• HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      I always found Oda’s cavalcade of interesting villians the bigger draw.

      Yes, Luffy does some clever stuff, but it’s the classic main-character problem: you know the hero’s going to win so it’s just a matter of how.

      I was always fascinated by Arlong for the narrative of “how do power structures change when humans aren’t the dominant species”, and loved the back-reference where we find out Arlong Park was designed to mimic Sabaody Park, leading into the whole “society is stratified in a very broken way” story that reaches its peak absurdity with the Tennryubito.

      The relationship between CP9 and Spandam is perpetually comical.

      Even Axe-hand Morgan, for a throwaway villian to establish the main narrative model, he had an interesting character design, and then the Jango side-story that shows his cherished career is built on a lie is an amazing piece of exposition.

      • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml
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        1 year ago

        Luffy kinda suffers from the annoying MC syndrome literally all long seasonal anime i ever seen have (except D.Gray Man, and just look what they did to Allen ffs) - he’s too quirky. Actually most of other characters too, but the one we see the most have a time to get old on us.

      • Giyuu@lemmygrad.ml
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        1 year ago

        For reals…I never related to Narutos eternal optimism (which I’ve come to appreciate as an adult) but it was Sasukes loner, beat of his own drum attitude, and constantly changing character that still wins me over.

        And although I don’t follow Boruto closely, seeing just how awkward he can be as an adult just makes him even more relatable.