I see Haki as the nerf to Devil Fruits, Logias specifically, to keep characters from coasting on overpowered abilities. The New World balance patch, if you will. lol
Exactly. Future sight was introduced for Luffy to be able to deal with enemies with weird abilities that are deadly on the first encounter (such as a Sugar or Perona). Haki is a compliment, not the entire system
i do like that haki allows for characters like garp , shanks and rayleigh to exist, it does make the world a bit more unique when theres a few characters who dont have a devil fruit, but are still strong enough to be feared and respected around the entire world
I love how Usopp’s observation Haki was introduced. It’s completely different from Luffy and Katakuri’s future seeing. Being able to sense people’s exact location from great distance is the perfect power up for Usopp, whose greatest strength has always been the range of his actions.
While Rayleigh is explaining haki to Luffy, he full on says that they call observation haki mantra on the sky island, so mantra is 100% confirmed observation haki
I think that he did not meant to say that Mantra may not be observation but rather question whether or not it was supposed to be foreshadowing for the concept of Haki in the first place as Oda could very much have created Mantra as a lone power that he retroactively labeled as a form of Haki. Similar discussions happen over whether Shanks was always meant to use conquerors in chapter 1 or if his stare was originally just so intense that it scared the lord of the coast away.
Pretty much. Haki in my eyes is a pretty essential part that ensures that Devil Fruits don't become so ridiculously broken that it makes you question how a man made out of rubber is able to fight smoke and win. There are only so many "throw water at your sand opponent to punch him" moments you can draw from before it starts to become ridiculous. Haki also allows non-Devil Fruit users to actually have an impact on the story with them being able to measure up with the strongest Devil Fruits. Without Haki, you would just get the opposite problem where the strongest Devil Fruits determine strength since they are literally invincible from any normal attacks. That would honestly be far worse than having Haki as a part of the power system.
yeah. not only does haki synergize with devil fruits, devil fruits allow for diverse and interesting fights, while if it was only haki, basically everyone can attain the same thing except some conquerors
Why does no one every bring up how Armament has enabled certain Devil fruit powers to work? I've never considered Haki to be the main power system, Devil fruits are. Devil Fruits create the unique and exciting powers that make combat in One Piece so distinct. Cracker's biscuits only work because of Haki, biscuits aren't actually that strong, but coating them with armament is what makes them so difficult to break. Likewise with Katakuri, getting hit by I giant mochi fist wouldn't be as destructive if it weren't as hard as steel, which armament enables. It also makes Gear Third make more sense, as filling up your fist with air would be like getting punched by a balloon. But now that it's coated in haki, it's far harder which makes more sense. Plus it's also like Luffy and Katakuri have canon ball fists which is a cool aesthetic for me and very fitting in a world of superhuman pirates. I love the video by the way and agree with all your points, I just wish you had mentioned these are more things Haki adds to the combat. I don't like it when people speak of Haki however as if it's the main thing now and has replaced devil fruits, when in reality it's added to them.
I agree but the gear third was proven destructive numerous times before haki was introduced. He blows his bones big so it is still hard, it is just bigger and more destructive.
Haki is slowly becoming the main power system though. Characters don't need devil fruits to become strong in the New World, they need Haki. That's why we have so many powerful characters like Garp, Shanks and Rayleigh post timeskip who don't need devil fruits.
@@athzalar9476 who knows? He has his own sense of *random* or fate based justice.. So he could've legit just guessing right, because he only attacked when Luffy confirmed they were cheating him and he got pissed
How is it that whenever this human speaks, I constantly find myself agreeing despite me not even sharing that stance before hearing it? This seriously doesn't happen to me with any other RU-vidrs or people in general, yet the way you balance arguments is genuinely just awe-inspiring. You're really talented
Its because of how he takes the time to seperate and clarify facts from his opinions and is formatted as a debate or a presentation of his side of a debate rather than an argument or rant and on top of that he's in no rush like how some yt bers will try to fit everything into a 10 minute video whereas he spends almost 30 minutes overall he does a very good job on these types of videos
Maybe you're just being biased since you've had other instances when you noticed how coherent and convincing this guy is, and now whenever you listen to him you're unable to rationally analize what he is saying, thus tending to consider his arguments to be true despite not sharing that stance?
One thing I notice is that when Blackbeard and Luffy have their scuffle, Blackbeard remarks that Luffy's haki has improved. Luffy may not have known about haki or how to utilize it that well at the time but it's possible that it still augmented him. Much like how he subconsciously used Conquerers Haki here and there or Observation while fighting Mihawk, he also could have utilized Armanent loosely to overcome some foes who had a tough guard like Lucci, the pacifista and Marigold. Using Armanent consistently and to hit logias however would require training.
Nah thats more like he could sense the Haki within him. Luffy himself just didn't know how to make use of it. He couldn't access it until Rayleigh taught him how to manifest his will.
@@redx589 even if he can sense it within him it's still something that can be used without being learned. Asia and Coby didnt simply learn Observation they awakened it and then learned to control it, much like Luffys conquerors. Luffy could have also awakened his armament in extreme situations.
@@thatdude5990 Zoro's abilities are actually some of the most interesting/possibly hints to Haki for a long time now. When he randomly did the nine style technique in enies lobby and spoke about the voice of all things against mr. 1 but we still haven't really gotten any explanation to it. The fact that Zoro hasn't really fought that hard since the time skip must mean that those powers are hiding something juicy.
Recently we see Ulti mention that she can straight up sense Luffy's haki. Hyogoro also mentions that haki surrounds the body naturally: s6.mangabeast01.com/manga/One-Piece/0947-007.png he mentions it again after s6.mangabeast01.com/manga/One-Piece/0947-008.png I think what this means is that everyone naturally has haki surrounding their body but it is only through training or extreme danger that they can start to utilize it to do things like cloak themselves in armament haki or use Observation haki. It would also explain why Usopp was able to unlock it during Dressrosa: he was finally utilizing the haki he already had surrounding him.
Another example not many bring up: Koushiro's explaination of the "breath of all things" that allowed Zoro to sense the rocks and cut steel matches word by word Hyogoro's explaination of Ryou (Wano's word for Haki)
breath of all things is wano's way of describing observation haki, whilst ryou (haki flow) is how they teach armament. It's dope that different countries tapped into the same power via different methods of training/teaching
@@siegpasta I'd argue an early example of ryou (haki flow) is fishman karate & jujitsu. This art of manipulating water isn't exclusive to fishmen (e.g koala), suggesting its easier for them to master given their connection to water. Just as various understandings of haki developed in different locations, I think its the same for the special martial arts in OP. Each one allows the user to execute haki applications only by following the correct forms. E.g the water shot (Arlong used on Sanji & zoro) acts the same as the kuja haki imbued arrows. The process of mastering these martial arts is the same as learning haki. Rigorously training provides the physical foundation and helps in visualising how to execute the correct form. As shown by luffy learning FS, without the visualisation one can't use a technique, e.g CP9 members always focus before using any technique, Nero mastered all the leg related techniques but not the iron body or finger pistol, and luffy replicated the shave footwork in G2 after understanding it (note: he encounter it before in captain kuro's creeping cat). There are even examples of practitioners 'blooming' in the mist of battle e.g Sai mastering drill dragon form to break Chinjao's head, Sanji running for days until he learned moon walk, zoro learning flying slashes (tempest kicks) during the skypeia battles (note: chessmarimo used significant flying slashes vs chopper), luffy using paper art (gum gum space out) against eneru. Similarly, all these techniques can be overcome as with dfs & haki e.g the heat of Sanji's Diable jambe allowed them to break through jabras iron body. The combination of sea prism stone with a reject dial used by Wyper on eneru. Luffy using the faster attacks of snakeman to counter katakuri's mastery of FS. The effect/application of any "properly" executed technique can be explained in terms of observation/armament haki, is it really just coincidence? Like how inflicting internal damage with ryou is replicated via the secret 7th move of the 6 powers, the dragon claw, the shockwave kenpo & fishman karate. So has haki made the fights more basic or is it that we now have a basic understanding of the various applications of haki in one piece fights?
