Mihawk Upscale💡: After Steven Maeda finished writing all 10 episodes of Netflix's One Piece, Netflix executives demanded that the budget be cut in half and the season reduced to just 8 episodes. Maeda reluctantly revised the scripts, but when Oda read them, he complained, "This isn't what I agreed to.💔" Netflix then reconsidered and increased the budget. Originally, Mihawk was supposed to receive a call from Garp on a beach after defeating some pirates. But Oda wanted a much grander introduction, and Netflix approved his request. As a result, we got the epic battle scene where Mihawk slices an entire ship in half!🔥

💡Important: Ivankov taught Sanji to "love yourself," while Mihawk taught Zoro to "know yourself" in chapter 52. Interestingly, in Japanese version, both describe Sanji and Zoro as living as if they're "in a hurry to die." What amazes me is that Mihawk said this 28 years ago. Oda bringing back such an unusual expression nearly 3 decades later feels deliberate.🔥 In a 2009 interview with Slam Dunk mangaka Takehiko Inoue, Oda himself admitted that he might be living as if he were **in a hurry to die**, too. This makes me wonder if Zoro and Sanji are reflections of Oda himself. Perhaps "Love yourself" and "Know yourself" are messages Oda is sending not only to his readers, but also to himself.🧡🥺