Why the One Piece skull is flying at French protests

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFrench students marched through Paris, Lyon and Montpellier flying the Straw Hat Pirates flag from the manga One Piece, Attack of the Fanboy reports.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA skull in a straw hat. I've seen less serious imagery on a bottle of rum, Hank.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe flag belongs to the hero, Monkey D. Luffy. One protester told Le Monde it stands for freedom for all.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFreedom for all, from a comic about pirates. Pirates, Hank. The one group famous for not asking permission.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI haven't seen it. I haven't seen any of them. I've seen the poster for one, with a shark.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorOne Piece has run since nineteen ninety-seven, Hank. It holds the Guinness record, over four hundred sixteen million copies sold as of twenty twenty-two.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFour hundred sixteen million.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd Naruto, Dragon Ball and Jujutsu Kaisen were reportedly at the marches too. Next they'll want a syllabus, then a sequel.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe flag first showed up at the Indonesian protests in August twenty twenty-five. Police in Jakarta said they were monitoring it.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNow it's in Paris, and I still thought it was a bakery.