 This video contains a secret, a very subtle yet profound secret. And if you spotted them, please, please do let me know in the comments. Otherwise, hello and welcome to the Grand Line Review or source for everything One Piece. My name is Liam and I am about this many measurement units wide. But today we are on a quest for insight because within the world of One Piece there exists a certain prophet, a character who seems to be able to predict the future with close to 100% accuracy. No, it's not Carter Curry. It's not Madame Charlie. It is in fact, Usopp. This man has a very special ability that nobody in this series can rival because you may or may not have noticed this during the course of One Piece, but every lie Usopp tells in the series eventually becomes true. And a very basic example of that is the classic Usopp a tale being that pirates will attack Sierra Village. Now this may very well have been a lie when Usopp yelled it for the first like 3,000 times. However, it eventually did indeed come to fruition as the black cat pirates launched an assault on the village. This is but a taste of the terror that Usopp surprisingly large mouth can unleash. In fact, at a certain point we do need to ask ourselves the painfully semantic question of whether or not Usopp has ever lied in One Piece because everything he says ends up legitimately manifesting in reality or the reality of this fiction, which is not reality, but you know what I mean. But Usopp has said some crazy, crazy stuff. So we have quite the journey to embark on here cataloging the prophecies of Nostradamus. One which begins with a round of lie guy, a very simple mini game the rules of which are as follows. Behind this curtain we see a silhouette of Nika Robin. However, there is a chance that this is actually Usopp in Robin Cosplay. So it's going to be your job to guess whether or not this Robin is a lie. Should you guess incorrectly, then your punishment will be to subscribe to the Grand Line Review resulting in consistent injections of One Piece culture administered straight into your YouTube feed. And if you are correct, then you will win this fancy, fancy curtain, which is perfect for curtain related purposes. But what will it be? Is this Nika Robin or is this a lie guy? Make your choice now and we shall reveal the answer in three, two, one, and bam, it is actually Robin because you see Usopp got the wrong memo and he ended up cosplaying Nami instead. So I mean, he still looks pretty on point, but if you guessed incorrectly, then you know thing to do and please do say hi in the comments below if you are a new member of the Grand Fleet, welcome. But I know that the whole pirates attacking a village is not the most impressive of predictions, especially in One Piece, especially in East Blue and especially, especially on an island with seemingly no marine protections or defense mechanisms whatsoever. With all of those things in mind, chances are that pirates were going to attack Sierra Village eventually. However, this is but a footnote in the catalog of Nostradamus and many of his most famous predictions can be found in chapter 24 of the Bible that we call One Piece. Here our young prophet has seen entertaining his hopeful lady friend with fantastical tales of his non-existent time at sea. And during this word spiel, Usopp claims to have been a pirate who encountered a giant goldfish so big that the size of its excretory manner could have been mistaken for an entire island. Usopp then goes on to say that he visited a land of little people who then hailed him as their captain. And if that was not enough for this day, Usopp also mentioned to Clahador, if that is your real name, you sneaky, sneaky butler, he spotted a legendary mole creature on Kaia's estate and was attempting to capture it. All of which was utter BS or was it? I mean, yes, yes it was. However, this is by far the most powerful BS in the entirety of the One Piece world because the words that were released from Usopp's mouth thing then seemingly took on a life of their own. Very basic one being that Usopp claimed to have been a pirate and by the end of Sierra Village, he actually became a pirate. A true pirate that is, no, we're not counting the veggie pirates in the exact same way that you would not count on your five year old playing doctor to perform complex surgical procedures because fantasies and realities are two very, very distinctly different realms. Unless your name is Usopp, then they start to blur because his next lie also proceeded to manifest when the crew were leaving Little Garden. Stood in their way was literally a giant goldfish. And not only that, but I'm going to use the word literally once again because as a creature known as the island eater, it did quite literally poop islands. Furthermore, later on, during an adventure to a certain dress-roser, Usopp did encounter a civilization of little people being the Tauntauda tribe. Not only that, but after discovering the target of their tribe was sugar, a quote, little girl, Usopp very much volunteered to become their leader which was met with rows of approval. And of