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[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 54 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (3 children)

The Jolly Roger of the Straw Hat Pirates, a fictional group from One Piece, symbolizes freedom, friendship, and resistance to oppression in the anime.

I know nothing about One Piece. Is this accurate?

[–] Lenny@lemmy.zip 60 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

They don’t explicitly say that in the show, but those are some of the core values the Straw Hat Pirates have. So yes.

[–] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago

no they actually do explicitly say that in the show.

it's in drum island. it's roughly what the old doctor told chopper it meant and then luffy agreed.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 25 points 22 hours ago
[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I recently started the anime. Yeah. Pretty accurate. Luffy (main character) wants to become king of the pirates but has an ethical code similar to a knight-errant. His crew is very much the same. In one arc, they all risk their lives (including one of them who was still recovering from near-fatal wounds), initially because one of the crew was enslaved as a child by pirates that murdered their mother.

So, yeah. Pretty accurate.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 14 points 19 hours ago

the association with social liberation politics and the straw hat jolly roger only gets stronger as the series goes on