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who says Ace isn't actually an interesting character.
He's only really relevant because of Marineford.
Shots fired by McDerpolds there.
Although I do agree,
weirdly enough Ace only became super interesting
after his death with the flashback and everything.
And it was very poor guy.
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Big Mom was always comedic
yet menacing and competent character.
Somehow people are arguing
if she's the bud of the joke too much on the recent chapters
while I believe it's just to show how
the straw hats are more competent and confident than ever.
And all right, I'm going to assume
that that first competent was supposed to be incompetent.
Maybe? Tell me if I'm wrong, but we're starting out with one
that I agree with almost entirely.
When I was on the river a couple of weeks ago
there was actually a big discussion
about this and what it kind of boils down to is
whether or not you actually like the Big Mom character.
If you do then her comedic usage isn't too bothersome.
But if you don't and you want her to be something she's not
well, then you just going to be perpetually disappointed.
And I really do think that what they were
doing is just highlighting the incredible flaws
of Big Mom that have always been present.
And when I say flaws, I mean character flaws,
which to me makes her a very interesting figure
you know, without her crew
for lack of a better term, to babysit her.
Big Mom is capable of being outwitted
and out played with relative ease,
yet there is still nothing powerful enough
to bring her down.
And I find that quite terrifying
but I know that this opinion is unpopular
because we also got a whole host of other responses.
Like Big Mom is easily the most disappointing Yonko.
She makes them seem like a joke,
which I find very interesting.
Apparently both sides of the Big Mom argument believe
that they hold the minority opinion
and we can go back and forth like this for a while.
So we will.
Big mom being used for comedic effect
doesn't affect her value, nor depreciate
how much of a threat she is.
But I do need to be completely honest,
I included this comment out of sheer Australian nepotism
because I know JoyGirl
and she provided me with this delicious birthday cake
which also ties in very nicely to the Big Mom discussion.
Because I am now craving cake.
Not sure if unpopular
but I miss the quirky fighters from pre time-skip.
The normal humans without devil free powers
or a different race from a strange island
but are still weird.
Using hypnosis, ramen noodles,
Skypia dials, things like that.
And I think the new world still
does have it's fairly quirky fighters.
Although I do take your point about prominent characters
generally being devil free users nowadays.
And yeah, there's not a lot
of opportunity for figures like Wanze to appear anymore,
especially not during the Yonko saga.
Although I think Dressrosa did a fairly good job
of having quirky fighters.
There were a whole ton of the Donquixote family
who weren't fruit users and still just super weird
like Dellinger and Luffy.
They're definitely the minority though.
In conclusion, I also miss weird powers
and I really don't enjoy that
everything seems to be so boxed in
with either devil fruits or hockey in the modern era.
Unpopular opinion: Teach is way smarter
than everyone thinks.
Yeah, Black Beard is a pretty sinister mofo.
I mean, he looks and acts like an idiot
and it's hard to explain verbally
but there is such a distinct difference between
his idiocy and say Luffy's idiocy.
Where Luffy seems genuinely foolish,
Black Beard to me has always felt like a bit of an act.
Although to be fair, the two are still quite similar
because Black Beard is also the kind of guy
who likes to take the opportunity to enjoy
and revel in life, in addition to accomplishing his goals.
But there's no way he's gotten this far
without being at least somewhat intelligent
or at least having whatever the One Piece world equivalent
to the cute streets smarts is.
I think Thriller Bark is actually a really good arc
with hilarious comedy, epics scenes,
and an amazing backstory with Brook.
The reason it gets so much negativity is
because it follows Enies Lobby.
And that's fair enough.
I would also add that in addition to Enies Lobby,
Thriller Bark also came directly before Sabaody Archipelago.
You know, the arc that introduced the supernovas
and new admirals, Silvers Rayleigh
and saw the complete defeat of the straw hats.
So Thriller Bark is very unfortunately sandwiched
by these absurdly iconic arcs in One Piece.
