This is my first review on this site and my first review EVER for anything so go easy on me.


I don't exactly understand the hate that one piece gets online. In terms of the anime, Yes I find it very annoying to watch as it's over 900 episodes with VERY bad pacing issues with animation inconsistencies (thank god Toei is giving it the proper care it deserves in terms of art style and animation but it still does lack a bit). Although the manga is nothing short of incredible (hence why I'm doing a manga review instead).

One piece is a story that I thought was stupid. A boy who can't swim decides to become a pirate, who thought that was a good idea ? After finishing the Arlong park arc , I was left feeling excited to read more (keep in mind I am currently caught up on the manga as of the time I am writing this review).

STORY 8/10 : One piece starts off with a very simple plot, find the one piece and become pirate king. This is the goal of one such man, the main character Monkey D. Luffy (hopefully he becomes future pirate king and doesn't die a sad death). Each arc mostly consists of traveling to a new island, and discovering what the island has to offer (ex: water 7 and it's reliable shipwrights or zou, a giant elephant that roams the world with a civilization on its back). These places are amazing and are well developed but this really isn't the story of one piece. What truly makes the story of one piece is the journey of adventure across the grand line, fighting cool villains' with ok ideals (ex: Arlong wants to destroy humans because of the tragedies in his past).

CHARACTERS 7/10: For the most part ,most of the characters do get good development (notice I say development and not progression). You learn about all the straw hats (luffy's crew) with each of them having their own ambitions and goals (my personal favourites being Luffy, Zoro , and surprisingly Robin who I thought had a really good story arc). Sadly, most of the characters don't really progress (although some do like Luffy, and usopp).

ART 8/10: Art's good what can I say, it's obviously not like vagabond or berserk good but it's nice and gets the job done.

Enjoyment 10/10: This manga is just fun, I love the journey that one piece takes you on with happy times , some really sad times (like water 7 and marineford) , and finally through some really badass fights like any shounen (my personal favourite being Luffy vs Lucci loved that fight in both anime and manga). As a shounen it's really good, it has it's classic shounen troupes but what do you expect it was first for its time. Ya one piece does have its flaws (like introduction of haki, length of manga, and slow arcs like skypea), but it's something that's enjoyable.