Definitely. I’ve seen many manga readers accuse Mihawk of being ‘boring’ or ‘edgy’ when he’s actually quite expressive, for example when he cut Zoro down and when he was left speechless by Perona’s goodbye. The LA really showed off the essence of his character by having him taunt Garp, snidely remark on Luffy’s hat and reveal that he knew all about Garp’s ulterior motivations for wanting Luffy captured alive. He’s both badass and witty and doesn’t suffer from as much PIS as the Straw Hats which I think western audiences will want more of.
This Reddit thread came up on my feed earlier, seems like an overwhelming positive response to Steven John Ward’s Mihawk. Props to him, he knocked it out of the park for sure.
https://reddit.com/r/OnePieceLiveAction/s/YCLRDhtROK