan, the mystery of im, the void century, the ancient weapons, laughtale, and the one piece. I’m so thrilled to be alive for the greatest fictional story ever told.
Blackbeard has always felt a bit off for me. Not only because his dreams are a crooked version of Luffy's dream, but also because he just doesn't seem like he has much presence. Compared to the other worldly power Imu seems (since we haven't seen it just yet) to possess, he's like a tiny fly that's just annoying cattle in a hot summer day. Luffy's biggest adversary should be a monumental figure to take down. BB just ain't the one.
Final Villain 1 lit. I kinda think Shanks may be the final Boss. At the break neck pace we're going towards the end it's hard for me to see Immu or BB have the emotional weight that someone like shanks could have as a the final fight. Then again, there's no way Oda actually ends one piece in 3 years, right? Blackbeard just still doesn't feel evil, bad or wrong to me. Especially considering what how some of the actual tyrants of the world behave. I think they'll fight but I don't think he's the final guy. Being ao early out from Immu makes it hard to see them as a final Villain. I think if Shanks actually has some connection to the WG/Celestial Dragons it could work that he is an agent to maintain their order like Itachi and that the current balance is better than what could be in his eyes but needs someone strong enough/worthy to beat him a la Luffy/joyboy.
No way it'll end in 3 years. Assuming there'll be breaks and etc, It'll be somewhere over 100 chapters. Maybe around 130 chapters... I'd say 5 years with about 200 more chapters to go
@@kierancook668 at least right? It's crazy to think after wano that one more arc/saga is going supposed to cover so much ground between revolutionaries, BB pirates, WG resolution and Shanks/elbaf , etc. I kinda wish he never gave that time frame because its hard not to think he is rushing towards that goal especially with wano ending so abruptly.
A small but possibly very crucial detail - look at the manga panel at 19:19 when Enel is preparing the Raigo - the black sphere surrounded by the clouds strongly resembles an ominously glaring eye. I don’t think that kind of symbolism is a coincidence especially considering the “all-seeing” nature of both Enel’s ‘mantra’ and the World Government’s surveillance
This is just common sense. I remember having a debate with someone on Quora regarding something similar. He believes that Akainu will be the final villain and was very rude when I told him I think not. Just by seeing how the story is going and the level of importance of some people in the One piece world, it clear that: 1. The big bad pirate will go out first. BB is important but just as a pirate. He will be taken out first even before the big final war 2. The marines will be next. Most if not all the current Admirals including the remains CP0s will be defeated. 3. The next big bad guy in line is Sakazuki. He will be the last standing (Fleet) Admiral that will be defeated by the protagonists. This is because he’s just a dog, a body guard with a very high influence. He will be protecting the 5 elders. 4. Next is Kong. I still believe he is a Monkey D. He’s the only non noble in the WG that doesn’t have his last name revealed yet. He will be the next to be taken out one way or the other. 5. The 5 elders aka the Gorosei. They will be the next in line as they only answer to Imu. Based on the scars they have, it’s safe to say they’re fighters. 6. Last but not least, we have Imu himself. Everything from #2 to #6 will be considered the final Great War. That’s how I see it so it’s just absurd to me to see that some people believe Sakazuki will be the very last one to be defeated after everybody including the Gorosei band Imu. It just makes zero sense to me.
17:47 is why I dislike the mood in Luffy vs Kaidou so much. Kaidou was supposed to be right up there with Enel, the dude was enslaving an entire island for 2 decades making people die of hunger and thirst. Kaidou arguably did the worst things anyone has ever done in the story, and yet everyone has this sympathetic image of him because he was portrayed as a fun sparring partner during most of his last fight.
I too believe that Imu will be the final antagonist... But the ever growing importance of Buggy can not be underestimated... In my mind he begins to loom large even above Blackbeard.
Agreed Buggy will become the pirate king, which will be the greatest uno reverse card. As i turned out Buggy is the real protagonist of the story. Then we find out Luffy turns evil and starts committing mass genocide on the world with his nika powers. I pray that buggy will save us from the reign of terror by luffy.
Akainu honestly has a reason to do what he does having his parents killed by pirates he rather than the WG represents someone that doesn’t properly judge evil and simply mows down pirates due to a fear they harm civilians.
