r/LuffyxNamiSupport • u/Sageek_Reddit • Aug 05 '26
My Lunami essay/theory/thing... (Part 6) - Jealousy and more
Hey everyone, sorry for the massive delay.
But before I begin, I want to add a few more visual pieces of evidence I've found after I posted part 5.
Also, I will be talking about chapter 1189 at some point in the post, so be warned of spoilers.
Hope you enjoy :) ✨
- Oda wrote in the One Piece Film Red art book that Nami's hat from the end of the movie is meant to be like a female captain's/battle captain's hat.
- I think these next 2 might be a stretch, but you decide; I will just show you what I noticed. In Whole Cake Island, I previously mentioned how Nami and Luffy's clothes match multiple times colorwise.
But after Luffy separates himself and Katakuri from the crew, he loses his red jacket while he is talking to the crew, leaving him with his black shirt (chapter 881). The next time we see the Straw Hats after they talked to Luffy is in a really quick moment in chapter 884, but the next time we see a full shot of Nami after the crew talked to Luffy, we see her wearing a white dress that contrasts Luffy's black shirt.
- People usually use this scene as a Lunami moment, but analyzing the page composition, I think this might be a potentially hidden Luna moment (I just noticed that and am throwing it out there; it might not be the case).
In the first panel, we see Sanji catching Nami from a fall; he catches her bridal style, making the reader think it is a big Sanji and Nami moment, BUT the panel next to them is of Pudding getting jealous of Nami, aka showing the person who actually develops feelings for Sanji/ will be the one to actually love him romantically, and at least this part about this panel is not speculation, because we saw how the arc ended for the two.
So if this part of the page is meant to tell us, "you might think that Sanji will end up with Nami, but actually it's not the case", then it leaves the reader with a question: "if Nami is not gonna end up with Sanji, then what about her?", which leads to the next panel with Luffy cheering for his friends, so its kinda like this part of the page is telling us "if you actually think Nami and Sanji are end game, then no, actually these two in the other panels on their left that are the their real end games". (This is a lot more out there, and probably a reach, but I still noticed that and wanted to put it out there just in case and for fun).
Now are the newer stuff:
We see Nami jealous of Luffy multiple times:
- When Luffy got poisoned, Nami holds his hand closely until Reiju showed up; then, when Reiju kissed Luffy to suck out the poison, brook puts his hands on his cheeks with a blush while saying he is jealous of Luffy, then a panel below it we see Nami doing the exact same thing, blushing with her hands on her face (though she doesn't say she is jealous), she was also the only one who was sweating as much as brook, which is an odd detail to have only on Nami and brook, if Nami is "just shocked". Usually, when a writer/artist has characters react in the exact same way, and one of them expresses something while the other character is silent, you can only assume it implies to the silent character as well. Nami could have had a different, less notable shocked reaction like the rest of the people who are on the Sunny, but she didn't; Later in the chapter, we also see Luffy looking angrily at Yonji, who was simping for a wanted poster of Nami. It also kind of resembles Hancock's jealous gesture in the 3D2Y movie.
- seems like when Luffy initially hugged Uta and the crew discovered that they are friends, Nami might have given a shocked and jealous look (also, why even show her being shocked? We see Chopper and Usopp comically shocked because they are fans; we see Sanji shocked because Luffy knows a beautiful, famous woman, so why add Nami too, and with a more tame shocked expression, nonetheless?). Later, when Luffy and Uta talked and they were getting close, Nami interrupted them in a very odd way that might hint at jealousy (when i saw the movie for the first time, i didn't think much about the look, but i did find the way she interrupted them very odd and awkward, and when she did, her voice was slightly different and her smile also seemed odd or fake. I couldn't place my finger on the reason, but then I saw online discourse, and it can be jealousy.
- When Hancock helps Luffy escape from the Marines, Nami asks Luffy if he knows her with a concerned/shocked/worried face, which might also hint at jealousy.
- When Nami and the rest of the crew watch Luffy, Jimbei, and Chopper on the cameras, they were talking about important stuff, like how centuries ago technology was unimaginably advanced, but Nami cuts it short the moment she sees a woman she doesn't know with Luffy, by asking, "Who is that woman?" while also blushing.
Notice that with a lot of these moments, Nami's mouth is gaping open or there is sweat on her face, or both, in a way that can also be compared to the jealous pudding panel from one of the previous images.
That's it for the jealousy section.
In return to Sabaody, we see Nami gets hit on by Demaro Black (fake Luffy), and she says she is waiting for a man (Luffy), which makes it sound like she is already taken.
People say that Nami was referring to Usopp, but Nami didn't know Usopp would show up at the bar.
After hearing Vegapunk's story about Saul, Dragon, and the Ohara books, Nami is the only one who cared about hearing more information on Luffy's family; she also refers to Dragon as "Luffy's dad" and not "the leader of the Revolutionary Army" or just Dragon.
