I didn't mention this on the last episode because I was already typing a lot, but I really like Boa's jealousy regarding her playboy Luffy theory. I hope when Boa meets Nami and Robin one day that she's standoffish towards them. In fact, maybe Luffy won't realize her love until that eventual day and his crewmates will realize it before him. Another funny thought regarding her is that these navy men who are seeing her act like Luffy does will totally spread rumors about how she acts.
The Perona and Zoro section was beautiful. Not only was it touching for Zoro but it also made me reconsider the kind of person Perona is.
In regards to Zoro, the moment he woke up in those bandages torn on what had happened, you could see the emotion in his face due to the shine in his eyes. It was a melancholic look. It was sad and reflective. I think he was acknowledging that this is one of his biggest losses yet while, at the same time, being grateful that this means the others may be okay too. Zoro has now shown us that he values his crew over his own life and ambition. So to not be able to help them at all and to have barely been able to save Luffy's life not that long ago, it must really burn. Kuma letting him go with a huge injury like he did reminds me of when Mihawk did the same thing to him, literally two warlords have given Zoro a chance and helped him grow as a person and a swordsman, and if you think back to the first time he lost so crushingly to Mihawk, he cried and yelled that he would never lose again. Him being unable to protect his nakama and unable to take on warlords to prove his skills for him and his childhood friend is an absolute loss for him, and I'm sure he had to have realized that Kuma let him go, yet again. He’s probably conflicted on the kind of man Kuma is. Maybe I'm extrapolating too much but I think this all follows. I love how Zoro is drawn with shine in his eyes when he's sentimental or emotional, when a moment hits him so close to home he cannot be his usual stoic self. We could see the style of eyes he was drawn with here back when he was saying goodbye to the Merry too!
As for Perona, although she is an inherently selfish and childish person, literally crying due to the lack of servants and cute things around her while calling for Moria, the man she tried to leave behind while robbing blind, to come help her, she has shown another side of herself. She has been shown to have a good nature that she cannot help but let out sometimes. When she saw how negative Usopp was she cheered for him despite him being her enemy, she was so sad that he was such a negative person she wanted to show him some support. Here we had her bandage up and possibly save Zoro's life by tending to his wounds, she even watched over him in bed to make sure he was okay. She rationalized it with the fact that she wants a servant, but with how tender she was to helping him heal I think this was just an excuse. Later, she slips up and tells Zoro how to leave. She literally cannot stop herself from helping him here too, despite the fact that her loneliness is crushing her. Her moments of awkwardness where she couldn't quite voice that she wanted him to stay, or possibly ask to go with him were so prominent, you could see her as she struggled to find words to use before stuttering and angrily asking if he's really going to leave.
I think Perona is just a big kid, a big baby who doesn't know what it means to have genuine friendship and nakama. When Zoro was leaving she couldn't even bring herself to voice her real emotions, she decided instead that she was going to make him stay. It's as if her forcing people to be her servants is actually because she craves friendship but it's the only way she knows how to get it. If you think about it, she misses Kumacy to this day. He wasn't simply a servant to do her bidding or a replacable cute bear, she holds him dear to her heart even if she was cruel to him. Likewise, despite trying to force Zoro to be her servant she was so kind to him and showed lots of care. I really think she makes a misjudgement that servants = nakama and unless she can swallow her pride and learn to form a genuine friendship as equals with Zoro then I think she'll be in for a hard time. That said, Perona needs camaraderie and friendship right now and Zoro needs someone to help him so he doesn't get lost in the forest for years. They could both get a lot out of a mutual agreement to be comrades for the time being and I truly hope we get some Perona development where she learns to look at Zoro as her somewhat-equal. Depending on how she continues she may be one of my favorite One Piece villains, and someone as stubborn as Zoro could really force her to see him as an equal.
P.S. the fact that Zoro's scream turned into a yawn on the eyecatch was amazing. I wasn't expecting that at all and it was so charming. What a nice detail! The fact that if it didn't happen no one would bat an eye makes me think that was a real loving decision to do that.
courret said:Also, did Ace think about White Beard just before calling out for his father? Is WB Ace's dad? This would be BIG. (and since Ace and Luffy don't share the same family name - unlike Luffy, Garp and Dragon - they may not be biological brothers... although he also has the D. in the name)
Yeah!! This was my interpretation too, it was as if he was saying sorry that he's putting his "father" WB in danger and for letting him down. I was shocked to not read anyone else saying this! |