Sterry is the Spandam of this arc.
Yes, that's the cover of his book. Anyway I don't mean him beign strong right now, but that he have potential to get strong with his strong sense for surroundings and cautiousness.
Sterry is the Spandam of this arc.
Yes, that's the cover of his book. Anyway I don't mean him beign strong right now, but that he have potential to get strong with his strong sense for surroundings and cautiousness.
So, I know it's a children's manga and all, but 'King Tacos' is actually pretty racist.
So much for revolutionaries fighting for the common folk
Personally i find it much more enjoyable when it has slightly more layers of complication beyond we good they bad
]Seriously though it feels silly not to topple them after all the shit they pulled; Void Century, Paramount War, Warlord system, "innocent-people-killer" Akainu as Fleet Admiral.. I feel like Oda's flaking out based on the editor not wanting to glorify real life revolutionaries or something
Putting the battle fought over Ace's execution in the same row as acts of implied or acted out genocide seems odd. Beyond the fact that we know whitestache to be a nice enough guy it doesn't really seem to have the same moral dimensions
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So, I know it's a children's manga and all, but 'King Tacos' is actually pretty racist.
Yeah using beloved food items to make jokes about nationalities is terrible.
Sort of like using Beermany to refer to Germany.
How can Stelly believe he can become a Celestial Dragon one day ? I know he is made stupid on purpose but that’s quite high level delusion…
About the new kings, I hope they wont’ have much importance in the future and were just here so that the chapter can focus on the fishmen people. The kings that we know should appear in next chapters
How can Stelly believe he can become a Celestial Dragon one day ? I know he is made stupid on purpose but that’s quite high level delusion…
About the new kings, I hope they wont’ have much importance in the future and were just here so that the chapter can focus on the fishmen people. The kings that we know should appear in next chapters
He is from Goa Kingdom. Plus, if he can think it, I bet Luffy would too.
So, I know it's a children's manga and all, but 'King Tacos' is actually pretty racist.
I don't get it. How is his stereotype any more racist than the Russian guy who is modeled after Russians being heavy drinkers and his daughters being designed after Russian dolls, or the American caricature of the guy who is called HAMBURGER and looks like Abe Lincoln?
Oda just using foods and themes from the cultures. I don't see anything negative.
I bet most people on Taco kingdom become immigrants in developed countries like mariejoa
I wonder how much until akainu starts throwing lava fists. Office work is not for him, it's fighting that got him where he is.
I don't get it. How is his stereotype any more racist than the Russian guy who is modeled after Russians being heavy drinkers and his daughters being designed after Russian dolls, or the American caricature of the guy who is called HAMBURGER and looks like Abe Lincoln?
Oda just using foods and themes from the cultures. I don't see anything negative.
Watch as he/she changes his/her location of "Beermany" to avoid being further embarrassed by the irony of his/her post.
Stellar example of a first world problem right there.
So, I know it's a children's manga and all, but 'King Tacos' is actually pretty racist.
steeotype and racism are not the same thing because stereotypes don't inherently imply negative attributes,which is kind of what racism means
also..only king taco? every king/queen is based of food and stereotypes here
being italian,i'm waiting for king pizza with his queen pasta or something
So, I know it's a children's manga and all, but 'King Tacos' is actually pretty racist.
I find it annoying that people are mixing cultural stuff and racism together… If a Mexican wears his cultural clothing while in his own country and is eating taco, is he offending his own country? Can't a native do native stuff in peace? This is getting as bad as people who were offended by Mario wearing a sombrero in Mario Odyssey because they thought he is representing Mexico in a negative way, despite Mexicans having no issues with this.
Oda is racist! yall been told.
This is will be the last Reverie, so…
Playing/joking with stereotypes is nothing creative though. It's even mediocre.
Playing/joking with stereotypes is nothing creative though. It's even mediocre.
You find the matrioshka daughters joke mediocre ?
@Long:
wait , is that you on the video?
