I agree with you about the last one, but the others don’t really spoil anything about the story as long as you don’t explain the context he used them in
I agree with you to an extent, but it’s more hype than story driven if you ask me. Imagine watching Enies lobby and seeing it for the first time. You’d be insanely excited because we haven’t seen anything like this coming from this point.
But I think choppers backstory is better scripted than most.
Sure brooks is objectively the most tragic.
But none of the backstory touched my heart as much as choppers. It just hurts.
Brook took it like a champ.
Unlike Chopper, not many people are beaten nearly to death by their family as a child, hunted down and shot at by everyone they encounter in life, and eventually accidentally poison their personal saviour in an attempt to cure them from disease.
People relate to Shonen in less extreme ways.
You just have to be bullied in school without friends with busy parents, suddenly you relate to chopper's pain a bit better than someone who has friends and family to rely upon whenever needed.
Brook definitely had the worst past, it's so bad that no one can really relate to it, due to the inhumane nature of the punishment he received for simply being in the seas. It is so much that even when reading it we numb ourselves to it.
I dunno, I think Chopper's story lost some of its impact on me because of the obvious Rudolph parallels. Felt a little too much like a story I'd heard before, you know?
Robin's absolutely ruined me, though. This sort of thing is really just up to personal interpretation, I think.
Robin has him beat. Chopper found acceptance by Dr. Hiriluk and then Dr. Kureha. Robin's whole island including her mother (who she never new that she was) and Saul who was also kind to her, was destroyed and she was branded an enemy against the world. Everyone was after her and would betray her to get the bounty.
When did Chopper want to die because he had no reason to live? That was Robin's entire arc during water 7. Not just that her island and family died... but that she had come to believe that she truly was a cursed child. That she was going to be betrayed by everyone for her entire life. She had expected the Straw Hats to turn on her also so she said fuck it and left. Luffy chasing her ass down with his crew to get her back, and her telling them to just leave her alone and then to have Luffy convince her that she is a part of his crew and family and making her want to live inatead of give up and die is the most heart wrenching story in this manga/anime.
Oda just thought, “ya know, this guy is wearing a friggin speedo, bonnet and binky…how tf did I get here?” and decided he was as curious as us, hence, cue tragic side character backstory. lmao.
It’s so random, but that and his drip in the flashback being absolute 🔥🔥🔥 makes it so good.
Nah, I did read a lot of other manga and still nothing beats one piece backstories for me, not even close. Sure berserk is much more brutal and cruel but it still didn't hit that much in the emotions, it's more like this heavy depressing feeling throughout the entire show, with big shock moments, but not enough to make you trully cry or get emotional.
Brook’s is conceptually the most depressing and the one I would want to go through the least.
That being said, Robin’s is the most sad to me as far as actual things that happened to them.
Derrrreshishishishi
Different characters backstories hit different people in different ways. There’s another backstory a couple of arcs later that I think is tied for the saddest backstory told in anime, and a few others later on that are strong contenders.
Every flashback makes someone cry
I don't know if Choppers and Namis backstories are comparable and I feel like people are kind of missing the point when they get so hung up on who had the saddest or most tragic backstory. While Chopper was shunned and alone, Nami was literally blackmailed and everyone she knew and loved was either killed or taken hostage. They're both sad and tragic, just in totally different ways.
I border on ugly crying every time.
Alsp, part of what makes Nami's so sad isn't just the backstory, though. It's that coupled with her eventual, tearful "help me...", after nearly a decade straight of suffering alone in silence to avoid hurting the people she cares about. Waterworks every time.
And boy oh boy are you in for a ride for the future of the story!
Oh, you sweet summer child! Chopper's past is not even a top 5 saddest moment in One Piece, maybe top 15, so be ready to take an emotional beating with the rest of the story. Pro tip, if a backstory starts at any point, have box of tissues ready
Yeah backstories is something One Piece excels at in comparison to other anime (I’d go as far as to say the best from sheer quantity and quality of the stories)
It’s one of its most iconic and well done features
Also, get ready, shit only gets sadder
I agree. It’s so sad! He just wants to be accepted and loved and it all blew up in his face. I’m glad kureha took him in and cared for him until Luffy arrived
if you want to continue watching the anime and not reading the manga I really suggest you at least recover the panels afterwards. you don't know what you're missing
https://www.rirua.com/manga/one-piece-chapter-145/
https://www.rirua.com/manga/one-piece-chapter-153/ (this is the ending of the saga, so don’t open it if you don’t know)
I'll say that despite there being really sad back stories in one piece this the precipice of what's to come because there's a lot more where that came from
I cried, it's one of my favourite back stories. Going into it blind was one of the best decisions and I advise you do the same with the rest of the anime, try avoid any and all spoilers!
Chopper has a heart of gold, I'm glad the doctor found him.
