Straw Hat Episode 48+49

"do y'all think the one piece is real?" >struggles to contain memes<

Daniel Siegfried

Can we get much higher

Justin Payne

Fun fact about this episode the owner of the sword shop name is Ipponmatsu back in the day he used to sell swords to pirates who went into the grandline but since Smoker became the one in charge of the town he barely has any costumers

christian garcia

I often rewatch people react to Smoker's introduction over and over since it is such a subversion of expectations. He's hard his subordinates, harder on pirates, but is genuinely a really good guy trying to do the right thing.

Shrapnel

We also saw Bellemare was a good marine as well

Shadowsofpain

Well, to be fair, every time we saw the marines, we saw both good and bad. Oda carefully balanced them to not be exclusively either of them. Think about it: the first ever mention of the marines is by Koby, who is an idealist. Then we have Morgan, who is a power-hungry despot, but his subordinates are honorable people who thanked and let Luffy go for example. Fullbody is just narcissistic, but he actually does his job of fighting pirates (he caught Gin, for example). Nezumi is the corrupt marine working with Arlong, but in the same arc we also saw Pudding, who was that commodore that came answering the help requests of the people of Gosa and ultimately was defeated by the Arlong pirates. So I'd say that the marines were always multi-faceted.

leviathan_13

yes the one piece is real, do we even know what it is yet....nope

Marcel Mabon

I love Smoker's introduction, we've spent all story so far being shown that Marines are all corrupt assholes, spineless sycophants to said assholes, or pompous twits. Then we get this guy ontroduced being all super buff and macho and grumpy and get set up for a perfect 'time to show what an ass this marine is!' only to learn.... no... he... he really is a good, decent guy out to protect civilians from pirates.

Seraphem

Smoker is a great character. He's also the prime example after guys like Axehand Morgan, Fullbody, and Nezumi (guy that Arlong brided) that not all Marines are shitbags

mad-charles

Alicia, gotta say I was super tempted to direct message you, which is a little not, er...Patreonly acceptable. :P So I'm dropping this here: Since you are a true fan of One Piece, I heavily recommend watching a fanmade video called "The Breathtaking World of One Piece" on Youtube. Looks like Will in your Discord linked it waaaaay back in January. That goes for the rest of you as well, it is truly an incredible journey into the world that Oda has created.

Xanis

it'd be kinda cool if you talked on what you think the One Piece is at certain points in the story. We still dont know to this day, so it'd be cool to see someones evolving thoughts on it

lionstooth

On rewatch I finally saw that the plaza is Shaped like a face

Jimmy H Lam

Don't know if anyone mentioned it yet, but the Prologue occurs in Loguetown. Get it?

Jimmy H Lam

The true One Piece is the friends we made along the way.

Sammy D

Please everyone like this comment so she can see it.

LUÍS FERNANDO GOIS LOBÃO

Koby > Smoker

LUÍS FERNANDO GOIS LOBÃO

You might of made it too easy. 2500 likes for another drop? Easy money! Lol

Jechtsphere

Cpt Smokers outfit is lit xD We get it bro, you like cigars xD

MoD+

Yeah Buggy's VA just makes the character shine since his voice carries that flamboyant personality, even when his animation isn't up to snuff, or he has to hide his true flashy power.

cody raugh

Watching your reactions has motivated me to pick up One Piece again. Started reading the manga again after dropping it for years.

Maximum Daximum

Neat. I see you're halfway there to that 100th episode of One Piece. You've really been on a OP binge and I'm here for it.

SHOCK

Thanks for the episode

TrinitytheApostle

Its not even a spoiler. since oda himself has said it.

Morgan Hellström

VERY IMPORTANT INFO ALICIA! just so you're aware, while we all love the intros, eventually (especially with more recent arcs) the intros actually begin to spoil a lot of stuff that even manga readers weren't aware of.

Santi

Debatable

Gamer Kane

I love the Smoker ice cream scene with the little girl. He is just unfathomably badass

Garp > Smoker

H.P Fuckcraft

We finally meet Smoker my favourite marine in One Piece

Gamer Kane

ok to explain the meme (spoil free btw dw) there is a recent tik tok meme with the phrase "the one piece is reeeaaal" followed by that kanye song "dark fantasy" with just a funny slideshow of one piece characters edited naked with huge weeners or funny one piece screenshots to stay family friendly

Froze

Whether the One Piece is real or not I'm not saying. While we still don't know WHAT it is, your question of whether it's real or not will be answered. However, Rogers's execution will continue to be one of the greatest moments in One Piece and the more you learn about the world and its history the better this scene becomes

Reise M.Lukas

🎵Can we get much higheer 🎵

Froze

Late to the party once more, but this is one of my favourite parts early in the series~ I love Zoro what can I say? Fun Fact of The Post!~: 1.) Funny you speak about Luffy's views on death because Luffy purposefully tries not to kill his opponent because he believes in 'killing' one's dreams instead. If you stop their motivation they may change. (Note: Luffy is the only one who carries that sentiment in the crew and Zoro is confirmed to have a body count from back in his Bounty Hunter days lol)

Shykiba

"do y'all think the one piece is real" oh boy ma'am you have no idea why that's so funny. There's a NSFW meme of that (completely unrelated to the one piece ironicallyl), that's all I'm going to say.

ryu kage

Buggy's voice actor is a legend.

Hynkka

get ready to meet Daddy next episode

H.P Fuckcraft

Yeah it still hasn’t been found or even decoded yet, right? Badass asl

Ant

Once again Alicia and Luffy share a brain cell, smokey 💨

Ant

Friendly reminder that the guy in the crowd asking where is the One Piece is the gigachad who started the Great Pirate Age, NOT Roger XD... Fun fact: the real-world pirate Olivier Levasseur, on his execution, gave a riddle to the crowd saying that whoever would solve that would find his treasure.

leviathan_13

Omggg I love the loguetown arc, I been waiting for this one! 🤩☝🏻also, banger opening fr

Ant

Thank you for the double upload Alicia! Rest up and I hope you feel a little less terrible 💗💗

Ant

Loving these reactions maaaan. Hope you're doing okay :)

SomeoneElse

"He's moping our floors! That fiend!"

Rej

One of One Piece's biggest themes is 'inherited will'. The sword merchant entrusting his dream to another is an example, but it runs throughout every part of the story. One of the things I love about OP.

Bellamy

I FUCKING knew she’d call Smoker Smokey

Ranginald Vagel

THE ONE PIECE IS REEEEAL!!!

MadMax 1513

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