Ranking One Piece Arcs from "Worst" to Best!
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- Let's celebrate the INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT that is 1000 Episodes of One Piece by ranking every arc of the manga, from "Worst" to Best!
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Chapters:
0:00:00 - Intro and Vision-aid with Prosthetic Nose ad
0:02:38 - 31. That's rough, Buggy
0:04:00 - Top 30
0:10:30 - Top 20
0:19:32 - Top 10
0:30:38 - We're Number Wano!
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"Usopp shoot that flag down"
What are you talking about? Usopp wasn't in the Enes Lobby arc. How did you mix up Usopp with one who actually shot that flag down, Sogeking?
Thank you for saying this, I was going to bring it up if nobody else had yet
Yeah this is next-level misinformation here.
They are very similar but if you get confused remember Sogeking has a theme song.
I think you are forgetting when Luffy is on the ground and Sogeking called for his friend Usopp to get Luffy up before leaving again.
This was DEFINITELY THE "stand up and cheer moment" in the Series
Nami’s “help me” was so impactful and so emotional. That one scene is what got me hooked on One Piece.
I never really liked nami back then so I didn't care about her, that wasn't emotional for me
@@GrowingDownUnder do you have no soul? Nami literally had everything taken from her and just saw the people she was trying to save going to fight and die. She was at her lowest point, and she finally broke her persona to ask for help.
@@jcplays5831 Nami was a bad person back then, a thief, annoying, disrespectful and it was far too early in the anime to build any kind of emotional attachment to nami. I didn't feel bad at all and didn't care really what happen to her. She was afterall a member of the arlong pirates and not completely innocent either. But now i've had enough time to be more attached and invested to her as a character seeing her growth and character development.
@@GrowingDownUnder I can see that, I just got attached to her early on cause I could see her mentality just diminish because of arlong
@@GrowingDownUnder I don't think it was far too early, we were 40 episodes deep in the story already, personally I've never hated Nami and I never saw her as disrespectful or annoying, her backstory made me love her even more and I was bawling my eyes out when Bellemere died, also when she stabbed her arm
I'm not gonna lie. I came back to this video after catching up and I love that Orange Town will be remembered in-universe as an epic skirmish between future Emperors
oh right they're emperors now 😃😨
Can you imagine the orange town residents reading about that? Would be mind blowing, but it would probably also put their island in the map overnight
9:10 "then, finally, Luffy kicks his ass with a feat of herculean cartoon strength" that qoute hits different now with chapter 1044 😭
That is cartoon strength, luffy awakening = looney tunes
I would never want to be the person who makes the "One Piece in a Nutshell" video
Don't give Geoff ideas, it will directly affect me
So, this video sorta exists, up to about wano starting, and it's still almost 5 hours long, AND still misses stuff.
Daniel Greene would do that lol.
the nutshell would have to be in multiple nutshells
@@bitterswot7584 and then we get nutshell in a nutshell
The reason Whiskey Peak felt forced was because it actually was. Miss Wednesday and Mr. 9 were initially designed to be One Piece's equivalent of Team Rocket. Problem is, Oda's editor told Oda that leeching off Pokémon's popularity seemed like a bad idea. Then Oda realized Miss Wednesday looked like Vivi (who was initially supposed to be a completely different character from Miss Wednesday) with her hair down, so he retconned the story to make MW and Vivi into the same character.
Honestly I don't see it as too noticable though, and it can be argued she was just that good at playing her role. Infact her team rocket antics with Mr.9 could be read as her purposely "slipping up" so as to not actually kill Laboon.
@@Cloud-dt6xbOda's initial inability to draw more than 1 body type and 3 faces for his 20 to 30-something female characters saved the day
the one perk of all one piece women looking the same
You just made that stuff about team rocket up wtf? The thing about Oda deciding to make miss Wednesday a princess bc of her hair is, but that Pokemon stuff is out of nowhere lol.
@@100frogbucket
Mfs pull that shit and say it was mentioned in an sbs with a straight face
Arlong Park is the moment the show became the masterpiece it is today.. and every big emotional moment that came after ( larger in scope and stakes though they were ) owe everything to Luffy's walk to face Arlong
@Kyl Glantz okay, but that moment with the rubber knife 🥺🥺
It makes me cry every time
Everyone else: “”One piece is full of great moments that all will love” Me:” I like when Robin squeezed Frank’s robo balls on camera
The Usopp-Luffy duel in Water 7 is my single favorite fight in One Piece. Its so creative and emotional.
When I moved out for college, I rescued a tiny abandoned kitten. Because I was no longer beholden to parental pet rules, I kept him, and because I’m a massive One Piece nerd, I named him Kaizoku.
That was in 2001. I just lost Kai this week, at the ripe old age of 20. All this to say that One Piece has lasted A LONG TIME and it blows my mind that it’s still around and popular enough that oldheads like me are able to delight in watching new fans diving in.
Sorry to here that man. RIP kai
My condolences bro
Also, OP fan since 2001? Your one of the OG! Mad respect
Rest in Peace, Kaizoku.
Y'all are such sweethearts
MHA: celebrating its 100th episode a few months ago
One Piece: that’s cute
One Piece: that's prologue
One piece: that’s just my first form
One Piece : “You are a mere ant to an Emperor”
But MHA is well adapted unlike OP
@@sebasfv5705 the anime is trash now what are you talking about
I find myself liking the first "half" of one piece much more than the post-time skip stuff because I felt like the stories were way more personal to the crew. The higher stakes and increasingly complicated plots that are focused on multiple characters that aren't part of the crew do not interest me as much. That being said, I'm very impressed at how One Piece manages to make people love both of its halves.
