General & Others Are you ok with the Nepotism in One Piece?

[MonochromeYoru]

i'd have been fine with early op/pre time skip levels of nepotism

But now, it's all about reincarnation, special lineage and all that

takes away from one of the core themes of early op that hard work does matter. Now it certainly doesn't cause every tom dick and harry have some important figure from the past as their fathers and are super special

Honestly makes the op world feel small

 

[BattalGazi]

Name one benefit

Are you dumb didn't i already wrote that he had 2 magical swords.

 

[park_min young]

i'd have been fine with early op/pre time skip levels of nepotism

But now, it's all about reincarnation, special lineage and all that

takes away from one of the core themes of early op that hard work does matter. Now it certainly doesn't cause every tom dick and harry have some important figure from the past as their fathers and are super special

Honestly makes the op world feel small

Tbf, it didn’t really put emphasis in hard work. Even early One Piece is about faith, dreams, and a lot of luck. We are just following a bunch of very special people, heavy inspirations from epic stories or religions. Nika and his crew is basically just like god and his apostles doing miracles island to island.

 

[Jinjoo]

Indifferent

 

[Gol D. Roger]

The right word isn't nepotism.

 

[D. Plant]

I don't really care, Oda is writing a story about bloodlines and it's been very clear since Dragon showed up.

The right word isn't nepotism.

I think it's about fate and destiny.

 

[BoaHancocksHusband]

I'll go a step above that, He's a better pirate than Roger even though he appeared in only two chapters so far, he's so much cooler.

Oda realized Roger looked too goofy and needed to introduce Rox after Whole Cake Island.

 

[Fn Lucci]

Tbf, it didn’t really put emphasis in hard work. Even early One Piece is about faith, dreams, and a lot of luck. We are just following a bunch of very special people, heavy inspirations from epic stories or religions. Nika and his crew is basically just like god and his apostles doing miracles island to island.

To even mention Nika is hilarious because for the first 1000 chapters, the narrative held an understanding that Gum Gum was a random, unremarkable paramecia that Luffy made work through innovation and experimentation.

The right word isn't nepotism.

semantics

 

[pg13]

The right word isn't nepotism.

According to Google AI-

“Nepotism, or favoritism shown to relatives, is a recurring theme in anime, particularly in series focusing on family legacies and power structures. Several popular anime, including Naruto & One Piece, feature characters who inherit significant power or status due to their parentage”

 

[JackThaConflagration]

Whoa you went for a real world understanding to cover a world where lineage is 80% of existence


My bro in Zoro: Oda just implied that Xebec had no DF while Teach was able to absorb two.

Of course I'm using a real world understanding, because nepotism is a real world thing. If you want to say lineage, use a better fitting term like gene merchant or something...

 

[Fn Lucci]

Of course I'm using a real world understanding, because nepotism is a real world thing. If you want to say lineage, use a better fitting term like gene merchant or something...

Lol ew who says that

The point is just getting the idea. It doesn't take a lot of brainpower at all to understand the word "nepotism" is clearly referencing the benefits received from a particular lineage or paternity.

 

[Luffy is the mc]

I'll go a step above that, He's a better pirate than Roger even though he appeared in only two chapters so far, he's so much cooler.

Roger was cool until Oda wanted to make Oden the coolest character of OP and failed miserably making other cool characters look like shit during Oden's flashback like Kaido, WB or Roger himself. Even Rayleigh got some shades.

Fucking Oden ruined Wano and most of the characters he got involved with.

 

[Fn Lucci]

Roger had Oden beat with his opening salvo.

What Oda did wrong with Oden was give him the most garbage nepo baby in the series, which kinda says something.

 

[DJOMOLO]

i'd have been fine with early op/pre time skip levels of nepotism

But now, it's all about reincarnation, special lineage and all that

takes away from one of the core themes of early op that hard work does matter. Now it certainly doesn't cause every tom dick and harry have some important figure from the past as their fathers and are super special

Honestly makes the op world feel small

The hard work theme is still there. We've seen it with Koby but people don't care about Koby so...

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The only hardcore nepo babies I can think of in this series are Luffy and BB. Luffy gets a pass because he actually worked his ass off to get where he is right now (with asspulls from Oda, of course). I guess you can make a case for everyone that has a D. in their name but that's stupid because it doesn't really provide any benefit.

 

[Fn Lucci]

Koby is lopsided and ironically, the other extreme. I mean the two years of training from not being a fighter to where he is now is pretty bad. Like seriously Kuma, you dickhead, Usopp couldn't have gone somewhere and done the same?

 

[Marimo_420]

Indifferent tbh.

Luffy was always special. Nepotism isn't what killed his character.

Most of the cast were always inherently too strong for the East Blue and there's a reason for that.

It isn't like other shonen where the core of their character is "hard work > talent" which turns into shit when nepotism comes into play later. A good example of this is Naruto.

Luffy or one piece isn't ruined due to this.

 

[Juanpiz]

Indifferent tbh.

Luffy was always special. Nepotism isn't what killed his character.

Most of the cast were always inherently too strong for the East Blue and there's a reason for that.

It isn't like other shonen where the core of their character is "hard work > talent" which turns into shit nepotism comes into play later. A good example of this is Naruto.

Luffy or one piece isn't ruined due to this.

Other aspects fill this role

 

[sanjikun]

One Piece is what would happen if athletes had kids with other athletes and not models (or civilian women). Lebron Jr. would be a Lebron 2.0.

Instead Lebron = Harald, Bronny =Hajrudin.

 

[Marimo_420]

Other aspects fill this role

Bingo.

Disregarding everything else, a big major part is the prophecy bs.

"Freedom" is a core theme for one piece, and for luffy himself.

Luffy is choosen by the fruit. Everything is already pre determined for the world and story in a prophecy. They're already locked. There's zero freedom in what they do, it's already written. The future just needs to play out.

Shits on their most major theme. No freedom.

 

[YonkoCommanderBepo]

It is how the real world works, so I guess it is okay