Best Character Design

[Organizized]

Man, nominating was so much easier. Can hardly pick one in any category.

I guess in the end I'll go with Sabo for this one. First time we saw him as a kid, I thought "that is some cool Artful Dodger-style design he's got going". His design - the clothes, the missing tooth, the goggles - kind of told us all we needed to know about him: he's a rascal, a street ragamuffin... Right? Nope, he's a noble kid who doesn't want to be a noble, and that just makes his design all the more telling.
Then we see him as an adult with practically the same appearance, except now everything that was cute as a kid is just totally badass.

Oda's character designs are very 'hit or miss' to me. I feel more often he goes too far and makes the characters just one notch too weird and quirky which kind of ruins it. Thus, I prefer when he keeps it simple like this (as with Shanks, Ace, Sanji etc.). Less isn't always more, but in this category it is. IMHO.

 

[Eigengrau]

I voted Cracker because I was really glad when we found out that the first "Cracker" version wasn't his real form, but instead he was actually pretty cool and badass looking, fitting for a top Yonko underling!

 

[Organizized]

I felt the same way about Cracker when it was revealed he wasn't as fugly as Oda led us to believe. I just can't get over that friggin' baguette of hair sticking out from his head though. That's the "one notch too far" I mentioned in my previous posts, and sort of ruined an otherwise cool character design imo. But that's just me.

 

[Shobu_Yoruichi]

I surrender to Sir Crocodile's charisma, i just can't choose someone else. I like it very much!!

 

[HereNThere]

Wait a mo...I said Gender Swapped Apoo, not Regular Guy Apoo!

Ah well, since she's not an option, I'll vote for REDACTED.