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sailing-ever-west · 2 days
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I'm obsessed with Nami in the realm of female character writing, because on the surface her arc is to be saved by a guy/group of guys, and generally with female characters that's used to take away their agency or power and/or support a romance. But with Nami...it does none of that. Her story is about learning to depend on others, but rather than reducing her power in any way, it increases it. The isolation she experienced before wasn't independence, but part of her oppression, so having a family to support her gives her infinitely more freedom.
Luffy is her captain, but the way Luffy does that is never to lord over people, it's to raise them up with him. And, importantly, he waits for it to be her choice. He stays supportively in reach until she asks for his help. The only time he intervenes without permission is to stop her from actively harming herself. And when he does intervene, it's not to whisk her away and keep her somewhere else safe where she's dependent on his security and protection, it's to literally beat the crap out of her oppressor so he's never a problem again and she's free to live her life either way. And although Sanji acts romantically toward her and the rescue follows his grand ideals of fighting for a beautiful lady, there's no expectation that she now owes him anything or has to give him a chance just because he helped her out of an abusive situation. He did it because he cared, not in exchange for anything. They were all willing to fight and bleed for her with next to nothing in return, and that's so vital.
Nami being a woman is definitely relevant to her story (using her beauty and pretend helplessness to steal without suspicion, the fact that she takes after her mom who was tough as nails in the male-dominated marines, the very real isolation and fear of being female surrounded by [fish]men with power over her), but it's important to note that she doesn't need saving because she's a woman, or due to any weakness on her part. She is shown as incredibly strong, brave, and clever, right from the beginning, but she was trapped in a situation with Arlong that would've been impossible for anyone to get out of alone. Now with a crew by her side, she no longer has to.
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twiststreet · 21 days
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Oda's message about Akira Toriyama passing away.
"It is too early. The hole is too big. Sadness washes over me when I think that I will never see him again. I have admired him so much since I was a child.
I remember the day he called me by name for the first time, the day you used the word "friend" for me and Kishimoto, I remember being overjoyed with Kishimoto on the way back home. I also remember the last conversation we had.
He was one of those who took the baton from the days when reading manga made you a fool, and created an era when both adults and children could enjoy reading manga. He showed us the dream that manga can go global. It was like watching a hero going forward. For not only manga artists but also the creators in various industries, the excitement and emotion of the time of Dragon Ball serialization must have taken root in their childhood. His existence is like a big tree.
For the manga artists of our generation who stood on the same stage, the closer I got to Toriyama's works, the more I realised that they had a greater presence. Scary. But I am just happy to see the easy-going man himself again. Because we love Toriyama-sensei on a blood level. With respect and gratitude for the creative world he has left behind, I pray for his soulful rest in peace.
May heaven be the joyous world just as you envisioned it." (X)
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azuredde · 6 months
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Things I Like About This Drawing
This is an idea someone had
Oda decided to draw said idea
Luffy got a monkey to go along with this plan
Law used his fruit on the monkey
Luffy appears to be in Gear 2, meaning he was incredibly determined to accomplish this task
The intense looks on both Law and Luffy's faces
Law felt the need to draw his sword and use his devil fruit powers to defend against Luffy's antics
Luffy's shirt says "PAN!" which is "bread" in Japanese (パン)
In general, the lineart is nice
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jihef03 · 10 months
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I like to think Oda was like "You Can take away Luffy's sandals, Usopp's nose and Sanji's eyebrows but if you touch a single hair on Buggy's head I am sinking this whole operation!"
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kurrusu · 9 months
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I love you, Oda but actually be so fucking for real rn. If you “kill” Sabo off one more time Imma riot.
Im just kidding though, Oda can keep doing what he's doing. I’m happy to have him back :).
But also dont you dare even think about doing that again Oda. You play too much.
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calitsnow · 1 year
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[Memory]
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[All Alone]
To celebrate the release of one piece red globally! Congratulations !
And also while waiting to see Uta again in the manga...
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patemi-pk · 6 months
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Stefano Zanchi tributes One Piece.
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biscuitboba · 6 months
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Luffy and Zoro Illustration for the Mugiwara Store 10th & 11th Anniversary respectively🥹🥹
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ladynolia · 7 days
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One Piece Movie: Omatsuri danshaku a Himitsu no Shima
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psychedelic-hiro · 7 months
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Just finished watching #LiveAction #Onepiece and legit... Have no words. Everyone who worked on this show literally blew it out of the sea!!
Wwaaaayyy better than live action cowboy bebop
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ho0rmiga · 27 days
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY HUSBAND 🎂✨
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likethelastwoman · 24 days
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Did you know the Vinsmokes got cannonically captured after Whole Cake Island? Here's the whole story!!!
(I'll post the continuation tomorrow, because there's more. Check the comments.)
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I'll post the continuation tomorrow. Check the comments.
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Gear 5 evolution
I love how Oda shows that Gear 5 is getting more powerful. Not through how much destruction it causes, but that Luffy is now using other kinds of slapstick.
When fighting Kaido Luffy was using body/environment squish and strech (I have no idea what any of the terms I'm trying to use are). Growing in size, bouncing off the ground, turning Kaido into a balloon and jump rope, most of that fight had rubbery qualities to its gags, even the eye stretches can be categorized as stretching, as none truly fell out. (Ussop is able to do a similar thing with the wasabi grape, but that's a whole nother post and another reason for his godhood.)
Against the Gorosei though, he's turned them into paper (which is distinctly NOT rubber,) had all his scars blown off, and created a baseball bat and helmet with paint seeming out of nowhere!
Oda is making it so that Luffy can do anything to anyone so long as it'll get a laugh from us, and while I'm not qualified to do an analysis on that subtle 4th wall breaking. I for one can't until he does the ultimate attack and shoves Pies into all their faces!
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eroguron0nsense · 4 months
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I stg no one has ever made me feel half as much anxiety over a potential Chekhov's gun in fiction as Eichiro Oda did when he decided to conceptualize the eternal life surgery. I literally lie awake at night sometimes wondering if he's ever going to pull it and praying he never makes good on that shit because this man has caused me so much goddamn emotional trauma already with the Paramount War and the notion that he's waiting for the right moment to kill Law after making us care for this grumpy trash panda failguy so deeply and giving him so much hope and growth after all his trauma and especially given how precarious everything is for him right now and how badly the fandom collectively fears for him and the Heart Pirates terrifies me
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