“It’s like a kid on a school trip”: Not Sanji, The Straw Hat Even Eiichiro Oda Blames for Turning Luffy into a Pervert Around Nami in One Piece

An unassuming Straw Hat pirate is responsible for Luffy becoming a peeping tom near Nami, and somehow it’s not Sanji.

SUMMARY

Luffy has only had nosebleeds because of Nami twice in One Piece, and it is making people curious why it’s her and not Boa Hancock.
Eiichiro Oda answers that it’s because Luffy is influenced by Usopp who instigates him into doing perverted things.
Luffy’s lack of thought bubbles in the manga are also due to his straightforward nature.

Luffy might be famous for his brave deeds, the endless kindness in his heart, and his inhalation of food like a black hole in One Piece. But the one thing he isn’t interested in is perverted adventures. When it comes to women, he is the complete opposite of Sanji.

Even when Boa Hancock fell head over heels for Luffy, he did not break character for a second. So when fans observed him getting a nosebleed over Nami, a lot of questions arose in their minds. Did Luffy have a crush on Nami? Does she really look that amazing?

Eiichiro Oda has put an end to all your queries in an SBS section from volume 54 of One Piece.

Why did Luffy have a nosebleed for Nami in One Piece?

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In a question featured in chapter 523 of One Piece, a fan pointed out that Boa Hancock’s Mero Mero no Mi had no effect on Luffy, but when he saw Nami naked in chapter 213, he got a nosebleed. Eiichiro Oda answered that Luffy’s inconsistent behavior was purely due to the company he was in.

If Luffy had a nosebleed when he saw Boa Hancock, fans would have felt disconnected from the character and thought he was not the Luffy they typically knew. However, he reacted to Nami’s naked body twice, and both times, it was instigated by Usopp.

“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!!”
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Oda explained Luffy’s childish side quite well, and fans know that he is easily affected by others. In fact, he is one of the most gullible pirates in One Piece. So there you have it, as Usopp is the main culprit in this case.

Why does Luffy not have many thought bubbles in volume 1 of One Piece?

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A fan pointed out that Luffy does not have many thought bubbles in volume 1 of One Piece. Eiichiro Oda admitted that this is an interesting observation, and the lack of thought bubbles is due to Luffy’s character construction.

“For the readers, I wanted to make him a straight-shooting kind of man, so I wrote him thinking like, “If he’s thinking it, he’ll say it” and “Action speaks louder than words.”

Avid readers of One Piece know that Luffy is a simple fellow who acts before thinking. This is why he sometimes gets in trouble and helps people without holding back. All these traits together make Luffy a lovable character.