- [Narrator] Hello and welcome to the "GrandLineReview",
your source for everything "One Piece" and today
we will be casually maneuvering our attention
to the ever building storm that is the Revolutionary Army.
Undoubtedly the most mysterious faction within the series
and full of highly renowned figures
whom we will be ranking here today.
How will we be doing this?
Well, the same way we did it with every other faction,
through a straight up popularity poll.
Also known as, the only system we have that even comes close
to an empirical form of measurement.
And so I put up said poll in the community section
of "GrandLineReview" and it received a fairly incredible
15,090 votes over 8095 voters.
And if you're wondering why there's a difference between
those numbers, it's because I allowed you to vote
for multiple characters in this poll.
So if you simply could not choose between Morley
and Belo Betty, then that's fine
because you can just vote for both.
Also speaking of today's funky game thing is going
to be challenging you to guess where Morley
is going to place on this poll.
There are 14 named members of the Revolutionary Army
that were up for grabs, so pick a place between 1st
and 14th that you think Morley is likely to end up in.
However, if you guess incorrectly then you will need
to pay the prize by subscribing to the "GrandLineReview"
which will also provide you with regular "One Piece" content
uploaded straight into your YouTube feed.
So if anything it's more like I'm paying you for being wrong
I should probably re-think this whole game structure.
But with that out of the way let's begin
where Morley is not and that is 14th place
which is inhabited by Terry Gilteo.
And who is Terry Gilteo, you ask?
Well, he's this guy.
And despite his mere 49 votes, he's far from irrelevant.
You may initially mistake Terry for other miscellaneous
member of the Revolutionary Army because he shares
their similar aesthetics but Terry is actually a fairly high
ranking officer who was first seen
in the Return to Water Seven arc.
Telling Dragon about Luffy defeating Crocodile
as well as the Enies Lobby Incident.
And obviously Terry had no idea that Luffy was Dragon's son
but then again, nobody did.
And sadly we haven't seen much, if any of Terry since then
and the only reason why we even know his name
is through the fun of databooks.
So let's move on to someone hopefully less obscure.
And we haven't quite hit the mark there
because in number 13 we have Ahiru.
Although to be fair Ahiru should be a much more familiar
face than Terry Gilteo because she was introduced
in chapter 905 and actually holds an incredibly
important position as the Deputy Commander of the East Army.
The East Army being the one that is commanded overall
by Belo Betty.
And Ahiru also happens to mean duck in Japanese
which follows an intriguing minor motif that you may
or may not be aware of, where Oda has a tendency
to name female characters after birds.
Which obviously doesn't apply to everyone
but there are a starling amount like Tsuru, China, Nojiko,
Hina, Mozu, Kiwi, Tashigi and even Robin.
All of whom all named after birdies.
So Ahiru joins them in this intriguing sub theme,
good on her.
But now in number 12, we have a more familiar face
with Bunny Joe.
And I would like to emphasize the whole familiar face thing
because knowing his name would be pretty unlikely.
However Bunny Joe is who I think of as the stereotypical
Revolutionary Army member who has some great prominence
in the series as the man who led the forces that liberated
the bridge nation of Tequila Wolf.
Very notably freeing Nico Robin in the process
as well escorting her to their headquarters of Baltigo
for Robin to begin her highly mysterious two years
with this organization.
And I will say that anime watchers will probably
be far more familiar with Bunny Joe because his role
was heavily expanded upon and he even got a brief fight
against some guards.
Whereas in the manga he actually appears as part
of the Straw Hat Separation cover story.
And apart from that one drawing,
we still have yet to see anything else of him really.
So that's why we're hopping into number 11 which is Morley.
A placement that makes me both happy and sad.
Sad because I'm shocked that Morley is this far down
but happy because everyone who did not guess 11th place
now has to subscribe to the channel.
So that does ease my pain a bit and please do let me know
in the comments if you are a new recruit of the grand fleet
because I wish you the warmest of welcomes.
As for Morley though, you guys messed this one up.