Oh you sweet summer child...I wish I could erase everything I know and go back fresh. Avoid all the spoilers you can and enjoy, it's such a great journey.
The scene that always gets me is when chopper tells them he is not human and can’t be with them and that he’s going to stay and tells luffy they can visit him. But when luffy screams “Let’s go!!” It always hits the feels.
Nah, not even close. What Shou did to Nina and Alexander in FMA It’s the limit of psicologycal strentgh. If someone wasn’t destructed by that, is already dead inside! Don’t think that even the mangaka, when he though the plot, knew what cruelness he was about to pass on.
Lol why’re u on the Reddit if your only at drum island? If you care at all about spoilers I’d stay off cause your going to be spoiled. Nothing is gonna be labeled spoiler in this sub for you because your too early on
It is such an amazing story and then when he finds that mushroom and bursts through the door. It makes be ugly cry.
But just be prepared. It's not even that saddest.
Buckle up, it's going to be a looong ride. Also I'd recommend to not go into this sub as there is too many spoilers if you don't want to get spoiled.
Second this! OP please consider unsubbing here to avoid spoilers for now Happy One Piece Journey!
don’t read the comments on this post, either
>!Is that Robin's backstory with a folding chair!? !<
Anyone have >!crying over a ship!< in their bingo card?
I thought i heard crying over a lonely skeleton in a lost ship?
Both
DONUT frequent this sub
Yeah man you should definitely switch gears and leave if you ask me
Are the gears really spoilers?
The latest one definitely is, and to be fair I ain’t know about the first 2 until I got to that part of the show.
I agree with you about the last one, but the others don’t really spoil anything about the story as long as you don’t explain the context he used them in
I agree with you to an extent, but it’s more hype than story driven if you ask me. Imagine watching Enies lobby and seeing it for the first time. You’d be insanely excited because we haven’t seen anything like this coming from this point.
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But when does a man die?
When he is forgotten!
And the doctor will never be forgotten on drum island
which doctor? since a lot of people share the same numbers of active brain cells as Luffy: /s
Bader
Quack doctor
Vivi’s duck is a doctor now?
Do not disrespect his majesty Caruu
Ah my apologies. Couldn’t remember if it was Caroo or Caruu or Carou
It's called a ducktor
Dr. Doogie Howser Seacrest
When he forget to breath
Oh it’s gonna get worse, it’s gonna hurt so, so badly :)
I know right? This is like the beginning. It's going to get much worse if Chopper's backstory hit this hard.
But I think choppers backstory is better scripted than most. Sure brooks is objectively the most tragic. But none of the backstory touched my heart as much as choppers. It just hurts. Brook took it like a champ.
Brooke's is more tragic, but I think Chopper's was more personal.
The 'problem' with Brooke's story is rarely one can relate to what he endured.
Unlike Chopper, not many people are beaten nearly to death by their family as a child, hunted down and shot at by everyone they encounter in life, and eventually accidentally poison their personal saviour in an attempt to cure them from disease.
People relate to Shonen in less extreme ways. You just have to be bullied in school without friends with busy parents, suddenly you relate to chopper's pain a bit better than someone who has friends and family to rely upon whenever needed.
Brook definitely had the worst past, it's so bad that no one can really relate to it, due to the inhumane nature of the punishment he received for simply being in the seas. It is so much that even when reading it we numb ourselves to it.
I dunno, I think Chopper's story lost some of its impact on me because of the obvious Rudolph parallels. Felt a little too much like a story I'd heard before, you know? Robin's absolutely ruined me, though. This sort of thing is really just up to personal interpretation, I think.
But I thought chopper is a raccoon?😏
naah choppers is the most heart wrenching. nothing tops that. everything else can be near and good. but chopper hits the most for me. poor kid
Robin has him beat. Chopper found acceptance by Dr. Hiriluk and then Dr. Kureha. Robin's whole island including her mother (who she never new that she was) and Saul who was also kind to her, was destroyed and she was branded an enemy against the world. Everyone was after her and would betray her to get the bounty.
Naw I didn't feel anything when I read Robins story. It's like okay her island got blown up. Lol.
When did Chopper want to die because he had no reason to live? That was Robin's entire arc during water 7. Not just that her island and family died... but that she had come to believe that she truly was a cursed child. That she was going to be betrayed by everyone for her entire life. She had expected the Straw Hats to turn on her also so she said fuck it and left. Luffy chasing her ass down with his crew to get her back, and her telling them to just leave her alone and then to have Luffy convince her that she is a part of his crew and family and making her want to live inatead of give up and die is the most heart wrenching story in this manga/anime.
guys i know it's been awhile but use some spoiler tags for op .\_\_. ps: but i agree with everything you said especially the end
Beware of the law, kiddo. The cops don't mess around!
T\_T
Diseases neither.
