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That is a peak Luffy face

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What a good, underrated moment by Luffy. He doesn't change how he interacts with Hancock despite hearing her tragic backstory. I can see this be another reason why Hancock falls for him

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Much like Zeff and Sanji during Baratie, knowing the backstory between Nyon and Hancock completely changes how the reader looks at their previous interactions. Oda's pretty good at writing these sort of complicated parent/child relationships where there's a lot of friction, but both parties ultimately love each other

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Generally speaking, it's not a good idea to have a character blurt out their internal motivations like this. However, given all the heavy backstory we've just gotten it feels earned, and it serves as an important character moment for Hancock

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Foreshadowing!

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Poor Sandersonia's really going through it

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I love that both the Sun Pirates and Nami remake the symbols of their enslavement into ones of freedom

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I don't recall any other ships having black sails, but given all the sun/dawn imagery throughout the series it makes sense, symbolizing bright light bursting forth in the night sky

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Oda really spoilered the big twist of the Fisher Tiger flashback and no one caught on until then, huh?

I wouldn't say it's a spoiler, but it is internally consistent. The sheer amount of info Hancock gives here, along with a finalized Fisher design, means that Oda knew exactly what he wanted to do with Fisher's story. It isn't like when Jinbe was name dropped in the East Blue in a vague enough way that he could basically write whatever he wanted and still maintain canon.

Given that we don't learn about Otohime until FI, I'd guess it's because of Fisher's relation to the sun/dawn imagery and subplot. That's an important enough element of the series that it makes sense Oda would have it all planned out in advance.

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Something that's always been interesting to me is that when we see Marigold as a slave she's the same sort of traditional beauty as Hancock, and then afterword per an SBS trains up like a sumo wrestler to get her present day physique

Within the context of Amazon Lily she's more beautiful in the present day after getting stronger, and I do interpret it as a deliberate choice to get that strength in a way that would generally be seen as less beautiful by the men of the outside world

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Given how often Oda changes his silhouettes over the years, it is amazing how close Fisher Tiger matches his finalized design

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This reminds me of Luffy climbing the Drum Rockies to save Nami and Sanji, and I think that link shows how Fisher and Luffy have the same sort of resolve

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It was smart of Oda not to get too deep into what exactly happened to the Boa sisters, but what makes this moment for me is how it continues to affect them in the present day, and how none of the sisters are treated as lesser for what happened to them. Sandersonia and Marigold are the left and right hands of the Empress; Hancock still has conqueror's haki and is one of the strongest women in the world.

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Is Rocks as strong as he purports, or is it based on his support?

you're asking me to speculate on a character we've only ever seen as a silhouette, which is as silly as it is impossible

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Do you have a master list of all the tags you use for particular traits and items in a panel (i.e., tattoos, hats, smoking, cats, [character name], etc)?

no, and when I look back at old chapters there are tags I've forgotten about. The most consistent are the chapter numbers, and sarc talks for asks.

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Remember, the Kuja only let their strongest warriors on their ship. Hancock and her sisters were incredibly strong even before being captured

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The Celestial Dragons have the double whammy of believing themselves above everyone else by fashioning themselves as gods, and thinking their slaves less than human. It makes them extra punchable, so it's great that Luffy's willing to oblige the reader