| Maybe the editors could tell me to take a least a week off in a year. Perhaps they already do, but the mangaka just wants to keep going to satisfy the fans. I think readers will understand when he needs a break. He's been delivering work for so many years already. |
| Needs a hiatus... |
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| 3 Hours sleep!! Solid effort, props to him for working as hard as he does. |
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| Shouldn't he be super rich by now that he can hire dozens of assistants to help him? |
| The Art of Eight |
Gash_V-D_Hetchum said: Seriously. How can people believe such garbage. Its impossible for this to be true. I'm taking into consideration his art quality,characterisation,plot detail etc I used to only sleep four hours per day for a few weeks. You are pretty tired, but it works out nontheless. And such insane schedules are - sadly - normal for certain mangaka: Miura (the author of Berserk) is such a workaholic that he eventually disregarded his complete social life. I remember a notice in a magazine saying that he sold his cellphone because he hasn't gotten a single call in over two years... You really have to love your job to pull through all this shit everyday for several years and only those with dedication can manage that: It's easier to understand people like Togashi, who actually want some free time and hobbies - although the hiatus is dissatisfying for a lot of fans, his health has priority. |
| Steel Ball Run anime when? |
| Here I am, awake at 4am again, went to sleep at 11:30pm... This is usual for me. I am not a workaholic, I am an insomniac. Ever since I lived and worked in Japan and I was a workaholic with the rest of my office mates so I hardly sleep now. I never slept much, used to wake up at 5-6am but it seems I hardly sleep now, 4-5 hours is all that I get... So it is possible to live this way... |
| Hiramaru should learn from him XD |
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dankickyou said: Shouldn't he be super rich by now that he can hire dozens of assistants to help him? Some authors care about the homogeneity of their work, or maybe he is just stingy lol. Anyway, I'm not surprised, you can see the amount of work put behind his panels. |
kimmy122122 said: i admire his dedication!! but his slowly killing himself though thats a frigging workaholic |
Gash_V-D_Hetchum said: LyingPrauses said: 5am to 2am? So wait, he only gets... 3 hours of sleep at night, if he does sleep?? Man, I don't follow the manga or anime, but if someone doesn't sleep for 3 days straight, they tend to go kind of insane. So has anyone ever seen some OP work that seems.. kinda off? O.O That's why I don't believe this shit. No problems in art, its extremely fine in datail. Characters are kept constant, no errors on their parts. Plot is so specific, there hasn't been any holes or inconstancy complains that I've noted or seen in the forums (Not MAL) Man, you sound so butthurt. If the man can pull of that lifestyle while you can't, don't go around speaking badly of him. It only serves to make you sound like a loser looking for people to whine to. If he really values his work, he wouldn't need to look for attention by lying about things like that. |
dankickyou said: Shouldn't he be super rich by now that he can hire dozens of assistants to help him? He has some assistants, but he still does the most stuff by himself(if the rumors are correct, everything that moves is made by him while his assistants do some of the backgrounds) |
| In 9/10 cases, the worst thing about an anime is its fandom. |
| He's damn amazing, can't deny it. I still haven't read two first volumes of One Piece, even though I bought it, like, years ago. Time, give me time! :( |
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| He must find his job fun in order to do it that much.. otherwise I don't know how that's even possible |
| I guess you learn something new everyday..... |
| My Devianart Oh & Space Brothers is still the best anime ever,in my opinion.Even when competing with Attack on Titan. |
| lol i sleep from 5 am till 2 am |
Do pop-up headlights really endanger pedestrians that much? |
| that's kinda explain drop in quality storywise. he need more sleep |
Do pop-up headlights really endanger pedestrians that much? |
| Man he needs to chill it down a little, and look at our good old Kentaro Miura, play Idolmaster all day everyday, and release 1 chapter every 5 months. |
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| he should take a year long vacation, just get everything back together including keeping touch with friends/family if he hasn't and resting. though at this point everyone is fricking terrified that something will happen to him so they don't wanna take any chances before he finishes up his Manga. |
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| Oda-sensei!! Respect! Stay healthy man..he should take more rests, we can't have you getting sick :| |
| He shouldn't really have to work that much. I know that with being a mangaka you have to work very very hard but that's too much. Everyone deserves a break once in a while. |
"If the king does not lead, how can he expect his subordinates to follow?" - Lelouch Vi Brittania |
| I can't trust this guy. |
| That's overdoing it, but putting that much effort into his work is in any way admireable. darkmac said: How does he work so much and still have such bad art? After drawing or writing for a long time, my drawings/handwritings get worse, is it that uncommon for others? o.o RyanSaotome said: JavierR said: IntroverTurtle said: I would be so damn sad if he dies, and especially if he dies before finishing One Piece. DO NOT SAY THAT. PLEASE. My life would be incomplete >That feel when Luffy never reaches his goal That would be a horrible lesson for teens reading Jump I can see the suicide rate rising... OTL QuiGonJon said: How does his body even function? Maybe he ate a devil fruit once... :O |
