As I mentioned in a previous post, I'm starting a series of posts about
why One Piece isn't bad. In the series, I'll discuss the claimed negatives of
One Piece. I'd like to notify before I start, that, by no means, I am offending
anyone. I am just telling what I think.
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| One Piece art back in the old days ... I kind of miss it! |
So, let's start with the one I cannot entirely defend: The Art!
Even I can't deny that the art of One Piece is, well, a bit eccentric,
but I think it suits the atmosphere in One Piece. In the first couple of
episodes I had a hard time adjusting, but later on I got so used to it that I
can't imagine it any other way. Now, I'd rather call it unique, and it's most ertainly not poor in quality. Also, it's not like One Piece is the only anime with weird art. I love Fullmetal
Alchemist, but I thought the characters were too chubby and I didn't like that,
did that make me dislike the anime any less? It might have discouraged me from
watching it at first, just like with One Piece, but I didn't like it any less,
for that, when I started watching it.
So is it okay to think that the art of One Piece is too weird to watch?
Well, yes, but I can't imagine someone not being curious to know why a manga
with such art is so popular. And is it okay to hate One Piece because of the
art, after I read the manga or watched the anime? Well, I personally think it’s
not okay since Oda has more than made up for it with a brilliant plot.
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Some Manga volume covers, manga and anime art samples
To the second point, which I can partially debate, but not completely:
One Piece defies logic.
I've read many complaints about One Piece not being logical sometimes,
and that it doesn't obey laws of physics and such. Did I think One Piece was
being illogical sometimes? Yes! Was it because it didn't obey the laws of
physics? Absolutley not!
If you’re expecting the anime you watch to be realistic, then don't go
and watch a fantasy anime, and then complain that it's not realistic or
illogical. First of all, the world of One Piece is made of 4 seas divided by
the grand Line and Red line, does that sound like the planet Earth we live in,
to you? Of course, not. Then why do you expect it to follow the rules that
apply in the world we live in. Does it look like we have such a thing as devil
fruits? Then why does it surprise you that the clouds in One piece are not
condensed vapor but something massive with people living on it and to which Doflamingo
can attach his strings and swing. I won't deny that I was annoyed by Sanji's
nose bleeding in Fishman Island, and going as far as basing event on something
so silly, and turning something that was supposed to be for gags into something
serious, but this and that are completely different. Why? Because one piece
resided to logic in that one. It’s not possible for someone to nose-bleed like
that for such reasons, I'd let it pass if it's only for gags, but to make the
nose bleeding actually life threatening and base events on that… I didn't like
it, half doing things. There's also Sanji changing Duval's look by reforming
his facial bone structure; that was another thing that I thought was stupid.
I've just noticed both times it's about Sanji! :D No offense to Sanji, he's one
of my favorite anime characters and one of the coolest ;and I have to admit I
was disappointed at how the mystery of the Merry's repair in Skypea was solved,
thought that has nothing to with it being unrealistic, it's just that I was
expecting something more interesting. Anyway, I can't recall being provoked by
the illogicality in anything else, the anime is a fantasy, in a world that's no
ours. It can has its own rules, creatures and phenomena.
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| One Piece World Map! |
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| Skypiea! <3 |
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| Weatherea... another sky island! |
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| Sanji's annoying nose bleed! -_- |
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| Devil Fruit |
This is what I think about these two particular points, that some think
of as major negatives in One Piece. I'll be discussing other points in
tomorrow's "Why One Piece isn't bad?" post. Mata ne! ^_^
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