Wanted!
Wanted! Eiichiro Oda Before One Piece

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Weird and wacky with lots of fun, lovable characters, Wanted is a short story collection of some of Oda's earlier works before he started the legend that is now known as One Piece. This manga works as either a prequel or side-piece to that, (at least one of the stories are cannon to the One Piece universe) but it also stands out as it's own thing.

It really speaks to Oda's talent as a storyteller that every one of these shorts feel rich and alive enough that they could headline a full series. And this early on in his career nonetheless. The fact that it hasn't ... gotten a hard-copy english release yet is practically a crime. Give it a read. You won't regret it.

Okej, this is my first review and I will first excuse for my bad English (hehe, I'm from Sweden).

I first read Wanted on my mobile and I thought it was a great Manga. It is a collection of Oda Eiichiros old short manga, that came before One Piece.
Because I love One Piece, I had to read this.
If you have read One Piece before, you will recognise the style. Oda's humor is always there, and it is hilarius!

the Stories.
All of the stories are great. They are short and I wish that everyone of them could be longer. In my opinion, I think they are ... good, not super good, but.....Yeah, good.
I don't want to spoil the stories to much, so read it for yourself.

Art.
The art are definitely worse then One Piece. It is Oda's first manga's, so what can I say?
But it is still fun to see how much Oda has developed in this years.

Character.
Well, like all Oda's characters, they are funny, wierd, dumbasses! I loved them!

Enjoyment.
Oda's humor are perfect! I laught just as much as I did in One Piece.

Overall.
I gave this part a 8. I thought of 9 or 10 first, but the artwork isn't that good, and the stories will never be as good as One Piece. I still enjoyed it, and I hope others will to;)

All from me!// Tyusidwi

Pretty cool seeing Oda’s evolution, I’ll just do individual reviews for the stories.

Wanted!: Like Oda tackling Westerns, even if the mc is kinda mid. Ghost was a cool thing to add in tho. 6/10

God’s Gift for the Future: Most surprising one for sure, really liked it a lot. Good mc, good twist ending, good art and the world feels kinda similar to Dragon ball for some reason. 8/10

Ikki Yakou: Interesting idea from Oda, but not really my thing, I just didn’t connect to the story or characters much. 5/10

Monsters: The one that got me to read this, it’s basically canon if you want and I ... enjoyed it as Ryuma is such a great character, taking a lot from both Zoro and Luffy and feeling like a normal man (that’s also a sword king or god). Also fantastic story with the town, the twist villain and the dragon. 9.2/10

Romance Dawn: The One Piece anime had actually already animated this one and I kinda hated it, and I didn’t like it much more, Luffy’s not quite as good, some of the pirate rules are stupid and the characters are pretty weak. The real romance Dawn is just so much better, Garp was fun tho. 5/10