Same here. It felt so much more fun like it felt they really enjoyed their time! After the post Time skip the story became much more expanded. Those moments faded little by little because the bonds had already forged. Also I don't like the post Time skip chopper. Nevertheless I like both of them
I enjoyed most of the pretime skip arcs much more than post time skip as well. With the exception of Wano as it's my favorite arc overall
@@Metronomical3whole cake island is my favourite arc because Katakuri is an amazing character, and it focuses on luffy and Sanji who are my favourite characters
Yeah, I agree that some of the post-timeskip stuff *can be* less personal. I don't really care for Punk Hazard, and Fishman Island was good, but more about establishing new characters + giving characters a chance to flex their timeskip powerups. But Dressrosa and Whole Cake are both fantastic and directly tie to both the biggest threats in the world as well as personal stories. Law isn't a Strawhat, but between him and Sanji (and to a lesser degree Jinbei), you do still get some great personal stories through the course of those two post-timeskip arcs. You can draw comparisons to Alabasta, and I wouldn't rank either of those below it.
In defense of Orange Town- upon reread it was a short and sweet arc that truly did highlight the importance of "treasure" and what that meant to different people.
Buggy's view of materialistic treasure directly conflicts with Luffy's view of sentimental treasures. In fact, a lot of the earlier arcs in East Blue upon reread I have a much greater appreciation for because you really see the hints in Luffy's character as you go through. Luffy's moment fighting to take back the dog's last bit of dog food because he recognized the importance of his treasure still to this day is an underrated and touching scene and really exemplifies Luffy's character.
Coupled with interesting things early on such as Buggy's connection to Shanks, potential Grandline map and intro of Nami, Zoro's badassery vs Cabaji, and the unique Devil Fruit fight of Luffy and Buggy, I actually think this arc is pretty good! But of course, One Piece arcs have high standards so I understand the placement, but I just wanted to shoutout some of the arcs qualities.
The live action changed a lot of things, but I think it did a good job of hitting on those same themes. Obviously, the real treasure was the friends we made along the way, but there's so much more to it too, and East Blue in general is a very dense runthrough of aspirations, goals, and dreams for a ton of characters with some wacky powers along the way from the very beginning.
The fact the the "worst" arc has a hearthbreaking story of a dog that made fans tear up speaks volumes how great One Piece is.
I even don't believe that it is the worst arc
Luffy staring at the burning fire is just so sad man
@@jesseowenvillamor6348 ong
@@jesseowenvillamor6348 meh it was kinda boring but buggy made it watchable
@@omrr2096 I don't think so. The story of this arc is so engaging. It seems that Oda took note from the Hachiko story.
I love how Wano is not only living up to the hype, but far exceeding it. And with that in mind, people are even more hyped for Elbaf and Laugh Tale, but what I'm really looking forward to is when they finally dock on Sniper Island.
We dont need to go far to find Sniper Island. Its in our hearts
Lol how tf is it exceeding the hype. Its been the most by the books war arc thats ever occured in one piece.
@@dallascoggins1534 yeah you smoking something because this arc has been absolutely amazing
@@RadioC7_ What did I say that was wrong. Literally EVERYTHING has gone well for the strawhats. There is no tension at all.
The best moment of the raid with absolutely no competition has been sanji's character conflict (best character in one piece no doubt).
The rest has been carried by hype that is too be expected of this arc.
Anyone saying wano exceeded expectations or is the best arc in one piece is fucking delusional and needs to stop riding oda's dick.
Yamato for example is the single most lazy character addition in all of one piece.
ANd you know how I know every single thing I just said is true? Because the strawhats themselves have little to no emotional investment in the war. They aren't treating it seriously like marineford or a enies lobby or alabasta or arlong. (with the exception of the aforementioned best character moment).
And the actual backbone of the emotions this arc has been the scabbards, which the OP community is very lukewarm on.
Wano is a mid tier one piece arc so far. Enies Lobby/Water 7 and marineford are indisputably better in every single way.
Anyone saying else needs to take off the hype glasses and realize hype != good writing.
Note: Didn't say wano is bad. I'm loving wano. I just don't love it on a deep emotional level like I've come to expect from one piece.
@@dallascoggins1534 everything went well for the straw hats??? i call major cap, they literally got thrown into prison 😂😂😂
did u forget all of act 1 and 2??? 🤦🏾♂️
what, do you want one of the straw hats to die or something? all of them were already defeated by kaido once in this arc, ESPECIALLY luffy who’s the main MC…
I’m loving Wano and think it has potential to become one of if not the best One Piece arcs, but I can not comprehend how some people think that it’s already better than the Water 7 or Marineford Sagas.
IMO it will never be better than Water 7/Enies Lobby
same
water 7 is still the best saga 😩
Things are getting even more hype ngl after chapter 1043
Yh how about now rofl
I started reading one piece when I saw gear 5. I went through and read one piece from beginning to present in a week and so glad I did. Also an honorary mention of God usopp as being one of my favorite usopp moments.
This is fucking insanity how tf did you read 100 books in a week
cap
@@Demon-tr9ss eye issue
IN A WEEK??? By bro are you ok?
@@nicky923nk Brain issue, get better organs.
roguetown in 29th isn't wrong exactly but the moment on the podium where he's saved by lightning is still one of my all-time favourite moments. also i love when it's brought up again in dressrosa when you meet bartolomeo.
Best boi bart
that is the thing about one piece, even the lesser arcs have some incredible moments
@@deadhomelessbum even arcs like drum island which many consider one of the lesser arcs of the series have multiple iconic moments, whether its Luffy climbing the mountain, Choppers backstory and Hiriluk's last words, Luffy saving the flag, Luffy inviting Chopper to the crew and the cherry blossoms at the end. All in only 25 chaps/14 eps. Just goes to show Oda's strengths as a writer.
Log town
Bartolomeo, aka the most relatable character in One Piece. Matched only by Boa Hancock, and by Dadan in that one scene where she did her Leorio Hunterhunter impression.
