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This is one of my favorite bits of SBS lore

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If I had to pick a fundamental theme for One Piece on which all others are built, it is this idea of living. Oda doesn't shy away from how heinous the world can be. This entire saga has had Luffy taking one L after another and capped off with the death of one of the people he cares for most in the world. And yet...the message is still to live. The answer is always to keep living.

I feel like this entire philosophy is captured in its most concise form during Arlong Park, but it's something that stays steady throughout the entire manga

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Born to take care of snails, forced to systematically destroy the World Government

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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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Given his reputation, this is a hilarious thing for Law to say

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Even in duckling form, Zoro is hopeless when it comes to directions

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And you're the one who left him alone in the East Blue unsupervised. Not sure what you expected to happen

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I don't know if there's much else I can add to this that Oda didn't say himself in the SBS for Volume 61