At this point, I'm more interested in Koby and Blackbeard's stories than Luffy's... Koby is actually shaping up to be a more interesting protagonist. A weak little nobody who actually got to where he is through bad luck, actual hard work, and just being his nice old self to others while actually getting treated like more of a grandson by the main character's grandfather than the main character himself while having lots of stories to tell.
And Blackbeard is an actual true blood pirate word for word that's both evil and comical and whose crew delivered one of the few if not only great lines in Egghead.
Not taking the Seraphim though despite copying Saturn's voice and appearance was dumb af. Wtf LOda.