Eiichiro Oda, the author and illustrator of the One Piece manga, revealed his early illustrations of Nami’s outfit for the “Egghead” story arc. While some fans prefer her current look as shown in the anime, many others are expressing their disappointment over the outfit that Oda used for Nami over the other choices.

Pew (@/pewpiece), a One Piece fan account on X (formerly Twitter), shared Oda’s concept art of Nami’s latest outfit in the One Piece series. Although Oda’s artwork is rough and loose (as is to be expected of concept art), it still conveys the various ideas that the Shonen Jump author initially had in mind for Nami. A common theme among these designs is that Nami is dressed in more clothes in general — a sharp contrast to the finalized outfit, where Nami’s arms and legs are fully exposed.

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“We were robbed,” numerous fans have claimed regarding Oda’s concept designs, some of whom believe the One Piece author picked the “ugliest” outfit for Nami. “He really had all them outfits in mind and ended up choosing the worst possible one?” one fan said. “We were robbed and got her worst outfit yet,” said another. “But he [Oda]…decided to go ahead with the most lewd and obscene one,” another comment reads. Among the alternate costume designs for Nami, many fans seem to prefer the one with the bunny-ear hoodie.

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The One Piece anime series is available on multiple streaming services like Crunchyroll and Netflix. The original manga is licensed in English by Viz Med