You hardly ever see Zoro look so complex. It's respect, and gratitude, and acceptance. You can tell the sadness in his face, the sadness that was reflected back when he first learned she was on her last legs via Kaku.
then the ending game and i thought shit was going to go down but NO IT'S LUFFY'S GRANDFATHERRR and again, love is overflowing. This episode was funny and i needed the breather from being emotionally wrung out during the previous one. see the seas the next fifty episodes will bring me. I'm the type to analyze plots as i go along and try to make sense of things, but i just want to sit back and enjoy the ride. so yeah i'm really really happy with one piece. so right now i feel like that with water 7 - in which every character grew and established themselves, we got a glimpse of the poleglyph conspiracy, we saw world powers, and all the plot lines twisted together.
each time i felt like the series surpassed itself, and i'd reached the pinnacle. then there was jaya town which suddenly introduced this whole new word of one piece to me with the three powers. then there was the arabasta arc which broke me with its ending and i felt like nothing could ever be more epic. seriously, when i finished the arlong arc, i thought nami's past was so poignant and couldn't wait to see what the crew would get up to. or maybe it's been an accumulation from each arc. So right about the start of water 7 is when i felt like everything hit its stride. Oh my god, i'm overflowing with love for this series.