What did you like on OP compared to other mangas?

[Kishido]

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For me they are 3 reasons.

1. The story is unpredictable and always fun to watch. Oda is keeping alot of mysteries which let u want to know and watch the series on an on.

2. The characters aren't that overpowered like in other mangas. Each SH have their cons and even admit that. They aren't stupid train arcs after they get the ass beat down. Instead they are using their brains to outcome serious situations.

3. The whole teamwork of the crew. In other mangas like DBZ (I love DBZ) and Naruto you see just 1 on 1 fights and the whole story is just about 1 or 2 main characters.
One Piece gives me the feeling that every SH is important and fodder.

[animegirl_117]

1. Luffy isn't a power-hungry maniac who's only focus is kicking ass and getting power ups.
2. Our characters are more rounded and better developed then a few others I can mention. (Bleach, Fairy Tail maybe??)
3. The arcs are fun and unpredictable, like you said!

[*Meh*]

One of the first things that caught my eye about One Piece, and which I still enjoy, is the facefaults. The first time I looked at the panel of the Red Hair Pirates freaking out over Luffy eating the Devil Fruit, I laughed uncontrollably for almost a minute. The facefaults haven't let me down yet.

Another thing I enjoy about One Piece is the sense of adventure inherent to the story. What are they going to encounter next, what will the next island look like, what sort of trouble is waiting for the heroes? Wondering about it makes me look forward to each new installment. In its early days, Dragon Ball had the same sense of adventure. But, as time passed, it just became a story about "I'm the strongest! No, I am! No, I'll train to be stronger than the strongest!!" and my interest in it nearly died. Hopefully, nothing like this will happen to OP.

Another thing I like is the story. While there are story elements that can be dark, it has an overall light tone. Makes for a nice break when I've been marathon-reading Berserk.

[King_Ty]

1. All the characters are good and developed and are relatable in there own unique way and arnt sterotypical type characters either

2. Unique art, and personally my favorite kinda of manga art style along with Gurren Lagann

3. Good story that reveals over a time span and isnt easy to accomplish or straightforward like "I have to beat all these guys then get to the boss"

[Dark_Kaomi]

The constant evolution, the character development, the depth of character, the original plot, different fighting styles, etc etc etc.

[kempobot]

The art. It's like Oda's crew is the only one left that still draws backgrounds.

[Qualms]

@kempobot:

The art. It's like Oda's crew is the only one left that still draws backgrounds.

Amen, brother.

Try telling that to Kubo.

[shen_ron]

short - the fact that the story just gets better and better

[tonitonichopper]

1. The art

2. The humor

3. The characters are architypes but in that sense they aren't complete sterotypes.

4. It's always interesting.

5. The transformations aren't one sided

and 6. The fights are never slow, no over blown talking and if there is it's during the fight, next they aren't even one sided.

[yamatadragon]

@tonitonichopper:

1. The art

2. The humor

3. The characters are architypes but in that sense they aren't complete sterotypes.

4. It's always interesting.

5. The transformations aren't one sided

and 6. The fights are never slow, no over blown talking and if there is it's during the fight, next they aren't even one sided.

I agree with numbers 2, 4, and 6. Especially number 6.

Mine are:

1. Great story

2. Newer foes

3. New techniques for the Strawhats as the story progresses

4. Suspenseful

[Scratchmax]

1.I love the art.It's my personal favourite art style among other Mangaka's.
2.Great story and all the character's are unique.
3.Great scenary and awesome degsign's.
4.Unique and inventive DF power's.
5.It's only half way through the story

[chibi15]

1. The original story! I love Oda for creating such a brilliant original story (unlike other ones like "Be the Best, Defeat the boss")

2. Brilliant art (Although I usually love the art in Shojo mangas, but this one stands out apart from other Shounen mangas!)

3. The characters, each of them has interesting personalities! All Grey, no black and white characters (unlike other Shounen mangas)

4. Team combos!! (I hate one on one fights that drag on too long!)

5. Basically everything!

I worship Oda as god!

