For once I actually prefer the anime over manga. That is because the humour of the manga is more physical, therefore it carries over to the anime better. I know its supposed to be funny, but I can usually see the joke from miles away....So I crack a smile at most. The plots themselves are interesting, but I can't seem to take this manga seriously at all. Also, while everyone is praising the art in One Piece, I don't find it too attractive myself. I personally don't think it's as detailed as everyone claims it is and think it's only above average at best. Since it is so stretched out, I find myself bored out of my mind at certain parts of the manga. That being said, when the moments are heavier, the manga is really able to shine.

... Last updated on February 12th, 2014, 2:10pm

There are some excellent, shinning parts (prison breakout, sky-pea, and many others) but the last couple of arcs have been really boring (mermaids, and now the hot-cold island).
=> this is over 50 chapters of bleh!

The author seems to have lost the knack he had for finding fun and imaginative reasons for splitting up the crew and giving them thrilling challenges...

I'm not gonna lie I will not read 700+ chapters I don't care I'm not.
I would consider this series a classic anime if Oda did not just drag the whole series out; we
could at least learn how the one piece looks like, why go through 700+ chapters, when taking out the fighting you got probably 200 or 300. He sorta stick to the plot, characters are okay. so 7/10

One piece as a fantasy I will give it 10/10 Oda is one of the most creative mangakas ever, he very original I respect him for that.

One Piece has everything you can look for in a fantasy: Interesting main cast, good supporting characters & an excellent world building. The artwork has improved with time & the action is well done.

Now the flaws: Too dragged out flashbacks which are honestly lame & do little even in terms of plot (see the recent Fishman Island arc as an example). Other thing being characters are either white or black (i.e. Saint like good guys or crazy villains respectively). Such characters are no fun & shows lack of creativity. (See The Fishman Princess & her mother ~_~ So annoying).

Many of the arcs in the "New World" are totally wasted without any development. The best arcs were Luffy rescuing Ace (Whitebeard Saga). Those arcs were well done as they were unpredictable & had goid battles along with many plot developments.

I tried many times to read this, I mean, how can many people say it's great and I find it to suck so violently? Specially after I'm so fond to typically cliched stories and such?

Plot sucks, art ... no comment is enough to describe how much it sucks, it's dragged on forever with so much stupidity that it's like a thorn, characters are boring, to say the least, and not even nicely cliched.

I can't understand how can anyone read past 30 or 40 chpts.

If you ARE 13/14, this is for you. Nothing deep, nothing amazing, just "good" winning over "evil" all the time. Otherwise, don't bother.

I'll give it a 3 due to the fact that it has to have "something" (albeit I consider it completely stupid) that keeps it still being published, otherwise it would be a 2 (I have the "1" reserved for just ONE manga, and I doubt anything, ever, will be ad bad or worse than it).

P.S: Seriously guys, grow up. This has to be one of the most overrated mangas in the DBase.

... Last updated on January 27th, 2008, 10:16pm

Yeah, This is probably the most grossly overrated manga EVER. It is freaking terrible. The art is god AWFUL. The story is generic at best. I don't see what's original about [insert shonen hero of a certain character class] wants to find [insert legendary item] so he can be best of [insert character class]. The characters are all really poorly designed. Also, One Piece just isn't cool like so many other SJ mangas. The characters and their powers are just plain lame. I could see a five year old liking this but nobody above that age should consider this crap.

... Last updated on July 8th, 2007, 7:59pm

don't get me wrong, one piece is a good manga, but isn't nearly as good as some people make it out to be. for me, the biggest flaw is the painfully slow and bad pacing of the story. it is 20 - 30 volumes longer then needed at this point, and whole volumes that serve no purpose, and can be skipped without missing anything important.

but all said and done, it has great characters, great concept, and (besides the bad art) it is a well deserved 7 from me.

I've tried reading this and it simply did not hold my interest. What annoys me the most about this manga isn't how bad it is, but how long it is. There are dozens of groups scanning this manga that could be working on fresh, interesting new stuff from Japan instead. Two or three groups would be more than enough of this. I'll never understand what people see in this... it's boring...

"so maybe befor you guys open your crapper...try either reading more or just shutting up and keeping your hate coments to yourself...if you say it just wasn't for you i understand...don't rip it apart...alot of people really like this manga"

Maybe before you open your crapper you should realize not everybody enjoys the same things you do and everybody has the right to post their opinion. If only those who liked a certain manga were allowed to post about it, then this wouldn't be a very good (or accurate) review site now would it? Every manga would be rated 10, even the crap.

... Last updated on March 14th, 2008, 10:31pm

..But recently it's been starting to become repetitive and somewhat uninteresting. The art has changed considerably, but for the worse

The Skypeia arc was the EPITOME OF ALL SHOUNEN MANGA. No arc ever written in the history of Japanese cartoons will ever come close to exceeding it in pure excitement and thrill. However, the quality of the series has been on the decline since then. It looks as if Oda has focused on elongating the series and switching it into a yet another fan-coddling-battle manga, instead of sticking with the original adventurish feel he started with.

In short..
Up until Skypeia arc = MANGASM
After Skypeia arc = just another typical Shounen manga
After timeskip = bleh

is this series going anywhere i mean 800 chapters and im still not sure what is going on i have read up to chapter 740 and so much is missing how come on there still isn't any explanation on the devil fruits this shit is just a rinse and repeat cycle.