- [Narrator] Hello and welcome
to the Grand Line Review,
your source for everything One Piece.
And today, it's time to talk
about one of the most important
issues facing the series as we know it,
which is, of course, the true power
of Nami's Happiness Punch.
Don't even pretend that you've
never thought about this.
And we've left this topic
untouched for far, far too long,
and, quite frankly, I
think it's almost pointless
to engage in any
discussion regarding power
or strength or general combat,
without having an acute understanding
of this particular technique.
An understanding that I'm
sure will be no problem
for you dear viewer given how intelligent,
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Sounds good, yes?
But Happiness Punch is a pretty shockingly
powerful ability held by Nami,
and fans of my previous
videos will know that I have,
in all seriousness, labeled
Nami as the most potent source
of raw power within the crew.
Although you may have
thought that I was talking
about the Clima-Tact,
Quite specifically the
Zeus augmented Clima-Tact.
But in any case, you would be wrong
because Nami may, very well,
have something even better.
And as a result, we are here to analyze
just how destructive this ability is,
in comparison to other well-known powers
of devastation on the planet.
But if you're asking yourself
why we're doing this in the first place,
then hello, you must be new here.
Welcome to the Grand Line Review,
your source for everything One Piece
and I mean everything One Piece.
So let's get right into it
with a basic explanation
of what Happiness Punch works.
Now to the amateur untrained eye,
this technique consists
of Nami dropping her towel
and exposing herself, causing
those within viewing range
to collapse due to a fearsome nosebleed.
And just in case you're
unfamiliar with Japanese media,
nosebleeds are kind of like a narrative
shorthand for arousal.
The theory is that arousal
increases blood flow,
eventually reaching a tipping point
and as such, viciously releasing
through the nose holes.
Which is actually quite important
because I suppose the
theory behind targets
being knocked down is blood loss,
which we have seen an
extreme case of with Sanji
immediately post-timeskip,
although this was not a
result of Happiness Punch.
Thankfully, that is, because if it was,
then Sanji would most likely be dead.
But the first time we saw
Happiness Punch in action
was during the Alabasta Arc,
where King Cobra, rather
questionably, revealed the location
of the women's baths, despite the fact
that his 16 year old daughter
was in there at the time.
And that's right,
pre-timeskip Vivi was 16.
So just remember that
the next time you see
those swirly boobs things.
But from here Nami decided to reward
and/or punish those
who decided to peek in,
thus activating her Happiness Punch
and sending everyone flying back
onto the floor of the men's baths.
And in addition to this,
she also charged each individual
100,000 Berries for the experience
of being hit by this deadly attack.
Meaning that Happiness
Punch does have a secondary
feature as a financial generation tool,
which will be importance
maybe to this discussion slightly later.
But for now, this might
not seem like a lot,
however there is some key information
to take away from this
initial performance.
Firstly, like I said before,
Happiness Punch is a
Nami exclusive technique,
and requires her sole activation,
which you might think has
entirely to do with her body.
However, that is not true.
And we know this because
at the very beginning
of the Alabasta Arc, a certain
Bon Clay turned himself
into a Nami clone through his devil fruit,
the Mane Mane no Mi,
and as is common in One Piece,
he then proceeded to expose her body
in a very similar fashion
to that of Happiness Punch.
And while it did have an effect,
it was certainly not the knock out blow
that Happiness Punch is capable of.
So this is important to note
because it becomes apparent
that the visual imagery
the move generates is simply not enough
on it's own and it does
require Nami's intentional
activation to achieve full effect.
Speaking of full effects though,
when it comes to examining such power,
there is a spectrum of
discrepancy at play here,
because in the Alabasta Arc example,
Happiness Punch was able
to knock out everyone.
However, this is not the
case in our second instance
where the technique was utilized on Wano.
In this case, only one individual
was actually knocked out,
which was, predictably Sanji.
Sneakily using his stealth black raid suit
to be present in the bathing area.
Which was kind of redundant
because it was a mixed
bathing area anyway,
so he really could have just,
you know, gone in without issue.
But back to the point at hand,
we didn't actually see
anyone else knocked out
by Happiness Punch, not
in the manga anyway.
We saw people with nosebleeds,
hearts eyes, and et cetera,
but not the sheer power that
was showcased on Alabasta.
I should say that in the anime adaptation,
people did fall down unconscious
but it was still an inconsistent effect
because many remained
standing and staring,
and not just women either.
And we should also be clear
about the situation here as well
because this Happiness
Punch was aimed directly
at a member of the Worst
Generation, being Basil Hawkins.
So with that in mind,
one can assume that Nami
was not holding back in any way.
And thus, using Happiness
Punch to it's full potential.
Rather annoyingly though,
this scene is kind of weird
because we never see
the reaction of Hawkins.
He basically just vanishes for a bit,
while we focus on Sanji and then Hawkins
reappears next to Drake.
It's a really, really
weirdly structured scene
and I suppose that's what
happens when joke attacks
are used against such
prominent characters.
Or to kind of had to
make Hawkins disappear
because what else can you do?
One option would be to have him affected
by Happiness Punch and thus diminishing
his status in this, otherwise,
incredibly serious arc
or to have Hawkins be unaffected by it,
in which case he just
easily captures Nami.
Neither situation is particularly great
for what Oda wanted to do with the story,
so I guess we just make
Hawkins disappear, ooh.
But Happiness Punch did still prove
to be incredibly effective,
although it clearly operates on a scale.
And there are some people in this world
who are going to be entirely
immune to such an attack.
And weirdly enough, one of
those people would be Luffy.
However, this is strange because in both
Alabasta Arc examples of
Nami's true Happiness Punch
and Bon Clay's imitation punch,
Luffy was affected just
like everyone else.
