I love Brook for many reasons. For my entire adult life I've worked with old people, and when interacting with that demographic it's really easy to take Sanji's point of view. I have cared for so many elderly burdened with a lifetime's worth of pain, suffering, and death. Like Brook spending fifty years alone on a boat, their misery and isolation can become banal and everyday. It's easy to slip into the fog of despair
Brook is the person I aspire to be when I'm 90. His life is objectively terrible, and while he doesn't sugarcoat his own suffering, he's able to take simple joy in being alive, in meeting new people and finding new friends. It's a very different take on loneliness compared to characters like Robin and Chopper, but is much appreciated nonetheless.
