One of the biggest pros of this series is Oda's storytelling. The series is full of comedic moments, but Oda could smoothly turn it into something horrifying or dramatic and then shift into something more relaxed and happy. Also, I like how he's planned out things, and how he connects one incident to another, even if more than a hundred chapters had passed by.

Secondly the artwork is well done. Many have been put of by his distinct style, but as you will see in the recent chapters, Oda has greatly improved. One must also keep in mind that this is a playful manga series, and characters are bound to be crazy if not unique. If you're looking for good-looking guys, go read a shoujo series or other shounen series. I'm also impressed with Oda's details on backgrounds.

The series is quite long, but if you've finished a couple of arcs, you wouldn't mind the length as long as you find out what's going to happen next. That's the best thing about this manga. Oda keeps you busy wondering what will happen in the next chapter, and you can't easily jump into conclusions because Oda usually, if not always, takes things with a twist.

It's really one of the best adventure/shounen/action series out there.

Eiichiro Oda's One Piece is not only the most popular manga out there, it has the best storyline to date.

The artwork is simplistic, but it has it's own style, the casts are unique for this manga, but most of all, the plot is compelling and well-written.

Overall, a recommend to anyone out there, young or old.

Personally those who put down this series are either biased,ill informed,retarded etc.

I've read alot of stuff and this tops em all.Its not a series to be taken seriously by far.Its just a fun ride of action and drama,laced with humor.

On friendship,its just a universal virtue that bonds people together.Getting tired of it?Get some friends doucebag instead of staring at that computer screen.

On the art,I like it.Its original,wacky and refreshing.Those who diss it are obviously not truly appreciative of art.Who says everybody has to have spiky gold hair?Who says super huge eyes are needed?What bullshit I say.

Even in Japan,people read and buy this stuff.Way more than any other shounen jump series.Way more than any other series and its still ongoing.How can any sane person deny that this isn't good just from seeing the numbers?You could say its because some stupid money grubbing capitalists ruined the anime by sensoring everything and replacing the voices with cheap shit and giving it a bad name.

Of course you can't do much to change doucebags but at least think twice before rating a series based on stupid ill conceived stereotypical criteria.Rate a shounen as a shounen,rate a shoujo as a shoujo.If you don't know better when don't do anything.

... Last updated on November 14th, 2008, 11:54am

I guess I was wrong.. lol

Btw... Hancock should approx. be 26+ yrs. old.. She was captured at age 12... escaped 4 yrs. later making her about 16 yrs. old... then became the empress of Kuja pirates for 11 years now since then...

Dunno how old Luffy is tho.. I just know he's younger than her.. lol


-Zekky-

... Last updated on November 19th, 2008, 4:23pm

i like this manga. I just don't like to wait for manga to come and read it a week and a week with only 15 pages per time. So yeah.... i'll come back and re-read the whole thing when it's finished - even if it'll take me years from now on lol.

Well, I've been reading One piece for quite awhile and I have to say it is not the type of manga you can read week after week. It doesn't have anything profound and it's a light read. But as probably said before, it was intend to be. Anyways, I find it more enjoyable to read it in arcs at a time rather than bit by bit.

out of what is pretty much the top three shonen manga of right now, according to me (one piece, bleach, naruto), this one is by far the best. yes, it's really light and fun, but it does have a few serious moments too. feels really similar to fairly tail, and it's the only one out of those three i mentioned earlier (especially naruto, who the hell thinks it's funny?) to make me laugh.

It's lighthearted, and I guess that we need that sometimes. It's not deep, and it wasn't meant to be. The author was targeting kids. After 20 volumes of it though, I decided that the manga wasn't for me, plus I kept taking breaks from it and losing track of the plot. But quite well-done and very entertaining. The only real reason I stopped was because it's a little too long for my patience.

... Last updated on September 1st, 2008, 5:47pm

This manga sure is simple as some ppl said it here but i just love it like this. The manga is funny and give me a feeling of freedom which i havent seen in any other manga i've read. I dont think every manga need to be extremely deep and moving with complicated characters, sometimes we need manga to have fun and relax u know. I find this manga great entertaining and I love luffy's crew! Only problem, it's kinda long now and still on going...

I love it very much
although i had read and watch it for many yrs.
I had stopped for a while in Water Seven coz i start to confused w/ the story
but I continued it
and I enjoyed it very much.
Fantastic manga,
now the chapter already after 500
great!!