u/Pleasant-Scar-2542

I love how all the qualities of Sanji which felt like a gag earlier are brought out for their best in Whole Cake Island. Him loving all women and being able to understand them all felt a bit tiring before this but it really helped him understand what Pudding was going through and he didn't get mad at her. Just with a single compliment, Sanji was able to change Pudding.

I don't care whether she is underage or not, this is peak romance .

Bro looks like Shanks.

I just finished the first 2 seasons and I like it so far but this problem stands out because all other bonds between the Straw Hats are handled exceptionally well by the LA.

In the first season, there were hardly any interactions between Luffy and Nami between Orange Town and Arlong Park. In the manga, Nami slowly realises that Luffy is different from any other pirate by seeing him help Chouchou the dog, seeing his angry reaction when Kuro kills his own crew member etc and starts liking the crew.

The Live Action instead gave more depth to Zoro and Nami's bond in the first season. And then during Arlong Park, I wish we got the details of Luffy not knowing Nami's backstory yet still helping her.

And then in Season 2, Sanji and Nami's dynamic is shown more. I don't think this is a bad thing but it just sticks out because of how well everything else was handled.

I think he does understand love and marriage, it's just he isn't interested in it. His comments on Sanji marrying Pudding, Nami marrying Absalom etc make this clear.

Also, he isn't oblivious to Hancock like people say. He knows that she loves him and wants to marry him but he isn't interested in her.

I excluded Luffy because I don't think he discriminates among his friends. For Jinbei: his list is pretty much 1. Luffy 2. The rest since he doesn't have many interactions with the others.

The fact that they fooled a good portion of the fanbase into thinking they are necessary makes them good villains imo. Oda also really demonstrates propaganda and information hiding really well.

I deleted my last post since people didn't really understand the point I was trying to make.

I know all Straw Hats love each other and would die for each other but I want to ask what people's opinions are on whether all Straw Hats consider Luffy as their closest friend since he changed all of their lives significantly. I used to think this was pretty obvious (For example: Nami seems to consider Luffy as her emotional anchor considering how she cries to him whenever a problem occurs in the crew even though she gets annoyed at him a lot).

Sure there are people who don't interact with Luffy much on a daily basis like Franky but I still think Franky considers Luffy as his closest friend since Luffy is the reason he got saved in Enies Lobby and found a new purpose in life.

What do you think?

Bro wasn't scared of Big Mom but got scared of an angry Nami.