With Oden you could kinda rationalize his flattop as some sort of weird plait. Eh, once you get past Sanji's curly eyebrows you can roll with most of One Piece's designs outside of the really weird ones.
Speaking of Oden, anyone else notice how Takashi Kojima draws Oden like something out of traditional Japanese art? It was already somewhat apparent during his sequence from episode 961 but he went all-in on that look this time.
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@Kishido:
Am I blind or has King some.sort of blue fire?
I think that was done so that the flame on his torch would be visually distinct from the flame burning on his back.
Speaking of King, even if it was only five seconds long his clash with Denjiro was absolutely sick, especially with him having such a complex costume to animate. That work of Juansheng Shi's along with Kojima's bit and Junwen Tan taking his effect-work to the next level by channeling Kou Yoshinari made up my three favorite animation sequences in the episode.