Hey guys, as you have seen recently on my
channel I did start to be more active and
post more videos but none of the recent videos
are about One Piece.
And I got questions from you guys why there
aren’t new One Piece videos.
I thought I made things clear in my last video
about One Piece but I guess not all of you
did get it.
I don’t like to make videos like this one
because they are not fun at all, they are
quite a pain to make, I would rather make
videos about positive things.
As you have seen in my recent videos, those
were a lot of fun to make, it is really a
pleasure to analyze a very well-thought-out
story.
Great structure, great execution, great techniques,
and most importantly new things, and those
things are what make mangas superior to other
stories.
But those great things that I did mention
unfortunately cannot be found in the recent
arc.
In my recent videos where I did talk about
other stories, I gave them a lot of praise
for their achievements.
Now I dare anyone to take those praises and
see if you can apply them to the Wano arc.
Even if it is just one, even one would be
enough.
Unfortunately, there isn’t even one.
There are a lot of things to be said here,
but that would take way too long, and as I
said videos like this one are not fun at all.
So I will try to keep it as short as possible.
I got more comments about when are you going
to make One Piece videos when the samurai
did attack Kaido.
Since the war has started and this is the
war that will make Marineford war look cute.
Okay, let’s start analyzing.
The last page of chapter 986 was about the
samurais jumping on Kaido and falling.
The last page of chapter 987 was about the
samurai and Kaido standing up.
The last chapter was about the samurai and
Kaido staring at each other.
Three chapters for that, let me repeat again
because I am struggling to believe it myself,
three chapters for that.
What am I supposed to talk about here?!!
Maybe that gravity works in Wano, oh look
they did fall, this means that there is gravity
in Wano.
About the next chapter, oh look they did get
up, this means that their legs are working,
I love biology.
And the next chapter, they are looking at
each other, wow I did not know that that was
possible, wow this is storytelling of the
highest level.
I wonder how long did it take for Oda to come
up with all of that, 2 or 3 seconds?
Or maybe he wrote that while sleeping.
I understand why some of you guys think that
something is happening, but trust me, I know
the formulas that Oda is using here to confuse
the audience, into making them think that
something is happening when in fact nothing
is happening story-wise.
They are very well known and they are very
popular but I have never seen them being used
in a manga, this is the first time.
And hopefully, it will be the last.
If by chance there is still someone that is
not getting that nothing is happening, let’s
go deeper.
Here’s a question: when the samurai did
attack Kaido, what was going on in your head?
Was it, maybe they killed or defeated Kaido?
Or now Kaido as the opportunity to kill them?
Be honest with me, none of those were going
on in your head.
So, what was the point of that?
Well, there was no point.
Did any of you were tense, or excited, or
scared did you feel any emotion at all?
That’s because the moment there are no consequences
in the story, the story dies.
The story is stagnant, no matter how many
characters you throw at the audience or whatever
they do, they are not going to impact the
story.
Can anyone say that hey this did happen and
now the story is different, or this character
is different or this storyline or anything
is different?
It makes me laugh when I see those acts that
they did put in this arc, I guess they knew
it will be this way and try to do something
about it.
You don’t need to be a genius to know that
those are for marketing purposes and they
have nothing to do with the story.
They are there to confuse people and make
them think that the story in this arc is going
somewhere when it is not.
If those acts were not there, would anyone
say that oh after this the story is completely
different, now the story is on another level.
Don’t tell us that something is happening
in the story but show me.
Now let’s look at another grand masterful
scene of the highest level, Luffy and Big
Mom.
The man who will be the pirate king and a
Yonko.
Or a child and his grandmother.
If you would have told me before that there
will be a scene when Luffy is face to face
with a Yonko.
I would have been so exciting, thinking about
what kind of epic things has Oda prepared
for us.
Well, how about: hey, you ruined my party.
Wow, what high level of writing, I wonder
how long it did take to come up with that.
And then she gets a motorcycle in her face.
Well, that was so epicly… cartoonish.
Just when you think this character cannot
be ruined anymore, Oda always finds a way
to surprise you.
And look at Luffy is trying to run away from
Big Mom.
I thought he said that he was done running
away anymore that’s why the timeskip was
about.
But hey continuity is not a thing with Oda.
By the way, should I ask what did you think
or feel when Luffy and other Straw Hats did
encounter Big Mom?
Hyped, afraid, anything?
Yeah.
Momonouske was saved, this is great because
we all thought he will die, did we?
