Why Enel Is STILL More Important Than You Think 

The fact that Enel was beaten by an unawakened God means no mortal has beaten him. His God complex is thus still valid.

Greenbull: YOU DONT DESERVE HUMAN RIGHTS !!!!!!! Enel: Of Course I dont deserve Human Rights. I'm a God

Enel return will easily be top 10 anime returns.

Enel's always been my #1 villain. The casual brandishing of world ending power is so well done. He adapted very well to Luffy's pokemon rule and even after Luffy nullified his haki, used physics to win by putting the gold ball on him and throwing him off the platform. His ability to go from deathly serious to calm conversationalist to absolutely shocked super jackass clown is just phenomenal. He could come back and do pretty much anything and fit in. He could be a villain again, he could be neutral or he could be an ally and it'd fit in perfectly because he has the personality range for it.

Enel didnt loose the war.. he actually won it. Sure he did not destroy Skypeia but that was just a side quest for him. He wanted to go to the Moon and he managed to do that. Hes the only Villain who lost to Luffy in a fight but who still managed to fulfill his Objective. Thats why i love him :D

I can’t wait for Enel comes back

You did fair by adding Foxy as one of the "big guys" near the end of the video. Well done, man on the internet.

Enel's cover story makes me wonder. Does Enel and other Logia users need to breathe? Green Bull doesn't need to eat, and Ace is the only one I've ever seen sleeping. Maybe Logias only have to meet the survival needs of whatever element they're made of.

For me, the best thing about Skypia was Noland's flashback. Up until Big Mom's and Kuma's backstories, I considered it the greatest one in One Piece.

Can we just talk about the fact that Enel took on a form based on a god he read about. And the form was gear 4. On top of that he uses the drums of liberation to empower his abilities.

Enel leading the Space Pirates with advanced technology and conquerers haki will be a divine blessing

I think Skpeia is a mirror preview of Imu and the Gorosei. Eneru mirrors Imu, The Gorosei are the priests, the God’s Knights are God’s army. Maybe Wiper is Dragon and Ganfal (actual Ganfal not the gorosei one) is one of the marines.

Enel not being a playable character in Pirate Warriors 4 is incredibly stupid. Especially his Raijin form is so cool

Enel was one of my favorite villains. When he was introduced, he felt invincible. None of the Strawhats, even the monster trio, could do anything. In previous arcs, the goal always felt achievable, but before the reveal of Luffy being immune, this was the first time where the villain was truly unbeatable. I also love how he still achieved his goal, even after losing. If you think about it, it's also really clever from a meta-perspective. Oda guaranteed that the godly Rumble fruit would be unusable as long as Enel still had it up there.

i am 100% percent convinced Enel will be back and he will play a major role in the final arc of this story including the real world history and the relation of the other races and the alien empire, the skypians, ancient city, the ancient weapons all of them. Hell im convinced that Uranus is probably the very spaceship that landed in the world of one piece centuries ago. Maybe Imu is actually an alien of that race. either way this will be epic.

I also love that Robin conversation. Because Enel is so into it, and is legitimately excited when he realizes that the bell must be up there because of the story of upper yards appearance.

Enel is not a slouch, you said the battle was one-sided but even without fruit powers he's still make some damage to Luffy, with his stuff and observation Haki he's one of the most skilled combatants at that moment in story

Skipping skypia really is an anime problem and not a manga problem

people been debating whether the best sniper in one piece is usopp, yasopp, beckman, or van augur. but honestly, enel has the best sniping feat so far with that pinpoint remote lightning strike

I'm one of the biggest believers that Enel will come back to the story better than ever

was there any character in One Piece before Enel, who apparently could hear anything the people "around" him where speaking? and could use those words to target those people pretty accurate even from miles away? today we know it was some extreme form of observation haki - but what an ability. i bet it surpasses the most advanced OH-users even today.

The “let the sun shine” quote hits so hard post wano omg i love watching one piece over with my girlfriend cant wait for the realization hes the sun god ao i can be like remember in skypiea how luffy was so pissed about the weather

We've had high ranking villains so far, let's get a Simon in here next for balance.

ENELS GONNA BE THE GOAT FINAL SAGA

this was always one of my favourite arcs in one piece and in my first watch it had my attention more than anything prior in east blue, the introduction of the dials to augment characters like Usopp and Nami, the introduction of some a lore filled world IN THE CLOUDS, and this terrifying godlike antagonist that felt capable of whiping the whole crew in an instant at many points leading up his encounter with luffy

Given how the Five Elders are named after planets or stars, the fact that Eneru is based on the moon can't be a coincidence. The strongest people and things in One Piece all share the convention of being named after something space related, like the Gorosei, Pluton, Neptune, and the other weapons. Eneru is literally on the moon, I'd be surprised if he didn't come back.