[Hiroy]

I can't remember. I just love it. Especially the way Oda paces team battles. I also like the colorspreads. They are filled with energy.

[Megadoomer]

Personally, I like the fact that (unlike most other mangas) all of the Straw Hat Pirates get screentime and development. As well, the absence of training arcs is good, as it means that more story can be shown in a short period of time, rather than one person doing the exact same things every chapter for a month in order to learn one new technique.

The art style definitely sets it apart from other series, and the characters' appearances, personalities, and fighting styles are all unique, making each character memorable instead of having a series filled with one or two types of character appearances. In addition, I like the fact that each story arc takes place on different islands, so I won't have to remember tons and tons of names for the next arc (unlike Bleach, which I like, but there are far too many characters at one time, what with the shinigami, the Vizards, the Arrancar, Urahara's group…). There are some exceptions (ex. Blackbeard, Buggy, Smoker, Vivi), but when characters like these reappear, Oda will generally explain their significance to the story for those who don't have time to look through every single chapter of an arc to find out why one character is so important.

Finally, the story has gotten better and better as long as I've read it, and it shows no signs of slowing down.

[PsychoticShapeshifter]

At first, the art didn't do anything for me, and it still doesn't really, but i like enough to not bitch at the screen, unlike some other mangas I could mention…

I love the characters, srsly, some of the best character interaction in a story is in one piece, I swear.

Hilarity, nothing cheers me up like one piece.. manga wise that is.

Story wise its not horrifically strong, but interesting enough I'm not bored with series in that relation.

but its trapped in first place in my mind with two other manga becuase I can never decide.

[Insider2000]

1. I've never seen a series bring SO MANY characters into importance, and yet keep them fresh at all times. Most other series that might have this many characters either have their characters die or disappear from the series entirely.

2. The optimism and glory. The ending to Chopper's arc. When he is crying harder than anything, I can't help but cry. It gives sense of, "How wonderful life truly is." It's ficitional, yes. But you can always believe these sorts of wonders happen in the world, and I believe they do.

[SillyDragons]

One Piece as a unique art style.
Oda presents us with amazing twists and foreshadowing that hooks me to the story.
There's actually some character development in there.

True successor of DragonBall.

[Tony-Tony-Chopper 0]

This manga series is great because every chapter and coverstory link together. There are no loose ends in this series. It has many twists, lost of mysteries, like earlier posts said, and enough action to satisfy anyone. One Piece is my favorite manga.

[Supernova]

1. Zoro
2. Luffy
3. Kuma.

Thats all.

[LightningAce]

A good balance of humour, seriousness and all the other emotions it makes you feel. You get it all. A Kick-ass story line. Its so much more than a typical Pirate themed series.
The main characters are all very likeable. Its not like Naruto or Bleach for me, where I like the main character for a while and then he starts to piss me off for various reasons.

[YouthNinja]

I like it because it truly is a unique experience. Oda doesn't follow any stereotypical formula, he makes his own. I also like the fact that every single character is important and no one is really overshadowed.

[Mokenda_mint]

I love One Piece for just about every reason under the sun.
However, my reasons in particular are:

1. The characters
2. The art/styling
3. The genuine human emotions that fill every character

Then too, I'm particulary attached to how One Piece helped me get through the passing of my Daddy

[BinSquarr]

@SillyDragons:

True successor of DragonBall.

Hats off to SillyDragons.

1. The actual emotion put into it, and the same emotion which is shown through the characters, when they cry it means something, when they laugh they laugh like fools, when they get mad they kick fucking ass.

2. Backgrounds….really do finish off a picture. Kubo. Togashi.

3. The romance of adventure.

[ilman]

The unpredictability of the storyline is definitely the reason. I mean, I never get anything right on my prediction of the upcoming chapter. How cool is that.,..
I'm not bashing other mangas, but you gotta give Oda credit for his creativity. Sure… naruto has cool ninjutsus and ninja-fight or Bleach with the sword and stuff, but in the end of the day, we deep down know that one day, all the akatsuki will be obliterated or aizen got owned by ichigo.
But One Piece...we don't even know who's the last boss.. is it sengoku? whitebeard? daddy dragon? And of course the biggest mystery of the mangaworld...WHAT THE HELL IS ONE PIECE ITSELF? I should say this question ranked second next to "What is Life?".
So there you have it....my short and packed explanation why I love this manga..

