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Luffy:
- Whether it was his strength, or his childlike innocence, Luffy was a fan favorite!
- He often ignored the producers suggestions to make the show more interesting.
- Luffy didn’t like when the producers told him to punch a random person on the street when they were visiting an island.
- Was not getting paid, as he owed the producers over 10,000 berris for punching the camera one time in anger, when the director attempted to take his meat away. The director was only making a suggestion for a much healthier diet for the star of the show.
- Luffy also skipped out on a lot of confessional sessions. Mainly because he really didn’t have much to hide to begin with. But if he did go, it was mainly to either show appreciation for his crew or to make public declarations:
“Sanji’s cooking the BEST!”
“Do we get free meat with this show?”
“I’m going to kick Mingo’s ass!”
Zoro:
- The viewers found Zoro amusing! Whether it be him constantly getting lost, or his heated arguments with Sanji. The producers would rush over to him, cameras and all whenever they caught the two together.
- Zoro was surprisingly popular with female viewers. They enjoyed watching him sweat whenever he would work out in the crows nest.
- Zoro didn’t care about the show really. Just as long as he gets to work out, drink booze, and sleep, he’s good.
- The producers always looked forward to his confessionals after he fights with Sanji:
“That damn shitty cook! Just who the hell does he think he is?!”
“That curly brow dumbass is gonna get himself killed one of these days!”
Sanji:
- Was angry that Zoro was racking in more views from the female viewers than he was!
- Why him?! Why not me?!
- He kicked the camera man straight in the chin when he told him that Zoro was naturally more popular than he was.
- Sanji desperately tried to win over the female viewers by showing off his fighting skills or his culinary expertise.
- He was excited when he finally got some fan mail from the fans!
- It turned out to be from the okamas though…
- If Sanji went to the confessionals, it was usually to cry about why women weren’t interested in him…or to talk shit about Zoro:
“Just what does he have that I don’t on this show?”
“Why aren’t all the beautiful ladies watching me?”
Little did Sanji know, he caught the eyes of Violet and Pudding.
Nami:
- An absolute slut for the camera! The producers LOVED her!
- One couldn’t tell who was using who more. All that mattered was what would bring them more views and more money.
- Whenever it was filming time, Nami would purposely wear a bikini without the jeans to draw in the male viewing audience.
- Add the extra seductive act she would put on, and nosebleeds would cover millions of transponder snail television screens.
- Loved to give tours of the Sunny and show off her designer clothes.
- Would parade around the islands, using Momonosuke as an accessory to manipulate the fans into loving her more.
- Nami LOVED to take advantage of the fanbase, often subtly asking for gifts mainly money through the fan mail she receives. Next to Robin, she had the most.
- Nami became very vain and strict with the crew on how to present themselves for the camera and had to keep members like Luffy in check to make sure he didn’t do anything stupid to cause the show to be cancelled.
But just in case, as a backup, she could always start an Only Fans.
- One might say that the fame and fortune was getting to her head, as she would purposely start up drama whenever she was out on an island. Would probably steal from a city mayor if it meant she could get the fans taking for weeks.
- Whenever she was in the confessionals, it was mainly to complain about Luffy’s or Zoro’s antics.
- Would probably shit talk about Robin, although faking it the whole time, to get some drama started:
“Honestly! I wish Luffy would just use some common sense for once!”
“Robin thinks she’s all that! But everyone knows, I’m the prettiest girl on the show!”
“I’ll let you film me in the bath. It’ll cost you 1 million beri!”
Franky:
- Loved the camera! One sided on the producers part since they didn’t enjoy Franky’s sense of…ahem…style.
- He would dance, be loud, or show off his cool body.
- If he was in the confessional room, it was to complain openly to the producers on why they did him dirty.
“Hey! I saw last weeks episode! Why did you cut my scene out, bro?!”
Ussop:
- Although not nearly as popular as Nami, Ussop was interesting enough to get some viewers watching the show, even unintentionally.
- Ussop used the show to make himself seem cooler, mainly through the confessionals.
- The lies he told caught the attention of viewers worldwide, though very few could sees past his lies.
- The producers didn’t care, so long as there were viewers.
“Yes it was I! The Great Captain Ussop who defeated CP9!”
“Wait wait! Cut that out! Cut that scene out! I meant SniperKing!”
Chopper:
- The Worlds Favorite Cutie Pie!
- Choppers looks alone were enough to win the hearts of viewers!
Mostly the female reindeer mink.
- Combine that with his child like innocence and he’s instantly a popular household name!
- On top of that he already has many sponsorships from multiple sweet brands.
(Mainly cotton candy ones.)
- Choppers pretty shy on camera and often does his usual dance when he’s nervous. The audience eats it up.
- He doesn’t gossip. When it comes to confessionals, he’s usually talking about Zoro’s recklessness when it comes to bandages, or Sanji’s nose bleeding habits.
Jimbei:
- Not particular interested in TV or fame, but used being on TV to his advantage to spread his word and try stop discrimination against fishmen.
