Haha, wow. So he had Brooke thought up that long ago. Doesn't surprise me honestly! It's interesting to read how he originally planned the fishmen/mermen to be in chapter 3…I keep trying to picture that and it's not working.
3-Part Oda Interview (Complete)
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@Battle:
Honestly, I'm not really sure how I feel faced with the idea that I might be reading this manga when I'm in my mid-30's and perhaps, BEYOND that.
People change, lifestyles change, priorities change, responsibilities change and interests change (sometimes those changes are beyond our control) I wonder not only for myself, but for others here too, will this manga still hold the same meaning & importance to us as it does today, in say, 12-14 years time?
who knows what the future may bring but i rather oda continue his story the way he wants and not cut it short because it's getting way to long. if i ever do stop reading the manga i'll still make sure to know how it ended when it's over or who knows maybe even read the whole thing. i can't see myself not liking anime and manga though since i've always loved animation and i don't see myself falling out of love with it.
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@Cap'n:
Wow, it's things like that Laboon thing that makes Oda top-tier.
It's interesting to read what he says and think about it for a moment.
He's saying that his ideas really aren't that impressive because he intended to end it much sooner, he's simply spending more time on certain parts than he wanted to.
Ultimately what does that mean? It doesn't mean he didn't have some of the big-picture ideas in place from the start. In the end it doesn't matter whether he intended to unveil the ideas in a month, a year, or 8.5 years (Brook), it doesn't change that he had really GOOD ideas back then. What makes it impressive is in how he's able to keep our interest between these points. Sometimes it's weaker rather than stronger, but other than Skypiea, an arc whose length was somewhat related to the overall theme, I can't think of an arc where I was like, "JUST FINISH THIS ALREADY!"
He mixes his remarkable ideas that he had from the start with some fantastic 'on-the-spot' creativity and it just turns out amazingly well.
Can you imagine this?
Here we are worried about whether or not he'll be able to portray Brook properly as a crew member and he's been planning it for at least 8 and a half years with no doubt a myriad of fantastic ideas already in place.
Makes you shudder when you start to think about what else he's holding onto up there.
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@EvilGamerX:
I love OP so damn much.
hm I love my gf much much much more…
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Holy shit. He had Brook planned way back when he first drew the Laboon story?
Now that is awesome.
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Someone here suspected it.I cant but think he got yelled at for it.
anyway,I wish the interwievers would learn.Sure,they say that so they can write "next week,OP interview with an ESTIMATE of when it will end,by Oda" to make better sales, but in the end,people learn to stop trusting them.
The interview was good,thanks BF and Greg.
To Fishmen-well he may have just planed to have them SHOWN and or mentioned somewhat,but not fully explain like in the arlong arc.
I wish we'd learn something about which arc was never meant to happen,you know.Like which ones hapened "after" the basic "5 years".And id also wanna know what story plan the stupid editors axed.Anyway,Oda may re-use theese,cause the popularity rise will actualy give Oda some prestiges,story-wise.
anyway,its good to know I have a thing in common with Oda.When I do a story of the top of my head I have alor of good ideas,but I always use more time on things then I intended to,so I can use my intended stuff much later.
Anyway (I KNOW,I use "anyway" a lot) ,I always wonder how ODA portions the story,its not like the "arcs" we have can be based on his word or on the tankobons (DBF had the epilogue to skypiea and begining of W7).
And then again,id like to know if there were ever any characters he had to (in)definitely sack and re-used their characteristics in the filler/movie chars desings.
(By the way-Anyone know the name of the guy who interviewed him,by the way?)
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Well, I wouldn't be surprised if he had vague ideas of the entire Straw Hat crew before he started writing One Piece. After all, I would hope the mangaka has an idea of who the main heroes will be, and the important bad guys to be shown down the road. I also wouldn't be surprised if he had all the shichibukai all picked out as well, in addition to Blackbeard.
I'm not impressed he had it planned it, but I'm more impressed how he can just add another crew member with such flow to the story line that it feels like he had it planned out for 8 years. When in actuality, he knew he wanted to add it, he just didn't know when. I think his skill to mesh his ideas together and flow them is what makes One Piece so fluid and great.
