I forgot how batshit insane this series gets with the story even outside of Rising.
"Rising may not be canon." Since when?
It not being directed by Kojima doesn't make it non-canon, I've never seen any reason to question its canon status.
I'd say One Piece LA really should have shown people in the West what you actually need to do to adapt a Japanese piece of media and have the result not be complete shit, but they're never gonna take the right lessons from that so it would be a waste of breath.
Her elegantly gothic design and subtle romantic subtext with Kat will be translated to a butch lesbian with a square jawline as thick as Spider-Man 2’s Mary Jane’s, and rocking either a mohawk or a “I have daddy issues” half-shaved hair
I'd say One Piece LA really should have shown people in the West what you actually need to do to adapt a Japanese piece of media and have the result not be complete shit, but they're never gonna take the right lessons from that so it would be a waste of breath.