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We won't get Jinbe's backstory for awhile yet, but it is interesting to look at this interaction from his point of view. Jinbe's a character that's endured a lot of loss, and is also grieving his close friend and island's main benefactor. There's a lot about Jinbe's future, as well as that of his homeland, that's up in the air right now, but he still takes the time to help Luffy navigate his pain.

This is an interesting insight into Garp's psyche. We don't know much about his upbringing, but the SBS kid picture Oda drew involved him riding a tiger for fun so we can guess Garp didn't grow up in the safest environment. Given how he started throwing his grandkids into the jungle unsupervised for training at such a young age we can presume he's very much of the idea that tough times make tough people, and he wants his grandchildren to be tough.

There's an interesting parallel between Luffy's second visit to Amazon Lily and his first. When he wakes up after the war Luffy very understandably is quite self-destructive. There's a part of him that's in denial even as he realizes that his brother is dead

It was much the same way after Sabaody. Luffy never thought his crew was dead, but he was reckless to the point of self-harm even as he berated himself for not being strong enough to save his friends. The post-Sabaody chapters are much more humorous, with Luffy getting high on laughing mushrooms and being on the receiving end of an accidental hand job, but Oda set up a pattern of behavior for how Luffy deals with loss and grief.