Yeah, guess that's it. Luffy is okay with everybody who respects other people's dreams - or at least doesn't mock them. That was probably enough for...
He cheered for him because he saw, or accepted the change within him. Not to mention the guy he was fighting just seems like a dick.
Glad the King's...
Pretty much. Emotional crap and strenghtening the resolve again. Could have been also done in half a chapter. But as I said, milking it aaaaaaalllll...
Kishi wanted to convey the message that those were the Bijuus that "entrusted their lives to him" because he risked his own to save one of them, Son...
I'm not turning down entirely the possibility of Luffy's mom being an important figure or having a bigger importance to the story, but Oda really was...