Tashigi's Arlong Park Evaluation
What you loved:
- Moral Ambiguity and Growth - Most of the marines in One Piece are static characters. Relative to the masses, Tashigi is very dynamic. She is growing anf learning and making strides as a human and as a swordsman. She is very likable and down to earth and her concept of justice seems to be evolving with her character as the series continues.
- Smoker Relationship - They are a good team and do a good job working together.
- Adorkable - She is clumsy, cute and (compared to many One Piece females) pretty normal. She wears glasses. She manages to be attractive without being particularly sexualized (save for when Smoker is in her body - erm, his mind that is)
- The Sword Lover - Its nice to see such a fangirl in a series that continually makes us lose our fanboy minds. This element of her character probably makes her feel the most like a real human.
Favorite comment goes to Supernova112"
_"Love: Tashigi is quite fun. What's quite appealing about her, I think, is that while Smoker is the badass insubordinate guy who basically does what he wants and does it with confidence, Tashigi is still figuring it out - what her 'justice' is and so on. Her whole "Swords should be freed from bas people" thing made her interesting in Loguetown, but was turned down since. Nonetheless, her character really shone in Alabasta. Since Smoker left her in charge, they were actually her decisions, and she found them hard. Of course, she tried to stop Robin who had Cobra, and failed. But then she pointed Luffy in the right direction, had her men help the Strawhats deal with the bomb (or try to) and in the end, she refused to capture the exhausted Strawhat crew when she had the chance because it stung too much to capture them after they had essentially done the Navy's job in dealing with Baroque Works. And she hated that she ended up in that position.
Love her clumsiness too. It's kind of endearing as a character trait, especially in contrast to Smoker. They make a great hero-sidekick type duo, and their interactions are often fun, and sometimes pretty serious and meaningful."_
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What you loathed:
- Punk Hazard's Distressed Damsel - Outside of this there weren't really any trends, but literally all of you mentioned this. Tashigi is weak, she promised she would get stronger but it didn't amount to anything useful. She has lost every physical encounter we ever seen her in (from Robin to Vergo) or she has needed help (Smoker, Sanji, Zoro). It's just a shame that a character with so much potential isn't being allowed to shine because she can't grow in a way that allows her to be more useful to what is happening in the story. Many of you were disappointed with the turn her character took during Punk Hazard.
Favorite comment goes to Zar:
"Loathe
For a character who promised to get stronger, she is really weak in a bad way. Honestly one of the most disappointing things in the entire Punk Hazard arc was seeing Tashigi get kicked around, constantly shoved into the background by others. Its like everything she did pre time-skip was for nothing; she couldn't even beat a stronger opponent on her own. Smoker opening her shirt during the body-swap was rather uncomfortable as well."
Finally,the poll! With 8 votes, Tashigi's average score is…3.13!
Thanks to all that responded! I will post my next pick later on today. Here's the HINT: Our next character has insisted to be evaluated with handcuffs on, because that is more dastardly and badass.
Until then.
–- Update From New Post Merge ---
Love & Loathe #25 Let's get our Arlong-again on! It's time to evaluate: Hody Jones
Teeth...Here's the deal: We are looking to hyper-critique a character to try and pinpoint what makes them great and what makes them terrible. After enough people respond, I will organize what are the best and worst traits of the character, and compile an evaluation post later. Also,don't worry if you have the same answers as others,the point is to figure out a common denominator for the character.
So the two questions for you are:
What one thing do you consistently love about Hody?
What one thing do you consistently loathe about Hody?
And give Hody a rating of between 1 and 5, with 5 being the highest(.5's are acceptable - ex. 1.5 or 4.5). I will tally these.
**This will be a 24 hour evaluation.
Enjoy.