Ever since I was in my late teens and early 20's I have always wanted to create a world building story. I remembered playing Final Fantasy 9 and always tried to imagine what would it be like if I extended it much longer then it already was.

However I had a hard time trying to take pieces and twist it to my own ideas. Then in 2004 One Piece caught my full attention since 1999 and for long was always inspired by this series. For years However I tried to create a franchise that would be similar to One Piece but I kept having problems coming up with my own ideas and not take a big chuck of One Piece as if I'm about to plagiarize it instead of using some ideas from that series and twist it to my own ideas while it may sound similar but I don't wish to carbon copy One Piece.

Oda loves Dragon Ball to death, Dragon Ball however was literally found all over One Piece but Oda manage to twist these ideas up. Star Wars however was stories that has already been told to death many times yet it was popular.

Now I'm 41 and still struggling to creating such ideas. Then I decided this: A story of a young boy found a device that transported him to a world that looks just like One Piece but has more landmass with a cluster of valleys where Red Line would be. The world is called Via, an heavily diverse world of different race, architectures, geography and culture. It is a world located in the Grand Universe inside one single galaxy called Grenda.

The boy learns that he is a Grand Guardian, group of freedom loving people to arrived to explore and fulfill destiny of their own. The Grand Guardians however are not all good guys, these people are humans with free will who can do whatever they wish. There is no limits, no getting fired from it, it's all about freedom and how you chose your path in your own desires.

Grand Guardians are known to have avaters they can summon or transform into, similar to Xenoblade Chronicles 2. However there are Guardians who are Incarnation of certain people from Via or any other planets in the Grenda galaxy.

This young boy however is from Vearth, a planet outside of the Grand Universe. Vearth is similar to our earth but all countries are fictional with different but similar history and no people that existed on Earth are not found on Vearth. However like the Blues outside the Grand Line that is supposed to be a normal place, Vearth is like that.

The Grand Universe is suppose to be a purely a fictional universe that is not supposed to exist but somehow came alive. The Grand Universe was created by the imagination, inspiration, dreams and desires of people on Vearth.

A young boy by the name of Yincoln E. Redwood finds out he is an Incarnation of a notorious owtlaw who can be seen as a pirate or a bandit or a marauder or other groups like that. His name is Vantius E. Bluewell.

He ends up loving Via and made friends, however like with Luffy he strove to be a notorious outlaw who will surpass pirates, bandits, marauders and terrorists (They called themselves rebels).

Like with Luffy he thought being a notorious outlaw was all about fun, just showing how simple minded he is. Like how Luffy wants to be a pirate king, Yincoln wants to be an outlaw king but unlike Luffy he does not say "I want to be Outlaw King!" Over and over again and does not care if someone else says the same thing but he is motivated to go out in the world.

He learns that Vantius' lost 13 crews is wandering the Vearth being Incarnated in 13 different and goes back to reunite with them which takes a long time to do so but he can't fulfill his goals alone nor does he wants to be alone.

Yincoln was a lonely boy much like Luffy, growing up with parents mysteriously gone, going to one relatives to another. But being a Incarnation of an Outlaw King sets him forward to explore Via.

The story premise is very similar to One Piece. Since long ago in the early 90's treasure hunting stories was my least favorite but while the story may look like a treasure hunt thing but it would eventually come to a point that it is deeper then finding a treasure at end of the line. In fact instead of looking for an lost island, they are looking for a larger landmass called the Grand Valley that disappeared long ago and the Republic attempting to keep it hidden forever.

The story however is known to explore regions or islands while the characters would make a stop to Vearth before coming back. Like how Oda like to pick inspiration, this is exactly what I would do, designing characters that is similar to characters from real life or media. Vearth represents realities we are in while the Grand Universe is a place where you'll like to go to take a break from reality.

This story is heavily inspired by One Piece and other stories such as Dragon Ball, Lord's of the Rings, Star Wars, Persona 5, Xenoblade Chronicles, Adventure Time, Final Fantasy 9, Boxcar Children, Digimon, Game of Thrones, Stranger Things and many others with varies of genres but is to target age 10 to 25 years olds.
I strove to finally tell the story already.

@Zanze I believe Uranus was the national treasure Doflamingo was talking about.

@otakufan said in Chapter 1060: Luffy's Dream:

@joekido-the-Second said in Chapter 1060: Luffy's Dream:

@otakufan Lulusia is located in the Paradise

This chapter claims it's in the New World - admittedly might just be a mistake that will be corrected in the final volume release, but I'm operating under the assumption that this is correct for the moment.

