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I joke a lot about one piece being bad but at it’s heart it is a story of love and freedom and revolution and it’s a pretty inexorable part of me.

what really surprised me is how tightly woven those threads are, even from the beginning. all the way back when alvida was the first villain, through the Big Punch-Em-Up Explosions that are happening in the new world, some (katakuri) better than others (doflamingo). the narrative sprawls and the individual arcs have shenanigans, and characterization can get kinda wobbly, but thematically (and maybe even meta plot-wise) it’s been solid since day one. and you can find fascinating comparisons between character arcs: robin and ace and their question about if they should have been born (can throw sanji in here too), nami and jimbei’s connections to fishmen, chopper and franky living up to dead father figures and embracing monstrosity in their humanity, luffy and everyone else–

it’s good. and it’s been good to think with. more important to me right now, it’s been good to hope with.