One Piece Rant

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Hmph.
Sorry, even though you said no offense to the fans but I still took some.
Anyway, about that One Piece doesn't seem good until a certain point. Well, that's true. I didn't get addicted and all excited by it at first. If you have read more number of series you may have seen that there is a certain thing known as Character Introduction and Character Development.

I'll expand it a bit more, Naruto starts with a main character as Naruto and focuses on Naruto alone aided partially by Sasuke and even more partially by Sakura. One Piece on the other hand focuses on 9 different individual equally important for the whole series. The first few chapters of One Piece introduce Monkey D. Luffy as the main character and in an instant two crew members join which takes the character introduction part a bit more lengthy.

There are many more series who deal with this part. For example, Katekyo Hitman Reborn/History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi/Berserk and there are many more. Oda is though the best of all, he not only introduces the main characters in a good fashion he also introduces the not so important characters more seriously.

You say Oda started off as a crappy artist and then by seeing other series he developed his own series. Oda by far has the most entertaining plot, every little thing happening in One Piece, things you don't even consider important are being later made important by Oda. Every arc has a small detail which connects up to a main event in relatively bigger arc afterwards. Read the whole series and when you re-read it you will see that how Oda is a pure genius. He remembers every damn thing, won't spoil for anybody so I won't mention the things but the one piece-readers would in an instant know that what I'am talking about.

A small bit of advice, try to be patient. If a series is 681 chapters long and is still ongoing you cannot judge it by reading only 10% of it.
 
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I prefere reading Naruto more than One Piece...
Naruto is filled with plots and many other things to discuss, while I don't really find much to discuss about in One Piece.

But when it comes to watching the anime then One Piece is definitly more entertaining to watch imo! Much more funny and not boring long scenes...


In the very end I like Naruto more than One Piece, that's all I have to say :D
I'm kinda like this....

But I will say that I'll probably like One Piece better than Naruto by the end of the series. As Tsuki said though, you either accept Oda's drawing style or hate it, that is the only major flaw really in One Piece. The anime of One Piece though destroys the anime of Naruto, and that's what I primarily follow in One Piece

After the drawing style, One Piece is a phenomenal series. And Pre-timeskip One Piece has 2.5 arcs that will probably beat any arc in Naruto or Naruto Shippuden. The Impel Down Arc, the Marineford arc, and Strawhats vs CP9 in the Ennis Lobby Arc (seriously except for this awesome part, the rest of the Ennis Lobby Arc is the second worst arc IMO)

With everything that Oda has set himself up with in One Piece, he could easily turn One Piece into the greatest Manga series of all time and surpass DBZ. Unless the story goes off a cliff like Bleach, although I highly doubt that'll happen xd
 

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Well all of you have said pretty much the same thing kind of..

It was my bad to sort of judge One Piece like that, with out reading/watching the whole story.

But in a way, I'm kind of glad I did... Cause the way you fans have stuck up for OP so passionately has changed my mind about the series!
Now I truly believe that there is something about this Anime/Manga that is worthy of me giving it a second shot.
The way the most of you speak of it, it sounds to me that I just have to see it with my own eyes. Lol

So.... Like Gooner4life said.. I'm gonna "give it a chance"!

Thanks everyone!

:D
 

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Bro, you are not judging the book by its cover, but by the first few chapters. If you have only watched a few episodes a while back, then your opinion on One Piece is automatically BS, simply because you haven't seen the series at its best.

One Piece, IMO, is better than Naruto for several reasons:

1. The fights are better. The fights aren't 70% talking and 30% dragged out fighting. They are actually cool to watch. The Impel Down fights, which isn't even the best arc, is better than 80% of the Naruto fights. There's no plot shields and no plot holes.

2. Actual character development. Every character gets the spotlight, each improve and get stronger and each character is unique.

3. Speaking of unique, the series is VERY unique and its originality blows Naruto's away.

4. Storyline. Now, this is very much up to debate. One Piece's storyline might not have as many mysteries as Naruto's, but it sure is entertaining, much more entertaining than Naruto's.

5. Meaning. One Piece has a much deeper meaning than Naruto. It can touch the heart and each character is deep, even their goals have a deeper meaning than "I wanna acknowledged cuz no one loved me." One Piece, despite glorifying pirates and violence, can actually teach something morally. The characters can be related to on an emotional level.

If you don't like One Piece, then you're missing out.
 
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One Piece has it's faults (credits go to Tsuchi and others who are nobodies to Hyperion)

The moves, just how do they learn them? I'd really like to know how the Strawhats learned their moves, but we'll probably never see them.
 

