Hello everyone. You guys might know me from the reviews of Dragon Ball and One Piece animes, and I've gone on record saying that I fricking love One Piece in the manga. It's truly a masterpiece, tho. I'm gonna try to explain it in words. You know when, you know, you love something, but you can't explain why you love? Well, I'm gonna try my best




Story


The story is simple. Characters will be chasing their dreams, and I like that it works here. I like the themes they represent here. Sometimes there'll be depressing arcs, like Alabasta, and Dressrosa, and sometimes there'll be more satisfying arcs, but there will be good themes in there. Some themes here are more mature and stuff, sometimes a bit darker. I love how it balances its tone. Some people have been saying that One Piece is bad cause most of it are goofy moments and stuff. They're fricking wrong. If you take a look at the Arlong arc, does it look like a goofy arc to you? No. It's a sad arc, and that's where we get character development from Nami, but we'll get to the characters later. I love how simple stories works. I don't see much of plot holes and stuff, nor power struggles. One Piece not having power struggles here makes sense, considering they're training during the time-skip. Also, the villains are scary. The one villain that I kinda dislike is Caesar. His motivation makes sense, but, like, I don't feel like they needed him as a main villain. Makes sense that it was setting up to Dressrosa, and that's where I was relieved hahahahahahaha. But, still, I don't like Caesar that much. But, that doesn't ruin the whole One Piece here. Like I said in my One Piece anime review, the pacing here flows perfect. I feel, like, I actually traveled through everywhere in the Grand Line and in the New World. I feel connected to One Piece and to the main characters. And I'm glad that I got to meet new well-written characters during the New World arc. Btw, I almost cried during the Marineford arc. THIS is how you do a war arc ;(. I like Rebecca, tho. I'm glad she had character development, tho. And I think she's beautiful <3. Like all of the female charact-- I mean, let's move on to the next one


Art

The art in the manga is so fricking amazing. When I read the first volume, I was kinda worried, because it kinda looked cartoonish, but I didn't hate it, unlike any other MAL users >:V. I just went along with it. And, it's where I got connected to the manga. Not only the story, but, you know, the art almost looks like Jojo's, and I really like that. It's way better than the anime, tho. I love how the art evolved with its time, and I love how the mangakas' art evolve with the time. Like, the Jojo art evolved pretty good. I almost forget I'm reading the manga, it's like, I'm watching the anime, made by, let's say, Madhouse, Bones, David Production, or everything by Naotoshi Shida, and-- you know what I mean. Like I said, I read the manga with the voice cast's voices XD. I know, I'm a bit weird XD. I have a collection of the One Piece books. Most of it are 3 in 1 books. I could just take a panel, or scene in a manga, and it looks like a wallpaper, which it feels pretty good to know. Anyway, moving to the next




Characters



I love the main characters. I love how different they are in their own way. Sometimes I relate to Luffy. I mean, I didn't cut myself in the cheek, nor have I almost died by a water monster, but I've experience wonder of dreams, and feelings of loss, and that's why, like, I'm kinda related to Luffy. Zoro is the badass one. I really like Nami, not only cause she's, thic--- I mean, interesting, but she gets the character developments moments. Like in Arlong arc. Sanji is a funny character XD. He's basically a simp, but a funny simp XD. He's like me, whenever I see se--- I mean, beautiful women XD, except, I don't go exaggerated XD. Franky is a funny transformer XD (geddit lol), and I like Brook too. I love the dynamics here. The most funny ones are the dynamic between Sanji and Zoro XD. You might think they hate each other, but, you know, they're friends. But, I don't like when we get less dynamic between Robin and Zoro. People ship these two people, but they get one scene together for two or 30 arcs or something :"V. I wanna see more of them, tho. But, again, that doesn't make all One Piece bad. Also, the villains in One Piece are scarier than Evil Goku from DBS. But that's nothing comparing to Doflamingo, which is the most intimidating one. I'm glad that, in the New World arc, Oda gives the villains backstories. Which is something I love, mind you. I get to understand what the characters have been through. And this is the perfect example of show don't tell. Which is what the movies, TV shows, etc, are afraid to do >:V. I'm planning a story, where I do the show don't tell thing. I love Robin, tho. I like that she got her own arc, you know, in Ennies Lobby. The iconic line she had was earned, considering how much she's gone through. I love the main characters, tho. I feel like, they're my nakamas



Enjoyment


I swear, you could just, let's say, get me the next volume and I'll be able to read it, no problem. People have been saying the Wano arc is pretty good, and I'm a bit sad, cause I'm only 9 volumes away.... I can look back on the volumes I read previously and feel pretty good. Kinda, like, you remember how good it was to travel to that place you went to. And, also, you can remember how sad it was, like Marineford, Alabasta, and Dressrosa. Yes, the anime adaptation is poopoo, but at the end of the day, it's still One Piece. I don't watch the anime, but I read the manga, like my life depends on it, and still be able to enjoy everything about One Piece. It's more than awesome. It's a work of art.



Overall



I love One Piece with everything I've got, tho. If I could just rate it, I can say a 20/10. It's way better than Dragon Ball, like I said before. I've been reading this bad boy for almost 4 years. I read the physical one. I didn't have a reason, till I realized that it's to look back on the previous awesome arcs. I can look back to, let's say, Ennies Lobby arc, or any arc that I really love. I almost couldn't explain why I think One Piece is a work of art, but I think I did it. I hope you might understand, tho. I can't wait for what it's to come in One Piece, tho. Thanks for reading my review, tho :D. I have lots more to go, but okay, I might be able to review them.