To Be "A Man of Action" - A Reflection on Luffy
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- A rundown of Luffy's character arc thus far, and how his desire to push forward is needed to overcome everything, even himself.
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Reminds of the SBS questions when Oda pointed out to his fans he purposely never gave Luffy thought bubbles so that we the readers could get his personal thoughts on things. We judge him by his actions because Luffy will do what he says he'll do no matter what he stays true to his own moral compass.
Yeah he talked about that in the vid
@@TheSpencermacdougall Complete coincidence wrote this before he mentioned it.
Katsu Imagitian
I guess you could say it’s a... *_MIRACLE ???_*
Luffy only ever has thought bubbles if he’s sharing the bubble with Robin.
Also, there's just _nothing_ in there.
Luffy telling vivi that people die and then crying when ace dies isn't a contradiction at all. Vivi wanted no one to die when a million people are ready to fight to the death. Luffy wanted to save one person. Those two instances are completely different scenarios. No contradiction.
but he didn't want ace to die so that is a contradiction
@@newdawnhorizon9879 That's not a contradiction at all. Luffy risked his life to save one life. Vivi was risking one life to try and save millions. Go rewatch the arguement with vivi and listen to the points luffy makes. He says it's unrealistic for NO ONE to die when they are MILLLIONS ready to die. Luffy saving one person as opposed to vivi saving everyone are two different scenarios.
@@sigma2503 both wanted to save those they cared about how are they different scenarios
@@newdawnhorizon9879 because again luffy only wanted to save ONE PERSON. While vivi didn't want any casualties in a war. Vivi was trying to stop a war from happening with zero casulties and luffy just wanted to save ONE person.
@@newdawnhorizon9879 it would only be a contradiction if luffy didn't want anyone to die in marineford. But he didn't care if marines or white beard pirates died. He only cared about ace well being. Vivi on the other hand didn't want a single person to die, she didn't want any of royal army soldiers die, she didn't want any of the rebels to die and that's why luffy called her naive.
fun fact: to this day, Buggy is the only villain to made luffy accept death and defeat
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Truly worthy of his renown !
aint it ironic? Roger was executed on the same platform where buggy almost decapitated luffy and smoker knew that he saw roger in luffy too when he smiled when he was about to die. come to think of it that moment reminded me of harry potter lol
interesting point
Lol.. so true
THE MAN THAT WAS ONCE OF GOL D. ROGERS'S SHIP ITSELF!!!!
THE MAN WHO IS NOT AFRAID TO START A WAR WITH THE YONKO SHANKS!!!!
THE MAN THAT WILL TRULY BE PIRATE KING!!!!
BUGGY! D.! CLOWWWWNNNNNNN!!!!
It's Craftsdwarfs birthday but we are the one's getting a present
And its more great when you realize that there is no one piece chapter this week
It's also Luffy's birthday
PhoenixHero facts.
He has the same birthdate as Luffy?
I've read a lot of breakdowns and analyses of the Sabody Arc and even wrote ones myself, yet this explanation is by far the most nicely worded and it hits the nail on its head: "No one wanted to lose anything and everyone was willing to make the sacrifice to prevent the worst-case scenario. Their weakness revealed a lack of unity; mutual desires to protect leading to mutually assured destruction."
I absolutely love everything about the Sabody Arc and I always find newer angles to appreciate. It was just such a groundbreaking event, not only in One Piece, but in Shounen manga in general. Hearing the narrator say 'On this day, the Straw Hat crew faced complete and utter defeat' never fails to give me chills.
Cratsdwarf: Crocodile was the first antagonist in the story to beat Luffy.
Smoker: *Am I a Joke to you?*
He didn't beat Luffy, if he beat Luffy, Luffy would be in jail. Luffy couldn't fight him, but he always succeeded in running away so technically Luffy beat him multiple times.
@@waluigi3515 by that logic Crocodile never beat him cause Luffy is still alive.
Smoker had him down on the ground under his blade, and if Dragon hadn't appeared that would've been the end of it. You might not consider that a win, but I certainly do.
