So this is the zoro episode, and the whole time coby is basically a nervous wreck about him. luffy wants him on his crew, and coby is like "he's a demon, he'll literally •••Show you." they head to this marine base town and the vibe is immediately off. The base is run by Captain Morgan, who everyone calls "Axe-Hand" because his hand is literally an axe. Very subtle. lol

His son helmeppo is the real problem though. Total spoiled brat, struts around like he owns the place, threatens people with "my dad will hear about this." You hate him within 30 seconds, which i think is the point.
And then we finally see zoro, tied to a post in the courtyard, looking half dead but still scary. He's supposed to be the big bad pirate hunter, so it's kind of funny that his first scene is just him sitting there tied up. luffy's like "you seem cool, join my crew?" and zoro just says no. I respect the rejection.

The part that actually got me is this little girl, rika, who sneaks in to give zoro a rice ball. helmeppo catches her, throws the rice ball in the dirt and stomps on it, and zoro eats the dirty thing anyway and says it was good. No big speech, he just does it. that's when you go "ok, he's not a demon." The episode kind of flips right there from goofy to something with a little weight.

Zoro walks in already cooler than everyone, and helmeppo is the villain you love to hate.