- [Liam] So all of the Worst Generation
have pretty fascinating hobbies.
For example, X Drake studies astrophysics for fun
whilst Urouge's hobby is lovemaking,
which no, I am not making up, that is 100% Canon.
But the most craven hobby of all time
comes in the form of Eustass Kid
who is a YouTube fanatic.
So much so that his hair is entirely composed
of subscribe buttons from his favorite channels.
And this one right here
is the subscribe button for the Grand Line Review.
The pushing of which will grant you
regular One Piece content uploaded
straight into your YouTube feed.
Hello, and welcome to the Grand Line Review
your source for everything One Piece.
And today we are going to be taking the time out of our day
to talk about the Worst Generation, quite specifically
in regards to the old R word being ranking.
However, doing so without any form of objective measure
like power or prestige would be pretty difficult
at this point in One Piece.
So I've elected to take a different route
to help us ascertain a conclusion.
And so I put up a straw poll on YouTube,
asking people to vote
for their favorite member of this group.
And we are going to go through the results
of this glorified popularity poll here today.
So right off the bat, this is not a power ranking
be aware of that.
So this time around, we got about 2,200 votes.
So hopefully that paints a solid picture
of the One Piece fan base.
And in fact, I think that is indeed
a statistically significant sample size,
but in any case,
I do really enjoy knowing all of your collective thoughts.
Let me just say, there are some surprising results
within this poll.
But with that out of the way,
let's begin with 12th and last place,
which is unfortunately going to be
"Massacre Soldier" Killer.
I mean, I say, unfortunately,
but I suppose it was pretty expected
because apart from Zoro,
Killer is the only member of the Worst Generation
who is not a captain of his own crew.
And as a result, he does very much often
end up in the background.
But I don't know, I would have said that a certain event
might have gotten him into 11th,
maybe even 10th place, but honestly, this poll is so crazy
that I really should not try to apply my own personal logic.
I will say that Killer is one of the members
who exudes a pure shot of coolness.
He has a sleek design and a blade focused fighting style.
So it is hard to go wrong with him.
In any other shonen manga,
he would be a definite fan favorite.
But there is an awful lot of competition in One Piece,
but I do think that if this were a personal ranking,
I would place Killer a little bit higher,
although I completely understand why he lands here.
I mean, that's just what's going to happen
when you spend most of your existence in the series,
overshadowed by the presence of Eustass Kid
and spending the majority of his time behind a mask
probably doesn't help either.
Now let's move on to our first crazy situation
with this poll because 11th and 10th places,
are actually a tie between Scratchmen Apoo
and Basil Hawkins, who each received 45 votes a piece.
And I think that the appropriate word
to describe this would be flabbergasted.
I mean, I can kind of understand Apoo
because he's been one of the least focused upon members,
but Hawkins?
We've actually seen a fair bit of this guy.
Even the anime events have gotten to dive
into Hawkins quite a bit.
And he has a truly fascinating ability
when it comes to his seemingly basic Devil Fruit
in combination with the ever intriguing tarot cards
which I still have no real explanation
for how it is they work.
It's a pretty great mystery of One Piece right there
because this world does not subscribe to magic.
Plus I think he has quite a nice design,
so I had no idea that he was this unpopular,
although that's not necessarily what this poll measures,
because you did only get to choose one result.
But I suppose I would have thought there would be more
passionate Hawkins fans out there than there are.
To be fair, I guess he has a fairly stoic black hole
of personality compared to so many others.
So Hawkins may not be as instantly favorable.
To counter that argument though,
Scratchmen Apoo is kind of the exact opposite
in that regard.
He is his personality incarnate
with another really fun Devil Fruit.
Another really fun, mysterious Devil Fruit
at this point as well.
And he certainly never fails to entertain me
when he is featured.
Although I suppose that's the problem here.
We just haven't really had the time
to delve into this character properly yet.
And admittedly, I will say that Apoo has a very Oda design.
He went weird, he went very weird and I really like that.
I loved that there is nobody else in this world
or likely any other world who looks like Apoo.
And I have no doubt in the future
that he will likely gain a hell of a lot more fans.
But for now it's time to elevate ourselves to number nine,
which would be Mad Monk Urouge with 58 votes.
And despite the fact that we really haven't seen
much of Urouge either, he definitely does leave
a lasting impression with his towering physique
and eternal smile.