@@Skywardstrike1998
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well, no, it's not the same, because a win in serious combat in one piece is usually a death or an incapacitation. Crocodile incapacitated Luffy twice, second time counting because if he didn't throw water in the air beforehand he would have died. If smoker actually managed to incapacitate Luffy he would have captured him, and that's that. So no Smoker never beat him, at least in my opinion.
@@Skywardstrike1998 I could be wrong tho.
Man I don't know why but this video got me, Luffy is such a great and well developed character. Seeing him struggle and persevere through life whilst also knowing his shortcomings is really inspiring. Nice work dude, also Happy birthday to you and Luffy!!
That dosen't mean shit beause he never learns from his mistakes
@@newdawnhorizon9879 Tell me about Luffy's major mistakes that resulted to putting everyone in danger. Come on.
Rejjinna literally almost every fucking arc lol a huge/current example is him not going with the plan in wano and just doing his typical dumb shit
@@daddyrizo1346 Didn't you see the video? Luffy was shown to mature when he actually trusted his crew enough to defend themselves from big mom and take on katakuri alone. Like the video pointed out, if this were the old luffy, the luffy that ran from the marines at Sabaody, he likely would have just ran and desperately defended his crew, sacrificing his body not relying on his crew at all.He trusted his crew to get out of that, and personally fought Katakuri in the hopes of getting stronger. He does grow and learn from his mistakes, and sometimes he does stupid shit because luffy is supposed to be a more silly character, even then he still learns and grows.
Also, with kaido, he thought he completely lost his crew, which is why he charged him. It was an emotional reaction, I mean he had no reason to believe they were still alive as Kaido himself blasted their hideout. And, when he does get captured, he pushes himself and stays to see what he can get out of the prison. He trains his haki so he can have a different and better approach when his rematch with Kaido comes. Repeating myself here, he does learn.
@@daddyrizo1346 Well most people look at One Piece at surface level so its bound to encounter comments like these. There's the time when he learned when to bow to others. A simple act but says a lot about a person's attitude(Alabasta). Knowing what is needed to maintain the respect from his crew and authority as captain(Enies Lobby), being weak and not fully realizing the level of standard needed to pursue his dream(Sabaody and Marineford).
This makes the Katakuri vs luffy fight have more significance. Katakuri is a reflection of luffy being better at him in almost every aspect at the start of the arc. He's able to copy and do everything luffy can at glance but better. Oda goal was for luffy to train this arc and show his growth from his previous failures. Katakuri kept knocking luffy down but he kept getting up not willing to give up. He could put all his attention on this fight because he trusts his crew. While Katakuri was a man said to never have been knocked down the perfect child in the big mom family. They both are pillars of there respective families but katakuri family doesnt even know him and more revere almost like a god. He also has the same problem as pre-time skip luffy as he is carrying the weight of his whole family on his back and they trust him as their best fighter minus big mom. While she is strong and the matriarch of the family katakuri holds much of the weight as well because he is a man that has never lost. Throughout the fight the learn to respect each other and grow from it. Luffy giving katakuri his first failure and katakuri allowing luffy to reach his level. This is even more emphazied when the katakuri and is able to get back up like luffy but he can't stay up, unlike luffy. But now katakuri doesnt have to worry about the burden of his family holding him up and can become stronger because of it.
Damn, i'm impressed really by how well you understand the main cast of One Piece, there is plenty of things to be interested in this serie but i didn't understood Luffy or Ussopp characters completely at all . Thanks and i'm impatiently waiting for more One Piece.
Happy Birthday Crafty & Luffy. Happy to get an upload bro Enjoy your day
Ok but eating crocodile would be a great strategy, I mean if you cant touch someone thats a valid strategy
could have worked if it was that ice admiral :D
@Nabiha Ahmed Keep it up, you will make a world record
This is absolutely amazing. I think Luffy is an absolutely amazing character, and this highlights some of the key reasons why. Thank you!
he's a shit character
@@thehonoredone-q3p I'm tired of luffy's dumbassery and people like defending it
+New Dawn Horizon Not an argument
@@newdawnhorizon9879 troll
@@PlankShard Not a troll since its true
I dunno if this was super obvious or not, but this video made me look at the title in a different way, ONE PIECE might not be the treasure, but just a literal piece of the puzzle or the larger overall collection of pieces that make up the world that is represented by the straw-hats in relation to the many groups of characters that make up this world as whole.
