The Tragedy Of Kizaru: The Admiral Who Sold His Soul

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[Jmb]

Kizaru sold his soul for unlimited zaza definitely a dub

[SMILE-dodw]

The admirals seem to be the "peak" of why somebody joins up in the marines. Kuzan joined up because he wanted to help people, Sakazuki wanted to kill as many pirates as possible, Issho accepted to change the marines from within, Aramaki is racist, and Kizaru joined for a career.

[philiphockenbury]

Power of Ice, warm heart.
Power of Lava, cold heart.
Power of Light, a heart shrouded in darkness.
Poetry man.

[ryanarmani]

Kizaru’s reminding me a lot of the main antagonist of Fahrenheit 451 (Captain Beatty). He’s acutely aware what he’s doing is morally incorrect and against his own desires, but is simply unwilling to act against his superiors and the establishment at large

[murphydaquan]

I've been loving all the characterization the Admirals have been getting lately. Egghead has been phenomenal.

[omanjackson]

This video has age well because it is a tragic story at the end of the arc. Kizaru is a broken man after killing his best friend and following through with his mission.

[adityakumartoppo]

As a lazy person myself, how Oda sensei will develop Kizaru is the most interesting event in this arc for me.

[ReiseLukas]

I hope Kizaru gets a Redemption and he breaks the chains he placed on himself. The Sun God must free the Light

[Naija_Ninja]

Always been my favourite marine character even when i didn’t expect any depth to him. If Oda does this arc right, he might become my favorite character period

[y-huss]

This is always the best kind of Morj video, character and writing analysis. Great stuff!

[gabrieldjatienza]

Chapter 1124...he just underwent DEPRESSION after terminating Vegapunk... his best friend

[mylesjude]

I wonder if Kizaru will have a Aokiji moment like in Ohara, Kizaru doesn't actively turn traitor against the WG ( he gets the lab, He rescues York, maybe even kill the main Vegapunk). But he allows Lilith to leave, since she is also Vegapunk and have his will continue on

[sonofcronos]

Oda has nailed Kizaru "unclear justice", i literaly have no idea if he will continue to be loyal to the goverment or not, both could happen (altrough he appears to be more on the goverment side).

Egghead also deals with work enviroment, especially of Japan where it is to harsh. Sentomaru was called in his day off. Egghead has a "fabrio-phrase". The admirals are servants of the Tenryuubito that they deslike. Kuma was literaly programed to obey but he apperantly is revolting. Vegapunk was the most valuable worker for the goverment, helping people across the world, but will get k1lled because he disagree with one topic. Workers and their relation with their Bosses is the main thing of this arc.

[SilverSlugs]

His character has been a pleasant surprise, Monkey D Luffy vs the Yellow Monkey of course is not lost on us. The idea of Kizaru deeply envying pirates, particularly Luffy and his allies, really paints the story in a new light. He’s easygoing because he really doesn’t find joy in taking down pirates. As in, on some level he kinda would rather let them play out their fate because somewhere in him he thinks “man…must be nice”. And it’s been manageable because at least most pirates are scum. and at least the good ones (shanks, Whitebeard / ace) are less concerned with freedom and more concerned with family, protecting their loved ones, and keeping the peace. If you’re cool they’re cool.

But when you deal with someone who says screw peace, I’m running up in your backyard and freeing _everyone_ then it’s a new problem. You can no longer dodge this confrontation with freedom anymore, because this new pirate wants smoke and he’s bringing the theme of freedom right to your face. You’re not fighting evil pirates or handling some political situation, you’re being ordered to fight those who represent a deep desire you may have not appreciated. Obviously if Kizaru _really_ wanted Luffy dead, and hated him the way Akainu does, Luffy would not have seen the end of marineford. But Luffy’s alive and on some level Kizaru kinda wants to see what this liberator can actually do. If these people really can find freedom on the seas. Same way he doesn’t _want_ to kill vegapunk or sentomaru, he doesn’t actually _want_ to stop this liberator. He’ll give it a decent try if he’s ordered to. But now things are getting real, Vegapunk has gone too far, Luffy is too strong, and a decent try won’t cut it for his bosses anymore. It’s time to kill that buried desire for freedom, along with some of his loved ones. And with that we see indifference revealed to be depression.

[Arzan_Noah]

Kizaru is the middle child.
Still trying to please and still being ignored.

[Aether_GM]

Y'all need to share Morj more. This kind of analysis is too rare in the community

[ammendum]

Given how Kizaru's been reacting to Gear 5 Luffy, my hypothesis is that he wonders whether or not Luffy's become strong enough to atually make a difference, and that while he'll fight the Straw Hats because that's what he's been ordered to do, he'll use this battle as a test to determinate if he can rely on them.

[MinutelyHipster]

For me personally, at this point in the story, Kizaru's Justice represents following the letter of the law exactly as it is given out, which means accepting all the contradictions that come with that.

In this world, the marines enforce the law to maintain the World Government's rule over the land. They do this under the guise of "maintaining order." This need to appear like you're just doing what's right while actually serving your own goals will eventually lead to some contradictory orders. Such as slavery being abolished, but the Celestial Dragons can still own slaves.

Akainu understands the spirit of the law in this way, because he agrees with it completely. He believes that the hierarchy needs to exist to keep people in line. He wasn't ordered to kill innocents on Ohara, but understood it was in the spirit of the law to do so. It didn't matter if Ace was already dead, it was in the spirit of the law to kill all pirates there. His understanding is all-encompassing, absolute.
Aokiji struggled with the contradictions, and only did enough to keep the world in order, until the contradictions became too much and he had to quit. When he did work, it was just enough to keep the peace, what would look lazy from the outside.
Kizaru accepts the contradictions as they are. He may struggle with them, but that doesn't deter him. He just follows orders as they're given, and so that makes his justice Unclear - it's filled with every contradiction that the law brings.

He's essentially an Admiral continuously on a Work-to-Rule protest.

[ASMoney]

3:51 I've always found Akainu and Kizaru's ankle flexibility to be insane. Seriously, sitting with your ankle on top of your knee with your toes pointed down!?

[Mohamad-mmd]

Everyone just talks about how strong kizaru is but morj asking how kizaru feels ? That’s why this channel is goated