Hmm, I'm one for the fact that he eats his words. He said in an SBS, or at least through Mayuma Tanaka that Usopp was the weakest one right? After the time skip it's hard to see how Usopp is weaker than Nami now.Well Oda says a lot of things,who knows what he means as teasing and what he actually really means hehe. Well,he probably meant that for the main characters...maybe? But it is normal if the author is denying any love affairs, usually every one is but the end is the same. Though that´s one more good thing about it,we can discuss even more![]()
So maybe that "no romance in OP" thing can change, I certainly see it that way with where these cover stories are going. I mean, not "shoujo-y" romance per se, more like simple moments of heartwarming kinda way.