Pogiako_Jazz

I mean yeah i see your point, but i guess what i'm thinking is no matter how the author sticks to canon and what not, there are bound to be differences obviously. Things like characters not reacting or behaving as they would be in the 'original' work, as well as the new MC addition themselves interacting with the main cast of said series and influencing them to do certain things that they wouldn't of done if there was no outside influence (OC MC) being done upon them. I guess I always just see it as if the original author/maker of the series doesn't recognize those things as canon, then I would just think of them as an AU, a what-if scenario. That's why i every time i see/read FF's, it will always be an AU in my mind since it's not canonized hence a what-if scenario.

I mean just a question, but aren't all FF just AU?

Ok so I just finished reading this novel till the end. if your looking for a short answer of wether or not this is worth the read then yes. Long answer. Characters have depth to them even if that character fades into the background, during their short screen time you are shown different little quirks of theirs. World building is good, author did a good job with creating a picture of what the Mc was doing throughout the seas (won't spoil what he was doing). MC had very real 'emotions' and his mental state was completely messed up as it should be considering what happened early on. This helped made the readers or at least myself justify MC's cruel decisions at times. So if you like a very dark antihero who has a strong passion for his type of justice, then this is definitely for you. One more thing, there's reviews stating that MC or other characters are too homophobic for their liking. well all I have to say is grow up. if you think MC is homophobic, then your not wrong as he definitely is 100%, not surprised really considering what he experience, which makes him 100% justified to be homophobic. The other characters that's 'homophobic' that they mentioned? well let's just say that the author captured what sailors do best. Talk like sailors as they are part of the military being marines. Plus it's not even that bad as it slowly dies off at the halfway mark when canon starts as marines stop speaking like sailors like in the anime due to a certain reason to help improve their image. Anyway overall best one piece ff I've read, one of my favourite FF overall and gotta say loved that ending not the extra, just seemed fitting how the whole thing culminated and ended the way it did.