On another topic, I agree with BF. In another 10 years, I'll almost be 30…I'd expect to be married, perhaps even with children. Who knows where I will be in terms of following One Piece. I'm all for epic stories that shouldn't be rushed. I just hope the flare stays strong in me.
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I kind of side with BF, though. I want Oda to complete his story, but I can't see myself still reading it when I'm in my 30s.
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God, Oda is the devil. XD Good thing he's just refusing to answer the question.
Brook was thought up in the LABOON ARC??? O.O Wow, Oda, you sure had to keep quiet for a while. And I bet he was going to make Thriller Bark shorter than it is too, but extended it. XD Man, I am glad that I look up to this guy. -
hm I love my gf much much much more…
Nyahm. You can change those like shoes, but you can't change the fact that One Piece will be always Oda's manga.
But like BF, I doubt I'll care as much for OP as I do currently. Well, actually, I don't care a lot, it just happens to be the only series that has caught my attention recently, so yeah, I picture myself just being slightly amazed by the fact that OP would be still running after 30 looooooooong years…@_@
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I, on other hand, hope Oda keeps One Piece forever….
I'm already in my middle 20s, I do work, go to College, have a girlfriend who hoppefully will be my wife....and One Piece is a part of this life...
I really don't see how I could lose my interest, maybe if no one bring us the scans, since maybe Battle Franky will move on...or maybe Arlong Park will no longer exist...The thing is, if Oda can keep the flame on my heart, I'm pretty sure that One Piece will keep being something I need more than I do for pleasure...cause now, One Piece is like eat or sleep, I just can't live without...
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thanks bf and greg, interesting stuff about brooke and the series going much longer than oda expected
"maybe about halfwayish" hmmmm… kind of an inconclusive answer oda...
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About the inconclusive answer.
I can't believe it's such a big deal. It seemed pretty self-explanatory to me. And just thinking about the logistics of the story, don't things just SOUND about right?
He just completed 10 years of his story. He says at this point, "I'd like to believe it's halfway".
Does 20 years sound unrealistic? It's certainly not unheard of.
Let's think about his infamous 'progression' issues. In December 2002, he said a crew member would die just before exiting stage at JUMP Festa. I did not see this. I only heard of it spoken in legends. Then, in December 2003, I witnessed the man himself on stage apologizing stating that he had indeed intended to carry out his plan during the year but Skypiea just went too long.
Merry finally 'died' in December 2006.
Why am I restating this anecdote yet again like I do a bedtime story?
In early 2002, Oda was getting out of Arabasta and getting ready for Skypiea. This was around the same time he said the previous, "The story is about half-way over", remark which was around volume 24. The series has since doubled. To the volume.
Think about it for a moment. Vol. 24/25 he was gearing up for Skypiea. He 'intended' to get out of Skypiea and have Merry 'die' during 2003. If he managed to do that, that would have shorn off Foxy and made CP9 something roughly the length of Arlong Park.
At a pace of 5 volume equalling a year's worth of comics, THEORETICALLY, Oda would have 'killed' Merry by Volume 30 +-1, 2. That's almost 20 volumes behind where he is NOW and 20 volumes = 4 years.
Not including the rest of his extensions, in that act alone, Oda is 4 years behind schedule from 2002.
Here is the million dollar question.
Ready?
Have you enjoyed the last 4 years of One Piece?
The last 4 years of the series have essentially been a waste from a purely plot perspective. He's introduced useless side characters that brighten the mood, given us amazing double-page spreads where we didn't really need them, spent time on gags he AND fans created in conjunction, gave us completely OUT OF FUCKING LEFT FIELD crazy shit like Robin VS Franky's nuts, had cross-over battles that didn't need to cross-over, included all sorts of gags in his battles that weren't really needed, and given us some interesting diversions along the way like Foxy.
Did you like that?
If no, I totally understand. This question isn't being posed to ridicule anyone's belief's. However, if you did, then you enjoy what OP is at its core.
That isn't going to change anytime soon.
OP will always be this way and Oda will always be way behind his expectations, but if you've enjoyed it up to now then unless some traumatic fuckin' shit happens to you, I dunno why you'd lose interest 10 years from now.
