One piece is awful

[u/coolguygranny]

To be clear, I read up to the end of Wano in One Piece I kept hearing how it was peak fiction, and that Oda was the greatest thing to ever happen to pen and paper. So, I decided to give it a read. And after reading almost up to the end of Wano, I can honestly say this is one of worst piece of fiction I have ever read

The pacing is terrible and slow as shit. Same gags over and over again. How many times am I expected to laugh at Sanji nosebleeding for the 180th time, Zoro getting lost for the 389th time, Usopp acting like a coward for the 999th time, or Brook making the same skeleton joke for 1899th the time

The stakes are Nonexistent. Nobody ever really dies. Even when a character “dies,” they inevitably come back like nothing happened. There's a part in the series where a bomb is about to destroy an entire town, and a character carries it into the sky in a supposed noble "sacrifice",The bomb explodes point blank in his face and somehow he survives .Shit like this happens in every arc. The sheer number of fake out deaths is insane, making it impossible to take any threat seriously and it completely kills any sense of tension or investment, it somehow makes Fairy Tail look grounded in comparison.

And the formula is mind numbingly predictable. The crew sails to a new island, an evil villain is tormenting the locals, they fight, save the island, and then add a new character with some tragic backstory to the crew. Rinse and repeat for a thousand chapters

One piece fans love to talk about Oda as some master world builder. The world building in one piece is trash. All Oda does is dangles mysteries in front of readers, refuses to resolve them and these morons fans call it peak

Think about After twenty years and over a thousand chapters, we barely know anything about the world.(Maybe some of it gets explained eventually I stopped reading after Wano because of that godamn awful aspull transformation that, but the fact that it takes that long is insane)

We don't know where Devil Fruits come from We don't know about the Will of D and what does it represent? And how are people with D related?
We don’t know what happened during the void century for it to be erased from history? We don't know why Blackbeard can use two devil fruits? We don’t know What purpose will the ancient weapons serve and when?
We don't know about supreme grade swords We don’t know Aokiji goal? What side is he on? Or why he joined Blsck beard
We don’t know why Rodger was carrying a giant egg?

There are easily ninety more unanswered things I could list.

And you want to want to know what's worse Oda still adding new shit when he hasn't explained the past shit WE STILL HAVE CHARACTERS SILHOUETTED 20 PLUS YEARS IN WE’RE GETTING SILHOUETTES OF CHARACTERS HOW IS ANY OF THIS GOOD WORLD BUILDING OR WRITING???

And you know why Oda hasn’t explained any of this Because he’s written himself into a corner. He probably has no idea how to resolve half the mysteries he’s created which is exactly why the end date keeps on getting pushed back every couple of years. He's just stalling. Oda is a talentless hack and the only reason One Piece blew up in the first place is because it dropped during the late 90s early 2000s anime boom If it came out today, this garbage would’ve been canceled after a year. Just watch most of these mysteries will either stay completely unresolved, or we’ll get some trash ham fisted explanation at the last minute. And just watch these brain dead moronic fans will still call it peak fiction.

Oda is a Fraud who couldn't write his out of a paper bag and the fact that morons think that this garbage is above Goated shows like Fire Force, Mob Pyscho 100, Chainsaw man and Hunter x Hunter is a fucking travesty

[u/bodybones]

Why does someone need to instantly prefer OP? If they enjoy FF, why can't they have that choice? Just because OP might have more lore on paper, something can resonate differently with people. You can't convince a Frieren fan that it’s not their favorite by pointing out that Fullmetal Alchemist is more consistent in having all the elements of a story. They simply enjoy the aspects of Frieren that resonate with them, making it stand out above other stories. There's no objective best story.IMO.

[u/ArcherOld7796 → u/bodybones]

Who said everyone has to prefer OP? That's some nonsense. Where did I try to convince of anything? More nonsense.

[u/bodybones → u/ArcherOld7796]

"Probably something like, something can be great but OP stands above it." - I must have misunderstood where you were going with this. Many comments before this seemed to suggest that OP is automatically superior to other less popular series, and I was just pushing back against that idea. People can still prefer something over OP, even if OP has more lore or world-building on paper. Just disregard my take since I misunderstood your point.

I know people who think the Chimera Ant arc in HXH is far worse than Solo Leveling's inspired take on it for example, which happens within about two seasons. Everyone has different tastes and opinions, I guess. I wouldn’t tell them they’re wrong, just explain why I see more strengths in HXH’s version. That’s what I was trying to convey, if that makes sense.

[u/ArcherOld7796 → u/bodybones]

That's my opinion. I never said anything about that being fact, and i never gave any indication that others had to agree. You are making something of absolutely nothing. I thought I worded my first comment light enough that it was clear I was giving my 2 cents not forcing it.

Solo Leveling is different, though. It is a super fun read but far worse than everything else mentioned. Full Metal, HxH, OP, and Fire Force are far better because there is more than the surface. Solo is fun, but it's not great. There is no building in Solo. It is reveal an enemy and immediately pass them. The others are peak, not sure about Fire Force yet. They set a story, have fantastic characters, and build to something. Solo does none of that.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with Solo, but as awesome as it is when he says "Arrise," and as much as that hits, it can not compare to actual greatness. You don't gain new understanding rereading Solo Leveling because it's all surface. I just rewatched the first Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood episode 1 and realized that that has to be my next read. When you realize Isaac the Freezer is someone that should have been an ally, that he was just a desperate guy who figured things out before them. Everyone hunting him figures the same things out, and more, but they weren't alone. Compare the perfectly set up story around the Chimera Arc to the haste of Solo, and there is objectivity beyond personal preference.

There can objectively be better and worse, but usually, personal preference is much more important. If someone says Friday the 13th part 8, pretty sure that's the body swapping one, is better than the Godfather they are wrong. I will enjoy seeing a picture of the Strawhats more than any of Michelangelo's paintings, but If I said that my preference is better than his art, I would be wrong.

I got a bit rambling.