Up to ch. 629.

[Spoilers for the one fan even more behind than me]Oda, I love you, and Fishman Island is fun and all, but can we please stop it with the dead mothers? Portraying them as noble, righteous, and good doesn't really change the evidence that you apparently regard self-sacrifice and death to be part of a mother's role/identity. And do not give me lines about it "making sense in the ( Read more... )

Oh hey, you know how a while back I said I wanted to do an essay on Nami? WELL, I HAVE DONE IT. It is huge and unwieldy and reveals sloppy methodology and I feel very strongly about it.

Notes: This essay contains SPOILERS for the Alabasta arc, Enies Lobby arc, and Thriller Bark arc, as well as general spoilers for the manga in general, up ( Read more... )