I like to believe that Shanks scaring the *sh*t* out of the sea monster was just Oda showing how scary bad-ass Shanks is, then built the power system around that
It's almost definitely what that was. Killing intent is a major staple of action-oriented Japanese manga anyway, and Conqueror's haki works exactly the way it does. That said, Oda pretty much seamlessly tied it all together, so it works out anyway.
I think so too... I mean the word "haki" is first introduced when talking about shanks... but everyone back then thought they were just talking about his strong spirit. I legit think the whole concept of haki exists because oda wanted to make shanks a more relevant character in the story.
i liked the concept of conquerors haki scaring the sh*t out of opponents. but nowadays conquerors is just treated as "armament haki 2". conquerors shouldnt be able to inflict physical damage imo. if one infuses conquerors into an attack, it shouldnt make the attack stronger, but shatter the opponents will, or something. Like in one punch man, when saitama and genos fought each other, and saitamas final punch made genos experience a vision of DEATH, even though the attack didnt actually connect, it just made him not want to fight anymore, even though he was the one that demanded to fight him moments earlier. that type of conquerors punch feels more in line with shankses conquerors stare, or luffys conquerors shout.
Haki is good for post timeskip it’s just difficult to include the advance techniques pre timeskip cause it’s kinda difficult to determine which character is using what. I like how we learn it thru Luffy and how it’s needed for the new world not so much the grand line
Well the Advanced Armament was THE first application of Armament we have ever seen tbh. Sentoumaru used it directly after he was introduced, on Luffy. 3 Admirals blocking Whitebeard's shockwave. Rayleigh's first demonstration of Armament Haki is literally the Advanced version directly (on the cuffs of Camie) and later on when he showcased it to Luffy he used Advanced as well. We all thought Busoshoku Haki was the invisible armor that extends beyond the Body *all throughout pretimeskip* . It's *after* the timeskip when Oda decided to make it an advanced version, and then he introduced the basic one and made it visible (black hardening) and yes it IS visible, anyone can see limbs and swords turn jet black even those who don't use Haki (like nami, ussop and chopper first time seeing Elephant Gun).
@MD 25 He said Sanji can use Armament Haki, just not strong enough to be visibly seen like what Luffy and Zoro's Armament Haki. As much as I want to defend my beloved Sanji, he lacks scenes where he showcase his Armament Haki. Have a look at Sanji vs Vergo, Sanji almost broke his leg from simply attacking Vergo, meanwhile Vergo is just defending with his own haki. But! I would argue that Sanji has a better Observation Haki than both Luffy and Zoro. Biggest evidence of this is in the arc WCI, the part where Sanji was about to be assasinated by Katakuri, but was able to dodge it. Even Katakuri was surprised that Sanji was able to dodge it.
@@CluelessCarter I agree with you that Crocodile shouldn’t have been surprised by water after Luffy already used it on him. but realistically speaking, I think it’s merely coincidence alongside a subpar writing choice in that particular scene.
@Carl Rodriguez In the manga it wasn't clear, in the anime his reaction was that of fear, perhaps the animators were told by Oda to do it that way. He wouldn't be surprised by water, the way he said he was implying something else
I still can't get over how well the panels go with your argument. "The stronger a character's will, the higher they can climb in the world," while showing Luffy carrying Nami and Sanji in Drum Island. Morj number one OP analytical youtuber.
@@MrMorj definetly! do you have already a folder saved where you ordered and sorted specific panels when you need them? because that would be pretty convenient i assume.
Craftsdwarf had a cool video about this topic (but is no longer available) He highlighted that haki is a more organic counter to devilfruits than sea stone, because you don't need to explain it trough exposition He also pointed out that haki can open the gates for different combat styles that wouldn't be able to compete at this stage of the story, like vergo using a bamboo blow gun Some things I like about haki are how it separates the top tiers without them being invulnerable at all times, gold roger got pierced by two randos for example,which makes him feel human. And I love how it mixes with devilfruits to create situations that wouldn't work otherwise, like g4 or katakuri's sticky mace I also disagree in some of your points about the katakuri fight, because I don't think is as simple as saying they both saw the future so the ability cancels out. When Luffy started seeing a bit into the future he got close to hitting katakuri, but he still wasn't able to do it without snakeman, an ability that capitalizes in the crucial flaw of future sight. Future sight shows the defacto future that will happen, as long as the user of future sight does not intervine. If the future sight user acts the future is changed, an he has to use future sight again and process that new information, so there is a brief moment where anyone can change the future, observation haki or not. And thus luffy developed snake man to close the gap between his future sight and katakuri's. (This is also from Craftsdwarf. Beyond blood and mid battle flashback vids)
@@CombatSportsNerd by purposefully changing direction after katakuri dodges. Since he acts on the future he sees he changes it, and has to see and process a new one. So by redirecting his punches in mid air with enough speed Luffy has a window of opportunity to hit.
Yea but his point ultimately was that the khaki itself didn't add any nuance to the fight. Once snakeman was introduced, the fact that both characters had FS didn't really matter. It was just a matter of speed.
The thing about future sight: just because you know an attack is coming doesn't mean you'll be able to dodge it. Think of it like this: a professional NBA player still misses some shots even though he is a great player
Then ofcourse, if you don't even undertand what you're seeing you wouldn't be able to do anything about it. Like apus attacks. Even if luffy knew he'd get hit, he didn't even understand how, let alone how to dodge it.
@@Cakecrasher I rather like this discussion it brings up things I have discussed with others. When Katakuri acts to change the future he see's he changes the outcome and therefore he become blind to what result he will bring about at least in that immediate moment. This is why he had such difficulty striking Luffy during their fight. Also one certain way to attack someone who can see the future would be to attack in such a way that they cannot avoid it even if they can see it coming. Then of course there is the fact that if they must understand an attack to avoid it, their future sight might not work. All it does is show them what will happen if nothing is changed, context is not necessarily added in.
Oda is introducing the advanced levels of Haki every time Luffy interacts with another emperor in their territory. WCI was Future Sight, Wano is Advanced Armament, and the Elbaf/Shanks arc will be when he learns about advanced conquers Haki.