I have truly enjoyed your descent into One Piece, because you can influence far far more people than any of us cultists that would probably go door to door with copies of the manga given half a chance if we thought it would get new fans of the series.
*knocks on door*
"Are you interested in learning about the gospel of Go D. Usopp?"
*knock knock* hello? Yes, I'd like to talk to you today about a manga
I'm literally considering starting it but idk if I'll have enough time to get through it
@@Vicente75480 I'd suggest reading the manga it's a lot better paced. That or there is a video on how to catch up with one piece fairly quickly while getting the majority of the stuff
@@yandengray4516 I'll consider it, thanks!
Post-War arc is soooo underrated, the narrative is fabulous and has two of OP's best scenes (Dadan vs Garp, Jinbei vs Luffy)
Also worth mentioning that skypiea introduced us to what became yhe best part of Usopp's kit: dials. Plant monsters just dont hit the same imo
I was born too late to meet Leonardo DaVinci...
Too soon to explore space...
But just in time to watch the 1,000th episode of my favorite anime of all time.
My pastor says God delivers to us what we need.
Why too soon to explore space? We literally got space tourism at this point, and even though it's still expensive rn, it's only gonna get cheaper.
They even take old, untrained people nowadays, so you don't even need to become a proper astronaut anymore~
@@sleepysera By space tourism you mean just earth orbit? And for it to become affordable and mainstream, it'd take at least another 100 years or more easily.
Ily
The problem you now have, is that you were probably born too early to see the last episode lol
marineford is peak Luffy. One of the things I love most about one piece is how it handles the post sabody seperation. We've seen Luffy at his friends side for so many chapters. What is he when he's on his own?
He's the guy who charms his way into the hearts of every woman on a man hating Island, breaks into and out the most dangerous prison in the world (recruiting allies and enemies alike along with hundreds of bloodthirsty pirates because this boy does not give a fuck), and DROPS A FUCKING PIRATE SHIP OUT OF THIN AIR INTO THE BIGGEST WAR IN THE WORLD and fights his way up to the three admirals and just goes come at me.
Marineford is so crazy good because Luffy is such an incredible protagonist, you truly believe he would drag himself here against all odds with nothing but sheer grit and his magnetic personality. I can not possibly pick my favorite or the best arc, but I think marineford is the most amazing Luffy arc by far!
marineford was one of my least favorite arcs
Peak Luffy = Joyboy
@@wssasdw9909 MAYBE. WE SHALL SEE.
@@sbondiw7943 Oh shit he doesn't know yet ._.
Seeing this after Luffy awakens his DF and became Joyboy... My oh my this is what happens when you started trashtalking before the fight even started I guess. Oh well I cant blame you for not knowing what will happen but yeah dont talk too soon else it would comeback to bite you later.
Your review of Whole Cake Island was my absolute favorite part! Thanks for doing this so much!
The aftermath of Alabasta arc lead to the pre-introduction of Nico Robin as new crew. When Nico Robin joined the crew, it is officially recognized that Strawhat pirates as a whole is a threat to World Government and officially join the One Piece hunt.
It is safe to say that East Blue arc is the introduction of what this series about, Arabasta arc is introducing us the vast world building, and after that, the story officially started. As Wano has concluded, Oda himself confirmed that we are in Final Arc.
final saga, not arc, but that's mostly semantics lol
Personally, Sabaody is my favorite. It was the first arc that introduced us to the highest level of One Piece, the Admirals, the strongest rookies, and Rayleigh. It made One Piece feel like it had truly begun, and the world was ready to take on.
Sabaody was crazy scary in how vast it suddenly made the world of One Piece become, and just how amateur the Straw Hats are despite still being pretty strong. Ending the arc with the whole crew getting absolutely decimated by the might of the government's top was the icing on the cake.
Just sayin, we did meet aokiji back on long ring long land. And it absolutely gave us an idea of how powerful the admirals were. I remember thinking "how can it ever be possible for luffy to fight someone like that?"
@@SJNaka101 indeed, but although aokiji is an admiral but he was there as an individual instead of an admiral so he was not as overwhelming as kizaru was in sabaody, kizaru was there for one purpose ans that is the strawhats, goes to show that when the marines is focused on doing something, they do it well... without unexpected interference of course such as Kuma
Admirals was introduced in post long ring long land with kuzon
Rogue town is actually meant to be read “Logue town” because it was the epilogue to rogers journey and the prologue of luffys
And don't give me there's no L in the Japanese lexicon b.s. we know it's laughtale not raftel and idk if I can think of another example of wait, the main character is monkey d luffy. LUFFY with an L
Lol he also had the budget Zoro named "zolo"
@@gibbs1716 and "oh come my way", whatever the hell that is.
@@gibbs1716 well the Zoro/Zolo mixup was actually due to copyright issues over in the US if I remember correctly.. not really much you can do about that
@@bradleykyonizuka2558 I can tell you from firsthand experience living there that, no, they don't use L's for anything except ramen (which is pronounced la-mein, since it's literally just Japanese style lo mein) and even that is highly muted and could be misconstrued as a D. When regular Japanese folks pronounce words like Luffy, or shit even MY name, Cullen, they use the ru/ra/re/ri/ro. It only sounds like an L to the untrained ear.
I think your arc ranking was very accurate and reasonable. I totally agree with it, trying to see it objectively.
I must mention that there were a few moments all across One Piece that were just so well executed they stand out, even if the arc was relatively less memorable or important, e.g., Nami's "help me" in Arlong Park arc or Zoro's "nothing happened" in Thriller Bark arc.
I love sanji, whole cake is so so so good, and with his current development in wano is making sanji easily one of the most realized and awesome characters in story history! I love him so much and I can’t wait to see how he turns out.
One Piece hitting 1000 episodes makes me both excited that I can tell friends that my favorite show is literally 1000 episodes long, but terrified that they're going to think I'm a fucking psychopath for devoting so much time and effort into a single show when I couldn't even bother to remember their birthdays.
