Usopp is the most annoying character in one piece

RedRoseFring said:
I don't think the intention was for readers/viewers to remember all the names.

RedRoseFring said:
I've found One Piece (and most shounen) in general to be better marathoned. I feel like too many people lose sight of the bigger picture and interactions when they only follow in increments.

ToG25thBaam said:
Maybe it wasn't, but it certainly did not make me care to remember, maybe I would have tried if the group was lesser in number, or there were more chapters dedicated to them in the colosseum.

Certainly. There is a certain mindset weekly readers have, which is very incompatible with weekly manga like One Piece, where it takes its time to introduce things. This could be very frustrating.
In my case, if I ever got frustrated, I will just put it on hold and marathon it when some chapters have staked up. This is also why I don't start reading any on going manga nowadays, except for One Piece, because One Piece is too good to be put on hold for too long

batossai said:
So we are 673 episodes into the series and this character is still as useless as ever. he never progresses or develop, in every single arc he acts like a little bitch; he never grows a pair. What is the point of having him the series? his cowardly antics were funny at first, but 673 episodes in and its stale as fuck, its down right annoying. After that time skip i had hopes that he might develop, but he is just as useless as he was before. All he does now is just take up screen time, i really wish he gets written off the series.

Qans said:
Yeah even though Usopp is my nigga since hes like one of only 3 black ppl in OP i gotta admit hes garbage and useless. how hes even alive still is beyond me

jppcouto said:


Usopp is black?! Did u already see him since the series turn out 1080p? he has the same color skin as luffy

Darthsmith said:
If someone marathons One Piece from the beginning (like i did year ago lol) you can say it's very annoying character. He had very much screen time and he isn't person that you would be proud to be friend of or even know him. Cheeky coward.

But he had two breaking-point moments: Water Seven arc, fight between him and Luffy, where he showed guts and also post-time skip usopp, that is more powerful and more brave. He is changing!

But my point is that those people that marathon One Piece had like 99% of scenes with Usopp as a coward from the beginning. If you look at Dressrosa arc or now, Big Mom arc, there is NO usopp. I watch One Piece weekly and i almost forgot about the existence of this character, i just recognize his "power-level" after time skip, and have him in mind as pretty legit guy. Usopp experiences probably the biggest metamorphosis among OP characters, except Luffy.


He could be annoying in the beginning, some people can dislike him even now, which is understandable, but he definately isnt annoying now. I can't say he's annoying because he's on screen so rarely nowadays, even if you don't like him you can bear with one mr. usopp scene per 50eps xD

gettogaara said:
Out of the strawhats, as of late I'd have to agree. Definitely not in the whole show though.

Eltrik said:
Yeah I'd rationalize Usopp as the "if you were in one piece character" - the one normal human without any extraordinary strength besides being able to live throughout all the fights so far.

He does have good reason to stay hidden and far away from trebol, but it's also pretty baffling that he doesn't even try to snipe that fake grape into sugar's mouth.

Is he the most annoying character? Nah
Do I wish he would have more independent strength? Yeah

On that note, Nami and Chopper aren't that far from Usopp's position.

Netsui-sama said:
Usopp is amazing. I, however, completely understand where people are coming from. Up until the time skip, I continued to think, when will he do something huge? Obviously, he wouldn't take on the main guy though, he’s smarter than that. I also know that, from his lies or accidental helpfulness, he gets people to like and follow him. Like in the Dressrosa arc he got the Coliseum people to help luffy which if he didn't do that, they would've had no chance. Also, in one of the most recent episodes, he got WAY stronger. He developed Observation Haki, allowing him to shoot sugar from several miles away, through one pane of a window, with ammo the size of the window pane, with a friggin sling shot.

Even before this, actually, since usopp was introduced to the series back in the 10s of episodes, he has been shown to do inhuman things such as jump off cliffs and live and so on.

Another ability that many people theorize that he has is that all his lies come true, like the ones he told the girl back at his home. For example, he came across a giant goldfish that's poop was the size of islands. You can probably google the rest.

***All things considered, I actually believe usopp is the most developed character in the show power wise and personality wise period.***

Think about it for a minute.

(If you don't want to read everything, just read Luffy and then skip to Usopp.)

Luffy:
Power: Did you ever think he wasn't going to defeat the main guy? No. You didn't. You expected it. You thought it would be boring otherwise. Yes he gets way stronger but again, that was expected. Don’t get me wrong. I love luffy. He’s awesome.

Personality: Did you ever expect him to abandon his friends? No. He always did and always will. That’s what you expected and that’s how it is. You never once thought, "He’s going to run away and abandon them." or "he’s going to give up."
That’s luffy that’s how he is. That doesn’t change or develop. Personally, I want him to get into a situation he can’t handle. I want him to lose dreadfully. Sort of like what happened before they were separated. He needs to lose and be backed up by his friends as they tell him that he doesn’t have to do it alone. Again sort of like Thriller bark. You get my point. I’ll continue...

