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Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the One Piece scenes that have blown up online.
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When Luffy wants to free Loki,
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the wild and unruly giant Prince of Elbath, he first has to find the key.
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Standing in his way is the Pirate King's left hand, Skopagabarn, who wants to make sure Luffy is strong enough to handle Loki if he runs wild.
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The ensuing fight is loaded with incredible animation as Luffy attempts to snatch the key away,
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only for the now elderly pirate to dodge his every move and use the key as a weapon against him,
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along with a pair of axes.
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Zoro gets involved too, blocking the flying slashes sent Luffy's way, and just when Luffy goes gear fifth and things are looking peak, Skopa gives up.
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The Straw Hats aren't the only ones annoyed at him.
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29. Gear 5 Bonnie Anything related to Gear 5 is bound to get people talking, but when you double it, well, things get pretty crazy.
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She's powers let her obtain a wide variety of abilities by imagining different futures for herself.
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Given her and her father's admiration for Nika, we probably should have expected something like this,
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but One Piece fans still lost it when she envisions a future where she's entirely free and mimics Luffy's gear fifth.
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While plenty were concerned it might water down how special the transformation is,
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nobody was upset when Bonnie and Luffy teamed up to deliver a Nika Punch to Saturn,
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finally giving that spider geezer the beatdown he deserved.
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We Are Punch Luffy gets stronger and stronger throughout his time in Wano Country.
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The thing he trains consistently in is his haki, which improves by leaps and bounds.
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During his rooftop fight with Kaido, Luffy comes to a realization that realization about infusing Conqueror's Haki into his hands.
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After delivering a punch to the Emperor's stomach that doesn't even connect, Luffy goes for the chin,
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hitting Kaido with an uppercut so hype that an instrumental version of We We Are, the show's iconic original theme song, starts playing.
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Any time the anime's theme song plays during the show itself is amazing, but there's just something special about We Are.
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It sends both us and Kaido on a cruise.
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27. Law vs Blackbeard Unexpected match-ups are always fun, but when you get one of the series' most popular characters,
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Law, up against Blackbeard, one of its biggest villains, fans were over the moon.
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After Blackbeard attacks from the sky, Law sends him plummeting to the ocean.
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The Emperor retaliates with a devastating quake punch that reshapes the island's landscape.
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Lore hits him again, forcing Blackbeard to get rescued by one of his men.
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Their clash on the ground is just as epic,
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as both of their broken Devil Fruit abilities collide in a spectacle that continues the amazing animation seen throughout the fight.
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Unfortunately for lore though, Blackbeard has two broken devil fruits.
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We didn't know we wanted this fight, but we're so glad we got it.
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Kuma's Backstory One Piece backstories are always tragic, but Kuma's had the entire fanbase collectively sobbing.
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Born into slavery, Kuma escapes his bondage with his friends.
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After spending years literally taking on the pain of others, Kuma joins the revolutionaries to help people more.
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Plus upon the death of his one true love, Jinny, who was kidnapped and forced to have a child, Kuma raised Bonnie like his own.
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As if that weren't tragic enough, he becomes a cyborg experiment for the government that enslaved him and took Ginny, just to treat Bonnie's illness.
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And even after having his memories and free will taken away,
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Kuma still manages to somehow come to save Bonnie and punch Saturn in the face on pure dad energy.
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What a man!
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25. Ace's Father Revealed This series has some great reveals, but few have turned the internet upside down quite like this one.
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As the Marine's forces are gathered at Marineford, Sengoku makes a speech detailing why executing Luffy's brother, Portgusty Ace, is so important.
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To that end, he asks Ace to declare his father's name.
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And we're all thinking, ooh,
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is it going to be more dragon information?
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Ace rejects his father, claiming to only view his captain, Whitebeard, as his dad.
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But then we learn that Ace's dad was, in fact, the late Pirate King Gold Roger.
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To say One Piece fans went crazy at this revelation would be a massive understatement.
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Speaking of gigantic reveals, this one sent shockwaves through the community that are still being felt today.
