What were you doing when One Piece began and what will you do when it ends?

[Ukimix]

Congrats to One Piece 15 year anniversary! Eat your favorite meat, and go on for another 15 years!

This was (one of known) Kishimoto’s messages to Oda on the past 15 years anniversary.

Tbh, when I read it I didn’t know if Kishimoto was congratulating Oda or if he was being sarcastic, … I mean, 15 years more to know what the One Piece is, and to revel all black century secrets, raftel, ancient weapons… My God, could I wat that much? … Well at the moment, I have no problems to keep reading One Piece for a long time…, only that I hope to be alive to know the end.

But to think about all those years, makes me wonder about the time and about the fact that to be reading a story for 10 or even more years it is a fact that has a meaning in my live.

So, what could you do, or get or lose or win while the end comes? And what was you doing when OP began?

15 years ago I was finishing my studies in Philosophy, and getting a job as a teacher... in 5 or 10 years I could learn Japanese and read the final chapter in its original language.

[SomebodyUDon'tKnow]

When One Piece began, I wasn't born yet. Only a month later when your future leader-er, rather, I was born. I was born exactly one month after One Piece began.

[Demonicpoodle]

1997… Hmm. I was 5 then, so I was probably staring blankly and drooling.

When One Piece ends I will probably be doing the same thing.

[zachri]

GRAMMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR
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anyhow… I cannae remember. I know I saw it in 2007/2008 because I know I was still in my early years of secondary...
and when it finishes?
I'll be crying forever like 'D-DON'T END'
or I'll be dead XD

[Cyclone_Baroness]

Hmm….I was 14. So, I think I was doing varsity tennis in school. Just trying to survive that crappy school.

I guess when it ends...I have no idea. Hopefully traveling.

[Money and Spades]

I was an infant, born in 1997. When it is over hopefully i can publish my own popular manga

[FelRes]

August '97? I miss elementary school. Easy times.

@SomebodyUDon'tKnow:

When One Piece began, I wasn't born yet. Only a month later when your future leader-er, rather, I was born. I was born exactly one month after One Piece began.

I'm still young and you managed to make me feel ancient.

[Axelownz]

I was 9 when One Piece began. Did not discover it until 2005 when i was 16 though. When One Piece is over i hope the have the fictional story i am working on come to life and taken off to become popular. Right now its just a bunch of ideas and the story has not been written yet, gonna probably reach out to my artist friends soon for some help.

[Cyclone_Baroness]

@FelRes:

August '97? I miss elementary school. Easy times.

I'm still young and you managed to make me feel ancient.

I don't wanna hear that from you youngins.

[1PceXperience]

@Cyclone_Baroness:

I don't wanna hear that from you youngins.

LOL I can see where FelRes is coming from though. Us guys in our early to mid 20s are still used to being referred as the optimal of youth. It's strange seeing celebrities that are actually younger than me becoming popular. I still haven't adjusted to the fact that my age group is no longer the focus point of youth, but are slowly merging to become the new adult focus point.

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In One Piece's inception (1997), I was 7 years old. I hadn't even watched Toonami yet. All I knew of action cartoons was Popeye the Sailor man and Space Ghost. The year One Piece does end, I will make history as this decades (the 2010s) greatest entrepreneur. It is my dream after all.

[Cyclone_Baroness]

@1PceXperience:

LOL I can see where FelRes is coming from though. Us guys in our early to mid 20s are still used to being referred as the optimal of youth. It's strange seeing celebrities that are actually younger than me becoming popular. I still haven't adjusted to the fact that my age group is no longer the focus point of youth, but are slowly merging to become the new adult focus point.

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In One Piece's inception (1997), I was 7 years old. I didn't even watch Toonami yet. All I knew of action cartoons was Popeye the Sailor man and Space Ghost. The year One Piece does end, I will make history as this decades (the 2010s) greatest entrepreneur. It is my dream after all.

Although I'm getting off topic, I must say it's even stranger to realize I have no idea about these so called younger celebrities lol.

At any rate, I like to hope that I'll be showing OP to my future child. Bonding over it should be hilarious.

[Game And Guy]

I am here only to say that the grammatical error in the thread title is frighteningly irritating.

