I started the Ghost Island saga, and seemed interesting and fun but, oh boy, I’m tired of the sexist bullshit against Nami and Robin. Like a ghost basically SAing the both of them?
I don’t know, the story has been great but the sexism and the apparently increasing sexualization of the female characters is getting to me and making me not want to see the series any more.
Does it get any better?
I’ve only been reading the manga, and I’m only up to Water Seven right now, but even I’ve been sensing that and it’s making me nervous. In the beginning, he was setting up some interesting stuff with gender dynamics, considering how equal Nami is in the crew, the backstory stuff with Zoro and then Tashigi showing up, and then Viví and Robin as extra female crew members to start to balance things out, but he hasn’t really seemed to return to or develop most of these themes. I heard he instead, gets more sexist as he goes on. I haven’t hit my limit yet, but it’s something I’ll keep in mind as I keep going.
I’m hoping the One Piece Live Action fixes some of these things even if it drops the ball on others. I’m on ep 2 and I love the changes they made with Laboon (fixes him with singing vs punching) and that they’re already doing more with Tashigi than Oda ever did (I haven’t finished the manga, but I have been told she goes basically unused and then power scaled out of existence for the rest of it). I just doubt they’ll be able to go that long because it’s on Netflix and people age.
Also, anyone have a suggestion for a manga similar to One Piece, but less sexism? Or maybe almost as good? I heard it’s in a class of its own so maybe there’s not. I’m sure part of that is the length of the series lets it pull off story arcs and call backs that can’t really be equaled by other manga.