I'm proposing to my girlfriend in less than a week. I'll no doubt have a family within a decade. But here I am, 24-years old, typing on a keyboard at 10:15AM on a beautiful Tokyo morning on my Christmas vacation about a comic book written by a guy I don't even know beyond a few knowing glances.
And I wouldn't have it any other way.
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It doesn't surprise me in the slightest that he always had the idea of skeleton musician in his head. Heck, as someone already mentioned he probably had all 10 crew members in his head when he started the series. What makes it more unbelievable is the fact that it took him so long to be introduced, but when you think about it, that's something pretty common for shonen artists, since they end up having to stretch things out more and more when a series gets popular. Lucky for Oda, having an entire pirate crew as main characters means that he can use all those cool ideas for characters he had sooner or later, even if it takes 10 years to get there.
I WOULD be surprised if he said that he always had the entire idea of Brook and Thriller Bark in his head developed since Laboon was introduced, though. Heck, I probably wouldn't even believe him if he said that.
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Heheh, well said, Greg. Well said.
As I am still young (like, preteen young), I can't relate to this whole thing that BF is talking about, though I do grasp the concept that interests do indeed change over time. But I don't really want to think about what I'll think of One Piece in 5, 10, 20 years. I just want to enjoy One Piece as I can now, and just see what happens down the road. If anyone else starts to not like it, well, thats what life had in store for you. Can't blame yourself for changing.
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Been reading One Piece for six years. I honestly can say that although a lot of things have happened to me, One Piece is among the top things I would never change about the past 6 years. It's shaped my life a bit.
I can stay on this boat for as long as need be.
Unless of course like he dies, or it gets like really horrible, but I doubt that. knock on wood
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cant wait for part two, I really need to learn Japanese lol
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OP will always be this way and Oda will always be way behind his expectations, but if you've enjoyed it up to now then unless some traumatic fuckin' shit happens to you, I dunno why you'd lose interest 10 years from now.
I'm proposing to my girlfriend in less than a week. I'll no doubt have a family within a decade. But here I am, 24-years old, typing on a keyboard at 10:15AM on a beautiful Tokyo morning on my Christmas vacation about a comic book written by a guy I don't even know beyond a few knowing glances.
And I wouldn't have it any other way.
I'm happy I'll keep seeing u around here for more 10 years, it'll sure be nice to be in touch with some of the members of these days….
I know u are a much more helpfull member than I, but it's nice to see someone with almost the same priorities as myself (I'll probably take a little longer to propose, since I still don't make enought money), thinking and living with one piece the same way I do...My 3DS FC: 0361 - 7494 - 3910
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Well, I've been watching/reading One Piece for about 4 years.. I got into it with VIZ around the beginning… and recently, about one and a half years ago, I began watching the anime from the Chopper arc. Now I'm up caught up (excluding filler) and I'm caught up in the manga too.
During the last four years, I'd say One Piece has been one of the top 5 most important things in my life. I'm still not tired of it, and I doubt I ever will be. In my opinion, One Piece is not only the best anime, but what will one day be one of the best known anime of all time. Probably Dargon ball esque. As long as that happens, I don't think Oda will end it.
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Myself, I'm still in my early 20s right now. I enjoy anime and manga, and I imagine I will still enjoy anime and manga 10, 20, 30 years from now. I might not have as much time to spend on them, but I'm sure I'll still be enjoying them in my spare time.
So, assuming One Piece doesn't lose it's quality over time, I see no reason why I wouldn't still be reading it even if it went for another 15 years or more.
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So let me get this straight: Oda has all the basic ideas of the different story arcs and characters thought up already, but he just doesn't know how they'll play out?
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It kinda makes sense. Didn't he say he started to draw manga way back as a hobby? Perhaps he had some fun in his free time creating a serie of characters that would fit in a particular story.
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To be clear, I wasn't inffering anything about a slight or grand decline in qaulity, that'd eventually lead to people losing interest, no, no. More like, the natural progression of time, and all the foreseen & unforeseen changes that come with it.
I can think of so many instances in my life already, be it a hobby, sport or recreational activity, anime, manga or TV series, where I've thought to myself "this will always be a constant, my appreciation for this will always remain the same and never dwindle", but a lot of those things today simply don't hold nearly the same amount of significance they did the day I thought that.