Great video! But I think this entire story of Luffy vs god was also told during Arlong Park. Before we knew the Celestial Dragons existed and that they were considered Gods of the world, Arlong presented himself as a god among humans. His tower reached high in the heavens, signifying his dominion over the villagers, and he also demanded heavenly tributes from them. Oda cleverly used the moon imagery to symbolize Cocoyashi village's state of darkness, which is a microcosm of the entire world. In Nami's private moment after telling the crew to go away, she said how she wanted to be free and be able to laugh from the bottom of her heart. So, when Arlong broke his promise and betrayed Nami, it was metaphorically the darkest before the dawn. Then came the dawn. Luffy placing his hat on Nami's head foreshadowed the rising sun (The straw hat looks like a rising sun). And following the destruction of God's tower, Oda drew the sun shining behind Luffy, signifying that a new day of freedom had come. At the end, Nami's gained freedom and laughter, so did the villagers, all thanks to Nika, the warrior who brings smiles and liberation. Nami's story, I believe, is a microcosm of the also the Fishmen's story, which will be played out on a grander scale at the end of the story. *Parallels:* Fish-men (Lords of all creation) = Celestial Dragons (gods) Arlong (god) kept Nami prisoner in a room at the peak of Arlong Park = Celestial Dragons (gods) are keeping the Fish-men prisoner in a bubble below Mariejois. Arlong's demands tribute from the villagers = The Celestial Dragons demand heavenly tribute from the world. Sunlight makes the mikan groves grow = Sunlight tree eve brings sunlight to Fishmen Island. (Those trees signify a ray of hope through the darkness) Nami gathered treasure and Queen Otohime signatures to take their respective homes to the sun, to a place where they can be truly free and happy, away from the metaphorical darkness. Luffy arrives at Arlong Park = Joyboy arrives in Fish-men Island Luffy destroyed Arlong Park along with Nami's prison, her room = Luffy will destroy Mariejois along with the Fish-men's prison, Fishmen Island. Luffy made a promise = Joyboy's broken promise
Makes total sense; even the name “Im” could possibly be a biblical reference to the name of God being “I am who I am” “Im” could be an allusion to “I’m” therefore “I am”
I agree with Morj here . I think it was because the idea of world government being the final entity to be taken down to bring about dawn was carefully seeded into our minds by oda but without a figurehead I thought the villains would be the admirals , Akainu , Kong ( probably) and the five elders and the ones to take.down them would be a vast alliance of pirates and revolutionaries . Now with Im being introduced it makes sense and most probably he/she will be powerful for the sake of being the final antagonist.( Or another route can be Im is the one who started the WG rule during the void century and is immortal , this theory makes sense for me but however it turns out i believe Oda will not let the story down ). I think BB will be the competition for pirate king which luffy have to take down as he gets closer to onepiece. And after him being named The Pirate King and learning about history or something luffy isc type of logic he would rally against the WG .
The “Flawed Freedom” is less relevant because that will end with a clash of wills, which is Luffy’s forte obviously. Taking down the “Control” is more grandiose and will be done using Luffy’s special power of uniting. The part about the villains background is great… Even the first pirate villains are Warlords.
I mean-- it feels pretty obvious, right? Everything has been set up for a long time to imply that Blackbeard will kill Shanks either right before or right after Luffy finally meets Shanks again. Because that's usually how things go with mentor figures and false goal lines (meet Shanks and give back the hat being something that just can't happen.).
I keep reading it as " I am " the final villain of one-piece! I thought Mr. Morj made a 20 minute analysis video, dunking on the one piece community lmao
The more that the series moves on the more I think luffy shouldn’t fight Akainu. Luffy should try and Garp should step and avenge Ace. This would symbolize Garp being released from his bounds from the marines and being free to protect his family. It would also give us a non-flashback Garp fight which I think we really need!
That's awful. Garp is a relic of the old era, so at best if he's involved in the fight it would be as a sacrifice for further motivation. At the end of the day, it's the lead pirate vs lead marine of the New Era, not the old.
@@MetakJesu07 eras are in regard to pirates. I can’t think of a single time when Oda references eras in regard to marines. It makes perfect sense for Garp to be the one to defeat Akainu in a final war scenario. Why would luffy not fight the world government leader and instead someone two tiers beneath them?
