User blog comment:Ranger94/The Best moment in one piece/@comment-5690257-20150913132455

My favorite moment has to be the moment where Luffy gives his hat to Nami.

It's like the "To be or not to be" of the One Piece series. You could give a billion meanings on what giving the straw hat signifies but there might not be a really specific one.

It is the point that turned the series around completely for the first time, changing One Piece forever. It wasn't just the East Blue now, this is where the adventure truly begins.

You could genuinely write an entire book about that moment alone and what it signifies for One Piece.

The way it's executed, with the absence of sound in the anime, the oscar-worthy voice acting and the emotions displayed in it in pure Oda fashion.

This is a revolution of literature. No more stereotpical meanings or gestures, no stupid "I will help you" "I will save you" or stupid things like this. Something completely brand new never ever seen before.

Pure genius and Oda at it's best. This is what really sets Oda apart as one of the best writers of Modern Literature, and a well deserving second (soon to be first) writer.