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On Elbaf, Frankie discovers a huge mural at the same time the giant's Harley text is discussed.
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The mural and the text cryptically describe not only all the big lore elements of One One Piece, they may also give clues as to the future events in the series.
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Just the panel of the mural alone in the manga sent One Piece theory videos into overdrive.
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Joy Boy, The Void Century, Emu, The Mother Flame, The Story's End Game, all the big unanswered questions are laid out here.
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And every YouTuber was positive they knew exactly how all the puzzle pieces fit together.
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The sun is dancing, laughing, and leading the world to the end.
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The sun is rising, and the new morning will come.
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They will surely meet you.
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Number 23, I Want To Live.
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Some scenes are so iconic that the internet keeps talking about them for years.
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In the confrontation atop the Ennis Lobby Towers, Robin explains to the Straw Hats that the world government is her enemy,
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and that she's always worried about being betrayed and that she's been told she shouldn't be alive.
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Luffy, with zero hesitation, asks Usa, er, we mean Sogeking, to shoot down the government's flag and basically declares war on the entire world.
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While the soldiers watching think he's crazy, Luffy is positive he can win, and we believe him.
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Robin, upon seeing how much they care for her, declares with Luffy's encouragements that she wants to live and travel the sea with them.
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It's epic, it's emotional, it's One Piece at its finest.
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22. The Five Elders Arrive The Egghead incident sees some monumental revelations,
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but one of the most chilling is that the Five Elders aren't just the old men who run the world, they also have terrifying devil fruits.
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I think Jay Garcia's Saturn's transformation was scary and internet breaking enough on its own.
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However, when he decides to summon his four buddies, even Luffy can't keep a smile when in Gear 5.
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In fact, he's too busy dodging all the destruction their presence brings as he hops, skips and dodges his way among their kaiju-sized forms.
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All that devastation is a good visualisation of the kind of impact this scene had online, actually.
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There are pirate ships, and then there's the Going Merry.
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This brave little ship with a mind of its own sailed to rescue the Straw Hats from Eni's lobby all by itself, despite being damaged.
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Tragically, it ended up being its last voyage.
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The crew decides to give it a Viking funeral.
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There's barely a dry eye to be found, as Merry expresses regret that it can't take them further, and Luffy sobs out his own apology.
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It's one of the most emotionally devastating moments in a series famous for its sad scenes.
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The internet will never get over the fact that Ichiro Ora made all of us bawl our eyes out over a boat.
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Nothing Happened Just as it seemed the Thriller Bark arc was finally reaching its conclusion after the defeat of Gekko Moria,
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a much bigger threat arrives on the scene – Kuma.
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The warlord of the sea, who is after Luffy's life, makes quick work of whoever is left standing.
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In order to save his captain, Zoro steps up and bravely offers his own life instead.
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This display of loyalty sways Kuma, who decides to offer to let Luffy go, but only if Zoro takes in all of his pain.
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Without hesitation, Zoro accepts, despite the fact that it could very well kill him.
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The following scene of Zoro covered in blood is edged into the minds of all One Piece fans, and it's still continuously posted around the web to this day.
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19. Luffy Punches a Celestial Dragon One Piece wasted no time in showing you how truly heinous these celestial dragons were.
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The willed nobles openly display their slaves for everyone to see, and treat anyone below them worse than insects.
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They're also completely untouchable, meaning going against one essentially equates to a war crime.
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Unfortunately for them, this didn't matter at all to Luffy after St. Chalos mercilessly shot Hachi.
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The Straw Hat Captain strikes the Celestial Dragon so hard,
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the anime briefly turned black and white into the manga for a second.
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Whenever these Celestial Dragons appear in the anime series these days, we always fondly look back at this defining moment.
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18. Gear Second It's pretty much a given these days that a shounen protagonist is going to receive some form of power-up,
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but the fact it took Luffy over 270 episodes to showcase one really shows how meaningful it was.
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In his fight against the powerful CP9 agent Bluno, Luffy uses his gum gum fruit rubber powers to speed up his blood flow,
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resulting in faster and more powerful techniques.
