Perfectly said, the absolute irony. I adored Luffy pre Nika, he was so funny, unpredictable, creative, silly, etc but now Oda has simplified and flanderised/exaggerated him to the extreme. Even some people say on reddit that the real Luffy died permanently in Wano and so many theories are going around that Nika is controlling/influencing Luffy and forcing him to act this unhinged way.
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Amazing art.
On an upside too, he's really fun to play as in Unlimited World Red since he's the main playable character outside battles. He feels like a pseudo Spider-man stretching his arms to grab onto rooftops and pull himself onto them.
When I first played Pirate Warriors 3, my jaw dropped when I used his special attack for the first time, the impact it had was so well done by the devs, it felt "real" somehow and more impactul than his attacks in the anime since Toei has gone really downhill over time.
As much as I love and especially hate Gear 5 ironically its really fun to play as in Pirate Warriors 4 though.