User blog comment:Fliu/Chapter 980: This Is Where the Fun Begins/@comment-29391896-20200525133213/@comment-108.83.222.210-20200526043628

That is certainly your opinion and you are entitled to feel that way and express it just as I am entitled to my opinion and my expression of it, but at the same time they are not going to cause a commotion if they entirely avoid battle in order to save their strength. A fight such as this is the perfect way to get attention and eventually ensure that they will distract from the infiltration group. As for humor, I personally disagree in this scene. They clearly are upset about the fact that the beast pirates are treating this food as garbage when Tama and so many others would see it as food of the gods given the fact that they have very little food, so little in fact that they would be willing to risk drinking contaminated water in order to stay alive. They act the way they do because it is who they are. As for them being in top condition, they have taken much worse damage then this before the time skip and still managed to battle their respective foes. They have taken a great deal of damage in the past, a ridiculous amount actually and not only survived but managed to completely recover. Whatever happens they will be ready to fight and if they face Kaido (still questionable at this time) then they will not allow these little scratches and burns stop them. As mentioned, Law seems to plan on assassinating Kaido while he is drunk but that does not imply that Luffy will actually be there for that. If he falls (unlikely no matter what happens) then the rest of his crew falls apart with him. As I mentioned before, they are who they are and they do what they desire. If that seems foolish then so be it, but many people I have spoken to have been saying that Luffy and Zoro are foolish to try and become pirate king and the world's greatest swordsman when they are still not on the level of their respective goals. Some have even stated that it is arrogant and for someone to declare their intention to do so if they are not absolutely certain that they will achieve those goals and if they are not strong enough at the beginning then they never will be strong enough. I see their journey as a process and I am glad that they seem to have managed to hold onto the traits that make them who they are. That goes for the rest of the Strawhats as well. I like that fact that they do not change who they are because holding onto ones principles in pursuit of ones goals is difficult, but worth it in the end. If you see them as foolish then it is your right just as it is mine to defend them because I empathize with them and I admire them for being willing to be who they are.