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This scene was a milestone moment for Luffy, and an excellent precursor to his future power-ups, which would only get more powerful and outlandish from here.
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17. Luffy vs. Kizaru Whenever an admiral suddenly appears in One Piece, you know stuff is definitely about to go down.
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But it's especially more so when Luffy actually faces off against them.
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It goes without saying that this showdown was years in the making,
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especially considering the fact that Kizaru was one of the ones responsible for separating the Straw Hats and causing the time skip.
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While there's a good back and forth between the two in the early stages of the fight, things really go wild, as expected, when Luffy breaks out Gear 5.
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Luffy's out-of-this-world abilities clash brilliantly against Kizaru's effortlessly powerful light-based attacks,
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and it's more than fair to say that the animators went into overdrive here.
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Luffy not only showed Kizaru stars here, but the whole internet as well.
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When the fan letter project was announced, One Piece fans had no clue what to expect.
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Sure, it sounded like comfy viewing on paper, but why were they going all the way back to the Straw Hats reunion at the Sabati Archipelago?
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Well the results were breathtaking.
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A small tale detailing how some of the Straw Hats had
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uniquely affected regular people in the world of One Piece
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and how said admiration led to them getting caught up in the Straw Hats' escape.
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The internet was set ablaze by the stunning visuals and surprisingly touching storytelling.
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During a long flashback in the Wano arc, we're shown how Oden transfers from Whitebeard's crew to Rogers,
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as the latter needs his ability to read the ancient Ponglyphs.
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With the daimyo of Kuri's help, the Roger pirates are finally able to reach the fabled island, along with the One Piece itself.
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And while we don't get to see the mysterious treasure itself, we do get to see Goldie Rogers' jovial reaction.
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While this pivotal scene only leaves small hints about the true nature of the One Piece,
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it certainly left the internet buzzing with plenty of new fan theories.
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Before this moment, we had always been under the assumption
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that the five elders were the greatest authority in the world of One Piece.
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However, the introduction of Emu flipped everything on its head.
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Seeing them kneel before this enigmatic, shadowy figure reshaped the entire power structure of the world government,
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and was the perfect introduction to one of the series' main antagonists.
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The internet couldn't contain their shock at this moment, especially considering the fact that Emu had just torn apart Luffy's wanted poster.
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13. Shanks Stops The War After the deaths of both Ace and Whitebeard,
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the odds of the Paramount War suddenly go drastically in the favor of the Marines.
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This causes their forces to go into a frenzy, killing off the weakened side without any remorse.
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This causes Kobe to step in and make an impassioned plea to his superior Akainu to stop the fighting.
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The Admiral quickly brushes this off and actually attempts to kill Kobe,
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only for Shanks to make a sudden shock appearance and block the attack.
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Through sheer presence alone, Shanks is able to immediately stop the war between the two sides.
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This internet-breaking scene cemented Shanks as one of the major powers in One Piece.
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12. Red Rock Adapting chapter 1000 in the manga,
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episode 1015 already hit it out the park with the beautifully animated scene of Luffy and Roger's dream.
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However, the hits don't stop there.
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After the Akazaya 9 suffer a devastating defeat at the hands of Kaido, Kinemon asks Luffy to to carry Wano on his back,
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which of course, he obliges.
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While thinking about all the people involved in the rebellion, Luffy imbues his arm with Ryo.
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What follows is quite possibly Luffy's most iconic Red Rock ever,
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as he strikes down Kaido To an instrumental of the original One Piece opening theme,
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we are… By Dressrosa, it had been quite a while since we had seen Luffy show off a new form.
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So with Doflamingo being a member of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, it was no surprise that he was the Straw Hat's toughest opponent yet,
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and thus Luffy had to showcase a new power he'd kept hidden.
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Although Doflamingo initially scoffed at his new gear forth Bound Man,
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Luffy's new bouncy spherical look allowed him to pull off powerful new attacks against him such as the Gum Gum Kong Gun.
