can we please talk about the color symbolism going on with ASL bc i constantly think about this bc i'm obsessed
when ASL were kids, their colors were red, blue, yellow
peep their flag
now we all know Sabo's color is still blue but what interests me is the way Ace and Luffy's colors evolved bc if you google what their official colors are you get this
(google thinks every color in Ace's character design is his color, but we're focusing on the orange)
so Luffy evolved from yellow to red—Ace's color—and Ace evolved from red to orange—a combination of their childhood colors
i also want to bring up the color of Luffy's haki, especially showcased in Wano
we know his haki is typically colored as red but what surprised me was
his yellow haki, or his ryou, i guess and also
the way his haki is orange too? especially when using his Ace-inspired move?
ok, ok, so in childhood Ace was red and Luffy was yellow and to me that makes sense bc
also, Luffy being represented by both colors as he gets older also makes sense to me because he had two sides that absolutely embody the two separate meanings of the colors
but like the symbolism of orange???
personally, i think Oda was COOKING with the color symbolism with these freaks bc when i fucking think about it it makes me emotional
Luffy wears Ace on his heart every day when he wears red, he honors him with his orange haki, and Luffy still hasn't forgotten who he truly is when he's in yellow
Ace, though, completely incorporated Luffy into his personality, he didn't keep the pain from his childhood trauma but covered it with the joy and warmth he learned from Luffy
knowing Ace left a permanent mark on Luffy, and he's happy to showcase it every day
but
knowing Luffy fundamentally changed Ace down to his very core, and he was so proud of it
anyway, that's what i get out of the color symbolism that is happening around ASL, thank you for coming to my tedtalk