[valiantt]

And to think that a teacher wrote it…shudder But I'm not perfect either...obviously.

Goddamn I feel old after reading some of these posts.

[Archie Griffs]

@valiantt:

And to think that a teacher wrote it…shudder But I'm not perfect either...obviously.

Goddamn I feel old after reading some of these posts.

Then I'll make you feel even older XD. I was 4 when it started, and didn't get into it until I was 11, and that was just the dubs, it wasn't until 5 years later that I actually ventured into the land known as subs, and managed to get caught up with the anime, not the manga. When it's over.. well I still have no idea what I want to do with my life by then.. get married I hope :p.

[Sniper King]

December, 1997…
I was probably covered in food, saliva and poop.
And crying.

[Medical Orbit]

I was three years old when One Piece began. At that time we were just moving into a new house in a new city.

When it ends, I'll hopefully still be alive to read it.

[MetaMario]

I was two, in nursery school, and living in the same home that I do now.

Naturally I'll be sad when it ends, but how long will it continue? 10-15 years? Maybe more, maybe less? Either way, if I have kids by that point, I'll want them to read it.

also cyclone you're older than i thought

[Dryish]

Were. What were you doing.

[MooseRoy]

I was born almost a year after OP started. All you older people are making me feel young…. whether that's a good or bad thing.
When OP ends, I'll hopefully be in space meeting martians and sharing my (over 120 volume long) bible with them. Other life forms need One piece too.

[evilvanessafan]

yikes, i seem to be the 2nd oldest in this thread :ninja:

[NateRich]

@evilvanessafan:

yikes, i seem to be the 2nd oldest in this thread :ninja:

That makes me 4th I think

Gosh, we'll all be way older when Luffy reaches Raftel

[FolhaS]

The same thing everybody around here was doing in 97: watching DragonBall on tv.

[Cyclone_Baroness]

@MetaMario:

I was two, in nursery school, and living in the same home that I do now.

Naturally I'll be sad when it ends, but how long will it continue? 10-15 years? Maybe more, maybe less? Either way, if I have kids by that point, I'll want them to read it.

also cyclone you're older than i thought

:ninja: How old did you think I was? lol.

@evilvanessafan:

yikes, i seem to be the 2nd oldest in this thread :ninja:

Oh god. Am I the oldest? lol.

[Morcombe]

1997, seems an age ago now, I was 7, loving dbz and gundam wing on cartoon network and sleeping in school.

[zachri]

Oh… OH.
I misunderstood the whole thing LOL
I started watching it in 2007/2008, but when it started (1997? [/derp])
I woulda been… 2 :I

[MugiMikey]

I was six years old when One Piece started, so I was most likely outside with my friends or in my basement playing Sonic the Hedgehog games on my Genesis.

I only hope I'll be alive when it ends.

[Axelownz]

I am 23 right now, 24 next month, where do i fit in here age wise?

[Mokenda_mint]

Well, I was about 10 at the time. Considering that, I would say I was probably derping around fourth grade with my tomagotchi while trying to outdo the asshole kid in my class.

As for when it ends? I hope I will still be a fan and reading that final chapter

[Endorsed]

I was 2, I do remember what I did the day I discovered One Piece. I watched it like I had never watched something before, 6 Hours a day of pure One Piece for a week/weeks in my holiday. Reality ceased to exist for me, only One Piece mattered. It was great.

[No Maam]

I was 7. I probably ate whatever came out of my nose or something.

[MetaMario]

@Cyclone_Baroness:

:ninja: How old did you think I was? lol

Early 20's? At most 23?

[Neaeran]

I was 12 at that time and … well i don't really want to remember that time. I was such a dork.

When i discovered OP i was 16 i think. And it hit me hard. I was recording the episodes on VHS back then.

When OP ends i will probably be like ... 38? Weird to think about that.

[Hekti]

When I started reading OP I was about 15 or 16 … now I'm 26.
Time flies.

