At least these Amazon's aren't historically accurate.
Hope everyone had a great summer. I certainly did. Didn't go anywhere exotic for vacation, or indeed get vacation time off (that comes in October), but I had fun. :)
( SOOOO.. CHAPTER 514 )
( SOOOO.. CHAPTER 514 )
Just...dude, look at the poor boy. I always thought that the way Luffy shared his hat with Nami indicated she was his most 'treasured' nakama (because his hat was his greatest material treasure) and the past couple of chapters confirm it. He may not be aware of his feelings on a conscious level yet, and because he's so slow, it may take a while for him to catch on...
You know what? Oda isn't bothering with subtlety anymore, so neither am I.
Luffy loves Nami.
Let's party.
(oh, and the whole chapter was awesome.)
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I'm sure it's exploded in the past, but damn if this isn't a pivotal moment in the camp. No rly, this is big. How often does Luffy single out a crewmember from the rest without reason, and in such a heart-wrenching manner. WHEN HE'S IN LOVE OF COURSE.
And yes, hat is very important. I hate when people bring up "well other people have held Luffy's hat" to try and debunk that point. Whenever Nami gets Luffy's hat, it is always accompanied by so much emotion and feeling and empowering statements and it is stupid to compare them.
Though I actually agree with you that's he's not 'fully conscious' of it just yet. Nami too actually. But it's so obviously there. Right there, on those pages. And more.
While I did think the sudden forray into an Amazon adventure was a bit awkwardly timed, but this chapter had some goodgood stuff for sure.
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As for the hat thing, I think it's only in the anime where he shares it with other people willingly, because, you know, the anime gets stuff wrong. But you're right about the deeper emotional meaning behind it nonetheless.
I think it would be plausible for Nami to figure out her feelings first, but Luffy's probably going to need a lot more time to get a clue. Luffy's always honest about his emotions, but I don't think he understands consciously how deep his feelings for Nami have become, which is a compelling scenario. We get to see them fall in love slowly, rather than going all drool monkey at the first instant.
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Much as I love to bash the anime they were actually pretty faithful on the 'hat' issue since it does appear in the manga (not for movie 8 - but that whole thing was crap anyway).
You're right on. The slower development of Luffy and Nami's relationship not only makes it more natural but palatable, as opposed to having them shoved together from the start. I used to figure that Nami would be the one to 'fall in love' first, since she's the more mature one but I don't know now. Luffy may be dense, but that doesn't impact how he feels. He'd know he likes Nami in a different way from the others (like, "like-like"), and that there's an extra layer of defensiveness with her, even if he doesn't grasp the 'why' and other complications. The idea of Luffy in love is actually a pretty funny image.
It kind of makes me wonder how the heck would a LuNa consummation go down..
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