Not that relevant to the chapter, but how good do you think the ending of one piece will be politically?
I love One Piece and trust Oda, but I think it might be heading towards a reformist direction in the end. With “good” Marines taking over. I don’t hate some marine characters, but I think they totally deserve to be killed, if they stand against the revolution. Like Koby is cute, but if he died in a raid by the revolutionaries while trying to protect some monarchists on their way to the dictator convention kindly hosted by genocidal slavers, well, sorry but he brought it on himself. Of course for plot convenience, the people doing the raid that day were cartoonishly evil pirates, but it could easily have been otherwise.
I can’t relate to how Garp is hyped up. He should have died fighting to protect the people of God valley. The fact, that he’s still alive condemns him.
I don’t like how the narrative that most marines are good and saving lives daily is successfully pushed in the fan base. More like holding up slavery, monarchy and genocide daily.
Should I be less worried about that aspect of the ending potentially falling short? I’m sure I’ll be able to greatly enjoy it overall anyway, but this aspect might get annoying.
Thank you for making this comment since I see this brought up a lot in the fandom and it never being handled well.
I think Oda is saying that the marines themselves represent a large and organized military force being controlled by the WG. If the revolutionaries depose the nobles, you’ll still need to answer the question of where this world spanning military will go.
I think Koby and the SWORD plotline is to set up him taking the lead and making sure the marines dont overthrow the revolution. But its not so clear cut at this point and Oda loves throwing curve balls.
Garp is condemned and his retribution is giving his life to koby and the next generation to choose justice over rank.
I think Oda has this in the bag, but it will still be lib since its shonen jump
Not that relevant to the chapter, but how good do you think the ending of one piece will be politically?
I love One Piece and trust Oda, but I think it might be heading towards a reformist direction in the end. With “good” Marines taking over. I don’t hate some marine characters, but I think they totally deserve to be killed, if they stand against the revolution. Like Koby is cute, but if he died in a raid by the revolutionaries while trying to protect some monarchists on their way to the dictator convention kindly hosted by genocidal slavers, well, sorry but he brought it on himself. Of course for plot convenience, the people doing the raid that day were cartoonishly evil pirates, but it could easily have been otherwise.
I can’t relate to how Garp is hyped up. He should have died fighting to protect the people of God valley. The fact, that he’s still alive condemns him.
I don’t like how the narrative that most marines are good and saving lives daily is successfully pushed in the fan base. More like holding up slavery, monarchy and genocide daily.
Should I be less worried about that aspect of the ending potentially falling short? I’m sure I’ll be able to greatly enjoy it overall anyway, but this aspect might get annoying.
Thank you for making this comment since I see this brought up a lot in the fandom and it never being handled well.
I think Oda is saying that the marines themselves represent a large and organized military force being controlled by the WG. If the revolutionaries depose the nobles, you’ll still need to answer the question of where this world spanning military will go.
I think Koby and the SWORD plotline is to set up him taking the lead and making sure the marines dont overthrow the revolution. But its not so clear cut at this point and Oda loves throwing curve balls.
Garp is condemned and his retribution is giving his life to koby and the next generation to choose justice over rank.
I think Oda has this in the bag, but it will still be lib since its shonen jump
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