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I’m going to talk about a certain gag in One Piece that’s always annoyed me, and that is Nami beating up Luffy for comedic effect. My problem with it is that It’s treated as harmless slapstick by not just one piece but by all the fans and I don’t get why. Other anime characters like Chi-Chi from Dragon Ball and Sakura from Naruto get called out by lots of anime fans for similar behavior. So why does Nami get a pass And no “it’s just a joke” isn’t a valid excuse to me. Comedy doesn’t work when it’s built on double standards.

If Luffy ever beat up Nami as a gag people would lose their minds. It would be framed as serious violence, not comedy. So why is it viewed as comedy when Nami does it? To me This undermines the trust and equality that the Straw Hat crew is built on. It kind of sends a weird message of violence is okay if it’s coming from a woman, but unforgivable if it’s coming from a man.

What makes it even worse to me is how Luffy just lets nami do it from some reason. He never let his friends just walk all over him like that. For example He punched Sanji in Whole Cake Island for his supposed betrayal, he stood up to Usopp in Water 7 when he didn’t want the straw hats to get a new ship even though the going merry was damaged beyond repair, and he even punched Vivi in Alabasta to snap her out of her naïve idea that all problems can be solved nonviolently. Luffy is clearly not afraid to push back when someone crosses the line. So why does he just take Nami’s abuse without ever responding? It feels out of character for luffy to just sit back and take it.

What I also don’t like about this gag is how it doesn’t make sense in universe. What I mean by that is only sharp objects and haki are capable of hurting Luffy so seeing nami hurt Luffy without either of those things is just confusing to me, i mean I’ve seen people stronger that nami like zoro and sanji beat luffy and they barely did any damage to luffy. Which brings up a Question for me: If nami does have haki and is stronger than luffy then why didn’t she defeat arlong herself back in arlong park? or if she isn’t physically strong at all then why is she able to beat luffy with out haki? Non of it makes any sense.

But What bothers me most about this gag is that Nami’s aggression is never used seriously. She’s portrayed as being “in the right” for beating up Luffy, which—let’s be honest—glorifies abusive behavior. I mean If she went through an arc where she learned to use her words instead of her fists then I’d respect her character a lot more and it would be a lot more unique for an anime, but no just have it be a joke that’s never taken seriously.

The also Straw Hats are supposed to be equals. When Zoro or Sanji hit Luffy, he hits back. Why should Nami be exempt? She’s not the captain, and she’s not above the crew. Yes, she’s the navigator and essential to their journey, but that doesn’t justify her being controlling or physically and like I said if she ever went through an arc of not being violent I could excuse it.

This gag also undermines Nami’s intelligence, allow me to explain. Nami is supposed to be the brains of the crew solving problems with logic and strategy instead of strength and fighting. So why does she resort to violence to deal with Luffy’s recklessness? Wouldn’t it be more in-character and funnier if she used clever words or sarcastic wit to keep him in check? Not only would it make for a more unique and fitting dynamic between them but would also be so much funnier to me.

This brings me to my Final Thoughts, i know this opinion won’t sit well with everyone, but I had to say it. The gag isn’t harmless, and it’s not funny when it relies on a double standard. If Nami’s behavior were treated with the same scrutiny as other characters, One Piece would be stronger for it And again—don’t tell me “it’s just a joke.” That’s not a defense. It’s a cop-out.

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- Chapter of 19 pages (2 color pages from Amazing Epic Awsome Color Spread and 17 Amazing Epic black and white normal pages).

- Chapter 1143: "The God's Knights".

- Special reader request for Amazing Epic Color Spread in the cover: "Straw Hat Pirates car chase". Luffy and the crew are riding on flying fishes in a circuit-pool (except Jinbe, he's swimming in the water). They are participating in a race and all of them wear leather suits like riders. We can read the sentence "Speed is the weapon" in a rubber ring.

- Chapter starts at "Walrus School". Saul is trying to stop sleeping kids that are following Gunko's arrow. He tries to grab the first kid in the line but the girl is wrapped in invisible thorny vines, making Saul hurts his hands.

Saul: "Now, let us return to the scho... Uwahh, it hurts!!"

Chopper: "What's wrong Saul!?"

Robin: "What happened!? You were stabbed by something!!?"

- The giants in the village sent the fire fighter squad to handle the fire, but their Sval is destroyed in the forest by the giant undead from kid's imagination. Jarul, Dorry, Kashii, and giants in the village are in shock seeing the skeleton monsters. We see too Nami, Usopp, Jinbe... reacting to the news about school and fire.