[mkesadaran]

1. great mixture of action and humour (one of the funniest animes ive seen)
2. deep storyline
3. dont cry over sasuke every single episode
4. oh yea like binquarr said… the romance of adventure. makes me wanna become a pirate captain and sail the grand line. ive already asked my bro to join my crew if i become a pirate. he said no why couldn't i live in the opverse.

[PhearTehGrimace]

art
it's an adventure not a fighting tournament
Characters that are not as physically powerful as the main protagonists are not shoved under the carpet (like bleach)
one of my favorite parts - the straw hats change outfits every arc. keeps it interesting

[Captain Katiakicz]

This is such a general question but I tried searching and it didn't come up… if it's been asked before just point me in the right direction and just merge this post there.

There's tons of reasons to like(love) One Piece. I love this series because of the silliness and coolness of the characters, their goals and pasts, personalities, how all of them are unique and indisposable. How it can be humorous at one point then dramatic the next... and the actual jokes and drama. The dialogue... the awesome battles, and the thought and strategy in them used in order to win, I especially enjoy the one on one battles because they show that character's strengths and how exactly they go about winning using their wits and weapons. Even though Luffy always wins and as the captain always knocks out the main baddy, I feel all the battles leading up to the end of the arc are great because of the teamwork and equal importance involved!

It's all so enjoyable... the romance, the adventure...! The bravery, courage, and friendship. I love it all... and I'm sure someone's going to post and mention something I forgot or at least will agree with. It's just a great series like that that I wish I'd started sooner. It's kind of funny, I didn't care for pirates before as I've always been a ninja person but it made me interested in them and vikings more

also

@mkesadaran:

4. oh yea like binquarr said… the romance of adventure. makes me wanna become a pirate captain and sail the grand line. ive already asked my bro to join my crew if i become a pirate. he said no why couldn't i live in the opverse.

This. I'm sure a lot of people (including me) wish that they could live in the OPverse because of the adventure… though I know that won't ever happen and I don't know if I'd ever be a pirate, I'll have my own adventure in life. But it's just one of those series to give you that feeling of inspiration like that... at least for me.

and yes animegirl 117 I messed up. Oh well..

[animegirl_117]

Don't we already have a thread for this?

[Tare_chan]

Basically the reasons why I love OP could be summed as below:

I really love the storyline. Oda-T could make a story so that we couldn't see/find plotholes. He really planned ahead. Not to say the mix for adventure,action, and drama. It's awesome!!

Then the characters. Oda made a very strong characters whom the reason they act could be explained. And their personalities really mixed well and not 'too much'.

Then the plots. I always love when I can't guess where the story will go. He always succeded in surprising us (readers).

[Shichibukai]

One Piece is about pirates. Despite this, there is a significant lack of theft, pillaging, rape, wooden limbs, pirates, sodomy or mass executions, which automatically makes it awesome. Instead, a roaming crew of do-gooder clichés roam the high seas whilst performing every power up short of a super saiyan or actually crapping themselves in the attempt (predicted to be used as a FUNNEH plot twist in episode 3,005).
Predictably, each crewmate has a dream (alongside a TRAJIC PAST) which they feel they need to achieve but won't, as Oda knows a cash cow when he sees one and will stretch out the series until he dies of heart failure or is mobbed by a pissed off fanboy. As a result of this, One Piece could be perceived as a comment on the pseudo-limbo we find ourselves residing in: always wanting something just out of reach and living lives blighted with disappointment. Alternatively, it could be perceived as a money-making behemoth and easy TV which teeters on the verge of being universally slated as bullshit by having a relatively badass moment every 70 episodes or so. One Piece is immensely popular despite having some of the ugliest character designs in history, and will be 1/16th away from completion upon its 40,037th episode (which should coincide with its 1,002nd feature length film).
Despite all this, it is still a better animu than Naruto.

