Why You Should Watch/ Read One Piece

(But mostly read)

One Piece can make you cry over a ship. Just let that sink in.

Why it works for Oda? Because: - He has devoted his entire life to the creation of the manga. - He only sleeps 3-4 hours a day, since 1997. - He has been drawing every day, since 1997, even when in hospitals. - He only had one vacation since 1997, when the timeskip happened, he and his family spent two weeks on Hawaii. And he was still drawing there. - When he is on breaks, he still works on the series and further fleshes out story lines to avoid writing himself into a corner. - He's breathing and living the manga and everything that he and his editor talk about is the manga. - His normal work cycle is getting up at 5 in the morning and working till midnight. His working conditions involve 90 hours typically per week which increase to 125 hours when he works on One Piece movies as well (like One Piece Gold). - He only sees his family once or twice a week because of all of this. Source: Various interviews that have been made over the years with him. His love for the manga is reflected in the manga quality which is why he's able to endure these kinds of conditions. Which is also why it's so consistently high. He expresses it in interviews too that he loves creating for it. The conditions for mangaka are already really bad and more people should be aware of them but Oda really takes the cake in this case which is funny and a bit ironic because One Piece is the most successful manga of all time. It comes at a cost and people should be less disrespectful towards him and his work. Edit: Since this comment really blew up, I would like to clarify that the manga is not flawless. It's not perfect. Oda has made mistakes too, he is kinda inconsequental about killing minor characters but at least keeps major characters dead. He has pacing issues as well. Despite all that, I love the manga and have been following the series since 2004. Just to keep this a bit more neutral. If one wants to find a compilation of quotes he has made over time: http://forums.arlongpark.net/showthread.php?t=42229

Odas discipline is extremely impressive. Not many people can work like him for 20 years. His discipline to manga is like Bruce Lee's discipline to marital arts.

One of the things I love about Oda’s massive story and world is that 99% of the characters, not just the Straw Hats, could be the protagonist of their own short series or even full length 200+ chapter manga.

People will rewatch the Naruto series and still say One Piece is too long

If you can draw a chunky middle-aged man wearing diapers and sucking on a pacifier, and make him one of the most interesting villains ever put to paper/film, you're a goddamn genius.

I could never describe the massive level of respect I have for Oda.

THIS. I watched the first 2 minutes of this video and it was more than enough to convince me to start watching One Piece a year and a half ago. I decided not to watch the full video until I catched up with the series. And after a long awaited time, a week ago, I finally catched up. Just wanted to say thank you man! You truly did me a favor by showing me what a masterpiece One Piece truly is.

People: One piece is way too long to start watching. Me: Here, watch a 32 minute long video on why you should watch it People: .....

One Piece can make you watch a 30-minute convincing video about One Piece, even though you've read all the chapters so far and has no need of being convinced anymore. This is special.

The sky island arc is where I fell in love. It's a show about pirates, yet they go to the most fairytale places and Oda makes each one fleshed out and real. I loved everything about it: how they got there on the knock-up stream; the fact that no one else believed in chasing that dream; the sea of clouds up there... I got a kick out the fact that sky society itself was tiered, like there was a sky on the sky - yet the haki of perception powers that we learn about there that seem so god like is then tied later to the world down below. It's just so epic.

The one thing that always blows my mind, people complain it's too long. From a different point of view, if you had a show, which would be your all-time-ever favourite show, wouldn't you simply want even more of it? That's One Piece, an amazing show you'll always want more off, and there's a lot, just never enough though! ;)

Ok that's it. I'm starting Ep 1 tonight. Wish me luck everyone.

These were the videos that made me decide to start to buy One Piece manga (after I ended up lovin' Berserk after your recommendation). 5 years ago, I reached volume 22, one step before "Vivi's Adventure". I decided to not buy the rest of the series because it wasn't worth it. Years later, after pandemic depression and almost dying by the virus, I continued from where I left. Oh boy. I don't exagerate when I say that One Piece saved my life. It brought back hope to me. It healed me physically and mentally. Thank you for the recommendation.

I just read chapter 1000 and needed more One Piece content. How a series could be so long and continue to be this amazing is unimaginable. I'm so thankful just to be here to enjoy it as it comes out and I'll cry when it's all over just like the moments the series has made me cry along the way. I can't say that about any other series or fiction.

Why is one piece great? Makes you laugh like crazy, makes you cry a lot and fires you up! It just wakes your emotions

One Piece deserves better than Toei Animation

Recently I finished one piece after stumbling upon this video of three or four months ago and I just want to say thank you for convincing me in this video to give the series a shot, I had always avoided it due to its length and now I'm desperately trying to convince my friends to read it as well, so once again thank you.

Started a few days ago and i just finished watching arlong arc in one sitting, didnt get bored once so far and im fully hooked now!