If Enel Comes back with an Army from Moon, and Luffy able to control them as well... That would be Epic!

Enel is one of my favorite character

Enel is such an amazing character. His total disregard for anything that doesn’t directly entertain him is amazing. The killing games in upper court, watching Sanji get zapped with complete boredom, it’s so good. He’s a sociopath. Through and through. Amazing writing from Oda to characterize him like that

Cant wait for enel to shred the gorosei with his thousand bar disstrack

I'm a simple man, I see Enel content... I click🤩💯

Anyone wanna bet Enel will remain the same or grew out his hair and have a cool goatee befitting a God?

Skypia still one of my favorite arcs. Felt like one of the most mysterious, adventurous, and “pirate-y” arcs ever.

have to agree, Enel is one of my favorite villians of one piece but i also love skypia. the story line with Merry and Usopp hits me so hard over and over thruout the series and the culmination of that story probably hit me the hardest in the whole series. i remember having to pause at Merry's funeral because i couldnt see what was happening because i was openly crying too hard. i really hope that Enel does come back, even if its for a gag bit about how strong the crew has become in his absence cause its been too long and we need another Enel shocked face meme.

I think it's also pretty cool how luffy's big final attack in the arc where the sun god was revealed utilised a big gold ball which is basically a sun.

It always makes me sad that people are forgetting Enel. He's actually in my top 3 One Piece villains.

Seeing foxy as part of the great villains behind Katakuri is pure comedic 😅😅😅

The fact that Oda chose gods theme in Skypea, hinted to Nika, word plays like Luffy and Zoro being against god, mantra, Monblands story kida parallel to Roger etc. makes that arc absolute top for that time. How some ppl can skip it?

I LOVE Enel. He's always been my favorite villain

Skypeia has always been one of my favourite arcs and Enel one of my favourites if not favourite character. I honestly don't understand how people can underrate Skypeia other than, eh, simpletons?

LOL.. Yeah I believe Enel will definitely be back in the Post Timeskip era haha! Not to mention become an unlikely ally to Luffy and Dragon. We've seen him slowly gathering some army of robotic creatures across the various moons around the World of One Piece. He's building an army most likely to take back with him to take on the World Government. Based on the fact that the Celestial Dragons pushed out a race of 'sky people' from the red line in the first place.. Enel may be trying to get revenge for his ancestors.... Honestly it would be pretty hilarious in the final fights around the world Government if Enel was returning planetside with his army just for his entire to force to Take and TANK a blast from Uranus or Imu on the way down and indirectly become a hero himself of that country in the process. I very much want to see this happen and think it could lead to some real comedic scenes lol! I have a good feeling Enel and Dragon both have Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits as well, but Enel's wasn't yet awakened..and therefore he was stuck with its base form which turned out to mimic that of a lightning logia. Dragon most likely has awakened his already and thus having an opposite fruit of the five elder stars that would easily already make him an enemy to them regardless of his Revolutionary Army..... I'm almost certain based on all of the Japanese or Eastern Themed Deities we've seen in the story already that Enel and Dragon both respectively have the Mythical Zoans that represent Raijin and Fujin. The Japanese Deities of Thunder and wind. To me this would just make perfect sense... The Pokemon trio of Tornadus, Thunderus, and Landorus believe it or not originally got me thinking about this back in the day as people would talk about which Japanese deities they were supposed to take after. Landorus for some reason in the series was closely related to the 'sun' or the 'sun stone', which I figured was strange because there was no deity for the sun that was related to Raijin or Fujin in Japanese mythos unless you could Amaterasu I guess lol!

As a person who suffers from having read Skypeia back when I was a kid and heavily underestimating/misremembering Enel, this video made me fall in love with him as a villain

I've always loved Enel. Ever since I was a kid, I've always been fascinated by angels and holy imagery, so Skypeia was always one of my favorite arcs, and I had never seen anything quite like Enel as a kid, so he fascinated me. The themes, the design (I wasn't nearly as familiar with Eastern mythologies as I am now), the presence, everything, it was amazing to me. Nowadays I play a lot of Shin Megami Tensei, which explores a lot of divine ideas and especially the idea of a false or unworthy yet still overwhelmingly powerful God archetype, so I can appreciate Enel and everything he represents now more than ever. And his cover story is easily one of my favorite for all of those reasons, seeing where a god goes after he's ripped from his golden throne. I'd personally put him in S tier, but everything you said about the loss of threat when Luffy showed up, and the comparisons to the much more built-up Crocodile and Doflamingo (side note, ever notice how like half of the best One Piece villains are named after animals?) are valid and understandable, so I can see the reasoning for the A tier placement instead.

