IronicVeghead

The math never adds up when it comes to bandwagon hating does it?

But yeah Oda is so involved he was writing full scripts and forcing them to rewrite episodes. Are there changes he likely didn’t care for ? Yes I’m sure but things like Sanji telling Nami about his mom? Yes Oda approved that. Because again Oda, unlike a lot of animanga fans, understands

1.You simply cannot directly translate cartoon gags to live action. EVERYONE will be toned down. (Twitter acts like it’s only Sanji because they have a hyperfixation on Taz but everyone is toned down to fit the medium.)

2. When you do live action the characters have to act like real people. I.E they are going to talk and and do things they won’t in a 20 minute cartoon made for kids. We have swearing and gore and heart to hearts because the show is for a whole different audience.

3. Most importantly OPLA has the foresight of all the arcs. They know who the characters grow to be by Elbaf. They get to push Sanji’s kindness to the forefront as his most important trait because they know about WCI. They get to have Little Garden be a bigger deal for Usopp. They get to have the crew bond way more because they want it to hit when they are separated. They know Zoro will eventually train with Mihawk etc.

So yes of course Oda agrees to make the story even more cohesive since we have the whole picture. Why would they adapt as if they have no clue where everyone ends up? OPLA is a part of One Piece canon. OPLA Sanji is Oda’s Sanji too. There’s nothing any of them can do about it but cope.

P.S His outfits are from the color spreads so they are indeed something Sanji would wear because they are LITERALLY his clothes.

Like when Gandalf spent literal PAGES trying to figure out why the vibes were off in Moria and Legolas chimes in with just "it's a balrog :) that shit's evil :) we're so fucked :)" like what do you MEAN you knew already and just didn't tell him??

Or at the beginning of Two Towers when Aragorn thinks there's something nearby so he puts his ear to the ground to listen, and then like 10 minutes later is like "hmmm i hear horses" and Legolas is just like "mm yep. there are 105 blond bitches with spears" like you just let your friend put his face in the dirt and you can SEE them??

gandalf is scratching his head in moria, and legolas is thinking "oh man, the wizard noticed something off *besides* the obvious balrog that we all are aware of??"

They see a time skip of any length and go