User blog comment:Blackendedsoul/I hate Luffy - I worship Akainu/@comment-4605926-20120126151310

I'm trying to write this from a neutral point of view, giving facts in order to strengthen my opinion, do try to read this until the end.

Luffy opinion:

I agree Luffy sure is selfish in some ways but his crew can always quit you know, it's not like he's forcing them into it, (he'd probably wouldn't be too happy if they decided to leave but he wouldnt've been able to force them to stay) and besides, as was previously stated and is still pretty much obvious, each and every one of the members' dreams involve partially or entirely going through the Grand Line:

Zoro - wants to become the world's greatest swordsman, in order to do so he has to fight strong opponents which are mostly found in the Grand Line.

Nami - wants to draw a map of the World and therefore has to go through the Grand Line as well as the other seas which she hasn't been to (North,West and South Blue).

Usopp - wants to become a brave warrior of the sea, the Grand Line is full of different kinds of dangers.

Sanji - wants to find the All Blue which is presumably in the Grand Line.

Chopper - Wants to be able to cure any disease, partially involves the Grand Line.

Robin - wants to learn the real history which is probably located in the Grand Line.

Franky - wants to create a ship which could travel all over the world involves the Grand Line and perhaps the rest of the seas.

Brook - wants to meet Laboon again who is in the beginning of the Grand Line and is required to go through the New World in order to get to him.

As you can see, all of the crew members' dreams are partially or entirely related to the Grand Line, therefore, Luffy isn't forcing them into this, besides that'd be correct about most of the things that have a very high risk. When you are say, a soldier in the army, you'll sometimes receive orders or requests which may risk your life and agree to go forward with them even if they really have a good reason behind them or not.

If your brother was sentenced to death for no real reason or a reason which you disagree with, wouldn't you give a F**k about risking other people's lives (not like directly, as in knowing for sure that they'll die from it, just something really risky)? Anyways, the worst that could come out of it is probably Hancock losing her Shichibukai position and it's not like he forced her to do it. Nobody always does what he thinks is best and doesn't always think what the consequences will be when he does something, the Tenryubito are such crap, there are things that people can't keep inside or leave them be, everybody does sometimes things without thinking twice.

Conclusion: Luffy is selfish in many ways but he also values his friends' lives above all else and has many good characteristics, he might be reckless at times but it's not all out of selfishness, nobody's perfect.

Akainu opinion:

The World Government is corrupt in the world of One Piece, in that I am certain, perhaps not all of its members but many surely are. There are some pirate crews, including the Straw Hats, that really can't be accused of any real crime except for sailing with a cross bones flag. Let us start from the beginning of the series and look at the things which made the World Government annoyed by them/"crimes" that they would've been accused in if they knew about their existence:

Luffy defeated Alvida who was a pirate who attacked him, Luffy attacked Marines who decided to execute Zoro because he defended an innocent civilian. I will explain only those necessary from now on, you should understand most of them anyway.

So, there's Buggy, Kuro, Krieg, Arlong. Then there's Smoker who wanted to capture him only because he was a pirate, when in fact he did nothing wrong. Baroque Works saga, Wapol, Skypiea events weren't even known by the marines and weren't anything illegal anyways. The Straw Hats became involved with CP9 only because they wanted Robin back who also committed no real crime! Is knowing how to read some ancient language which might ruin the World Government's good name a major crime? There's Moriah and the Tenryubito are the crappiest people there are that commit crimes on a daily basis, was punching one of them a crime? The only crime they committed was perhaps breaking into Impel Down. What I'm trying to say is that the World Government just like Akainu have a justice of their own, Akainu has committed numerous crimes and is one of the cruelest people out there, isn't Akainu a bit more selfish than Luffy? Who gave him the right to murder his own people for absolutely no real reason? He really does take things too far, I mean, when a war is over, doing any more damage is simply an action of cruelty, giving back the bodies for proper burial is something that shouldn't even be argued about and yet the marines want to show them to the world as a symbol of victory, that's just too cruel. We don't know what crimes Ace or Whitebeard committed but they captured Ace only to provoke a war with Whitebeard, there was no real reason to pursue him as much as he was pursued, killing Marco or any other Whitebeard Commander would've been the same in terms of accomplishment, in fact the real target was Whitebeard as he had the most influence on the world, and when a leader dies, the morale drops greatly aswell and the opposing side rejoices. So what I'm saying is, Ace shouldnt've been a primary target and once he broke free they should've targeted him just like any of the elite fighters. BUT, Akainu DOES have some positive aspects to him, most definitely, but still, I'm sorry but Akainu is one of the characters whom I despise the most, I'm not saying Luffy is perfect at all but I think you might want to put these things into further consideration.

Conclusion: Akainu is cruel, is a great leader for anyone who believes in Absolute Justice (which could be very evil in fact at times) and his power can lead many to victory. He doesn't seem to care much about any of his allies, would do anything to accomplish his beliefs. That's Absolute Justice isn't it? Doing the right thing even if there are many sacrifices along the way.