 Hello and welcome to the Grand Line Review, your source for everything One Piece. That was absolutely perfect. Hello and welcome to World of One Piece, a series where you all get to take a break from my opinions and look at someone else's experience with the series. Today we are featuring the delightful, I'm just assuming you're delightful in advance, Eva Hart. Welcome to the channel Eva. Hello, thank you for having me. It is my absolute pleasure. Now tell us a bit about yourself. Where are you from? How old are you? What do you do for a living? Who is the real Eva? Well, I am 25. I live in the UK and I'm currently doing a PhD in biomedical science. That sounds incredible. That makes you the second PhD candidate we've had on the show. You should definitely start a PhD One Piece club. I think we should. Yes, there seem to be enough members to go for it. What in particular are you studying as part of your PhD? I'm looking at a tropical disease called Leishmania. Does it bear any resemblance to the disease that say Nami may have caught from Little Garden? Wow, a little bit in that it's spread by an insect, so basically the same thing. Essentially the same thing. Does it get deadly? Yeah, it's pretty nasty. Hence the research. And just as a heads up, where would one contract this deadly disease? Quite a few places. South America, Middle East, Africa, Southern Europe maybe. Jesus, I've been to Spain. I didn't realize I was taking my life into my hands. Well, it's mainly only in dogs in Spain, but you never know. Oh well, so where exactly in the UK are you from? So I'm from Cheshire, but I currently live in Lancaster. Lancaster. All right, so if I know my geography right, that is about near Liverpool. I didn't have to look that up on a map or anything. Yeah, it's near Liverpool and New Manchester, which you might have heard of as well. I have. Yes, mainly for your football team. I believe you call it football over there. Yeah, that's correct term, football. Yeah, we called it soccer when I was growing up. Football is a very recent thing for me. Okay, I'll let you off. Thank you very much. So as a resident of Northern England, how did you first become aware of One Piece? It was quite just a random stumble upon moment really. Back when I was in high school, so when I was around 15 or 16, I can't exactly remember. I was looking up for some pictures of Robin as in Batman and Robin, and I came across Robin you might have guessed from One Piece. I thought she was really cool, and obviously I didn't really care much about my homework because I just started looking up who she was and where she was from. And I came across a clip of her shouting down the iconic scene at Ennis Lobby to Luffy. And I was like, I have to watch this. This is amazing. And I didn't even know who the characters were, but I knew it was amazing. So I just went to find the star and didn't realize how many episodes there were, and therefore fell into the big hole of One Piece. Yes, Ennis Lobby. So that would have been like 300 and something episodes, like 300s, only 400s. Yep. I thought it'd be maybe like 50. I was wrong. Oh my guess. You were very wrong. But I'm still watching. Oh, really? So whereabouts are you up to in the series? So I kind of moved on to the manga last year, so I'm not, I don't, I've stopped. I stopped the anime at Zo, but I'm up to the end of Reverie in the manga. So just starting Wano, which I guess we all are because it hasn't really gone on for that many chapters as of yet. Yep. No, I have not entered Wano yet, so I'm pretty excited. Fantastic. So what do you think of current events at the Reverie then? I loved it. It was pretty amazing. A lot of big reveals, a lot of amazing meetups of characters we haven't seen for so long, so I was pretty excited. Yeah, it was a pretty action-packed six chapters, probably one of the shortest arcs in the entire series, if not the shortest. Yep, I would have not managed if it got on for another six chapters, really. I really like the world building in one piece, so I'm pretty happy with just finding out more about everything. Yeah, I think most fans feel very similarly. They were very kind of annoyed when Reverie just ended suddenly and we began Wano just because of all the questions that were thrown and the lack of answers in a very Oda-esque fashion. Yeah, gotta get used to that though. I'm still not used to it, but I would have liked an answer. Still not used to it, what? Ten years later, having started One Piece? Yeah, I just hope for answers. I thought it might have finished by now actually, by the time I caught up and it hadn't, but I'm quite happy just watching, reading. I mean, actually, yeah, if 10, 12 years ago you would have asked me if One Piece is still running, I would have said that, yeah, it was probably over by now. I was wrong. We all were. Happily wrong, very happily wrong. Oh yeah. Very good then. Who would be your most favorite character in the series? That is a hard question because there are so many amazing characters. Feel free to give multiple answers. Oh good, I will. I mean, Luffy is the obvious choice because he's amazing and if I didn't like him, I probably wouldn't be still watching, but I love Robin. She's probably my favorite straw hat after Luffy, mainly because she's what got me into the series as a whole again and she's just super cool. I love her dark sense of humor and her power is pretty cool as well, although she doesn't get to use it as much as I would like. Well yeah, that's going to be my next question. As such a huge Robin fan, what do you think of the way that she normally gets used in the story, at least like post-time skip? Yeah, it's annoying, but