What Can Writers Learn From One Piece?<\/h2>\n\n\n\nKiller premise justifies building up the world and making it grow to legendary heights before our own very eyes. I won’t be surprised if we conclude by fighting a Bubble gum Monster in space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So yeah. One Piece is kind of a big deal of sorts. This is obvious from its record sales numbers. But for those who are still wondering why, that’s no problem. We can explain it all right now. One Piece is popular because it has a killer storyline, a gripping mystery, charming characters with a phenomenal world building. This is all wrapped together with an impactful storytelling that takes the reader to cheering emotional eyes, and teary heartbreaking lows. That is surprisingly simpler than I thought it would be. If you still find yourself confused by this explanation, that’s also fine. We can get right into it. Why Is One Piece So Popular? 1. Killer Storyline One Piece is a great adventure story. An adventure is a story in which the main conflict of the story can only be solved through extensive travel. One Piece is such a story, as the main conflict for our main character is a desire to be free. Finally, the goal of the main character, finding the One Piece, is one that can only be accomplished through travel. Further, the world is built in such a way that we further empathize with our main character. The places they visit have people living in abhorrent situations due to tyrannical governments, and kings. This makes Luffy’s dream more appealing, and additionally, it creates a certain cohesion between the main character’s motivation, the villains, and the setting. Internal story consistency is something that readers look for a lot in story telling, because it allows you to immerse yourself further into the story. Seeing One Piece’s success, we know this to be a strategy that works. 2. Mystery One Piece has captivating mystery One of the most important part of writing is creating a desire for the readers to turn the page. The only way to create this desire is by implanting questions in the readers mind. And what imposes questions in a readers mind better than mystery? One Piece is an onion of questions. From the very first chapter, till the present, there are still questions that are being raised. When you read the first chapter of One Piece, the first question you ask yourself is ‘What is the One Piece’. Then the second question becomes, ‘How will this rubbery boy manage to be a pirate if he can’t swim’. Interestingly, this was a point that was harped on a lot at the beginning of this story. Yet the more One Piece we read, the more we come to realize how little of an obstacle that actually was. Of course Oda knew that, but he still brought up the question in the readers mind, a question that you will realize is a nothing burger only after having read 200 chapters. By that point, a million more questions have been raised by the plot. ‘Who are the World Government?’ ‘What is the Ancient Kingdom’s name?’ ‘Who are the Gorosei?’ ‘What is the Will of the D?’ And finally, what the living hell is the One Piece, and what does it have to do with all these conspiracies?! As you can see, the questions that are raised end up expanding the world, the stakes, and the breadth of the realism in the world. But at the same time, the story remains the same at heart because it is still just a story about a boy who cannot swim but still wants to be free. 3. Characters One Piece has fantastical characters, who feel so human. One Piece is filled with characters who have the most bizarre looks, and the strangest of personality quirks. It is the kind of thing that would turn of any reader, or at least it should, but not with One Piece. How did Oda manage to do this? The simple answer is trust. When you read the earliest chapters of One Piece, you’ll find that most of the characters are normal. Yes, they may have a strange quirk, like the guy who likes moonwalking, and hypnotizing himself, but their general appearance is mostly human. This was because Oda was aware that his readers had to first learn to trust him, and his writing. Oda wrote characters who had such compelling stories that by the time we reached the exotic lands, we have learned to trust him. Now, if he draws a strange looking character, not only will One Piece fans not laugh at the design, but they will take it so seriously, they will start making theories about it. Today, there is a serious theory in the community that this fat guy actually has three people in him, and part of what is used to back up this theory is the weird way his missing teeth are often drawn. 4. Worldbuilding One Piece has one of the best worldbuilding in fiction. 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