[Mugiwara_Shojo]

I don't I've ever laughed so hard as when I'm reading or watching One Piece. I enjoy that. And The characters have more depth than other series. It's to the point that when I hear someone say something or someone does something, I connect with "Oh that's something Luffy would do" or "Ussop would definitely say that" You really get to know the characters.

[Crossword]

I like the art styling and the techniques like the crosshatching, lineshading, and so forth, though I dont' like how some of the characters are drawn these days. Which is why I want more English releases; I feel that the weekly scans don't do the art justice.The line techniques have kind of snuck into my own art style, with varying degrees of success.

[Sanjislollypop]

One Piece is the only manga i can read without feeling like reading a kids comic (no offense to other mangas, that may very well be just personal taste - and yes, meanwhile i have tried out quite alot other mangas ^_^).
OP feels more like one of those franco-european classics along the lines of "spirou & fantasio" or "tintin", not like a japanese shonen manga
(for some reason especially the whole skypia-arc reminds me alot of those).

[YTDN]

The fact that after 500 chapters, I still don't hate the main character, or any character in the crew. In Bleach and Naruto, after only about 200/300 chapters, I hated the main character with a passion, but with One Piece I still love Luffy as much, if not more than I did when I first saw him.

I think I also love One Piece because the main character isn't overpowered. He's got Devil Fruit powers, sure, but lots of other people have different and better DF powers. In Bleach and Naruto there's a set of powers everyone has, but the main character has some awesome one-of-a-kind power above that.

Also, the emotional parts in One Piece feel more real than the ones in other shonen mangas. When the Going Merry died, I cried. I don't think any other manga could make me cry over a fictional boat. I think One Piece has what I liked about early Bleach and Naruto- the characters had real emotions and regrets, and acted like human beings. In Bleach now though, the main character is always just fighting, fighting, fighting, hardly acting human. And in Naruto, although the characters act more human, Naruto and Sasuke are so unlikable and screentime-stealing that I don't even care anymore.

Finally, I like the way One Piece treats the secondary characters. None of the characters in Luffy's crew are useless or insignificant, and even the one-arc only characters (Like the Franky Family and Galley-la in Water7/Enies Lobby) are shown to be important as well. Although its always Luffy beating the 'final boss', all the other character's fights are important as well. And also, when it comes to friendships, all the characters love each other equally, and the friendship seems much more real than in other mangas. That's why I'd hate romance in One Piece, or at least inside the crew- it means one character would love someone more than everyone else, and destroy the balance.

Also (damn this is getting long), One Piece is an adventure manga, not a fighting manga. Big difference.

[Zkaiser]

@Shichibukai:

One Piece is about pirates. Despite this, there is a significant lack of theft, pillaging, rape, wooden limbs, pirates, sodomy or mass executions, which automatically makes it awesome. Instead, a roaming crew of do-gooder clichés roam the high seas whilst performing every power up short of a super saiyan or actually crapping themselves in the attempt (predicted to be used as a FUNNEH plot twist in episode 3,005).
Predictably, each crewmate has a dream (alongside a TRAJIC PAST) which they feel they need to achieve but won't, as Oda knows a cash cow when he sees one and will stretch out the series until he dies of heart failure or is mobbed by a pissed off fanboy. As a result of this, One Piece could be perceived as a comment on the pseudo-limbo we find ourselves residing in: always wanting something just out of reach and living lives blighted with disappointment. Alternatively, it could be perceived as a money-making behemoth and easy TV which teeters on the verge of being universally slated as bullshit by having a relatively badass moment every 70 episodes or so. One Piece is immensely popular despite having some of the ugliest character designs in history, and will be 1/16th away from completion upon its 40,037th episode (which should coincide with its 1,002nd feature length film).
Despite all this, it is still a better animu than Naruto.

Mmm…...Delicious Copypasta.

