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And then there’s the whole thing with Koby
just talked to nyla about this but garp being willing to ignore SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS worth of crime dadan has committed for free childcare but not being willing to break the law and help ace is crazy
Kuma is such a good dad. Also, somebody give Bonney some love-
ONE PIECE (1997-?) by eiichirou oda
something to add with the whole food motivation, yknow the ark when the crew are on an island full of bounty hunters that are literally tricking them and trying o kill them?
He legit fights his own second in command...because they fed him. Like, he full on ignores anything zoro is saying and is fighting him and getting all pissed off because they gave him food so they definitely cant be trying to hurt them.
i dunno if thats because luffy is just oblivious or what but he is definitely motivated by food lol
Luffy not wanting to be viewed as a hero is actually so important to me. Because while the first reasoning we get for this is him not wanting to share his food
We also learn later on that Luffy also doesn't want to be viewed as a savior, nor does he ever want to present himself as such. He doesn't want to be placed on a pedestal or (ironically) be deified by the people he helps.
At the end of Fishman island, he was fully ready to leave without fanfare because he did not want to be treated by the people in that way, and only agrees to stay because he is promised food. The same thing happens at the end of Wano, where he refuses to take any credit for the downfall of Kaido and instead simply enjoys the festival with everyone else.
I cannot overstate how much I love this decision for Luffy as a character. It is incredibly common for stories like Fishman Island and Wano to have the main character swoop in and save the oppressed people, with said character being to sole person to rally them and "teach" them how to fight back. We don't get that with Luffy.
In Fishman Island, he tells the people that its up to them to decide whether or not he is their friend or foe instead of swooping in playing the role of the hero. In Wano, he understands to importance of who begins the fight with Kaido, and stands back to let the Red Scabbards (Wano natives) get the first major hit on Kaido
Even in the prison when Luffy gives his speech, he is asking the people to let him help, to have faith that they and their country can be free again, to fight for the freedom that had been cruelly stripped away from them. And even then, it is Momo and members of the Red Scabbards that fully restore the Udon prisoners faith.
Hell, we even see this all the way back in Arlong Park, where Luffy waits to take action until Nami asks him for help. He doesn't come in guns blazing and save her like some sort of white knight, but instead waits for Nami's go ahead, placing the power in her hand.
It's just such a refreshing way of seeing a protagonist in this type of story be portrayed. To have him understand the importance of the people he fight's side by side with, and not place himself as the fixer of all problems, but rather as an aid to these people (often times an aid that they explicitly asked for). It actively rejects the white savior/white knight trope(s) and allows for the people native to the island to have agency in these large battles instead of being sidelined. It is their lives and stories that are centered as being the most important in these moments, and Luffy is simply there to help them.
I love them more than anything in the world
Yamato, Transness, and "Passing"
Now that we're nearly a full arc removed from Wano and Yamato's introduction, I want to talk about the reaction that a subset of the one piece fandom had to his reveal as a trans man/transmasc person, the transphobia behind that reaction, and how the concept of passing plays into that reaction. I'm not going to be arguing that Yamato is a trans man, as I think it is very obvious that he is given how he is referred to in the canon text. This is instead going to be more of a fandom dissection of why (in my personal opinion) so many people refuse to acknowledge Yamato as a man.
When we are first introduced to Yamato, he is dressed in a way that gives him the appearance of a flat chest, and is wearing a mask to hide his face. He looks like a man in a cis-heteronormative way
When Yamato was depicted like this, he was (from what I can tell) mostly referred to with he/him pronouns by the fanbase. This is based on comments underneath his chapter debut and episode debut. There are comments under his episode debut that do use she/her pronouns and refer to him as a woman, but because these episodes have been out for a while, it would make sense that these kinds of comments would be left on his debut after his second design was revealed.
Then, when he removes his mask and outer layer of his outfit, he is depicted like this
After this reveal, more people began to refer to Yamato with she/her pronouns, and refer to him as Kaido's daughter, despite him referring to himself as Kaido's son, as well as the people around him using he/him pronouns exclusively for him. What changed? Well, Yamato went from having a design that looked traditionally masculine to having a more traditionally feminine one. As such people who associate only women with having breasts and more "feminine" features began to insist that Yamato was a tomboy, or a delusional woman, anything but accept that fact that he is a man.