..and that's not implying that those things became boring or uninteresting but perhaps a concoction of different influences in my life led to those things becoming less important over time. I guess, that's where I propose the question, can YOU really say with any amount of certainty that you will still maintain the same level of appreciation & pure fandom for this manga XX amount of years into the future?
I personally find it highly presumptuous that anyone can safely make that claim, in an ideal world I'd say FUCK YEAH! I'll be rocking this thing to the very last page, week in week out with y'all. But in the end, to coin a sappy phrase here, the future's not ours to see.
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I don't doubt that I might still read OP into my 30s, I doubt it will still be as entertaining if it goes on that long. OP has been amazing for remaining this entertaining and unique for this long,but I can already see some of the foundations starting to crack with the large amounts of fanservice, plot holes and cheaply won battles. I think 4-5 more years MAX would be the best ending equation for the series.
It's so weird that Oda-sensei came up with Brooke THAT long ago. SImply because Brooke seems to be suited to this specific arc so much. I mean what does a skeleton musician have to do with a freakin whale?! It's just so weird and random that he came up with a character like Brooke to connect to the Laboon story,but I guess that's Oda-sensei…weird and random.
Greg, I love the way you dont do purely literal translations. The baseball card metahpor worked so much better for western eyes than the antique sword one! I instantly understood what he meant by it thanx to that!
So let me get this straight: Oda has all the basic ideas of the different story arcs and characters thought up already, but he just doesn't know how they'll play out?
No, that's no what he said. Characters and concepts yes. But he clearly said the editor tosses out alot of his ideas for story arcs so he has to come up with new ones on the fly. The same goes for characters and concepts. Originally he came up with the fishmen race, it got thrown out, so later he revisited the idea and did the arlong arc. I wonder why he was gonna save the arlong arc for later tho…? Maybe fishmen island?
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You know what ? You're amazing. You're warriors.
I'll be reading 0ne Piece too. I'm 22, for now nothing can stop me, my girl friend, well, it's been a month so I won't let her marry me even if she's the most beautiful girl I've ever seen, I know my life and my priorities are going to change more than I can imagine, and I don't think I'll be able to continue reading One Piece every week and writing this stuff (for now we have so much projetcs, hey you french people, come on, you know Ocean Pie ? What ? Come on !) but if I have to stop being on the net, I'll buy the volumes and fucking know what's gonna happen. 10 years ? That's right !
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I like a series that doesn't end so soon. I have one main series I watch and other animes on the side. After watch the other animes play out in less then a year you sit around for half a year waiting to replacing them. Considering there are mangas out there that have been going for 30 years, I don't see a problem with it.
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@Battle:
To be clear, I wasn't inffering anything about a slight or grand decline in qaulity, that'd eventually lead to people losing interest, no, no. More like, the natural progression of time, and all the foreseen & unforeseen changes that come with it.
I can think of so many instances in my life already, be it a hobby, sport or recreational activity, anime, manga or TV series, where I've thought to myself "this will always be a constant, my appreciation for this will always remain the same and never dwindle", but a lot of those things today simply don't hold nearly the same amount of significance they did the day I thought that.
..and that's not implying that those things became boring or uninteresting but perhaps a concoction of different influences in my life led to those things becoming less important over time. I guess, that's where I propose the question, can YOU really say with any amount of certainty that you will still maintain the same level of appreciation & pure fandom for this manga XX amount of years into the future?
I personally find it highly presumptuous that anyone can safely make that claim, in an ideal world I'd say FUCK YEAH! I'll be rocking this thing to the very last page, week in week out with y'all. But in the end, to coin a sappy phrase here, the future's not ours to see.
if my uncle can work two jobs take care of his new born baby and still find time for naruto in his 30's and his comic books. Then i think i will be able to hold onto OP and i think you can also. Its like being a fan of OP (for me) is like being a Cowboys fan (die hard) and will be one 4 life.
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Thanks for posting the Interview, its nice to read about the man behind it all once in a while .