Holy shit , you looked like a shit
steeotype and racism are not the same thing because stereotypes don't inherently imply negative attributes,which is kind of what racism means
also..only king taco? every king/queen is based of food and stereotypes here
being italian,i'm waiting for king pizza with his queen pasta or something
Si cazzo! Lets have ourselves Regina Margherita, and Re Vittorio Lasagnele II. (But knowing Japan we'll more likely to get 'Il Duce' Vongolini, his German counterpart 'Der Fuhrer' Weissdolf Wurstler, and the spanish Tapasisco Sangrianco)
Also, I understand Mari Nantonette takes Marie Antoinette's place, but can we have French 'Le Rois Foie Gras' Louis XIV et Baguettina De Medici?
Yes I want to turn One Piece into food Hetalia, can you blame me? The possibilities are endless!
I find it annoying that people are mixing cultural stuff and racism together… If a Mexican wears his cultural clothing while in his own country and is eating taco, is he offending his own country? Can't a native do native stuff in peace? This is getting as bad as people who were offended by Mario wearing a sombrero in Mario Odyssey because they thought he is representing Mexico in a negative way, despite Mexicans having no issues with this.
Yeah it's amazing how people don't know the difference, especially with the way they say it. They want to say that creating and designing King Tacos this way is racist, but simply saying "King Tacos is racist" just looks incredibly ignorant. Of course they'd be wrong either way, it's just a stereotype (and some low hanging fruit at that) Now Stelly is actually racist, for those that need a clear example.
Relevant.
wait , is that you on the video?
Holy shit , you looked like a shit
You watch your mouth pal, Long John is a nice guy and just as good lookin' as anyone around here.
If you have nothing nice to say, how about nothing at all?
Don't let me catch you at a fellow nerd convention or I would seriously give you the frowning of a life time. >;(
Si cazzo! Lets have ourselves Regina Margherita, and Re Vittorio Lasagnele II. (But knowing Japan we'll more likely to get 'Il Duce' Vongolini, his German counterpart 'Der Fuhrer' Weissdolf Wurstler, and the spanish Tapasisco Sangrianco)
Also, I understand Mari Nantonette takes Marie Antoinette's place, but can we have French 'Le Rois Foie Gras' Louis XIV et Baguettina De Medici?
Yes I want to turn One Piece into food Hetalia, can you blame me? The possibilities are endless!
You're missing the portuguese Sardinio Bacalhauzar in that dictator alliance. I know he wasn't really into the axis during WW2, but he still liked them anyway. He just had to honour the national subservience to the UK.
I still don't see how marines found these two top tiers just like that in a draft. When the balance is the warlords and marines vs yonkous, revos there too, fujitora and greenbull just chillin like that for 60 years outside of all the known factions or pirate crews until this draft to join marines now? How did the yonkous did not find them for so long to get them i ntheir crews as commanders, or even marines to get them earlier as warlords or marines, since they are old, they must of made a name before time skip.
wait , is that you on the video?
Holy shit , you looked like a shit
Don't just insult people like that.
@uniaka:
I still don't see how marines found these two top tiers just like that in a draft. When the balance is the warlords and marines vs yonkous, revos there too, fujitora and greenbull just chillin like that for 60 years outside of all the known factions or pirate crews until this draft to join marines now? How did the yonkous did not find them for so long to get them i ntheir crews as commanders, or even marines to get them earlier as warlords or marines, since they are old, they must of made a name before time skip.
You talk with a notion that the OP world is as big as let's say has less than one million people living on it. There has to be one or two high capable candidate out there in this vast world.
Kyros for example that despite being not Admiral Level, fought hundreds of matches in the colosseum against even fishmen on water without a single wound. That in a country located in the New World and he was just a resident of the slums.
Can we just ban AlphaMale already? All he does is just amateur hour troll bait posts.
I can perfectly see Issho being this master swordsman who never wanted to join the political games until he became aware of what happened at Marineford and decided the Shichibukai system had to be done with, then contacted this bounty hunter friend of him who was as strong as himself and asked for his help to join the Marines or something like that.
