Hey,nice write-up as always!really appreciate your writing.
I was just wondering what site you use the scanlations from.I would strongly suggest you to use the scanlations from bakabt,as they are undoubtedly the best scanlations of the series,both in terms of visual quality and translation-wise too.
i realise that you use multiple sources for accuracy,but still it seems that the scanlations are your first choice.Still in any case,i think it would be best to use the best possible versions of everything.
and if you want the reason or proof why these scanlations are better,it's because a lot of the earlier chapter scans were done very long ago,also focusing on speed and content instead of quality.whereas bakabt contains the best possible scanlations,which in many cases were done much later than when the chapters came out.the volumes around 10-15 are translated by nep-ece and scanned by onepiecefag,and they both both do good work,and nep-ece is still translating and scanlating under a different name.
anyway just take my word for it,or even check it out yourself.i am not linking anything here just in case but just search google for one piece bakabt.(or i can just pm you the link).
anyway,talking about other stuff and not sounding like a shady salesperson,i really like your work and have read a lot of it since i found it.i still have to read a lot of stuff,mainly Arlong Park which i am avoiding because it's so emotional and i'm somewhat afraid of the impact analyzing it deeply would have on me,but still i will get around to reading it.
i had some actual thoughts about your analysis,but then noticed the scans you were using were not nep-ece's so i wrote this up instead.maybe some other time