Summary
- Luffy and Usopp's first scene refers to a major emotional arc in One Piece's history.
- Luffy thinks the Going Merry is talking to him when it is actually Usopp.
- This scene sets up Usopp's strong bond with the Going Merry and the eventual fallout between him and Luffy over the fate of the show.
Luffy and Usopp’s first scene together in Netflix’s the Baroque Works namedrop to visual references, the Netflix adaptation felt like it was only the beginning of a much larger story, an approach that suits One Piece perfectly.
With over 1,000 manga chapters and anime episodes, One Piece has more than enough material for the live-action series to cover across multiple seasons. Fortunately, One Piece season 2 is happening, allowing viewers to go beyond the East Blue and enter the Grand line with the Straw Hats. However, things will only get more complicated for Luffy and his friends. Not only will they find new, more powerful antagonists like Smoker and Crocodile, but there will also be some tension between its during the capital moments of their journey to find the One Piece.
Luffy Thinks The Going Merry Is Talking To Him In One Piece Episode 3
It was actually Usopp’s voice
When Luffy first sees the Going Merry – which still does not have a name nor does it belong to the Straw Hats – for the first time, he thinks the ship is talking to him. However, it was just Usopp, who was cleaning the ship, answering Luffy from afar. While this could have been just a joke to highlight Luffy’s child-like perception of the world, it may also have been a direct reference to one of One Piece’s most emotional arcs – the death of the Going Merry. Shortly before the ship’s life ends, Usopp believes the Going Merry is talking to him.
The Luffy vs. Usopp fight is a pivotal moment in One Piece’s history, and it shaped the Straw Hats as a crew.
A few months into their adventures, which for hundreds of episodes in the original anime, the Straw Hats realize that the Going Merry will not last much longer. While the rest of the crew was deciding what to do and whether they should go after a new ship, Usopp began to hear the Going Merry as if the ship was alive. This confirmed how powerful the bond between the ship and Usopp was, and it also revealed that ships do have souls in the world of One Piece, sort of.
Usopp Being The Going Merry’s Voice Foreshadows His Fight With Luffy
Luffy and Usopp fight over the Going Merry’s fate
Luffy and Usopp’s fallout and eventual fight come down to the debate of whether they should replace the Going Merry with a new ship. While Luffy initially did not want to leave the Going Merry behind either, the straw hat pirate realized that the ship had already run its course and that it was time for them to find a new one. Luffy believed that, for their journey to continue, the Straw Hats needed to immediately find a replacement for the Going Merry. Usopp, on the other hand, had a stronger connection to the ship and refused to abandon it.
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The Luffy vs. Usopp fight is a pivotal moment in One Piece’s history.
The Going Merry debate escalated into an intense confrontation between Usopp and Luffy, in which Roronoa Zoro also took part. It also evolved into a bigger argument opp’s place in the crew, especially because Usopp always had insecurities regarding what he could bring to the team. The Luffy vs. Usopp fight is a pivotal moment in One Piece’s history, and it shaped the Straw Hats as a crew. It also proved how important the Going Merry had become even though not much time had ed in-universe since they got the ship from Kaya.
The Going Merry is replaced with the Thousand Sunny.
When Will The Going Merry Die In One Piece Live-Action?
The Going Merry won’t follow the Straw Hats forever
Although the Going Merry won’t die in One Piece season 2 based on which arcs the show is most likely to cover next, it will not take too long for it to happen in live-action. Luffy and Usopp fight for the fate of the Going Merry in episode 236 of the One Piece anime, which is part of the Water 7 Saga and should be covered in Netflix’s One Piece season 3. The first season of the live-action adaptation adapted all of the East Blue Saga, going from Luffy’s introduction to when the Straw Hats sail for the Grand Line.
One Piece's Straw Hat Pirates |
Actor |
|---|---|
Monkey D. Luffy |
Inãki Godoy |
Roronoa Zoro |
Mackenyu |
Nami |
Emily Rudd |
Usopp |
Jacob Gibson |
Sanji |
Taz Skylar |
Presumably, One Piece season 2 will cover the Arabasta Saga, which stars with the Reverse Mountain arc and ends with epic-scale combat for the future of the Arabasta Kingdom. Assuming the Netflix adaptation successfully condenses all of Arabasta into a season, a potential season 3 could quickly go over the divisive Sky Island Saga and get at least into the first portion of Water 7. That said, One Piece should not rush things too much, especially because moments like the Going Merry’s death only work if viewers are attached to the ship and the characters.
The One Piece anime is also available to watch on Netflix.
- Cast
- Iñaki Godoy, Emily Rudd, Mackenyu, Jacob Gibson, Jeff Ward, Vincent Regan, Royston Stoffels, David Muller, Nicole Fortuin, Lindsay Reardon, Milton Schorr, Aidan Scott, Danielle Bitton, Lily Fisher, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino, Maximilian Lee Piazza, Rendani Mufamadi, Kamdynn Gary, Morgan Davies, Taz Skylar, Ian McShane, Rory Acton Burnell, Stevel Marc, Ntlanhla Morgan Kutu, Michael Dorman
- Franchise(s)
- One Piece
- Seasons
- 1
- Streaming Service(s)
- Netflix
