Written by: Manip Maharjan - 2022009, Grade X
Posted on: 10 September, 2020
One piece is an anime and manga series released on October 20, 1999, written by Eiichiro Oda. The story of One-piece takes place in the world where mysterious and magical fruits named “devil fruit” exist which grants the eater a random superpower the superpower could be anything like becoming a fire or being able to change one such into an animal, etc.
The story is about a young boy whose body becomes rubber after unintentionally eating a devil fruit. The story follows a boy named Monkey D. Luffy whose aim is to become the Pirate King and find the world’s greatest treasure, The One Piece. The world of one piece is made of small archipelagos where the major forces who rule the world are the marines and the pirate. The goal of the main character is to become The Pirate King. The Pirate King is the title given to a person who has obtained wealth, fame, and power everything the world has to offer. Normally if you think of a pirate you will think of a wicked and cunning guy who destroys and ransack and loot villages for fun but that's not what our main protagonist is. Luffy is a kind and pure-hearted guy whose reason for becoming a pirate is for an exciting adventure, confronting new people, making friends along the way, and finding the one piece. For the majority of the story, the main character goes to an island and defeats the antagonist and repeats. On paper, this anime seems to be really tedious and simplistic but it is not. The author has really put some real effort into this show. We can see that because of the real-world references and major problems of the world like human trafficking ing and corruption in the world.
The reason for the mainstream success of this anime is the amazing storytelling by the author Oda. The world-building and the storytelling of the author are phenomenal. This anime has been airing for like two decades and is still going strong. Yes, this anime is long but it takes time and effort to finish a masterpiece like this anime. The reason for its massive fanbase and following is the fact that this story is really easy to understand and yet so marvelous. One of the reasons this anime is stiff afloat is because of the creativity of the writer in most of the anime or series the main character or the character have a place to go to or what you call a base and but this is not the case for one piece the characters are exploring the world and new characters and new places are being introduced and you feel like you are the part of the action. Many shows fail to do that. The feeling of being in the action makes this show great like naruto or bleach.
To sum up, this story is a long ride of emotions and amazing adventures. Also, this anime has been an inspiration to many modern anime authors and still gives so much entertainment through its plots and does not fail to disappoint the expectation of the viewer.