- The producers found him boring and didn’t look forward to filming him, especially at confessionals…but at the very least, he was able to bring in views due to his former status as a warlord.
Robin:
- Had many admirers! She enjoyed being on the show. Often is seen on screen on a lavish shopping trip with Nami.
- She does her part to make the show more interesting, whether it is be her dark sense of humor or putting her devil fruit powers to good use.
- She once used it on a producer when he asked her to do something suggestive for views. After that, the producers never messed with her again, out of fear for their lives.
- Not much for confessionals though, except when she’s expressing how amused she is at Luffy’s antics.
- She may appeared to be calm and quiet but you better believe that the rumors she would stir up, would get the people talking!
- Morgans was having a field day with the headlines:
“Did Cat Burgler Nami Get Breast Implants?!”
“Roronoa Zoro: Honorable Swordsmen or Man Thot?! Gets Caught Sleeping with Wano’s Most Beautiful Woman!”
“Is Monkey D Luffy, Secretly Seeing His Crewmates Sister From the Germa Kingdom?!”
Brook:
- Fans loved seeing Soul King on screen. In some episodes he’s either playing music or he’s attempting a panty raid in Nani’s room. Which often results in him getting beat up by her every time.
- Anything he says in the confessional‘s ends up with his signature laugh.
Law:
- Made a special guest appearance since starting hiw alliance with Luffy.
- You can imagine his look of surprise, when the crew showed up on Punk Hazard with a camera crew and all.
- He wasn’t at all interested in being on TV. His famous “I hate bread” made him an instant fan favorite. And meme along the fanbase.
- He didn’t like that…
- Law hated being followed around by the camera crew on the Thousand Sunny or when he simply just wanted peace. He frequently scolded the producers to stop or told Luffy to call off the cameras, but neither listened.
- He only wanted to discuss the alliance plans in private with the crew and didn’t want the producers to catch any of it for the world to see.
- As time went on, and Law was getting sucked into the Straw Hat shenanigans. He found himself wandering into the confessional where he would frequently complain about the crew. Mainly the captain.
“Mugiwara-ya will be the death of me…”
“Rorona-ya has no sense of direction…”
“How has the crew survived this long? They don’t ever strategize when it comes to making a plan!”
Viewer Reactions:
Sabo: Enjoys watching his little brother on screen, and always has a good laugh. Koala would often scold him for abandoning his duties to go watch the show.
Hancock: Would briefly abandon her duties as Pirate Empress for the whole day if it meant, she could watch Luffy on screen.
Took up most of his fan mail, and gifts that had meat.
Hancock would be envious of Nami and Robin on her screen, wishing she was their with Luffy.
Mihawk: Reality shows weren’t his usual choice of television entertainment, but he did watch, soley to watch over Zoro’s progress as a swordsmen. He would lie if Perona asked him if he found what he saw the slightest bit amusing.
Ace: He got a kick out watching his little brother on screen. Often laughing at Luffy’s antics. He saw that Luffy’s crew was slowly riding in more views on the reality show The WhiteBeard Pirates had. Ace wasn’t too worried but he knew he had to step it up.
Shanks: Often shaking his head and smiling in amusement at the sight of Luffy on screen. Would sometimes watch the show with Ace as the two spoke fondly of him.
Big Mom: Was furious that Luffy was racking in more views than her crew combined. Everyone used to love Big Mom’s wedding cake special episodes.
“MUGIWARAAAAA!” *Smashes TV*
Garp: Nearly choked on his crackers at the sight of his crazy grandson invading his screen.
“LUFFY NOOOOOO!”
Smoker: If any marine soldier was caught watching, Keeping Up with the Straw Hats, you better believe that he’ll would be raised at HQ. in secret though, he would watch it. Not for entertainment, but more so to study the Straw Hats moves.
Buggy: Screeching out in jealously seeing Straw Hat Luffy was popular enough to be given his own show and not him.
Kid: Was sitting at a bar one night and spat out his drink in anger at the sight of Straw Hat on his screen.
Nearly popped a blood vessel when he saw Law on screen.
“The hell?! Even Trafalgar?! How come those bastards get their own show?!”
Killer remained silent. He knew the reason why the Kid Pirates never picked up the rights to a pirate reality show was because of how scary Kid was.
Dragon: Used the show as a way to keep up with his son. Although in secret, since he didn’t want his army to notice.
Germa 66: Mixed reactions.
“That’s no son of mine.” Judge would say.
Reiju giggled at the sight of the screen. After a mission, she would look forward to watching the show to see her brother.
Ichiji, Niji, and Yonji expressed annoyance and criticized Sanji. Although would never admit that they were each jealous that Sanji got to be on a reality show instead of the Germa Kingdom itself.
Yamato: Wants to be on the show. Not for the fame, but mainly to spread the word and tell the world what a horrible father, Kaido is and spread Oden’s legacy to the world.
A/N: Comments and kudos are appreciated!