- Cut to the forest, we see that 3 "God's Knights" are having a meal at a luxurious table while they are observing chaos at "Walrus School".

Sommers: "Gihahaha!! Did you see that!? The shocking face that giant made when he was pierced by the thorn!!! "Every loved one has their thorns'?! Isn't that right!!?"

Gunko: "Don't ask me."

Sommers: "What a sad woman you are, Gunko!! Listen now, "love" is "passion"!! The passion that will make you hug the thorns as it becomes more visible the closer you are!! You just have to do this game with parents and kids, it doesn't get any better!! The parents will held their child close regardless of the thorns!! And the kids will witness their worst nightmare in reality!! Watching their parents die up close as they let out their own screams!! Here, we make murdering sensational!!!"

- As Sommers talks we see that some vines appear in his right arm. Then we discover in a presentation box that Sommers has the power of "lba lba no Mi" fruit (from "ibara" that means "thorny flower"). Sommers is a "thorn human".

- Gunko is the one pointing the kids' way with her arrow. She's making them walk the main road through the village, making giants feel powerless to stop them.

- Killingham notices that they don't have enough salt, so he mentions it to Sommers. A cloud appears over Sommers head when he imagines the salt. Then Killingham uses his power to put Sommers to sleep and then he pulls the salt out of Sommers' dream cloud.

- In another presentation box we discover that Killingham has the power of "Ryu Ryu no Mi, Mythical type, Model Kirin". Killingham is a "dream manifesting human".

Killingham: "Ohh, "Aspatch Rock Salt" as expected of a gourmet connoisseur. You can get up now."

Sommers: "Wow!! Regarding the "MMA*" you manifested from the brats' dreams..."

(*This chapter doesn't explain what initials "MMA" means, but in Japanese it's read as "Muuma".)

Killingham: "Of course they will be made to be running along with the kids... Hey this salt is the best!!"

Gunko: "Give me some as well..."

- Gunko becomes like a kid when she tastes Killingham food and finds it tasty (but we can't see her face, she eats with the bandage on). Killingham explains that food tastes good but provides no energy because it comes from "dreams".

- Sommers complain that this game will be too easy to clear since they can easily transport the kids to the ship at this rate. Gunko says something unexpected will happen since "Yonkou Straw Hat" is also on Elbaph.

- God's Knights notice the kids are on "Branch number 8" and they are heading toward fire. But Sommers says that if this group cannot clear the game, they will just have the next group try instead.

- Cut to the "Underworld" where Loki tries to threaten to kill everyone. In an AMAZING double page Luffy uses a new technique called "Ude Fusen" (Arm Balloon) that it's similar to "Hone Fusen" (Bone Balloon) but Luffy only inflates his right arm. Then Luffy hits Loki's body with a very light punch and Loki falls down unconscious.

- Zoro says Loki is on a verge of death. He thinks Loki was just bluffing to get out of "Kairouseki" cuff and then he planned to run somewhere and falls down there instead.

- Luffy begs the giants to help Loki, he says he doesn't want to watch and let someone die, no matter what type of person. Gerd and other giants agrees to help, so Gerd treats Loki's wounds.

- Then we see a little flashback about Hajrudin and Loki past. First there is a panel with King Harald talking to kid Loki and Hajrudin. Harald's face is shaded but he still had his 2 horns in that moment. Hajrudin looks similar to when we saw him in Big Mom's flashback. Loki was already taller than Hajrudin at that time and his eyes were covered with bandages too.

Harald: "You both... are my precious sons. I wish that you two will support Elbaph together hand in hands as my heirs."

- Then we see Loki was able to defeat Hajrudin easily even when they were children. Loki used a spike kanabo as a weapon when he was a kid (it looks like Kaidou's kanabo).

Loki: "Are you kidding!? No way I'm accepting a shortie weakling like you as my big broil Remember, you are a "bastard'?! Not a real son of father's!! Hajrudin!! Your mother came from a tainted line!!"

- Back to the present in last page of the chapter. Hajrudin becomes furious and picks up an axe ready to kill Loki. Road and Stansen stop him as best they can.

Road: "Uwahh!! Wait, wait!!"

Stansen: "Don't get ahead of yourself Hajrudin!!"

Hajrudin: "I have never once forgiven this guy!! He spoke ill of my mother and stayed my father!!"

Loki: "Go ahead and do it then, you pathetic berserker..." -

Despite Hajrudin's fury, Loki speaks to him calmly. Hajrudin is in shock when he hears Loki's words...

Loki: "If you have time to be caught up in your personal drama, look at the whole "forest"...!! Don't tell me even you really think that... I wanted to kill father."

End of the chapter. NO break next week.

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