Does anyone take a threat or dangerous situation
seriously anymore?
When you spent more than 70 chapters doing
nothing that’s what you will get.
Now some of you might think, well aren’t
those chapters setup?
Setup of what?
Setting what up, where the story is heading
to?
And do you know who else agrees with this?
Oda.
Did the Marineforc arc have any setup?
No.
So either Oda made a mistake back then or
he made a mistake now.
There is no need for setup for already established
things in the story, that would be redundant
and pointless.
And that would ruin the arc, even if the arc
was supposed to be great.
There is no need for setup for important and
well-established pieces of the story.
Since the story revolves around them, they
are self-explanatory.
So, that’s why he did not do a setup and
that was the right move story-wise.
But not the right move business-wise.
And that’s why he has corrected himself
in Wano arc.
More pages, more chapters, means more money.
That is the reason we got those 70 pointless
chapters of nothingness.
But that’s not the only one, do you think
it is hard to make those chapters?
They probably did take 4 or 5 minutes to write
the storyboards, if he would spend more time
we would have seen something.
There is nothing well thought out, nothing
creative, nothing new, nothing is connected,
just random things that lead to absolutely
nowhere.
They don’t affect the story or the characters
at all.
If I were to describe this arc in one word
it would be mundane.
There are only two things that got my attention,
they don’t mean much storywise because they
are small, but from the technical perspective,
they are good.
They are well thought out and not just random
mundane dumb things.
One is when Kyoshiro did pretend to kill Hiyori,
the drawing is amazing, just look at his face,
there is nothing basic about this drawing.
The other thing that it is not basic is the
writing:
“Are you prepared?
Yes indeed.”
It is very simple but very impactful because
of what has happened to her all these years.
The other one is when Luffy did use his devil
fruit power to hug the prisoners.
This was cleverly done by Oda, he did not
use something dumb like, I am the main character
so you should trust me, or do what he did
with the cringe lord where everyone is mesmerized
just being in the presence of the cringe lord.
But no, the execution was brilliant, very
simple but very effective.
Actions speak louder than words, how could
you not trust him when he is willing to suffer
the same pain and die with you.
I wish the whole arc was written with the
same mindset but I guess this is not easy,
it requires a lot of time and work.
Why bother when you can take the easy route,
either way, most of the audience will not
know the difference.
The moment when I was done with this arc was
when Kaido did announce his announcement that
he had announced before.
Before that point, I was hoping beyond hope
that maybe there will be something in this
arc, something good will happen.
But that was the final nail in the coffin,
it was clear to see that he has no story for
this arc just like he did not have for the
cake arc.
Do you think any writer in his right mind
would dedicate an arc to cake?
Do you think other writers when they saw that
thought, wow this is brilliant?!
As bad as the cake arc is at least there was
some structure to it, some directions, but
there is none of that in the Wano arc.
This could be due to the new editor or should
I say the internship.
I think this guy is 25 years old, do you really
think he could say anything critical to Oda,
like hey what are you doing here, or this
is bad or anything like that?
He is there just to be a cheerleader.
This is the guy who did cry when he did find
out that there is gravity in Wano.
How many of you did cry when you saw this
page?!
I wonder what this cheerleader thinks about
Yamato?
I did notice that there was something wrong
from the beginning.
Why Oda was trying to make a big deal out
of nothing.
I was being sarcastic in that video since
when that is a reveal, that’s beyond dumb.
But if you look at it from another perspective
that was indeed a big reveal, that was the
start of let’s see how far we can push this
fiasco.
And based on the last chapter, this is high
level, but I am sure he can reach even more
dumb levels.
This is another indicator that he has no story
for Wano and that’s why he is doing these
dumb things, since one way or the other these
chapters need to be filled.
I cannot believe that I have to say these
things out loud, but here we go, I hope I
will not throw up.
So Yamato, when she was a child saw the cringe
lord saying I am soup so I should be boiled
and somehow was amazed by it.
First, let’s just throw away the fact that
she was just a child and did not understand
anything and the fact that saying I am soup
is nothing but dumb.
And now that we have thrown away logic and
reason and everything normal, let’s start.
Let’s just say that Oden did something,
just something is enough, let’s not ask
for anything more.
And she was inspired and wants to carry on
his will.
Ok great.
What ta hell that got to do with her saying
I am Oden now or Momo is my child.
What ta hell the will of someone has to do
with that?!
