@Coruscation:
I hope the people who say it's no different than usual bother trying to understand what the problem is. It's not that Luffy's careless in general, and gets himself into some pretty dumb situations because of it. That's part of his charm. It's the sheer degree to which Oda has been taking it recently where it goes beyond being funny and entertaining and just becomes irritating.
Even though I know where you are coming from there seems to be an angle view you are missing. We get to see Monet VS Luffy; but we have known monet for quite a while whilst Luffy hasnt(I
m speaking in One Piece time lenght here). Just because Luffy carelessly tries to grab or punch Ceasar each time he sees him doesn´t mean it has to be the same with everyone and we all know that Luffy isnt the type of character who goes hitting people without a reason. In this case monet is in the way but she hasn
t really done anything to the Strawhats ; plus, being engulfed in snow domes isnt something that happens daily in life let alone being hug to death by feathered snow woman. Anyone would try to figure out whats going on before acting. Now, regarding the "jet spear", to be fair I find it the fastest scape route, and we know luffy doesn
t think too much.
About the similarities with other arcs; I beg to differ with people who see this one as a New world Little garden or Allabasta subplot. Its the first time that we actually see the Strawhats taking offensive without the enemy doing anything major against them. They just went into the wolf's den and decided to kidnap the isle packmaster because "X" character proposed a plan to take down a BIG GAME in the new world and they saw some random kids being drugged. But think about this, it really doesnt have the emotional attachment, which gives them that vibe of being all the more piratey and I
m loving it!
Pirates should be chaotic , theres no need for emotional attachment in each and every arc. Its great to see the crew taking the offensive instead of being all defensive and the "bad guys" asking, why the f*ck are you attacking me? I truly dont care about you. This recipe is refreshing.
Thats my intake for this chapter. :)