Time well spent I say
very well spent
Just look at it this way... I remember when One Piece aired on Toonami on Saturday night, and had the 4kids rap to start. That was in like 2004 or 2005. So, 1000 episodes over 16 or 17 years, that's not so bad.
Let them read then
Tell em eat a devil fruit and dive in the ocean if they can't appreciate your dedication. We do
But the feeling we get in the group outshines that. We did it guys.
Even the worst of One Piece is still fun, it's a grand adventure that while it might stumble every now and again it still a fun time to be had. Personally I love Alabasta, Sky Island, and everything involving CP9 the most.
No shot. First two arcs are trash. Thriller bark was really bad. Marineford was rushed and happened way too early. There are a bunch of problems with odas writing in the first arc that keep appearing hundreds of chapters later. It is by no means always fun and it didn’t always feel like a grand adventure
@@Pearlem shut up
Fishman made me sleep
Unpopular opinion: Fishman Island and long ring long Island are awful. And one piece will never be a masterpiece because of them
@@Kage-jk4pj that's a very popular opinion
Pretty good ranking and I adore how much you love Chopper :D . Though any arcs that are meant to clearly be multi part stories I think it's fair to put them together because they flow together as one cohesive story. Jaya's the prologue to Skypeia so it definetly deserves to be put together same as the triple threats of Water 7/EniesLobby/Return to Water 7 as well as Impel Down/Marineford/and Return to Amazon Lilly. Anyways my rankings will probably mirror yours alot but Enies Lobby is the best arc in the story for me and yes that's factoring in the three arcs that make up it's story. From world building to showing just how serious Oda can take things, as well as every Straw Hat Getting a good chance to shine this arc balances it all the best. I'd like to think this arc is Oda flexing a bit too showing that not only can he introduce a new main charachter and establish him properly, but also give important charachter development to two older members at the same time. Every member get's development in this arc but it's fair to say Usopp, Robin, and Franky have the most focus for this one. As well as still having the best fight in One Piece in my eyes being Luffy vs Lucci, that fight is so well told and crafted from start to finish. Now to be clear I am following the dub of One piece so I have not yet seen Luffy vs Katakuri yet in full but from the bits I have seen I'm super hyped to see if it can dethrone my current number one. And that's not even including all the stuff for wano that could dethrone it too.
Nice video! Just got to wano so I’m hype to see what I think of it. I think I’d put dressrosa a good bit higher and maybe drop thriller bark, but overall a really solid list with good explanations
I just like to believe that in order to get the ad read cleared by Express VPN you had to explain the concept of transponder snails to a poor confused advertising representative.
The Alabasta arc will always have a special place in my heart.
@@nlatimer same bro. I freaking cried too even when knowing it was just a commercial 😭
@@nlatimer I'd kill to have a slice of life One Piece, based on the commercial.
@tom gu I respect that opinion.
I think the fact that the general trendline is from lower ranking arcs to higher ranking arcs shows that this show is just getting better. For me there was a serious upgrade at Marineford where I realized that all of the characters the series builds could come together in a meaningful way that all ties together.
You also forgot to mention that Wano has a BADASS TRANS SAMURAI! That’s one of the most pog things ever.
The newest opening of One Piece for episode 1000 actually made me want too tear up because its just so nostalgic and just great for celebrating 1000 episodes, and it would be great if you do "Whats in an Op" for the new and old "We Are" Ops
I second this!
OMG Im watching it tonight so excited.
Me, who clearly doesn't understanding that rankings must have a bottom: "You can't put [ insert every arc here ] below the top 10!?! That shit's so dope!"
I have to say that wci is my favourite arc.
When i read it, I cried multiple times even in public. I loved the action, comedy and I don’t think any story in the entirety of fiction has ever made me feel so emotional except for one piece itself in the burning of the Going Merry. I love Wano but I just can’t say it’s ever made me feel so emotional
I would probably swap thriller bark and skypiea, but I agreed with your ranking for the most part. But what I loved the most was you going through each of the arcs in detail, nice trip down memory lane and also makes me appreciate the story more
The Wano arc is the reward our lord Oda has blessed us with for making it 900+ chapters and episodes. It’s such a beautiful arc.
Truly the most generous of rewards
As entertaining as wano is, it's not the best arc for me
@@GrowingDownUnder It's definitely in my top 3
@@GrowingDownUnderVisually it’s my favorite hands down, but arc wise it’s only top 3. Hasn’t beat out whole cake, but it’s not over yet so who knows.
Dude MASSIVE respect for putting Thriller Bark in the top ten! Lots of people in the community like to bag on that arc and say it's trash but I've always held it in high regard and in my own top ten for a lot of the reasons you gave. Brook's backstory is still one of my favorite in the whole series and the rendition of Bink's Sake in the anime really sells the emotional beats of that arc well.
One of my favourite moments is Luffy encountering a zombie rising from it's grave for the first time and absolutely having none of it. No, get back down in there, you're not supposed to climb out.
Glad to see Lrll higher than dead last too. It's a heap of fun.
Thriller Bark is comedy gold, and Brook’s backstory is definitely one of my favourites as well. I can’t wait for the day he meets Laboon. Zoro’s moment in this arc, as well as the SHs working together to take down the enemies only to get confronted by a second warlord was also just amazing.
that fight with Oars was intense, like it was a battle where we can finally see all the straw hats fighting one enemy at the same time, instead of every member going their separate ways, it was so cool
My main complaint about it was how inconsequential it was to the world as a whole. In retrospect, it has some amazing world building. There is a lot of foreshadowing towards Wano, Lola and Big Mom, and Moria is a much more interesting character after knowing that he once had a promising future but got shut down by Kaido. His story really helps build the grand line as this type of ladder full of people making their way up or people who have settled on a lower rung after being knocked down.