But then much later on in the story,
we have scene on Amazon Lily
with Luffy seeing Boa Hancock bathing
and he has zero reaction whatsoever.
But this inconsistency
would go on to be explained
by Eiichiro Oda in the SBS of volume 54.
"I believe that Luffy reacted
to Nami's naked body twice,
in volumes 18 and 23, and
both times it happened,
Usopp was with him.
He's the suspicious one.
In other words, when Luffy is alone,
his reaction is what it was with Hancock.
He's interested, but he's
not entranced by her.
But when he's with Usopp,
who's the same age,
it's like a kid on a school trip.
His bad side comes out.
Yeah, both sides of
Luffy feel right to me,
so the culprit is definitely Usopp."
So basically, Luffy is
susceptible to peer pressure
and will generally act
the way his peers do.
But in, say, a one-on-one situation,
he would be completely immune
to the power of Happiness Punch.
And having mentioned Amazon Lily though,
this does bring up a striking parallel
between Happiness Punch
and Boa Hancock's Mero Mero abilities.
They both have similar
pre-requisites for use,
being the lustful nature
of the target in question.
Although Happiness Punch
tends to be much more violent,
whilst Boa Hancock simply
turns people into stone.
There is something to be said
for the element of surprise though,
because even if Happiness Punch
is an arguably weaker version
of the Mero Mero no Mi's powers,
it is a more unexpected attack.
For example, Vice Admiral Momonga
knew to act swiftly enough to avoid
being entranced by Hancock.
Whereas I'm not so sure if
he would've taken someone
like Nami as seriously.
And then when she drops her towel,
it would simply be far, far too late.
Mini Momonga will activate
and Happiness Punch would have landed.
And I think the other
appropriate comparison to make
would be to Conqueror's Haki.
Both Happiness Punch and Conqueror's Haki
serve a very similar purpose,
which is to knock out huge
legions of dude bruhs,
and furthermore, they
both only offer an effect
on the more weak-minded
individuals of the world.
They just attack different
features of personality.
Conqueror's Haki is a
direct assault on willpower,
whilst Happiness Punch
attacks physical desire.
And not only that, but
Oda himself has been posed
the question of which of
these techniques is stronger,
which he answered in the SBS of volume 74.
"I see, this is tough showdown, isn't it.
Well, let's see, if we were
to talk about these two
using their techniques with
their own bodies alone,
Nami's Happiness Punch would only work
among visible range, so it would probably
not be able to compete
against Luffy's Haki.
However, if we are allowed to take
the usage of visual Den Den
Mushi into consideration,
Luffy's Haki will not be able to convert
into willpower-radio waves,
but Nami will be able to
attack various locations
around the world at once,
and thus victory would become Nami's.
Nevertheless, it should be noted
that the Happiness Punch also
deals a great amount damage
to one's wallet as it requires the payment
of 100,000 Berries per person,
and in this way, it can be confirmed
that this attack is a great deal nastier
than Haki in general."
So there you have it.
Purely comical confirmation
from the author himself
that Happiness Punch is at
least more mean spirited
than Conqueror's Haki.
But hey, it is cool to
know that with the use
of a visual Den Den Mushi,
Happiness Punch retains its full effect.
The same cannot be said
for Conqueror's Haki
because you do need to
be in range to feel it.
So right now, I'm imagining a situation
where Nami was present at Marineford
and in order to stop the war,
she decided to invoke a
global Happiness Punch,
affecting everyone
currently viewing the battle
and quite probably becoming richer
than all of the world nobles combined
through the sheer amount of financial debt
that the world would owe her.
But as for who Happiness Punch
would be most effective on,
well, it's obviously the more
perverted types in this world.
Sanji has come up a lot in this discussion
but it's also worth flagging Momonosuke
as a clear candidate given his tendencies.
And I suppose you could
also add Brook into the mix
but it is highly debatable
over whether or not he
would actually be affected.
Primarily because he has no blood.
So if Happiness Punch is based
on knocks outs via blood loss
then Nami using the technique on Brook
is about as effective as
Enel using lighting on Luffy.
And furthermore, Nami
would almost certainly make
the Enel face having
met her natural counter.
But it would also be
quite effective against,
the not perverted, but more shy
about this sort of stuff types.
Meet, for example, Drake on
Wano was almost knocked out
by the sight of seeing a random
woman in a state of undress.
So I could see Happiness Punch
having a pretty major impact on him.
The hardest people to
tell are those like Zoro.
You know the stoic, focused individuals
who act like they have no
interest in the greater world,
but they very clearly do sometimes.
And so I suppose what Zoro
has going in his favor
is general disinterest.
I mean I think he was
the only one on Alabasta
who did not peek into the women's baths,
which means that he has a
keen sense of avoiding danger.
But that doesn't mean that
he would not be affected
if danger found him.
However, I guess my main
take away from all of this,
if indeed there is one
at all, probably not.
But its that Happiness Punch
is a very specific move that
doesn't have the great area
of effect that, say, the Mero Mero no Mi
or Conqueror's Haki are able to achieve.
Those two abilities do not discriminate.
They strike just about everyone.
Happiness Punch also isn't quite
as strong as either of them,
with conquerer's haki
fully knocking people out
and the Mero Mero no Mi
completely immobilizing them.
However, Happiness Punch,
in the right situation,
is still pretty extraordinary,
especially considering
we were introduced to it
long before the other
abilities I've mentioned.
This was the original crowd sweeper,
and in the first half of the Grand Line,
as well as likely all four blues,
and yeah, even most of the New World,
this attack is still going
to yield incredible results.
Another one of many reasons why Nami
is heavily underrated
by the World Government
when it comes to her bounty.
But that only works in her favor
because her comparative lack of notoriety
means that nobody ever expects
to be struck with the happiest attack
in the entirety of One Piece.
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