Apr 19, 2009 4:09 AM
One Piece
YES
As of 3 days ago (April 16) I have finally caught up to One Piece. I find it amazing that out of the top 3 Shounen Jump series (One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach), it is by far the best. Not only that, it's also the LONGEST, with 540 chapters, compared to Naruto's 444 and Bleach's 354 chapters. Somehow, Oda Eiichiro is brilliant enough to continuously come up with hilarious ideas and situations to keep his story interesting. Sure, there are some parts that are a bit repetitive. After all, pirates aren't like ninjas or shinigami who go through random bits of training and learns a new level-up every 50 fucking chapters.
In this case, Naruto isn't that bad either (if you focus on the manga. I have lost all hope for any ongoing anime). Naruto's only been seriously trained maybe 5 times, excluding the original genin arcs. He 1) learned to use Kyuubi chakra 2) learned Rasengan 3) insert 3year time skip 4) learned Rasenshuriken 5) learned Sage mode. Of course, every once in a while Naruto has to take up 4 pages charging up his fur as he goes Kyuubi, which is annoying.
On the other hand, Bleach is hopeless. Of the 3 shounens, it's the shortest so far, and Kubo Tite has already hit a serious case of writer's block since around 100 chapters ago. Ichigo doesn't solve a single problem by himself, it's always Bankai this or Hollowification that, not to mention the random plot-twists that make no sense whatsoever. Yes, One Piece had infinitely more random plot-twists, but you know why no one minds those? It's because the author was not serious when he thought it up. Every ridiculous plottwist in One Piece is exactly that, ridiculous, and Oda highlights it every time by drawing completely exaggerated facial expressions on his characters. Unfortunately with Bleach, Kubo is always 100% serious, and that's exactly where is story and plot becomes laughable.
On a side note, here's a short comparison, with spoilers.
I am definitely glad that despite being the longest thus far, One Piece appears to be the farthest from finishing. Bleach, being the shortest, SEEMS to be pretty close to completely. Kubo's still gotta get through some Level 0 Yami busting, 3 more Espadas, and 2 grunt traitor captains before finally getting to big boss Aizen. Of course, somewhere in there he's going to have bring in the 8 Visoreds in typical hero-fashion. Oh well, cross your fingers for a 500-chapter manga series finish. Naruto probably has at least as many chapters planned as Bleach does. NagatoPain's almost gone kaput, but we still have the Plant guy (though I seriously doubt he'll do any fighting) and Kisami before the final confrontations with Sasuke and/or Madara, in whichever order you want. We even have some time Kabutomaru to make a fun appearance and Hinata to DO SOMETHING.
Aaaaaaaand...I seem to have forgotten the rest of what I was going to say. Must have KuboTite syndrome. Guess I'll finish this later.
As of 3 days ago (April 16) I have finally caught up to One Piece. I find it amazing that out of the top 3 Shounen Jump series (One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach), it is by far the best. Not only that, it's also the LONGEST, with 540 chapters, compared to Naruto's 444 and Bleach's 354 chapters. Somehow, Oda Eiichiro is brilliant enough to continuously come up with hilarious ideas and situations to keep his story interesting. Sure, there are some parts that are a bit repetitive. After all, pirates aren't like ninjas or shinigami who go through random bits of training and learns a new level-up every 50 fucking chapters.
In this case, Naruto isn't that bad either (if you focus on the manga. I have lost all hope for any ongoing anime). Naruto's only been seriously trained maybe 5 times, excluding the original genin arcs. He 1) learned to use Kyuubi chakra 2) learned Rasengan 3) insert 3year time skip 4) learned Rasenshuriken 5) learned Sage mode. Of course, every once in a while Naruto has to take up 4 pages charging up his fur as he goes Kyuubi, which is annoying.
On the other hand, Bleach is hopeless. Of the 3 shounens, it's the shortest so far, and Kubo Tite has already hit a serious case of writer's block since around 100 chapters ago. Ichigo doesn't solve a single problem by himself, it's always Bankai this or Hollowification that, not to mention the random plot-twists that make no sense whatsoever. Yes, One Piece had infinitely more random plot-twists, but you know why no one minds those? It's because the author was not serious when he thought it up. Every ridiculous plottwist in One Piece is exactly that, ridiculous, and Oda highlights it every time by drawing completely exaggerated facial expressions on his characters. Unfortunately with Bleach, Kubo is always 100% serious, and that's exactly where is story and plot becomes laughable.
On a side note, here's a short comparison, with spoilers.
I am definitely glad that despite being the longest thus far, One Piece appears to be the farthest from finishing. Bleach, being the shortest, SEEMS to be pretty close to completely. Kubo's still gotta get through some Level 0 Yami busting, 3 more Espadas, and 2 grunt traitor captains before finally getting to big boss Aizen. Of course, somewhere in there he's going to have bring in the 8 Visoreds in typical hero-fashion. Oh well, cross your fingers for a 500-chapter manga series finish. Naruto probably has at least as many chapters planned as Bleach does. NagatoPain's almost gone kaput, but we still have the Plant guy (though I seriously doubt he'll do any fighting) and Kisami before the final confrontations with Sasuke and/or Madara, in whichever order you want. We even have some time Kabutomaru to make a fun appearance and Hinata to DO SOMETHING.
Aaaaaaaand...I seem to have forgotten the rest of what I was going to say. Must have KuboTite syndrome. Guess I'll finish this later.
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