This is fast becoming one of my favorite channels.
Here’s all the arcs for anyone who isn’t fully caught up to skip around
2:31 - Orange Town (Buggy Brawl 1)
4:05- Whiskey Peak (Baroque Works Assassin Island)
4:45- Rogue Town (Gold Rogers Execution Origin)
4:45- Reverse Mountain (Entering the Grand Line)
5:23- Post-Enies Lobby (One Piece becomes slice of life for a little bit)
5:33- Jaya (The Skypia Prologue and Bar Fight)
6:27- Baratie (Chef Ship)
6:27- Syrup Village (The Butler Did It)
7:20 - Return to Saboady Archipelago (After Time Skip)
8:12 - Fishman Island (Under da sea)
9:55 - Levely
10:31 - Little Garden (Giant Fight and Wax Figures)
10:56 - Long Ring Long Land (Ya’ll Remember the X-Games From School)
11:43 - Romance Dawn (Zoro’s Jesus Christ Confirmed???)
12:42 - Amazon Lily (Simpin Ain’t Pimpin)
13:25 - Drum Island (Best Straw Hat Joins the Gang)
14:13 - Skypia (Luffy Literally Murders God With a Japanese Dick Joke Can’t Make This Shit Up)
15:28 - Zou
16:04 - Punk Hazard
17:10 - Saboady Archipelago (TRAMA)
18:20 - Arlong Park (Funny Fish Gets Fried)
19:33 - Impel Down (Prison break in and out)
21:01 - Thriller Bark (Spookum Magookum)
22:41 - Alabasta (Sandman Vs. Mr. Fantastic)
23:57 - Dressrosa
25:23 - Water 7 (I WANT TO LIVE)
26:42 - Enies Lobby (I WANT TO LIVE; p2)
27:43 - Whole Cake Island
29:49 - Marine Ford
30:36 - Wano Country
G8 isn’t canon. It is an anime only arc
11:55 gave me a heart attack when he said "Zolo"
I thought I was the only one who heard that
4kids left a scar on OP for the west and we can never forget it but at least cope by laughing at it. “Zolo” screaming Luffy will always be great 😂
i have never cringed so much i swear if my kids ever say “zolo” to me im throwing them out the window
That’s how the Davy back fight got so high is he says Zolo
that is the proper translation, just like Levely/Reverie
I just want to take a second to talk about how insane it is that you have Whole Cake Island at number 4 and Wano at number 1. Not to disagree with them, far from it, but for what that means for One Piece as a whole. Whole Cake Island didn't start until over 820 chapters in. Wano is the current arc. In a series that is over 1000 chapters long One Piece isn't just still putting out really good quality work. The last 200 odd chapters, the past 5 YEARS of its +20 year publication is some of the literal best stuff in the totality of its run. How many creators can claim that? Most series tend to drop off given enough time and it isn't uncommon for people to find a series bad by the time it ends. So to be over 20 years and 1000 chapters in and not only maintain the quality of that work for that whole time, but to be improving on it and having people say it is putting out the best stuff to date is mind blowing. One Piece is an amazing series, but just being amazing isn't that amazing in my opinion. Lots of media is amazing. It is the fact that One Piece is as amazing as it is while having maintained that for as long as it has that truly puts it in a class all its own and I imagine VERY few others can share that claim.
The fact that Whole Cake basically gave Sanji his own "I want to live" moment this far in & still have it mean EVERYTHING impact wise is insane.
Heck yeah bro!!
Preach it, brother.
Yeah going deeper into this point you see all of the older arcs except like alabasta nearish the bottom because one piece is about world building so it is getting better and better as it moves on like dressrosa, whole cake, wano kinda just build onto each other and really take up a 3rd of the show. 3 arcs take up about a 3rd of a 31 arc show and those arcs are three of the best and debatably the best of those three isnt over yet.
Its like how araki mqnages to make every part better than the last.
Feels nice to watch this after getting caught up :D
Great list, as any ranking of One Piece arcs would be, regardless of order. Props for having Thriller Bark on your top 10, it's so unfairly heavily slandered by the community, for reasons that go beyond my comprehension. Funny how none of my top 4 arcs made it to the top 3, though.
1 - Water 7/Enies Lobby (I don't care what "official" sources tell you about arc division, I can't separate these two because they are too much interconnected - it's a single story, and it's peak One Piece)
2 - Whole Cake Island (Sanji is my favourite character, and I just LOVE arcs that break the usual mold and are unpredictible)
3 - Sabaody
4 - Impel Down
Wano is greatness, but it isn't finished yet, and even though story wise it's pure excellence, it hasn't resonated to me emotionally as other arcs. It'll surely top Impel Down, though, not sure about the others, my top 3 is pretty solid. As for Marineford, it's also S tier BUT it relies too much on the previous arcs, it's the conclusion to the first half of the series, which is a testament to how greatly Oda can write a story, but as a standalone arc, it doesn't crack my top 4. But ranking One Piece arcs is nearly impossible, I can't even pick a 5th. They're all great, even the ones I don't like as much as the others, like Syrup Village or Punk Hazard.
It really speaks to the quality of Oda's writing that in 20 YEARS I still remembered all of these lol
Aw, no honorable mention of the anime-exclusive "filler" G-8 arc? It's basically the only filler arc that fans recommend manga-only folks watch because it really is just that good. Sure it's not technically canon, but it genuinely nails Oda's style and gives every straw hat something interesting to contribute while ALSO doing a fairly good job developing it's original characters that are limited to that arc.
It's most definitely not the best arc, but it certainly blows every other filler out of the water while also being better than some of Oda's earlier work.
Before I had read the manga, I genuinely thought that was a canon arc because it made so much sense. Of course they'd land in the middle of a navy outpost.
@@russellbrabers2141 same, honestly.
