My first encounter with One Piece was 4kidz... Absolutely destroyed the series for me for years. I got into Manga 4 years after that, read everything, and avoided One Piece like the plague. Suddenly I got nothing to read, and was like, "what the hell, I'll read this garbage". BEST DECISION OF MY LIFE! I fell in love and One Piece has became my instant favorite. I LIVE for One Piece, unlike other series, their is just sooo much detail in the story, everything connects so well. I just can't get enough.

Also to bleach-No1-manga... Bleach is the MOST overrated series of all time. No plot, jack all for character development, and it's the same crap over and over with with absolute no meaning. Unlike One Piece their is a grand scheme, and everything is being set up for the end. For example, he goes place to place, kicking ass, making new allies where he goes. Everything connects! He fights Shichibukai, Marines, other Pirates. Declared war on the World Government, Big Mom, Doflamingo, pretty much all the Yonko, we seen the war at marineford, and the kind of force it took for even a Yonko to try and fight them. His dad also leads an army of revolutionaries, Oda is setting up for a HUGE battle, bigger than Marineford, with all of Luffy's allies. Just so many little tidbits in every chapter that lead up to huge parts of the story.

Bleach on the other hand.... I'll sum it up for ya and why it's bad.

one piece is just a masterpiece. no more, no less. Like some people said, Oda created an incredible and unique world, his creativity is just incomparable. I've read so many mangas that I can't even remember the names of most of them (that shows how useless those manga were...) and one piece is definetly my all time favourite. Obviously, like everything, it has his faults, but I think that its qualities make me forget its repetitiveness or whatever fauls you may appoint to one piece.
I just hope I don't die before it ends. (or Oda doesn't...)

One piece - the most epic shounen manga ever ? HELL YES!!! This manga is the only shounen manga that don't make me feel like shit after 500 chapter ( locking at you naruto , bleach etc.....) .Very creative and never bored me . Arc after arc just make it more epic and epic , one piece is the only manga i know that can pull this off .This manga is pure gold , and i hope in the future we can see even more epic things in one piece

It's just as perpetual said.
And to add to that, the cliche repetition of losing fights once before winning is there for a reason (when it does happen) unlike in other mangas. Unlike many, Oda thinks everything through and doesn't do something as pointless as that just do that to elongate the series, nothing is done without a reason.


... Last updated on December 11th, 2012, 9:48pm

Yeah this manga gets repetitive sometimes, but that's just fine i mean it is pretty long, allows me to stop reading and wait patiently for the chapters to progress some. In the end it's just an amazing world, and you just gotta love luffy's i-do-what-i-want attitude.

btw just wondering. What's the plot of Bleach in your opinion Bleach-No1-Manga?

I can tell you that I have read 600+ manga and the truth is that One Piece:

do not have the best art
not the best characters
not the most mind blowing plot twist
not the best jokes
not the most epicness fights
not the most emotional moments

But level of creativity in its fantasy world the richness of the plot stand in a level far above any manga in history, it's somewhat like the phenomenon happened to Harry Porter. And this quality alone pull One Piece to the unreachable top of Shounen Manga.

... Last updated on September 30th, 2012, 12:16pm

Overrated? Really? If One Piece is overrated, then Naruto and Bleach are so overrated that it transcends the boundaries of human comprehension and perception!
Yes. One Piece is just that good.
It's different from the other top shounen mangas--the quality is constent; good, unlike the drastically degenerating plots of other mangas (you know what I'm talking about). In fact, One Piece just keeps getting better and better.


The miniscule little plot hints dropped during each arc is gradually building up an amazing new world. It just keeps getting more and more exciting--it's like watching a totally new world with its own unique laws and dictations (governmentgovenmentgovenmentsecrets&conspiraciesomgthetension) unfurl right in front of your eyes. But you have to pay attention to some of the details and the foreshadowing going on to grasp the enormity of everything.

And everything DOES develop; mysteries are beginning to unravel and we're starting to see the whole picture and stuff. Character development? Yes. I see some... However the characters are already almost fully developed from the moment their backstories (which will make you cry) are revealed! Sort of like stock characters. Chracters do learn things, but it's subtle. You can't have characters suddenly changing personalities, right? I'm pretty sure in other mangas like Naruto and Fairy Tail the characters all still have their own rooted personalities and mannerisms. The character development is still there, but not as obvious.

Regarding the overused and repetitive plot aspects of One Piece--aren't all shounen fighting mangas repetitive? It depends on how you view it: shounen mangas pretty much ALL involve the main protagonist fighting and defeating an enemy, fighting and defeating another one, and another one: constantly one-upping and fighting new enemies...
One piece has fights, yes, but the fights are thoughtful and planned and there is a whole lot more going on than 'just a fight'. Mm. Revolts, subterfuge, religion, friendship, corruption, power, sacrifice-- all these intricate and interesting ideas are blended into each fight to create a delicious and enjoyable smoothie of awesome. Yummy.

Anyways. I love One Piece. But it might not be the one for all (...it is the one for me, though...), with inspirational & developed characters, action and adventure, an interesting art style (hey, the art is somewhat atypical in the sense that characters can look very different from each other , provoking stories (some characters' backstories made me cry...) and an epic plot to boot.

Recommended for all (hmmm... 12+?)

One Piece is a likable series for many reasons, enjoyable characters, thrilling bad guys, pirates in general have always been kind of cool.
Now in the Western world One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach are called "the big three" and it's easy to see why since they're the three most popular series all published in the same weekly magazine. One Piece is easily the most liked of the three in Japan, and it's clear to see why that is...
One of the most redeeming quality of One Piece is that the quality hasn't change. Even after 600 chapters the art is still good! The mangaka doesn't waste pages and he actually fills panels and even every double spread page is a masterpiece. The best part of One Piece I think was And the brilliant thing is that even though we were over 500 chapters in, at the end of that arc was a promise for better things to come. It was a promise of characters growing stronger, the adventures getting bolder, and the action getting more... actiony?
The only problem I have is how similar every arc tends to be... I know One Piece fans, you might hate me for this, but I'm quite sure you know what I'm talking about... the buildup to the outcome is usually quite the same. But to be honest this is only the beginning of another epic adventure and there's a lot of interesting and fun things popping up chapter after chapter so I'm eagerly waiting around to see how much this series will change that.
No, this does not mean I hate the other two of the big three, I'm just saying I think in my opinion One Piece is better and it's been the only series of the three that I haven't dropped yet.
Young or old, I recommend this series, go check it out and have fun.

This manga, titled One Piece, is an aboselutely masterpiece manga. The characters are unique, and the plot is interesting and unpredictable. There's humor in this manga. It's not like other shouen manga, eg. Naruto and Bleach, where the plot gets too repetitive, or just too much flashback. There are no other manga like that except for One Piece. It's the best manga! At first, when I read the first chapter, I commented about the drawings and stopped reading. Then, my friends persuaded me to read. That's when I begin to read and I can't just put down the manga. It's masterpiece!

Tips: Read it if you don't. You'll regret it if you don't read it! Absolutely masterpiece.

... Last updated on August 21st, 2012, 1:13am

what's so good about naruto, bleach or fairy tail? i honestly and seriously think one piece is the best of them all--coming from a girl like myself. i mean, i had been watching and reading all the aforementioned manga/anime but had to give them all up because my benchmark, one piece, was just too high. incomparable, nonetheless. the drama and comedy are just right. the development is suave. i cant stand too many irrelevant killings and petty dramatic insertions.

p.s. one piece is not overrated. it is simply a masterpiece. ratings and sales are the proof.