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Oct. 21st, 2023 09:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
between_time_and_42So I finished the Sabaody Archipelago arc in One Piece today, and just started Amazon Lily, and before I get into Sabaody, I just want to say: JESUS CHRIST the scene in the Amazon Lily arc where the women are bathing Luffy while he's unconscious, I have NEVER cringed so hard when watching One Piece. I literally had to cover my face, it was so bad. And then Luffy waking up and casually discussing his "family jewels" with the assembled women... I could not fucking handle that. Like... Luffy is like a son to me, I do NOT want to think about a bunch of women gawking at him while he's naked, thank you very much. (Also, given his behavior with the mushrooms in the jungle, it's a wonder the poor kid ever made it as far as he did without a crew at the beginning. Well, I guess he did get sucked into a giant whirlpool on the very first day that he set sail as a pirate, so I guess he didn't really make it very far without a crew... I kind of love how this implies that Luffy's crewmates are more like his minders, ready to jump in whenever he's on the verge of doing something stupid.)
Anyway, all I really have to say about Sabaody is that the last episode, when the crew gets split up, broke me nearly as bad as the Luffy vs. Usopp duel in Water 7 (that and Robin's backstory are still the saddest moments in the whole show, for me anyway). The way Luffy was hitting the ground and sobbing in frustration after his crewmates all got "disappeared," so to speak, hurt so much to watch. As well as Zoro collapsing from his unhealed wounds from Thriller Bark... That hurt because Zoro has put himself through SO MUCH lately, all in the name of protecting Luffy and the rest of the crew, but he's not superhuman and he can't realistically withstand that kind of pain, so it makes sense why he collapsed, but I can only imagine how hard he's going to be on himself once he reaches his own destination and realizes that he failed to stop Kuma a second time.
Anyway, all I really have to say about Sabaody is that the last episode, when the crew gets split up, broke me nearly as bad as the Luffy vs. Usopp duel in Water 7 (that and Robin's backstory are still the saddest moments in the whole show, for me anyway). The way Luffy was hitting the ground and sobbing in frustration after his crewmates all got "disappeared," so to speak, hurt so much to watch. As well as Zoro collapsing from his unhealed wounds from Thriller Bark... That hurt because Zoro has put himself through SO MUCH lately, all in the name of protecting Luffy and the rest of the crew, but he's not superhuman and he can't realistically withstand that kind of pain, so it makes sense why he collapsed, but I can only imagine how hard he's going to be on himself once he reaches his own destination and realizes that he failed to stop Kuma a second time.
