One Piece Heroines review: do Nami's heels justify more one-offs?

One Piece Heroines (2026) is not the series we expected. It's a single one-off episode, and it centers on Nami needing new heels. We came away wanting more one-offs like it. It's a story built around a shoe heist, and it worked for us.

One Piece Heroines and the debate over body proportions

Some context on the release: when Heroines was announced, there was an outcry from people who argued that Oda and Toei only know how to draw women with unrealistic proportions. Those same people then praised this project for its realistic proportions. The discussion pushed back on that view, with the point that Big Mom exists.

As for the look of the episode, the art style drew an immediate reaction: "It's the most realistic neck I've ever seen in my life." Beyond that, the feeling was that Nami looks the same as usual, just with a bigger neck. One character also drew a joke that he looks the way Sanji thinks he looks.

Nami's heels, Robin's help and a shoe store heist

The plot is about Nami getting a new pair of shoes. Her heels fail her, and that leads into a heist. Along the way there is a line about a contract with Miss Boa Hancock. The shoe store owner seems to make only one type of shoe and expects people to wear his name. The read in the discussion was that he used someone else's talent to get where he wanted, then planned to hire another person.

One line noted "Once again, just full trust from Robin," and the plan to steal an entire chandelier got a big reaction. There was also a thought that the new shoes suit Nami's outfit better than the old ones. We also wondered where the episode sits in the One Piece timeline and whether Nami already has Zeus, though it seems to be set around the current story.

There was also a hope that the episode was Oda's way of showing that they can fight in heels. At the same time, there was uncertainty over whether Oda wrote the episode or was involved in it at all.

Verdict on One Piece Heroines: more one-offs, please

There was appreciation in the discussion for getting to see these characters hang out. The point came up that the crew does this between the big moments, which made the case for doing more one-offs. One request summed it up: "No, can we do some stuff like this more often, please?" Another remark followed: "No, I will gladly take just like a bunch of random one-offs."