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The moves, just how do they learn them? I'd really like to know how the Strawhats learned their moves, but we'll probably never see them.
We've seen how Luffy perfected his Pistol in the Sabo flashback though. That's what's good about OP somehow though. It doesn't take tropes done to death and elaborate on it, like a Training Arc, a Tournament Arc, an Exam Arc, Rescue Arc ... pretty much what Naruto, Reborn, Bleach, HxH have in common. I'll list them:

Naruto
Training Arc: Training for Sage Mode and FKM
Tournament Arc: Chuunin Exam
Exam Arc: Chuunin Exam
Rescue Arc: Rescue Gaara

Bleach
Training Arc: Training for Bankai, Fullbring
Tournament Arc: None
Exam Arc: None
Rescue Arc: Rukia, Orihime

Katekyo Hitman Reborn
Training Arc: Dying Will Flame, Zero Point Breakthrough
Tournament Arc: Varia Arc, Choice Arc, Inheritance Arcs
Exam Arc: The whole story's an exam.
Rescue Arc: Yuni

Hunter X Hunter
Training Arc: Lots. Nen Training for one
Tournament Arc: Heavens Arena, Hunter Exams
Exam Arc: Hunter Exams
Rescue Arc: Killua

One Piece
Training Arc: None
Tournament Arc: None
Exam Arc: None
Rescue Arc: Robin, Nami

We see OP doesn't pull off as much tropes as the others. It stands out because of its adventure-ish qualities.

People have said everything I've wanted to say.
 

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We've seen how Luffy perfected his Pistol in the Sabo flashback though. That's what's good about OP somehow though. It doesn't take tropes done to death and elaborate on it, like a Training Arc, a Tournament Arc, an Exam Arc, Rescue Arc ... pretty much what Naruto, Reborn, Bleach, HxH have in common. I'll list them:

Naruto
Training Arc: Training for Sage Mode and FKM
Tournament Arc: Chuunin Exam
Exam Arc: Chuunin Exam
Rescue Arc: Rescue Gaara

Bleach
Training Arc: Training for Bankai, Fullbring
Tournament Arc: None
Exam Arc: None
Rescue Arc: Rukia, Orihime

Katekyo Hitman Reborn
Training Arc: Dying Will Flame, Zero Point Breakthrough
Tournament Arc: Varia Arc, Choice Arc, Inheritance Arcs
Exam Arc: The whole story's an exam.
Rescue Arc: Yuni

Hunter X Hunter
Training Arc: Lots. Nen Training for one
Tournament Arc: Heavens Arena, Hunter Exams
Exam Arc: Hunter Exams
Rescue Arc: Killua

One Piece
Training Arc: None
Tournament Arc: None
Exam Arc: None
Rescue Arc: Robin, Nami

We see OP doesn't pull off as much tropes as the others. It stands out because of its adventure-ish qualities.

People have said everything I've wanted to say.
No, One Piece had the Davy Back Fight arc, that would be its tournament arc. But yes, there is still no training arc or exam arc
 

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I think many people like one piece because of the beautiful setting, the sea, the islands, ... (ofc there is much MUCH more but this is just a reason that I dont see mentioned often)

I think everyone here would love to sail into the vast sea with his friends having fun and adventures, carefree, happy, with fresh wind in the sails, the sound of the sea and the seagulls, ...
 
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i haven't watched much on anime of of one piece, just some videos but i am up to date with the manga,
According to what i watched and read,I enjoyed it .

Naruto and One Piece are both very entertaining to me, and a have separate little corner of them.
If i have to choose one, i will choose BOTH, (but i like naruto more)
 

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We've seen how Luffy perfected his Pistol in the Sabo flashback though. That's what's good about OP somehow though. It doesn't take tropes done to death and elaborate on it, like a Training Arc, a Tournament Arc, an Exam Arc, Rescue Arc ... pretty much what Naruto, Reborn, Bleach, HxH have in common. I'll list them:

Naruto
Training Arc: Training for Sage Mode and FKM
Tournament Arc: Chuunin Exam
Exam Arc: Chuunin Exam
Rescue Arc: Rescue Gaara

Bleach
Training Arc: Training for Bankai, Fullbring
Tournament Arc: None
Exam Arc: None
Rescue Arc: Rukia, Orihime

Katekyo Hitman Reborn
Training Arc: Dying Will Flame, Zero Point Breakthrough
Tournament Arc: Varia Arc, Choice Arc, Inheritance Arcs
Exam Arc: The whole story's an exam.
Rescue Arc: Yuni

Hunter X Hunter
Training Arc: Lots. Nen Training for one
Tournament Arc: Heavens Arena, Hunter Exams
Exam Arc: Hunter Exams
Rescue Arc: Killua

One Piece
Training Arc: None
Tournament Arc: None
Exam Arc: None
Rescue Arc: Robin, Nami

We see OP doesn't pull off as much tropes as the others. It stands out because of its adventure-ish qualities.

People have said everything I've wanted to say.
I think it depends on the reader. I'd really like to see how...
*SPOILER ALERT*
Luffy came up with Gomu Gomu no UFO
Just simple things like that.

You said HxH... *Tear*
No, One Piece had the Davy Back Fight arc, that would be its tournament arc. But yes, there is still no training arc or exam arc
That's not really a tournament, well for me it isn't.
 
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