The cool part is that I never get tired of being deceived

Just because someone's head was chopped off doesn't mean they're dead. That's just silly.

Some of you may say that I am over analyzing by writing this post but I have too much free time here at work. So, here goes...

I feel like the backstory gets more severe and complex following the order of which the character joins the Strawhat crew.

Note: I'm sorry I put the spoiler thingy. I don't really now if you consider it a spoiler because it does elaborate a bit of the characters stories up till now.

I guess by making the back stories more heavier for each character as they join, we, the readers, feel more connected to each character as they join. Since the characters that join later will obviously have lesser character development in the main storyline, therefore having a sad and difficult past is in its own way, a character development. Well, we may have our favorites (i.e;Robin) but in the end no one is more important than the other, all have an impact in the main storyline and most importantly, we, the readers have fallen for all these characters in one way or another.

"When does a man die?

When he is hit by a bullet? No.

When he suffers a disease? No.

When he ate a soup made out of a poisonous mushroom? No!

A man dies when he is forgotten!"

People are giving too much credit to Nami and Robin's past because it's easier to relate to them in comparison to the guy's past. Brook, Sanji and Chopper past is really messed up if you think deeply about it. Not saying Nami and Robin's past isn't but their past is more literal in comparison to the trio I mentioned earlier.

Sanji was isolated in an island. How does he co op with this? His psychological states is being f*ck up to the point he was going to kill a man just for food. The twist? The man he was going to killed already commit an insane act of his own - self cannibalism.

Think about how Zeff cuts his own feet, and eat them every single day while waiting and hoping to be rescued while Sanji is sitting on the other side of the island with real food.

Chopper was abandoned by his family for having blue nose. Funny? Yes, it is in One Piece world. However, if you switched Chopper to a human, and imagined the baby / child being abandoned by his / her own family just because they were different (for some reason Penguin from Batman movie comes to mind while I typing this) you can see how messed up Chopper's life is.

He later found his one and only friend - Dr. Hiriluk. They lived together, play around (experimenting meds stuff) together, go on a journey (finding herbs etc) together until one day he learned his friend is going to die. How does he co op with this? Search for the cure and succeeded on doing so. The twist? He poisoned his own friend. How do you handle yourself if you find out you killed your own (and only) friend in this world? It always gave me a goosebumps every time Hiliruk gave his speech to everyone that try to kill him;



That was damn fact right there. People dies when they are forgotten, and when they are left out / alienated / isolated from the society. The moment people forgot about you, or erased you from their mind - that's when you died. : \

Brook past story is one of the deepest story I've ever read. To those young reader, his story might come out as simple, cliche story where people around the character is died much like any other SH (like Robin for example) past story. They will also compare Robin not having love / friends and family from her surrounding, only to lost everything with Brook used to have friends and lost everything in one day.

However, the different is the aftermath of "losing everything". I'm not sure how people can relate to having nothing to lose everything compare to having everything to lose everything. The later might sounds less depressing than the first one, but it's actually affected you more psychologically.

Let's see. Brook, used to be a loud mouth, cheerful guy before he died. What happened after he died (and revived)? He turned into a perverted while at the same time act gentlemanly to people he meets. Why is this happening?

Let's recap. Brook's died, only to be revived back to life. He wandering around searching for his body and witnessed all of his friends corpse before found his own body - that already turned into a skeleton! Funny? Yes, in the world of One Piece but how does he co op with his new 'attire'? Skull Joke!! Yohohoho! Funny? Yep. BUT! Ever noticed he actually make fun of his own self? It is one dark humor, which resembles how a clown or a mime made fun of themselves. Brook make fun of his own self in an attempt to accept who he has becomes. Have you ever laugh at your own self? How sad is that huh? Especially now that he is a skeleton, we can't see his real expression and inner emotion.

Brook also make a promise with Laboon. Why does I bring this up? Because there's one scene where I wonder why Brook never thought of committed suicide because living in a lonely, solitary world for that long is damn harsh it's not even funny (try isolate yourself for one year without any social interaction, especially cellphone and Internet and you get the picture). His promise to Laboon is the only things that keeps him living his own life. Until Moria took his shadow. That's why he's eager to protect his Afro because that was the only thing that will makes Laboon recognize you (Oda is good with dark humor I tell you). Actually, it's not his promise alone, it was a promises that was passed from his fellow friends that asked him, if he ever return to life again, seek Laboon because he still has nakama (can't help to used this word here ).

If you pay enough attention, Brook often mumbling or talking to himself. Why does this happening? Let's remember what he's been doing for the past 50 years. Collected and picked up the skull of his comrades (spooky huh?). Drinks tea (pretending to, since he claimed he hasn't eat anything before he met SH crew) and talk to himself. Human is a social creature ya know. We need social interaction. That's why even after we hang out with our friend outdoor, we went back home, only to text or chat with them indoor. Compare to Robin that doesn't have anything or any friend (except Saul), Robin's life after the Buster Call is a lot more easier compare to Brook. Robin can still interact with others (but she choose not to for some reason). She can go to library to study. She's pretty much start or move on with her new life after the Buster Call incident. Sure, she's still traumatized but it's not that long until Luffy and the SH 'save' her from the misery.

What does Brook have to entertain himself for let me remind you - FIFTY YEARS? Yep, he has that.... 45 degree Michael Jackson's dance step..... Brook changes from a cheerful dude, into a complex dude that have little socializing skills (hence the "May I see your panties" part). He hasn't spoke to anyone for fifty years. That's also where his childish, rude, laid back behavior came from (refer Shabondy arc).

That's why I found it weird how people thinks having nothing to begin with is more depressing than having everything, but lose everything afterward (kind of like Naruto and Sasuke situation). Try to relate this into your own life, by imagining losing your friends and family in front of you, and that's not it, you will also sent to a prison (Brook was trap in Foreign Triangle) for as long as you can remember without a sun, without any social interaction, nothing but a memory you had when you still have your friends and family. You need to think deep to relate to Brook's past because his story is not as literal as Robin. Oda used a lot of underlying theme in his story and in Brook's case, it's loneliness + solitary life.

I'm not sure how many are (or will) reading this, I guess I better stop now.