I've reading One Piece for about 8 Years (since the first Zoro Vs. Mihawk duel) already , sometimes I wish One Piece would end …so I could go on with my life without coming here every week looking for the new chapter...but I woulnd't like it to end the wrong way or being rushed , I hope it ends after resolving all the misteries in a satisfactory way and with a Bang!! also showing what happens with the characters days and years after they achieve their Dreams;After reading OP for this long I would like to see Ussop's children ,or Zoros and Kuina's Life (if they actually get togheter) or Frankie meeting his Bros again ...
Because all of this is great to hear something about Oda himself ,after all he's the one telling us a story and we're the ones listening to it.
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I thought about if i will read One Pice until the end a few month ago, when i read that OP was about half-way done. I don't have a clue what my interests will be when i'm 30 and above… but i know that i love OP today and i don't see my interest fading.
Of course, to think that OP will be that important to me that it is today would be bit naive... but who knows? I mean, who knows what the future brings...
But i am pretty sure i will al least read the last chapters, regardless if i still read OP regurlarly in 10 years... or so (Was that grammatical correct??? I should go to school again...) -
I have been following OP for about 4 years.I dont see my interests changing,mainly because it is the only continous thing I read/watch on a regular basis.
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hwat are all of those books?
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huh…....perhaps you should quote whoever your quoting,it gets confusing sometimes.
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About the inconclusive answer.
I can't believe it's such a big deal. It seemed pretty self-explanatory to me. And just thinking about the logistics of the story, don't things just SOUND about right?
He just completed 10 years of his story. He says at this point, "I'd like to believe it's halfway".
Does 20 years sound unrealistic? It's certainly not unheard of.
Let's think about his infamous 'progression' issues. In December 2002, he said a crew member would die just before exiting stage at JUMP Festa. I did not see this. I only heard of it spoken in legends. Then, in December 2003, I witnessed the man himself on stage apologizing stating that he had indeed intended to carry out his plan during the year but Skypiea just went too long.
Merry finally 'died' in December 2006.
Why am I restating this anecdote yet again like I do a bedtime story?
In early 2002, Oda was getting out of Arabasta and getting ready for Skypiea. This was around the same time he said the previous, "The story is about half-way over", remark which was around volume 24. The series has since doubled. To the volume.
Think about it for a moment. Vol. 24/25 he was gearing up for Skypiea. He 'intended' to get out of Skypiea and have Merry 'die' during 2003. If he managed to do that, that would have shorn off Foxy and made CP9 something roughly the length of Arlong Park.
At a pace of 5 volume equalling a year's worth of comics, THEORETICALLY, Oda would have 'killed' Merry by Volume 30 +-1, 2. That's almost 20 volumes behind where he is NOW and 20 volumes = 4 years.
Not including the rest of his extensions, in that act alone, Oda is 4 years behind schedule from 2002.
Here is the million dollar question.
Ready?
Have you enjoyed the last 4 years of One Piece?
The last 4 years of the series have essentially been a waste from a purely plot perspective. He's introduced useless side characters that brighten the mood, given us amazing double-page spreads where we didn't really need them, spent time on gags he AND fans created in conjunction, gave us completely OUT OF FUCKING LEFT FIELD crazy shit like Robin VS Franky's nuts, had cross-over battles that didn't need to cross-over, included all sorts of gags in his battles that weren't really needed, and given us some interesting diversions along the way like Foxy.
Did you like that?
If no, I totally understand. This question isn't being posed to ridicule anyone's belief's. However, if you did, then you enjoy what OP is at its core.
That isn't going to change anytime soon.
OP will always be this way and Oda will always be way behind his expectations, but if you've enjoyed it up to now then unless some traumatic fuckin' shit happens to you, I dunno why you'd lose interest 10 years from now.
I'm proposing to my girlfriend in less than a week. I'll no doubt have a family within a decade. But here I am, 24-years old, typing on a keyboard at 10:15AM on a beautiful Tokyo morning on my Christmas vacation about a comic book written by a guy I don't even know beyond a few knowing glances.
And I wouldn't have it any other way.
That was beautiful.
I am in my early 20's also and I hope it goes on for another 10 years. At this moment anyway. I have to agree with what bf said, its impossible to determine what you may or may not like that far into the future but for now I want it to go on forever.
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huh…....perhaps you should quote whoever your quoting,it gets confusing sometimes.
I wasn't quoting anyone, in the interview, there are pictures a bunch of books,
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are you joking or are you referencing SOMETHING from the thread?