Filler might be mostly shitty but when you think about how G-8 and the Dragon Ball Z fight extensions were the beginnings kind of the shounen beginnings of it, you can almost see how people would think it was a good idea.
Its better than the long ring long arc. And is great and character wise great. Still waiting what condoriano is up to next.
Came here to post this. G-8 feels like its canon, has quite a bit of foreshadowing/world building and is one of the arcs where the marine villain is clearly a stand up guy doing what he thinks is right.
Even if he doesn't want to eat his veggies.
Great list. I do find Thriller Bark pretty tasteless, though, and often times it pushes on being obscene with how it treats the female characters
Lol......
Watching that arc as a 14 year old girl was...uhhh ....yeah
It works for the villain since he’s supposed to be unlikable but for Sanji……
my fav is whole cake island with the backstory of Sanji and a glimpse of Big Mom's past ~ well its really worth my teardrop✅
Dude one piece has more arcs than the average seasonal anime has episodes lol
And somehow all of them are enjoyable, unlike all the episodes of your average seasonal show/anime.
Oof, sadly true ;(
OP actually has really small amount of arcs considering hoe long it is, heck even fewer if you consider the set up arcs as part of the bigger arc (water 7 + eneies lobby, OP has intensively dense arcs
@@HelloOnepiece you mean sagas i presume? there's quite a lot of arcs that are contained within a saga (east blue saga, summit war saga, etc.)
We made it to 1000 episodes guys! What an amazing journey so far!
Like for the profile pic
we did it. yip yip
Glad to hear you love Discworld too, the books were so much fun to read!
My favorite component /moments of one piece, a core component, are the various "It's okay, you've done enough, we'll handle it from here" scenes. Nami's "Help me Luffy" and Robin's "I Wanna Live" are the most obvious examples but there are many others and each one is so dense with raw emotion.
"30 straight chapters of almost nothing but opulent, meticulously detailed full page spread after full page spread depicting a full on war between almost literally everyone we've met in the last 600 chapters and almost literally everyone else. With earth shaking plot turn after earth shaking plot turn building up to a profound tragedy that resonates through One Piece's entire world on both geopolitical and deeply personal levels. The summit war is a feat utterly unmatched in the annals of shounen manga storytelling, in part because you'd need over a decade of buildup just to make the attempt."
You know it's scripts like these that make you stand out so much from other CZcamsrs to me. There are many that analyze as well as you do (some even better tbh) but you're in my opinion literally the best at putting these thoughts into words in a way that is literary compelling, almost lyrically at times, but also dense with information. On top of that you have a great voice with an intonation that not only conveys your contagious excitement but also makes listening to those 30+ word long sentences pleasurable. The fact that you also manage to sprinkle subtle humor into these grammatical gymnastics is just icing on the cake really, albeit delicious, addicting icing.
The video editting is as unspectacular as it is fitting in that it perfectly complements the words you are saying without taking the viewer's attention away from them. This is actually why I prefer those types of videos over the vlog-types which tend to distract me from your speech, but maybe that's just me.
Anyway, enough brown-nosing. Great video!
Enies Lobby will probably always be my favorite arc. It gave us Gear 2 and 3, Chopper's horrifically awesome Monster Point, the best F You I've ever seen with that flag burning.... and of course, Robin's backstory, and the always tear-jerking "I want to live." So much of what One Piece is was embodied in Enies Lobby, and it's hard to top, especially as a Robin Stan- uh, fan. But of course, Oda isn't satisfied with perfection, and somehow managed to create an even better arc, twice. Marineford, and then Wano. And idk how he keeps doing it. But I'm 100% for it. So, yeah, I can't put Enies Lobby above 3rd despite my love for it, but with Marineford being 2nd and Wano being the absolute BEST One Piece has had to offer, 3rd place isn't a bad place to be
"I have gained the ability to cry on command."
"How?"
"Alexa, play Robin I want to live on CZcams"
@@KingMinish Ikitai!
As someone with Enies Lobby as my favorite arc, I can not comprehend how some people think that Wano is already better than it. What about Wano makes you put it over the likes of Enies Lobby and Marineford? Have any of the moments in Wano hit you as hard as I want to live, jet gattling, or the merry’s funeral? I’m not trashing your opinion, I’m just really curious why some people love Wano so much already.
@@californiapenguin9434 As far as making me cry, no, Wano hasn't hit as hard as I want to live or Merry's Funeral. But the beats it hits are of a different, and possibly more powerful, nature. Let me break it down.
1) This arc deals with a whole nation being subjugated by some of the most corrupt individuals in the story, and that's saying something. So the scale is automatically set higher than just rescuing a crew member.
2) This is the culmination of 4 arcs worth of material. Enies Lobby was the climax to Water 7. Wano has more of a driving force behind it because of how long we've been waiting to get here, and how much we understand the stakes.
3) The SMILE fruit. Introduced in Punk Hazard, this item has finally been given its appropriately horrendous explanation as to what its purpose is, and how that has affected those in Wano. And it makes you want justice for a whole nation, not just one individual.
These may boil down to a "everything is of bigger scale, importance, etc, in Wano", but there is so much more to it, that honestly, would take a video essay of at least 45 minutes to appropriately expound on.
@@KnightElemental Thanks for taking the time to write such a long response! The SMILE reveal was one of my favorite moments from Acts 1 and 2.
i love all of one piece its too hard to choose..... but one thing i do know is that i need more one piece videos from you! love these videos!
For a series that spans for 1000+ episodes/chapters One Piece does an impressive job for staying consistent in quality. As opposed to most long running shows (not just anime) that just stagnates or became self parodies.
-LogueTown as in prologue and epilogue .
-Rêverie instead of levely, it can be loosely translated from french to "dreaming session".
-zoro instead of Zolo
-dogstorm or Inuarashi instead of dogStar (which is a pretty cool name too ngl)
I figure the use of Zolo was a joke considering where it comes from and that you re unlikely to encounter it anywhere nowdays.
