To Be "A Man of Action" - A Reflection on Luffy 

Reminds of the SBS questions when Oda pointed out to his fans he purposely never gave Luffy thought bubbles so that we the readers could get his personal thoughts on things. We judge him by his actions because Luffy will do what he says he'll do no matter what he stays true to his own moral compass.

fun fact: to this day, Buggy is the only villain to made luffy accept death and defeat

Luffy telling vivi that people die and then crying when ace dies isn't a contradiction at all. Vivi wanted no one to die when a million people are ready to fight to the death. Luffy wanted to save one person. Those two instances are completely different scenarios. No contradiction.

I've read a lot of breakdowns and analyses of the Sabody Arc and even wrote ones myself, yet this explanation is by far the most nicely worded and it hits the nail on its head: "No one wanted to lose anything and everyone was willing to make the sacrifice to prevent the worst-case scenario. Their weakness revealed a lack of unity; mutual desires to protect leading to mutually assured destruction." I absolutely love everything about the Sabody Arc and I always find newer angles to appreciate. It was just such a groundbreaking event, not only in One Piece, but in Shounen manga in general. Hearing the narrator say 'On this day, the Straw Hat crew faced complete and utter defeat' never fails to give me chills.

It's Craftsdwarfs birthday but we are the one's getting a present

Man I don't know why but this video got me, Luffy is such a great and well developed character. Seeing him struggle and persevere through life whilst also knowing his shortcomings is really inspiring. Nice work dude, also Happy birthday to you and Luffy!!

Happy Birthday Crafty & Luffy. Happy to get an upload bro Enjoy your day

Damn, i'm impressed really by how well you understand the main cast of One Piece, there is plenty of things to be interested in this serie but i didn't understood Luffy or Ussopp characters completely at all . Thanks and i'm impatiently waiting for more One Piece.

Ok but eating crocodile would be a great strategy, I mean if you cant touch someone thats a valid strategy

Wow. Out of all you previous scripts, you've really hit the nail on the head with this one. Well done.

Cratsdwarf: Crocodile was the first antagonist in the story to beat Luffy. Smoker: *Am I a Joke to you?*

I love the symbolic imagery in One Piece. Oda does great work at making One Piece a series that appeals to kids and young teens, while having enough underlying conflict, symbolism, character development and cool scenes to appeal to audiences as they get older. He keeps much of his writing simple and focused (which sometimes elicits Meat-booze-woman criticism), but the whole picture is far more complex and gets across key ideas very well

I dunno if this was super obvious or not, but this video made me look at the title in a different way, ONE PIECE might not be the treasure, but just a literal piece of the puzzle or the larger overall collection of pieces that make up the world that is represented by the straw-hats in relation to the many groups of characters that make up this world as whole.

Your analysis is on point. I keep coming back to peice it apart. You deeply understanf why we fall in love with these characters.

Incredible. This has put into words a lot of what i believe one piece says to me. I am trying to follow my dreams, but my dreams are vague and childish. This just tells me that I need more conviction and to go out into the unknown and take failure on the chin.

I rarely comment on your One Piece videos because I never really have anything to add so I will just say happy birthday and wonderful video. I don't always agree with everything you say on other videos but your understanding of One Piece is always on point and generally fascinating.

This makes the Katakuri vs luffy fight have more significance. Katakuri is a reflection of luffy being better at him in almost every aspect at the start of the arc. He's able to copy and do everything luffy can at glance but better. Oda goal was for luffy to train this arc and show his growth from his previous failures. Katakuri kept knocking luffy down but he kept getting up not willing to give up. He could put all his attention on this fight because he trusts his crew. While Katakuri was a man said to never have been knocked down the perfect child in the big mom family. They both are pillars of there respective families but katakuri family doesnt even know him and more revere almost like a god. He also has the same problem as pre-time skip luffy as he is carrying the weight of his whole family on his back and they trust him as their best fighter minus big mom. While she is strong and the matriarch of the family katakuri holds much of the weight as well because he is a man that has never lost. Throughout the fight the learn to respect each other and grow from it. Luffy giving katakuri his first failure and katakuri allowing luffy to reach his level. This is even more emphazied when the katakuri and is able to get back up like luffy but he can't stay up, unlike luffy. But now katakuri doesnt have to worry about the burden of his family holding him up and can become stronger because of it.

Happy Birthday Crafts!

