User blog comment:Fliu/Chapter 980: This Is Where the Fun Begins/@comment-29391896-20200525133213/@comment-29391896-20200528015232

^ This guy is right listen to him, Luffy and Zoro not being foolish and idiotic for once doesn't mean they've "abandoned their princibles" that's a weird line to draw in the sand. We know Luffy and Zoro can be reckless and stupid but we also know they can be better and even crafty under the right circumstances so seeing them do stuff like this feels like character regression.

It's hard to sympathise with poor impluse control, when so many people including the little starving girl you want to avenge are literally depending the success of your mission. Story dicates Luffy and Zoro will get bailed out, but even so it's not a great chapter for them.