I mean, there is a lot of room for people to be strong as hell without being part of the Marines or a pirate. The tournament in Dressrosa presented a lot of powerful people like that. There is also the possibility of someone like Magellan or Lucci, working for the WG but not being part of the Marines… that's exactly what happened to Sentoumaru during the time-skip if I'm not mistaken.
The people at the Colloseum weren't that strong though. It was supposed to be a New World tournament for one of the most powerful DFs. And not a single yonkou commander, except Burgess, were there. Hell, this is a major event, yonkous themselves should have come.
Also, yeh there are strong people outside of the Marines, but not as strong as admirals. Fujitora and Ryokugyu's appearances are totally ass-pulled for now. Later, Oda will invent a kind of retcon and create a flashback. But currently, it doesn't make much sense.
The guy can literally throw meteorites on you… And there isn't supposed to be people that strong outside of the Marines, pirate system and the few powerful kingdoms in the new-world (the Minks, the giants, the samurais).
Concerning Fujitora's claim about Vegapunk's new technology. It bores the shit out of me. I wish we won't get to see a punch of super-advanced pacifistas that are stronger than Jinbei or something like that. It looks like a cheap way to give power to the WG. Instead of writing new characters and expanding their power through the other kingdoms
Also, yeh there are strong people outside of the Marines, but not as strong as admirals. Fujitora and Ryokugyu's appearances are totally ass-pulled for now. Later, Oda will invent a kind of retcon and create a flashback. But currently, it doesn't make much sense.
The guy can literally throw meteorites on you… And there isn't supposed to be people that strong outside of the Marines, pirate system and the few powerful kingdoms in the new-world (the Minks, the giants, the samurais).
Why not? We know close to nothing about that world to enforce such a headcannon, and there's absolutely nothing illogical about someone really strong that didn't join the Marines or didn't want to become a pirate. It is what it is.
Btw, it's possible that Fujitora's devil fruit was given to him after he joined the Marines, since he was apparently getting used to his gravity powers.
If the shichibukai are disbanded, Buggy can only become pirate king then I suppose
The people at the Colloseum weren't that strong though. It was supposed to be a New World tournament for one of the most powerful DFs. And not a single yonkou commander, except Burgess, were there. Hell, this is a major event, yonkous themselves should have come.
Also, yeh there are strong people outside of the Marines, but not as strong as admirals. Fujitora and Ryokugyu's appearances are totally ass-pulled for now. Later, Oda will invent a kind of retcon and create a flashback. But currently, it doesn't make much sense.
The guy can literally throw meteorites on you… And there isn't supposed to be people that strong outside of the Marines, pirate system and the few powerful kingdoms in the new-world (the Minks, the giants, the samurais).Concerning Fujitora's claim about Vegapunk's new technology. It bores the shit out of me. I wish we won't get to see a punch of super-advanced pacifistas that are stronger than Jinbei or something like that. It looks like a cheap way to give power to the WG. Instead of writing new characters and expanding their power through the other kingdoms
We had Kyros that was quite powerful despite zero formal training. We just had the minks dukes taking on a yonko commander. And Pirates are dudes that decided to roam the seas and got powerful along the way. Formal training doesn't really seem needed to be powerful and the Dukes and Kyros shows that people that aren't pirates or marine can be quite powerful.
Also I'm pretty sure their fruits came from the marines but that's speculation.
And yes Vegapunk's pacifistas are cheap but they were already cheap 2 years ago when they were able to take on people of Luffy's strength and be mass-produced and they were just prototypes. But yes it is probably even cheaper now.
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Why not? We know close to nothing about that world to enforce such a headcannon, and there's absolutely nothing illogical about someone really strong that didn't join the Marines or didn't want to become a pirate. It is what it is.
Well we went the entire grandline pretty much encountering Pirates destroying every opposition and Pirate hunters being a joke so I can understand why the sudden super strong citizen seems like an ass pull.
wait , is that you on the video?