This is absolutely amazing. I think Luffy is an absolutely amazing character, and this highlights some of the key reasons why. Thank you!

Hey Crafty, from the bottom of my heart, I just want to thank you so much for the analysis videos on One Piece and the picking apart of Fairy Tail. Not only you and many others (Sawyer7mage, King of Lightning, Joy Boy, GrandLine and many others to boot) have taught me the do's and don'ts on Shonen and anime in general, but also to take in key concepts and rules on establishing an anime universe and its characters and whatnot. Right now, I'm doing my best to create a Shonen series that is inspired by Dragon Ball, One Piece, and a bit of My Hero Academia, and I'm viewing and reading books, videos, and threads on Reddit on how to write coherent stories to make the audience engaged. I don't want the series to be like a poor imitation to the series I listed above but like take their elements and put a little spin on it. Once again, I thank you for the videos and I hope you'll do many more to come. Not only that, I also viewed videos from Lessons from the Screenplay to handle mature themes and storytelling other than solely relying on Shonen and other anime genres. Do you have any recommendations on books or more videos so I can be able to take a good grasp on telling a great story without resorting to a poor imitation or abysmal Fairy Tail quality? I know how to draw characters and locations, just need to grasp better on narrative.

I love most of the one piece videos a lot not because they're about an Anime I like but because it encourages me to keep trying and not give up in the things I want to do.

this was genuinely a lot of fun to watch! I haven't followed one piece in a few years (because its obvious it will never end) but this was a great refresher into the series that had at one point, was very close to me. thanks for the nostalgia boost :D

I really really love this video.

this discussion video should be a requirement for all One Piece fans to see

Looking forward to the Chopper video on Christmas.

One of my favourite videos on this app. Great job!

Well now you have made me feel bad about forgetting that Devil Dias existed... Anyway excellent video and happy birthday Craftsdwarf.

damn, this video is a work of art. truly inspirational and what I needed right now, every point hits home and has weight behind it, thank you

Happy Birthday Crafts! This is your best video yet.

Happy Birthday Bro. I've been watching your channel for a year and you never fail to disappoint not even on your birthday

Now that's one hell of video.

This video is about to blew up This is my first time watching your video and it was extremely well done

Really enlightening Good work here. Came from the wano report can't believe i did not know of you before. Keep up the great work

Happy Birthday Luffy, Craftsdwarf and Gon!!!

You need to do an unificial part 2 of this video focusing on oden and why he lost to

Damn, never trully realized how much Luffy hates loneliness.

you got it right, keep going

Theory : The lighting strike came from luffy’s advanced conquerers Haki because the real secret to advance conquerers is the will to believe in yourself and it was strong enough to summon a lighting bolt

Happy birthday! おめでとう！ Outstanding video as always.

This is what I love about your one piece Analysis no one on RU-vid looks at one piece like you do. XD

This is gonna go like berserk the crewmates sacrificinf their own dreams for luffy to achieve his i guarantee it

Happy birthday, best human!

I LOVE the comparison between Luffy's actions in Sabaody and in Whole Cake island... I never made that connection and it makes that scene where her hold his lips and smiles in the mirror that more amazing. God I love straw hat Luffy!!!!

I think Luffy will end up killing someone at some point, when its someone whose dream is to shatter Luffy's.

4:14 That's interesting. Espêcially when applied to the other "obvious" example beside fisher tiger : Monkey D Dragon. A dragon challenging other Dragon, a true revolutionnary.

5:05-5:09 AH ! Here we go; what I had on my mind for the whole 5 first minutes of the video.

21:11 "....wasnt one of the stawhats, but Shirahoshi" I thought you were gunna say Jinbe, and Im like HES ALWAYS BEEN A STRAW HAT 😂

How do you write these godly scripts?

Okay first off Happy Birthday Craftsdwarf! Secondly please try and get your Sasuke Uchia video back up it got taken down for copyright but it was so good it was the best analysis of Sasuke I’d ever seen. Thirdly I’ve been enjoying the Nen show podcast a lot you guys are doing a great job keep it coming. But seriously I want your Sasuke video back.

