 There's always been a lot of general discussion amongst the One Piece fanbase regarding what makes an Emperor of the Sea. Is it personal power? Is it the amount of territory controlled? Is it public perception? Well to be perfectly frank with all of you, it's much more petty than all of that because in reality it is decided by the number of subscribers that each of these individuals have on their own YouTube channels. So I would employ you to help make this channel an Emperor of the Sea by hitting that gorgeous red button which will also result in regular One Piece content being uploaded straight into your YouTube feeds. Hello and welcome to the Grand Line review your source for everything One Piece and more specifically Saga's In Minutes, the series that aims to equip you with basic knowledge to leap into the wilderness of One Piece. And today we are on the verge of catching up with modern events as we step into what is the latest and what is sure to be the longest saga in the series being the Onko Saga. The Onko Saga is the ninth in the series which consists of four arcs, one of which is sadly incomplete at the time of this recording and rather unfortunately that means that this is more than likely going to be our final episode of Saga's In Minutes until the one arc has reached completion. So that's a bit bittersweet but the good news is that once you finish this video then you will be very well equipped to jump into modern One Piece. So let's begin. Where we last left off the whole cake island faction of the straw hats were about to meet with a member of the worst generation being Capone Gangbej to discuss the possibility of forming an alliance to take down Big Mom at the Tea Party scheduled to start in three hours. And at this point a new player enters the fray a stylish devil by the name of Gangster Gastino who is immediately recognized as Caesar Clown in a very poor disguise. And Caesar is here because he's been a naughty naughty boy and embezzled research funds from Big Mom and is now desperately trying to save his own life from the inevitable wrath of an emperor. And while things definitely get off to a bit of a rough start eventually Luffy, Capone and Caesar settle on working together and the plan to bring down Big Mom begins. Which now takes us to the Tea Party during which Sanji was scheduled to be married to Charlotte Pudding and all sorts of fancy guests arrive but most importantly we are introduced to Charlotte Kartakuri who is by far the most powerful member of the Big Mom Pirates apart from Charlotte Linlin herself and furthermore he is shown to have the absolutely insane ability to appear briefly into the future via Observation Haki. Now as the guests mingle at the Tea Party a curious photo is placed on Big Mom's table containing the image of a woman named Mother Carmel and she was something of a mentor figure for Big Mom as when she was five years old Linlin was abandoned on the island of Elba where she was then taken in to Carmel's orphanage. Now crazily enough even at this age Linlin was capable of earth shattering power as well as her monstrous hunger pangs which one day culminated in Linlin accidentally killing an elder giant warrior resulting in the exile of the orphanage from Elba. But sadly that would be far from the end of this particular tragedy as in a state of food induced euphoria Linlin would not only eat Mother Carmel but all of the children in the orphanage. So yeah that's kind of sad but one silver lining is that Carmel just so happened to be a child trafficker who sold her orphans so I guess we'll call it even and of course Linlin has no memory of this although as a result of eating Carmel Linlin would acquire her devil fruit ability the soru soru no me. But back to the modern day this photo formed the crux of the plans for the Allied forces who were intending on smashing it right in front of Big Mom and having her assume a state of uncontrollable rage during which point she would be vulnerable for an attack in theory. But how do we get to this point? Well primarily via cake as just before Sanji could be assassinated at his own wedding out popped many many Luffy's which sent the ceremony into chaos during which time Jinbei took the opportunity to officially end his affiliation with the Big Mom pirates and declared his intent to join the straw hunts to which Luffy was absolutely delighted. But all of this madness allowed Brooke the chance to smash the photo of Carmel and resulted in a state of profound rage and despair for Big Mom just as planned. What was not planned though is that not even this was enough to render Big Mom vulnerable and the alliance was forced into a swift retreat. During this time Luffy being Luffy as usual insisted on taunting Big Mom further by stating that he was going to defeat Kaido and then return to Holcake Island in order to deal with her. And finally to top everything off he stated that he would become the pirate king and the two briefly clashed causing an immense shockwave across the entirety of Holcake Chateau. Speaking of the Chateau though due to a complex series of events that is more trouble to cover than it's worth a large explosion would occur compromising the integrity of the building and causing it to collapse. Although at the last second it was turned into cake by a member of the Big Mom pirates thus saving all of their lives. As for the various factions who had made enemies of the Big Mom pirates they now went their separate ways and we were left following the straw hunts as they raced to the Thousand Sunny with an enraged Big Mom in hot pursuit. The bigger problem facing everyone in the vicinity at the moment though was the destruction of the wedding cake as Big Mom had now entered a hunger tantrum demanding wedding cake. And as such this prompted putting to our Sanji for assistance in creating a replacement cake to save the lives of everyone on Totterland as the original chef had been injured. And Sanji given his pride and mission as a chef agreed to do this and thus began a race against time weighing the destruction of Totterland against the baking of a gigantic delicious cake. Upon reaching the Thousand Sunny the straw hunts discovered Charlotte Carter-Curry laying in wait for them at which point Luffy forced Carter-Curry into Brueh's Mirror World and very boldly claimed that he would defeat him. But the remaining straw hunts were far from out of trouble as the Thousand Sunny was frozen in candy thanks to the abilities of one Charlotte Parris-Parris which saw Pedro make the ultimate sacrifice and use his life to set the Sunny free as well as significantly damage Parris-Parris. Rest in peace you magnificent pink. With the Big Mom Pirate still in pursuit of the straw hunts a long drawn out battle would play out between Luffy and Carter-Curry in which Carter-Curry proved superior to the straw hat captain in every regard imaginable even possessing a very similar devil fruit. However Luffy refused to give up and