It makes me feel like he read some really bad fan translation.
He also says Sabaody weird. It's bow, like the fabric, or sa-ba-oh-d; not bow like a bow-wow.
IIRC, Zolo is actually still used in the official Viz manga translations. Not sure if it's the same for the other points though.
@@Moltarable to be fair alot of people pronounce sabaody differently, it's a weird word lol.
@@Moltarable actually "bondy", not "ba-oh-dy". It's based off the Portuguese word "sabão" (meaning soap) which is pronounced loosely like "sabon" (for lack of a better way to explain how it's pronounced, so "bondy" is actually the closest I can get in writing form - listen to how they pronounce it in the anime, it's kind of close).
I could imagine Oda sitting there, giggling like a kid, as he draws Luffy exposing himself to the women of Amazon Lily
Wano #1! I think Whole Cake, Alabasta, and Dressrosa are my next three. Thanks also for including some of my favorite bgm tracks. The music is my favorite thing about the anime, and I honestly think it doesn't get enough attention or analysis.
16:47 Caesar has nothing AT ALL to do with the "chimeric experiments" as you described them. All those modifications were surgeries, not experiments, made by Law, and it was to save Chahige's crew lives, with the sole exception of Monet, but given her eschaton in the Dofflamingo crew, we can easily assume that she literally asked for those modification to her body to be made
there is no way you put post enies lobby so low, and then you put SYRUP VILLAGE above BARATIE??
Bro how did Syrup Village rank above literally any arc other than Whiskey Peak and Orange Town
Lol! Yeah that’s wild
That shocked me too, he even has it over Jaya.
@@samt3412 I was thinking the same thing
As one of the 2 people who like syrup village I can give my most convincing reason,
Captain Kuro was kind of cool I think
Brb, need to watch episode 1000 real quick XD
Return to sabaody imo is one of my favs cus i remember getting so hyped to watch the next episode and each episode just kept sucking me in to watch more and more
Wano is mind-blowing. It is an entire epic in and of itself with some of the greatest moments in the *entire* series. In fact, two of the greatest peaks in all of One Piece are in Wano. And that's not even mentioning all the incredible character work and thematic brilliance with a plot that could easily be its own separate story, even when it's separated from the rest of One Piece. Undoubtedly the top 1 arc of One Piece!!
Water 7 and Enies Lobby have been my favourites since I first reached them. I get so emotional, about Robin, about Usopp, and it's so satisfying to read it again and again.
MarineFord definitely deserved to be number one. While wano is a beautifully written love letter to Japan’s history culture and art. MarineFord is The completion of dozens of different storylines. Ace got captured in chapter 445 and Marieford starts at chapter 551. Finding out that ace is Gold D. Roger’s son and not actually luffys brother was an incredible reveal. The war itself is still shaping the current story.
Ace dying will always be one of the greatest plot twist I’ve ever experienced. Oda does a great job of making it look like they’re going to get away and everyone Importain is going to live but at the last second completely changes everything. I cried for Ace‘s death like a real person. Nothing in the wano arc has come close to inspiring that level of emotion in me.
Facts marineford is my fav arc since every important people in the world were involved in it
yeah...
1 marineford
2 Ennis loby ✌️✌️
@@anonymous-uc3vc i actually never found anything that exciting about Enies lobby... (i'm not including the vogue merry thing), even the devil fruit power were all too ridiculous, there was no new charismatic and interesting caracters..., i wish i could enjoy it like everyone else... But i couldn't i don't know why.
@@BlancaEstella4837 So you don't find the payoff of Robin's sacrifice to be poignant and actually amazing for the arc?
@@cragl3yman343 thank u, i was really curious about why did people like it so much, for me i was really expecting something like that to happen... So i wasn't that sensitive about it.
When i saw you put one of the arc's i like the most [Thriller Bark] in the 9th place i subscribed instantly.
Damn I love your content
Honestly, I agree mostly with the list apart from that I would put Sabaody in my top 3, in my mind it does escalation and high stakes so much stronger and more efficiently than almost all other arcs, and having one of the most profound and deeply impacting endings I've seen that takes full advantage of you spending all the previous chapters on the seafaring adventures with the straw hats.
It's so good how in each of the prior arcs since meeting an admiral the Straw Hats have come closer and closer to defeat each time, needing more and more help until Thriller Bark where they barely squeeze by, so it feels like they hit a genuine wall that makes the timeskip feel necessary.
Imo you seem to like it when the protagonists take an L
Nothing wrong with that tho
1000 episodes, 1032 chapter, over 24 years, and the series is still just as strong as when it started. Compared to other long running series like Pokémon, the simpsons, and so on this series hadn’t lost its spark yet and I don’t think it ever will. Is it the greatest story ever told? No but it is the most consistently good story ever told.
1032 chapters at current
@@RadicalPlasma whoops lol
Someone let me know what the greatest story ever told is
Not only has it not gotten worse, it just somehow manages to keep getting better.
@@apathy2454 I heard the bible was the greatest story ever.
What the hell? I'd have loved watching this around the time it came out, coinciding with 1000th episode. I'm subbed, got the bell notification on and still wasn't notified about this vid. What gives CZcams? WHAT GIVES
Orange town has one of my favorite moments in One Piece lmfao, the way luffy defended the home the little puppy protected is just too adorable.
Jaya continues to be the most underrated arc in the series, but also while I don't have too many disagreements with the list, Sabaody not being in at least the top 10 is a crime
Couldn’t agree more
What about skypia??
I consider Jaya and Skipeia one thing, but, rewardles of that, I agree.
I 100% believe that the next few arcs of one piece will be the greatest works of fiction ever, the sheer amount of buildup and pay off that will come from the seeds planted in the story sofar will be amazing. Some of one pieces most interesting plot threads and characters (elbaf, void century, Blackbeard, shanks, admirals, rev army, dragon, etc) will come together in a truly astounding way and I cannot Fucking wait (although I’ll likely have to wait another decade or so lol)
Dont expect too much
@@Exel3nce Low-key this.
