[Manga] One Piece - Page 373

On May 10 2013 10:50 Chro wrote:
I kinda refuse to believe that oda, who has planned out one piece for 20+ years just decided to change everything to make fun of fairy tail. Whatever happens here will probably have been for shadowed since the early days.

On May 10 2013 10:27 Sableyeah wrote:
If you've read Bakuman you'd know that almost every author would know what's going on in other mangas. Fairy Tail being quite popular and all. Not saying Bakuman is 100% truth but it's safe to assume decent relations. And Fairy Tail does somewhat resemble One Piece in art at a certain degree.

On May 10 2013 23:28 mavignon wrote:


Do you really think after writing and drawing mangas all day every day, Oda spends his little spare time reading the 20 or so Jump mangas every week plus non Jump mangas, like Fairy Tail? How about no.

And yeah I've read Bakuman, and nothing in it supports what you are saying.

On May 10 2013 23:28 mavignon wrote:


Do you really think after writing and drawing mangas all day every day, Oda spends his little spare time reading the 20 or so Jump mangas every week plus non Jump mangas, like Fairy Tail? How about no.

On May 11 2013 20:55 Sableyeah wrote:
Its like saying you (pro gamers) dont watch streams as a SC2 player or read builds etc etc. If you want to be competitive, you research.

I wonder who else this Chinjao guy works for other than his own country.

On May 11 2013 20:55 Sableyeah wrote:
Its like saying you (pro gamers) dont watch streams as a SC2 player or read builds etc etc. If you want to be competitive, you research.

I wonder who else this Chinjao guy works for other than his own country.

Bad analogy, mangakas don't compete against each other. You have to learn about builds, watch streams, etc. to keep up with the meta game. It doesn't apply to manga authors.

But don't get me wrong, Oda has a immense manga culture, but it's more about techniques. How to build a story, character development, climax development, drawing techniques, old and current authors, what's their styles, what projects do they work on, how do they do in their publications or in book sales, etc.

Does he know about the weekly plot development of all serialized mangas in Japan? He has nothing to learn from it. If anything, it could be bad influence on how he builds himself stories. Oda does not take advice from his own editors, I can't picture him secretly reading mangas to "learn" techniques or "get ideas".

While he knows a thousand times more than all of us together about techniques and the manga industry, I am pretty sure that most of us know more about the actual stories and plot developments in other mangas than him.

The science analogy is not good either, because whatever field you study in, you will probably learn new techniques, inventions, discoveries from your peers you whole life. For a master such as Oda, there is nothing new to learn anymore (at least not from shonen mangas). Shonen mangas have been using the same patterns for 30 years. If anything, he probably reads books and watch good cinema for inspiration, and keep his own story fresh and new.

When authors take a week break for research, they don't spend a week reading other mangas. They might do it as well, but it is more about fleshing out a story before a new arc. When Oda decides to do a Spain themed arc, he is doing research about Spain culture, architecture etc.

If Oda comes out and says that the Lucy name is a Fairy Tail reference or he spends a significant amount of time reading other mangas, I'll eat my hat

If Oda had really meant to do a Fairy Tail reference in this arc, he would have called Rebecca Lucy and given her a weapon with a key shape or something. When Oda do references, they usually are very clear,like the Admirals character design or Luffy's muten roshi beard (even if we miss a lot of references / jokes because the manga is made for a Japanese audience)

On May 12 2013 02:48 ore0z wrote:

I posted this awhile back. I don't think its a reference to Lucy from fairy tail since its just by name. The whole tournament, using a fake name, and hiding in disguise is actually a dragonball reference

Master yoshi went under disguise in a tournament imitating a jackie chan name i think

On May 12 2013 17:39 GettingIt wrote:
If theres anything that I learned from literature class is that nothing a good writer does is arbitrary.

On May 11 2013 08:15 evanthebouncy! wrote:


definitely yes.
I'm a graduate student and I do spend most of my time doing my own research but I also spend considerable amount of time reading papers in my field as well.
It's silly to think Oda is not extremely well educated in the work of his peers.