AyaisMUsikWhore
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Welp, it became one of my favorite anime of all time so congrats 👏🏾
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One Piece is the 3rd highest selling comic of all time
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Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
The goat well deserved
Pilgrimzero
Member
I watched a couple episodes and wasn't impressed. What makes it so beloved? I'm not being snarky I'm actually curious.
The Last Wizard
Member
This still haunts me, one piece doesn't get the recognition it derserves stateside:/
They're both fairly high up there, but not at the top.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_manga_series_by_volume_count
i recently watched that fairy tale movie, dragon cry, i stopped reading fairy tail back in the tournament they had. but god damn the movie kinda soured me on fairy tale, apparently natsu whole deal is "their friends" he does everything for his friends and his friends only.
at least Luffy has an objective and he knows how to differentiate his goal with his nakamas and when he needs his friends to achieve his goal and stuff.
Luffy is such a great character god damn
Something that you won't see in just a couple of episodes, that's for sure.
Try this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZqnC-eVwrE
Raonak
Banned
On track to being the greatest story ever told.
One of the biggest hooks of OP is how interconnected everything is, when we're on a main arc, luffy and co. fighting some strong enemy, there's always stuff going on elsewhere in the world, it's like chess pieces moving in the background.
It's like he's had the entire story planned in his head all this time, nothing ever really feels retconny or anything. Which is amazing for something that's on it's 20th(?) year.
Very good characters, sense of adventure where the crew is going island to island not knowing what they'll run into next. Worldbuilding, foreshadowing, strong sense of mystery, great enemies, great fights.
Enemies & places that are established in the series from early on, then having the payoff of meeting/beating the enemies/place hundreds of chapters later.
Like imagine in the name "Frieza" was mentioned at the start of the original Dragon Ball. and built up as a super powerful enemy way before the Frieza arc actually started. OP does that constantly, which makes it feel like an actual living world.
One of the biggest hooks of OP is how interconnected everything is, when we're on a main arc, luffy and co. fighting some strong enemy, there's always stuff going on elsewhere in the world, it's like chess pieces moving in the background.
It's like he's had the entire story planned in his head all this time, nothing ever really feels retconny or anything. Which is amazing for something that's on it's 20th(?) year.
Very good characters, sense of adventure where the crew is going island to island not knowing what they'll run into next. Worldbuilding, foreshadowing, strong sense of mystery, great enemies, great fights.
Enemies & places that are established in the series from early on, then having the payoff of meeting/beating the enemies/place hundreds of chapters later.
Like imagine in the name "Frieza" was mentioned at the start of the original Dragon Ball. and built up as a super powerful enemy way before the Frieza arc actually started. OP does that constantly, which makes it feel like an actual living world.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
This is our chance to grab ppl to the manga thread where the gifs at y'all slipping
Frozenprince
Banned
The friendship thing feels earned in One Piece over FT that's basically the big difference.
Plus the fights and powers are far more imaginative and cool, FTs fights are just punching contests.
i can open youtube at work, but i hope thats the tenryubitoo punch scene
Linkstrikesback
Member
I'm reading Don Quixote now , and yes, I do think comics are at least a league below top quality books. They have to waste a lot of time and effort on art instead of solely the plot, after all.
Certainly if this threads premise is right and One Piece is the best comic, I am absolutely sure I am correct, yes.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Imagine if 4Kids hadn't crucified it.
I consider it the best longform story every told. Yes there are better books, TV series, and so on, but none that have been a continuously excellent (almost) weekly story for 20 years.
I consider it the best longform story every told. Yes there are better books, TV series, and so on, but none that have been a continuously excellent (almost) weekly story for 20 years.
Anime was good in the beginning but the quality eventually declined.
Fullmetal Alchemist is my favorite adventure comic, and Berserk is probably my favorite manga in general, but One Piece is in a class of it's own. It's the phenom. The show stopper.
...Shame about the anime. Also how it's reception in the US was handicapped by that terrible dub. Maybe in 2025 when the manga has finished and the Toei version ends we can get "ONE PIECE: GOLD EDITION" by Madhouse or Mappa or something.
