Some Luffy Father Figure Appreciation

sorry im obsessed with the saiki brothers just being normal silly brothers while also being the most insane and abnormal pair of siblings of all time

"ha! this time, kusuo, i'll finally destroy- are you wearing my sweater?"

"... no."

"GIVE ME MY SWEATER BACK? WHEN DID YOU EVEN TAKE IT-?"

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"kusuo, can you dye my hair?"

"im not touching your greasy stem student hair."

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"i left cheesecake in the fridge earlier, do you-"

"i ate it."

"i will end you."

this is random, i just sketched out a full body gender bend version design for hanako kun, since there were someone who asking about cosplaying her LMAO ….so just for ur convenience to reference here.

IM DYING LMAO

I'VE BEEN LAUGHING AT THIS FOR THE PAST 10 MINUTES LMAO

I dont loke Mori but this shit is too funny

happy episode 1071 day !!

The (Laugh?) Sad Tale of Joy Boy

(Spoilers ahead, don’t read if you haven’t caught up with the manga)

This analysis came about from me remembering the ending of Wind Waker and the line from Amphibia’s true colors: “That’s the thing about friends isn’t it? The more you love ‘em the more it hurts when they go”

I don’t think a lot of people have caught on to the truly heartbreaking irony in the title of Joy Boy. That, despite his cheery name, his story did NOT have a happy ending.

We already know that the 20 kings (and Imu, most likely) won 800 years ago and destroyed most of what Joy Boy and his allies and friends accomplished.

This not only means that the many races of the world were doomed to persecution and racism by humans but it also means that the technology of the world was regressed to the point that they can only begin to catch up after 800 years (and largely because the man responsible is said to be 500 years ahead of his time) and the people don’t even know what they have lost.

Think about it, in the Jaya arc Robin examines a skull from the fallen galleon and deduces that they medically relieved him of a tumor by making a hole in the skull, without anesthesia. It’s a forgotten practice by the present time, but it still proves that medicine had to evolve to resort to less gruesome methods. And in the East Blue they mentioned that scurvy was only recently fully understood. None of these things are an issue for us because of current medical knowledge.

Of course not every technological advancement is good and some of them have actually caused horrific results both in the One piece world and real life. But people have an unfortunate tendency to take for granted the good things science has given us.

Back to the original topic though, if the Ancient Kingdom had won the One piece world would be unrecognizable to the one we’ve come to known. We don’t know how much for the better, but the 20 kings were very much afraid that such a world could have existed and of a man who‘s implied to have had a pretty innocent dream

When someone who doesn’t make sense to the rest of the world appears there’s two things that can happen with them. Either the world destroys them and who they are at their core, or the world is forced to change to make sense of them.

Joy Boy was definitely one such person in the past like Luffy is in the present. But unlike Luffy, when met with the violent nature of the world, he couldn’t beat it because of some cruel twist of fate. (Or perhaps betrayal? I think Imu knew the first Joy Boy or they wouldn’t keep the frozen straw hat).

Even if (when) Luffy wins and fulfills the original Joy Boy’s dream, the original Joy Boy didn’t, no matter how hard he tried.

But the 20 king were still unable to destroy who Joy Boy was at his core: a dreamer. The very reason that he had friends who loved him. And because of that, Joy Boy had to dream even further than thought posible and imagine that someone else would appear in the future who was like him. Surprise, surprise, that came true.

But he still died without fulfilling his promise. And he and his friends, like all people eventually do one way or another, had to part ways.

But no matter how much Joy Boy may think he failed his friends, they love him no matter what and believe in him. And go on to make sure Joy Boy’s dream of a new person like him appearing comes true. (And adopt the name D. as one of their methods?)

Even so, Joy Boy himself lost and his loss is felt by all who knew him because he is no longer there. Which isn’t the same as the memory of a person. Luffy may be the heir of Joy Boy, but he isn’t Nika (or whatever his real name was).

