#I'm taking a risk by tagging this lmao but I'm curious about other people's opinions

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Y’all know One Piece is my fave series of all time but that doesn’t mean I don’t have some issues with it (some personal and some general) and I got nowhere else to complain about it so I’m gonna bitch over here

- The most obvious one, the one that pisses me off most, the one that is more or less irredeemable unless Oda pulls some MIRACULOUS character (re)writing: Sanji on Kamabakka island during the timeskip. What the fuck. I mean yeah we get it you’re straight but for fuck’s sake man. 

- Going off of that: Oda’s rep of LGBT in general? This one is a little more flexible in that Bon-chan and Ivankov are two genuinely brilliant characters who everyone loves but despite that, they’re still depicted as caricatures. (That being said, I was rewatching Impel Down recently and Iva’s introduction has a little speech about how gender is bullshit and it’s great, but he’s still shown to be very cartoonish.) 

- Again going off of that first one, post-timeskip Sanji’s nosebleeds. Honestly it’s the worst thing about Fishman Island, which is one of my least favourite arcs anyway. But the nosebleed bullshit made it INFINITELY worse. I know it was for comedy, but I KNOW Oda’s comic writing is better than that. Also, Sanji in Nami’s body during Punk Hazard was a big Nope. (Although I will admit,Nami smoking was hot.)

- I’m conflicted about Sanji as a character in general? He’s one of my favourite characters within the series itself, but equally the one I would probably hate most in real life because he’s the epitome of straight white fuckboy. (He got a little redemption during WCI, though.)

- Female characters’ proportions. No further explanation needed. (It’s especially annoying because of how well-written they tend to be, and it’s immediately countered by their ABSURD figures.)

- Going off of that, Oda’s EXTREME same-face syndrome when it comes to young, attractive women. (And which I’ve realised he also has to an extent with attractive middle-aged men, but this is far less common.)

- Rebecca’s armour design in the coliseum. Come on, man. Also, she had so much potential as a character and what happened? Nothing. JACK. SHIT. 

- Why the FUCK has Robin been shafted so much when she’s easily one of the strongest on the crew? (Admittedly, this one still has time to be rectified.)

- While I’m at it, Chopper has also more or less become a mascot at this point. (Again, still has time to be rectified.)

- I liked Law way more when he first appeared at Sabaody. He still had a goth vibe, which I’m usually into, but there was something charismatic and witty about him. He actually smiled (smirked), he cracked the odd joke. Fast-forward to Dressrosa, and he’s still goth but he’s now become another cliche-heavy, angst-riddled Sasuke-esque character. I get it -- you had a traumatic past, but when a character becomes nothing but their backstory they really lose a lot of their appeal, imo. And don’t make the argument that his backstory is more tragic than anyone else’s because literally half the One Piece cast have tragic backstories but THEY ALL overcome them and have lives outside of that. (I’m hoping this will be rectified and he’ll become a little more fun again, but that remains to be seen.)

- Similar issue with Doflamingo. First real action we got from him was during Marineford and I fucking LOVED him then. Like Law, he seemed charismatic and fun and, unlike Law, remarkably psychotic, which was GREAT. And then, once again, fast forward to Dressrosa, and most of the fun has been sucked out of him. I get that he was the ‘big bad’ for that arc and he had to become a little more serious by default, but he really lost a lot of that psycho charisma too.

- Dressrosa arc in general was such a hit or miss arc for me: we had some GREAT moments like Sabo reuniting with Luffy, formation of the Grand Fleet, Gear 4th, Bartolomeo’s entire existence, every single scene Fujitora appeared in etc. but goddamn, the pacing. THE PACING. And also, the aforementioned issues with Rebecca, Law and Doffy.

- Also, I think Dressrosa was Oda’s most uninspired island design so far. The Spanish vibe and the toys and the Tontatta were cool, but the rest of it was incredibly normal. (This is disregarding the East Blue islands, ofc.)

- Still kinda :/ about the whole Zoro/Monet/Tashigi fight during Punk Hazard. I know there are a lot of different interpretations of Zoro’s behaviour then, but I need some clarification. If it IS in fact that he won’t cut a woman, then it basically destroys his entire character since it was built on the idea that he didn’t give a shit about Kuina being a girl. Please, Oda, PLEASE sort this out. I love Zoro, don’t fuck this up for me.

- Tashigi’s entire character in general is extremely disappointing just because she had the potential to be so, SO interesting and so cool. Not the case. Don’t even try to make the argument that she doesn’t have enough screentime, because she and Smoker have literally had the exact same amount of appearances but he is REMARKABLY cool and Tashigi is... forgettable.

- The following characters did not need to exist: Wanze The Yeti Cool Brothers Hotori, Kotori and Satori Those guys with the fucking jacket-jacket fruit About half of the Donquixote family 

- Not an actual issue as much as something I’ve vaguely observed, but for a series that’s as broad as OP and has lasted so long, you’d think not everyone would be pale? We’ve had maybe three or so characters who could be considered PoC? Out of like 600?

I’ll probably add more to this as more things come to mind. If you disagree, fight me. Also, for real, I fucking love One Piece. It’s by far my favourite manga of all time, but that doesn’t mean it’s flawless.