Isn't it crazy though. When the greatest works of fiction ever isn't even a hyperbole. The dedication and time plus the skill that a single man has put into this art form will go un matched. Bet ppl in the future talk about him in line with Shakespeare and other greats lol... on a certain level ya know
@tom gu he doesnt and one shouldnt believe 100% in Something. Thats naive
For the discworld mention did you deserve my follow
The Alabasta Arc is my favorite, everytime a Strawhat won their fight, it gave this dope as still image of the officer defeated and the time
For whatever reason, the return to sabondy is one of my favorite arcs. My favorite part of one piece is the interactions between the straw hat crew, especially the amazing friendship between Nami and Usopp (which is also why Wano is #1 for me too)
Omg I finally found someone else who thinks like that ♡
@@sleepysera same Usopp and Nami are like twin siblings I love it
My man said “zolo” without pause
I'm just getting into one piece now after finishing reading berserk. While the show has been slow and stumbled in a couple places, Arlong made me realize "okay yeah I might be in this for the long haul" it'll take a while but I can't wait
Maan your voice remembers like diney park voice you hear in different rides hahah love it
I'd move Dressrosa lower because of the pacing issues, it would be a top 5 arc if it was shorter and didn't get so bogged down in overindulgent backstories, particularly Kyros and Rebecca. I'd move Enies Lobby up near the top for how well it uses the whole straw hat cast, its emotional impact and how fun all the action is.
The pacing issues is just on the anime
@@peunato no they're definitely there in the manga. Dressrosa could easily be 20 chapters shorter
Glad to see Arlong Park so high. It's still one of my favorites, and it's what really got me hooked on the series. You have good taste, and not only because you know how great Usopp is!
Dog I can not believe you put Punk Hazard above Skypia and Zou. You wild for that but interesting opinions none the less! 💛
Okay Jeff. Im going to need you to do weekly manga reviews. Please and thank you!
Wow. Truly a great moment for the anime community. Now matter how much people clown on one piece and it being long, that longevity is why we love it. We’re able to learn so much from the show and have so many fun moments. I surprised I’m so early to such a important video, but I’m glad I’m here, see you guys at the episode 2000 celebration!
Anyone who watches One Piece will go from saying it’s too long to saying it’s not long enough.
@@mrpizzacat8273 I don’t know about that. The rewatch-ability of one piece is unrivaled. If you start off the show, by the time you got to ep 1000, you could just rewatch the show again cause it would take so long to get to 1000 that the show would basically be fresh in your mind. You could probably do that forever.
@@mrpizzacat8273 same with bojack horseman, adventure time, act.
yip yip!
Always love the one piece content even though I am shocked by the placements of baratie, thriller bark, sabaody, post war, and enis lobby
It's really funny revisiting this since the first time I "watched" it while having to skip the majority of the entries because I was only at Skypeia (only started One Piece in Dec 2021 lmao)
20:40 "side note, it was really cool of Crocodile to let Bentham use both gender's code names." Of course he would, he knows all about how important it is to acknowlegde someone's gender and identity, it's why he puts SIR in his own title after all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Awesome idea for a video today! I finally caught up to one piece this month and now can finally watch your video breakdown of the one piece ops! Coming up right after this! :)
i read one interview where oda said that he was surprised by the fact that the marineford arc was so popular among readers because for him it was just a transition arc in the story
and that the final arc of one piece would make marineford a filler arc in comparison
i had a mind orgasm that day
That is not what he said. He said it will make Marineford "look cute" in comparison.
@@furorteutonicus9045 must have been a difference from the translation where i read that
Would love to see your top 10 fav characters from OP list or ranking the Straw Hats.
We have a lot of different personal feelings about what makes an arc great, which is made very clear by the fact that two of your top 10 are in my bottom three 😅, but I appreciate the love for Skypeia and Carrot a whole lot.
I'm still behind on One Piece, even though I've been watching for 15-20 years. Long story. So, I can't voice my opinions on Wano, Whole Cake, or Reverie yet and my opinions will be nowhere near as meticulously crafted or wildly articulate overall, but this does inspire me to find the time for putting together my own ranking.
One Piece is something I would return to every few years and see how it was progressing. I had a serious backlog built up and was ready to binge all the way from the end of fishman island to the start of the Wano Arc. There were some standout moments, and some places where it got a little drawn out for my taste. I particularly loved all the musical stuff in whole cake, and lost my shit at Ussop becoming Jesus. Even after all that binging, Wano has blown me away. The animation style and quality is such a glow up. I can't wait for each new episode to come out, and I'm having a ton of fun. It's like everything that made me love the show, all rolled up together. Long live Wano.
I know it's a little late but one PACE seriously saved me from having to deal with the pacing of the anime.
@@kamaraalya7607 seriously One Pace even ruins it sometimes , but One Piece only i can agree with pacing issues is Dress Rosa and not even full arc after it is okay, and honestly if you binge it u dont rly care like it is classic anime! but now it is not its like more of new now LOL
@@FIREDAN075 idk I still think one pace is giving me the best possible experience right now. Because I wanted to read the manga but I'm lazy so it's a great substitute
The opening of ep 1000 made me tear up, just remembering the years ive invested into this series since i started watching weekly back in punk hazard
Robin standing at Enies Lobby around CP9 with her arms cuffed behind her back looking down at the crew reminded me of Ace shackled down to the podium looking at his crew and his brother fighting while admirals are blocking the way to him at Marineford.
I would also like to add that i was hoping Jaya would be higher…that arc showed me a lot about One Piece and i realized this show was deeper than i thought it was
@24:37 Oh! A Katamari reference. That always gets an upvote from me. I fucking loved those games so much.