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I think it's cool when Oda gives actual manga advice in an SBS

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Garp is so messy. Imagine springing on your grandson that you have another older, cooler grandson who happens to hate the world that you're now going to be forced to live with

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I want to know how Garp and Dadan met, and the logic that went through Garp's mind when he decided to let a criminal raise his grandkids in the hopes of making them marines

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This is an interesting insight into Garp's psyche. We don't know much about his upbringing, but the SBS kid picture Oda drew involved him riding a tiger for fun so we can guess Garp didn't grow up in the safest environment. Given how he started throwing his grandkids into the jungle unsupervised for training at such a young age we can presume he's very much of the idea that tough times make tough people, and he wants his grandchildren to be tough.

Which makes his initial decision to leave Luffy at Windmill Village all the more interesting. We know Dragon didn't keep Luffy because of how dangerous it was, maybe Garp was in his own way trying to respect Dragon's wish for Luffy to have a normal, peaceful life.

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It's so ridiculous and over the top, but also a perfect representation of Luffy's grief. Oda's expression game remains on point.

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We won't get Jinbe's backstory for awhile yet, but it is interesting to look at this interaction from his point of view. Jinbe's a character that's endured a lot of loss, and is also grieving his close friend and island's main benefactor. There's a lot about Jinbe's future, as well as that of his homeland, that's up in the air right now, but he still takes the time to help Luffy navigate his pain.

It's not easy for him either, you can see it in all the little sweat drops and how the boarder of his speech bubbles are all wobbly. But he made a promise to Ace, and he's going to see it through.