There is a phenomena with trans "acceptance", where a character is accepted as trans only if they look like their gender according to the cis-heteronormative ideal, and questioned and denied if they don't. Kiku, a trans woman who "passes" as a woman did not receive nearly the same level of speculation and denial of her trans identity. (This is not to say that Kiku received no hate or transphobic comments, but that because she looks like a woman to the average cis-het viewer, she was treated as a "real" trans person, whereas Yamato was not).
Yamato has been repeatedly referred to as mentally ill for being a "non-passing" trans man. He has been called bad representation (despite large numbers trans men/transmasc people, myself included, saying that his IS good representation). People have made claims with no canon backing in an attempt to hand wave away his transness because he "looks like a woman", a popular one being that Kaido some how forced Yamato into being a man, despite his backstory telling us the exact opposite.
And the reasoning for all of this speculation is that trans people are held to such high standards in terms of appearance and presentation, even in fictional media. A trans man must have a flat chest, deep voice, facial hair etc. or he isn't actually trans. A trans woman must have breasts, a high voice, a lack of facial hair, etc. or she isn't actually trans. Non-binary people are dismissed entirely. This denies the many different and diverse ways that a person can be trans. Sure, some trans people wish to medically transition, get the "surgery" and go through life as if they were cis. But not all trans people want that. Gender is messy and complicated, its not nearly as black and white a we have been taught to believe. There are many trans people (both binary and non-binary) who will never medically transition. That does not make them less trans, it does not make them delusional. Yet because we have this black and white thinking ingrained in us from childhood, any deviation from the strict boxes of "man" and "woman" are immediately questioned, and that includes gender non-conforming people - both trans and cis.
This type of transphobia is not talked about enough, as the people doing it will so often hide behind the idea that they are protecting "real" trans people, and just want to make sure that they are respected and taken seriously. But, respect for a persons gender identity CANNOT be conditional. It does not matter if they "don't pass". It doesn't matter if they are a good person, a bad person. The second you start dictating who gets to have their gender respected is the second you stop being an ally. And that includes fictional characters like Yamato.
YOOO I JUST WATCHED THIS EPISODE AND OMG-
⚠️One Piece ep 940 SPOILERS⚠️
The townspeople and otoko just absolutely laughing through their sobs, because at that point if they stopped with all their laughter and joyfulness or if someone took that away from them. Who else are they? Just a bunch of sad/depressed people living in poverty, on the edge of dying from hunger.
I love seeing Zoro's confusion and i guess his bit of anger towards the townspeople, because it brings such a contrast that I just adore for some reason.
I loved seeing how Yasuie was connected to everything.
painted this like two days before it was revealed he has pink hair and lost motivation ANYWAYS sun and moon scar hc
breaking news: emperor of the sea Monkey D. Luffy described as having a “jolly good time” in Egghead despite the Buster Call
I might have redraw my fav panel from the ch 1058 hehe
...did luffy basically just debunk the "shanks and buggy see each other as brothers" theory lol
I hate shanks twin so much
this made me laugh out loud, thank you anon
seeing he's the leader of the god's knights it's a sentiment i completely understand and share. however i'm still excited to see how this whole thing plays out, it might be an appealing subplot storyline, and i also can't wait to see how shanks will react to all this lmao. i love analyzing shanks through his reactions and this seems like it will be quite the wild ride for him lol
trying not to think about the fact shanks was probably abandoned because his father only needed one heir, and it was shamrock, so shanks wasn't worth raising. trying not to think about the impact this might have on shanks once he knows. trying not to think about how buggy has always felt sidelined, like roger's "second choice", an afterthought, while he saw shanks as the "favorite kid", always praised, always celebrated, oblivious to the fact shanks was once the second choice too. trying not to think about how, once again, shanks and buggy mirror each other perfectly, but it still didn't stop their relationship from shattering
IT'S REALLL IT'S SO REAL. ACTUALLY INSANE
i would love to share my thoughts on the shanks twin theory (which is now apparently Very Real and Very Much Not A Theory Anymore). but i will not. i will talk about it when we have more info though trust me
i would love to share my thoughts on the shanks twin theory (which is now apparently Very Real and Very Much Not A Theory Anymore). but i will not. i will talk about it when we have more info though trust me
BEPO!!!! BEPO IS HERE!!!!!!!!
this is our first time seeing a member of the heart pirates in more than one year if i'm not mistaken... i'm so happy i could cry... it fills my heart with joy seeing bepo safe and bandaged up. i can't wait to find out who's taking care of them, and most importantly i can't wait to see law again </3
Subtle reminder that my boy is better than u
The fact I understand THESE SONGS to the bottom of my soul and can totally comprehend how each matches them to an uncomfortable degree 😅🫠🫣
Ya get me?
