A Journey of Two: Why One Piece isn't bad? III

Min'na, Konbanwa! This my third "Why One Piece isn't bad?" post. Today I'll discuss three other points or complaints about One Piece. Beware, this post is full of SPOILERS!! If you haven't finished at least the Summit war saga in One Piece, then I suggest you don't read this. Now, let's move to today's three points:

Straw Hats Shot from the 13th Opening "One Day" T_T

1) Predictability? Let's see about that. You cannot expect a manga that has been going for over 15 years now, non-stop, and is supposed to continue for 10 more, to be entirely unpredictable. Also, you can't judge it to b predictable until you see the end of it. And come on! When it comes to surprises. One Piece had many, really unpredictable. I am not talking here about the outcome of a fight between Luffy, or Zorro and some other antagonist. It's naturally predictable they'd finally win, or there won't be one piece. That's the case with anything we watch, maybe except for Game of Thrones. I mean how come the fact that Luffy is a marines' vice admiral grandson is predictable, or that Ace is Gol D.Roger's son, or that Luffy is Dragon's son… or that I spoiled at myself most of these surprises -_- …never mind that. The point is One piece has a good deal of unpredictable surprises.

2) Nobody dies! … I thought of checking the date on which that reviews were written before judging the writers, which turned out to be this year. Well, seriously?! I am not going to talk much about that. Anyone who's actually watching one piece up to the latest arc, would know that this is false accusation, and anyone who watches Shounen anime knows that, generally speaking, no one dies! (Maybe except for shingeki no Kyojin). It's not like this is One Piece's problem, and its alone. That's of course on the assumption that no one dies in One Piece, which is again not true.

3) The story is simple, or it lost its purpose… I don't know about that. If you mean because they stop by other islands and do stuff, of course you were not expecting them to head directly to One Piece without any obstacles or distractions. If that was the case then the story would have deserved to be called too simple. Actually, the story and the plot of One Piece is the best thing about it. One piece was good as to give you something to look forward to from the very beginning. That way you'll always have something to be curious about. Even if you are the biggest hater of one piece, but since you started watching it and knew about it, you'd care to know what One Piece was after all. Many anime are so good but they lack that ultimate purpose, they'd just depend on current events and temporary mysteries, which could become boring at some point, you'd find yourself purposeless while watching it and you'd stop. That's one thing. Now, if you go through One Piece you'd realize that the purpose might be much more complex than it initially seemed to be. We're not looking for some mysterious treasure and that's it. There's a much bigger story behind that, a story with too many mysteries that we keep coming across along the anime. So, if you ask me now, if the only thing I'm looking forward to is one piece. I'd say not. I'd like to know about the secret of the Will of D, the void century, how the world government came to be, the poneglyphs, the three ancient weapons. I'd like to know more about the revolutionaries and more of what they know. There's also that other goal of meeting Shanks once again. There are loads of interesting characters that I wish to know more about, characters I wish to witness their development, and characters I wish to see their end. I am currently watching the on-running Dressrosa arc, slow paced as it is, it alone has loads of mysteries that I am dying to see solved by the end of it. See? All these interesting topics and mysteries were aroused and discovered because of the obstacles they faced and the islands they stopped by. Also, crossing the grand line to One Piece is not hindered only by natural causes there are big forces other than the Marines, like the Yonko and the Shichibukai that you need to overcome or you'd never dream to go far. The world of One Piece is so interconnected and interesting. It always gives you something bigger to look forward to.