• Sanji explicitly states that the reason he can't hit women is because it was "drilled into him as a kid" that he shouldn't, so in retrospect, the recent flashback with Zeff shouldn't have been surprising.
  
• Kalifa is smarter than I remembered. Still somewhat overconfident, as Nami's opponents tend to be, but far from the complete idiot she had somehow become in my head.
  
• Speaking of Nami and shipping: Viz has Nami slightly embarrassed to be acting "like an pervy old man" or something like that when she notices how sexy Kalifa is, suggesting that she's weirded out more because of the nature of her own fantasy (having Kalifa as a secretary) than by being attracted to a woman in itself. I think the fan translation I'd read the first time had Nami say something like "wait, I'm not a guy," which I guess could be taken as implying that Nami doesn't normally swing that way but Kalifa is ~just that sexy~ (much like the way everyone reacts to Hancock). Perhaps the translators at Viz tweaked the line a bit because they decided the original was dumb and kind of homophobic.
  
• Lucci is less evil than I remembered. He straight up deliberately ignored Chimney sneaking around, and when Spandam asked why he didn't kill her, he replied that Spandam didn't tell him to (even though Spandam didn't even know she was there). This could be taken as Lucci not wanted to harm a child, or just as deliberately pissing Spandam off while acting within the letter of his orders. Lucci also had better reason for killing Nero than I remembered; Nero had declared he was angry enough at Franky that he was going to kill him even though the mission was specifically to capture him alive. I'd remembered it as Lucci just killing Nero for losing to Franky (probably because Lucci does make a point of calling Nero to weak to be a proper CP9 member after killing him).

Silver2195 fucked around with this message at 19:34 on Sep 17, 2017

Larryb fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Sep 17, 2017

• Although Luffy sometimes comes across as asexual (most notably his lack of reaction to Hancock), he actually gets a nosebleed when seeing Nami in the bath, and he also acts surprised when Bon Kurei shapeshifts into Nami and shows off her breasts. Oda actually explains this in an SBS.

  Oda posted:

  I believe that Luffy reacted to Nami's naked body twice, in volumes 18 and 23, and both times it happened, Usopp was with him! He's the suspicious one! In other words, when Luffy is alone, his reaction is what it was with Hancock. He's interested, but he's not entranced by her. But when he's with Usopp, who's the same age, it's like a kid on a school trip: his bad side comes out!! Yeah, both sides of Luffy feel right to me, so the culprit is definitely Usopp!!

  I don't remember him ever showing that kind of interest in other men (not counting Bon Kurei in Nami form).
  
• Zoro: Never really shows romantic interest in anyone as far as I remember, although I guess you could read sexual tension into his weird frenemies thing with Tashigi.
  
• Sanji, of course, is madly in love with every girl he meets.
  
• I don't remember Jimbei showing romantic interest in anyone.
  
• As the quote above shows, Usopp is interested in a naked Nami. His relationship with Kaya can also be seen as romantic, I guess.
  
• Chopper isn't interested in human females, but falls in love with Milky, a deer-type Mink.
  
• Brook is basically Sanji-lite. (One of his many tired catchphrases is "May I see your panties?")
  
• Franky is a self-proclaimed "pervert," although I can only remember him showing overt sexual interest in anyone once: giving the thumbs up while he watches Nami rifle through Kalifa's clothing for the key.
  
• Nami sometimes acts flirtatious, but it tends to come across as manipulative rather than a sign of genuine interest. She does find Kalifa sexy, at least. Probably bisexual.
  
• Robin is the most mysterious Straw Hat in terms of her love life. She seems to be close to Franky, at least.