I know it's been awhile since the last analysis video, so this one's extra long to hopefully make up for it a little :)
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I’ve always love that Robin started addressing the Straw Hats by their names instead of their roles after this arc. It’s small but it’s very impactful.

"The strawhats do not care about the state of the world, they're just here to pick up a friend, and the world government happens to be in their way" I could not describe it better 👏

He really talked for an hour about how great this arc is and didn’t even bring up the fights
That’s how you know this arc is king

I kind of interpreted Luffy asking Usopp to shoot down that flag different to what you described.
Robin's main fear was that eventually even the straw hats would consider her to be a burden and might feel they'd be better off without her. Her enemy is not any small organization. It is the world government. With Luffy shooting down the flag and declaring war against them, he is basically reassuring her that her enemy is the entire crew's enemy. The world government will come after the crew now regardless of whether Robin is with them or not. So she might as well join them without any fear of them abandoning her.

Have you ever thought that up until this arc, Luffy's most audacious act was challenging a warlord? Here, he straight up raided one of the World Government's most important facility, mowed through thousands of soldiers, defeated Blueno before the others EVEN got to the island, publicly declared war on the entire world, defeated Lucci who was thought to be unbeatable, AND escaped a whole Buster Call with minimal casualty. This arc seriously raised the stakes for the entire series onward with some arcs having situations that feels almost as insane as Enies Lobby.

Water 7 and Enies Lobby combined are literal perfection

The Water 7 saga is a literal masterpiece of story telling

Robin sailing into the ocean on her little boat trying to laugh repeating “dershishishi” was the most heartbreaking moment in this arc 😔💔

I remember watching this arc with my mouth hanging open nearly the whole time. The stakes were so high, the emotions behind Robin's "I WANT TO LIVE" and Luffy telling Sogeking to "shoot down the flag"...I still have fucking CHILLS man

If you didn’t know by now, Oda is actually inside One Piece. You know the animal that hangs around Sengoku? Yeah, that’s him

DEAR GOD
The ship is physically breaking apart in Water 7, whilst the crew is also breaking apart. I never noticed that before but its genius. And the Merry shows up at the end of the arc once the crew is reunited and has come back together.

This is why I hate people saying that the Strawhats have no character development. This arc itself put every Strawhat members on chaos with their character development, I can only imagine those people following One Piece weekly during this arc wouldve been put on a roller coaster feels ride

lets not forget that in this arc we cherish as one of the best shonen arcs in anime a dude holding nine swords fought with a giraffe, I have no idea how oda is able to pull that off but this whole arc was hilarious, epic, dramatic and emotional all at the same time

The Enies Lobby Arc shows how much Oda planning his story and also how he already put hint about ussop way back since he first "join" Luffy

in the manga everytime crew member joined the straw hat pirates, the chapter title will be the crew member number, like when Zoro join the chapter title is "Number One" and when Ussop join there is no title that mentions his number

After the event of Enies Lobby when Ussop rejoin finally the title is "Third and Seventh" signifying Ussop and Franky numbers

an hour-long morj video? this calls for popcorn

I like how Luffy and Zoro stuck in buildings is the true low part of the arc. After they break out it’s all uphill.

1 whole hour? I'm in heaven, thank you Morj

Morj really has come a long way. Remember when he only released 3 minute videos? The guy used to think that anything longer would "scare" away viewers. When really this is the shit One Piece fans have been craving.

Man, the part I love the most is Luffy vs Usopp, it's a testament to what Usopp can be when he is brave and goes all out, is craftsmanship, his wits, his actual skill and talent.It's all on display, he makes it seams he had a chance and to me, that's just f***ing awesome. I truly wish he can reach this pinnacle again in further fights.