I wish Oda introduced a way people who have broken spirits lose their Conquerors Haki , like those captains under kaido Then to regain it they'd have to prove their Will
That's a great idea actually, though I can see a captain with Conquerors constantly having to keep his subordinates with a kingly disposition obedient as well
If that were a thing then conquerors haki wouldn't require for you to be born with it. Instead it requires you to train your will and eventually you'll obtain it. What if a child was born poor and in terrible conditions. Always scared for his life but then one day hears words that encourage and change his mind. At that point a great change in will would ensue and that child would most likely get conquerors haki. Also just a big surge of emotions would give many people conquerors haki. That means coby has it, and if sanji, usopp and chopper change their mindset of being brave and not giving up then they'll also unlock it. A lot of people would have it.
I love how sincere and down to earth your analysis are. You clearly have a very objective view on the whole topic of One Piece. And that's what we need. There are people out there, who criticize One Piece for the most surface level flaws without going any deeper into what the series makes so great and so beloved and what could very possibly be flawed about it. This why we need fans like you who can make well thought out criticism, positive and negative, on One Piece.
@@calebhowlett5116 King of Lightning is the last person that would come to mind when i watch Mr Morj. Actually they could not be more antithesis to each other if they could.
@@notmahir5595 KOL has clearly some bias in certain topics about One Piece. Just watch one of the recent one piece discussion videos that he made, about Sanji. It's almost hilarious. Not to mention the powerscaling, overunderstanding scenes and such. Don't get me wrong, I like him, but he's not the person to go to when you want good discussions about One Piece.
I always loved the idea of breaking haki, like the reason croco and moria didn't have haki is because there wills where broken. They would be able to get it back tho.
@@NaturalHypertrophy It does but it's better than the idea that they didn't have it and we know they fought with top tiers in the New World so this makes it believable.
With the Katakuri fight, I feel his haki made the battle more nuanced. Luffy had to use a whole new technique specifically to get around Katakuri's ability to see the future because regardless of if Luffy could do it too, he was still losing until he unveiled Snakeman. Snakeman's only purpose is to out speed and overwhelm an opponent. It was really well done.
It makes sense that Haki wasnt talked about in the start because it is a power system that only the really trained/strong can achieve, meaning it's only common in the New World and not before that It wouldnt make sense that an advanced skill will show up early in the series
@MetalCrow448 they're stationed in the 1st half of the grand line cause they didnt know haki yet Only those that knows haki gets to be in the New World All New World Characters are at the top 0.5% or more of characters when it comes ro strength You should also remember that you'd get to be called a Supernova/Outstanding Rookie just ny having 100 million bounty Haki isnt the norm, haki is an outstanding ability that can touch Logia users, which most believes to be the strongest type of fruit
My biggest problem with the introduction of Haki into the story is that it's difficult to believe that certain characters at the higher levels of the world such as Crocodile and Ace didn't have any armament Haki. Since it now appears that armament Haki is standard for even the lowest-ranking marines and goons in the New World, it makes it seem like all the earlier instances of supposed Haki usage merely happen to fit how Oda would come to define Haki in the later sections of the story. In other words, retcons.
Except it makes perfect sense though. Croc couldn't last in the New World. Even when he reappeared in MF with countless khaki users, he operated without it. His bounty was still 80 million when he went to attack WB. It's likely he got to the new world earlier than he should've.
@@anthonyzivalich4962 I know that Ace develops haki in his light novel. Of course he would, since the novel came out long after Haki was introduced in the canon One Piece timeline. It still stands that this is a form of retconning, to make up for the fact that a Second Commander of a Yonko's crew should have had armament haki in the first place.
Crocodile hadn't it Because he focused his training in his devilfruit I would say his devil fruit power was on admiral level (because it's awakened) But his biggest problem was that if you are able to hit him he is almost done, because he didn't train his haki but actually he knew about it If he learned it after the time skip he would be a strong enemy
True cause Crocodile showed to have Haki in Marineford when taking on Dofflamingo, Akainu, and Mihawk. The problem is Haki seemed to be introduced in the latter part of the story which leaves questions on Battles in PreTimeskip arcs. Especially on how Ace didn't use not a lick of it in the Marineford arc that could've helped out greatly in the operations. Hell makes no sense for him to lose to Black Beard after seeing what Luffy did to him after one gear 2 punch with no Haki.
00:00:00 ⟾ Intro - nuance, format 00:00:56 ⟾ HAKI AS A CONCEPT - Introduction: late, organic 00:02:12 ⟾ Introduction: early hints/traces 00:02:53 ⟾ Introduction: matching themes, willpower = strength, spirit, ambition 00:05:16 ⟾ Combat: mostly simple/melee physical style 00:06:36 ⟾ Combat: stronger, varied abilities, keeping old style 00:08:06 ⟾ Combat: no added nuance, Luffy vs. Katakuri 00:10:38 ⟾ Combat: more basic, Zoro vs. Pica, Law vs. Vergo, Luffy vs. Doflamingo, Luffy vs. Cracker 00:12:33 ⟾ Combat: not just Haki, use of devil fruits, Gear 4: Bounce-Man, Luffy vs. Sandersonia-Marigold 00:13:32 ⟾ Haki as a Concept - Summary: introduction, complementary, retaining combat style, lack of nuance 00:13:57 ⟾ Advanced Haki - more nuance?, incorporating 00:14:22 ⟾ ADVANCED HAKI - Concept, Different Branches 00:16:14 ⟾ Advanced Haki - Potential, Rayleigh teaching only basics, Improving (only) in Battle: Luffy vs. Crocodile 00:18:30 ⟾ Improving Via Training & Battle: Armament Haki 00:19:10 ⟾ Lack of Clarity: Black Coating 00:20:56 ⟾ Lack of Clarity: Future Sight 00:21:44 ⟾ Advanced Haki - Early Examples: Rayleigh at Sabaody, Admirals at Marineford, Sabo at Dressrosa, Lucci at Enies Lobby, Shyarly at Fish-man Island 00:25:23 ⟾ Advanced Haki - Summary: clarity, rules 00:26:41 ⟾ Summary 00:27:13 ⟾ [Promo]
24:10 I don't think the idea that Rokougan is a form of advanced Armament Haki is controversial at all. Haki is a manifestation of one's spirit, and a big part of martial arts training is also training your spirit, so it totally makes sense that some martial arts techniques can allow you to subconsciously tap into Haki. In Zoro's flashback in the Mr. 1 fight, Koshirou explained to him how the most skilled swordsmen can choose to cut nothing or cut anything. It was the exact same explanation that Hyogoro gave to Luffy about Ryuo (advanced Armament Haki) more than 700 chapters later, but without using the word "Haki" to define his explanation. It's not controversial at all that martial arts practitioners like Koshirou, Zoro, and Rob Lucci have been teaching / manifesting forms of Haki early on in the series without even knowing that it's Haki (or at least not acknowledging it as such), especially since, as Morj said, being a Haki user doesn't automatically make you stronger than a non-Haki user.