Holy shit , you looked like a shit
This is why we can't have nice things. Would you ever say that to this guy's face, AlphaMale? Nah. So don't bring your sloppy insults here.
On the topic of strong people being found outside major factions, literally nothing is preventing that. 1) We don't know the population of the world. 2) Harsh environments breed strong people, especially the New World. 3) There could theoretically be a Strength Island where only super-strong people are born. OP setup itself up to give itself that kind of leeway. So that Oda can have a diverse world and write any 'manga' he wants.
The mink kings used to be pirates, first underlings of WB then of roger, or I rememebr that wrong?
And kyros gor forgotten because Sugar deleted him from everyone's memories in the last 10 years or so, or else we maybe would even hear rumors about this famous gladiator. And let's face it, these guys are not top tiers like admirals, 3 strongest weapons of marines, they are more like middle tiers.
Theseuys literally got out of nothing. Not even rumors or anything before, just show up like that when they are needed. It's like akainu made them in his lab at night in the time skip.
Ishou and other strong individuals could have also resided in countries unaffiliated with the WG and hence nobody knew them. I doubt that Wano and Elbaf are the only two non-WG countries.
I'd be surprised if Fujitora ate his fruit before joining the Marines. The admirals' fruits have all been so conventionally strong that it seems more likely that the Marines would have to use their resources and power to acquire them. And although it's not all they rely on, the Admirals' Devil Fruits definitely play a big role in their strength. Could you imagine Kyros with Fujitora's Devil Fruit? He might be unstoppable, and if Fujitora and Ryokugyu were of a similar stature to Kyros before they became admirals, their Devil Fruits should give them a believable push into the beasts they are today.
@uniaka:
The mink kings used to be pirates, first underlings of WB then of roger, or I rememebr that wrong?
And kyros gor forgotten because Sugar deleted him from everyone's memories in the last 10 years or so, or else we maybe would even hear rumors about this famous gladiator. And let's face it, these guys are not top tiers like admirals, 3 strongest weapons of marines, they are more like middle tiers.
Theseuys literally got out of nothing. Not even rumors or anything before, just show up like that when they are needed. It's like akainu made them in his lab at night in the time skip.
To me it's entirely dependent on if the got their fruit from the government. Up until now Fuji's been kicking people's ass using his great devil fruit. If that's from the marines than he wasn't as formidable before and it isn't that crazy.
On a personal level I feel their appearance in the established world we had convenient and kind of out of place but it's inconsistent enough to be called incoherent or so outlandish I would call it asspull.
The one I call an asspull is the super Duper Ultra secret CP0(or a lot of choices in marineford).
Well we went the entire grandline pretty much encountering Pirates destroying every opposition and Pirate hunters being a joke so I can understand why the sudden super strong citizen seems like an ass pull.
That's why people shouldn't mistake a tendency for a rule. Strong people in One Piece usually come from a strong environment, which means they'll probably have associated themselves with pirates or marines, but that's just the normal way. There's nothing preventing anyone from becoming a martial artist that is in a trial for strength without becoming a criminal or a cop. You don't even need to be a bounty hunter, but a guard from a country or a reclusive person in the woods… especially because talent is an important factor in this series. Some people are special.
It's far from an asspull, a technical mistake that people throw around very lightly.
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The one I call an asspull is the super Duper Ultra secret CP0(or a lot of choices in marineford).
CP0 is not a secret organization. They are a public organization.
I still say Fugitora doesn't use a Devil Fruit ability but a Sword Technique similar to Kinemons Firefox Style. But let's see if Oda will specify it at any point. Unless he has in an SBS and I missed it.
King Ham Burger, King Tocos, Beer VI, Admiral Ryokugyuu not eating in three years. Clearly a cry for help, feed your mangaka shonen jump. It's the least you could do. What kind of sweat shop are they running over there? The pathos of Eiichiro Oda, starving artist.
Not much else to say about this chapter that hasn't already been said. It's a decent enough set up for the Reverie, I found Sterry's interactions with Garp amusing, it had Morgans in it which is nice, with some cool scenery artwork. Promising developments ahead.