What was I doing? School and the beginning of the typical stuff you do as a teenager: parties, drinking and girls lol

[Don Quichotte De Flamingo]

Well, i didnt start reading OP in 1997..was more like 1999 up to early 2000 i started reading it and never stopped until now. (well half a year i couldnt get my hands on a new volumne [after i read vol.9…imagine!!!] until i decided to directly order it from the publishing company here in Germany, because i couldn`t find a store who sold it anymore ..ohh those sweet times without regular i-net at home)
I know i was finished with reading DB and i was searching for new stuff (even considered "3x3 eyes",lol), thank god i remembered that pirate manga that was announced to be published in Germany soon.

The time were you always had to wait a month for a new volumne (later 3 months!) to get new OP material…hehe, i remember i always checked out the stores for a new volumne and how happy i was when finally a brand new volumne stood right in front of me.

Later i found that chapters are available on the i-net and so i started reading weekly new chapters ca when Skypia came to an end, beginning of DBF (i had no i-net back then so i had to get it from our school pc or from a friend on my usb-stick

Iam pretty sure i will stick to it till it ends, because so far i have already 13 yrs behind me and i still love it (even when iam not as much behind getting the new volumnes as i was used to be...now i get one whenever i feel like it)
But checking out the new chapters is a routine that belongs to me and won`t stop until the story comes to an end .

[UthertheHat]

I was 8 when One Piece started(also lovin up on some DBZ, Gundam Wing, and Yu Yu Hakusho) but I didn't get into it until 2005 when I saw Mihawk fight Zoro and it was love at first sight.

Has for what I will be doing when One Piece ends….thanking God that I lived to see the end of One Piece

[HAM-STAR]

I have this odd feeling that at the end of One Piece, I'll be mourning Luffy.

also cheering on Zoro and Sanji as they stand at the East side of Reverse Mountain and slice a huge chasm through it allowing easy access to the new world from pretty much any of the 4 seas.

[DarkFalcon]

hmm, considering it was summer when it started I was most likely either a) playing outside with other kids (crazy bike races and spending half of my time upside down included), b) developing secret hideout on attic of my parent's summerhouse and paying with my cousins there, c) spending vacation on the sea cost d) visiting relatives who lived in other part of the country and sightseeing nearby castles.
there is also likelihood of spending time with my cousins at our grandparents place or playing pirates in our friends home (they have bunk bed).
If I were watching tv it (not a significant part of my time during holiday) was most likely Animal Planet or maybe some old anime - we have channel that have been brodcasting shows like "General Daimos", "Captain Tsubasa", "Kaiketsu Zorro", "Tiger Mask" (mum didn't approve of that one - too violent), "Jungle Book", "Snow White", "Sally the witch", "Yattaman" (mum didn't approve of that either - naked chick in every episode), "Yattodettaman" and than some, Sailor Moon just appeared (on different channel) so I may have been watching it, but I'm not sure if they wre running during holiday. I'm not sure if I ever heard of "Dragon Ball' back then.
We might have been watching "Copa América" with my bro, we were into soccer due to being exposed to "Tsubasa" - but I'm not sure when it was taking place.
And we've been listening about the big flood.
Since I still have some trouble with reading (due to my dyslexia it recurred too much effort to do it for fun back when I was 9) my parents read to me and my brother every evening to encourage me.
It was wonderful time in my life.

I have no idea what I'll be doing when One Piece will end. But it's going to be bittersweet. Bitter because no new chapters will come out,, sweet, because, hay I'll know the ending and the story will be complete.

[White Beard]

When the manga came out I was 7 or 8? If I'm doing dates correctly, so I was 9 or 10 when the anime came out, now i'm 24. When One Piece end's I'll probably have kids by then and I will definitely show them One Piece. Hopefully I will be creating or have already created my own anime series / manga as well, One Piece will always be my inspiration without a doubt.

[Luffyko]

When One Piece started in 1997, I was in primary school. Probably playing with dinosaur toys or drawing pictures or something like that.
And when it ends, I'll cry.

[black-leg jex]

When it started i would've been in play school. When i started watching it probably year 10 of secondary school? That's roughly a halfyear to a year after i started getting into anime. When it ends well i just hope to be alive raising an army to take back the world from giant intelligent land-dolphins

[chopper666]

I started reading one piece 2003 from English shonen jump its funny I bought the magazine cause it had a free dbz card game promo card and that's when I was introduced to manga and my second love one piece first comes my wife and kids.
Yeah its gonna be really weird when one piece ends but I think its still gonna be a long ride to its end.