In Japanese "One Piece" in reference to the treasure is always written as "ひとつなぎの大秘宝 (ワンピース)" or "The One Treasure That Brings All Things Together".
It really isnt a stretch at all to think of it that way.
Robins dream is to lead all information from the past to the present by finding all the Poneglyphs and guiding them to Laughtale the final island. To connect past to present.
Sanjis dream is to find the "All Blue" a miracle sea that has the sealife of all 4 seas. To connect all seas.
I think its a deliberate choice by Oda, just more pieces of the Puzzle he is slowly filling in for us Readers, whether we are consciously thinking about them or not.
Hey Crafty, from the bottom of my heart, I just want to thank you so much for the analysis videos on One Piece and the picking apart of Fairy Tail. Not only you and many others (Sawyer7mage, King of Lightning, Joy Boy, GrandLine and many others to boot) have taught me the do's and don'ts on Shonen and anime in general, but also to take in key concepts and rules on establishing an anime universe and its characters and whatnot. Right now, I'm doing my best to create a Shonen series that is inspired by Dragon Ball, One Piece, and a bit of My Hero Academia, and I'm viewing and reading books, videos, and threads on Reddit on how to write coherent stories to make the audience engaged. I don't want the series to be like a poor imitation to the series I listed above but like take their elements and put a little spin on it.
Once again, I thank you for the videos and I hope you'll do many more to come. Not only that, I also viewed videos from Lessons from the Screenplay to handle mature themes and storytelling other than solely relying on Shonen and other anime genres. Do you have any recommendations on books or more videos so I can be able to take a good grasp on telling a great story without resorting to a poor imitation or abysmal Fairy Tail quality? I know how to draw characters and locations, just need to grasp better on narrative.
How much progress have you made?
From the man Go D. a himself:
"Id rather read something original, and not that good, than something great, but its not original at all"
Im paraphrasing, but you know. Own that shit! Make it your own masterpiece. OP has influences, but its so unique in its execution. Its nigh impossible to be completely original, so make sure to use influences accordingly
One thing which makes One Piece so great in my opinion is how Oda was clear from the start what the end-goal of the story was. If you want to write a cohesive story, you have to have the ending in mind from the beginning. Otherwise you're bound to write yourself into a corner one day.
Yeah how much progress have you made
I love the symbolic imagery in One Piece.
Oda does great work at making One Piece a series that appeals to kids and young teens, while having enough underlying conflict, symbolism, character development and cool scenes to appeal to audiences as they get older. He keeps much of his writing simple and focused (which sometimes elicits Meat-booze-woman criticism), but the whole picture is far more complex and gets across key ideas very well
Wow. Out of all you previous scripts, you've really hit the nail on the head with this one. Well done.
Incredible. This has put into words a lot of what i believe one piece says to me.
I am trying to follow my dreams, but my dreams are vague and childish.
This just tells me that I need more conviction and to go out into the unknown and take failure on the chin.
Unpopular opinion: Luffy at Archipelago ordered his crew to runaway because he didn't want them to die. He knew that he couldn't protect them alone in that situation against the Pacifistas, Sentomaru, Kuma and Kizaru. Had it being a different situation, he will sacrifice himself while they leave like in the Katakuri fight. So I wouldn't consider the Archipelago moment him "giving up" but more a "realization of his weakness, not having the strength to protect his friends in all situations."
Staying and fighting would've just killed them straight up, after putting up a fight with a pacifista they were at their last legs to begin with On top of being outmatched completely
Happy Birthday Luffy, Craftsdwarf and Gon!!!
I LOVE the comparison between Luffy's actions in Sabaody and in Whole Cake island... I never made that connection and it makes that scene where her hold his lips and smiles in the mirror that more amazing. God I love straw hat Luffy!!!!
