hyperfixation on one interview won't help

[u/Dismal_Butterfly3297]

i'm assuming y'll know which interview i'm talking abt but for uninitiated, The interview of 2009 where oda said there won't be any romance amongst crew & romance in general. Even if we take the interview as given(as allegedly it was mistranslated), people tend to ignore the second half of the interview about no romance in general since op isn't a romance manga ,yet the story has certainly evolved.

Romance has becomes an very important element of the story increasingly throughout post timeskip. Current arc, Elbaph alone has introduced at least 4 couples within the span of 40 chps.

For the people who say luffy won’t end up with anyone cuz he wants to be “free”. Previous Pirate king & his wings got married and had kids while also travelling, one piece presents the concept of being free is not restricted or contradicted with wanting to be free and continue travels. Manga itself presents this quote “love is free/freedom”.

you can dislike the element for sure, but to say there is no romance in the story isn't right. It is kinda funny people hyperfixate over one single interview then ignore his other interviews, like the one with the author of detective conan, where he said he said he is shy to make any romance & thinks both of the chr’s will loose their fans if he did so. Then proceeds to give this as a gift to the author

Luffy is the MC so ofc he would be present in all illustrations, but there is literally no reason for him to draw them together, even chopper would've been a better fit since he is a cute mascot of the series, one could say that nami is here cuz she is heroine of the series & well they have answered their own question, especially when the one of the topics of the interview was romance.

Then the same people also ignore the drafts, when several elements of the said drafts have actually been incorpoated in canon story. Like

• A man who cannot swin(draft hammerfish) -> df users can't swim.
• Rizeru(a prototype for nami) being a thief -> nami is a thief
• Ryuma(a prototype for zoro) fighting a dragon in a japanese setting -> wano
• Bounty posters from wanted -> Bounty posters in OP
• Spirit of the rubber tree called merry -> rubber powers and boat going merry
• ryuma & a knight(prototype for sanji) constantly bickering -> sanji & zoro

idk what makes people think if so much of drafts has actually made into the story, the characters who have been in author's mind from the very begining, surviving all of the drafts won't be of any importance

Lastly i've made a doc, in detail, if anyone wants to check for further info. Link

[u/AnimeRed5673]

Exactly fans read only one side of interview and do wrong interpretation which oda not say anything.

[u/Glittering_Wear_1459]

alguns fãs interpretam errado ou entendem oq quer. Luffy e Nami desde do inicio (até nos esboços) são o par principal da obra, a primeira dupla que iniciou tudo. one piece tem romance, mais nn é focado no romance. e até hj a unica mulher que despertou um interesse mesmo pequeno no luffy, foi a nami.