Loved the chapter.
The title and first spread tie the WG more to American/McDonald's imperialism (since the Chinese hanzi for USA means ''beautiful country''.) The cameos were amazing (Kaiserstache and Skeletor interacting with Sengoku especially) and everyone was hilarious. Next we get more hints the Red Line is designed by the WG, until the big country representation. Russian beer and dolls, Lincoln-quoting King of Bollywood, USA (lol), a Queen of Morocco/al-Maghreb, and of course, a King Tacos based off Emiliano Zapata as much as Ham Burger is based off Lincoln. A beautiful world indeed.
I bet we'll get a flashback to the first time Fishman Island was at Reverie. As I'm rereading I noticed an Absalom invisible cameo lmao. I'm eagerly awaiting when Vivi meets Shirahoshi, and puts Sterry's racist ass in his place (unless Sabo has done it first!) I wouldn't be surprised if the arc ends with both Vivi and Shirahoshi outcasts from the WG, unfortunately. It's gonna be very lit. Can't wait for next week with that closer.
So, I know it's a children's manga and all, but 'King Tacos' is actually pretty racist.
Speaking as a Mexican American living in China, pretty much the only place racist to Mexicans is the United States, and perhaps to a lesser extent, Cuba, Argentina, and Spain. King Tacos (wonder if Oda has been to Los Angeles' King Taco chain? Really good tacos!) quotes Zapata, one of the greatest Mexicans in history. So the portrayal is not bad at all IMO. A racist cartoon would not even know who Zapata is.
Now, if an Anglo American cartoonist was doing this, I'd be a lot more skeptical. Due to the Mexican-American War, the origin of Mexican Americans comes as a conqered people, similar to Native Americans, Hawaiians and Alaskans, African Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Filipino Americans, among others. Nearly every other immigrant group eventually "whitened" (even Chinese Americans, whose immigration led to the 1870s-1880s Chinese Exclusion Acts amidst Trumpist furor in post-Civil War California, are now seen as a "model minority," a benignly racist trope echoing how Jews were seen a century ago) but Mexican Americans are stuck with Trump as our president due to mainstream American culture not acknokwledging the roots of this conquest. There is a phrase, "I didn't cross the border, the border crossed me," but we will continue to be racialized and demonized until another Chicanx movement gets our rightful place in the sun. As I get older, the Fishman Island arc really does get better and better on ever reread, especially now. Hope Shirahoshi can get her place in the sun too.
Anyways, outside of the United States, people just look at Mexican culture and food, and love it. There's no history of conquest or oppression. I study international relations in Beijing and my Chinese colleagues think all Latin Americans speak English! Japan is not nearly as closed to the world as China, but you can just see how different things are by the price of tacos. Due to racism, tacos are extremely cheap in the United States. In Eurasia, tacos are very expensive because Mexican food is renowned as a rare and rich delicacy. So we should not be so ethnocentric as to analyze Oda from an Anglo American perspective, IMO.
Also, as as someone with some Moroccan and Arab heritage, it was nice to see the shoutout of both Morrocco and Mexico alongside great powers like the USA and Russia. It was annoying for the scanlation to miss that Mororon is a clear reference to Morocco (known in Arabic as al-Maghreb; in English the Maghreb is North Africa except for Egypt and eastern Libya), but Oda knows what he's doing. Due to their European colonization, the Mexican and Moroccan representation showcases not only indigenous Mexican and Berber culture, but also Spanish and French influence. Oda's done a lot of homework, and I feel great about it.
That's why people shouldn't mistake a tendency for a rule. Strong people in One Piece usually come from a strong environment, which means they'll probably have associated themselves with pirates or marines, but that's just the normal way. There's nothing preventing anyone from becoming a martial artist that is in a trial for strength without becoming a criminal or a cop. You don't even need to be a bounty hunter, but a guard from a country or a reclusive person in the woods… especially because talent is an important factor in this series. Some people are special.