[cpuguy18]

in 1997 i was 3 i don't remember what i was doing. When one piece ends i will cry

[Jet Gatling]

When it started, I didn't really know about it that much, and 4krapz' version didn't help either. When it ends, I will channel all of my energy to force the earth to move back in time, just enough to reach the point before the ending.

[elitsu]

In 1997 I was 4…the first time I saw it I was probably 8 or 9. Thank god the German dub is good.
When it ends, I'll cry for a very long time >_>

[sggupta]

when one piece came out(1997),i was 2.i started reading one piece around 1 year before.i had just finished bleach,it was the first shonen anime i completely watched.i had watched DBZ,but it was only a few episodes and was dubbed locally.after watching i or other anime,i decided to try to read something,and randomly chose one piece.i read it quite fast,in around 3 weeks.
and i don't know what i'll be doing when it ends.

[samael63]

1997. :3
I was 5, but I started reading and watching when I was 8 and often go to bookstore for free-reading. :3. +__+

and when it ended, I think its gonna be the next today's dragonball topic. :3
and I'll still read the others mangas and watch the others animes.. :#

[TangerineWave]

I had just visited my cousin in Texas, where she introduced me to Anime. We watched Fullmetal Alchemist together. I think it was 2004. When I came home, I was bored so I tried to find some Dragonball or Sailor Moon to download. (They were the only anime's I'd ever watched.) I actually ended up finding this little anime called Naruto first. But I didn't really like it, so I didn't get into anime until much later. One day, my sister was watching One Piece on tv while channel surfing, and for some reason I loved it. (Weird, since it was actually the 4kids dub.) But it was one of the Arlong Park episodes, which is still my favorite Arc to this day.

[arashi13]

i was 2 in 1997, the anime first aired in the philippines in 2002 and i was in front of the television back then.
when it ends, i'd most likely be here and lurking some more.

[badmanversion1]

In 1997 I had started college, I was going through my MUST SEE ALL ANIME EVAH! faze after previously seeing things like Ninja scroll/ DBZ / Cyber City Oedo 808 / Wicked City and other late night Adult type cartoons. The internet was not yet very popular but was picking up steam. I found a website that I can't remember the name of right now and went on it at college … (Better than my 24kbps connectino at home) to read what I now realise were the most terrible of scans.

Saw the 4Kids dub on whatever channel it was (English so not cartoon network at the time) and thought "This can't be right" - this is when I found out about Bad Dubbs. never watched one since.

What will I be doing in 15 years ?? If I'm alive I'll definatly be reading, cant dedicate this long to a story without knowing what happens in the end.

Although I will be ....47 years old then (O.O) .... even worse My daughter will be 20 !!!

[Silent K]

@badmanversion1:

In 1997 I had started college, I was going through my MUST SEE ALL ANIME EVAH! faze after previously seeing things like Ninja scroll/ DBZ / Cyber City Oedo 808 / Wicked City and other late night Adult type cartoons. The internet was not yet very popular but was picking up steam. I found a website that I can't remember the name of right now and went on it at college … (Better than my 24kbps connectino at home) to read what I now realise were the most terrible of scans.

Saw the 4Kids dub on whatever channel it was (English so not cartoon network at the time) and thought "This can't be right" - this is when I found out about Bad Dubbs. never watched one since.

What will I be doing in 15 years ?? If I'm alive I'll definatly be reading, cant dedicate this long to a story without knowing what happens in the end.

Although I will be ....47 years old then (O.O) .... even worse My daughter will be 20 !!!

Whoa. You are making me feel seriously young, and that's saying something considering I'm turning 23 in a week and a half…

Anyway, I was in primary school at the time and blissfully unaware that anime even existed until the Pokemon hype hit the year after that because my parents basically had banned me and my sister from watching anything Dragonball and Sailor Moon because of the violence. With no local OP dub it took ages for me to actually get into it though, not until fairly late in my teens at the earliest.
As for when it ends, I hope I'll have built up a nice and cosy adult life by then and be happy, when it finally will be happening.