happy birthday craftsdwarf this video made me cry lol

To people saying Roger sacrificed himself for his crew mates I honestly don't think that was what Rogers thoughts were Roger Pirates were hella strong and they pretty much were self sufficient but the choice of Roger Disband was due to his health condition He achieved what he wanted to and then there was no purpose since the Roger pirates were built on the idea of turning the world upside down and they did when he became the pirate king so continuing the journey with no purpose sounds like a lost cause Maybe this could appear true to the case of his family By turning himself in there mightve been a possibility that he wanted them to have a normal life and don't want to be associated with Roger to be chased down all their life by World Govt but in turn the sacrifice he made lead to his death and the inability to protect both Portgas D Rouge and Portgas D Ace What's more interesting is this applies to Garp too Garp sacrificed himself for both marine not leveraging him to get Ace and let Luffy punch him to save Ace but by then sacrificing his connection and his strength he wasn't able to prevent this war from happening not able to be there to help ace from akainu My ONE PIECE is just brilliant

Another fantastic video. 30 minutes went buy in a breeze!

Luffy is becoming more and more like Roger. Roger could only grow and travel because he could trust his allies in Rayleigh, Scooper, as well as Oden. He loved his crew, they were his family. Luffy originally pinned Pirate King as a title one can accomplish alone. Yet through his journey, Luffy learns to rely on his crew. To love and cherish them not as simply people with dreams, but the greatest treasure ever. His One Piece.

Luffy called a retreat to protect his friends the whole crew was tired and on the oast leg it took a group effort to beat px he knew he couldn't beat kuma and the others it showed growth

Huh. So that what the Dragon Tiger symbolism is. It's quite evident in Gunvolt Two with GV and Acura. Aqura obviously being human makes up with his ingenuity. With GV going through his grief, he became stagnant

Unpopular opinion: Luffy at Archipelago ordered his crew to runaway because he didn't want them to die. He knew that he couldn't protect them alone in that situation against the Pacifistas, Sentomaru, Kuma and Kizaru. Had it being a different situation, he will sacrifice himself while they leave like in the Katakuri fight. So I wouldn't consider the Archipelago moment him "giving up" but more a "realization of his weakness, not having the strength to protect his friends in all situations."

Great video, it made me feel things, one among them being inspiration. Much thanks. Much wow.

Happy birthday Luffy!

Thank you for this, I cried and had many realizations. 💕

I wanna ask is luffy a subversion character? Unlike gon or naruto isn't some prodigy or some golden once every million year child he's absurdly strong because hes afraid of losing people none of his abilities are really special. hes selfish and hates being called a hero and wouldn't stop injustice unless it affected him personally. He doesn't care about anyone's feelings or past. He basically strong armed his crew together and they gained their respect for him while they were on the crew hell Robin didn't even use his name until after enies Lobby. And he loses against anyone stronger then him Kuma, mihawk, Magellan, Blackbeard, big mom and all the admirals these are all people hes never won against

Your one piece video are the best keep up the good work man

24:23 I like that what he says and the words Oda wrote are almost completely different.

11:41 I havent watched nor read One Piece yet, but damn can someone explain why Luffy just straight up glocked that girl lol

Pretty good video, I think you've got the main point right, but still some points bother me ? Like you got it 99% right ? Were the other Supernova really ready for the New World? They all are in the services of an Emperor, captured, or defeated. They got bodied in the New World. In a way, you could say Luffy's decision was the right one You're mixing Sabaody and the War at the summit saga ? Arguably, Sabaody is part of that saga, but the Luffy that lands on Amazon Lily is the same as ever. The lesson only comes when Ace died. Really, it's a set up, the true failure is Ace's death. Running away is a pretty normal choice for the crew ? I mean, in all the arcs, luffy goes and does what he wants to do, then they end up running. Ennies lobby or Alabasta are the perfect examples. As such I don't think the crew running from the pacifista is Luffy backing from a fight he started, or anything new. First off, escaping was the goal from the start, and the pacifista and sentomaru weren't really an obstacle to overcome. He did what he wanted, namely, punching the Tenryubito (he would really have failed to take action if he didn't punch the Tenryubito like Hachi suggested), then they ran like usual. What he really failed to do is run away with/protect everyone, meaning that way of doing things isn't going to cut it anymore. Not exactly a failure to take action, imho, more a failure to back it up. Sure, One Piece has miracles has one of its thematic, and the will to take action is important in that, but still, isn't the whole point of the whole saga that the will to fight isn't enough ? Luffy showed plenty of spirit against Magellan and got bodied. He showed plenty of spirit against the Marines during the war and he FAILED. Luffy didn't lose his will to fight, nor to take action, he learned that you can't run head first into a wall and expect to win everytime.

wonderful video, it's gving me chills, subscribed.