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The internet was in shock at this bizarre-looking new form, but quickly fell in love with it once Luffy showcased exactly what it could do.
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The Egghead arc goes hard with its animation, even in relatively minor fights.
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Zoro, Luffy and CP0 agents Luchi and Kaku are attacked by the Seraphim, altered clones of the former warlords.
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These include S-Hawk, a fiery, giant child version of Zoro's arch-rival Mihawk.
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Oh, and he has Mr. One's blade powers.
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This short sequence sees Zorro evade S-Hawk's rapid strikes while juggling a restrained kaku.
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The fluid animation, which changes styles several times and gives Zorro flashbacks of his Mr. One fight, is spectacular throughout.
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The animators didn't have to go this hard for this fight, but the internet loved how much they spiced up the sequence.
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9. Luffy defeats Katakuri Luffy's fight against Big Mom's right-hand son lasts a long time,
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but it's the finale that got everyone talking and coming back for more.
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After Luffy develops a new gear-forth form, Snake Man, which increases his speed,
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he finally gets Katakuri on the ropes by quickly changing the direction of his attacks.
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Their final clash sends shockwaves through the mirror world, and the whole battle made waves across the internet with how well animated it is.
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The speed of the blows, the crazy directions Luffy's attacks move in,
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and Katakuri's incredible flexibility make this a triumph all One Piece fans wanted to share in.
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Zaro Cuts Down King Zaro's victories always bring the hype, but his battle against Kaido's commander, King, took things to a new level.
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King sends flaming attacks shaped like dragons at Zaro, who cuts through them all with his swords surrounded by green haki,
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as he leaps towards the angel-like swordsman.
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The animation team go all out with this fight,
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particularly their final exchange, as Fiery Red meets Green in a clash that leaves King crashing and down a wing.
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After all, what's a fallen angel compared to the future King of Hell?
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Every episode set in Marineford has some kind of huge new developments that sent the internet talking, but its climax sees several that made it explode.
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Whitebeard confronts Blackbeard, his former subordinate, who kills his ex-captain with help from his new crew.
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Although Whitebeard dying standing up and without any wounds of retreat is badass and worthy of enough discussion,
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it's his final words that turned the world upside down.
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His confirmation that Roger's treasure, the One Piece, is indeed real, got not only in world pirates talking, it also broke the internet in our world.
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Of course, the fact that it became a meme probably had something to do with it.
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Can we get much higher?
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Yes.
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Yes, we can.
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Fans have waited decades to see Luffy's idol Shanks in action,
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and somehow, the moment it finally happened actually lived up to the hype.
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Faced with Kid, whose cocky violent attitude and railgun attack could spell doom for Shanks' fleet, the red-haired Emperor springs into action.
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Leaping from ship to ship, Shanks hits Kid with a monumentally powerful single swing of his sword, wrecking Kid, his first mate,
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and causing explosions on Kid's ship.
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The phenomenal animation and peak execution of this scene left the internet, much like kid's crew in danger of drowning,
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though in our case it was in hype instead of water.
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Marineford really did change everything.
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Luffy and the Whitebeard Pirate's attempts to rescue Ace are seemingly rewarded.
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However, Ace's pride and his need to protect Luffy ultimately lead to tragedy.
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His fire is unable to withstand Akainu's magma, and he steps in to save Luffy from being killed by the hot-blooded Admiral,
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taking the blow himself.
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Ace's tearful final words are certainly heartbreaking enough that the death got fans talking and spoiling.
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But Ace's death was a true game-changing moment.
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Before he died, basically no one in One Piece died outside of flashbacks.
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idea that no one was safe anymore, sent the internet theory machine into overdrive.
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Galaxy Impact The One Piece animators have been going off lately, and they really went ham with this moment.
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After Kobe is captured by the Blackbeard Pirates, Garp and the members of SWORD decide to rescue him.
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And they arrive in style by Garp launching their ship into the middle of the island.
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With Conqueror's Haki coming off him, Garp throws a punch so powerful it levels buildings around the plaza.