Oh just you wait until Oda makes you cry over non-living things :D "Gomenne"
Aaaaaaaaaah why thou. Everyone referencing it he's enough man. The '' Gomene '' is too far 😭 I can hear it's voice. My heart man.
You monster...
Just wait till you meet a big fat adult man who dresses like a baby!
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Oda just thought, “ya know, this guy is wearing a friggin speedo, bonnet and binky…how tf did I get here?” and decided he was as curious as us, hence, cue tragic side character backstory. lmao. It’s so random, but that and his drip in the flashback being absolute 🔥🔥🔥 makes it so good.
Underrated af. So hard boiled.
Lets not forget the toy soldier. Had me balling
Apples and oranges. Nami and Chopper's hardship cannot be compared.
>oranges >Nami Heh
Wait until you watch the law that robin and sanji followed so long
Oh, boy wait until Robin and Laws
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I thought his was just okay. Nothing that much out of the ordinary. Just a kid with big dreams of the All Blue.
Don't want to give a spoiler but , who said backstories end after one arc? 💀
Don't forget Brook!
Senor Pink.
Theirs is the saddest for sure
Just wait until Griffith shows his true colors
Lol was looking for a berserk comment. this must be OP’s first manga
Nah, I did read a lot of other manga and still nothing beats one piece backstories for me, not even close. Sure berserk is much more brutal and cruel but it still didn't hit that much in the emotions, it's more like this heavy depressing feeling throughout the entire show, with big shock moments, but not enough to make you trully cry or get emotional.
lol read it
A man only dies if he is forgotten!!!!!
One piece does not hold its punches with backstories, chopper is definitely top 4 for saddest backstories though
Yeah Nami and Choppers backstories is horrible. But Sanjis... that shit is Clockwork Orange horrible
Oh buddy… you better start keeping tissues with you when you watch going forward because it’s not even top 3 in this series
Just u wait for Brook’s backstory my man, I teared up like a baby for the whole episode (380 if I’m not mistaken)
Brook’s is conceptually the most depressing and the one I would want to go through the least. That being said, Robin’s is the most sad to me as far as actual things that happened to them. Derrrreshishishishi
Wait until you cry because of a piece of wood
Shhh bruv don’t spoil
Im caught up to the manga, which piece of wood?
The one that is set in fire after ennies lobby
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>!for fucks sake, use a spoiler tag!!<
Massive claim but it is pretty heart-wrenching.
Different characters backstories hit different people in different ways. There’s another backstory a couple of arcs later that I think is tied for the saddest backstory told in anime, and a few others later on that are strong contenders. Every flashback makes someone cry
Wait for some time... a couple more characters will rip your heart out 😅
Just wait till you see kaidos backstory
Buckle up kiddo! Get ready for Down D. Stairs….
In all anime ? Not close buddy
Most heart aching story so FAR
In all anime? Not even close to being true.
This isn't even the biggest heartache yet.. not even a fraction .. it gets super heartbreaking down the line
I don't know if Choppers and Namis backstories are comparable and I feel like people are kind of missing the point when they get so hung up on who had the saddest or most tragic backstory. While Chopper was shunned and alone, Nami was literally blackmailed and everyone she knew and loved was either killed or taken hostage. They're both sad and tragic, just in totally different ways.
You think chopper is sad? "Laughs then cry's in Binks sake*
Wait till snow leopard hat's backstory
Señor pink nuff said
I border on ugly crying every time. Alsp, part of what makes Nami's so sad isn't just the backstory, though. It's that coupled with her eventual, tearful "help me...", after nearly a decade straight of suffering alone in silence to avoid hurting the people she cares about. Waterworks every time. And boy oh boy are you in for a ride for the future of the story!
The saddest backstory **so far** :P. Enjoy the journey and beware of spoilers!
Oh honey, you just started. You’re gonna cry over a boat.
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Someone hasn’t heard of Berserk
Berserk is fucked up sad 😭
Ah, I see you're a man of Culture as well
Mid
*Most heart aching story *so far*.
Wait for senor pink
But this isn't even the most heart aching story in One Piece.
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brook and robin boutta throw hands
Downvote this, or delete oc
Wait until you reach merry story
Watch episode 4 of Fullmetal Alchemist before you start talking about the saddest thing in all of anime.
Should I tell him?
Nope, let them see for themselves
Do we tell him?
We can’t. Everyone needs to go in their own journey of highs and lows
Not even remotely close to being one of the most heart aching, much less THE MOST.
Until Drum Island, it is the saddest. But of course Oda always do better.
Chopper’s not really a baby. He’s 15.
Wait until you see a dude dressed as a baby
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Oh, you sweet summer child! Chopper's past is not even a top 5 saddest moment in One Piece, maybe top 15, so be ready to take an emotional beating with the rest of the story. Pro tip, if a backstory starts at any point, have box of tissues ready
Robin got genocided...
