Seriously, why can't APforums people be more friendly like at onemanga?
Anyway, One Piece is unique for it's cover story..
Because just as the jolly roger calls to pirates, trolling calls to forum posters.
! Problem Zephos?
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And I agree, I really like the cover stories to One Piece. It's a unique dimension to the Manga.
The strong characters remained strong (for now at least) like:
Oh GAARA, OROCHIMARU, Akatsuki, Itachi zomg how kewl they are…oh wait
OH Renji, BYAKUKA, Ulqiorra, Grimmjow,Hitsugaya lolol how cooooooool...oh wait
Mihawk,Shanks,Kuma and Doflamingo,Blackbeard....they are still cool now, i'm sure their time will come eventually but hey, that's not going to happen in the next 100 or 200 chapters.
I'm not sure I would phrase it the same way. However, the power scale is One Piece is definately one of it's finer points. As you pointed out, the way a characters power increases in One Piece makes sense, unlike Dragonball Z or Bleach for example.