I mean, sure I can understand that he may not be the most
popular of the four commanders, those guys are all pretty
unique and funky in their own trademark Oda way
but Morley just has such character about him.
A giant okama with a really interesting devil fruit ability
and a habit of completely misreading any and all situations,
such as when he accused Peachbeard of having a crush on him.
So yeah, 134 votes seems a bit low to me especially
when multiple votes were allowed but hey this why I do this.
Because I love to know what the fan base at large thinks
and apparently, we don't think too much of Morley.
So next up we have number 10,
another commander being Lindbergh.
Who very excitingly is a mink as well as some sort
of mad cat scientist.
However, I will say that of all the commanders Lindbergh
is the one I personally take to the least, even though
I do admittedly love his semi steampunk aesthetics.
I think it's because in the debut chapter of the commanders,
Lindbergh just had the least to do though.
Like we saw the powers of the other three,
all of which were incredibly intriguing and then Lindbergh
was just sort of there.
Saying that he had new weapons but not actually
using the new weapons.
So he just ended up being the weakest impression for me.
With that said, I'm certainly looking forward
to seeing more of him especially because he's a mink
and that could mean a potential sulong transformation
even if Lindberg seems less like the head on fighty type.
So cracking the top 10 even further, in 9th place
we have ended up with Hack, managing to accrue 251 votes.
And Hack is an interesting guy who is probably best known
for claiming to be a friend of Jinbei as well as being
defeated by Bartolomeo in the Corrida Colosseum.
Which is very memorable because it involved Bartolomeo
urinating mid-battle and Hack falling
into his taunting trap.
But due to the color of his hair and the various spots
on his face, you could be forgiven for thinking that Hack
was a fairly old fishman.
He has that wisened martial arts master vibe about him.
However, in truth Hack is a mere 38 years old.
It's just the combination of his color scheme and texture
as a Japanese soldierfish that makes him appear
that a little bit beyond his years.
And something interesting to note about the Revolutionary
Army at this stage is that our last three contenders
have been a fishman, a mink and a giant.
Not many factions can claim to have united that sort
of spread of individuals and in fact, the Revolutionary Army
might be closer to achieving Big Mama's dream of uniting
all the world's races than she ever will be.
But moving on to someone who is very human now we have
Belo Betty in 8th place who has bee mentioned
a couple of times at this stage.
And I would say that Belo Betty stuck out immediately
in the minds of many fans for two key reasons
which are showcased in Oda's very commonly used design
choice of women wearing jackets with no shirt.
However Belo Betty possesses one of the more insane
and I think, heavily underrated devil fruits in the series
which is known as the Kobu Kobu no Mi which can increase
the fighting spirit and even the physical strength
of those around the user provided they are encouraged
by the words of the user.
And this makes Belo Betty one of the greatest assets
of the Revolutionary Army because her ability can single
handedly change the outcome of any large scale conflict.
Not the greatest of powers to use one on one but then again,
that's not what the Revolutionary Army is all about.
Pretty scary though and I have no doubt that she will be
integral in whatever their ultimate plans are.
But now for number seven we have a character who I feel
gets forgotten about within this cohort being Inazuma
who managed to gather an impressive 441 votes.
And Inazuma of course, first appeared in the Impel Down arc,
as Deputy Commander of the G Army.
But Inazuma is great candidate to be the MVP
of the entire Paramount War Saga.
Having saved the lives of both Luffy and Bon Clay.
Briefly facing off against Magellan one on one
and being the person who quite literally created
the path for Luffy to reach Ace's execution platform.
I also really enjoy his split aesthetic.
Very simple but very effective and this is also reflected
in how frequently he switches between being a man
and a woman.
So Inazuma is duality incarnate and it is nice
to see him this high up in the rankings.
As fo 6th place we have a surprising one for me
because it is Karasu, the Commander of North Army.
And if we're keeping track here, this does make Karasu
the most popular commander according to this poll and yeah,
I probably would not have predicted that.
At the beginning of this I would have bet a fair bit
on Belo Betty attaining that position but then again,
what's not to like about Karasu?
