User blog comment:DancePowderer/The Reaction to Death's Portrayal/@comment-2106167-20110517152643

As always, I enjoy your "deep" posts, DP. This one, in particular, really struck me. I never thought that Oda could be "manipulating" the way we feel when it comes to his characters. But let me do a digression. Something I'm proud of is my particular taste, granting me specific likings for characters which aren't usually the most popular: many, for istance, seem to think of a manga's main character as the best... Something which almost NEVER happens to me. So let's return back to the main question: what if, simply, you didn't like Otohime that much? I could understand that, because... I don't like her too. And that's sad to say: I mean, despite being a strange character, she's a good and loving mother and queen, friendly with everyone and interested in her people's welfare, trying to open up new paths for them. She also tries her best to create peace between the above mentioned people and humans, always for their own good... And yet I don't feel that much sympathy for her. Maybe it's because she's of royal blood... I admit I prefer characters with more "plebeian" origins... Maybe that's why I liked Tiger so much: seemingly an humble orphan raised in an orphanage... And then, with only his strength and willpower, the captain of one of the most fearsome pirate crew ever. His death was so sad... As I already said somewhere else (in another one of your posts, actually), R.I.P. Fisher Tiger.

I hope I didn't sound too banal or superficial. Looking forward to a reply of yours, if you'd like to honour me with one.