@Martine:
why are you in denial? Saniji alone is proof enough that interactions have gone to shit. Chopper, Brook and Usopp followed the same way. Nami has become a bimbo, Franky is a robot and Zoro the badass guy. Luffy is even more naive and stupid then before. Stop being in denial. The manga got dumber and there is nothing you can do about it.
I wonder if you really read the manga.
Zoro has always been the serious guy to Luffy's playful guy, Sanji started being a pervert loser since Whiskey Peak, Nami has always exploited her sex appeal (remember Baratie), Franky was throwing poses and doing robot stuff since the beginning (remember the Emperor Docking) and Brook… has remained the same old insane skeleton we've first met back at Thriller Bark.
Also notice that Franky never used robot jokes during Dressrosa.
And jokes were always being used and squeezed. Zoro and Sanji fighting each other, Sanji being a moron near the girls, Luffy, Usopp and Chopper fooling around...
Also, read the last chapter and tell me how many jokes you see between the SH members, especially the ones that arrived at Zou early.
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@Ravaha:
I have been reading One Piece since 2007. Sanji has only been in 4 arcs. Sabaody, Fishman Island, and Punk Hazard. And in every one of those arcs he got almost killed and defeated and was barely present.
The last time Sanji was cool was at Thriller Bark.
It is clear to me that Oda can't handle more than one character at a time without making the plot come to a standstill. The next five years of real time will probably only have a day pass in the Manga. Big Mom Tea Party. Sanji storyline, Jack Storyline, Reverie, Jinbie, Samurias, Kaido, Dragon was attacked…..
Its really hard to see Oda handling all that in less than 4 years. I have really fallen out of love with this Manga.
Again, why is the manga not following real time a bad thing?
This pointless complaint is pretty much making your whole argument sound stupid. It sounds like you're really reaching.
You're disappointed that your favorite character is missing, despite the fact that said character has been there for +600 chapters (never mind Chopper and Brook, who were introduced later and missed those arcs as well). Sanji still has more screentime than half of the Straw Hats.