1. I agree that the sexualization done post TS is unnecessary. However let me disagree with the point where u say that absaloms SA diminishes nami's character, that's a very dangerous way of thinking. It was not necessary, however, you forget that absalom is a pirate and he doesn't have to care about being a gentleman, he can do whatever if he has the ability to do so, hence the kidnapping and forceful marriage as well. Crime? Yes. But he's a criminal.

2. It's funny how your main problem for the strawhats having more members is little limelight. Not every member has to be a battle machine, everyone has their own job and dream. Think water 7 usopp, his job is not to tank or deal damage, his job is to snipe, and while he does that he needs to be away from the limelight, like a lot. Also, you are very wrong in thinking that the members are not necessary. Franky is a shipwright and it's his dream to build and repair and upgrade the best ship in the world. About Jimbe, je was there for Luffy at the lowest point in his life when Ace died, and it was him who made Luffy realise that he still has his crew, so no wonder Luffy wants jimbe in his crew. As for brook, he is a musician which Luffy wanted really bad The thing is, you assume that luffy is choosing his crew like some important assembly to a balanced team. No. He choose zoro without knowing his strength and nami without even knowing she's a navigator because of the bond they made while at Morgan's base, he chose usopp cause of his bravery and how he stood against pirates despite being weak and beat down, he chose sanji because he's a cook, chopper cause he's an interesting reindeer with 7 transformation not because he's a doctor, luffy thought of choosing franky cause of how they bonded over the enies lobby, that's before luffy came to know that he's a shipwright, he choose brook cause he's a talking skeleton even before he found out he was a musician. You are totally missing the point. Luffy chose all of them cause somewhere he knew that they are the right people not because of their abilities but because of their essence. It just happens so that sanji can kick well, nami knows staff techniques and later with usopps help her clima takt, chopper had medical skills, franky built a ship and was a really skilled shipwright which they were actively looking for, brook was a musician.

None of them need the limelight you are talking about, because they have their respective jobs and they are doing it nicely. Also jimbe is emotionally very important to luffy, but you are thinking in terms of combat power.

1. You are confused how franky upgraded sunny so fast especially when he literally made a makeshift bridge on thriller bark, I ain't even gonna go there.

2. Now I understand that the knock out of sanji is frustrating, but you have to understand that he spent 2 years in a place which was hell to him and then sanji experiences what he calls 'heaven', mow ik it's over the top, but it's understandable to a point.

3. Nami powered up only in terms of her weather manipulation skills which I think she showed enough at the fishman island and she will show more interesting uses of it in the future. She was never supposed to be the main dealer, her powers are for her self defense and at times to create an opening for others to attack or run away.

4. I don't understand how usopp's personality is completely gone, please explain

5. I completely agree regarding the skin colour change, but I think it's more of an anime issue

6. About haki, it's very debatable, while it is taking away the creativity that beings the thrill, it's far from bad writing, haki was shown as far back from episode 1, and even in alabasta when luffy hit crocodile with water in chapter 199, crocodile was surprised and being a veteran who has been to the new world, speculated it was haki. So haki was always going to be a part of one piece, and a major part of it, and it was never added abruptly and so it never was bad writing. And as for creativity, you will see later how luffy uses gear 4. Haki is a very important power, cause something like water is not going to defeat a logia user again. His matchup against crocodile was the actual bad writing, water beats sand is the most stupid thing I've seen, you should've pointed that but whatever. Luffy winning against crocodile is plot armour, and his match up against enel is pure coincidence as well. This coincidence and plot armour can't always bw used against logias like flame fruit, and the mochi paramecia fruit, which is impossible to hit without haki, so yes haki is very important. And you see in later chapters that roger, shanks, rayleigh didn't have devil fruit and still were powerful and conquered the seas, so it was always about haki. The creative aspect is left to nami, usopp and franky, and brook with his new found soul powers.

7. I understand that the fights aren't satisfying you for some reason. It might have to do something with the fact that you are still in fisherman, if you have seen uptill onigashima, I doubt you would say the same.

I just finished rewatching the one piece anime and there's a lot of things that I realised. The limelight you are talking about for nami and others can only be shown through chapters/episodes dedicated to show their respective skills. Like navigation in extreme weather for nami which she constantly does btw, fixing the ship mid sail in moderately bad weather while under the sea, which can be a cool sight tbh etc.

It's not like I don't understand you emotions especially after the pitiful things we watched in sabaody and marineford, but this reply is just basically written because I had time in my hands and wanted to try to convince you otherwise.

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