It is controversial because it denies the character of Law and his abilities. Remember how his strongest attack was a operation who destroys the enemy from the inside? But what happens if you present a gimmick who can do the exact same? If a nobody like Luci could use it unconsciously... or Luffy learning it in a week... It just breaks the power system because it exposes how haki can "copy" the uniqueness of devil fruits. Shanks nullifying Akainu's fist just like the darkness fruit, Big Mom and Kaido having impenetrable skins just like the diamond fruit, etc.. Haki seems like a multifaceted gimmick who kinda denies the devil fruits (in a literal way). The whole point of one piece are the devil fruit uniqueness and crazy traits, a direct reflect of the author's creativity. But that is not the case anymore.
I believe tha reason haki was shown so scarcely pre timeskip is that Oda initially decided to give haki only to the very strongest /most important characters. Like with conquerors haki now, only one in a million would have it. But then Oda decided otherwise and gave haki even to charaters like Pekoms and Tashigi.
Haki is fine for what it is, and it plays off of devil fruits pretty well. I’m not expecting Oda to just drop a system with the complexity of nen like HxH or the sheer insanity of Jojo, but it is serviceable. I just wish the fights were more intricate.
I'm not even joking, you should be one of Oda's editors and/or advisors. Not because of this video alone, but because of your whole channel. I've been a fan (and subscriber) since way back when, and your knowledge is impressive. Not only on One Piece stuff, but also regarding story structure, plot themes, character analysis, etc. as constructs/concepts (that you then proceed to apply to One Piece), which is why your videos are absolutely amazing, and why you are my favourite OP youtuber. You always manage to discover little (big) details that make me realise One Piece is even greater than I thought it to be (which is already a lot, it's my favourite story regardless of medium, in which I include other anime, manga, movies, tv shows, books, you name it), and making me appreciate it even more. Kudos to you, and thanks for another great video!
Mr. Morj if someone is holding you captive and making you out out weekly videos let us know. I don't want to try and rescue you, I just want to suggest a video topic lol jk. And yes I am already a patreaon.
Hahaha yeah this is really uncharacteristic I'm not a hostage though I swear. Will keep it up next month too probably, and yeah I recognize you Wisdom, I see you in streams too. What's the topic?
@@MrMorj so you've said before in your video on black beard that that using and crushing others on the journey to your dreamy doesn't make you a king. We've also never seen Blackbeard use Conqueror's haki. But Kida does seem to have a Supreme kings spirit and his MO seems to be to break people down so they can be useful to him. And Big Mom explicitly rules through fear her devil fruit only working on those that are afraid of her so I gotta ask: Do none of the other Yonko hab have Supreme Kings Spirit?
@@wisdommanari6701 So I like the idea that Black Beard does not have the color of the King's haki. And I hope Oda either runs with that idea or that either Black Beard really does have 3 personalities/ souls and only one of those personalities has color of the King Kaido it makes sense that he has the color of the king due to both how he rules which although it doesn't seem kingly on the surface it is how you'd picture a king in the animal kingdom. I believe Big Mom's Tantrum was a display of King's haki and she does indeed have it like her son Katakuri. We just haven't seen her clash with anyone yet. But I could be wrong on my assumption that the tantrum was king's haki. We also know the late Whitebeard and Shanks also have color of the king's haki so it seems like most emperors have displayed the ability to use it besides Black Beard. And again it would be very interesting that if Black Beard became a emperor through ambition and treachery instead of having the will of a king.
How come no one has a problem with characters fighting before haki was introduced? back then instead of haki it was just simply strength or technique or fighting styles. Now it's the same but with haki and logias aren't absolutely broken
People grow up and feel like nitpicking is a reasonable hobby. Personally, I liked the concept of broken logia users. Made them all see like biss fights that require a lot of strategy to overcome. Sir Crocodile and water or Eneru fighting an isolator just being the tip of the ice berg
The difference is that a person who Is weak but has good strategy can win a fight. Compared to haki which is an armor that can't be broken with any form of strategy or physical strength.
@@massojupiter3436 Exactly, if Enel had armament haki Luffy's insulator staus wouldn't have mattered at all, taking away an interesting and creative solution to the lightning logia problem. Haki would have diminished that situation.
itsxtray It wasn’t a creative solution, it was plot armor, lol. Introduce an unbeatable foe and then just say the MC is the only one who can touch him. Without haki, people would have to fight Akainu with ice cubes solar panels. That stuff would get old, especially since Luffy isn’t an analytical fighter
What about that moment in the paramount war when Luffy redirected his gun gum bazooka, when he had a sudden vision of Mihawk lopping his arms off? Was that observation haki, or just a sudden strike of common sense?
Lucci may have been using basic, unrefined armament haki as well. While the main way he damaged Luffy was using Rokushiki and his Devil Fruit to pierce and cut Luffy, there were moments where his blunt-force attacks seemed oddly effective. Not to mention that Jabra seemed shocked at how strong Lucci was when when their Doriki was measured, so haki may have been the key to taking Lucci a step above the others.
I agree. Haki walks a tight rope between clarity and ambiguity. I think Oda feels that explaining these things too precisely would shackle him as a writer.
Haki would be a lot better if weak people could use it so they'd still be SOME threat to powerful characters. The idea that it can simply knock much weaker people out of the threat zone feels cheap.
I’m interested to see Sanji’s and Zoro‘s growth as well. Will they unlock advanced Haki in any form? And they will definitely have become stronger to able to defeat King or Queen. Sanji may have his Raid Suit and Zoro Enma but I don’t think that is enough of they don’t have Haki matching King’s or Queen’s. I really don’t like how some people say that Zoro is already on King’s level because he clearly isn’t. A whole other topic is: if Enma and Shusui are of the same grade, Zoro‘s strength shouldn’t really change switching from Shusui to Enma. Or are grade and strength of a sword not related? Or maybe Zoro couldn’t unlock Shusui‘s full potential/ability because he wasn’t strong enough? Shusui is a Black Blade though so technically it should be strong by itself (I’m heavily implying here that Enma does in fact make Zoro stronger than Shusui did, at the moment at least, because it wouldn’t make sense for Zoro to get a weapon that ultimately makes him weaker). Also, does Enma have the ability to store and release Haki to make one Haki infused swing have stronger Haki than it’s user could initially release or to create some kind of Haki burst/blast? Do all of the better swords have a special ability we don’t know about yet, if not why is Enma special in that case? Or do all of the other strong swords just require it’s user to have really strong Haki and Enma doesn’t actually have a special ability but just introduces us to better swords with Shusui being an exception since it’s already a Black Blade? A lot of questions but I think it’s definitely something worth discussing over, may it be in a comment section.
I think zoro will may make the enma to black blade to beat king. and shusui (black blade version) and enma(non black blade version) are of the same grade. so, black blade enma might be stronger
Joyboy’s theory of swords having spirits and individual characters is interesting. Clearly Enma (“cut through to the bottom of hell") and Ame no Habakiri (Snake-Slayer of Heaven) were described as to separate swords with distinct characters. Then you factor in cursed swords, that hunger for blood. It seems each well crafted sword has its own distinct character. Enma’s character just seems different from Shusui’s.
