You know, up until now I didn't notice it, but I think that One Piece contributed heavily towards my passion and excitement for traveling the world. Seeing all those different locations, cultures, and people. Both in this story and in reality, it's just amazing to see the amount of differences.
It has been more or less 10 years since I started watching this enormous story unfold, and I figured it was about time to pay another tribute, like I did already 5 years ago. Except this time, I'm going all out.
I will talk about everything and anything I love about One Piece, and it's gonna be more detailed than before. Since Episode 700 of the anime recently got released(Haven't had the time to read the manga yet), let's talk all things regarding One Piece.
Let's start with the huge cast of characters. From pirates to marines, and from scientists to assassins, One Piece is nothing short of interesting fellows with many of them having a distinctive personal laugh, or a quirky merit, or a Devil Fruit, which are the special powers divided into 3 categories.
Just thinking of a top 10 character list is difficult because so many of them are likable. Some of my favorites include Aokiji, Bon Clay, Brooke and Luffy, either because of their personalities, or because of their actions.
Recurring and new characters are regularly happening, and each of the story arcs are surely to have lasting appeal for at least several of them for any fan. Another highlight of the series are the battles and the creativity that is behind them, which isn't always present, but I have been pleasantly surprised with many in the past.
Repetition is not really the case with One Piece either, other than a standard formula being present of "Straw Hats discover new island, there is a problem. they solve it, repeat", but the series's constant jokes, plot twists and emotional baggage's just retaliate that thought of ever coming back for me.
The world, including the 4 normal seas as well as the Grand Line and it's New World, still hasn't been completely put onto an actual world map yet. Nor have we seen all of the big questions appearing with the truth yet, including the Will of D, the Void Century, the World Government's ambition, the Revolutionary Army's ambition, if One Piece is an actual treasure or a metaphorical one, and so on.
Indeed, theories towards these large questions, as well as continuous amounts of trivia which are added towards the overall lore make sure that One Piece isn't bland by any means, but rather a large fish with many depths of sea levels to be found, if you know what I mean.
There's also endless amounts of merchandise available around the world, which I personally witnessed at China 2 years ago. This also includes video games, and my favorites have been the 3D Grand Battle titles. The last one appeared in 2005 I believe, and since then, I have been craving for a new one ever since, just thinking of all the characters that could be added now towards that makes my excitement go haywire.
To think that Eichiro Oda, the creater of One Piece, personally said I think a year ago that it's story would continue for at least 10 more years is insanely ambitious. I wonder if we will really see the end, whether that happens at the final island Raftel or not, consider me included alongside this huge ride.
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