“I’ve really lost my edge. I used to lie a lot more…but now I can actually do those things!”

kereeachan:

Usopp saying this is one of my favorite quotes ever. Why?

Think about it. So many characters like Usopp just end up learning that “lying is bad” and that’s the end of it. Instead, Usopp never grows out of his ability to tell tall tales in the series…but he becomes awesome enough to accomplish those feats instead.

Hell, even Usopp’s introduction is a subversion of the Boy Who Cried Wolf. Instead of the usual, we see why the boy started crying wolf and when the wolves do come, he works his butt off to save the villagers who will never know what he did for them. And a lot of his old lies become true over the course of the story. Even the ridiculous-sounding ones. And it is amazingly unique-feeling.