Zohra Beslem They definitely don’t have either. Just because they specialize in one form of Haki doesn’t mean their Haki is the best or already on an advanced level. Luffy’s Observation Haki and Armament Haki should be much better than Zoro’s or Sanji’s. Again: just because Sanji specializes in Observation Haki doesn’t mean his is better than Luffy’s. Some low level scrub that knows only the very basics of Haki could specializes in Armament Haki but still get easily outclassed by someone else that specializes in Observation Haki.
Amazing video again you never miss ! I also love how personalities can shape a persons haki like wit Luffy being a more empath user and how this was showcased back when Coby was telling him how scary Zoro is and Luffy paid it no mind and wanted to meet him in person to properly judge him and then wit Katakuri having future sight being a response to Brulee getting hurt his haki could have manifested that way so that he could never be caught off guard again like in that instance
One thing I think you overlooked is that Haki was needed to increase the scale of one piece. If haki was never developed then whoever had the stronger devil fruit would win. Logia's would just be gods of one piece with no counters. You say it hasn't added much nuance but what it does is it increases the ceiling on power. Without Haki how does Luffy ever go past gear 3rd, honestly want more can he do with rubber. Because his fruit is more limited he needs another aspect to add to his moves. Katakuri would be much weaker without haki. Mochi is very soft and not very offensive. That Luffy vs katakrui fight would literally not happen if not for Haki. Oda just used haki to remove that cap on one piece strength. One piece is still going so luffy needs to get stronger and needs more moves. Devil fruits are too limiting on their own. So I would argue that it does add nuance because when combined with a devil fruit powers, haki widens the scopes of fights in both power and variety.
"If haki was never developed then whoever had the stronger devil fruit would win" *100% false. Buggy's DF is stronger than most DF users in the pre-time skip One Piece, he was still weak. Luffy's DF is actually pretty weak, yet he beat Crocodile and Enel. Sugar has one of the strongest DF's in the series, but she's so weak that she's just a minor antagonist.* " Logia's would just be gods of one piece with no counters" *Except Sea Prism, or just the Sea itself, or the elemental weaknesses that Logia's posses (water for croc, rubber for enel, ect)* "Without Haki how does Luffy ever go past gear 3rd" *Awakening. Imagine Luffy bouncing around in a giant rubber room over over at faster and faster speeds.* "Katakuri would be much weaker without haki. Mochi is very soft and not very offensive. That Luffy vs katakrui fight would literally not happen if not for Haki." *Mochi is sticky and can trap you, give Katakuri a Sea Prism weapon. There you go.* "So I would argue that it does add nuance because when combined with a devil fruit powers, haki widens the scopes of fights in both power and variety" *Absolutely not. You no longer need to play against the defensive attributes of DF's.* *How do you hurt Buggy? Haki.* *How do you take down Luffy? Haki.* *How do you hurt Crocodile? Haki.* *How to hurt Ace? Haki.* *How to take down Enel? Haki.* *So on and so forth. All the charm of DF combat is gone.*
@@namuking6532 Thats because all of those fight where designed in way that Luffy could beat them. Water vs Sand.. Rubber vs light. Oda cannot go like this forever.
I think that the lack of future sight in the final act of katakuri's battle was cause by the lenght of that Battle. The two characters stamina might be finish, so they couldn't use their observation ability very well. Or another hypothesis might be that katakuri sees Luffy's ability improves and he realizes that using future sight hasn't anymore efficient. Good video by the way
Damn I can't believe I never caught the fact that the Admirals were probably using advanced Haki during the war. The power of the Marines makes so much more sense to me now.
i really love the simplicity of the haki system and even after re-reading most of one piece i can;t really find anything that stands out except sometimes characters like admirals acting surprised when they encounter a haki user. Aokiji is surprised about marco und vista using haki? lol The only thing that bugs me is that Luffy ended up saving Ace from his initial execution with conquerors haki. Like no one else in Whitebeards alliance could have done that? What about Whitebeard himself?
I've gotta disagree with your analysis of the Snakeman vs Katakuri fight, and with the fandom's general whining about future sight that came up in respect to the Ulti and Apoo (not that you've been part of that). We've been shown that there's more nuance to what is generally called future sight than just literally being able to see the future - think of the wedding scene from WCI. First, of course, there is Bege's explicit comment that just because Katakuri is the only one present who can see the future doesn't mean he's the only one who can *change* the future. Second, of course, there's fact that when Katakuri realizes that the priest is going to be prevented from shooting Sanji and has him shot early, Sanji just dodges the bullet. Because Katakuri isn't aware of Sanji's full capabilities, he's unable to effectively "keep the future on track" the way he wants to, and Big Mom's plan is disrupted as though he was not there. Last, there's the moment in the Katakuri vs Luffy fight where Luffy is shot by Flampe. Katakuri doesn't react to that until after it happens, and initially isn't even aware of what's going on, because he's not aware of Flampe's presence. All of this leads me to the following analysis: observation haki is, at its core, the ability to read the intent of your opponent. That's what we're shown in the arena at Kuja Island, that's what every mantra user except Aisa and Koby does, and that's what Rayleigh demonstrates when he's explaining haki to Luffy. This also fits with Sanji as the member of the monster trio who specializes in observation haki - he's always had a very good read on people's intent, from all the way back when he fed Gin. Advanced observation haki amounts to taking that read of intent and going a bit deeper, into what they *expect*. This is how Katakuri is initially able to evade all of Luffy's attacks - he's just reading where Luffy expects his punch to land and then not being there, whether by conventional dodging or by reshaping his body to avoid the hit. This is why Snakeman is so important to Luffy's victory - when he throws out a jet culverin, he doesn't have any expectation about where his punch is going to land, just that it'll hit Katakuri eventually, because he can keep redirecting the punch after it's thrown. Katakuri could probably just evade and evade and evade, and effectively run away from the fight (just like he advised Luffy to do at the beginning), but he can't do that while also remaining in range to attack, and thus can no longer attack Luffy with impunity. In the Apoo fight, the question is what Apoo intends and how his devil fruit works. Under this analysis, even if Luffy had his observation haki up, all he probably got from Apoo was something like "I'll make this weird noise and then they'll be cut/bruised/exploded", with no real mechanism by which he's aiming or even hitting, and thus no real way to respond other than to throw up a bit of armament haki. And for the Ulti fight, I think the key thing to remember is that Luffy has not been challenged in Wano by anyone remotely close to his caliber. Queen he probably wouldn't have underestimated, but everyone else he's fought in the arc has been varying degrees of "pretty tough" but otherwise a joke. My guess is that he assumed Ulti was someone like Hody - not really a threat to him, just ludicrously tough and annoying to put down. He probably figured that whatever she was going to do when she grabbed him wouldn't amount to much, and thus just let himself be grabbed because that sort of thing has worked to his advantage in the past. Then he realized how strong she actually was, and briefly freaked out - until Yamato showed up with every expectation of knocking her unconscious.
Before introducing advanced levels of haki (future sight, advanced levels of armament) the system wasn't that good because the person with stronger haki always won. Only devil fruits could mix things up. Now it's good.
Hey Arnold agreed. Oda showed multiple times where Devil fruit compensated for lacking haki. Pica was entirely relevant due to his Fruit despite Zoro dwarfing his haki in the end.
@@heyarnold7256 like Morj said physical power can overpower haki but in case of both haki users like Zoro vs Pica it was stated that if Zoro had weaker haki he wouldn't have cut him.