[choperman]

1: awesome fights (unparalleled fights that just blow your mind)

2: unpredictable storyline (who thought they would go to sky island, or that Lucci kaku and others would be bad guys I personally thought Franky would be the main enemy of that arc but he ended up joining the SH)

3: Great character interactions (sanji zoro brawl, Nami using sanji,)

4: comedy that I could read a hundred times over (zoro getting lost, luffy and meat, brook's obsession with panties are just a few among the many running gags)

5: Some mangas do the how the hell could he learn this fast or be this strong that it actually gets sicking one piece does do it but not in a way that it's annoying (okay maybe with the fight against OZ)

I must say One Piece is my favriot manga of all time and will most certainly remain so

Edit: oh yeah scenes that could make even the strongest of men weep, and when luffy gets pissed it just takes the mangas to new levels

[Bon-Chan]

I think what makes me love it so much is because despite being just an anime/manga, it presents different morals.

Such as how important dreams are and how wonderful life is once you get a good look at the whole picture.
One Piece has definatly made me look harder at a lot of things, and there are few, if any, other anime/manga series that give you that same feel without over forcing it.

[Yonkou3]

1. Brook.

That being said, Everything everyone else has posted sums it up quite nicely. One thing i'd like to reiterize is how weel the side chars are used. I mean was lola not AWESOME in thriller bark and is Tom not your daddy? Everyone of oda's chars is like precious to him and none is wasted. I mean labbon and brook? Pure Fuggin GOLD.

One thing that has not been mentioned is One piece's villains. The villains feel like actual characters rather than other manga's like Frieza, or orochimaru, or even pein. Yes we get some backstory to them but at the end of the day they feel like they are just there to torment the main char and be an obstacle and when they are finally beaten your like "finally, he beat that fucker, now who's next" whereas the villains in Op, (Kuro, crocodile, moria) all feel like main chars and you actually give a damn when they are beaten and your like "NOOOOO, or YESSS that bastard got what he needed!" (Luffy's ultra kicks vs. enel comes to mind).

2. Sanji
3. To sum everything up, Oda just is a perfect manga writer IMO. That's pretty much it.

[shatteredbox]

Why do I like One Piece? Because Oda is secretly God! lol just kidding

Seriously though he is a genius and I love the characters he draws (I know a lot of people argue that it's ugly or weird but I love that it is different He can draw like 1000 characters and all of them would be different!)

…Maybe I read too many shoujo mangas where all characters look similar but I've never had to stare at two main characters or two characters ever and go so.... which one's which again?

Also his story line is so well planned out! I mean he writes like 500+ chapters and doesn't even contradict himself or write something that just doesn't QUITE seem to make sense (I'm not counting the movies in this.... he doesn't write those and there was that part with Zoro that just.... did not fit....)

Hmmm long enough yet?

Finally (I think) I have to mention the awesome characters. I'll go back to what others said... I STILL love them and I can still get that 'HELL YEAH HERE WE GO!!' feeling just before they fight (unlike some anime/manga which I can no longer watch coughNaruto and Bleach cough)

I can't imagine ever suddenly going 'Okay, I can't watch this anymore... it's stupid' with One Piece because somehow (rather than just going and going and going like the energizer bunny) it just gets better and better as it goes along!! XD

[Don Quichotte De Flamingo]

mhh lets see..:happy:

1.feeling the development of the story and also of the charas,amazing how oda showed us the way of a ambitious boy and his way to the top..
there are no "gaps" or suddenly the chara seems to be "mystical" stronger for new opponents and like said before..the great story always gets better from chapter to chapter…and the chapter you wouldn`t consider as "awesome" are just in the right place and when you look at it just "a must have" for the whole story ...

2.speaking about art...also developed a lot over the time...and now it`s rly excellent...read a lot of mangas so far and OP is rly amazing in his love in little details...for example in the colourspreads you will see how much love oda shows to his work...he wants nearly perfection..
also amazing how he shows us interaction of the crew just in the backround(look at it..you will see so many amusing things in the backround),think about pandaman, gives this hole manga a great feeling...a charme of a "real existing world"

3.seeing how oda uses charas...and rly think about unnecassary introduced charas...all are in a way unique and even small charas have something to laugh about and dont just give the reader the expression.."ohh a guy who tells how the story has to go on orso" and like said before charas arent just "used"...even after a arc we get some infos about how they lived on (in coverstorys or later roles in the story)