This is what I love about your one piece Analysis no one on CZcams looks at one piece like you do. XD
this discussion video should be a requirement for all One Piece fans to see
Your analysis is on point. I keep coming back to peice it apart. You deeply understanf why we fall in love with these characters.
I never realized that luffy has this much character development
I almost cried
Thank you
Happy Birthday Crafts!
Happy birthday Luffy!
I love most of the one piece videos a lot not because they're about an Anime I like but because it encourages me to keep trying and not give up in the things I want to do.
I rarely comment on your One Piece videos because I never really have anything to add so I will just say happy birthday and wonderful video. I don't always agree with everything you say on other videos but your understanding of One Piece is always on point and generally fascinating.
Luffy is becoming more and more like Roger. Roger could only grow and travel because he could trust his allies in Rayleigh, Scooper, as well as Oden. He loved his crew, they were his family. Luffy originally pinned Pirate King as a title one can accomplish alone. Yet through his journey, Luffy learns to rely on his crew. To love and cherish them not as simply people with dreams, but the greatest treasure ever. His One Piece.
Luffy never thought he could become pirate king alone. His literally first goal when he starts his journey is to find a crew. If he thought he could do it all alone he wouldn't have done so. Luffy has relied on his crew since day 1 with Zoro.
which manga have you read ?
24:23 I like that what he says and the words Oda wrote are almost completely different.
Ifs called Paraphrasing.
He took the important parts of what was written and condensed it and focused it for the point he was making. Its a writing tool anyone in Middle school would know about.
I really really love this video.
4:14 That's interesting. Espêcially when applied to the other "obvious" example beside fisher tiger : Monkey D Dragon. A dragon challenging other Dragon, a true revolutionnary.
21:11 "....wasnt one of the stawhats, but Shirahoshi"
I thought you were gunna say Jinbe, and Im like HES ALWAYS BEEN A STRAW HAT 😂
this was genuinely a lot of fun to watch! I haven't followed one piece in a few years (because its obvious it will never end) but this was a great refresher into the series that had at one point, was very close to me. thanks for the nostalgia boost :D
to this day i come back to this video and still see it, one of the only dudes who explain it well and interesting.
The perfect anime doesn't ex....
Damn, never trully realized how much Luffy hates loneliness.
Luffy’s always mentioned that his only fears throughout the entire series is the fear of loneliness and rejection because even in the Jaya Arc whenever people mocking and ridiculing him about a dangerous and an improbable task in reaching the “mythical” Sky Island of Skypiea Luffy wasn’t fearful towards the idea of going to Skypiea for 3 reasons 1. To get the same clues Roger was given on his quest for Pirate King. 2. To ring the bell for Mont Cricket. 3. To show the entire world of One Piece that he’ll explore the unexplorable even if it’s the most dangerous and improbable task of all time.
Thank you for this, I cried and had many realizations. 💕
Looking forward to the Chopper video on Christmas.
Theory : The lighting strike came from luffy’s advanced conquerers Haki because the real secret to advance conquerers is the will to believe in yourself and it was strong enough to summon a lighting bolt
While a lot consider Crocodile to be the first to defeat Adult Luffy (cause Croco-boy put him on the brink of death twice or even thrice ) the first person who really defeat him was Smoker, even if he didn't hurt him, he neutralized him and made him completely defensless in a one-sided fight, without Dragon, that would have been the end
If you’re going by that logic Luffy would have died to Buggy without Dragon saving him in Louge Town because Buggy was about to publicly execute Luffy in the same location that Gol D. Roger was executed in.
@@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr True, though in that case Arlong too
But neither Arlong and Baggy truly defeated him, one caught him off-guard while vs Arlong it was Luffy's own stupidity at play
Smoker and Crocodile fought a serious Luffy head on, Luffy didn't do any mistake and was focused but he was still overwhelmed by both of them
@@guifire9747 , your points on Smoker and Crocodile are also truthful and fair.
Well now you have made me feel bad about forgetting that Devil Dias existed...