Doflamingo was one of the character pre timeskip that I do not want Luffy to ever mess with. He seems to be too OP. During pre timeskip he can manipulate people like puppet and easily cut off someone's head in a blink of an eye. But during the Dressrosa arc, Doflamingo only used the puppet technique once and that was after Luffy recovered his haki and before dealing the last blow. Doflamingo also never attempt to cut off Luffy's head. His entire ability became too obvious whereas during the pre timeskip he is somewhat invisible, and that create tension and suspense. Where will his attacks come from? When will he attack? If I let my guard down, he can cut off my head easily. But all of that tension is gone when he used "Overheat" or his awakening, which made all the strings so visible and easy to dodge. In the end it became a generic melee combat to see who hit harder.
Pre watching the video. I hate conquerors haki. It just feels like glorified crowd control all to make clashes look a little more exciting which isnt really needed as the story sets up clashes pretty well so a bit of coloured electric doesnt really add anything. Plus, im never a fan of powers that only a select few can have without earning them. Armament and Observation on the other hand i really enjoy as it helps keep devil fruits in check by giving non df users a chance and i enjoy the creative ways they've been used so far.
It'll be relevant once Luffy needs to learn it and it'll be such that no characters before this knew about it because only a few select know about it. That's how haki in general was introduced. We got to the point Luffy's strength was capped then boom here's haki go train. Same with future sight, I bet top dollar we'll see advanced CoC have this insane hax ability that will be relevant when Luffy needs it.
Well in databooks it was also comfirmed that Shanks was a Yonkou at the start of the story, so unless Oda puts this information in the cannon storyline i don't believe it.
12:00 On the point of Stringfruit, sword and the interaction between luffy and being cut. Here is how i interpret those scenes. Luffys weakness is being cut, so a haki clad sword can cut his haki clad rubber fist. Doflamingos strings didnt really cut in the same sense that a sword does. They force apard those things that in the way of it, given enough force is provided. Plus luffys gear forth makes his rubber qualities better while giving him protection. So the fact that doflamingo cant "cut" him, is because he has no real ability to cut him. His strings dont work the same way that swords do. Dont know if i am right on this but i also dont know of anything in the one piece verse that disproves me
There's no need to go too deep, especially considering how Doflamingo is a utterly broken character. He and Madara are infamous examples of antagonists abusing the plot armor. Madara had a convenient jutsu for every ocasion, lol Doflamingo is just overpowered for no reason, he can even lock up a freaking admiral, lol and a warrior trained by Mihawk, Zoro and Fujitora can't cut the damn cage. If the logic of the plot got trowed out of the window in favor of (yet another, again, again) "time bomb" plot device, then it's useless to find any logic in a character like Doflamingo. He was just strong, Luffy was somehow stronger (in fact, Oda's back to the basics, rubber >>> strings, the best devil fruit wins).
I’m sorry but that’s not how it really works, yes luffy’s weakness is blades but, as oda said, if a users haki is stronger than the other users haki, they can’t cut them. If we were going by your logic then any swordsman can cut through luffy’s armament haki, but this wouldn’t make any sense. I’m going to show you an example. If luffy’s armament haki is stronger than zoros haki, than zoro can’t really cut through luffy’s armament haki because luffy’s haki is stronger and better.
The thing about haki is that it is a kind of “power-up” the same way a non-devil fruit eater can beat a devil fruit eater, is the same way a non-haki user can beat a Haki-user, having a devil fruit or haki is a great help, but it doesn’t define the results of the battle before its start. Haki is necessary because some logias are completely overpowered, Luffy only could beat Enel because he is made of rubber and beat Crocodile because he was covered in water, but how can you beat fire, magma or even light?? And to sum up, it’s kind of necessary to learn it to go to the New World, after all, it’s a dangerous place and you need all the help you can get, Zoro awakened his haki against Mr. 1, a long time before the time-skip and Usopp awakened his in Dressrosa, meaning they don’t NEED haki to all it’s battles, but sure it does help them
The canceling out of the Future Sight reminds me of the Atium use in the Mistborn series. If one person was using the ability during a fight they would be able to see their opponents next few moves. But if both people in the fight can use the the ability it would just show both of them countless possibilities for the other person. So I assume both Luffy and Katakuri just saw endless possibilities and decided to just go bare knuckles.
For the sword version of haki, I believe the sword grade indicates how much haki the blade absorbed over its lifetime. Evidence we hear is that a person's haki can make a blade better, and increase its rank, and haki can make something unbreakable. I do believe it also rests on the wielder's imagination.
I always assume some character luffy fight pre-timeskip, especially lucci and cp9, had some knowledge of haki, going back i'm assuming the rokushiki are in some way an applied form of haki, especially shigan, tekkai, and kamie Lucci and crocodile had some knowledge about haki, they're just not saying it with some weird dialogue like "aah, so you don't know how to use haki, heh?" we don't see black coating pre-timeskip because luffy didn't aware of the concept of it yet
fabulous video! I think that the way of representing all the ideals, the ways of life, the reflection with the reality of the story, ends up being through the final fights. And that way of representing is super symbolic and very good. With this I say that willpower (which as you say, haki "physically" too) is like the passing of your days when you are looking for a dream, which are sometimes difficult and resist. It is not enough just to train studying, reading, thinking, but applying it even if it costs. you advance when your soul is hot.Those ideals represent oda in all opiece, and it is defined in fights. Regardss
It works well tho in the story of once piece, it is shown many times that the strongest wills are ontop of the world, as well as how well it works in terms of story like the luffy vs katakuri fight where katakuri has a very strong will and was fighting for what he thought was right but throughout the battle strays more and more away from what he thought which would make his haki grow weaker, especially in the end when he gives up since he has no reason left to fight luffy. Luffy also as a character works well in it since he is strong will personified, if luffy says he will do somthing he will do that, that is displayed through his words and his actions, like for example at the start where he says casually that he will become pirate king and doesnt care if he dies trying since he will become the pirate king, and it is also shown through action like how luffy managed to climb up the drum rocks that were 5000meters high barefeet, wearing little clothes, carrying someone on his back and with his teeth, and without gloves either, IN A BLIZZARD, and not only does he do it, but the first thing he does when rescued also is to tell them how much his friends means to him, and he still has the strengt and will to do this after all that. So it may to simpletons seem like a plot armour ability, but its sort of poetic and inspiring to see what Luffy does
You laid your criticisms and praise out very well, one thing I've noticed from some people who critique One Piece is either coming from people extremely biased for or against it and Haki and the battle system is one of the bigger debates. Personally, typically, the way I look at anything in fiction is that as long as my sense of immersion isn't broken then I tend to not sweat the tiny details as much - which is not for everyone I know. Say, Luffy versus Crocodile - nothing in those fights felt off-putting or out of place to me and even looking back on it, I have a few complaints, like the subject of Crocodile of not using any Haki but then again nothing about that fight is ruined over all in my eyes. I completely understand that more analytical people may be bothered by it, this is simply my own stance.
Any system can appear inconsistent if it isn't used according to a person's head canon. It's kind of like saying the force in Star Wars is inconsistent because people don't spam it between every saber parry or worse, that every duel is badly written because of it.
