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Here's the thing... I think Usopp's speech to Luffy at Enies Lobby is probably the #1 moment which gives me the shivers any time I read it. Hell, I got shivers just thinking about it now.
Still, that's never the one that comes to mind first for me. That honor always goes to the Rumbar Pirates' death.
So I'm torn. Do I vote for the one which has the most impact in the moment every time I read it, or the one which evidently had the most impact on me in the long run?
I'm going with... Usopp at Enies Lobby.
"It ain't like it's he'll here!"
This moment has the entirety of the Water 7 and Enies Lobby arc behind it. Its impact goes back to the very first conflict about Going Merry. It draws from the fight between Luffy and Usopp (which is option #3 to me here) and the continuing conflict and tension surrounding that. It has the power of every "best friends"-moment of Luffy and Usopp up to that point behind it.
Enies Lobby was all about saving Robin, a nakama. When Luffy is outright defeated and can't even get up for his friends' sake, the other nakama he thought he'd lost is the only one who could have possibly turned that situation around. Usopp's speech is absolutely perfect, and like I've said before, if anyone ever says Usopp is useless after that point I'll wage war.
While I think the Rumbar Pirates' death is perfection in its own right, it doesn't have as much weight and previous emotion behind it. That's what settles it for me.
Still, that's never the one that comes to mind first for me. That honor always goes to the Rumbar Pirates' death.
So I'm torn. Do I vote for the one which has the most impact in the moment every time I read it, or the one which evidently had the most impact on me in the long run?
I'm going with... Usopp at Enies Lobby.
"It ain't like it's he'll here!"
This moment has the entirety of the Water 7 and Enies Lobby arc behind it. Its impact goes back to the very first conflict about Going Merry. It draws from the fight between Luffy and Usopp (which is option #3 to me here) and the continuing conflict and tension surrounding that. It has the power of every "best friends"-moment of Luffy and Usopp up to that point behind it.
Enies Lobby was all about saving Robin, a nakama. When Luffy is outright defeated and can't even get up for his friends' sake, the other nakama he thought he'd lost is the only one who could have possibly turned that situation around. Usopp's speech is absolutely perfect, and like I've said before, if anyone ever says Usopp is useless after that point I'll wage war.
While I think the Rumbar Pirates' death is perfection in its own right, it doesn't have as much weight and previous emotion behind it. That's what settles it for me.