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The animators reached a new level with this attack,
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incorporating 3D and 2D animation and turning Garp's shockwave punch into something as extra as the old man himself.
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If this is Garp's strength in his old age, seeing him in his prime will probably do to the internet what he did to the plaza.
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From the very beginning of One Piece, we're told that Gold Roger obtained wealth, fame and power.
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But it took nearly 1,000 episodes before we got to see the Pirate King in action.
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Whitebeard's Samurai Commander, Odin, leaps at the chance to fight Roger.
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The man who would be Pirate King sends him flying.
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Enter Whitebeard, whose powerful hockey and impressive moustache are more than a match for Rogers.
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Their clash is so strong, their blades don't even touch, and the shockwaves bend trees across the land.
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Seeing these two titans of One Piece finally fight blew everyone away just as hard.
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2. Luffy vs. Luchi Most of the time,
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when Luffy defeats someone, he doesn't really fight them again after defeating them.
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That alone would have made his second fight with Luchi noteworthy, but Luffy bursting out Gear 5th takes this matchup to transcendent heights.
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Luffy's transformation is epic and kind of terrifying.
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Luchi's newly awakened form is fantastic too.
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Plus, Luffy's wacky, reality-warping moves are both figuratively and literally off the wall.
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It's clear that the animators are having as much fun with the fight as Luffy is.
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Well, almost.
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Any time Gear 5 has been involved thus far, it's been the talk of the internet.
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1. Gear 5 People theorized it was possible before it even happened.
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The community blew up when it happened in the manga, but when Luffy's Awakened transformation debuted in the anime, the internet went crazy.
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After a near-death experience, Luffy comes back and is wilder and freer than ever before.
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In his white, rubbery new form, he brings a little more cartoon into this anime,
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using his ability to warp reality to knock around Kaido of the four emperors, bouncing attacks back, popping his eyes out of his head,
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and generally weaponizing goofiness.
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Gear 5th broke the internet by combining epic action with Luffy's childlike silliness.
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It would probably take the discovery of the One Piece itself to top this.
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About This Lesson
In this lesson, you’ll practice English speaking and listening skills using exciting moments from the *One Piece* anime. You’ll dive into dynamic dialogue, dramatic storytelling, and vivid descriptions, all while improving your pronunciation, fluency, and understanding of conversational tone. By the end, you’ll be able to follow fast-paced exchanges and mimic the emotional delivery of key scenes.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Blown up: Became extremely popular or viral online (e.g., "The scene blew up on social media").
- Ensuing: Happening as a result of something (e.g., "The ensuing fight was intense").
- Devastating: Causing great damage or shock (e.g., "A devastating quake punch").
- Retaliates: Fights back against an attack (e.g., "Blackbeard retaliates with a powerful move").
- On pure dad energy: Driven by strong, protective fatherly instinct (e.g., "He saved her on pure dad energy").
- Revelation: A surprising or important fact made known (e.g., "The revelation shocked fans").
Practice Tips
This video features energetic, fast-paced narration with moments of dramatic pauses. To master shadowing (repeating lines immediately after hearing them), start by slowing down the video to 0.75x speed. Focus on mimicking the emotional tone—like the excitement when Luffy uses Gear 5 or the sadness in Kuma’s backstory. Pause after short phrases (e.g., "the wild and unruly giant Prince") and repeat them, paying attention to stress on words like "wild" and "unruly." As you get comfortable, speed up to 1x and focus on matching the speaker’s rhythm. This will help you improve your English pronunciation and fluency in dynamic, real-world contexts.
Why This Works for English Learning
Using *One Piece* scenes makes learning engaging and relatable. The mix of action, tragedy, and humor exposes you to diverse vocabulary and sentence structures, from casual phrases to formal declarations. Shadowing these moments trains your brain to process English quickly and respond naturally, making it easier to follow conversations in daily life. Plus, discussing iconic moments with other fans lets you practice speaking skills in a fun, low-pressure way—perfect for building confidence!
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is loaded · is bound · was kidnapped |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have blown · have turned · she's been told |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | men who run · man who would |
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.