eventually discovered the secret to Carter-Curry's power being Future Sight and he decided that he would continue to face off against Carter-Curry until he learned the technique as well which slowly very very slowly but surely he did. On Carter-Curry's side of the battle though what we would see would be a complete mental breakdown of a being who strived for perfection being consistently proven that he was not in any way perfect and gradually being overcome by the flawed existence that was Luffy. Through this change in mentality Luffy would also come to own Carter-Curry's respect and the two would culminate this fight in one of the most brutal clashes ever showcased in One Piece by the end of which Carter-Curry had been completely converted to Luffy's sheer belief in himself and he saw no reason to fight any further thus collapsing in defeat. At this stage Luffy was also in a bit of a precarious position but luckily pecans emerged in a poor disguise to remove him from the mirror world and he even invoked his Sulong form to allow Luffy to escape properly assisted by Sanji. At this point the cake had been well and truly baked and ferried far away by Capone Gangbej and actually Big Mom did eventually reach and consume it thus slating her hunger pangs before launching back into action to assert revenge on those who had invaded her territory. So sadly things were looking quite dire for the Straw Hearts even with Luffy and Sanji safely aboard the Sunny however they did still have allies in the form of the Sun Pirates being Jinbei's now former crew as well as a surprise addition of the German Double Six who had vowed to take revenge on Big Mom for their attempted murder. In addition to this despite the fact that Jinbei had joined the Straw Hearts he would go on to beg Luffy for permission to remain behind and assist his crew unable to bear the thought of leaving them to die. Luffy did grant this permission however he gave Jinbei a very strict order to meet up with them on Wano and through these combined actions the Straw Hearts were allowed to escape however Jinbei, the Sun Pirates and the German were left to an unknown fate as a fully recovered Big Mom arrived to confront them thus bringing a sudden end to the whole cake island dark. Elsewhere in the world though an event known as the Reverie was taking place which saw a gathering of various world figures at the Holy Land of Marijwa for a seven day conference in order to discuss the future of the world. During this time many many familiar figures made a return to the story including Princess Shirahoshi and the Ryugu family from Fishman Island, Princess Vivi and King Kobra from the designation of Alabasta as well as the Ryugu family from Dressrosa and so many more far too many to cover here. However being in Marijwa they were subject to the presence of the world nobles and one in particular being Saint Charles attempted to abduct Princess Shirahoshi only to be stopped by another world noble named Saint Mosgard who very notably was the same man whom Shirahoshi's mother Queen Altahime had saved on Fishman Island that one time. During this time we were also enlightened to the actions of the Revolutionary Army who were using the reverie as a chance to conduct a coordinated strike as such their captains were in the process of assembling as we were introduced to them saving a town of civilians from a man acting under the banner of the Blackbeard Pirates. These captains were all let's say interesting figures very much larger than life one quite literally and each with their own incredibly bizarre quirks however they were undeniably powerful and wrapped up this situation in an instant even managing to inspire the people of the town to find their inner strength and fight for themselves. It is then made clear that the Revolutionary Army are planning on launching an attack on Marijwa in order to reclaim their former comrade Bartholome Kuma who at this stage has been converted into a cyborg and is being rented out as a glorified vehicle for the world nobles. In addition to them another curious face emerges on Marijwa being member of the worst-generation Jewelry Bonnie who sees Kuma in the state and claims that the world nobles will pay for what they have done hinting at a direct connection between Bonnie and what was once the ruler of the Sorbet Kingdom Bartholome Kuma. And above the thousand sunny we now have some big news to say the least as the events of whole cake island had sent waves throughout the world and with the latest exploit of straw hat Luffy he was issued a bounty of 1.5 billion berries and labeled as the fifth emperor of the sea however there were even more earth shattering events in the works as Big Mom was still on a quest to take revenge on Luffy and thanks to Luffy's ever so big mouth she knew exactly where he was heading next the island of Wano home territory of another emperor of the sea Kaido and in doing so Big Mom gave Kaido something of a courtesy call letting him know that Luffy's head belonged to her and even suggested that they get along like old times very intriguing. Back on Marijwa we are then introduced to a very mysterious figure holding Luffy's newly printed bounty poster as they descend into an icy storage area to discover a giant straw hat which looks to be an exact replica of the one currently worn by Luffy and a doubt to him from shanks who inherited it from Roger except that this straw hat is absolutely massive although whoever this shadowy dude is he most certainly has picked up on the connection at play here elsewhere the Gorace have gathered for a particularly important meeting requested by a most unlikely figure who we did just mention being the emperor of the sea and a previous owner of Luffy's straw hat red-haired shanks who had approached the Gorace directly in order to discuss a particular pirate and during this time we are also introduced to an object named the empty throne a symbolic existence that serves as a statement that all kings of this world stand on equal footing this of course is a complete facade as we come to see the shadowy figure previously showcased emerge and take his place sitting upon this throne effectively denoting him as the ruler of this world whose name is Eem by the way not only that but the Gorace have gathered and they all bow before him asking which light Eem would like extinguish from history and amongst these candidates a straw hat Luffy, Princess Shirahoshi, Marshal Detich but most alarmingly the one picture that Eem leaves intact being that of Princess Nefertari Vivi and on that note we now jump elsewhere in the world to see the whole cake island faction of the straw hats arriving on the outskirts of the Wano territory and as they proceed to the island they get caught up in a whirlpool separating each and every one of them leaving Luffy to wake up on the shores of Wano alone with the Thousand Sunny ready to begin one of the grandest stories that would ever be told in One Piece.