| I went an entire semester averaging 3 hours of sleep back in high school (because of a pointless accounting class where you had to do everything by hand) and it was not fun. I felt like a zombie everyday. I don't even remember how I gathered enough willpower to get up in the morning. By the end of the semester I had really noticeable rings around my eyes. Oda must be running on willpower alone, but for how long? I know he has his work cut out for him compared to other mangakas because he makes his panels so freaking small. If he wanted to, I'm sure he could make his 20 page chapters less dense. Hopefully when that time comes, he will loosen up. |
| "It departs in darkness, and in darkness its name is shrouded." |
| I remember talking with a guy who stay up all night till 8am morning then go to sleep till 11am and then go to university or something and then other activities. I was quite surprised on his 3 hours sleep every day but it was normal for him. Also i have a relative overseas who sleep 4 hours and then work. Some people have this kind of thing. My close school/college friend never wear any thing above her normal clothes in very cold weather when everyone try to cover every part of the body. She didn't feel cold, so it was normal for her. So i think it's not problem for him to sleep 3 hours. If he was putting extra pressure on his body just because of work, obviously he would've gone down in a month or so. Still it explains how much effort he put in his work, which you can see in all those details on every page. |
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| Holy sh*t dude.. I respect him for taking his job so seriously, but he needs to take some days off too. |
bizbiz said: This is why Tite Kubo doesn't draw backgrounds. And this is why kishimoto fucked up this war. And this is why one piece keep selling more and more, because the storyline, the character, the background, the art and the intensity keep growing in this manga :) This. Well, let not be that hard on the others, its simply beyond their talent, Oda is a Genius, and one that genuinely loves his manga. |
Seeing how much you were complaining about bleach anime being cancelled, and your bad taste One Piece comment, I can only conclude you speak out of jealousy, this applies to anyone mentioning death here as well only to upset OP fans and scare them into thinking it can go unfinished. |
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| Damn Oda-sensei you should at least take a couple days off. That said, if you die before you finish One Piece I'm going to kill you!!! |
| Oda deserves so much respect. I am glad that I began reading One Piece and I hope he doesn't burn himself out. Everyone in this thread complaining about ugly art or saying how he is going to die should just leave. What is the point of throwing around these mean comments? |
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| ^ It's not necessarily mean. Rather, we're just as concerned as you guys, but we're also considering that he might end up in the worst-case scenario. I remember a classmate of mine having malfunctioning senses the day she decided to sleep for two hours a day. (Fortunately, she never did that again.) Hoping for the best is good... let's just wish that Oda would actually do what we want for his well-being. Seeing how much you were complaining about bleach anime being cancelled, and your bad taste One Piece comment, I can only conclude you speak out of jealousy, this applies to anyone mentioning death here as well only to upset OP fans and scare them into thinking it can go unfinished. Come on, just because someone complains about Bleach ending doesn't render his opinions as worthless; same goes for anyone who tries to point out flaws in the argument by calling out that the person has read Naruto and Bleach. That's just a bad ad hominem and is narrow-minded of you guys. |
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| Wow. I've always known it was tough being a mangaka but I never realized the extent of how physically degrading it can be to your body. No wonder so many mangaka have health problems. This dude deserves a break! |
| He really needs more sleep! |
| Oda is too awesome. His work with One Piece is really an epic adventure but... like others have said, it would be sad to have him pass away and not finish One Piece. 5am to 2am? Jesus christ, three hours of sleep a day for how long now? That's ridiculous; I don't even know how he can live as long as he has. |
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| I vote that OP fans who cares (or if you just care enough) should make a petition for Oda to get a 1 month break every year to rest up & spend time with his family &/or review his plan for One Piece to see if he should make some changes. Of course it would have to get about 1 million signatures for Shueshia to even look at it. |
| My Devianart Oh & Space Brothers is still the best anime ever,in my opinion.Even when competing with Attack on Titan. |
| eventhough the art is masterpiece , He still need some rest too |
| Am I supposed to pity him? If he finds his work more important than his life then that's his own fault. This whole thing just disgusts me. |
| hang in there Oga |
Reinou said: Am I supposed to pity him? If he finds his work more important than his life then that's his own fault. This whole thing just disgusts me. I feel the same way. He chooses to work like this when he really has no reason at all to, one piece makes so much money he can hire more assistants, jump would probably be happy for him to have more assistants. But if he wants to live like this its his own choosing. |
| Thats crazy, you wouldnt think it would take him that long to get out 17-20~ pages a week. but yeah maybe he should have more breaks xD maybe its temporary because hes got the manga and hes working on the film? or maybe im just totally underestimating the job :P |
jimbob1141Dec 1, 2012 1:31 PM
| Does anyone else need a doctor to confirm that someone without a head is dead? |
Amarrez said: darkmac said: How does he work so much and still have such bad art? And there goes any hope of this thread being civil. yup but still i love his art style ^_^' |
| I'am Thou And Thou Art I...And we're a HAPPY FAMILY!!! |
| That's the typical workaholic for you. |
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