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What really gets me about this opening scene in Skypiea is how happy everyone is to be there--with the exception of Zoro who is too busy being grumpy/playing the straight man for everyone else’s enthusiasm to bounce off of, even if he wants to explore the island as much as everyone else. Luffy, Chopper, and Usopp are always game for an adventure, but now we add in Sanji doing backflips into the ocean and Nami being a literal ray of sunshine. 

Even Robin is excited, although you can tell by her body language that she’s a little more hesitant to show it

And what starts as the Straw Hats doing what the Straw Hats do shifts seamlessly into a little aha moment for Robin. She’s not sailed with a crew like this before, and it’s opening herself up to an entirely different way of living. 

I’ve said it before, but from the moment Alabastian poneglyph turned out to be a bust to the point she finds Roger’s message at the end of the arc, Robin is living with a dead dream. She doesn’t think she can find the True History and is only with the Straw Hats because Luffy refused to let her die. 

I truly think that aspect of her actions during this arc is important. She isn’t using the crew to further her own agenda. She doesn’t have any plans or goals for the future. Robin is traveling with the Straw Hats because she can, and later on because she wants to, and since Luffy and co., have no idea about Ohara or how important her ability to read the poneglyphs is, they aren’t using her either.