Well it was close to Peach Island where Dragon is so if it's in the New World, shouldn't Sanji be the first to go there?

@otakufan Lulusia is located in the Paradise

I still have a question. If that was indeed Uranus, it would be over 800 years so I gotta wonder why the 20 kingdoms did not bother to blow Laugh Tale up since the World Government was hellbent in keeping the kingdom out of existence and not be heard or seen about anymore, banning research on Poneglyphs. Since the Pirate age begun, they could've sent that thing to the end of the Grand Line and find Laugh Tale from the skies unless Laugh Tale is surrounded by a wild phenomenon keeping the island from being visible.

Since Lodestar was untouched for 800 years, it could be the location of the Great Kingdom, but if the Great Kingdom was located at Laugh Tale then I wonder how did both islands became inaccessible?

Since Uranus was over 800 years could have blown Laugh Tale up back then but it didn't. Since it can fly, they don't bother to send it to the end of the Grand Line find and destroy it.

So if Laugh Tale and Lodestar was easy to reach back then, what happened that cause the area around Lodestar and Laugh Tale to be inaccessible?

I so believe that shadow is Uranus. Why was the World Government was so hellbent about getting Pluton when they have that weapon? They could use it to blow up pirates or some islands such as Ohara, Whole Cake Island, Pirate Island, Amazon Lily or whatever.

I believe however it's a national treasure Doflamingo was talking about.

This is a kind of a short story that connects with a larger story I wanted to write. This is a fictional letter that is written by two different people in two different universe. One from Digimon Adventure 02 and one is original made by me. This is a comparison thing. I posted this on my newsfeed but it only got a small reaction and no comments. I however decided to post it here in Arlong Park as well. Here is the story.

Here is a creepy E-Mail from some possessed wierdo from Digimon Adventure 02 sent to young Ken Ichijoji whose brother just died.

"I'm sorry for the loss of your brother. It must have been hard to take, but don't worry. Your brother is in a better place than this world. He is finally at rest. But when his soul became free, yours became trapped. You will now bare the burden of both his destiny and your own. Now that your parents have lost their hopes for their "perfect child". You will be expected to carry out the dreams that Sam can no longer fulfill. This world will become unbearable for you, the pressure to succeed will be too great. But let me tell you about another world that is much more appropriate... a world where your soul can finally be free, where you answer to no one but yourself."

This is however what Kimberly Madison would write to Irina Sakamoto after her sister just died while being possessed:

"Hi sweetie, first off I bid you condolence for the death of your sister. It must be really traumatic to lose someone close to you, it's such a bummer. That is the price of living here, death claims everyone in it's way every day with no end to it. But worry not though, she is finally free from this disgusting world forever, she can rest happy without suffering anymore, she is now in a much better place where she'll never be satisfied with this world again. So, while Lana is free, you are still trapped in a world of pain, a slave to suffering. Now you have to carry her and your destiny, you have to carry such burden and it sucks to do that. While your parents expects a "perfect child" out of Lana, you would have great pain to succeed where she could not. This world is too mean and cruel for you, this world will only destroy you, your precious life and your reputation, you will be pressured to succeed but fail because the world is such a jerk. The world turns it's ugly backs to you and don't give a shit about you. But I have a solution appropriate for you, there is a world in the Grand Universe located in the galaxy of Grenda, a world in the center of the galaxy called Va. Go there to find your destiny, go there where your soul can finally be free, go there where you will answer to no one but yourself, go there and you can succeed in punishing this world for the wrong it did to you. Someone there however will help you achive that. I promise you, it would be much better then staying here. Ciao sweetie."

Which is creepier and had style?

I asked a question and nobody on my account would answer it. So I have to find a story group to get more attention and decided to post it here.

I'm back, hello everyone hello.

@Md-Martin:

I'm hitting my 15 year anniversary next month. Jesus, it does NOT feel like 15 years have passed.

Though technically I lurked for like 2 years before joining.

CosmicDebris was the one who told me to join AP on the old One Piece forum on Tv.com, that replaced TV Tome back in like '05

And I broke the forum rules by joining at the ripe old age of 11. Muhahahahaha!

I remembered joining Arlong Park forums from TV.com as well. I was a lurker for a short time. And you joined at 11? You sly fox.