@@ianardell4660 Did you think the Marines just disappear during the era? Eras are in regard to both, which is why Garp & Sengoku were called relics of the old era by Blackbeard. That's also why they chose to resign and leave the leading of the new era to someone new. That's like saying that it makes sense for Big Mom to defeat Kid & Law. One of the main themes of this most recent arc was out with the old and in with the new....yet you expect the old Marines to defeat the new? Again, it's just silly.
@@MetakJesu07 I didn’t say they didn’t exist within eras I’m saying the categorization of eras is strictly for pirates. The marine doesn’t have eras. The marines don’t have “generations”. Akainu is also old so what era is he from that garp isnt? You can’t equate that to law and big mom bc it was big mom who was the antagonist it wouldn’t make sense for her to lose bc that’s now how shonen stories work. For example in Dressrosa, The dad gladiator won his battle against a younger pirate. By your logic that can’t happen.
@@ianardell4660 Again, why do you think the era only applies to pirates and not Marines? We literally have Blackbeard clearly state that Garp & Sengoku belong to the old era. This is the manga itself. Akainu only became Fleet Admiral within 2 years. He wasn't an Admiral during Roger's time or even just 20 years ago when Ohara got destroyed. WB was still calling him a brat because he was part of the New era. Are you talking about King Riku in Dressrosa as well? That isn't remotely comparable.
Great video, the topic of the final final is becoming more and more interesting as the story goes on. I think the addition of Im was kinda needed in the story in order to symbolise the hidden and totalitarian evil of a world government. Blackbeard is the pirate counterpart of Luffy and represent the danger of pirates' freedom and dreams while Akainu is meant to represent the danger of marines and the authoritarian side of a great force of military. At the beginning of the story this seemed to be the two opposing forces, but as the plot went on it became apparent that a greater evil has been engulfing the world of One Piece, and neither of these villains can really represent that. I think having Im as the final villain, at this point, is the most logical thing. I just hope Oda will give both Blackbeard and Akainu a storyline worth of their characters and develop Im in an interesting way
Has anyone heard the theory that the WG used to be an alliance of pirates? If this were true then its worth exploring how Blackbeard could swoop in for control after the WG’s defeat to replace them. Not only would Luffy have to defeat the big bad, he would have to break the repetitive cycle.
Oda's sillhouettes are notoriously different to what they actually look like when they're revealed. So I definitely believe that Im is extremely strong, if not the most powerful character in the series (I know some characters like Kaido have titles like "worlds strongest creature" but I don't think it includes characters yet to be introduced, like Blackbeard is gonna be stronger then Kaido when they fight, just by pure power creep, otherwise Luffy would wipe him out easily, also, as we saw with Nika awakening and beating Kaido and stuff). So I definitely think Im is gonna be the strongest villain of all time. Stronger then Kaido, Blackbeard, Akainu etc etc. Maybe Im got immortal from the previous user of the Ope Ope No Mi eternal youth operation and maybe his the killer of the first Joy Boy....
Something just came to my mind, but wouldnt Luffy being a "god" himself be contradictory to him being an natural enemy of gods? It kinda changes the narrative of "freedom vs god(or absolute control)" in the story
Luffy should've never been a god to begin with, he was already representing freedom, the sun and the dawn beautifully. The message was poetic and subtle. Now it's rough and in your face. Not to mention I don't like the message it brings, because it kind of says "to dethrone a god, another god is needed". I know people are going to disagree which is fine. But this is a big deal to me because it changed how I view the story
IMU 100% NOW!!! Blackbeard and Akaniu have always felt like more RIVAL villains but not the FINAL Villain, they two of Luffy greatest obstacles in regards to the other Pirates and the Marines. Blackbeard is his biggest pirate rival in obtaining One Piece and Akaniu is the greatest threat due to his role as head of the Marines. IMU, on the other hand his role in the story goes back further than anything else, and holds the world under his fingers, he is more or less responsible for everything in the One Piece world, for he is the Secret Leader of the WG, he is PERFECT FOR THE FINAL MAIN VILLAIN OF ONE PIECE!!!!!
Maybe it could be Blackbeard who ends up screwing things up being the kraken that dawns horror upon the sea. With how he never sleeps and has 2 confirmed dfs
