Probably the most powerful expression Oda drew on Law because how many times have we seen him so broken and desperate. That's a boy who lost everyone within a single night along with his faith in humanity - spilling out his heart in front of a total stranger just so he can somehow evade re-experiencing this pain:
And this time it struck him worse . Now there's guilt along with grief because he brought the grim reaper to Cora himself.
Vergo is now dead and Doflamingo in Impel Down - but this isn't something you heal from in lifetime.
Years after, same story. Oda struck the same wound again, took away his sword and hat while at it, then left him in salt water.
If Oda wasn't a coward he would've made Pudding fat. Her story almost perfectly mirrors growing up in a fat body. Pudding's eye being a metaphor for not fitting the beauty standard would've been much more effective had she also been fat. Not only is she considered undesirable because of the eye, but adding that on top of a fat body is just too much for the majority of people.
The impact of Sanji's words and his attraction towards her would've been 100xs more powerful had she been fat.
How great it would've been for his arc had his endgame romance been a fat girl? What better way to showcase Sanji's kindness and love of women than for him to be attracted to a woman whose body would surely get him crap from other men for being attracted to? For him to not give a damn about it either? What a great way to show his growth and show the readers his love of women is genuine.
I'm not even going to go into how fat women feel pressured to act sweet & appeasing just to be treated with kindness and how that perfectly mirrors Pudding's public persona. Everything about her arc would've been better had she also been fat like her sisters.
However, Oda is fatphobic af especially when it comes to women. So instead of just drawing a fat female character he put a 3rd eye on a conventionally attractive woman and gave her trauma surrounding her looks in a world where people look goofy af. Because Sanji has to find her pretty and pretty girls aren't fat right? Sanji could never find a fat woman attractive right Oda? It would make him look like a loser to all your male readers right Oda??