Zoro:
Power: Same as luffy pretty much. He will always beat the "second in command". He'll get stronger and always beat the second in command again. It’s to be expected.

Personality: He is a little more "something" with personality. He mopes around sleeping on the boat where his only job is lowering and raising the anchor and little other things. He sleeps in dangerous situations like tornados or something. He’s lazy, in a word. However, he fights with a full-fledged loyalty and care for his captain and friends. This is expected, seeing as he’s straw hat #2.

Nami:
Power: She is actually the weakest in the crew. For those of you who thank differently, she is the sakura of one piece. Maybe a little better. On sea, she would probably be the one piece Naruto because the others would be lost without her. She usually doesn't do main 1vs1 fights. She does sometimes. Seeing as she is one of the few straw-hat that has wide range attacks, she usually keeps to taking out large numbers of grunt no-name guys. She’s not dumb. She only fights those she knows she can beat. When she does do something amazing during fights, we say, “Way to go sakur- I mean Nami." When in actuality, she is just outsmarting her opponent which is perfectly fine.
Also, let’s not forget... Usopp made her weapon. She would suck so badly with that wooden stick she use to have. Granted, he made it for a party trick thing or whatever, but not only did he make an otherwise worthless crew mate off sea stronger, he made the show more interesting using her. Sad you guys are in this discussion yet? Just wait...

Personality: At the start of the show, she pissed me off with her blackmailing, and selfish, obnoxious attitude. However, I didn’t give up. I waited for her to grow a heart. As of the recent episodes, sometimes I feel I’m still waiting. But she has definitely made me think that she has almost crossed the bridge all the way.

Ps. please keep reading. I promise I’m getting there.

Sanji:
Power: He is usually considered the 3rd strongest. Seeing that he is kicking based, he can’t go much distance right? He'd be stronger if he punch too right? Yes and No. He’s shown that he can withstand his own battles. He usually defeats the #3 enemy or even the #4 as well sometimes. Again this is to be expected of sanji. He is the one that takes #3 three. That’s what we always think. We see a group of three enemies. If we can somehow tell which one is the 3rd strongest, we think, "Yup, that guy is getting beat by Sanji." with the others, we think, "he’s going to get beat by Zoro and the main guy by Luffy." This sometimes differs however, depending on what kind of abilities the enemies have. Like, if #3 enemy uses swords, he’s fighting Zoro.

Personality: I actually find him to be hysterically funny when he goes on girl rampages. That’s my opinion. I don't like however that he is sometimes outright rude to the male characters that aren't luffy. But he grows to like them all, still screwing around with them when they want food or something. Also, his girl thing becomes a plot point in fish man arc if you guys can recall. He was bleeding out. That wasn't comedy relief. It was a legitimate problem. Meaning, his personality, was a plot point. Not many characters in any kind of show can say that...Usopp can.

Robin
Power: I saw that someone said that Robin is one of the useless characters. Let me give you reasons why I don't think she is. Her ability is very exhausting to her. When she uses the wings for the first time, at thriller bark, she falls from exhaustion after just 7 seconds. Also, she can’t just break anyone’s neck. Yes, she may have been able to break sugars neck but we will never know for sure and it’s actually good she didn't. If she did, Usopp wouldn't have been the savior and be followed by the Coliseum fighters as God Usopp. Also, she may have been able to break the gross guy next to her (can’t think of his name) (see directly below personality for explanation) Also, she can’t break the necks of the powerful guys, because they could escape easily. She usually uses that specific ability for large scale grunt wipe-outs.

Personality: I find her to be quite mysterious and she leaves me wondering about the lost century and want her involvement is further then what has been explained so far. This mystery adds flavor to the show. Also, when she first join the straw hats after Alabasta, I found myself having a difficult time accepting her as a crew mate, despite want to. I felt she just said, "Can I join?" And Luffy is like, "sure." This is what happened. I hated that. However, after and during the CP9 arc, I found myself seeing her as more of a part of the crew, mainly after she screamed to Luffy that she wanted to live.

Ps: 1 thing I can tell you for sure. That guy ISN'T a logia. He's a paramecia. As you can see, he can’t turn his body into mucous (or whatever his ability is). He can create it. He cannot turn his body into it. He probably made the cloths out of his mucous crap to make people think he was a logia, so they would hit him with anti-logia attacks and watch as it didn’t work.

Chopper
Power: I’ll get straight to him as his strongest. In monster form he is probably the 2nd or 3rd most powerful straw-hat. Hands down. I cannot wait until the wanted posters, and bounties for the straw-hat crew go up. I believe Chopper's bounty will go from 50 beli up to AT LEAST around 250 million beli. I have no doubt about that.