Plus he does have a fair bit of notoriety
having been credited as the man
who defeated Charlotte Snack,
as well as meeting Kaido on the Sky Island.
And in fact, he is a Sky citizen himself,
which adds quite a bit of intrigue to Mr. Urouge.
I can see why people would like him, I certainly do.
And he's one of the Worst Generation members
that I would be most keen to learn more about.
Although whenever I think of Urouge,
my mind always wanders to the times when Oda drew him
as both a woman, and as a quote-unquote cute person.
So in a bizarre turn of events,
Urouge with a bow in his hair
is more or less my head candidate at this point.
Although I still think it's kind of crazy
that Urouge has outranked Hawkins,
but hey, the public have spoken.
In eighth place, now we have Mr. Dinosaur himself
X Drake, who is indeed an allosaurus
not a tyrannosaurus, as I stated in my very old
Worst Generation One Piece one on one video,
and all of you commenters will never let me forget that.
In my defense though, at the time his Devil Fruit
had not been revealed and being the uncultured swine I am,
I just made assumptions because why not be a T-Rex man.
In any case, Drake is one of them of the most
fascinating members of this cohort
because apart from Bonney,
he is by far the most mysterious
in terms of motivation and goals.
Ever since he first appeared, Drake has consistently
held my attention because I really like the idea
of an ex-Marine turned pirate,
which I think is something we don't see
anywhere near enough of in the series.
And his time on Wano has gone on to put an even bigger twist
on his general existence,
which once again keeps me nice and captivated.
In fact, I have to say as much as I was not a huge fan
of the Caribou Cover Story,
because it was far, far too long,
Drake showing up was pretty hype
and by far the best part of it,
and it's very much worth reading for that alone.
So Drake is indeed a pretty cool dude, bro.
Moving on now though we have Capone "Gang" Bege
in seventh place with 72 votes
and fun story here.
When the Worst Generation was first introduced
or I guess they were called the Supernovas back then,
but this guy was by far my least favorite member.
I didn't take to his design.
I didn't really like his abilities.
And I thought that literally every other member outdid him
in terms of sheer narrative presence.
And then post-timeskip, my opinion changed entirely
from Zou onwards, I love this guy
and I think that's a testament
to how Well Oda can handle unexplored characters.
Bege is at once a brutal murderous mafia boss,
but at the same time,
he's also an adorable loving family man,
Which is an interesting dichotomy
that a lot of gangster related drama explores actually.
So it was nice to see an element of that in One Piece.
And what's more, I really enjoyed how,
despite Bege's lack of physical ability
outside of big father, I guess,
Oda still made him a threat worthy
of being considered a contemporary of Luffy.
Bege's danger comes in the form of intellect and planning,
which is very rare to see amongst this group.
And I greatly appreciate this particular member
because of it.
In sixth place now, a mere four votes ahead of Bege
is Blackbeard, a man who to this day,
people still kind of forget is a member
of the Worst Generation.
And I guess the key thing to remember in that regard
is that the Supernovas and the Worst Generation
are two different groups.
I mean they're 99% the same,
only the latter includes Blackbeard
while the Supernovas does not.
And anybody who argues that Blackbeard is too old
and should be considered part of Shanks' generation,
well, Mad Monk Urouge is actually older than Blackbeard,
so The Worst Generation is more about considering
when pirates emerged and made a name for themselves
rather than when they were born.
As for Blackbeard though,
It's hard to argue with him being in any place really
given that he is set up to be the ultimate antagonist
of the series.
However, he does also tend to be so profoundly
dislikable that I really would not have been too surprised
to see him in dead last, but at the same time,
I also wouldn't have been too shocked to see him
reaching close to the top of the list.
So instead we've landed smack bang in the middle,
a rank which I also suspect will change,
Once we dive into the arc of darkness,
that is this man thing.
But for now we will skip to fifth place,
which certainly surprised me because here is Jewelry Bonney.
And while I did not think that she had this
sort of legion of support behind her,
primarily because yeah, she is the member who we know
by far the least about.
Although to be fair, she does carry the most potential
and pure intrigue.
Thinking about it, if I was offered the chance
to learn all there is to know about
any of these particular members right here and now,
Bonney is without a doubt, the person I would pick
because anybody who can send fear into a man like Sakazuki
deserves some serious attention.
