In a Worldline far removed from the one piece world, lies a story that is being told. A tragic story of one who wanted to bring about a new era. Her name was Uta and this is her story, one of laughter, tragedy and warmth.
This movie is a condensation of everything themeatic about one piece and its pretty sad that alot of people dont seem to get it, but praise the series as for its deep themes and maturity.
IS it just because this movie is non canon?
Is it just because theyre salty shanks isnt evil nor does he fit their headcanon of what he should
...
be?
Is it just because they dont like the musical aspect or Uta?
Is it just because they think this is just a ripoff of naruto?
Perphas its all of this, we will never know but lets get this out of the way.
Yes the movie could be better paced, and it defintely could use more runtime, i wont dare to tell you otherwise, but im just saying to understand the kind of story oda wanted to tell.
The basic plot of the movie is in laymans term
> the strawhats and a whole bunch of other important characters just decided to drop everything theyre doing and attend the concert of this new diva idol called uta.
> We find out from luffy that she's shanks daugther.
> She then evantually turns on luffy for being a pirate whom she proclaims to hate
> She traps all the pirates that attended her show and chased after luffy with her fans.
That's it, the whole rest of the series is just a mystery box of figuring out Uta's goals, her motive, her powers and resuce everyone.
In a different worldline,
we cut to a kakera sprinked throughout the story which tells of uta's relationship with luffy .
TBH this was my favorite part of the movie,
as oda has said before this movie challenges luffy beyond just physically and its shown throughtout the film
Uta isnt someone luffy wants to actually beat, nor does he directly attack her for anything, hes being challenged mentally and emotionally, hes confused that someone he used to know turned out so different.
It was never about just beating the opponent in this case.
Its about truly understanding why someone would turn to the dark side.
Sometimes the answer is never just about beating the opponent to be done with it.
OF course, in the end this is a box office action movie for a battle manga so ofc it ends in a big thrown down fight against a giant thing with alot of sakuga which im cool with but can see why others find it a controversial film.
On another facet of the kaleidoscope, the mystery element i would agree is handled pretty badly, which is one of the few elements i would say is handled badly and would agree on.
So much buildup for all this mystery elements, only for most of it to be plot expo dumped on us in the last 3rd of the film. And utas motive which were initially great, ended up being filmsy after a certain reveal.
The musical elements to be honest tied in super well with the plot and premise, its the ideal mix. I dont see why people are upset with it tbh, it makes the film unique and gives it color. It ties in very well with the theme of the movie, music uniting people.
The themes, which is imo the best and my favorite parts of the film.
There are quite a few but i would say theres 3 main ones.
- Music unites people, as i mentioned eariler. The symbolism is best shown when everyone unites to defeat the big bad, who is named after a musical entity, they unite everyone with a singular goal and even before that, utas entires goal is to unite the world with her music, if you replace the theme of music with freedom and you literally get your main theme of one piece right there.
- Life may be hard but that doesnt mean escapism is good. The NPCs characters were initially happy at being able to escape and even desire for escape from the cruel world and reality but once they got it, they started to realise it wasnt good and wanted out. This ties into the next main theme very well.
-Expecations of a messiah, the show keeps emphasising that uta is the savior that will bring the world peace and save the suffering people which evantually leads to her mental breakdown and her deranged plan. Both ties into the idea of toxic otaku mindset.
Both idol worship and escapism are prominent in reality these days, and no wonder the world is a shit place.
But that doesnt make it ok for you to escape into a false reality nor is it ok to look for a false savior , whether it be an imganiary one or a real one.
And yet all of this ties into the deeper one piece lore too, luffy DOES end up being the messiah of sort, and he will evantually be one for spoilers reasons, if you know you know.
The climax scene power up is reflected on that, he will evantually bring freedom to the world, but he wont force it on anyone like uta does and that in lies the key difference.
Heck even in the movie, luffy only got fully serious once he saw uta truely suffering and she wanted to be saved as well as once he fully got her story straight.
Heck the idol worship theme is also a good mirror for luffys worship of shanks, he worships him but he knows that shanks isnt an end all god, hes just someone luffy wants to surpass, and hes able to see shanks for who he really is, hence why he knew uta was wrong about shanks from the beginnging.
All in all its a good film, haters capping.
Maybe in a different Heaven, this film will be better apperciated
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