With the girls of One Piece somehow dominating a ranking of the anime girls with the most comely proportions, One Piece detractors cannot help but voice concerns about the direction their design appears to be taking – specifically, how their waists gradually shrunk to spindles as the manga progressed, even as their breasts ballooned to basketball size.

Above, the top row shows Nami’s development from the start of the manga on the left to the more recent volumes.

For those wondering, Nami’s supposed measurements are 169cm – B95-W55-H85 (I Cup).

For reference, an actual human (or Yui Ichikawa at any rate) with these waist/hip measurements: