It was clear that One Piece is going to be the first WSJ i was going to review. One piece is extremely popular manga. It gained multiple awards and broke a lot of selling records with 250 million volumes sold by 2011. It is currently ranked as the best-selling series of all time in manga history.
One Piece is a shonen fantasy adventure manga. With a great balance between serious elements and ridiculous and childish humor OP is suitable for young and old.
The story takes place in a fantasy world very different from ours. Once there was a exceptional adventurer, the pirate king Gold Roger. At his execution he challenged the world to find his greatest treasure, the One Piece. This started the age of pirates who search the world for One Piece.
The story evolves around the main character Monkey D Luffy who's goal is to find One Piece and become the next Pirate King. He goes through numerous adventures slowly assembling his crew and revealing the mysteries of his world. Growing stronger and stronger through the obstacles they take on.
The story is very thought through. Even though it is very entertaining to see Luffy and his crew go through one adventure after the other, the true quality of this manga lies in all the hints and connections the author makes between all the stories. Slowly creating a big picture of this world and it's history. When i was reading the manga for the second time i was amazed by all the hints the author gave for later developments in the story.
The characters in this manga are very well developed. The author often uses the past of his characters to show their traumas and motivations and explain why they act the way they do.
The artwork has a very unique style, it is kind of sketchy but still has a good quality. The art might be the weak point of the manga but since it is weekly released the author doesn't have a endless amount of time for his drawings.
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