People didn't say it was impossible to happen AKA incoherent
They said us suddenly discovering that actually there are those super duper warrior in the normal world wasn't in line with world Oda had made us seen up until now. The lack of strong third party was a pretty common thing(and why people kept hoping for a decent bounty hunter). So them discovering two secret gems seems convenient. Not strictly impossible but convenient.
It's far from an asspull, a technical mistake that people throw around very lightly.
I am interested in how you define the term.
CP0 is not a secret organization. They are a public organization.
Making it even more of asspull.
I don't count anyone out when it comes to appearances in the series unless that person's existence would raise questions about the balance of the world. Almost the entire series has been from the point of view of a guy who doesn't read the news or have a real understanding of the world, and even the stuff he knows isn't always available to us until it becomes relevant to the plot. The Reverie stuff now is pretty much the biggest instance of us following along with something Luffy may not end up knowing about.
I also don't really see why CP-0 is an asspull considering that they serve the World Nobles, and we didn't deal with affairs of that caliber until Dressrosa.
Also, CP0 is really it's own agency outside of the regular CP1-9 umbrella.
A new Cp at out nowhere.
A new Cp at out nowhere.
And we got a potential new Warlord replacement thing coming. Is that also an asspull to you?
@S.C.:
And we got a potential new Warlord replacement thing coming. Is that also an asspull to you?
No it is not to me. Vegapunk has pretty much been popping tecnology all series and improving the marines constantly is 60% of what we know of him.
No it is not to me. Vegapunk has pretty much been popping tecnology all series and improving the marines constantly is 60% of what we know of him.
Sorry bud, don't know what to tell you then.
People didn't say it was impossible to happen AKA incoherent
They said us suddenly discovering that actually there are those super duper warrior in the normal world wasn't in line with world Oda had made us seen up until now. The lack of strong third party was a pretty common thing(and why people kept hoping for a decent bounty hunter). So them discovering two secret gems seems convenient. Not strictly impossible but convenient.
Nilitch's post says "it doesn't make much sense" and that their "appearances are totally ass-pulled for now", so I understand that he was saying it IS incoherent. Even if he's not saying it's incoherent, I don't agree with the words he used and that's why my previous reply is perfectly fit.
I am interested in how you define the term.
Asspull is a concept a little broader than a Deus ex-machina, that's when you resolve an unsolvable problem by a force completely outside the narrative after the author puts himself in a corner. It's just something that you take out of your ass when you're in a pinch, because there's no way to resolve that problem with the possibilities given by the conditions that you had established in the story. Even if the author is not in a corner, something can be an asspull if there's no plausible explanation for the solution the author chose for the problem.
That's hardly applicable to the new admirals' situation, especially because the situation itself is not built as a problem to be solved and definitely not in a closed context of available options. Actually, the need to fill the position of admirals is completely void of pre-established conditions, since the admirals come from the worldbuilding of the series, which is in constant expansion and we've seen only a fraction of what there is to see. The author is basically free to do whatever he wants here, because he didn't put himself in a corner.
Making it even more of asspull.
Why the CP0 being a public organization is even more of asspull?
The people at the Colloseum weren't that strong though. It was supposed to be a New World tournament for one of the most powerful DFs. And not a single yonkou commander, except Burgess, were there. Hell, this is a major event, yonkous themselves should have come.
Most Yonkou and their commanders already have DFs. Why would they have interest in the Mera Mera?
Plus, the contest was held one day after the Mera Mera was announced as a prize. Only people that were in the island for whatever reason (like the Happo Navy, looking for the weapon factory) or close to it could've realistically participate.
Also, yeh there are strong people outside of the Marines, but not as strong as admirals. Fujitora and Ryokugyu's appearances are totally ass-pulled for now. Later, Oda will invent a kind of retcon and create a flashback. But currently, it doesn't make much sense.
The guy can literally throw meteorites on you… And there isn't supposed to be people that strong outside of the Marines, pirate system and the few powerful kingdoms in the new-world (the Minks, the giants, the samurais).