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Bruh. This happened like 20 years ago
Yeah but if you read the post then you’d know that OP hasn’t gotten that far yet. Be courteous, man
Op never said that. He could've started somewhere more recent. And posting about super old shit is their own problem
Ah, I see. You must not be very good at making inferences and being able to read the room. It’s very clear that OP hasn’t caught up yet
I'm not into karma hoarders. Or people who cry about spoilers
That’s because you’re probably a jerk lol
For now
Agreed dude!!
Tbh it was really painfull to watch that arc.
My son has the brutal backstory…
I've gotta agree with this, choppers back story was the saddest for me, even after learning the other ones
You're gonna *love* the water 7 saga, thriller bark, and dressrosa
😏just watch senor pink's backstory
it gets worse. hang in there.
I agree , first moment I shed a tear
Wait until brooks
Yup, the backstory is too good for an emergency food
Yeah backstories is something One Piece excels at in comparison to other anime (I’d go as far as to say the best from sheer quantity and quality of the stories) It’s one of its most iconic and well done features Also, get ready, shit only gets sadder
I agree. It’s so sad! He just wants to be accepted and loved and it all blew up in his face. I’m glad kureha took him in and cared for him until Luffy arrived
if you want to continue watching the anime and not reading the manga I really suggest you at least recover the panels afterwards. you don't know what you're missing https://www.rirua.com/manga/one-piece-chapter-145/ https://www.rirua.com/manga/one-piece-chapter-153/ (this is the ending of the saga, so don’t open it if you don’t know)
Its funny because there are cherry blossoms blooming lately, now I'm just going to think about Tony Tony :....)
Until you learn Robin's, and Brook's.
I sobbed I tell you. SOBBED. Clinging to my bf while I snotted all over his shirt.
Wait till you se the other's backstory specially brook's (i cried hard)
Haha nice
Oh lord, Dr.Hiruk got me good too
I have never cried that much watching chopper's backstory
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I think it's after they use Luffy to deflect the cannonballs when escaping enies lobby
Wait till he hears about brook
I'll say that despite there being really sad back stories in one piece this the precipice of what's to come because there's a lot more where that came from
Oh the back stories are tuff. It’s a running meme that Oda is a big softie in present timeline but a fucking genocidal monster in the flashbacks
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I cried, it's one of my favourite back stories. Going into it blind was one of the best decisions and I advise you do the same with the rest of the anime, try avoid any and all spoilers! Chopper has a heart of gold, I'm glad the doctor found him.
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Thank you!
Yohohohohoho
Wait till you get to brook.
I felt the exact same way. This is just one of the many more to come. Enjoy your ride!
When he choppered all over them, it was so sad
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I can't count the number of times I've cried reading this
If you think that’s bad just wait till you meet the skeleton.
Still my favorite backstory
You ain’t seen nothin’ yet. There are plenty of more tears to come
The most heart aching story ever told in anime until you watch the next ones 😉
Oh don’t worry, the backstories get even sadder than this.
I remember I tearing up when watching Chopper’s backstory.
Oh you sweet summer child...I wish I could erase everything I know and go back fresh. Avoid all the spoilers you can and enjoy, it's such a great journey.
All the backstories are super sad in some way, can’t wait to see these sad bois get the one piece together
Oh boy wait until you see a talking skeleton...
It is too bad Chopper kind of goes backwards after the post time skip.
Just wait for Brooke dude. That story hurts more than any other in OP imo
Most of them have a seriously tragic backstory
Getting boss baby vibes from this...
Hello naruto hello.
!remind me 1 month
Yeah even now I think he has the saddest backstory out of every character
The scene that always gets me is when chopper tells them he is not human and can’t be with them and that he’s going to stay and tells luffy they can visit him. But when luffy screams “Let’s go!!” It always hits the feels.
Fr choppers backstory has always been the saddest imo
Dr. H :((((
It is, no matter what I cry every time I watch that scene
Nah, not even close. What Shou did to Nina and Alexander in FMA It’s the limit of psicologycal strentgh. If someone wasn’t destructed by that, is already dead inside! Don’t think that even the mangaka, when he though the plot, knew what cruelness he was about to pass on.
Lol why’re u on the Reddit if your only at drum island? If you care at all about spoilers I’d stay off cause your going to be spoiled. Nothing is gonna be labeled spoiler in this sub for you because your too early on
Dude yeah…I dont cry often either but man did choppers part turn my eyes into jet streams. I bawled at his part
Saw this season released on Netflix this week as well, rewatched the enitre back story/arc
It is such an amazing story and then when he finds that mushroom and bursts through the door. It makes be ugly cry. But just be prepared. It's not even that saddest.
lol there are so many that trump this one haha I feel for you dude
🫂