And yeah, I do feel kind of bad for it.
Thriller Bark is more along the lines
of what a classic One Piece adventure is
and I think it is flat out one of the funniest arcs
in the series.
Perhaps if it had a polarizing antagonist
that probably would've made all the difference,
but instead we go get Gecko Moria.
The man whose very existence is also an unpopular opinion.
Some anime filler arcs make the world of One Piece
feel more alive rather than just a conventional
straight line from island to island.
Yes, unpopular opinion detected.
I obviously disagree
but most people know in my opinion of the anime.
And I guess it's hard to argue
with the very basic idea that filler does provide stuff
and people and stuff, and people
make the world feel much larger
because now there would be more stuff and people in it.
A lot of the times, it's small when it comes down
to contradicting the world itself, when it becomes a problem
like introducing living dragons during Warship Island arc
and then having everyone be surprised that gasp,
dragons exist when they get to Punk Hazard.
To me that just makes the world feel clunky
and inconsistent.
Still, I will take anime filler arcs
over filler embedded in Canon material any day of the week
so go ahead and expand the world, I guess.
Maybe eventually we'll find another G8.
The One Piece is not real,
very unpopular opinion in reality.
However, I dare say, this is the popular opinion
of the citizens of the One Piece world.
Even after White Beard claimed on live television
that it existed.
I think most people are still very much convinced
that it's a legend.
Although remember most of the world's citizens,
apparently don't even know for a fact
that devil fruits exist.
So their minds have a long, long way to go
before accepting the One Piece.
Unpopular opinion: X Drake, stretchman Apoo,
and Hawkins are all sellouts.
Interesting.
I have to assume that this commenter
is an anime only watcher and is going off the idea
that all three bent the need to Kaido.
And without giving away any spoilers,
I just think you definitely need to read the manga.
You're right in perhaps one case.
The other two though.
Well, yeah, just once again, read the manga.
There are certain circumstances that conflict
with this whole sellout narrative.
Unpopular opinion: Hawkins is top 25 strongest characters
in One Piece and is also stronger than Hancock.
Wow. I feel like this came out of nowhere.
I don't even know how to begin to scale that.
He definitely means Hawkins, right?
As in basil Hawkins, not like Hawkeye me Hawk.
And what does a fight between Hawkins and Hancock
even look like?
One sits there shooting Maramara beams
and the other sits there playing with his deck.
So actually with that in mind,
I suppose Hancock probably wins.
And as for this whole top 25 business,
that's actually a pretty fun claim.
I think saying things like top five
and top 10 strongest characters is pretty boring
because they're quite obvious and mostly inarguable choices.
But what happens when you get to say number 23,
then things get pretty exciting
because all of the big guys have been assigned already.
But I am going to try and confirm this
as an unpopular opinion though,
because if I were to ever make a list
of the top five strongest characters in One Piece,
I have a very strong preemptive feeling
that Hawkins will not be present.
Top 50 maybe, but the lower end of that top 50.
Zoro is the most useless member.
The only thing he contributes is strength
he doesn't even have another role other than swordsman,
he always gets lost, which causes trouble.
Most of the other crew mates have a role
other than fighting
and do not cause as much trouble as Zoro.
He's still my favorite though lol.
Yeah. I don't know about this one.
I think Luffy causes far more trouble than Zoro
but there is both some agreeance
and disagreements from me here.
I don't know if either of those terms are actual words
but I use them.
I see Zoro's role is more than just a guy
who fights things.
Although I will admit that that's mostly
the work that gets assigned to him, which to be fair
he's very good at, but as for general utility
yeah, he's less useful than crew members
with more technically based skills.
But as I've said in a couple of videos now,
there are some very key moments in the series
where Zoro has been essential
from a non-combative perspective.
And that is basically to act as a vice captain
if and when Luffy falters.
Because Luffy isn't perfect and from time to time
that will happen.
