About Luffy vs. Katakuri and the Art of Paneling

One Piece's paneling is fantastic and underrated. But what exactly is good paneling? What makes a scene well-paneled, beyond just nice-looking wide shots? To answer that question, let's take Chapter 895 from Luffy vs. Katakuri, the best fight in One Piece, and use it to break down the Eight Rules of Paneling — eight principles for how paneling works, and why you should care about them. This video was edited by McIce. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Werb Channel Memberships: Look above this lmao Twitter: https://twitter.com/WerbReadsManga Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/werbreadsmanga.bsky.social Thumbnail Artist: https://twitter.com/Mcice_Draws 0:00 Intro 1:11 Rule 1 2:39 Chapter Recap 3:50 Rule 2 5:28 Rule 3 7:09 Rule 4 10:17 Rule 5 12:03 Rule 6a 14:49 Rule 6b 18:11 Rule 6c 19:20 Rule 6d 22:25 Rule 7 25:06 Rule 8 28:50 some yapping 29:43 Finale 31:34 Outro This video is a transformative analysis of the piece of media in question. This video is not a replacement for reading One Piece, and removes nearly all dialogue in order to be unusable as such. Please recognize this video's nature as fair use. MUSIC CREDITS: Gerudo Valley from Ocarina of Time Forsaken City - Sever the Skyline Mix from Celeste Battle! Lorekeeper Zinnia: Arrangement by Zame https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJfEEOdUTzY Beyond the Heart from Celeste: Farewell Field of Hopes and Dreams from Deltarune Chapter 1 Battle! Lake Guardians: Remaster by Zame https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4FXMSf6tp0 Stickerbrush Symphony from Super Smash Bros. Brawl Dark World from Super Smash Bros. Brawl Greenpath from Hollow Knight Through the Sea of Time: Remastered by Zame https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTW5mT8XrP4 Dialga's Fight to the Finish: Remaster by Zame https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d8ybenQcMs It's Raining Somewhere Else from Undertale I really hope this video does well.