The Origin of 'Dark King' Silvers Rayleigh

How do you think Rayleigh got his title of "The Dark King" and what is your opinion on the various connections to Zoro?

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00:00 - INTRO
01:22 - Meio 冥王
08:33 - Rayleigh's Swords
12:31 - "Hades" & "King of Hell"
17:06 - Propaganda
17:50 - Shadows of Kings
19:53 - Types of Armament Haki

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[manuelreyes]

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[KoldPhaze]

Rayleigh is actually doing a new game+ playthrough but no one else in the one piece world has any memory of the previous playthrough except him

[silencexc]

I liked Ohara's take on why he was titled the dark king, "that he was seen as the king in roger's shadow. almost as powerful, almost as dangerous, but since Roger was the one who shone the brightest, Rayleigh was the dark king." he very well had the power and prestige to be the pirate king himself if he wanted to after roger disbanded the crew, but ultimately his dream ended when roger passed, and so he retired.

[davidreed]

The fact the Pirate King's second in command also had the title King says alot about how strong Rayleigh is

[adamgracia]

Rayleigh really did embody what jimba said at whole cake "I plan on being on the king of the pirates crew, I can't be intimidated by a mere emperor of the sea"

[charleswright]

Literally from day one my interpretation of the epithet was that he was the other side of the pirate king. Honestly it never once crossed my mind that everyone else hadn’t already realized that.

[JubileePenguin]

3:11 Teach is a Yonko sure. But it makes sense he’s still afraid of Rayleigh.

Because even Blackbeard, one of the four emperors has to acknowledge. The Dark King trained the other three.

[jdevilsfan]

You should honestly make a video on the timeline of the Strawhats Journey, give a rough estimate on how long the straw hats been together and how long each arc actually took

[billygalvez]

Rayleigh is like snoop dog. He's just doing side quests at this point and the cops can't arrest him even though he has done well known illegal stuff.

[seanparker]

It's always a pleasure watching your videos. Not simply because I like the subject, but because you're so likable. Your sheer love of what you do shows, and it's infectious.

[mihaimorar]

Regarding the difference between copper and bronze, Bronze is actually an alloy of copper and tin.

[Demongunner]

The way I always understood Rayleigh's title was that he was the "Dark Horse" of the Roger pirates. That because of his bounty Roger was the one everyone thought was the one to watch out for, but that Rayleigh was Roger's equal, two different sides of the same coin. The only difference was Roger had a dream, and Rayleigh supported his dream.

However, as I'm writing this. What if Rayleigh got the title as he was the one that filled the vacuum Roger left after his execution? This is a bit out there, but maybe?

[TheWish]

Thank you for the video. I always enjoy watching your videos. I like the idea of Rayleigh being called the Dark King because he was staying in Rogers shadow. That gave him a good position to help & watch over Roger while letting Roger shine.

[MrRobe]

I’m surprised you didn’t mention the possibility that Raleigh could have actually been a king of a country. Something along the lines of how Kuma got his Tyrant King epitaph. This was well thought out either way! Great job !

[afeathereddinosaur]

I know the truth of why Raleigh uses multiple swords and has no black blade. He is farming black blades. At the end of the series, at the final showdown, Rayleigh will appear with a barrel full of maxed out swords that he will give out to every Straw Hat Grand Fleet sword user.

[splifwizard]

When Tekking says hock, it reminds me of the line from Kill Bill referring to selling a priceless Hitori Hanzo sword.

[alfredhinton]

I’m really curious about Rayleigh’s bounty. The right hand of the pirate king deserves 4 billion and at least 3 billion.

[trehubb]

Really love Rayleigh. During his prime pirate days I got him in the top 5 of that era. Essentially why I never liked the Oden narrative of fans believing they were on the same level. Oda to me clearly has displayed Rayleigh as more of a pivotal figure both pirate wise and strength wise .

[thesejokesarentfunnyyetthe]

Vegas Viewer here, just wanted to say I’ve been having a great time with Barry’s Dad!
Also, glad to see yet another amazing Tekking vidja!

[voodood]

I think it’s definitely just that Roger was the the pirate king and Rayleigh being the man behind him, his right hand maybe didn’t get as much of the attention compared to Roger and so he was in the shadows relatively but he was still a monster to go up against