Welcome to the final great Saga of One Piece. We have made it! We're officially in the end game now. The marines demonstrate their immense power,
Shanks finally reveals his true face and Sabo has risen to almost as much fame as Luffy
has across the world. In other words pure one piece greatness. 4 terrible weeks of endless waiting and we
are finally back with fresh One Piece content. And just how the Yonko Saga has ended with
a massive bang, the new Laugh Tale Saga has just started off with an even bigger one. And of course the only correct way to start
is by addressing the man, the myth the living legend of One Piece, Shanks, who actually
has been in less than dozen chapters of one piece. In other words, whenever he is there, big
things are happening, and that's exactly what we got. Shanks is literally sailing in the waters
of wano, just a few miles from where Luffy is celebrating his victory with the citizens
right now. And, holy Usopp, there is so much going on
in the few panels he gets. First of all, Shanks reveals, that he will
not be meeting Luffy right now. Which is hilarious. Because I actually have a video coming out
in 2 or 3 days about why, when and where Shanks and Luffy will meet and what will most likely
happen. I said, that this meeting is going to happen
very soon, most likely on Elbaf. Then it was rumoured that Shanks was going
to be in this chapter close to wano, so I changed the script, only to read it and find
out that he's only doing a drive by around wano, which as you can imagine gave me some
headache. Anyways, I have a full video about what will
happen between Luffy and Shanks very soon. Make sure to subscribe if you don't want to
miss that. It's gonna blow your mind. But for now, let's focus on the chapter: I think we all have to accept, that the kind
and funny Shanks, that we got to know in early one piece is long gone. As we have learned throughout the story, with
shanks stopping kaido, stopping the war, meeting the Gorosei and so on, and as this chapter
confirms, Shanks is one of the most powerful pirates in the world and a master manipulator. He has been pulling strings and guiding the
events of the one piece world form behind the scenes, competing with the likes of Blackbeard
and the World Government to prepare for his dream of the future. I always took Shanks to be more of a pacifist,
someone who would try to avoid battle if possible. He doesn't fight Higuma until he threatens
Luffy. He stopped Kaido from turning the war at Marineford
into the apocalypse. He stopped the war completely. Overall it felt like he was a pretty peace
loving guy with enough power to back it up. That also gave Shanks a bit of a bad reputation
among fans, with many theorising that Shanks might be the weakest yonko and only has reached
this level through tricks. I think this chapter has turned this belief
completely on its head. Shanks comes across here as cold, calculated
and very much willing to to fight. It turns out that he indeed has a number of
territories in the new world, just like the other Yonko and that Bartolomeo burning his
flag and replacing it with Luffy's will have very serious repercussions for him, as many
people have predicted. Shanks is seriously coming for his head. And he doesn't sound all too happy that he
works under Luffy. 'I need to take care of my credibility'. Damn. This really gave me shivers, I'm not gonna
lie. Shanks is the real deal. And Bartolomeo is in some serious trouble. And as if this weren't enough. Shanks also announces that it's time to join
the fight for the one piece. No more standing by and letting things develop. Shanks will now take the stage. No wonder Oda and his staff are so excited
for film red. This sounds like there is a lot of conflict
brewing between luffy and Shanks. Luffy's underling basically stole one of shanks'
islands and now he tells Ben Beckman it's time to join the fight for the one piece. A battle between the four yank for laugh tale. Luffy, Shanks, Buggy and Blackbeard. All of this brings up the old question whether
Shanks might not actually be a bad guy in disguise. Again, wait for my video on that in a few
days. But I think one really important hint we get
in this chapter, are Shanks' men. They are over the moon to read the news about
Luffy. They all are dying to meet Luffy in a really
positive way. Lucky too, Bonk Punch, Limejuice. They are all excited to finally reunite with
the boy they met so many years ago and had so much fun with. TO me, this indicates, that Shanks doesn't
shut up about about Luffy either. That all of the red hair pirates have been
eager to meet luffy. They all truly seem like Luffy's friends here. They are as surprised by Shanks not meeting
LUffy right now as we are. And so I think Shanks acting this way is just
Oda-sensei knowing exactly how to play with us by leaving this ambiguous. But really the only way Shanks could turn
out to be a bad guy, is if he had also fooled his crew, which, yes is not impossible, but
also not very likely. And I do want Shanks to be that secret weapon
Luffy can rely on. Then again, if Shanks actually does turn out
to only be using Luffy and that he's mostly in it for himself or some other reason, I
wouldn't be mad at all either. In truth, if I had to bet, the reality probably
falls somewhere in between. Shanks is an ally and cares for Luffy, but
