One Piece - A Review
One piece is it all about fun ?
Eiichiro Oda, the mangaka whas created in 1999 one of the most famous stories of all time. The story talks about a 17 years old boy named Luffy (aka straw hat),who dreamed of being a good pirate. At the age of 6 he met Shanks, one of the most famous pirates of his time, who lent him a hat. Now Monkey D. Luffy’s goal is to become the king of all pirates and give Shanks his hat back. Luffy is going to need a crew, he is going to be joined by Nami, Zoro, Usopp, Brook, Franky, Robin and Chopper.the crew set sail to unknown seas in Grand Line to find the treasure of the One Piece.
The characters:
All the characters can inspire someone. They all have good and bad sides and it makes the story endearing.
Zoro: Zoro is the first that join Luffy in his quest. The sad background-man has a great goal: become the best swordman in the world - what a good goal.
He is the incarnation of perseverance.
Nami: Nami is the navigator of the crew. She has seen her mother die in front of her eye when she was little and her village is under ennemy occupation. She incarn people who loves money because they need it.
Brook: this character has a power. He is immortal !! Book is a skeleton that makes a lot of jokes and can fight with a sword .He is also the musician of the crew and relaxes the atmosphere.
Usopp: Having growing alon, Usopp became a good guy but also a liar to gets people attention. He has great skills with slingshot. He’s gonna find friends in the crew and they are all going to grow up together.
Chopper: Chopper is a little reindeer. He wants to become doctor. He gives cuteness to the story. He looks like he is weak but he can transform himself into other animal.
Sanji: Sanji has a background unknown until episode 803. I am not gonna spoil.
He is very powerful with his legs and has an ethic code of not touching women when he fight. His friendship with Zoro is really funny. But first of all he is the cooker of the crew.
Robin: She join the crew a bit late but she can read poneglyph, a secret language that gives hands to find the One Piece. Due to her skill the crew can keep going in there goal. Robin met the crew during a fight and she quickly became a real member.
Franky: let’s talk about the last real member of the crew: Franky. He is a boat constructor but also a cyborg and he is in charge of fixing the boat.
What about the author ?
One Piece is the masterpiece ofs Eiichiro Oda. The bestseller all around the world from 2008 until now is nit gonna end now. There is, at this time, 106 books, 1058 chapters and 1053 episodes. Eichiro Oda is the holder of a Guinnessguinness world record for most copies of the same comic published by a single author. The author has letting know that he would like to finish his story before 2025-2026.
Is One Piece childish ?
No, of course no !!!
There are differentdifferents levelsctures to this anime. The first one could be without any implied, just enjoying a story. But most of the people see more than a simple story-they show actual fights. In facts, One Piece talk about xenophobia, ecology, power abuse, child traffic…
Because the anime start in 1999, half of the people that watch this anime has grown up with it and can now see all the important subjects.
Is the design good ?
Yes ! On my opinion i will say yes.
It’s not the best animation you would never seen but he honours the books. When the fight start the animation quality increasesincrease and becomesbecome better.
Is it just a story ?
Especially in Japan, there is a big culture that has been developed. Some people cosplay One Piece’s characters and a lot of merch is available. Lots of figurines are sold in the world. Even brands collaborate with One Piece to make clothes, sell dairy products, toys for kids even make up.
The world famous platform Netflix has realised recently a live action film of the saga - what to delight the fans.
My opinion:
I started watching One Piece in 2020 and I started reading the manga in 2022. I love the story and the characters. I think that it’s this anime that made me start to learn japanese. I recommend reading the manga first because the adaptation is really long to watch.
For example, in fights it will maybe take 3 episodes to describe what’s going on for all the characters but in the maga it will be faster and less repetitive.
I give 4.5/5 because nothing is perfect but it’s the best anime I have seen. I encourage you to read it