However, I do wonder if Bonney would have reached this point
here today without her brief involvement in the Reverie arc.
I do think that that really helps solidify
her intrigue surrounding Kuma.
But even then I never would have predicted
that she would be more popular
than all but four members of the Worst Generation,
at least according to this particular segment
of fans anyway.
And speaking of, in fourth place,
we have Eustass Kid with 151 votes,
which hey, I actually would have thought
would be much higher.
In fact, I almost certainly expected Kid
to be a top three contender,
especially after having some time with him on Wano,
but that was just not to be in this poll.
In fact, with only 151 votes,
he kind of puts in a token appearance
despite being quite probably the most profound rival
of Luffy from the group.
Kid has always been a personal favorite of mine though.
There was something so grabbing about him
during his initial introduction
as he was the only Supernova with a bounty higher
than that of Luffy which really sparks the imagination
because after everything that Luffy had done
to know that there was a similar being out there
had me endlessly curious about Kid's personal journey.
Although the difference is explained
by having Kid be a far more brutal
and destructive force than Luffy.
Actually probably not as destructive,
definitely just more brutal,
Luffy's pretty damn destructive.
But once again, this is interesting.
I would love to know the story of a more twisted Luffy
and out of everyone in this collective,
I think that Kid commands the most respect apart from Luffy.
He's clearly being primed to be something big,
and I cannot wait to see what that is.
In third place though, we have a surprising appearance
by the protagonist himself Monkey D. Luffy
with a massive leap in votes, sitting at 485.
So I'll say right now, all of the top three figures
seem to be in a league of their own in terms of popularity.
But Luffy sitting in third place is kind of wow.
And really, I honestly expected him to be
comfortably taking first place or at worst, second place.
In fact, when I was making the poll,
I was tossing up over whether or not
I should actually include Luffy
because putting the protagonist in
seemed a bit unfair to me.
But in retrospect, I'm really glad I decided
to keep him here because this is a fascinating result.
There's not a whole lot to say about Luffy individually
though that the 600 or so other videos on my channel
haven't already covered.
We all know why he's appealing as a character
and quite possibly one of the greatest protagonists
in all of media.
As for who beat him though in second place is Trafalgar Law,
who I will say if Luffy was going to be defeated
in this poll, he is the man who I expected to do it.
In my anecdotal experience with the One Piece fan base,
Law has near universal popularity.
And I very rarely stumble across someone
who does not like this character.
And it's because he's just so incredibly solid,
fantastic design, mind-boggling Devil Fruit abilities,
a captivating past, a revenge quest
and a natural foil for Luffy,
because when these two are together,
it is like a classic comedy duo.
Plus he's also a swordsman which will always act
as a multiplier on the concept of popularity,
which very, very intriguingly brings us
to our first place position.
And in a strange turn of events,
the winner of this poll is in fact Zoro,
which if we go with sword multiplication theory
makes a lot of sense because he does have three of them,
so that's a very unfair advantage.
But despite the fact that Zoro
is my personal favorite character in the series,
I really did not think that he would come anywhere near
close to winning this poll.
And in fact, I would have expected him to be
in the bottom half.
The Worst Generation is just so full of arresting characters
that I often feel like Zoro gets lost in these figures
as he does everywhere else,
but it's a pretty undisputed win in this poll actually,
with a whole 45 votes more than Law.
And just to reiterate, 45 votes
is what both Hawkins and Apoo each received in total.
So Zoro was ranked exactly one Hawkins above Law
and almost two entire Hawkins above Luffy.
However, I think the clearest message
we can take from this experiment
is the utter dominance of Luffy, Law and Zoro.
With a bigger sample size,
I feel like these top three figures
could be interchangeable.
However, this result is pretty clear
and they should always remain as the top three
because the difference in vote quantity
is pretty absurdly large between third and fourth place.
There is just an entire chasm of votes between Kid and Law.
And in the future I might try this again
to get a larger sample, but for now,
there is a new poll up in the community section
for Grand Line Review.
And this time around, I am asking who your favorite
named members of the Revolutionary Army are.
So please do go ahead and leave your input for that poll.
But as for this video, look, you guys have spoken
and Zoro is going to be crowned at least temporarily
as the most popular member of the Worst Generation.
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