"Music sucks compared to books because they're fucking around with instruments instead of delving into the rich internal life of whoever the hell this singer is supposed to be"
...Shame about the anime. Also how it's reception in the US was handicapped by that terrible dub. Maybe in 2025 when the manga has finished and the Toei version ends we can get "ONE PIECE: GOLD EDITION" by Madhouse or Mappa or something.
"Music sucks compared to books because they're fucking around with instruments instead of delving into the rich internal life of whoever the hell this singer is supposed to be"
Punching Arlong is one of the most GOAT scene.
can you get off of your rosinante please?
Yup, he's the best idiot I've ever known.
I love how the interconnectedness even seemingly applies to the Chapter numbers. Like the Gear 4 and Gear 2 reveals for example. Dude remembers everything lmao
Frozenprince
Banned
Art is part of the plot, the imagery is used to convey the narrative. It's as important as the dialogue.
There is no functional difference between describing an action or inference and seeing it on an image. Illustrated medium is not inherently lesser simply because it's drawn.
It's not. Not even close to the real good Seinen stuff. (Let's praise our overlord Urasawa)
However it's a fucking amazing shounen manga.
There's nothing comparable and Oda is steadily holding up the quality, despite the growth in characters and the world itself.
One Piece is like a quality opera piece compared to stuff like Naruto and the likes.
Oda deserves all the praise and hopefully he'll get a nice long vacation once he finished the series.
IdreamofHIME
Member
I'm finally getting into it. They're currently fighting some baddies after meeting Usopp. I like the comedy more than the fighting though.
There's also Detective Conan, which has stretched its core plot out to ludicrous lengths at this point.
Kochikame had been running for a long time, but it recently ended. Sadly I doubt it will ever be fully translated.
There's a irony to be said about us using the anime (that some of us are ridiculing) to get people into the manga lol
Exactly this. When Luffy says he's gonna help you out, you know the friendship is real.
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I dunno, like I've certainly seen more clever writing in other manga. (Not that One Piece can't be slick with it as well.) But OP just always has the leg up for me due to how amazing the worldbuilding is, how characters seemingly never get forgotten, how it is consistently funny even when you see many of the same gags over and over again, how creative Oda gets with the powers and settings. It makes up for it.
Does Asterix still have new stories made? All the rest are on going, so I assume so, but i've not heard much talk about the new stories.
Sad that OP is still just niche level in US. It's even more so in Canada where I think the last episode we had broadcast on a regional station was the beginning of Chopper's intro? Nowhere near the notirity that Bleach/Naruto had.
Sad that OP is still just niche level in US. It's even more so in Canada where I think the last episode we had broadcast on a regional station was the beginning of Chopper's intro? Nowhere near the notirity that Bleach/Naruto had.
There's a irony to be said about us using the anime (that some of us are ridiculing) to get people into the manga lol
Exactly this. When Luffy says he's gonna help you out, you know the friendship is real.
fucking goosebumps maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan
Imperial Bishop
Banned
Best story of all time. If I ever travelled into the future, one of first things I would want to find out is how One Piece ended.
I always get a little disheartened by MarineFord babies: always complaining about dumb shit and not enjoying the full ride, but whatever. Not everything can be perfect.
I always get a little disheartened by MarineFord babies: always complaining about dumb shit and not enjoying the full ride, but whatever. Not everything can be perfect.
Majukun
Member
the main difference is that natsu is powerful through firendship,basically the idea of his friends fuels him up
luffy wants to become powerful BECAUSE of friendship, he doesn't want to lose anyone of his "nakama" and thus he trained like a madman and continues to do so..also because ,as he admits, the only thing he knows how to do is beating people up,and if he doesn't manage to do that,he losts his role on the ship.
basically friendship in fairy tail is a cause, in onepiece is an objective
TheGreatDirector
Banned
Yohohohoho!
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
One day I'll actually finish reading Dragonball and I'll get around to trying out One Piece and Naruto. One day.
Yes, sadly. But it's all been trash since Goscinny died. They still sell millions though.
Yes, sadly. But it's all been trash since Goscinny died. They still sell millions though.