Why are you assuming Fujitora had his DF before joining the Marines? Heck, couldn't Fujitora be a Samurai himself?
Also, that bolded sentence is kinda stupid. Are we making up rules about where powerful people should belong?
An arc without Luffy, can't get any better than that.
@Gecko:
Loved the chapter.
The title and first spread tie the WG more to American/McDonald's imperialism (since the Chinese hanzi for USA means ''beautiful country''.) The cameos were amazing (Kaiserstache and Skeletor interacting with Sengoku especially) and everyone was hilarious. Next we get more hints the Red Line is designed by the WG, until the big country representation. Russian beer and dolls, Lincoln-quoting King of Bollywood, USA (lol), a Queen of Morocco/al-Maghreb, and of course, a King Tacos based off Emiliano Zapata as much as Ham Burger is based off Lincoln. A beautiful world indeed.
I bet we'll get a flashback to the first time Fishman Island was at Reverie. As I'm rereading I noticed an Absalom invisible cameo lmao. I'm eagerly awaiting when Vivi meets Shirahoshi, and puts Sterry's racist ass in his place (unless Sabo has done it first!) I wouldn't be surprised if the arc ends with both Vivi and Shirahoshi outcasts from the WG, unfortunately. It's gonna be very lit. Can't wait for next week with that closer.
huh?
Did you mean there's something in there or it just reminded you of something?
The next part of your comment is wonderful and deserves to be responded to.
Speaking as a Mexican American living in China, pretty much the only place racist to Mexicans is the United States, and perhaps to a lesser extent, Cuba, Argentina, and Spain. King Tacos (wonder if Oda has been to Los Angeles' King Taco chain? Really good tacos!) quotes Zapata, one of the greatest Mexicans in history. So the portrayal is not bad at all IMO. A racist cartoon would not even know who Zapata is.
Now, if an Anglo American cartoonist was doing this, I'd be a lot more skeptical. Due to the Mexican-American War, the origin of Mexican Americans comes as a conqered people, similar to Native Americans, Hawaiians and Alaskans, African Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Filipino Americans, among others. Nearly every other immigrant group eventually "whitened" (even Chinese Americans, whose immigration led to the 1870s-1880s Chinese Exclusion Acts amidst Trumpist furor in post-Civil War California, are now seen as a "model minority," a benignly racist trope echoing how Jews were seen a century ago) but Mexican Americans are stuck with Trump as our president due to mainstream American culture not acknokwledging the roots of this conquest. There is a phrase, "I didn't cross the border, the border crossed me," but we will continue to be racialized and demonized until another Chicanx movement gets our rightful place in the sun. As I get older, the Fishman Island arc really does get better and better on ever reread, especially now. Hope Shirahoshi can get her place in the sun too.
Anyways, outside of the United States, people just look at Mexican culture and food, and love it. There's no history of conquest or oppression. I study international relations in Beijing and my Chinese colleagues think all Latin Americans speak English! Japan is not nearly as closed to the world as China, but you can just see how different things are by the price of tacos. Due to racism, tacos are extremely cheap in the United States. In Eurasia, tacos are very expensive because Mexican food is renowned as a rare and rich delicacy. So we should not be so ethnocentric as to analyze Oda from an Anglo American perspective, IMO.
Also, as as someone with some Moroccan and Arab heritage, it was nice to see the shoutout of both Morrocco and Mexico alongside great powers like the USA and Russia. It was annoying for the scanlation to miss that Mororon is a clear reference to Morocco (known in Arabic as al-Maghreb; in English the Maghreb is North Africa except for Egypt and eastern Libya), but Oda knows what he's doing. Due to their European colonization, the Mexican and Moroccan representation showcases not only indigenous Mexican and Berber culture, but also Spanish and French influence. Oda's done a lot of homework, and I feel great about it.
The applause is for the entire block, not just the bold. The following is for the bolded part=
Also Mororon's land, the Tajine Kingdom, is another food-related name as it's a Maghrebi dish.