Wanted!
Wanted! Eiichiro Oda Before One Piece

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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

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.

Oda dick rider saying this isn't his best

Story

As much I as I can glaze Oda, 2.5/5 of these stories aren't the best. These were probably Oda's first attempts at writing.

It is nice seeing Oda evolve his story telling. Though he shouldn't do one shots. Stick to long stories to fully expand the world.

Wanted was 100% the weakest of the 5. Either super inspired by Trigun or vice versa.

Future Present from God. The surprised enjoyed out of the 5. Didn't expect to like it.Death Note and Mirai Nikki before Death Note and Mirai Nikki. I liked the idea that God got One Guyed ... that he damned him to hell.

Ikki Yako. Ehh. Along the same lines as Wanted. Nothing cool story wise. Felt generic.

Monsters. This was a disappointment personally. I came in wanted this to be my 2nd favorite cause I've heard so much about it. Low and behold, called the story beats for beat. Though, it being canon within One Piece is pretty pog champ.

Romance Dawn. It's just One Piece. Romance Dawn walked so OP can run for 25+ years.

Art

Again, p goo. Cool seeing the art evolve within from the last story.

Wanted. Just like with the story aspect. The weakest of them all. Instead of Zoro with swords, we got Zoro with guns.

Future Present from God. A bit better then wanted. This is probably where Oda practice his big set piece battle that we love from him.

Ikki Yako. Let him cook, chat. This is getting way better. This is where we see more fisticuffs action. The character designs are probably the best out of these 5.

Monsters and Romance Dawn. It is just the character designs and art style of One Piece with a slight change here and there.

Overall
7/10, just proves that this is Oda's passion and happy we got 1131+ chapters from him