[Question] Is One Piece childish?

[YellowFang]

I don't think so...

SH are mostly made up of teens, they certainly do things in more of a childish way...
But Likes of Robin, Zoro & Sanji usually tend to solve a problem with any available resources and often resorts to violence only when it's the captain's orders...

It's based on most social values like Tobi98 said...

 

[kmrasengan]

It is in a way that even though it shows the various complex issues of society as TOBI98 said but it treats and try to solve things in a childish way of just "boom and bang" you know. Violence is what it shows the answer of everything. And seriously it's getting repetative. What makes it childish for me besides the above mentioned fact,is how it only touch the surface of those issues instead of giving some answers to get rid of them in a more realistic way.

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I am pretty sure some jackass will definitely bring NARUTO's ideal being childish and unrealistic to counter my argument,out of insecurity,well to them there is just one sentence~ "GANDHI WAS REAL".

Well, from the moment you met Luffy, what made you think that he was a guy who talked things over? xD

It's not always just boom and Bang, you sometimes have slashes too, but I get what you're saying, but don't forget OP is still a pirate show, Pirates didn't talk much, they'd prefer to fight, ofc in Naruto is different because the shinobi answer to the Feudal Lords, and it all becomes politics, so in a way it seems more matura, but Pirates don't answer to no one.

 

[Waindo]

Far from childish imo, small kids cannot comprehend OP imo, as a total opposite to DB/DBZ which i watched since I was 7y old and enjoyed it. Maybe only Davy Back Fight arc, I concur with that.

 

[Olorin]

I think that the older you are (wih a diminishing returns ofc) the more you can appreciate the details and the little but significant references and symbols

 

[ultraChalk]

Nope.

Oda doesn't afraid to go into extremely controversial topics that parents would shield their children from. Subjects like religion and athiests, slavery and implied rape, racism and lynch acts, and villains who enjoy creating civil wars and creating orphans.

Can it be childish at times? Yes, everything can. But is it childish? No, and anybody who says yes is basing that soly on the art style. And speaking of the style...

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The sheer amounts and levels on fan service in this manga can hardly be called childish. But hey it's not like being childish is bad or anything... it's just that it isn't.

 

[Tolunay]

it is sometimes really childish but i mean what do you expect it is an shonen manga
it is meant to be childish

 

[AlphaMaleLion]

Yes i think its childish, i dont like it, people recommend me to watch it all the time, but i just dont like it.

 

[Moonbird]

Yes it is, One Piece is very childish.

But in that very endearing genuine way where it's just so happy about having fun with itself, poking fun at its own things.
Having giant robots, living skeletons, zombies, gladiators all that good stuff, just for the fun of it!

But on the same time, One Piece is also very smart, and knows when to endulge in its own childishness and when not to, having a great balance between the two.

Being Childish doesn't need to be a bad thing as all, as long as you are being so in a smart way.

Hell, some-times, One Piece can even be quite... imature... boobie shots and pantie asking.. but it doesn't hide around with it or try to pretend that it's not. One Piece is genuine in what it is, stands firm in it, and well.. becomes free and endearing because of it.

One Piece is exactly as childish as it's supposed to be. Some-times it's imature, some-times it's deeply mature.. it has a great balance in all those things!

 

[chopstickchakra]

The only thing that might be childish is Oda's apparent refusal to kill off characters.

 

[SSS12]

The only thing that might be childish is Oda's apparent refusal to kill off characters.

This^. And when the characters cry in an emotional scene that's supposed to be quite... emotional and you see all the snot hanging out of the characters. That ruins the scene a bit for me. Personal opinion. Strictly.

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It's ok when the intention is to lighten the mood through some funny expressions, but in the most powerful sad scenes? Not a good idea.

 

[shri3kbat]

Definitely not

 

[crono0929]

child trafficking, slavery, racism, fighting against the government, killing Innocent people, drugs/weapons trading/manufacturing...

how the hell is it childish?, dont get fooled by the early artstyle people.

 

[Love Cook]

The only thing that might be childish is Oda's apparent refusal to kill off characters.

Which is better than revive charachters to undo your mistakes with dragon balls. edo tensei or other stupid tricks to bring them back into the story.

Oda loves his charachters and they will almost always make a comeback, be it on the cover, in a flashback or in the main story. And there is nothing wrong with that.

 

[chopstickchakra]

Which is better than revive charachters to undo your mistakes with dragon balls. edo tensei or other stupid tricks to bring them back into the story.

Oda loves his charachters and they will almost always make a comeback, be it on the cover, in a flashback or in the main story. And there is nothing wrong with that.

Did anyone say there was? All I said was it may be considered childish that hardly anyone dies from these severe beatings that occur.

 

[~Naruto&Itachi~]

Did anyone say there was? All I said was it may be considered childish that hardly anyone dies from these severe beatings that occur.

But when people die, you actually care....
I teared up because they a burned a boat...SMH I didn't even care when neji died and he was one of my fav in the 1st part....so I rather have fewer deaths with me feeling for the dead rather than have people die and than come back or me just not give a fuuck

 

[Mephew D Kensei]

Yes op is childish when its needee coz i see my young bro and cousin enjoying it very much, i mean have u seen Luffy trying to lie but then my younger and cousin also dont bother with the explicit detail that makes the story coz in that aspect one piece is so great and for me very similar in position to something like game of thrones, being childish isnt a flaw for one piece its a quality that makes it watchable accross multiple genarations and all u need to do is pick the mature stuff if thats what u like and if u r like me laugh till u crack a rib at the crazy stuff oda throws in there but also spend hours on end trying to figure out the really cryptic stuff that the children and the childish wld never grasp. So in summary its all in how u look at it, b like a child who juat says greens taste yuky even the ones u havent tried then yes say it is childish but if u r an adult who can understand why strong and bitter cofee can b said to b a great taste then u can see past the so called childish stuff which r really the biscuits and doughnuts served with the cofee then u can see how awesome both the funny and mature make op.

 

[ultraChalk]

This^. And when the characters cry in an emotional scene that's supposed to be quite... emotional and you see all the snot hanging out of the characters. That ruins the scene a bit for me. Personal opinion. Strictly.

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It's ok when the intention is to lighten the mood through some funny expressions, but in the most powerful sad scenes? Not a good idea.

Out of all those pictures, the only slightly humorous expression was the one with Franky in the Robin scene.

The other ones aren't meant to be funny, that's just his art style.

 

[SSS12]

Out of all those pictures, the only slightly humorous expression was the one with Franky in the Robin scene.

The other ones aren't meant to be funny, that's just his art style.

I know they aren't meant to be funny, but they kill the mood for me slightly. And Oda has done this for almost every single sad scene. These are just a fraction. It makes the powerful scenes seem a little silly to me. Then again. It could be just me.

 

[Dr Strangelove]

It has a mixture.
Some serious, some childish.
I really don't mind admitting that though, i'm childish myself.
Heck, everyone on this site has to at least be a little. They are on a Naruto forum ffs XD

 

[jazza1017]

I find this thread amusing. When you here the phrase "don't judge a book by its cover" this saying to me relates exactly to the way people perceive One Piece. Watching the first few episodes, seeing the enemy's they encounter and such makes people perceive that the entire series is going to be childish and proceed to drop the series as they assume its going to be like this for the rest of the series. I used to take this seriously, getting mad at dumb comments about people saying stuff about the series, when they clearly have no knowledge as to whats going on, or the changes that have happened. Now I just see it in a way that they are missing out on something that is great. For those who persisted with the series are obviously enjoying it more then ever, compared to those who have dropped the series based on assumptions they have made, and will never get to experience what we have.