Osukaa
Member
lol One Piece has had some Crazy Weird Powers the ones I can remember off hand are
The Door Door Fruit
The Human Human Fruit
The Wax Wax Fruit
The Chop Chop Fruit (Impel Down Buggy and you know who were Comedy gold)
The Chain Chain Fruit
The String String Fruit
The Elephant Fruit (which was eaten by a sword??? LOL Funkfreed)
SO much more to list but gotta get back to work lol.
Bounceounce
Member
I haven't been as on board with the post- Dressrosa story as i'd like to be, but One Piece still reigns as my favorite manga.
My top five characters would be:
-Luffy
-Nami
-Bellamy
-Coby
-Gin
Oda's theme/character work and the story's heart is what pulls me in.
My top five characters would be:
-Luffy
-Nami
-Bellamy
-Coby
-Gin
Oda's theme/character work and the story's heart is what pulls me in.
Majukun
Member
eh,it still wouldn't have that much of a success. i think..the average americans look for something less goofy and more flashy,like naruto or bleach
Nope, not at all.
Gonna watch Yawara! next (just finished a series today). Also read yesterday that Pluto is getting an anime adaptation.
Also, perfect thread to post the link to a One Piece MMV which I like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtAnLlPGjbk
thats luffy now, but pre time skip,he wasnt like that much, what happened at marineford shattered him literally.
the character development on luffy is kinda great
This sums it up well. Also the friendship BS in Fairy Tail is just frighteningly bad and nonsensical. Even One Piece knows that there are friendships when nakama power just ain't enough....
Devil Fruits. Nen. Stands.
The trifecta of "Getting to come up with whatever the fuck you want"
Otaku Coder
Neo Member
Huh, wonder how the English volumes stack up against contemporary cape comic sales...
Frozenprince
Banned
Oda and his world building is legit next level. He had the basic concept for Haki at chapter FOUR.
Dude has arcs planned out legit years in advance. All his editors gush over how amazing he is to work with.
Dude has arcs planned out legit years in advance. All his editors gush over how amazing he is to work with.
I think the problem with people being new to one piece and getting turned off Buggy and the sort is that One Piece really wasn't GOAT material when it started. every villain up to Arlong i think was just about getting pirate king and the art isn't for everyone. Though Sanji's and Nami's backstory already were really really good.
Everything has so much improved over time though. The art, the storytelling, the worldbuilding. Heck, i still wonder what was it that lurked in the shadows when Lola and her crew said good bye to the strawhats. And that was years ago. the thing is Goda will probably deliver at some point on even that.
After everything is said and done it's the best manga ever made for sure. I can't even begin to list all my favourite moments.
I suck with gifs. :/ God the manga is so much better than the anime it's not even funny.
Also I really wanna see Vegapunk at some point. Gotta be soon.
Everything has so much improved over time though. The art, the storytelling, the worldbuilding. Heck, i still wonder what was it that lurked in the shadows when Lola and her crew said good bye to the strawhats. And that was years ago. the thing is Goda will probably deliver at some point on even that.
After everything is said and done it's the best manga ever made for sure. I can't even begin to list all my favourite moments.
I suck with gifs. :/ God the manga is so much better than the anime it's not even funny.
"SLOOOW BEEEEAAAAAAMMMMM!"
Also I really wanna see Vegapunk at some point. Gotta be soon.
And Mr. 2 aint dead. I don't wanna believe it
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
One Piece is basically the X-Men but with goofy pirates.
True Savior
Member
It's a very sincere show. Just imagine a big adventure, filled with a set of characters that become very attached to each other all operating in an extremely creative setting. That's basically One Piece.
CrackPebbles
Member
That's pretty amazing. I think its a great manga with incredible world building so totally deserved.
Back when I was first getting into OP I had a friend explain Lasso the Dog to me.
It's a gun that somehow ate the Dog Fruit, so now it's a gun dog, and it shoots baseballs out of its nose.
(I love that we still don't have the full answer on how that works. Vegapunk!)
Don't be hating on best girl.
Fuck Pudding
Majukun
Member
well with the goa flashback we learn that he basically always had the terror of being alone,since he was a child
also the thing was there way before the timeskip, gear 2 exist because he got beaten up by aokiji and understood that if he didn't improve he would have lost everyone.
flintstryker
Banned
Totally deserved! interesting that Asterix is so popular as well, growing up I was the only one I know that read them
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