I guess I'm kind of used to it. Her being not being full center in the action. I would love her to have more fights, but she doesn't. Not many of the female straw hats do nowadays, which is kind of sad. It's very sad. I think the last time Robin had a fight, like a proper fight, was during the Skypea arc. Yep, no, she needs more fights. But I like that she has other roles as of reading Ponyglyphs and she does stuff, but just not enough stuff. She does. It's similar to Nami in that respect, whereas she's the navigator and without her everyone would be lost. I wish they would kick some more ass. Yeah, because they can. I mean, her devil fruit is really interesting, and yeah, we don't see it enough. So shame. Yeah, her devil fruit is absurdly powerful, especially when she was showing it off on Dressrosa. Yeah, maybe in Warner. I mean, I can hope. Better be in Warner, because it's very long overdue. All right, well moving to the flip side of that question, then, who would be your least favorite character in the series? I mean, I feel like I don't like the standard characters that you have to hate, like Hodey and Karaboo. I'm not keen on Treville from Dressrosa, anyone's kind of rubbish. Yeah, that's a very good answer. I heavily dislike Treville in retrospect, and yeah. I don't think he gets enough credit for being a shit character. No, he should get more credit for being shit. Yeah, I agree. But yeah, yeah, he just doesn't do much, and when he does do things, they're really annoying. In the anime, his voice is really annoying as well, which probably doesn't help. Matters. Oh yeah, like the new doofy. Yeah, it's just grating. So yeah, probably him. I mean, I'm also, I don't know if this is controversial, I'm not really a big fan of Momo that much. Uh, Momonosuke? Yeah, Momonosuke. Momonosuke. Oh, I think we'll get along very well. I hate Momonosuke. Yeah, I do like him. I mean, I haven't seen him do much yet, so he might grow on me, but currently, he's not in my favor as a good character. Definitely not. I think it's because he is a sort of annoying child stereotype, which is unfortunate, but yeah. Child characters just don't really work in a series like this. No, except in flashbacks maybe. Except in flashbacks when they're the child forms of characters we know and love. Yes. Although I will say that I do like Momonosuke in his dragon form. Yeah, that's pretty cool. I do like his dragon form. I'm agreeing on that. Uh, so yeah, very good answers there. Most people do say, um, Karabu, Hody, Vandedecken gets said a lot, so I like that you brought up the expanded shittiness of the One Piece world. But going to the flip side once again, what is it about One Piece that really keeps you invested in the series? I think it just has a perfect mix of great characters, great action, and also amazing world building, so it keeps your interest. There's, yeah, I just love all the big fights in the arcs, but I also like the really quiet moments where they, like, kind of the rest of the world find out what's happening and you see what's happening and the further impacts of their actions. It's just really well done. I think Oda just has a knack for storytelling. So in conclusion, everything. Yeah, it ticks all the boxes, and I haven't found many series that do that as well as One Piece yet. No, definitely not. You say you haven't found many, just to get off One Piece for a second, what other series would you have found that tick all those boxes? Uh, I really like Kill the Kill. Nice, nice choice. And, I mean, for Metal Alchemist, Brotherhood is amazing. But yeah, Kill the Kill is probably one of my favorite and amazeable time, actually, along with Brotherhood. Brotherhood was brilliant. It was. It knocked One Piece off my top for a little bit, but then it finished, so, yeah. It definitely knocked it off my top anime, which One Piece was never up there on. So I don't really mind the anime that much, which I feel like is a never-gone-to-virtual opinion. Point of contention, yes. Yeah, I feel like you have, I mean, you have to watch it properly. As in, if I was watching it week to week, I would probably tear my eyes out. But if you binge watch it with breaks, it works quite well, in my opinion. I guess, Erin, fast-forwarding through all of the recaps and extension. Yeah, there's a few. But yeah, I like it. Why did you... Did you stop watching the anime? Is that what you said after Zo? Or was that just you started reading the manga as well as? I started reading as well as but I haven't gone back to the anime, which is probably because the manga's so good. But also, because I like to binge watch it a whole arc in one setting, or one overall, like, a few months. So I'm waiting for it to finish Whole Cake Island, then I'll watch it. You'll be waiting for quite some time. Yep. But that's how I've been. That's what I'm used to, so I can wait. I think that's a nice way to go about it, rather than watching it week to week and just being sort of consistently disappointed at how slow the pacing is. Yeah, the pacing is bad. I actually didn't think it was as bad as it has been for the start of Dress Rosa, which, yeah. But then towards the end, it did get terrible again. Oh yeah. Oh, Dress Rosa, let's not go there. I seem to go there in every interview. But speaking of arcs, which arc in the series did you find most enjoyable to watch and or read? Probably got to be Water 7 and Ennis Lobby kind of smashed into one. That was just, it was just really good. Yep. Yeah. The Water 7 saga, which was exactly the era that you got into One Piece as well. Yeah, so it makes sense. But I did love Dress Rosa as well. And Zo. Ah, fantastic. Another Zo