Eiichiro Oda is exploring a burning issue in today’s society – The use of media to control public opinion
The fact that everyone fears the World Nobles, yet they they do not arouse hatred like pirates.
The fact that Whitebeard seems like a generally good guy, but is so widely hated and feared, simply because everyone receives news that were likely edited events to make him out to be far worse than he really ever was.
The fact that Roger was more likely than not someone much like Luffy, and he is so aggressively hated that when Ace was revealed to be his son by blood and nothing else, random citizens cried for his death.
The fact that more likely than not, normal citizens across the world will likely view Luffy in the exact same light as Roger.
The fact that the World Nobles can regularly commit genocide on islands, enslave people to their capricious desires, and are oppressively tyrants, yet still they are feared, yet not hated.
The fact that 99.9999% of the world will never know the people they hate so vehemently simply because of the use of media.
Honestly, I’m impressed at how WELL Oda depicts the use of media to control public opinion in his funny pirate comic.
*by MylastAccountBroke