Wait you picked the wrong vader duel. That's the one where Luke gets bodied because he ran off without finishing his training and wasn't prepared to face a genuine master and/or the flaws in the jedi way.

Happy Birthday Craftsdwarf

Happy birthday Craftsdwarf! This has to be one of your best videos yet!

Literally anyone else: *uploads* Me: Craftsdwarf: *uploads* Me: REAL SHIT?

While a lot consider Crocodile to be the first to defeat Adult Luffy (cause Croco-boy put him on the brink of death twice or even thrice ) the first person who really defeat him was Smoker, even if he didn't hurt him, he neutralized him and made him completely defensless in a one-sided fight, without Dragon, that would have been the end

great video really makes me want to rewatch the entire show

Awesome video as always. Gave me a lot to think about in regards to my own writing.

HAPPY BIRTHHDAAAAAAAAAAAAAY thanks so much for the in depth analysis once again and please keep it up!!!

The audio quality took a nose dive tbh

Awesome job; I really enjoyed the video. I had never thought of it before because him being a man of action is so plain and unobscurred that I did not think I needed to. You actually bring up a great point. Luffy did learn the wrong lesson and he's going to be taught it in the near future (for him at least). I keep wondering why we the audience should discredit Oda saying through other characters that Kaido is Invincible and cannot be harmed? We keep thinking that Luffy needs to beat Kaido, that based off the story and narrative that Luffy will eventually succeed... but really he doesn't. It would be painful to see everyone fail at the rebellion, to see Luffy and his crew destroyed again. But, theres something you brought up that people never consider... Why is up to Luffy's main crew. Why is victory based off a single fight among leaders. The worst defeat someone could hand Kaido... its not physical in the least. It's mental, its emotional, it's SPIRITUAL. So how do you deliver that type of defeat? The answer is staring us in the face; all you have to do is ask "Why Wano", some answers come to kind like resources and secrecy... NO, ITS SECURITY; why would someone that cannot die do something for the sake of security? His crew. His crew is where the rebellion or the other factions can hurt him best. Kaido is Luffy if Luffy never lost in the first place (as in the loss that scattered his crew). Kaido has done most of it himself and like Dofy has great concern for a select few. That is why i think he hides on Wano. I think if the Mugiwara do beat him that it will be Zoro using Ryumas sword to take down Kaido there are Zero exceptions to this in my mind. but most likely it wont be the crew at all. Not just Luffy but his crew need to learn to trust in those that follow them (grand fleet/rebels/people of Wano, wanting a non-kozuki leader/Minks/other).

The perfect anime doesn't ex....

The contradiction is wrong though... The vivi issue was about a civil war, people die in war But Luffy’s goal was to save Ace and Ace isn’t someone random but his own brother Losing your brother shortly after saving him, plus it is his own fault because Ace saved him So he didn’t contradict himself

I never realized that luffy has this much character development I almost cried Thank you

BASED!

This is the first video I’ve seen from you and I must say this is a beautiful script

Videos like this make me think you have a degree in psychology and philosophy. *KEEP BEING AWESOME!*

Your analysis is on point. I keep coming back to peice it apart. You deeply understanf why we fall in love with these characters.

Knocking it out of the park like usual.

And people say one piece has no dept

One piece should use the made in abyss soundtrack

I still think luffy only refers to people who have beaten him by actually name

Happy Birthday!!! Awesome video as usual, I always appreciate every new upload dude. Thanks for working so hard even on your birthday.

I Cant Believe i listened 2 this my whole drive home i felt lik he was reading a gud ass book💯🔥👍

Thank you for the video you pointed out a lot of things i hadnt even thought about

Great video! This made me love one piece even more!

"But the strawhats do not have much character development, they just have characterization."

did this man really say mary joe-is!

Crocodile is luffy's mother.

Which Straw Hat is next?

just wowwwwwww man

part of this video made me cringe. luffy didn't try to overcome them (admiral,sentamaru and a pacifista working together)? you think by any stretch of the imagination they could have succeeded by just trying?you actually compared his choice to the other supernovas O_O and this is just within the first 11 minutes!

Luffy is such a bossss

What’s the point in being pirate king if you can’t party with your friends, luffy was just a better leader in sabaody than he was in long ring long land

I wish I could subscribe for a second time.

Gear 4th Tiger Man coming soon 🤔