We will see this trend continue, Luffy's pirate crew gets bigger, so they get to face bigger crews, but screw the crews, what's important the stars of each crew, and they will always be slightly more than Luffy's crew.
That might make you feel this is generic but it's not, everyone has their own unique story, everyone has their own unqiue character and looks, everyone has their own unique powers, and the writer excels in coming up with new powers, that other writers don't have anything to come up with anymore lol
I loved the dog origin story I don't remember it from the anime but I watched the anime ages ago.
Still distrustful of Nami for some reason, but she feels the same way towards Luffy's crew, she is distrustful of pirates.
I actually right this moment, and while I don't remember much from the anime, I don't like Nami at all, but I am a huge Nico Robin fan.
Still as hilarious as ever, can't wait to read more, but I wonder how far I'll take reading this run, since it's so long, and I had other plans anyway.