he has a higher purpose as well, that comes before that. I think Shanks might well turn out to be one
of the most morally complex and interesting characters in the entire story at the end. I absolutely love that little flashback to
the very first chapter of the story that we get and a look at Shanks stealing the Nika
fruit. It was already pretty much obvious, that Shanks
knew exactly what he was doing there and what that fruit really was, but it's nonetheless
giving me goosebumps, seeing it drawn and how he reacts to Luffy's awakening. It's almost as if Luffy awakening the Nika
fruit was the signal shanks has been waiting for to launch the race for laugh tale. I'm also incredibly excited to finally see
all of the red hair pirates in action. Especially Lucky Roo and Ben Beckman. And I love that Yasopp is not emotionally
prepared to face his son yet, that he abandoned as a kid back in Syrup village. I'm gonna remind you that no one in Shanks'
crew has eaten a devil fruit for some mysterious reason, most likely related to the one piece. In other words, this is a yonko crew purely
based on power and skill alone, which is really as impressive as it gets. The only thing I'm curious about is why shanks
was hanging around Wano in the first place, if he didn't want to see Luffy. Did he come for Pluton? However what is even more likely is actually
that Shanks came for Kaido's poneglpyh. After all Shanks hasn't been to laugh tale
before, so maybe he needed that one for his collection too. That would actually make a ton of sense. What would be even more hilarious of course,
would be if Shanks didn't possess the last road poneglyph at all, but now has Kaido's
because the straw hats were too slow to actually get it. Someone else who has made use of Kaido's defeat
and is very much eager to meet Luffy in person on the other hand is greenbull. I still can't shake the feeling that he might
actually be FROM Wano, I went in detail on why in this video right here, but this chapter
focuses mostly on him being even more of a beast than we have already seen. Kinemon and the remaining scabbards notice
him moving toward the capital and decide to stop him before he can disturb Luffy and the
straw hats. Ryokugyuu really hits home the fact that he's
a real dough. He gives Kinemon and co a big speech about
the world order and how you need to discriminate in order to make the world work, for the celestial
dragon that is of course. Sounds like he's projecting a little bit here. However the power he unleashes is absolutely
ridiculous. I really don't want to know how crazy a battle
between two of the admirals might look. This is just ridiculous. Actually scratch that, there is nothing I
want more than seeing two admirals fight. I actually made the argument in my greenbull
video, that Aramaki might very well be a logia fruit user, which is confirmed surprisingly
fast here. The fact that he calls himself a force of
nature and compares his forest to the sea raises two incredibly interesting possibilities
for me: One, since Greenbull falls in line with all
the other admirals devil fruit powers, I think we should assume that Fujitora's devil fruit
also is a logia, though I couldn'T really tell you how that makes any sense. And two, Aramaki has just pushed the door
wide open for a sea logia devil fruit. Like, I can't be the only one that takes this
line as some possible foreshadowing for this? The ultimate devil fruit, possibly in the
possession of Imu, who's name is Umi in return, which literally means ocean in Japanese. I think this theory has gotten quite a boost
with this statement. Then Yamato and Momo step in. And oh boy, all the people who doubted where
Yamato would be ranked inside the straw hats, I think it's pretty close to the top. The fact that she can knock this monster down
like this and Ryokugyuu mentions how powerful her haki is, it warms my heart. Yamato has really become my favorite character
in the series tougher with Zoro at this point, maybe even a little bit more. And seeing her handing it to one of the most
powerful people in the world, is just so so satisfying to see. I'm really curious how momo will hold up against
him 1v1. Momo has grown a lot throughout the raid on
Onigashima, physically and mentally. But as his failed Boro breath shows us, he
is far form actually being on Kaido's level with his devil fruit. Then there is the entire Sabo situation. It is reassuring to hear that it was Cobra
after all and not Vivi that has been killed, and that Sabo has not been captured to start
a second marineford. I am really fascinated by the new character
we are introduced to: Head of the Marine Criminal Investigation Service, Kurouma, which means
black horse. Not only does this introduce an entirely new
branch of the marines to us, but I'm very much intrigued by the fact, that this man
follows the naming scheme of the other admirals. Color plus animal: Black horse. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds a lot
like Oda just dropped another admiral level character out of nowhere into the story. And I'm all for it. The real question is of course, what has happened
to Sabo and Vivi, but luckily for you, you don't have to wonder about that at all, because
I have already made an entire video about exactly that, that seems to have hit the nail
on its head.
