Nami's reaction when Igaram's ship blows up is Nami at her absolute best - I love those rare moments when we get to dispense with her usual snarky nonsense and see her underneath feelings.
Yes!
There's a similar moment when the news of Ace's death goes out. She goes from being a manipulative jerk who's trying to put one over on the nice old men on Weatheria, to breaking down and crying for what Luffy must be going through, and just for a moment you see the real Nami.
I suspect both she and Robin share, in different ways, the inability to ever completely drop the almost lifelong habit of self-protection through concealment, manipulation and deceit.
Agreed that Little Garden is not that exciting plot-wise. By far my favorite part of it (apart from Zoro!) is the giants (and really, I can't account for why I love them so much, because normally Klingon Viking warrior macho ethos does zero for me).
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Date: 2012-07-05 02:35 am (UTC)Yes!
There's a similar moment when the news of Ace's death goes out. She goes from being a manipulative jerk who's trying to put one over on the nice old men on Weatheria, to breaking down and crying for what Luffy must be going through, and just for a moment you see the real Nami.
I suspect both she and Robin share, in different ways, the inability to ever completely drop the almost lifelong habit of self-protection through concealment, manipulation and deceit.
Agreed that Little Garden is not that exciting plot-wise. By far my favorite part of it (apart from Zoro!) is the giants (and really, I can't account for why I love them so much, because normally Klingon Viking warrior macho ethos does zero for me).