lover. I don't find many people that agree with me about how fun Zo is. It's really fun. A Nekomamushi is amazing, so. Yes, he is, isn't he? Despite being a dog person, Nekomamushi is probably my favorite mink. Yeah, that's a cat person. He definitely is. Yeah, but you've got so many options. As a cat person, you could have Pedro, you could have Petcoms, you could have most of all of the Musketeers, Sicilian. Yeah, I'm spoiled. But it's still Nekomamushi. That's a fair enough choice. So let's get back to our Water 7 and Ennis Lobby, though. What is it about that saga, I guess, that really sets it above the rest of One Piece for you? I think a lot happens, as in there's a lot of drama in the Straw Hats. It's the first time we really see lots of riffs forming with Usopp leaving and then Robin leaving. And then, yeah, it's just, it's really different from the arcs that come before it, in that respect, I guess. And I really like the setting of Water 7 itself and the sea train is pretty, pretty damn cool. Yep, very good. I really love the setting of Water 7, actually. If I was to visit an island in the Grand Line, Water 7 would be pretty high up there because it's like Venice, but cooler. It is like Venice, but cooler. I would agree. And yeah, the part about the sea train was really cool because it felt like One Piece was evolving because that was the first sort of technology on that scale we'd ever seen. Yeah, it was just fun and cool and dark, very dark. Yeah, I think that was another thing that I really like about it. I like how dark it gets and how they have to go and convince Robin to come back. Again, that's what got me to the series and actually seeing it happening and how it was happening was really amazing and I just love the scenes in his lobby where they're just all standing together and fighting for her. Yeah, the characters, the characters between the crew were amazing and they're really well developed in that arc. They were very brilliantly. That is also the point in which I caught up to the series when I was reading it during the Ennis Lobby arc, though it holds a special place in my heart. Yeah. So which arc in the series was the least enjoyable to you? I would say definitely Fishman Island arc. It had just been building up for so long. We'd had the time skip and then it was just quite boring, in my opinion. And slow. Hoady. Hoady, Vandedeck and Shirahashi. Just multiple things I did not like and it really slowed me down watching the anime because the anime was pretty terrible in that arc and yeah, it just took me far too long to get through it and it showed half for one piece. I agree entirely there. Fishman Island was far too long. The villains were... Shirahashi is someone I appreciate in retrospect, maybe. I just, yeah. And after building up for it, you know, like a decade, it just ended up not being worth it. Yeah, but we got through it and then it was onto a lot better arcs. So it's fine now. Punk has it. Another fan favourite. I say that sarcastically. I like Punk has it. Yeah, what do you like about Punk has it? I mean, there's a lot to like about it, but specifically, why did you enjoy it? I like Monet is a great character. I like... I don't really know. I think it's probably because I like Just Rosa so much and it's the build-up to Just Rosa. I really liked Law's Reintroduction. I wasn't expecting that at all and I was like, whoa. And it was just, he was just amazing because he's a great character. Um, yeah, there were parts about it. I didn't like, like the whole Caesar plot line was a bit rubbish but most of it I enjoyed. Has Caesar grown on you through Dress Rosa and Hawkeye Kyland? Yes. In a, in a, he's a annoying but funny character way. In a very sort of, it's a disease that's infected me but I've learnt to live with it kind of way. Yeah. No, he's okay. I actually quite like Caesar these days but going back on Punk has it, I still hate him. He also has an annoying voice in the anime. An alright laugh though. Shulululululululululululuu He's definitely distinctive. Distinctive, that's probably the fairest way you could describe Caesar. Yeah. Alright, so what devil fruit would you most like to have and why? Oh, there are so many again. Once again, feel free to state multiple answers. Okay. I think Marcos is definitely the coolest, the Phoenix. I would love to have that one. I also like Peronas quite a lot as well. the horror horror. Yeah that one. In fact she's a character I want to see more of while we're on her devil fruit. Perona, yeah I would love to see more of Perona. We need more Perona. Um are you one of just while we're on Perona are you one of the people who uh think she got married to Mihawk on that island Shanks was on? No I've never heard that before. It was in one of the cover stories of Shanks reacting to one of Luffy's bounties. He was on an island for a certain person's wedding and it looked like it suspiciously could have been uh Kuregana island which is Mihawk's. Given that there are only two people who live on that island you know. Interesting yeah I can I've missed a lot of cover stories when I was watching the anime only but that yeah I did not know that was a thing but oh maybe that would be cool. Potentially a thing. Very much wild speculation though. Okay. Hmm anyway regardless I'd like to see more of Perona and her fruit yeah her devil fruit seems like it could be powered up quite a lot and be quite useful. It's quite devastating actually I mean not everyone is Usopp. Yeah. Most people would be taken down in a single shot. Yep so that would definitely be a good one to have. A good one so uh Marco's fruit and Perona's fruit for you then. Yep. Very good very very