He has a mysterious yet cool vibe about him as well
as access to some level of comedy judging by how easily
infuriated he becomes over seemingly arbitrary factors.
But the thing that usually has me thinking about Karasu
is obviously his devil fruit.
Unlike Morley and Belo Betty, we don't have a name
or description for this power which is troublesome
because it's very difficult to pinpoint even the basic type
of fruit it is.
Karasu at face value displays the qualities of both a Zoan
and Logia being able to turn his body into crows.
And that brings up many questions like is he a Logia user
who molds his element into the illusion of crows but if so,
what exactly is that element?
Or is he some kind of special Zoan that can transform
into an entire murder of crows rather than just one?
Or it could be neither because
that's the wonderful mystery of Karasu.
All right, top five time now and we are starting off
with Koala who marks a skyrocketing of votes
sitting at 1758 which is more than three times
the amount Karasu received in 6th place.
Meaning that these top five candidates are clearly
considered in a league fo their own.
Koala for very obvious reasons I think because of all
the Revolutionary Army members, she is one of the rare few
that we know the backstory of.
Having appeared in the Fisher Tiger flashback and managing
to melt the cold fierce hearts of most of the Sun Pirates,
most, definitely not all.
However in grand tragedy she would also inadvertently lead
directly to the demise of Fisher Tiger himself.
But as a result of this,
it's very easy to get on board with Koala.
I mean, she hasn't done much, if anything in the modern day
but her presence is always appreciated because
she does have deep connections to the history
and key figures of this series.
Meanwhile in an almost 800 vote jump 4th place is inhabited
by the one and only, Emporio Ivankov.
A truly unforgettable character capable of reaching both
the heights of action and comedy.
And not only that but Ivankov can also mix the two
creating a truly unique presence within the series.
And to me Ivankov is just the epitome of Oda.
He is a character who proudly displays that Oda
is never afraid to delve into more left field ideas
even for exceptionally prominent characters.
And that's just "One Piece" and that's why I love it.
However I will say that Ivankov's existence did have quite
an effect on the fan base at large because due
to the Horu Horu no Mi, it is now possible theorize
that literally anybody is the mother of literally
anybody else.
But otherwise, Ivankov is fantastic and I am very much
looking forward to seeing him kick into action once more.
A very opposite style of character now because in 3rd place
we have Bartholomew Kuma who I will note did significantly
better in this poll than he did in the warlord ranking.
A bronze medal is nothing to scoff at.
It's not all that surprising though because in this pool
of characters, Kuma is a prominent enigma.
A burning question that needs answering at all costs.
And I could continue but talking but talking Kuma usually
just results in me listing all of the things we don't know
about him, so I'm going to move on to something we do know
which is our second place finisher, Monkey D. Dragon
who really did not beat Kuma by very much at all.
Less than 80 votes between them but our revolutionary leader
prevailed, at least in this case.
And really, it was kind of a toss up for me as
to how well Dragon was going to do here.
He's traditionally quite a surprisingly unpopular character
in Japan but definitely seems to hold more prevalence
in the west.
And yeah, there are a quite a few characters
who I could've seen ranking higher, however there was only
one who actually managed to do it.
And that is of course, Sabo.
A fair bit higher as well, holding the prestige of being
the only character in this poll to receive over 3000 votes
and thus becoming the undisputed victor.
And this is less surprising because Sabo is Sabo.
It's hard to argue with the popularity of a character
who is so specifically designed to be cool.
As well as one so intrinsically linked to our protagonist
in a way that even the Straw Hats aren't.
In addition to that, a lot of Sabo's existence is directly
associated with the inherited will of Ace and all of this
in combination is going to make for a well liked lad.
So with that all I can say is congratulations to Mr. Sabo
for this win here today.
Not everything else was quite cut and dry though.
There were a lot of close calls which I find fascinating.
So please do comment with any other polls you might like
to see in the future because I do very much enjoy learning
more about the "One Piece" fan base.
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