GIFS describing my first reaction:
GIFS after reading this and how I view him now:
Figarland Shamrock is an Otter, an analysis.
With the release (on most major pirating sites) of the newest One Piece chapter, a new character known as Figarland Shamrock was introduced. As One Piece fans are acutely aware, this mans importance to the story is quite vital, being seemingly a twin to Red Haired Shanks, one of the series' most mysterious and popular figures.
However, as I was discussing the latest chapter with a friend, he remarked that this new character had a certain "feminine" quality to him, a sentiment which I shared. However, the details of how he came to this conclusion fascinated me, so I decided to analyze his design and see exactly why exactly it is that this man looks like he belongs in a queer Halloween party.
(Also: YES I am aware that the image says twink and not otter, the people who I discuss one piece with are straight as fuck and do NOT know what an otter is. also i can't rlly add an img id cuz i'm supposed to be doing hw rn. srry >n<)
I'm aware that some of these comments might not be completely accurate, but these are just the things that stood out to me the most.
If you see anything you saw that wasn't listed feel free to add! :D
major spoilers for one piece manga chapter 1138
so, looking at the mural at the end of the chapter we've got a lot of things that are familiar
but i was thinking. kouzuki toki said a prophecy right before she died that has similar wording to the story of the three worlds
i know that it's likely this prophecy has been fulfilled at the end of wano, but i wondered if maybe it was referring to the third world as well.
from what i interpret of the mural, each world is the three times the sun god appeared. first, the fruit was formed from the wishes of the slaves who desired freedom - since vegapunk said that devil fruits come from wishes or dreams. second, joyboy appeared and gathered people, and they fought against what we now know as the world government before they rose the water levels. and finally, luffy appears.
toki was born 830 years ago, i think, which would put her at the end of the void century, so it wouldn't be that much of a stretch to say she knows about all of this. the nine shadows/the unbidden shadows could be luffy's crew..?
idk. i could be completely wrong, but i wanted to point it out. food for thought.
Yeah and i hate people saying he "fumbled" buggy like buggy wasn't already a little shit and left before even giving Shanks a chance. I get Buggy's motivations but you gotta remember Shanks also have motivations, and ones that seem to be infinitely more important and self sacrificial than Buggy feeling inferior.
Sometimes I think about how if Shanks didn’t fucking fumble so hard, him and Buggy would have been an insane duo.
Buggy and Shanks together as pirates would have been a diabolical pair. Gay and powerful.
I can’t even imagine how much cooler Shanks would have been if he took showers and wasn’t an alcoholic lol. The world couldn’t comprehend an even cooler shanks so oda had to nerf him.
I know everyone is enamoured with the clean Shanks but it means that everyone's making fanfic of him instead of Shanks and saying how cool Shamrock is and how they like him better and noo stoppp Shanks is the og. His greasiness is his charm not a fault don't fall for evil baby just because he looks cool. People like toxic men too much and i don't because i have a sensitive maiden's heart
You're naming all the good things about Shanks as his faults
Sometimes I think about how if Shanks didn’t fucking fumble so hard, him and Buggy would have been an insane duo.
Buggy and Shanks together as pirates would have been a diabolical pair. Gay and powerful.
I can’t even imagine how much cooler Shanks would have been if he took showers and wasn’t an alcoholic lol. The world couldn’t comprehend an even cooler shanks so oda had to nerf him.
i KNOW oda bout to regret Shamrock's design when he gotta draw that fancy ass outfit over and over again. Rip the animators when the anime gets to that part too lmaoo. 🙏
MANGA SPOILERS
Its so... cursed seeing shanks's twin. Its like.. wheres the whimsy smile. Why is he so ... clean.. and well mannered.. and serious. Its like seeing a homeless drunkard on the street suddenly in harvard and well dressed with manners and etiquette. Wheres the stink and greasy hair. Weird. I was staring at him like "this just aint right."
like are u sure theyre twins. are u sure its not just like.. a weird coincidence. In fact are u sure hes not just wearing a mask or something its so cursed please give him like messy hair or something why is he so majestic 😭
"Robin's definitely the most heartless of the strawhats"
Also Robin:
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zolu fans at whisky peak
zolu fans at the end of thriller bark
zolu fans at sabaody
zolu fans when luffy and zoro face kaido together