Not only does Enel have void century technology, but he's also got alien technology with a chibi robot army lol plus I'm sure he's been training with his mantra/DF so he's gonna shake the world

Foxy. Please Foxy.

Miss these videos from Liam. These info dumps that he used to is what got me reading the manga, keep it up man!

Usopp rizzing up every giant he sees he's gunna be a superstar in elbaf 😂

4:17 "If Luffy or a World Noble is facing a punch from Luffy, then theyre both getting hit pretty hard" Hmmm, i guess

Unless Enel somehow learned Armament Haki or displayed a Logia Awakening, he's gonna be Yamcha-ed by the so-called Blue Sea Dwellers with their Armament Haki to bypass his lightning form.

Have we ever considered the world nobles attempting to escape to the moon? They have literal space suits, what's stopping them from just peacing out and attempting to survive from the destruction that's about to befall them? That would also give us the re-introduction of Enel we've been waiting for, forcing a fight with them and possibly even conquering them or teaming up with Luffy to defeat them on the moon.

Eminem is hands down one of the most underrated characters, he could theoretically match kizarus speed with way more destructive power, not to mention his observation

Let's go!! Mum get In here Liam dropped a new video about Enel!

Not gonna lie, I think Skypiea is one of my least favorite arcs. But most people tend to hate the lore because it gets in the way of the fights, I actually hate the fights and I think they get in the way of the lore wich is a lot more interesting to me.

Loving this new video series format by the way, Liam. Idk if you meant it that way but it feels like you took our old fan favourites of the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia and the OP essential essay format and found a way to revamp them. Hope it's working for the algorithm!

i do love that people who skipped this arc are clueless about so much of the lore. you also can tell immediately who skipped it by their knowledge of lore. also thank you for the amazing series, these videos have been a lot of fun!~

I hope Enel comes back, sees Luffy and goes “I Care Now… You Made me Care More..” He’ll be the next ICE-T..

In the end only Italian fans get to have tthe full Enel experience😂

As someone who is rereading Skypeia right now because of Wano I can definitely see and agree with what you said.

I love how towards the end Liam Included Foxy as one of the big guys along with Crocodile and Flamingo. Also i wish to see the greatest villain and future king of the pirates Buggy next.

Arlong should be next. He was seriously the first villian that felt insurmountable and the emotional pay off of being freed for Nami was the turning point for me. Yes this is still a fun, goofy, whacky pirate adventure but dont be fooled. There is still darkness in Odas world and it is closer than we had thought.

ENEL is a cool character and I would like to see him come back. I would love to see NAMI and ENEL to fight eachother to see who has the stronger lighting ⚡️.

Skypea is the Arc I rewatch the most.

I can't wait for you to get to Kaido because in my book he's an A+ rank villain in the same subtle ways that Enel is as you explained here.

Skypia was my favorite ark, when I was told people skipped it, I was baffled, I could understand how important this ark was on my watch through.

Great breakdown and I totally agree with your analysis and conclusion. Well done!

With the most recent developments, I'd like to see you do Lucci next. How the mighty have fallen.

Subtely putting Foxy as “One of the big guys” has me weak 💀

One of my favorite arcs. It’s honestly one of the arcs that actually feels like the adventure Luffy wanted

Skypiea has always been my favorite arc since its release

Hello Mr Grandline reviews can’t wait for Morea and thriller bark because I want to hear more about his battle with kido😁

I seriously don't know how the skypians survived a million volts from enel after they've been hit🤔

As some one whos been reading weekly since the end of thrillerbark i gotta say skypia has always been my favorite ark and im so glad that people are starting to give it the respect it deserves.

I love the Side 7 space colony in the background!

An Enel-Luffy meeting now would be hylarius

you should do a video about all the one piece gods, like everyone who has ever had the title of god for one reason or another

Skypia has always been my favorite arc idk how people dont like it, it was a whimsical light refreshing adventure into the sky to help cool off after the long intense battle with crocodile before then going into another super heated arc, it maybe be a valley between to sagas but there is a sweet stream of melted snow runing through it

Keep up the awesome work and videos Liam love the video

Personally, I wouldn't mind if Arlong or maybe Hody was next. Mainly because while the latter's prejudice and black and white mentality do seem cliche, both characters have echoes of events that still ring true today, so many years later. Albeit, for different reasons in most cases.

