One Piece review

Nibel1
Apr 17, 2021
One Piece is a great manga that should have ended years ago.

I have been reading on/off for about 10 years now (holy shit), checking in periodically and binging several chapters until I'm caught up. I dropped it fairly recently, though, because while it's without a doubt the most popular shonen out there now, the story has become so bloated, uninteresting and formulaic that I can no longer enjoy it.

It's a shame that my desire to catch up/finish One Piece has flat-lined, as the manga has a great deal going for it. You have tense and engaging story arcs like Impel Down and Water 7/Enies Lobby. While it's not for everyone, Eiichiro Oda's art style is highly unique and stylized, making it stand out from everything on the shelf; it's cartoony aesthetic is part of the charm of the series.

But the problem stems from the inconsistencies within the story. You may get a great storyline but it's sandwiched in-between two more bland ones. Each new arc introduces a great deal of new characters, and sadly nowadays their main distinguishing factors are their speech mannerisms - half the time you'll forget about 90% of them when the Straw Hats wrap up their fights. And my god, can there be 5 panels without a shot of someone crying excessively? These aspects are repeated verbatim each time the crew reaches a new spot, and honestly, it's kind of stale at this point.

You are free to keep enjoying One Piece, but I'm clocking out.
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One Piece
One Piece
Auteur Oda, Eiichiro
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