User blog comment:WonderfulUnicorn/Fans favourite/@comment-109.67.206.40-20130103161927

Luffy is not retarded, he's a thousand times smarter than any of us here where it actually counts, him potentially putting Miss California to shame with his ignorance has nothing to do with it. (I guess)

My favourite characters are ZORO and ACE, I also really enjoy Chopper (so much win), Croc, Bon-chan, Buggy - the list goes on.

One reason I stopped enjoying OP that much after time skip is that the characters have IMO become a redundant, burnt out, lukewarm parodies of themselves - Nami was redued to NOTHING, and I mean NOTHING outside of boobies, Sanji -  pathetic nose bleeder who doesn't have any comic relief value anymore, not to mention the class he had back in the days.

Really overdone and cloying by now. Same goes for most of the others, in their own way. I understand there's only so much character development, but Nami/ Sanji syndrome is unacceptable. Or Smoker - is this the same guy from Louge Town?

Just had to get it out of my system (for the upteempth time) - //rant over