4.the crew..noone seems unnecassary..all have more or less a great chara(development) and here we see how far-fetched oda creates new charas...not just role-model-human charas...he even introduced new species like the fishman or giants into the OP-world and you dont get the feeling..."ehhh now hes gone to far." now it shows how creativ his whole story is with a lot of fantasy but still doesnt seems to be tooo unrealistic(kay every reader could this see in a negative way and thinks its too far-fetched but i rly think it`s a great balance)

5.most mangas are about fighting but here are unique fighting styles which arent just because of the DFs. the SH are always improving their unique fighting styles and every fight isnt boring or repeating other fights from the pasts...always great and i enjoy also minor fights cause theyre creativ

6.GOD DAMN IMPORTANT POINT..OP never lost his humour..it was said before that DB for example lost his genius roots...OP found the perfect balance between getting serious more and more we come to the end of the story,but still having his unique humour and his running gags who are most of the time rly amusing(some are not my taste but still i appreciate THAT there are gags!!! thats why i love usopp...he is like the guarantee that the humour will always be in OP..(he`s also a great example in development of a chara:)

7.the feeling of traveling and searching after new adventures ...alll islands are unique and always exiting to "discover" a new environment ..every island is like a new little world in this huge universe of OP..also great to see how on every island the inhabitans have unique techniques how to handle their environment(like at shandora the dials,at shabondy the bubbles,at water 7 the yagaras just for example) shows the love oda gives in creating this world..
it`s like you travel in other universes while you read OP and thats a great adventure(reference:"dream of a child comes true")

8.last i can now think of...the villains
fits to the charas but i find it damn important how the villains are...sometimes i like the villains more than the "good guys"..and in OP there are rly good villains...they look cool,theyre mean(damn about sir croc i dreamed at night :tongue:-ohh long time ago hehe- and also great when i see which charas will in future be the villains for the SH...love the system of the 3 admirals,4 yonkous and the shichibukai... but still good and bad arent that clear in OP...marines could be the villains,the WG is the most evil in this world instead of actually the pirates which are non the less also evil...like real life there isnt just black or white..so its controverse that we are actually cheering for the "bad ones" :getlost::happy:
but still villains aren`t just villains in OP..they have their own ambition and believes and so they look more "human" than other villains in mangas and at least you understand their actions...not just "i am damn mean ..harhar i destroy har har) (but still waiting for a psychokiller in OP )

9.some smaller points collected

-great story twists(like right now ,i think it will be good for the whole story but we have to wait hehe)
-flashbacks
-the lost history (gives the whole manga a great depth and will connect all parts so that we will in the end think..wow yeah thats why it was there this way and in the other scene it was like that)
-expression on chara faces
-((haveing a conflict between two races fishman\human,a nicce new factor which seemes to put arlong in another light later...love to see how this oda will use))
edit: how oda gives us clues and scenes which he than takes 100chapters later to his story...just show his damn great planning of his arcs and his whole story which is never lost between the arcs out of the eyes
-and he don`t push with all might the story in a direction...he gives himself time to try new things and to play with his charas(like skypia-arc\foxy-arc\thriller bark-arc) which could be skipped in the end but gives the whole story a nicce touch of being rly a adventure and not just going to the next best fighter after the last..

10.the emotion...OP can be rly touching even it`s a humour-action manga...i just want to remember you at scenes like nami asking for help against arlong( i cried the first time cause of a manga:sad:)
robins past and than the declaration of war(damn nicce)...

11.values are shown (like friendship,fighting against not right things,freedom) you as reader get what the charas are think that is right and you could agree or not (hehe kay its a shonen so its not that much too think about and maybe you could interpret this as a "teaching in values of the society" ---but still we`re cheering for the ones who do the illegal...so in the end we will see (after the WG is destroyed orso) that you still have to "change" things

kay this should it be puhhh would have been less work if i just wrote what i criticise on this series...but it`s not without a reason since close 10 yrs my favorite manga

[Gomu-dakara]

There are many elements which make me love One Piece and it's not that easy to say why it is so good. But that is okay, I often have that with experts. Sometimes I wonder, why is this song so good? Or, how could he have made such an excellent painting? But this just proofs why Oda is such a pro at what he does. He really knows what he is doing.

