One Piece animator breaks silence on Bonney controversy CrunchyrollA One Piece animator has stepped forward to address the controversial Bonney scene in the Egghead arc. One Piece\u2019s highly-anticipated Egghead arc has gathered quite a lot of positive reviews from fans. The new art style, character designs, opening and ending themes; everything has been phenomenal \u2013 that is, except for one scene. The recent Bonney scene may not seem like anything special to anime-only fans, but manga fans cannot accept it. After all, they know a lot more about Bonney, which is why some had hoped for the anime to remove that scene entirely. Even so, not only was the controversial Bonney scene added, but it attracted a lot of negative comments on social media. Here\u2019s why the Bonney scene is controversial to fans and what animator KDA Artist has to say about it. Warning: this article contains minor spoilers from the manga. One Piece animator responds to Bonney controversy The reason One Piece fans are unhappy with this controversial scene is because Bonney is technically 12 years old. She uses her Age-Age Fruit powers to look like an adult. However, regardless of the reason, the fact remains that the bath scene is sexualizing a minor. KDA Artist, who drew the scene, shared on Twitter: \u201cParticipated as a key animator in One Piece 1090. I hope you enjoyed Bonney\u2019s scenes!\u201d In the same post, they further commented: \u201cAlso, for the \u00ab sexualizing \u00bb controversy. I\u2019m sorry for drawing Jinbei shirtless.\u201d The artist in question also thanked the other staff members: \u201cOh btw, thanks to Suzuki-san and every staff members, didn\u2019t had time to finish every nigen ( that\u2019s why there is maybe some errors in the clean version from cleanup artists ) but even with that little mistake. They did a great job!\u201d Responding to a user\u2019s joke, KDA Artist said: \u201cWhile animating her, I didn\u2019t have a single clue of her age. No cap.\u201d Although there is a bit of bad press around this scene, many sensible fans are thanking the artist for their hard work. One user commented: \u201cKeep the great work and don\u2019t like the woke gaijin weirdos get you down.\u201d Another user commented: \u201cSuper awesome work friend! Happy to see you back on the series!\u201d Another fan also shared: \u201cI have yet to catch up on One Piece as I left the Kaido arc half way through (so I can binge watch it later haha). Working on One Piece must be crazy cool! It\u2019s one of the top Manga\/Anime series out there! Animators work hard! I have no doubt you\u2019re at the top of your game! Peace.\u201d This controversial Bonney scene has divided the One Piece fandom in two. While some believe that there isn\u2019t anything sexual about the scene, others seem to disagree. One user posted: \u201cThis whole controversy hinges on people\u2019s misogynistic idea that a woman\u2019s body is inherently sexual. Bonney was doing the exact same thing as Luffy in that scene. She wasn\u2019t in a sexual pose, wasn\u2019t referred to as sexual, she\u2019s literally just a girl without a shirt on.\u201d Another fan posted: \u201cFunny they are attacking Toei Animators and Oda without knowing that Bonney has ability to alter age and she appeared early 20\u2019s in this scene. I repeat \u2018she appeared as early 20\u2019s not 12(chronological age) which they all whining abt.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One Piece animator breaks silence on Bonney controversy CrunchyrollA One Piece animator has stepped forward to address the controversial Bonney scene in the Egghead arc. One Piece\u2019s highly-anticipated Egghead arc has gathered quite a lot of positive reviews from fans. The new art style, character designs, opening and ending themes; everything has been phenomenal \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12869\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}