How Oda Writes Great Villains - Analysis

Sorry I haven't put out a good Analysis video in awhile, but I hope you all enjoy this one! I'd say the quality of content overall has been a little weak the last month or so, but this next month will only be good stuff, plus hopefully another Analysis vid by the end of October as well :) Marineford vid still in the works, but that won't be in October, sorry!

The one guy in the Patreon list who called himself "the Fire Festival will end in failure" just to get Morj to read it out loud is an absolute mad lad

The part about Doflamingo missing his heart seat and the fact that Corazon was the person who sat there blew my mind. Oda is a genius for doing these subtle messages and Morj is a genius for noticing them.

Oda: * nervously sweating * "yes... uh... that is exactly what i was aiming for"

“Big mom is literally a gigantic mom” caught me off guard for some reason

In Big Mom's case there is even one more contrast: While Luffy's crew loves and trusts their captain, Big Mom's crew clearly fears and distrusts their captain.

I also like how Lucci fits into the whole "a leopard never changes its spots" saying.

I always thought spandam was meant to contrast usopp’s character in that arc. He’s an ultimately weak guy who uses the strength of others to climb to the top. He’s exactly what usopp didn’t want to become. I just thought that was cool because of all the attention usopp was getting

The fact that Blackbeard was fine with passing 40 years of his life being almost no one until he found what he was looking for makes him the most terrifying villain in one piece. He didn't chase fame and notoriety. They came for him. It gives him that subtle cosmic protection that Luffy has had throughout the series. A strong candidate for Pirate King.

Ability Congruence of villains before Enel - "Okay.. understandable." Enel - "Mhmmm yep I also understood this the 2nd time I reread Skypiea" Lucci - "Woah woah woahhh there dude. That's some incredible attention to detail." Gecko Moria's fruit as resemblance of him being a shadow of his former self - MIND = BLOWN. I almost reacted loudly and woke up my roommate with that reveal. I stopped working for awhile just to see this vid and it was worth it. As expected of Mr.Morj. Quality analysis as always.

Morj has GOT to have a doctorites degree in story design or something

I think Doflamingo and the birdcage were the ultimate power and character match. And how well it matches the themes of his character and the arc. No fight has ever felt so tense, the stakes were over the roof in the dressrosa finale

I like to think about Wapol being purposefully written as a bad, "forgettable" villain to spark a contrast with the "A man dies when he's forgotten" quote. Maybe that's a stretch but at the very least it's ironic. Drum Island is one of the few arcs when the villain is extremely bad in both power and personality, never a threat even for a split second. He literally got pushed away from the island. While the most memorable character, alongside Chopper and I guess Kureha, is Hirlock, the man who literally died. Everyone fondly remembers him, Chopper, Dalton, Kureha, the inhabitants and every single one of us.

And the reason why it's so satisfying to see the villians go down is because of Oda's patience. He takes his time to set them up and it might take the entire arc but when they go down it's so cathartic

My personal favorite Villain is Big Mom She is very well written and a very complicated person. In her eyes everything she did is good but she doesn't see the reality of her actions and most old ladies wasn't develop like this in anime But stilI think Doflamingo is a better villain

This man explaining the Greatness of Oda to us commoners .

"I don't think we even got to One Piece's greatest villains yet" Shows Mr. 3

I'm happy to suddenly see more people, specifically people with followings, defending the classic pure evil type of villain. Many of the most iconic villains in media fall under this, yet it's gotten so much flack in recent years due to the misguided belief that a good villain NEEDS to be morally gray/sympathetic/relatable/etc.

I love these 'How Oda writes' videos

Been a while since we've had an analysis. This should be a treat! Thanks as always Mr Morj for opening up our perspective on Oda and the One Piece World