course, if we are looking for legendary mole creatures and alabaster doth provideeth in the form of Miss Merry Christmas. So when it comes to the prophecies of chapter 24, I do need to point out that Usopp has a 100% success rate. Everything he said in that chapter has come to fruition and has been faced by him directly. Perhaps not quite in the form that Usopp anticipated, but that is very much the danger of possessing this sheer power. You've got to be very, very careful with what you say, which we will see shortly. Because following this Usopp would release a sequel batch of predictions in chapter 40. During this time, Usopp alleged that three bizarre creatures existed in this world. The first of which was a fearsome Cerberus, or if you prefer the Latin pronunciation, a Cerberus. Quite frankly, I don't think it matters which way Usopp said it because it came true regardless. And the crew encountered a three-headed zombie doggo on Thriller Bar. The second creature Usopp boldly uttered into existence would be a dragon. And we actually have since encountered many dragons in the series. The first to fulfill the prophecy being on Pankazid. And in fact, on that island, we saw not just one, but two and not just two, but three dragons. The first two were made by Dr. Vagapunk and the third of which being Lomonoske, the user of a dragon's own fruit, the fruit in question, also made by Dr. Vagapunk. And of course on Wano, we now have our ultimate dragon boy in Kaido. So I guess Usopp got a bit carried away with how many times he may have said the word dragon, because eventually the series ran out of literal dragons to Conjure and had to settle for naming Luffy's father dragon instead. Also celestial dragons, you know what they're just there. There's a lot of dragons in one piece. So much so that when I'm writing these sorts of scripts, they're just the words lose all meaning and it's just drag on and drag off, whatever. Now our third creature is often missed because it doesn't actually appear in the Viz manga translation, but Usopp does also mention the existence of aliens, primarily because he accuses a shopkeeper of being one. In the Viz translation, he says something more like, ah, it's the hideous fruit selling freak. But in terms of aliens, well, we have plenty of those in one piece as well. I mean, every sky citizen is confirmed to be an alien because they did not originate from this planet. And furthermore, we have confirmed life in outer space in the modern day as well, which can be seen prominently in the space pirates who appeared in Enel's cover story. Those guys have super, super crazy designs and they may even be hinting at the idea that the mink tribe are also descended from aliens. That or the aliens are descended from the mink tribe. I suppose, yeah, I guess it could work in reverse. But look, that's another three for three there from good old Nostradamus. However, from here, his prophecies become a bit more scattered in nature. Just to sort of, you know, every now and then Usopp will drop an outrageous nugget of information that we will completely gloss over at the time, but ends up being extraordinarily relevant later on. For example, in chapter 42, after miraculously hitting a rock target with his first shot from a cannon, Usopp then claimed to be an expert marksman who never misses a shot. And of course, not only did he then go on to legitimately develop this superhuman prowess, but this even manifested into an entire alter ego in Sogeking, the sniper hero. Speaking of Sogeking though, this alter ego was the one assigned with Usopp's first official bounty, which we may or may not all remember was 30 million berries. However, this number was not arbitrary or even logically assigned by the Marines. No, I'm afraid that this number was preordained by Usopp himself, which dates back to chapter 114, when whilst bragging to Vivi for clout, Usopp suggested that Luffy's 30 million berry bounty was actually a reward for his own head. Usopp's head admittedly being present in Luffy's bounty image, but eventually Usopp's head got its own dedicated bounty for the price of exactly 30 million berries. All according to the grand Keikaku of Nostradamus. Now, Usopp is also what I'm going to call responsible for the existence of the Yeti Cool Brothers, because during Dram Island, Usopp quite casually made reference to snow monsters whilst even building his own snow monster. And Luffy was also there. So here we had two snow monsters and then later on in the new world, the straw hats would be attacked by two real snow monsters. Snow monsters wearing nothing but ties and exceptionally short shorts, like damn, those are short. On Thriller Bark, Usopp also conjured something quite subtly, as during a scene of great hilarity, it falls to Usopp to wake up our monster trio who appeared to be responding to nothing, nothing but the power of Usopp's words, that is, because rather efficiently, he managed to wake up Luffy's aura and Sanji with a singular sentence, claiming that there is a beautiful female sword master with meat. And whilst this is played off for comedy, once