Imagine building one of your main characters as obsessed with Elbaf, it’s culture, it’s people, it’s traditions etc. aswell as being constantly associated with Hammers only to have him NEVER interact with Elbaf’s National Treasure, a hammer.
All of Usopp’s major fights Pre-Timeskip (excluding Usopp vs Luffy) end with Usopp Hammer, Oda would have to be a genuine rtrd not to see this perfect powerup
I’m not even one to use color spreads or cover pages to justify my theories but this is way too on the nose.
All of Usopp’s major fights Pre-Timeskip (excluding Usopp vs Luffy) end with Usopp Hammer, Oda would have to be a genuine rtrd not to see this perfect powerup

