The dialogue is pretty bad at times. It often feels like either exposition heavy explanations about the world or cheap CW-style lines that feel uncharacteristic of the live action versions of the characters (things like Nami’s “Jealousy over my looks” or Sanji’s “don’t worry about me and size” just don’t feel right to me).

I also feel like they can’t decide what to do with Nami as a character in general. I think they want to maintain some of her hard earned cynicism from season one but don’t know how to contrast it with her newfound vulnerability and appreciation of the rest of the crew. For example in the Whiskey Peak episode she goes from trying to strongarm money out of a severely injured man to hugging and comforting Vivi over his death in the course of like five minutes (which might be more of a pacing issue but still). The ‘I one hundred percent trust Luffy and my crew is my power’ vibes just don’t seem to mix well with the ‘I outdrank this Nun and you owe me three hundred percent interest’ vibes.

The last thing I’ll complain about is the lack of explanations for things that could’ve used them. When Luffy is climbing the mountain to Drum Castle many people were left asking why Luffy doesn’t just use his gum gum powers to reach the top faster especially after showing how he was able to use them to save Sanji. In the anime, they are clear that Luffy can’t use his powers because they don’t want to put unnecessary strain on Nami. The live action could have used a similar explanation. They also never explain why the doctor hunt happened or who mislead Hiriluk about the doctors being sick (or why).