Romance Dawn

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It seems like baseline chars get my 8 score which i guess is fine it has to be really dull or annoying to get lower than that. Oh and over 525+ finishes and not a single review this seems a bit sad. Time to check boxes and fill it in.

~SPOILERS~

It's almost the same as the manga/anime opening scenes/chapters. It's a pilot and those usually show how the manga(show) will unfold. Who Luffy is, his basic interactions with Shanks, and how he got his powers, but almost everything else is different but the one constant that i saw that jumped is Nami(Shiruku) is still useless it ... seems no matter how far from one piece we get she still can't do a damn thing, and yes I've seen a shit ton of the show and read a ton of the manga she can take care of the cannon fodder, but when it comes to anyone with any sense of skill she crumbles like sand. Read only for those who want to be 100% of a series.

A mildly interesting chapter of manga for One Piece fans, this prototype story mostly fails to stand on its own merits with so little room to work with. It’s cool to see Oda’s art even more East Blue than East Blue (angular and more in line with his experience as an assistant on Kenshin) but removed from the context of being the first go at One Piece, it mostly falls flat.

Recommended for established One Piece fans only, there’s plenty of aspects that are not fully formed here (Luffy’s character is most apparent) so it can be interesting to see where Oda’s head was at when ... he was giving it a first go. If you’re somehow considering reading this and you’re not (yet!) a One Piece fan, don’t. You have nothing to gain and maybe a little to lose.

Overall, my greatest impression with this one shot is: I’m really happy Oda worked hard to nail down how he wanted to kick off One Piece when the time came to do it for real.