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Now more recently, Sabody Arcipelago was a really cool and important mini-arc. That shit got dark; wasn't expecting this show to tackle human trafficking, but they sure went there. And shit, I guess they are still pirates, but still. Love that Luffy continues to not give a fuck about the rules and laws of this world in the purest way possible, just wrecking the shit out of that Celestial Dragon.

Though it did kinda backfire since they got fucking party wiped by Kuma and pals. Kuma continues to be terrifying. Also he's a fucking robot, with robot clones? Or what? Idk, but his weirdness adds to his intimidation.

The woman island arc was... odd, but I'm glad it was Luffy on that island and not Sanji. Kept it relatively innocent and non-creepy. Also Boa Hancock, this scary badass lady who didn't give a fuck about anyone falling in love with Luffy is pretty fucking gold tbh.

Excited for this showdown that's about to happen at Impel Down, shit's about to get fucking REAL, I can tell.

Also as of last episode it seems like Sanji is also transphobic, and I just continue to hate Sanji more and more.

He's useful and still has enough fun moments to make his presence in the crew kinda tolerable still, but ugh, he's just so fucking grating and gross and bleh.

Been a minute, so I think it's time for a current crew member ranking:

Sanji
Brook
Ussop
Nami
Chopper
Franky
Robin
Luffy
Zoro

I like Brook well enough, but outside of a cool intro plot and that dope Laboon tie in, he hasn't really done all that much yet. He's fun, and I'm glad he's a part of the crew, but he doesn't seem to be all THAT great of a fighter, we already have a (much better) swordsman in the crew, and while I'm glad Luffy finally got his musician, it hasn't exactly been super helpful to them in anything yet.

Ussop has enough fun moments to mostly make up for his annoying ones, so I grandfathered him ahead of Brook, but that could shift later

Franky made a big jump. He's such a batshit character in a group of batshit characters and I love how out there he is. Also the only "pervert" character I like in the whole show. Think it's cause he's not actively creeping on specific people, he's just an exhibitionist running around in his underwear. Still weird and perverted, but not as malicious and yucky feeling as it is when Sanji creeps on ladies. Also the fact that he just owns that he's considered a pervert is a nice bit of self-awareness. He doesn't try to twist it like Sanji does trying to call himself "chivalrous" and shit, Franky just fucking owns what he is.

Also, I kinda feel like part of why he's an exhibisionist is cause, in the flashbacks to when he was a kid, we got to see how proud of his work and creations he was/is now. After the accident, he literally built himself a new body, and he himself became essentially his favorite creation. Course he wants to show off his handiwork.

Franky's just weirdly very entertaining to me, even though at first I was afraid I'd find him super annoying, but he circumvented my expectations by a lot, easy top 4 now.

Super!

I bumped Luffy back in front of Robin, I think mostly just cause we've gotten way more Luffy hijinks and less focus on Robin the past couple small arcs, but my top 3 is still pretty close together. Chopper's in the same boat, still love him, but he just hasn't had a lot of focus lately, so Franky's got his spot. Sorry buddy, still love ya.