Lmfao same. Its like those extremely obnoxious western cartoon characters that get clowned on. They feel like self inserts if they not actually are too.
I dread to think how much worse it will be in the dub, especially since the dub has started Wano now too...
Haha right? If Oden lmao I mean Oda had made her let go of the Oden LARPing and had her join as herself, discovering who she is along the way and forming her own individual, unique personality, inspired by what she sees out of the outside world and experiences from it, that could have genuinely been fantastic instead.
I love the idea of Luffy refusing to let her join unless she joins as herself, not as Oden too. So she lives for herself and not as someone else.
I don't remember if Luffy has outright rejected anyone else joining? Would have been very shocking and interesting.