Personality: I wanted to point out here to those who don’t enjoy the Scenes on the boat that those are where a lot of character development and interactions occur. And it is also another story in its own. Some people (including me) cant or couldn’t (me) realize that this is a large part to one piece. Were just in it for the fighting. It took me until I was watch this shows new episode a week to realize this. Yes, it can be boring but if a part of anime you like is the characters and you focus on them a lot. These are important. Chopper is a huge part of many boat scenes as his carelessly kind attitude and childish demeanor can actually bring the crew together. If I had to think of one of the most important things about chopper and why he is useful... Along with Luffy, they are both the center of the crew. They both bring everyone together. :)

Franky:
Power: He is probably in the same power group as Brook, and Robin, meaning they're all around the same power. As the ship mechanic, the ship is actually another part of his potential. For example, His armor he puts on with the stuff in the ship and the fact that the first thought of the people on an approaching ship isn’t "oh crap luffy is on that ship." it’s more like, "Oh crap! Franky, the weapon and ship builder/inventor, and Usopp, the best sniper in the world is on that ship!" Otherwise, on land, he is the one that usually takes down many lower ranking, but still higher than grunt guys.

Personality: I feel that Franky is actually the comic relief character. He is usually the one doing goofy or silly things or things you just outright don’t expect from one piece. For example, he suddenly French kisses the Gonk women from the smile factory, for the sole reason to get her to shut up. Is silly personality, however, doesn’t mean he is completely oblivious. He still has his moments that punch you in the kokoro. (Heart)

Brook:
Power: As potentially the fastest character in the straw hats, I actually feel like they can still do more with him. They should have become the speed based character that can counter other ones while still using his supreme strength and sword skills to destroy his opponents. Not only that, he can freeze people with his ice sword, slowing them down and/or completely stopping them.

Personality: Not only does he present his own occasional comic relief, I don’t think many people have thought of the true meaning behind him, laboon and the rest of the straw hats. Yes, we feel sorry for him and laboon and can’t wait for the reunion and all, but that's not what I mean. Since the beginning of the show, we had very few large scale dreams that required traveling the grand line. Yes, the closest would be Zoro, Franky, Robin and maybe Sanji. Zoro wants to become the strongest swordsman. He can do that pretty much anywhere with Hawkeye. Franky wants his ship to travel the grand line. This would probably be third in grand line required. Yes it completely needs the grand line, but if the ship breaks or it doesn’t make it, he can just make another, and try again. Robin wants to learn of the lost century. This is a mystery. Maybe the ponaglyph she needs is in Luffy's home town. Who knows? Sanji wants to find the all blue that may or may not exist and he doesn’t even know if it’s in the grand line...I’m no saying these aren’t plot points. they are and probably will all be fulfilled, but getting to the end of the grand line was pretty much all about the one piece but know they need to get to laboon as well by going all the way around.

Note: If you read the whole thing so far, Before you read Usopp, you might want to re-read the sentence at the top that has these "***". I appreciate those who have read this far. I know it’s long. I just really enjoy this show, and would love to hear what you guys say. Just don’t attack me with rude and obnoxious statements as a lot of this is just my opinions supported with in-show facts and examples.

Ps. I’m going to kind of do what I did with Luffy here. It will make sense.

USSOP:
Power: Did you ever expect usopp to do anything? No. Did you expect him to beat anyone sense the beginning of the show? Maybe one guy? Probably not. Did you expect him to something useful out of combat like other characters have? Neh. Well... He did ALL those. Unlike Luffy where you expected him to do this and he did. Or you expected Luffy to do that and he ended up doing it. We never expected Usopp to do very much of anything. However, he did something more meaningful each and every arc. The biggest thing he’s done so far was defeating sugar the way he did. Defeating sugar alone was meaningful. If he didn’t, luffy would be a toy, the crew would forget him, and sense Luffy is the reason they are there and together, they may in turn forget all forget each other, and many other chaotic thing might have happened. Thank you uUsopp. You kept my favorite anime running, because if he didn’t beat sugar, the show would be done unless some random person somehow got to sugar and beat her.
Note: I know that wouldn't happen because the show was meant to go past that. I’m just saying.

Personality: For a long time we expected Usopp to be a coward and continuously get "we shouldn't do this or that disease". However, he was almost never a cowered when he knew he shouldn't. And if he was afraid, he fought his fears so he could save his friends.
THE POWER OF USOPP COMPELS YOU!

Usopp is one of my favorite characters (not my #1). I hope those of you who couldn't see his greatness have turned your faith towards God Usopp. Those of you who still don't like him, I respect your opinion and I hope you respect mine.

Top 5 fave characters

#1-Bartolomeo
#2-Brook
#3-Sanji
#4-Luffy
#5-Usopp

Go_D_Usopp said:
100% agree great analysis mate, well said.

Netsui-sama said:


Lol, thanks. I posted that 5 years ago. I completely forgot about this. My grammar was awful, but I still agree with what I was saying here. Glad I could do well for our lord and savior.

tr1ckst3r said:
Admit it, no matter how bad you hate Usopp, You always had that goosebumps whenever he done some shit right.

NamikazeHime said:
Nope, Nami is.. You just didn't realized it yet because you were too busy staring at her boobies insted of listening her speeches.