That was a Viz term actually, they used it first, before the 4Kids dub even got to the Kuro arc.

He's the main character.

It's the same reason why Luffy, Ichigo, etc. will always beat the big bad. They could also lose (then win later) to the big bad, or just run away.

But never will another character BEAT the big-bad. Just not how shonen works.

Hah. I wouldn't even call that shit a 'channel'. That won't change a damn thing.

@dirt:

kind of buttfuck out of nowhere

hush up

Not a chance.

If you guys can talk, then so will I. Don't wanna hear (read) me? Hit the ignore button, niggah.

People are saying that, like DBZ, all One Piece needs is a second chance… But they fail to see that that 'scenario' already happened! And we got SHIT.

One Piece (4Kids) premeired on Saturday mornings and didn't do so hot.

Dragonball Z (saban) premeired on Saturday mornings and didn't do so hot.

One Piece premiered on Toonami and did good... Until is was canceled during the FUNi episodes, of all things.

DBZ premired on Toonami and became a break-out hit and finished it's run. And it now runs on Nicktoons with Kai which has become a hit as well.

...

You see? One Piece... just wasn't meant to be successful here, guys. It already had two chances. Three if you count the start of the FUNi version as another try. It peaked in 2006... and that was during the 4Kids episodes of Drum-Alabasta. But then it started to dwindle...

That was the best we'll probably ever get, I'm afraid. =/ All we can hope for now is the DVDs, but even that doesn't seem safe anymore. This series future here is just a big effin' headache.

And thus one of the One Piece fanbase's biggest problems. Their glorification of said series.

That's crap. Do you not see what could happen? Do you not see the trends this series has already been through?

Every time we hear bad news, it happens with this series.

Yeah, I never believed that shit.

One Piece fans are all just a bunch of pompous people who believe their series (or manga) are the holy grail of Japanese media and that it shouldn't be touched by ANYTHING.

And look at the fucking predicament we have now. THIS is why i don't have a high opinion on traditional anime fans. THIS.

@Yuugi's:

It's not all of that surprising that the numbers are low. Today's fans are teens raised in the digital era. They're years beyond FUNimation's releases and simply don't come from the era we more mature fans did (i.e. the dial-up days). We're two different breeds with two different outlooks. The rich man and the poor man. The penny pencher and the penny ass-wiper (well, more like "wipes ass with hundred dollar bills" but you get the point). It's just not surprising.

God, I feel like a thirty year veteran cop talking to a rookie on his first rounds…

If that's the case tho, no series would be selling. NARUTO WOULDN'T BE SELLING, DAMMIT.

This is clearly a problem with One Piece's fucking fanbase.

Let it be a Toei reason.

If it turns out the fucking anime fans are at fault for this….