I already kinda talked about this in a thread I made before, but this is a thing thatβs been going on for a while now in movies and such; diversity. This might be a bit different from other examples, and itβs certainly not bad if done correctly.
Oda approved of it though, so what he says goes since itβs his manga. Iβm not really bothered by it, although changing Lucky Rouxβs skin color was an interesting change.