The smaller stache used to be in the manga too though,the anime was just copying the portrayal
It probably wasn´t to be like Luffy though, it was more likely because he decided he was Ace´s dad.
Well when most people talk about that it isn't necessarily the design
It couldn't be the design because there isn't a single version of Roger that looks anything like Luffy. If anything he looks like a clone of Ace
They feel like he comes off as a Luffy clone in terms of personality and presence. They say that without realizing
none of the scenes characterizing Roger in Loguetown are canon
The moment with Smoker as well as him drinking in the bar are both completely new scenes crafted by Toei. Not saying they're bad or anything but it paints a certain picture that Oda wasn't ready for yet
And the complaint making it sound like it was a bait-and-switch are a little confusing to me because it's forced down our throats throughout the entire series that Luffy is
very similar to Roger. Not in appearance but just in the way they act
Rayleigh
teared up and had a flashback of a younger Roger when he saw Luffy leave Sabaody after the timeskip. Yet I'm supposed to believe Luffy's similarities with Roger are a recent hamfisted addition by Oda
It's been in our faces since damn near chapter 1