The man who gave us the most amazing reaction meme faces to ever exist. I love how this arc set up so much that happened later on in the series

when enel says banana and gets that servant to peel it for him… that’s my favorite moment in the arc. he says banana so funny. it’s a damn shame it’s not in the movie

When I watched skypiea years ago it stuck with me, it’s still one of my favorite arcs but I get why others aren’t super big on it

Imagine immediately after Luffy defeats Imu, Enel is revealed to have taken over the heavily weakened world government, and begins starting a new world order with his robot army from the moon, and becomes the next major villain Luffy has to defeat.

Skypia has always been my favorite arc. It felt the most "adventurey" to me. I love the scene where everyone is praying that the death ball is stopped and then Luffy suddenly destroys the death ball and everyone wonders if there is really a God. Now that I am older I think Oda was implying that "no it's not god, but man." However, my interpretation was "Yes there is a God and He sent the one man in the world (as far as we knew at the time) who could and would stop the false god Enel when you would need salvation the most." I love how Luffy turns despair into hope. Throughout the series whenever the strawhats and others are given the choice to embrace logical despair or ridiculous hope they choose to hope and it is always at that moment when Luffy gets back up and finishes the fight. BTW Many IRL religious experiences are not personal but very public. The miracle of the sun in Fatima was a religious experience/vision witnessed by tens of thousands of people at the same time. Furthermore, it had physical effects on the people ruling out mass hallucination. There are also many healing that occur at events like World Youth Day where there are thousands of people in attendance.

I always loved Skypeia . The first ark where we really understood how big this world was and that Lucy defies convention . They literally sailed into the sky . I loved the weirdness of thy sky island soldiers crawling on the ground . The natives that were removed from their homeland , the white supremacist god that dresses like an African warlord . Proving Nolan the liar was right , blasting belamy into the floor , running into Blackbeard for the first time So awesome

My jaw DROPPED when half-nude Charloss and a broken Ginny appeared on screen, I think I'm traumatized now. Thanks!

I love enel and the lighting fruit so much

You really need to do videos breaking down the cover stories since they are cannon and many have no idea what else goes on outside the main story

Great Video. Next time I would love to hear about the king of Eastblue Arlong. Even tho I hate his actions as a villain he is truly terrifying.

My favorite villain of the serie! Can't wait for him to return to earth, he had one of the most advanced type of observation haki there is. just imagine what he has become after years! and oh boy...moving at light speed light Kizaru with that insight and convinction will be a huge with other type of haki equipped!

This is why I still have top 5 observations haki. His ranger was phenomenal.

I'm just gonna say that the first episode on One Piece I caught on TV as a kid was one in Skypiea and Enel made me wanna search this "cartoon" (i was a kid) and see more. Luffy was just a goofy guy in my eyes but Enel's presence was what stayed with me and made me look for One Piece

hell yeah, I'm currently collecting one piece from the start, so I'm reading it as I purchase them, and I just got to skypea. So hyped to read it through for the first time (I was an anime only up to wano)

I think something fascinating was the video I saw a while back(might’ve even been on here) discussing how One Piece would’ve worked if it was actually 5 years long as Oda intended. And something that stuck out was the idea that Skypeia is around the 5 year mark, and is likely what the final saga was going to be like, the priests were like the Gorosei, loyal followers to a god like figure. And that godlike figure(Enel/Imu) being capable of destroying entire islands with attacks from the sky. Add the fact that Luffy was the perfect counter to Enel, mirroring how Joy Boy/Nika will be the counter to Imu, and I think Skypeia can be looked back on in the final arc even more fondly than it is now. But also seeing Enel show up and actually fight Imu would be nuts

Having recently rewatched Skypeia after finishing Wano, the entire arc and Enel takes on so much more! It is an incredible arc dense with lore and foreshadowing. I think Enel will return in the final war.

Enel is S rank IMO. He is similar to frezza he has never needed to do training. A interesting change in Enel. is that he was the oppressor in the sky and in space he is the liberator. The influence of nika has changed him. after knowing how oppression feels. Now he is one of the most free even from gravity.

I know he is a microvillain, but I'd love a breakdown of Don Chinjao. I feel like there is a lot to analyze within his short span in the spotlight.

6:56 TRIGGERED 🫠

Rank Bigmom next. Of all the villains with detailed backgrounds, hers is the most preventable if she simply had parents willing to parent. I'm a father so it was the first thing I noticed about her back story.

I would love to see kaido next video I think his dialogue is glossed over to often and with the length of wano I see why but I think he has some of the best quotes from one piece

I watched One piece for the Skypia arc As there were so many reels for this Arc, it's the top tier arc for me