The One Piece time skip brought the Straw Hats to ... making for the perfect opportunity to "age up" the Straw Hats. While all the Straw Hat crew remains fundamentally the same, each of them ...

Post-time skip One Piece features too many crew splits, hindering character interactions and growth. Lack of downtime between arcs leads to stagnant relationships among the Straw Hat Crew.

Chopper's Brain Point was a strategic finisher in combat pre-time skip ... any pirate crew in the world of One Piece, no other crew matches the level of versatility that the Straw Hat Pirates ...