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fatdabbyeet

Tbf even if the crossdress/trans representation in one piece is kind of iffy at times, it is pretty damn progressive at heart, both for its time and culturally. It is made into a gag, 100%, but apart from that its a pretty positive representation. All the characters that fit into that category are genuinely really chill.

100Rainy

Yeah Sanji's situation sadly perpetuates some negative/harmful stereotypes about certain queer communities which is a real shame. Not one of Oda's best moments imo, but I don't think it's reflective of Oda's irl views. If I'm not mistaken he's got quite a few queer friends and colleagues, I think he's even mentioned Franky's VA inviting him to a drag queen performance once too.

Right-Hand Man

It's cool to see where the others ended up. Each one more different and unique than the last. It really expands the world building of One Piece in a creative way in where normally, for this show, we'd have to travel island to island by ship. But due to the power of a DF, we get to see multiple islands through the eyes of our separated crew members at the same time :)

Ender

Yeah, this gets critiqued often but they all are good people at heart, just like Bon Clay and later on there also will be very good trans representation, it is all a work in progress :)

Bstretch21

" its such like 'he asked for no pickles' energy" LMAOOOOOOOOO

Paola

Yeah Oda's writing as an ally of the LGBTQ+ community has always felt like it came from a good but kind of ignorant place 😅 . Like hes a little confused but he's trying 🫠. As some have stated he does introduce characters later on who are much better written. And I've always appreciated that his queer characters at least arent stereotyped as plain bad guys with nefarious intentions. They're always characters who tend to ally with Luffy and the Strawhats (like Bon Clay and etc. 🥹)

fatdabbyeet

Yeah it writes like a middle aged japanese man who does not really get it, but does actually care and does not mean to be demeaning. I see it similarly as with Sanji being a perv/sexual predator, their culture for funny gags is often just rooted in middle school level humor. The perv thing and the haha funny crossdressing is pretty stereotypical dumb middleschool humor. I have to say though, I do not think Oda could have included Bon Clay or other crossdressers/queers if he did not make it into a funny gag. I do not think that would fly as well in 2002 japan, sad to say. Personally I hate that One Piece sacrifices characters for funny gags that are not really funny, but I also cant blame them due to its demographic and medium.

Paola

Definitely agree 👏

Alexander Rosario

so as I was watching this, I thought about what the idea behind her being able to stop the storm was. I think (and maybe I'm wrong) that the idea is that she starts with the cold balls on top then places heat directly below them to create pressure zone (since heat rises while cooler air sinks), then she spins her climatact and pops every single knot on the wind rope to create as much wind as possible that expands the pressure zone powerfully upward, while the spinning turns it into a cyclone that disperses the clouds, which ends the storm. That's my guess, and it's definitely pseudoscience when applied to real life, but this is a fun fantasy after all :p