At which point the slack is picked up by Zoro.
Luffy leads the crew from the front
and Zoro leads the crew from behind,
which also helps him to get not so lost
because he has people to follow.
Pedro's death was somewhat unnecessary.
The fact that no one died in the present
made Ace's death hard hitting.
Now Oda is increasing the death toll in present One Piece.
And if it's as unnecessary, in quotation marks
for reasons, I assume the user is quoting themselves
from using the word unnecessarily earlier, whatever.
And if it's as unnecessary as Pedro's,
I'd rather no one die.
All right.
A few different thoughts here.
Firstly, I think Pedro's death was very, very necessary.
If the straw hat strolled on into the territory
of an emperor with just a handful of people
and escaped entirely unharmed.
Then that probably would have been the biggest
load of BS in One Piece history
There needed to be a sense of consequence for their actions.
And Pedro was a pretty perfect vehicle for that.
The biggest thing he does though
is he serves Carrot because weirdly enough,
you know who would have been
a completely pointless character if Pedro didn't die?
Well, that would be Carrot.
Without Pedro, she would've just been a cute bunny thing
along for a gratuitous ride
but instead we got to feel some serious emotion.
And as someone who is definitely in the camp
that Oda needs to let more characters stay dead.
To me, Pedro serves a very rare purpose.
Not like that pesky pound who ended up being alive.
Yeah, that's right.
Spoilers for something inconsequential
that the anime will never animate.
Unpopular opinion: I don't really like the arc
that Sanji is introduced in.
I am shocked and appalled.
I'd also love to know why.
For most people Baratie seems to be that
first massive step up for One Piece
because it has something for everyone, really.
Zoro fans get to see Zoro versus Mihawk.
Sanji fans get to see Sanji in action,
his backstory and joining the crew.
And that's everyone right?
In this world there are only two kinds of people,
those of team green and those of team yellow.
But I've even heard a shocking amount of people say
that Baratie is their favorite arc
in all of One Piece
which is a bit of a stretch for me, but I can see it
because it has a grand total of like zero flaws.
There's nothing I dislike about Baratie
so I am genuinely curious as to why you don't.
The Reverie arc is damaging to Wano.
I care too much about everything that isn't fighting Kaido.
Yeah, welcome to One Piece I guess.
Funnily enough, you could probably make the same argument
about a lot of arcs.
Like for example, Ace versus Black Beard
is ruining Thriller Bark.
Because I care about that cool event more than I do zombies.
Or Kaido versus the Kid Alliance is ruining Hawkei Kyland
because all I care about is Kaido
and then reveries ruining Wano
because I am fickle and I don't care about Kaido anymore,
I care about Sabo, admirals and such.
So I get where you're coming from.
Oda has this really masterful way of actually
making you care about events that are happening
outside of our main characters
which is so, so rare for a manga.
So it is only natural to crave
that deliberately denied experience and information.
Luffy will die really soon due to gears and injections.
So at first I thought this user might be commenting
on Luffy's well documented drug addiction
but then I realized that they were referring to Ivankov.
I want to say, you're not wrong though.
I don't like the chances of Luffy being alive
by the end of One Piece, because he has a whole grand fleet
of death flags surrounding him.
A whole 30 minute episode only takes
up about five to 10 minutes
in the actual One-Piece universe.
Very unpopular opinion here
because a whole episode arguably takes up
far less in universe time.
In fact, there are certain cases
where entire episodes have progressed
maybe two minutes of inworld time, sometimes less.
And no, I do not count flashbacks
and recap in that time allocation.
To be fair though,
the manga is pretty similar, especially in Wano.
There are big time jumps
and then there are times when we focus on specific events
in minute detail.
Logia users are always naked.
They just make themselves look like they wear clothes.
Oh, this doesn't belong here.
Surely this is not an unpopular opinion at all.
Either way, we aren't going to top it.
So this seems like a great place to end
with that thought forever burned into my mind.
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