@@uncleiroh4650 I agree somewhat but I don't get what thar changes to my argument? There are plenty of instances where Haki isn't used for ??? reasons.
21:41 isn't not about it being convenient it's about being dramatic. For example if Luffy had used future sight and dodged Apoo's attack how do you stablish him as a threat? How do you show his powers without someone getting hit by them?
That's oda's problem not the fans why do you have to put luffy down to establish apoo as a strong foe do that to anybody else it already seems impossible for luffy to defeat kaido and stuff like luffy getting kod even for a second does not help. My main problem with apoo is not that he was able to hit him but that it was enough to ko him even if it was momenterally. The same luffy who fought kat for hours and did not get ko once and on top of that went on to train his body in the prisoner mines gets ko'd by a fucking explosion it's inconsitent af.
@@ZeroCool007x Yep. An easy fix: just show luffy getting hit, suffer some damage (that's ok), but don't show him being knocked out. Maybe the anime will show the "knockout" in a different fashion, at least I hope so. As for Luffy not predicting the move, we can let that pass. He was not focused on the enemy, neither know how the attack worked... so, even if he predicted, he would suffer damage anyway.
Imo haki is *way* too generic. To the point that anything can be explained by haki and pretty much all characters going forward will have similar haki abilities, bcs they simply become a requirement. Oda should have introduced different kinds of haki as separate magical abilities one obtains in different ways with no expectation that future characters will have the same abilities and with each ability being clearly defined.
If Oda did that, it would heavily contradict the story as there are already seperate abilities already (devil fruits, rokushiki, weapons, hashouken, fishman karate, etc), haki is basically the only ability that levels the plain field for every one else and makes the fights even possible most of the time, I don't see how haki is generic as we spend most of our time in the new world seeing different devil fruits, weapons, and fighting styles, most people don't even use haki in the series Soooo I don't get your point.
This was an excellent video and definitely one of your best. I always enjoyed Haki as a system for a few reasons. One was that it as you said built upon the idea of ambition. Those who had the drive to go to adventure and succeed will do so. And thus, the conquerors are those who had the maximum drive. You see this with characters, like Big Mom, Kaidou etc. in contrast to Gecko Moria. Second, the ability was recurring enough to where the reader could pickup on the bread crumbs and when combined with Rayleigh's explanation, fill in the missing context. Finally, I enjoy seeing Haki a lot more because it very much builds upon the OP world where it is yet another new element added, much like DFs were in the Grand Line. Now I do have a few problems with Haki. For starters, I find it has made the fights a bit less creative. I get why Oda added armament Haki for example to allow Luffy to fight Logia users. But I always loved seeing Luffy come up with creative ways to best his enemies, like blood/ water against Crocodile. My other gripe is that Haki itself I wished was better defined. The idea of a branching tree system with different types of the three Haki makes sense. Since Haki is based off colors, colors have different shades. But I'd like an HXH style explanation of what each color of Haki can and can't do. Even if it's just a panel.
I feel like all Haki types will get explained in a lot more detail once Luffy meets Shanks again, along with some hints about the plot connection that at least Conquerors Haki has.
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Regarding individuals like Sharly and maybe even Basil, perhaps observation Haki can be invested into objects in the same way that black swords can be made permanent with Haki. I think this is how Basil's cards work i.e. they are not a function of his devil fruit ability. Regarding the basic use of armament haki versus black coating, I think black coating requires more power and so if you are trying to conserve your energy to perfectly match your output requirements you use the invisible coating. Kind of like fine muscle control versus pure strength.
Personally, I really like the idea of your haki to truly only become stronger during battle. I think it works well because that's when your will is truly tested (as opposed to training) and the strength of it to be differentiated from others. It makes sense that that's when your haki blossoms in the form of power since haki to its core is power manifestation of one's will. I feel like training is a tool more to be used on refining what abilities you already have, while advancements should mostly come from hardships in real battle.
The major problem I had with haki was at Marineford. Let's assume that black coating is a slightly higher level of armament haki. So all the strong fighters were just reluctant to use it despite being in a life or death situation?? Or were they not even capable of that?? I mean wb could have easily dodged the bullets and stabs if he used the coating. So the strongest man in the world didn't even master CoA? I mean just look at how durable other yonkos like bm, kaido are.
Haki wasn't shown as something visible in these early days. Rayleigh for example definitely used Haki against Borsalino, but that wasn't shown either. The question is whether the black depiction of armament haki actually exists or whether it's just an abstraction that makes things easier for a visual medium like manga.
Luffy's use of observation haki when drained in the prison relates back to the flashback with rayleigh's training where R notes that luffy is very in tune with living beings, and exerts haki when he doesn't even notice. Luffy's innate ability to use haki is more than most. Which is why we see him use such a powerful conquerors haki in marineford. R notes that when luffy is passed out, eyes swollen shut, he cna sense all the animals coming to give him food when R isn't looking (but Luffy says he can't eat until R tells him he is allowed to). So while i agree there are some discrepancies, that one particular example was probably not the best, as Oda has already explained Luffy's observation haki is heightened when he is in a weakened state cause it comes naturally to him. Similar to him using conquerors haki for the first time in marineford and how he learnt the further armament haki of transferring the power outside the body. He can use really high levels of haki when drained and in an almost thoughtless, purely primal state, cause it's in his nature. Is that a bit of a cop out on Oda's part, sure, but an explanation nonetheless..
One thing you missed is Garp being able to hit Luffy - clearly Haki. Your theory that black armament is a slightly advanced armament would still hold true. The bigger thing that I still need clarity on is Doflamingo slicing Crocodile’s head off in Marineford. Was this just a case of Doffy not using his armament in order to glade Crocodile into teaming up? Or is this a slip-up by Oda? Crocodile should not have advanced observation Haki, as established in the Luffy fight. The problem lies in that Crocodile was portrayed as being able to hold his own against most of the fighters (Doflamingo included), which should not be the case without observation or armament.
About the Doffy and Crocodile one... It was the first one, being the case that Doffy wanted to recruit Crocodile as his ally. He was just teasing him. In the anime you can even tell that Croco wasn't surprised for that attack at all.
And the fact that Crocodile was able to hold a fight against a lot of fighters in Marineford meant nothing due to him being unable to truly damage Akainu for example when he cut him in half. It just meant that he had a great physical strenght enough to keep up in certain areas that do not required Haki. Luffy, unable to use haki did also a great performance there. The video itself explains the importance of phisical fights in the series.
@@ThatAlphamonDude17 Crocodile didn't sense Doflamingo. If he had observation Haki, he would have been able to dodge Luffy's punches. Doflamingo was playing, sure, but had he not been playing, he could have easily killed Crocodile right then and there. That is the issue. Luffy not fearing for his life made sense due to his disregard for his own safety in rescuing Ace. But Crocodile not fearing for his life getting cut by Doffy, or attacking Akainu or WB doesn't make sense given his cautious and meticulous nature. He was portrayed as being able to hold his own, when he shouldn't actually have been able to do so. The only way this would make sense is if it were established that Crocodile had enough Haki to see Doffy attacking him, or damage Akainu (using armament), which we have seen to not be the case due to his fight with Luffy. To be honest that early Crocodile fight is such a big plot-hole in regards to power-scaling and haki. I understand Oda didn't know how long the series would last, and he created a good narrative structure around the Alabasta saga, but consistency wise it should have been a post Moria arc.