again, Usopp was not lying, because cut to dress, Rosa, and in comes Rebecca, a beautiful female swords master who just so happened to buy Luffy lunch. And that lunch, of course, included the all important ingredient of meat. Usopp's power also seems to transcend time itself. And what I mean by that is one of the more crowning Usopp lies, which is the, I cannot go to this island disease. A lie that has become so widespread that even Nami and Chopper invoked its power on Thriller Bark. And whilst nothing activated during this particular event, I have to say that the disease is indeed quite real. And during the flashback of one Kozuki Odin, we saw it in action on two occasions. The more well-known instance is when Buggy came down with a sudden fever just before the Roger Pirates were set to land on Laugh Tale. And while it does not specifically state that this is an I can't go to this island disease, when we look at it narratively, that's exactly what it is. Odin needed to keep shank some Buggy from landing on Laugh Tale for story related reasons, so Usopp's fabled condition became a reality. And like I said, this is not the only example. In fact, we have another in the exact same chapter, because earlier on Kozuki Toki also comes down with a very sudden and narratively convenient fever, which causes her to disembark on Wano in order to recover. Thus preventing Toki Momonosuke Hiyori Inorashi and Nekomomushi from traveling to Laugh Tale along with Odin. So Usopp's power has had quite a large effect there. And look, by now we've established that whatever Usopp says is destined to become reality in some form or another, be it in the modern day or even words transcending time. However, what really becomes interesting is when we take a look at the lies of Usopp that have not yet come to fruition because there is some big, big stuff here. The first of which is one of the earliest known chronological examples of an Usopp lie, which is when he told his mother that there was a special wonder medicine out there able to cure any illness. This is one that we definitely do not have yet, but it would seem to be tied priority directly to Chopper's dream of curing all of the illnesses. So I have no doubt that this one will become a reality because even though this seems like the most fanciful utopian lie, the thing about Syrup Village is that when you look back on it, it is basically a book of prophecies. Everything Usopp says in Syrup Village is going to happen and much of it already has. Another one that we have yet to see is the completion of Usopp's dream of becoming a brave warrior of the sea. That is still very much in progress, but I would say equally is guaranteed. But a sneaky, hotly debated one is Usopp's lie about having 8,000 followers. Some peeps on the internet will claim that this did happen on Dressroser when he knocked out sugar and earned the worship of all of the former toys. However, calling this number 8,000 is quite a stretch. It might be the beginning of that 8,000, but we have very much yet to see that full number achieved. Fun fact thing though, in the very same chapter that Usopp claimed to have 8,000 followers, he also referred to himself as Usopp, the demon king. That's a very interesting one to watch out for. They could have all kinds of connotations. As is the idea that he may be a descendant of Laya Noland. Usopp quite blatantly lied to the Tontada tribe about this. However, it would really not be the greatest shock in the world if Usopp did turn out to be a distant relative of Noland because at the very least, there is a quite indirect aspect of inherited will at play. Given that they are now both heroes of the Tontada tribe have statues erected in their honor and they're even both client specialists. Noland was a botanist and Usopp primarily relies on plant-based fun times to fight in the new world. Here's a big one though, my favorite. This is the most intriguing Usopp lie to me and it was when he claimed to possess Haki and not just any type of Haki either, but conqueror's Haki. When he told a lie about being the person to have knocked out 50,000 pirates on Fishman Island, which is, as we all know, the thing that Luffy did. However, there is indeed precedent for Usopp just sort of casually adopting Luffy's achievements at a later date. Just like his very first bounty, this may actually be a shockingly solid sign that Usopp will awaken conqueror's Haki in the future. And I know that seems like a ridiculous joke of an idea right now, but then again, so did every single one of his lies that are now set in stone reality. Especially if Usopp is eventually going to achieve a title along the lines of demon king. I mean, the word king is very important in relation to conqueror's Haki. So look, I honestly don't think it's the craziest idea in the world, far from it. So we're just going to have to wait and witness the power of Nostradamus. But to explore some other future possibilities, do check out this video detailing the past, the present and the future of the lurking legend of One Piece. Very intriguing stuff, so I look forward to seeing you there.