Man, every time I see something involving Atlas, I get so heated and disappointed all over again by the Rooster Teeth writers' woke nonsense of "military bad". Miles & Kerry had "anime homework" yet learned nothing about nuance from it. Like how Oda-sensei handled military! #RWBY
To the untrained eye, it would seem like Oda is approaching military in a similar light to the RWBY writers, however this couldn't be further from the truth. Oda makes it clear on several occasions that the marines themselves aren't bad, but the corruption that plagues them is.
Of course the marines are antagonistic, they act as the global military to all of the world of One Piece & our heroes are pirates. And while there are indeed many despicable members in the order, there are also many marines who genuinely want to help the world or fix the system.
This isn't even touching on the fact that the forces the marines face off against-pirates-aren't always portrayed as heroic like the Straw Hats or as horrendous as some of the crews the Straw Hats face. There are so many different shades of pirates just like with the marines.
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