@@ThatAlphamonDude17 Also, physical prowess doesn't make sense. Luffy was shown to be physically stronger than Crocodile. Crocodile just had a hax devil fruit at the time
@@rahulsinha6862 Doffy already expressed his interest in recruiting Croc before the head cutting thing. Don't see why he would be scared then. It's even possible Croc understands how Doffy operates a bit since they were shichibukai for quite a while. And I don't really agree with the attacking WB or Akainu part. He attacked Akainu at exactly the most cautious time, Akainu would have no intention pursuing Croc because of it since he has a bigger fish to catch. With WB, this is the man who crushed his dream and maybe even the reason his hand is gone. Croc has been shown to get worked up even in alabasta. I disagree with your statement on Croc's placement in the story. It was perfect.
The one thing I would contest would be that Haki is the primary power system of One Piece. I give that title to the Devil Fruits, because the Devil Fruits are unique powers that can radically change the way you fight. I would label Haki as an auxiliary power system. Everyone has access to Observation and Armament and they just improve your combat statistics, they increase your senses and awareness or your raw offense and defense (My interpretation of the Pica line)
I don't know if this can be called a problem, but sometimes I feel like a visual presentation of how strong the haki of somebody is, would be helpful. Especially armament haki. Otherwise we have to be told whose haki is stronger
What I’m speaking towards is around the 20:00 mark: So I know this is an older video but i was under a guise that all of rokushiki abilities were derived from haki. Tekkai /shigan being armament in the first place and that you pointed out lucci’s attack as flowing armament as an attack which I never considered but I filled it in in my head as it being a projectile move like rankyaku But now thinking about it, maybe geoppo and ranyaku could derive from flowing armament into the air under their feet / bursting said energy out as an attack ?? I’ve been loving your videos as they’ve been getting me through work lately as background audio, I can really tell how critically you think and how your past analysis have been spot on if not within the same realm of things you speak on!! Finally subbing!!! Lol
sabo's destruction of the coliseum was impressive in a lot of ways. for one, the initial cracks were not formed by advanced armament haki. he didn't use that until he used the "dragon's breath" to cause the explosion. this means that he barely wound up for his punch and still caused heavy damage, meaning his raw strength was also really high.
Im okay with Observation & Armament Haki my problem is with Conquerors Haki because everyone says it is the most dangerous haki but it has only been used to knock out fodder or scare animals away. I have yet to see what it can really do because if you ask me, it has been useless so far.
It’s dangerous because it identifies users who have the potential to bring about great change. Leaders who can take the world by storm. That’s exactly the type of thing that the WG fears the most and other pirate crews get nervous around. Also, any ability that allows you to take out over 50,000 soldiers is with no contact is pretty hax, especially since marines don’t seem to have many people with the ability
Yeah I agree with that in fact no one can name one character that was affected by conquers haki everyone that was affected by it is just a plot device not an actual character with a name and my second problem with it is that there’s no clear reason to why some characters don’t have it other than it’s rare and even that isn’t true
Considering conquers use it against each other all the time I'm pretty sure it's basically a psychic attack. Think of it like a constant stamina drain on a opponent cause by their will being forced upon you
So glad I found this channel. You have my favorite one piece analyses bar none. Glad that you're going for more minimal editing in favor of releasing more content, because the script is where the meat of the videos is. Keep up the amazing work man, and be careful not to burn yourself out!
Every fight anyone uses Haki on a Logia user is an example of Haki adding nuance. Otherwise the Logia user would just win 99/100 times. Then there's Gear 4th, which can't exist without Haki. What do you mean it doesn't add nuance? Without it, Oda would have to make sure every Logia type has some arbitrary weakness the Straw Hats can take advantage of. Wouldn't that get stale?
I wish the consistency of observation Haki was better. And if a character who is known to have it, doesn’t display OH, then there needs to be a good reason shown. Even if it’s a subtle one. IMO
just dropping my theories here : 1. Im-sama had 4 image of poster's cropped , its Luffy, Blackbeard, Shirahosi, and Vivi's. Remember this because this point will be mentioned later. 2. Something happen to Shirahosi & Vivi (and their family / kingdom) after the Reverie, WG do the orders to erased these 2 from im-sama, because Nefertari is the only family of 20 creators who dont want to live in Mariejois (its a threat to Tenryubito) and Tenryubito hates mermaid (or love mermaid to being a pet). they'll destroy both this kingdom. vivi & shirahosi will be prisoned / tortured in mariejois. 3. Luffy & alliances won in Wano. Kaido & Bigmom lost. the rest of Kaido's crew will follow Kidd, and therefore, Luffy & Kidd will become the New Yonko (maybe other violence / savage / psychopath character who want to see onepiece treasure will join Kidd too). Carrot will not become a strawhats. 4. because Wano is closed from information, after they get out of wano (or maybe after had some problem and solved with Red Hair pirates on Elbaf) , they heard the news about Alabasta & Mermaid island, they go there, but already destroyed, then go to mariejois and Raid Mariejois to help Vivi & Shirahosi. They got them (and their family) and escaped. Vivi joins the crew as informant / spokesman of strawhats to the world (because she had a great charm & charisma of a good / kind people, not like pirates). 5. They found last piece of road poneglyph in Mariejois. maybe after recruited other 2 members (total of Strawhat will have 12 nakamas) they go to Laugh Tales. 6. They found One Piece. the treasure are secret of ancient weapon and history of the world. Strawhats know everything. 7. Sabo want to be executed by marine. Luffy called the Grandfleets. Strawhats & Revolutioner build alliance. War happens. Strawhat & Revolutioner won. Corrupt marine & corrupt WG lost. Sword will take over the new Marine. Strawhat will had a good relation with marine from now. 8. Blackbeard get some great power from DF / ancient weapon. Strawhat declare war with Blackbeard. New marine alliance with Strawhat. (like roger & garp vs rox pirates did) War happen, luffy won. He got ancient weapons. 9. Luffy use new power (ancient weapon / some kind) to reconstruct the world / earth to be a better world. and created a place called All Blue too. mermaid island will be destroyed by luffy, the mermaids will using noah to go to surface with sea king, now they had new home in surface, racism gone. 10.Strawhat disbanded. All get a happy ending. Oda finally take a rest and became a Legend, forever. END
My take on Swords and CoA interacting is a matter of energy density. The idea behind using sharp and pointed blades is focusing a lot of pressure and force into a very small area, whereas spreading the energy out can thin it or even make it uneven and Unintentionally flicker flimsy in flimsy areas. Add onto that Law’s surgical precision, and also CoO’s ability to read a person’s priorities, and orientating your attacks against your opponents based on their strengths and weaknesses becomes both nuanced and straightforward simultaneously. This is where Virgo and Pika messed up, having relied on brute force for too long, an$ why Rayleigh said breadth in Haki is just as important as depth.