This is what happens when you don’t have
a story, and you have to resort to this nonsense
to have an impact on the audience.
This is like saying well I want to follow
someone’s will but we have different hair
colors so either I change the hair color or
I don’t follow his will.
Does this sound stupid?
Well, it should, this is just as stupid as
what Oda is doing.
This is everything but storytelling.
This is embarrassing.
The other thing is that you cannot make a
twist without a plot, or with new characters,
it does not work.
In order to make a twist, you need the plot
or the road and then you decide to turn left
or right and surprise the audience.
This is basic storytelling, every writer knows
this.
And more importantly, you have to connect
it to something and affect the story.
Does it make any difference if Kaido has a
daughter instead of a son or vice-versa?
No, it does not make any difference.
Do you see now that this whole thing is pointless?
That was done just to cover up that nothing
is going on.
But do you know what makes it even worse,
is that he did something similar in the past
and did great.
Look at these two panels.
Can you believe that they are written by the
same writer?
Do you seeing now why Wano will make Marineford
look like nothing?!
Yeah because Marineford had none of these
dumb things, so that’s what makes the Wano
arc superior.
And this was not the only fiasco in this arc,
the other thing was the name of the final
island.
Again I cannot believe that I have to talk
about dumb things like this.
The technique that Oda is trying to execute
here is a great technique, I like it a lot.
You do something and then after a while you
add another meaning to it, so now it has two
meanings.
The keyword here is “add” and not change.
What Oda did was disgraceful.
Instead of adding something he just did change
the name.
This is like me saying: My name is Shadow
and then two months later I say, no my name
is not Shadow but it is Flame.
This is not a twist but just changing the
name.
Do you guys realize what did happen here,
if this name was changed this opens the door
for everything else to change.
I mean is Wano’s name actually Wano?
What about Marie Geiose?
What other things will be changed?
Once you betray the trust of the audience
you cannot get it back.
And again this is another indicator of Oda
having no story, that’s why he did try to
pass it off as a reveal changing the name
of an island.
Here’s how that technique could have been
executed in a proper way.
I am going to use a comment from you guys
as an example.
A long time ago I saw a comment that was saying,
what if Raftel is not just the name of the
island but the island is like a raft and moves
all the time and that’s why people are not
able to find it.
So at the beginning was established that the
name of the final island is Raftel, so that’s
one meaning.
After a while, it is revealed that the island
is like a Raft and moves across the sea.
Here you have another meaning, so now the
name means two things.
It is the name of the island and also tells
us something special about the island.
This is just a small example of how this technique
is executed, what Oda did is embarrassing.
But the weird thing is that he did execute
this technique as he should in the past.
There is a saying in sports that say: “retire
before the sport retires you”.
All of his colleagues who write similar long
type of story have ended their stories a long
time ago.
Maybe he should have done the same.
Die a hero or continue long enough and sabotage
the story.
Here’s an example of Oda executing that
same technique as it should.
He did it with Roger, when it was revealed
that his actual name is not Gold Roger but
Gol D. Roger.
Are you able to see why it works here?
If not let me explain.
And also this applies to what he did with
Yamato.
The reason why this is completely different
even though it looks the same to the untrained
eye it is about three things:
Already established.
Perspective
And impact on the story.
Who did lie about his real name?
The writer?
Or the world government?
The world government.
Do they have a reason to lie, yes, because
they are enemies.
The Ds are their number one enemy.
Was the world government already established
in the story that they are willing to do anything
to get their way?
Yes.
They did wipe out an entire country just because
they might uncover something that will be
bad for them.
And the third thing is about having an impact
on the story.
Roger being a D changes a lot and explains
a lot, why the government was after him, it
was not just because he was a pirate but also
who he was.
So, there were two things and this is what
storytelling is all about.
Roger was connected to the main story and
also the main characters since a few of them
are Ds.
So, that’s why that was so great and important
to the story.
Do you want to know why the Marineford arc
is so great and why the Wano arc will never
be.
One of the reasons why the Marineford arc
is so great is due to the arcs that did precede
MarineFord arc and now look at the arcs that
did precede the Wano arc.
Enies Lobby, Sabaody arcs are great arcs and
the story and the writer did reach great new
highest and had a great momentum going forward
and they are the reasons why the MarineFord
arc became possible.
Human beings are not robots, it is not like
you can turn on and off whenever you like
it.
It is not like: today I am just messing around
but tomorrow I will write great things.
