I love one piece because they refuse to let any character be genuinely dumb
Nami? Full on meteorologist and cartographer. Could probably be an electrician if she cared about that sort of thing, but she’s too busy knowing way too much about security and by extension the weaknesses of everyone around her,, yk just in case she has to rob them lol.
Robin? Archeologist. Anthropologist. Is A Freak About Literature. See this random shit in my hands ? How does she know about this ? Who knows! Anyway, she’s got its full history, use, importance, and power already diagramed in six different ways. She could boil down all of warhammer 40k in a sentence or two because she’s just Like That.
Franky? Engineer as fuck, which means math, which means inventor, plus I guarantee he’s got some sort of baseline knowledge about a shitload of everything else which doesn’t sound huge but his Water 7 Baseline Knowledge™ is still several leaps and bounds above everyone else’s Baseline Knowledge™.
Sanji? Low key a chemist. Culinary king. Understands the this and that of pretty much whatever is put in front of him and could make a dish out of it. Survivalist. Horny.
Chopper is Chopper. we don’t see him do much and its only because of hippa. Even the camera respects hippa. But he’s working his ass off and is single-handedly the only reason sanji hasn’t given up on the whole damn crew. They’ve bonded over medicinal recipes before. Luffy still managed to achieve scurvy twice.
Usopp? Botany. Or something. those two years away from everyone threw him back into the fray with a better fit and an arsenal full of plants. He’s more chaotic than he lets on — pre timeskip Usopp was an artist. A pyro. A shameless abuser of Home Alone style bullshit, complete with the kitchen cabinet tucked into his bag.
Zoro was reading the art of war morning noon and night growing up. This boy had zero hobbies outside of Getting Better, and it followed him all the way into adulthood. He can’t count higher than twelve, but he can strategically dismantle half of the world government in an evening if he had enough booze and reason to do it. Likes strategizing with Nami cause she’s deranged in a subtle way.
Brook is Brook. Philosopher. Musician. Died once fifty years ago and made it everyone else’s problem. If his brain hadn’t decomposed alongside his body, then his bones would explain to you the universe before cutting you open and making you one with it.
Luffy is.. an interesting case. I’m not sure how to quantify his intelligence, because while I know for a fact it’s there, but he’s also really good at playing dumb. Thing is, we can’t blame all his success on mere instincts. He can befriend everyone he meets, but a friend to all is a friend to none. He never loses (except that one time which shall not be mentioned). If he can fix the bad guy, he will — and if he can’t, he will put them down like a sick dog. he subscribes to no particular set of morals. how is it that the easiest one to see is the hardest to read? No one has noticed? What even is Luffy at this point? Hungry, I guess.
