There aren't that very arcs that can match the arc where Whitebeard enters into Marine Ford, Very few scenes spell defiance to authority with all cards on the deck, to the death like that, and I know that arc, I know very scene by heart.
It has been a source of inspiration to me, Especially when he told Ace that the very fact that his emblem is tattooed on his back means he can go wherever he pleases. Wait for me He said and I was in love, in love with freedom as a first concept, what it truly represents and how much are we ready to give to fight for it.
As I am sure a lot of Indonesian youths feel the say as they now Indonesia use the Straw hats Pirate flag as a symbol of dissent against a growing disaffectation with the government. they have a young demographic that is majorly unemployed with Inflation running high, they are left to scrounge for stipends for slave labour or risking early death working to fetch Sulphur off Mount Ijen.
To them the anime has become a symbol of defiance, but it takes a youth population that is quite educated and have actually seen the animation to rally round using shared understanding of an anime as a tool of dissent.
Like Nigeria, Indonesia has a very large young demographic, but the difference between the two countries is the level of education or at least exposure to anime that differentiate how a youth population protest without riot.
But how many Nigerians have actually seen One Piece, I count at most 5 thousand, and unlike the biblical loaves and fishes it will take you at least 6-8 months to really digest Oda's greatest child.
In as much as he authorities have clamped down on the use of the pirate flag it will be hard to stop them. That is the beauty of education, the importance of movies , in this case (animes)
it Streamlines education, understand the fight against oppression and why it will only grow in time, because if they have seen the anime they would know what a problem the man called Mugiwara no Luffy is to the authority and why the Straw Hat Pirate flag is feared in the animation, if the authority knew they flag the youth have hoisted they would really take them serious. it's a no going back.
Here's a how a revolution spring out from the singular artistic prowess of a man's mind, a testament for those who say you couldn't change the world from your own corner of the world, or from the comfort of your home even.
One Piece remains one of the highlights of my life, I remember jumping yes jumping at the entire Marineford Arc.
I love when young minds can unite and demand change using the very tool of which they are all best unified. An animation says If you are determined you can achieve it , and now they believe it.
And that there is power, The power of people, the power of art, The power of movies, the power of animation, the power of education.
Ikeeee Indonesia.. Kaizoku Oni, Ore Wa Naru !!!
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