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JKwaffle posted...

I love Chopper, and he might be my second favorite crew-member after Zoro, but I find it weird that the show is kinda back tracking Chopper's ability to fight?

Like, I get that he's not on the level of Luffy or Zoro, and maybe even Sanji, but we've seen him fight multiple times at this point, but the futher we go they seem to be having him fight less and less.

And I get it, he's still a kid, and he's also their doctor, but it's weird that he seems to always be avoiding fights now/seems a little more cowardly then when he first joined the crew. Maybe he's been hanging with Ussop too much.

I think it's because Chopper's first fight, against that abomination Wapol made from his two henchmen, was on his home turf against an enemy he was at least a little familiar with (before they merged, anyway). Fights afterwards take place in the outside world where he has no experience and isn't as confident about his ability to beat the enemy. Seems to make sense.

Also Zoro is closer to Sanji's strength than he is to Luffy's. They're pretty equal, with Zoro having the edge (literally). It's one of the reasons those two not getting along works so well.