Ego-Man25
Since: Mar, 2015
01/06/2016 00:00:00
I take it you're one who sees series length as a crutch and flaw. Nothing wrong with that. To me, the length is one of the biggest strengths.
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Mudapa
Since: Jul, 2015
01/09/2016 00:00:00
@Ego-Man25 True. It makes the series seem larger than life. It allows Oda to extend the world making it feel like one big adventure. But, i personally started to feel this way when i heard it's was going to last another 5-10 years. But, i respect your opinion.
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Imaginative and Full of Life
One Piece follows Monkey D. Luffy and his crew in search for the titular treasure. It's a shonen manga with a similar feel to Dragon Ball. It's massively popular in Japan becoming the best selling manga, Currently. But, is somewhat mixed in North America. Is it worth it? Here's my opinion on One Piece!
PROS: It's so creative. Oda is obviously a genius at writing great powers and endless lands. It's artstyle looks great and is a personal favorite. It also has great characters. Luffy and his pirate crew are incredibly entertaining as well as fleshed out with a memorable cast of side characters. And it has emotion. You will laugh, get sad and even feel energetic. One Piece, despite all of greatness, has quite a bit of flaws.
CONS: Oh boy. It has over 800 chapters and isn't ending till roughly 5-10 years. One of the reasons i refuse to watch the anime. It drags itself out time to time. Sometimes the story moves rather very fast or very slow. It's inconsistent and i would prefer the series only being 70-80 volumes. And the series start off a bit repetitive. Crew enters Island. Meets new friend(s). Big Bad comes, causes trouble and crew stops them. I know not all Arcs are like that. But, it starts like this at first before it starts becoming more unpredictable.
OVERALL: One Piece is a pleasure to read. It's creative, has great characters and emotion. However, it takes time to find its footing and has pacing problems here and there. One Piece knows it's a shonen. But, it also talks about plenty of world issues like poverty and racism. I wish i could come up with such an amazing world. I have nothing but respect for Oda-Sensei.