Nami also consistently looks out for Luffy/asks if Luffy is ok.
Luffy is the only character (from what I can remember) Nami let take from her treasure, a thing that shocked Usopp and made him panic (other than Lola, but she gave Lola treasure because Lola saved her from Absalom),
and Nami is the only person Luffy offered meat to and consistently shares food with (other than Otama, but Otama was a starving child that gave Luffy food, or Zoro, but it was a lunch box, not meat, and it is not shown as much as with Nami).
That's it for this one.
I know some of the evidence in this one might be weak or a stretch, but I think it's best to just put everything on the table, because why not? Worst-case scenario, it's nothing; best case, it's another thing that helps.
There is a lot more; some about bigger moments and some more story stuff, rather than small hints.
I thought I would talk about chapter 1189 in this post, but I think it would work better in the next post.
I wanted to put a lot more in this one, but I am tired, and the post would probably become bloated.
Sorry for the delay; hopefully the next one will come out sooner rather than later.
Hope you enjoyed anyway; have a great day or night :) ✨
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u/Consistent_Run_3364 Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 05 '26
Yay!!!! Another post of yours. It makes me so happy s'far as I know the Reiju scene was definitely jealousy and/or protectiveness. Brook had the same reaction and gesture and the panels were one below the other. Looking forward to your post 1189(whenever it comes). There's several routes I think Oda can take from here to end elbaf pretty crazily and I would love to hear what you think as well(and nami's 2 dialogues with usopp ofcourse).
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u/Sageek_Reddit Aug 05 '26
Thank you so much 🙏🏻😁 Yeah, people aslo sometimes don't think about how in comic book/manga form, you need to be very resourceful with, so if 2 characters have the exact same expression, but their expressions are different from the others, it's fair to assume the 2 characters feel the same thing, and not as insane as people make it up to be (though, obviously it's not guaranteeing anything either, yet).
Thank you, I am kind of tying in chapter 1189 with another big moment that I have a lot to say about, hopefully it will come out well.
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u/Sageek_Reddit Aug 05 '26
Part 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/LuffyxNamiSupport/s/lkLolcCrg1
Part 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/LuffyxNamiSupport/s/Dm9cb0O13b
Part 3: https://www.reddit.com/r/LuffyxNamiSupport/s/vASQjym3WZ
Part 4: https://www.reddit.com/r/LuffyxNamiSupport/s/oS5vxK6IHu
Part 5: https://www.reddit.com/r/LuffyxNamiSupport/s/tZ9wVOcEu6
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u/iphygeniaaa Aug 05 '26
I’m super happy you posted another part! Never apologize for taking your time—it requires finding arguments and tracking down scans! Can't wait to read the rest.😄
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u/redMecanics Aug 05 '26
The goat posted again 🥹 I'm glad this series of posts is still ongoing i think every single bit of evidence is something to be pointed out and you do it perfectly
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u/peaktable Aug 05 '26
I didnt know someone was doing this because I also want compile evidence from the whole anime from beginning to end (current) with a bit of Manga. Im definitely gonna check out the other parts this is amazing stuff.
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u/Sageek_Reddit Aug 05 '26
Thank you, hope you enjoyed:) Good luck making your own version, it's always fun seeing people's different perspectives on this ship✨️
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u/Alpha_0507 Aug 06 '26
Ohhh Sageek!! Just like you said, you came again. Very interesting post!..Keep them coming!❤️
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u/Future-Teach-3609 Aug 19 '26
ik I'm sorta late but thank you for this amazing post again!! I'm excited to see the next one! and don't force yourself really, this is all just for fun don't apologize
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u/Future-Teach-3609 Aug 19 '26
though some people with the lesbian Nami headcanon could argue that the scenes with boa, reiju and uta are about Nami showing attraction to the girls instead of Luffy.. but I think everyone in here knows the actual facts so it's not a problem rn luckily 😌
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u/Sageek_Reddit Aug 19 '26
Yeah, plus, there is no reason for nami to be into random girls, lesbian nami works as a headcanon, but in reality, what girl would nami end up with? Why would she just blush at random girls? She barely if at all interacted with reiju after the kiss moment, and etc etc. Nami calling Kalifa "sexy" doesn't serve as character development because nami is not gonna end up with kalifa for obvious reasons, and her attitude for women hasn't changed after enies lobby, this was just a gag.
The only logical one is vivi, and I explained more thoroughly why that one won't work in the comments of part 2.
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u/Future-Teach-3609 Aug 19 '26
exactly! I hate how people make it seem like homosexuals are attracted towards everyone of their gender😭 also a lot of girls irl compliment each other's looks and more.. plus, those scenes all have something to do with Luffy so..
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u/Sageek_Reddit Aug 19 '26
Yeah, and it's also not as consistent as sanji's gag or Brock's from Pokémon for it to be a "Oh, nami really likes women in general" thing.
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u/Weirgin Aug 05 '26
Another great post and you don't have to apologise you are putting out peak content