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Turned 30 this year. I've been a fan of anime and manga since I was about fifteen and while the enthusiasm has died down, the interest has only deepened. Of course, I can only speak for myself. Besides, the fact that I've been a fan of animation in general since I was two and a half might be influencing this.
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EVERYONE was a fan of animation since two and a half years of age.Why do you think utter crapy litle kids shows are on for so long?
edit:just may be a digital edit.Or some kinda fan publication by Shueshia,like a compilation of the databooks (I actualy dont even know how they look from the OUTSIDE)
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First of all thanks Battle Franky and Greg, for the interview and the tranlation.
@Battle:
Honestly, I'm not really sure how I feel faced with the idea that I might be reading this manga when I'm in my mid-30's and perhaps, BEYOND that.
People change, lifestyles change, priorities change, responsibilities change and interests change (sometimes those changes are beyond our control) I wonder not only for myself, but for others here too, will this manga still hold the same meaning & importance to us as it does today, in say, 12-14 years time?
I wouldn´t worry about that too much actually BF. It´s true that priorities change due to responsibilities but on the other hand some things also remain the same. It´s true that you lose interests in stuff you liked and can start finding stuff attractive you never thought of earlier. I can of course only speak of my own experience, but if my faszination for comics and the like didn´t stop in my early teenage years and is still present now that I´ll turn 30 in a couple of months I serioulsy doubt that that media will ever lose attraction to me (especially not if it´s object of my final exam).
True, the priorities in my life changed and with other stuff comming up they´ll still continue to change. But what will that mean for One Piece? It actually means, that most probably I won´t be around here at the forums anymore (which isn´t a bad thing actually). But getting my hands on a 19 paged chapter on a weekly base shouldn´t be that much of a problem.^^
Ultimately what does that mean? It doesn't mean he didn't have some of the big-picture ideas in place from the start. In the end it doesn't matter whether he intended to unveil the ideas in a month, a year, or 8.5 years (Brook), it doesn't change that he had really GOOD ideas back then. What makes it impressive is in how he's able to keep our interest between these points. Sometimes it's weaker rather than stronger, but other than Skypiea, an arc whose length was somewhat related to the overall theme, I can't think of an arc where I was like, "JUST FINISH THIS ALREADY!"
Well yeah, that´s what makes him so great. He overall knows what he´s going to do. But he happens to find the space to fill these main aspects with lots of entertaining events and sub-plots. I guess the man is surprised about himself when he realizes how much interesting ideas pop into his head that he wants to include before finishing his stuff.
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http://manganohi.jp/specialImg/08/title_oda02.jpg
what are these books? I'm not joking, I wanna know what they are.Those are just the normal JUMP volumes from Japan.
Why is Oda so good?
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Thanks again Greg Omea and BF.
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I was hoping we were past half way. Another 10 years is way too long.
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Pretty sure the "halfway point' thing is a little running joke Oda-sensei gives to interviewers because he made it pretty clear he has no idea when the series will end at this point. He has an ending in mind, it's basically how long the process takes getting to it that will determine when the series ends. He knows HOW he wants to end it, he just has to get there and the way he tends to take longer to tell stories than even he expected, who knows when we'll see the finale arc?!XDD
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Y'know, you'd be surprised how much time is available for other pursuits if you don't feel the need to follow sports obsessively.
The Devil Bats take care of my need for it.
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Why is Oda so good?
It's great to know we've got such a master of the art at the helm of One Piece. Thanks Greg.I don't think it's that big a deal. Some people are just really talented at what they do, for no apparent reason. Who knows. Although I wouldn't consider Oda a master just yet.
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I don't think it's that big a deal. Some people are just really talented at what they do, for no apparent reason. Who knows. Although I wouldn't consider Oda a master just yet.
Just appreciative of his work, I guess. It's true that Oda isn't the penultimate example of a storyteller, but I really enjoy the way he tells it.
A gushy overeaction by me. It happens a lot, I apologize.
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Just appreciative of his work, I guess. It's true that Oda isn't the penultimate example of a storyteller, but I really enjoy the way he tells it.
I don't think you're using that word properly. That or being next to last is something to shoot for.
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Sorry… I meant best...