What is the most charming to me about One Piece is, what is mentioned before, the romance of adventure. Especially in the beginning, and sometimes further in the series, you really get the sense of adventure, the exiting emotion you feel when you know something good and unknown is approaching. It's also really a world to escape in, a world in itself.

What I also like is that it shows indeed morals and values, it gives the viewer power and energy by encouraging to chase your dreams and believe for example. Sometimes when I have watched a bit of One Piece I really get the feeling that 'nothing is impossible'. Too bad that feeling ebs away after a while.

Oda really has a great deal of fantasy, there are so many 'random'/'weird' things in his seris; just look at his crew, it has even been said at Thriller Bark by someone to Luffy, something like: "This crew couldn't get more random." Giants, clowns, merman, dinosaurs, angels and all the different kinds of islands. Now they only need a future city or something.

Also, well, I don't have much critique on One Piece. That already says something, cause I'm pretty quality demanding.

Oh right, I think I should have compared it too other mangas more. Well, people have compared it to Bleach and Naruto. I guess you can compare it to early Bleach and early Naruto, but furthermore, in my eyes it's imcomparable. Because I just have a lot of critique on them. Some other mangas are great too but often very different. Death Note is for example also a quality manga, but from a whole different genre. I think no other manga surpasses (or could ever (at least not in the near future)) surpass One Piece in its (adventure/shonen/fighting) genre. You could call it a classique, a standard setting manga. I'm curious to the one who could surpass Oda. =D

One last thing, the humor is good! It's really funny. =D Some jokes are really hilarious and the humor is very often present, that is also a hard thing to do. To come up with jokes all the time. So yeah, it is an anime which makes you feel good. And which stimulates your imagination and dreams in life.

[Brave heart]

why do i like one piece? ahhhh my brain is overloading with reasons.
let's just say it's the best story i've ever read.

[pandamon]

i like onepiece bcoz the theme is about friendship and of course full of unique things in its story (ex: denden mushi which i think is very unique)

[slippy]

i started one piece 7 years ago and i'm still enjoying it, i can't say that about any other manga

and lately i have felt like i was growing out of anime and manga; yet, i am still hanging on to one piece

[Angel emfrbl]

I like having something to look forward to every week and not something that will end in 3 years. All my previous manga/anime love intereasts ended and every time there was a huge gap before something else came along to fill it.

[Tony Tony Chopper]

Basically the only reason why I like it compared to other mangas, is cuz it doesn't suck.

[Mr. Truth]

It's been ten years. TEN YEARS. Has it gone stale yet? No. In fact, it's gotten even better! The character are really fleshed out, even the side characters. You never know what will happen in the next chapter, because Oda's a genius at creating new things. You can still love the characters after 10 years, and the villans have depth, or you really want to kick their asses to oblivion. Comedy, drama, adventure, it's all in one of the best - no, THE best manga of all time: One Piece.

[Morgh]

Frankly I don't even know where to begin, and I wouldn't know where to end it, so I'll just agree with everyone and chime in that One Piece is the only manga/anime that is truly epic in every way.

[ron_8]

Lets just put it this way.

Been reading/watching one piece from as long as i can remember til now i am reading the manga everyweek and downloading the episodes every week…

i have stopped reading/watching naruto when all naruto does is try to bring back gay sasuke.. its sickening.. leave the guy alone!

i have stopped reading/watching bleach when the main protagonist just keeps getting stronger and stronger without no apparent reason..

[tigerlilly]

for me it's because it has that feeling of freedom you get when reading it, it's a personification of what a perfect wild teenage life would look like! The characters here don´t give a damn about restrictions and do what they feel is right… Revolting against the government, beating the crap out of people that cuss your friends and then have a big party... That´s living XD
when I read the big rival naruto, i get the feeling people there do nothing without getting the command to do so...