@Katzztar:
It was in a SBS or an interview. I'll have to search to find it, I'll update this once I do
the first place was SBS 34=
D: Doesn't anyone on Luffy's crew fall in love? Will there never be a tale of on-board romance? (Sanji is an exception in this case) I'm just wondering.
O: OF COURSE THEY'RE IN LOVE… WITH ADVENTURE! (← good one)
He is dodging the question here, never implies there won't be actual romance.
SBS 54 also influenced the view as Oda explained why Luffy reacted to Luffy's body but not Hancock's=
D: Hey, Oda. In volume 53, chapter 518, Hancock's "Mero Mero Mellow" had no effect on Luffy at all, but in volume 23, chapter 213, it looked like he had a reaction to Nami's "Happiness Punch". Why did he respond to Nami's naked body but no to Hancock's? Is Nami's body just that amazing? -Kazu
O: Wow, I got a lot of questions about this. Is this what you guys are paying attention to? Don't just read manga all day, go study some more!! Okay? Well, I say that, but I do nothing but draw manga. I noticed this when we were drawing it, but if Luffy had a nosebleed when he saw Hancock's body, I think you would all be like "Ehh!?". That's not the Luffy we know. I believe that Luffy reacted to Nami's naked body twice, in volumes 18 and 23, and both times it happened, Usopp was with him! He's the suspicious one! In other words, when Luffy is alone, his reaction is what it was with Hancock. He's interested, but he's not entranced by her. But when he's with Usopp, who's the same age, it's like a kid on a school trip: his bad side comes out!! Yeah, both sides of Luffy feel right to me, so the culprit is definitely Usopp!!
Here he somewhat dodges the question again and i guess it's all about reading comprehension here. What i got from that answer was Oda again not giving a direct answer and on the bolded he is implying Luffy is actually interested in women but Usopp brings the bad side in him that is concealed by his pureness.
Many forget his when they try to 'support' Luffy x Nami and site he reacts to her nude but not Hancock. Oda dispels that by saying that Usopp is the one to react to Nami's nudeness and Luffy is just copying him lol so by their logic… it should be Usopp x Nami:ninja:
Not really, firstly he never gave a clear cut answer he just said Usopp was suspicious and it still stands that he reacted to Nami twice and didn't react to Hancock.
He's said it more clearly elseewere EI believe
I know what you're talking about and i found the source of the interview and the words were twisted, he said One Piece started off as a shounen but now he has such a large audience and a lot of them are females. The females often ask for romantic scenes but i'm not willing to respond.
The bolded part turned into it's a shounen manga and there won't be any romance
Edit: here is the actual quote
There are a lot of female fans too and I get requests for romantic scenes but I won’t respond to that call.