Anyway excellent video and happy birthday Craftsdwarf.
Eh, he doesnt exist anymore 😂
Videos like this make me think you have a degree in psychology and philosophy.
*KEEP BEING AWESOME!*
One of my favourite videos on this app. Great job!
Another fantastic video. 30 minutes went buy in a breeze!
Knocking it out of the park like usual.
great video really makes me want to rewatch the entire show
Huh. So that what the Dragon Tiger symbolism is. It's quite evident in Gunvolt Two with GV and Acura. Aqura obviously being human makes up with his ingenuity. With GV going through his grief, he became stagnant
Great video, it made me feel things, one among them being inspiration. Much thanks. Much wow.
I Cant Believe i listened 2 this my whole drive home i felt lik he was reading a gud ass book💯🔥👍
Awesome video as always. Gave me a lot to think about in regards to my own writing.
Okay first off Happy Birthday Craftsdwarf! Secondly please try and get your Sasuke Uchia video back up it got taken down for copyright but it was so good it was the best analysis of Sasuke I’d ever seen. Thirdly I’ve been enjoying the Nen show podcast a lot you guys are doing a great job keep it coming. But seriously I want your Sasuke video back.
wonderful video, it's gving me chills, subscribed.
you got it right, keep going
Happy birthday Craftsdwarf! This has to be one of your best videos yet!
Now that's one hell of video.
Your one piece video are the best keep up the good work man
This video is about to blew up
This is my first time watching your video and it was extremely well done
Luffy is such a bossss
damn, this video is a work of art. truly inspirational and what I needed right now, every point hits home and has weight behind it, thank you
Happy Birthday Crafts! This is your best video yet.
You need to do an unificial part 2 of this video focusing on oden and why he lost to
Happy Birthday Craftsdwarf
To people saying Roger sacrificed himself for his crew mates
I honestly don't think that was what Rogers thoughts were
Roger Pirates were hella strong and they pretty much were self sufficient but the choice of Roger Disband was due to his health condition
He achieved what he wanted to and then there was no purpose since the Roger pirates were built on the idea of turning the world upside down and they did when he became the pirate king so continuing the journey with no purpose sounds like a lost cause
Maybe this could appear true to the case of his family
By turning himself in there mightve been a possibility that he wanted them to have a normal life and don't want to be associated with Roger to be chased down all their life by World Govt but in turn the sacrifice he made lead to his death and the inability to protect both Portgas D Rouge and Portgas D Ace
What's more interesting is this applies to Garp too
Garp sacrificed himself for both marine not leveraging him to get Ace and let Luffy punch him to save Ace but by then sacrificing his connection and his strength he wasn't able to prevent this war from happening not able to be there to help ace from akainu
My ONE PIECE is just brilliant
BASED!
indeed.
This is gonna go like berserk the crewmates sacrificinf their own dreams for luffy to achieve his i guarantee it
I think Luffy will end up killing someone at some point, when its someone whose dream is to shatter Luffy's.
Thank you for the video you pointed out a lot of things i hadnt even thought about
This is the first video I’ve seen from you and I must say this is a beautiful script
Man I’ve waiting to hear something like this
Happy Birthday Bro. I've been watching your channel for a year and you never fail to disappoint not even on your birthday
Great video! This made me love one piece even more!
Luffy is a real hero.
No heroes share their meat luffy is a pirate Pirates don't share meat how many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man
Really enlightening
Good work here.
Came from the wano report can't believe i did not know of you before.
Keep up the great work
Awesome job; I really enjoyed the video.
I had never thought of it before because him being a man of action is so plain and unobscurred that I did not think I needed to. You actually bring up a great point.
Luffy did learn the wrong lesson and he's going to be taught it in the near future (for him at least).
I keep wondering why we the audience should discredit Oda saying through other characters that Kaido is Invincible and cannot be harmed? We keep thinking that Luffy needs to beat Kaido, that based off the story and narrative that Luffy will eventually succeed... but really he doesn't. It would be painful to see everyone fail at the rebellion, to see Luffy and his crew destroyed again.