In the recent arcs, there are no consequences
in the story and maybe Oda thought the same
it is in our world as well.
That’s not how reality works.
You reap what you sow.
That’s why he has to resort to those dumb
things and try to sell them off as something
or big revelations.
Look I did change the name, it is not Raftel
anymore but Laugh Tale, are you guys mind
blown?
Now let’s look at which arcs did precede
Wano arc?
Reverie arc, the half arc.
The cake arc.
And Zou, the aftermath arc.
Do you see the difference now?
Wano arc can be as good as the previous arcs.
If you thought that the previous arcs were
great then I have good news, you will think
Wano is great as well.
Part of me is jealous I wish I was just a
fan who knows nothing about storytelling.
Ignorance is bliss.
There are great things in the old arcs but
the reason why I am not making theories as
well, is due to the fact that we are not getting
any answers at all.
So, what’s the point, spending time and
analyzing things in details when I know that
it will lead to nowhere.
Oda has open a lot of storylines and did set
up a lot of questions but the fact that we
are almost 1000 chapters in and he has not
even started to answer those questions.
It is stupid to think that we will ever get
answers to those questions or mysteries.
I think some people will be able to realize
that only when the story will end and then
they will be really disappointed.
The thing that did shock me was when I read
Oda saying that I had to be careful in this
arc and not reveal everything.
And I was thinking like, dude how small is
your story that can just slip out of you without
you noticing?
Every writer I heard when they are talking
about their stories they all say the same
thing.
I don’t know how I am going to fit all those
things I did plan into the story, I need to
decide to leave some of the things out and
the rest to condense and put it into the story.
This is the first time I heard a writer say
that, which was shocking.
Anyway, if anyone thinks that I am being harsh
to Oda well none of what I said is an opinion.
I only did talk about what he has done in
the story, everything that I said in this
video I did point to a specific thing in the
One Piece story and I did not talk in general
or being vague or take things out of context.
But if you think this is me being harsh well
I just want to let you know that I am not
even scratching the surface.
If you think those things about the story
are bad, there are even dumber things to the
point that is hard to believe.
This is the biggest struggle that I have on
this channel, what should I reveal and what
not to reveal.
Since my goal in this channel is to increase
the reading or viewing experience of these
stories by explaining how things are made
but that sometimes leads to explaining bad
things.
And since this is entertainment sometimes
it can lead some people who don’t know anything
about storytelling to think bad about these
stories.
To some people, if you reveal the trick of
the magician then they lose interest in it,
the same is with stories.
So, that’s why I always wonder what to reveal
and what not to.
So yeah, everything that I said in this video
is just me scratching the surface.
I am curious to know the level of knowledge
about stories of the audience on this channel.
So, here’s a test:
Tell me what is wrong with what Oda said here:
Wano arc will be bigger and will make MarineFord
look cute.
I already spoke a little about this topic
in this video, but in general, there is something
really stupid about what he said when it comes
to stories.
So, let me know in the comments.
Let’s see how many of you will pass this
test.
And now let’s answer the question, what
needs to happen for me to make One Piece videos
again.
Well, the answer is very simple.
Oda needs to start writing the story as a
writer, that’s it.
Give us something, to read about, something
to talk about and don’t tell us, oh look
how great Oden is, Yamato is a big plot twist
or other dumb things like that.
Don’t tell your audience but show them just
like a writer does.
I know that it is very common for fans (usually
the casuals) to like a story because that
story does things that they like.
For me is the opposite, if the writer does
something that I like then I would lose interest
in the story.
Since this means that the writer and I are
at the same level when it comes to storytelling.
I want to read or watch a story where the
writer is 1 million levels higher than me.
That’s the only way how you will get mind
blown, and not with some generic things that
you have seen already 100 times.
So, as long as Oda starts to write something,
does not matter how small or big it is, does
not matter which directions the story will
go, or which characters will be used, it does
not matter at all, anything will do.
Just write something.
So, don’t expect videos about the Wano arc,
unless a miracle happens but that is highly
unlikely.
The next arc will be either Shanks or Blackbeard
and I am hoping beyond hope that things will
get back to normal.
In the meantime, I will post videos about
other writers who are actually writing stories
and accomplishing great things story-wise.
If you are a fan of stories I think you will
like those videos if not then you are on the
wrong channel.
You cannot be a One Piece fan if you are not
a fan of stories, because surprise surprise
One Piece is a story as well.
Thanks for watching
And hopefully, we will meet in another One
Piece video.
