Before I start the topic, I wanna point out few things for clarifying sake. First, a lot of us got into ONE PIECE through anime medium before the manga. A lot of us are up to date with the manga. Some of us still watch the anime though, some dropped the anime after some arc. Second, it seems some scenes in the anime I wanna call them "filler-canon". Something as an add-on to the original source, the manga in anime. Now let's begin the topic.
BEFORE:
When I started ONE PIECE in anime before manga, firs time I saw Gold Roger in Smoker's flashback (and previously in some scene when Coby talked about him in episode 3 or 4 I guess), he was surrounded by an aura of enigma. The curiosity to learn about Gold Roger got me good. I enjoyed the mysteriousness of a character.
SOME REVELATION:
We then learn some bits of Roger by Rayleigh who used to be Roger's right-arm, his vice-captain.
AFTER:
The more and more we learn about Roger later in episodes beyond 500, the more of that image of mysteriousness of a character fades. Oda makes us perceive Roger later as a goofy, happy, lucky-go character. Much like Luffy. Despite the fact we see some of Roger in Luffy. Even some of us during early times of ONE PIECE theorized that Roger and Luffy are blood related, but not or so it seems. You never know. Oda might make something out of the box about Roger and Luffy later.
BEFORE:
When I started ONE PIECE in anime before manga, firs time I saw Gold Roger in Smoker's flashback (and previously in some scene when Coby talked about him in episode 3 or 4 I guess), he was surrounded by an aura of enigma. The curiosity to learn about Gold Roger got me good. I enjoyed the mysteriousness of a character.
SOME REVELATION:
We then learn some bits of Roger by Rayleigh who used to be Roger's right-arm, his vice-captain.
AFTER:
The more and more we learn about Roger later in episodes beyond 500, the more of that image of mysteriousness of a character fades. Oda makes us perceive Roger later as a goofy, happy, lucky-go character. Much like Luffy. Despite the fact we see some of Roger in Luffy. Even some of us during early times of ONE PIECE theorized that Roger and Luffy are blood related, but not or so it seems. You never know. Oda might make something out of the box about Roger and Luffy later.