But, theres something you brought up that people never consider... Why is up to Luffy's main crew. Why is victory based off a single fight among leaders.
The worst defeat someone could hand Kaido... its not physical in the least. It's mental, its emotional, it's SPIRITUAL. So how do you deliver that type of defeat?
The answer is staring us in the face; all you have to do is ask "Why Wano", some answers come to kind like resources and secrecy... NO, ITS SECURITY; why would someone that cannot die do something for the sake of security? His crew. His crew is where the rebellion or the other factions can hurt him best.
Kaido is Luffy if Luffy never lost in the first place (as in the loss that scattered his crew). Kaido has done most of it himself and like Dofy has great concern for a select few. That is why i think he hides on Wano.
I think if the Mugiwara do beat him that it will be Zoro using Ryumas sword to take down Kaido there are Zero exceptions to this in my mind. but most likely it wont be the crew at all. Not just Luffy but his crew need to learn to trust in those that follow them (grand fleet/rebels/people of Wano, wanting a non-kozuki leader/Minks/other).
Happy birthday you genius wordsmith
Happy birthday! おめでとう！
Outstanding video as always.
HAPPY BIRTHHDAAAAAAAAAAAAAY thanks so much for the in depth analysis once again and please keep it up!!!
Luffy called a retreat to protect his friends the whole crew was tired and on the oast leg it took a group effort to beat px he knew he couldn't beat kuma and the others it showed growth
Happy Birthday!!! Awesome video as usual, I always appreciate every new upload dude. Thanks for working so hard even on your birthday.
Literally anyone else: *uploads*
Me:
Craftsdwarf: *uploads*
Me: REAL SHIT?
Happy birthday, best human!
5:05-5:09
AH ! Here we go; what I had on my mind for the whole 5 first minutes of the video.
nice made in abyss music at 21:30
11:41 I havent watched nor read One Piece yet, but damn can someone explain why Luffy just straight up glocked that girl lol
She’s his friend and a princess 😂
Cause she was hitting him and and luffy wanted to beat some sense into her.
The bitch had it coming.
I wish I could subscribe for a second time.
This is an amazing video.
happy birthday craftsdwarf this video made me cry lol
"But the strawhats do not have much character development, they just have characterization."
lol yeah i hate that stupid shit. Most of the straw hats development isnt obvious, it requires you to take in all the ideas of the story to see where the real changes lie.
@@DyNomi7e They didn't develop because they do the exact same shit every arc
@@newdawnhorizon9879 Yeah, like normal people. Usopp may act cowardly but he is definitely braver, Robin may act detached from te crew still but she's now very confident in them caring for her and saving her when she needs them, heck, I could go on and on about none Straw Hats as well. The point is however, they still have their running gags, sure, but that doesn't mean they aren't actually developed as characters.
You want a none one piece example? Edward Elric hates being called short even till the end of the series.
@@Kimikachu22 you contradicted yourself and don't ever compare edward to the trash hats
Did you like not watch the video?
Luffy is so interesting
Great stuff. Happy belated birthday. Subbing!
Great video
So glad I'm subscribed to you, thank you for the video!
The audio quality took a nose dive tbh
Thank you crafts!!!
The contradiction is wrong though...
The vivi issue was about a civil war, people die in war
But Luffy’s goal was to save Ace and Ace isn’t someone random but his own brother
Losing your brother shortly after saving him, plus it is his own fault because Ace saved him
So he didn’t contradict himself
It's isn't wrong though
Luffy said that people die in war which make it anyone, even those close to vivi.
Luffy telling vivi people die because vivi are so naive for wanting no casuality at all
while Luffy broke so hard when Ace die because he knows exactly how many casuality for saving Ace.
from "sacrificing" Bon Chan, letting criminals go, Luffy know all the consequences and still choose to save Ace, the only thing that he want are saving Ace and he failed. as goofy as Luffy is he never naive, he know exactly what he want and what the consequences of his action
such a nice voice 👌
Pretty cool...
did this man really say mary joe-is!