Look I love the OP anime, like it has Issues Galore and yet despite that it’s an absolute treasure with so much artistic value and beauty to it, there’s just as much good to the anime as there is bad and I unironically love it so, so very much
But it never fails to crack me up how much Toei just hated Crocodile’s guts and went out of their way to disrespect the man at every turn during Impel Down/Marineford
Like look at this panel of Crocodile clashing against Mihawk to defend Luffy
The power, the sheer force of the impact, I can HEAR the way metal meets metal in this panel (and not because of the sound effect that’s blocking half the bloody art). The way Crocodile jumps in out of nowhere to completely dominate the shot to everyone’s (Luffy, Mihawk and us the readers) surprise and asserting his dominance, hiding Luffy from Mihawk’s sight entirely and showing that he is force to be reckoned with. The movement in the art, the dynamic composition and posing, the dimension and depth, it’s SUCH a good action panel, it’s so fucking good