Imagine if Brook didn’t have the Revive fruit. Laboon would have kept waiting for someone who wouldn’t come back; and even if Luffy gave him a new reason to keep waiting, it still would be a very different person than the perverted-dad (skull?) joke telling-musical gentleman that Laboon knew, wouldn’t it? In this regard Brook is luckier than Joy Boy was.

That always was one of the most horrible things about the World Government, thinking people are expendable. They are not. Galley-La couldn’t make a new Going Merry even if they had the original blueprints because the crew that sailed her would notice small things that are not there anymore.

Although his memory and dreams for a new Dawn in the world are very much alive, the fact he lost so long ago after giving it his all cannot be undone. Similarly the 800 years of abuse the Government, the Celestial Dragons and Imu have inflicted cannot be undone either and many people who dreamed to see themselves free did not live to see it happen.

Is it any wonder then that a piece of the Rio Poneglyph, one of the only means of the Ancient Kingdom to communicate and perhaps the most crucial historical document in the One Piece world, is an apology letter from Joy Boy?

His dream will come true after all in such a way that will be mind-boggling to the point of it being funny, no matter what the world has thrown his way, which may be why Roger laughed.

What I mean to say is that I’m sure Joy Boy’s story will be extraordinarily tragic and yet triumphant somehow. And in line with who Luffy is, he’s not unbreakable.

But he’s not finished yet.

–Dazai Osamu, No Longer Human (1948). 

Omg omg omg I’ve read your post for the gear 5 luffy charm giveaway and I ABSOLUTELY agree with you. I went insane during this whole scene. I love love love love when Luffy embraces his captain role. He really is The Best. I really wish we had more scenes like that because god damn I still cannot get over it. How he takes command and deals efficiently with the situation while still inspiring hope and confidence in his crew… just wow. And it broke my heart when he forced himself to smile when giving his last reassurances to the crew through the mirrors shards. Such a good captain. Incredible moment.

oooh yeah i went ahead and made that analysis it's own post!!! thank you for the reminder lol. (for reference, that's basically a breakdown of the dialogue in ch. 878)

YEAH!!! god it's literally so, so, so good!!! i didn't talk a lot about the glass thing specifically because i could have gone on for two more hours about it because there's so much there--in addition to like "oh, cool captain moment!" (which it is) the fact that he's willing not only to be injured (re: fighting katakuri) but to injure himself just so he can talk to his crew is just soooo much. like, we talk a lot about sanji and zoro throwing themselves in front of death to protect the crew, but i really think there's room to explore luffy's own lack of self-preservation when it comes to how much he cares about the straw hats--like, in little ways. (aughghghg i have so many feelings.)

ANYWAY!! LUFFY!! IS!! THE!! BEST!!!

Artober day 17: He'd be right

"then what was it?" suguru says. "what was it that was so bad that truly convinced you i was evil. if it wasn't the mass murder, or the extortion, or the terrorism."

"your girls," satoru says.

geto jerks, staring at satoru like he's suddenly a stranger. he runs a hand through his hair and pulls on the roots so hard it hurts.

"...excuse me? satoru, you- you can't be serious. them? satoru, out of everything, you have to at least see that they were the best thing i ever did. i- you, of all people, have to understand that."

satoru still won't fucking look at him. he just exhales slowly through his nose, like he's trying to keep himself calm. like you have any right to be angry here, suguru thinks.

satoru's head shakes. he doesn't look up.

"you were a cult leader, suguru. do you really think you didn't indoctrinate your kids?"

"indoctrinate?" suguru feels like he's going to chip a tooth with how hard he's biting down. "satoru, i saved them."

satoru straightens, hands clenching and unclenching at his sides, and turns to leave. not once in their entire conversation did he even glance at suguru.

"yeah, well."

the light from the window turns his hair into spun glass. turned away like this, suguru can't see his expression.

"out of the frying pan, into the fire."

the door softly clicks closed behind him.