good so what would be your most memorable moment in the series is it Robin? It's probably Robin I want to live but I think another moment a lot earlier on that made me definitely take notice of one piece was Nami's sitting um stabbing her arm and asking a loopy for help that's pretty pretty good uh memorable moment for me. Definitely yes I think that was on my top five most memorable moments list along with Robin's I want to live. Yeah yeah for the characters who kind of get shoved to the background when it comes to the fighting the women really do have most of the memorable moments. Interesting isn't it yeah yeah they have some very memorable moments and definitely good character good character development flashback. Yeah well they did they did past tense. They will again you have to be positive. I hope so I actually hope that all of the straw hats get a second flashback like we've seen with Luffy and now Sanji. Yeah Zorro needs more flashbacks he has ridiculously little. Yeah I think his flashback was something like six pages long in total. Yeah we need more details about him. At the same time he's a fairly simple guy we get what he's about. Yeah I actually had a possible theory that Greenbull would be his mother or father. Yep you almost made me spit out my water there um but then she was it was this guy so I was wrong. Yeah it was clear I mean might not be a guy chances are. This was before it was revealed as a guy I was hoping it would be a female character because I want more female characters. The only thing that makes us think he's a guy is that he's talking about beautiful ladies. Okay yeah. But it probably 99% is a guy. Anyway that was a theory I had but. Nice intriguing theory I like your way of thinking. So it's time to put that brain to the test. Okay. Are you ready for one piece trivia? I guess so. So you probably know how this works vaguely. I have six questions for you in total three of them are easy two of them are medium one of them is hard. Okay. And combined they can give you a total possible score of 10 points with the easy questions being worth one point medium two and the hard three. Okay I'm ready. Excellent starting with the easy questions in what village did Nami grow up? Kokuyashi. Kokuyashi is correct. Very good we're off to a very good start possible one out of one going one step after he was defeated by Luffy which pirate did buggy form an alliance with in order to seek revenge? Alvida is correct again and final easy question which of the ancient weapons did Sir Crocodile seek at alabaster? Oh I have a 50-50 chance um I think Pluton. Pluton is correct very well done although I'm not sure how you had a 50-50 chance. Oh because that well I I remembered what one of them was. That's what you remembered what she was. Yeah I'm not gonna forget that. Very good. All right well fantastic three out of three this is brilliant let's move on to the medium questions. Okay. Who was the first logia devil fruit user introduced in the series? Ah smoker. Is 100% correct. Yes. And it's something that my viewers will never let me forget because in two videos now I have accidentally stated that it was crocodile. Oh dear. The fool I am. During the first sabotee archipelago arc which member of the supernovas had the lowest bounty? Oh probably Bonnie. Um yeah I'm not sure but let's go Bonnie. You know I probably would have said Bonnie as well and if not Bonnie Zoro it's actually a rouge. Okay yeah. Weirdly enough the mad monk had a bounty of only 108 million. Okay. Still we're not doing too bad here you've got five out of seven with a chance for three more points by answering this question correctly. I believe in you. Okay. All right your hard question is Charlotte Lin Lin aka Big Mom has how many daughters? Oh no I have no idea I'm gonna have to get. Let's go 35. It was 39. Oh I'm sorry. You were in the bread ball park but hey that's why it's a hard question. Look congratulations you have managed to score a five out of ten which you know it's a pass mark. Yeah I'll take that. Take that I mean that's all you really need to get the PhD right? Let's hope so. All right and with that I'm going to ask you one final question. What is the one piece? I feel like the popular answer is buggy. Yeah you'd be correct. But I have other ideas. Please do share I would love to hear another idea if it's not buggy for a change. Yeah I think it'll be some form of evidence of the void century so either I don't know some map or recording of the news or like a newspaper from the void century something like that um like maybe like the one piece of evidence of the void century. I like what you did there. Yeah um but yeah I I don't think it really matters what it is I haven't really thought about it that much because I don't think it's going to be the most important thing of the ending of one piece at all but it will still be interesting. Would you be disappointed if there was no one piece? Probably not no I could see that happening. Yeah me too I think that's what Luffy said it's all about the journey. It's all about the journey but it'd be funny if someone who wanted it to be treasure got there and it was not treasure that'd be quite amusing. I yeah I don't really know and I'm happy to wait and find out. Yep and in the end it doesn't really matter. Nope. Well thank you very much for sharing your perspective Eva as always it's been an absolute pleasure not just talking to myself for a change. You're very welcome it's been a pleasure talking to you. And if you'd like to be featured on the next world of one piece then all you need to do is become a Grand Line review patron. 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