One Piece (Japanese manga and anime series)
SUMMARY:
One Piece
is a story about a young boy's adventure to find a treasure. The main character
is named Monkey D. Luffy who accidentally ate a devil fruit when he was a
child. This gave him the ability to be a rubber man, able to stretch his arms,
legs, and any part of his body. A devil fruit is something that when eaten,
gives power on the eater. As a result, devil fruit users cannot swim in sea
water.
In order to do
this, he must find One Piece, a treasure
left by a man previously known as the King of the Pirates, Gol. D Roger who was
executed by the Marines. Before his death, he announces that his treasure, One Piece, is hidden by him and available to anyone who can find it.
This caused the beginning of the Pirate Era wherein countless pirates set out
to the Grand Line to look for this treasure.
Twenty two years after Gol's execution, Luffy, inspired by a
powerful pirate popularly known as Red Haired Shanks, who saved him when he was
a child, sets off to the East Blue Sea to find One Piece and fulfill his
ultimate goal in becoming the King of Pirates. As the story progresses, he
created his crew called the Straw Hat Pirates because he always wear the straw
hat given to him by Shanks.
Luffy befriends a swordsman named Roronoa Zoro who
he saved from the Marines, the enemy of pirates. Zoro became the first crewmate
of Luffy. They soon meet Nami, a navigator and a thief; Usopp, a sniper and
popularly known as a liar; and Sanji, a chef that has immense love for women. One
of Usopp's friends were able to give the crew a nice boat to which they call
Going Merry. All these meetings resulted to confrontations with enemies Buggy
the Clown, Captain Kuro and Don Krieg. As the others join the crew, they
encounter Arlong, a fishman and a member of a popular pirate crew, Sun Pirates,
who thinks that human beings are inferior to fishmen. Arlong has been
terrorizing Nami's town and this caused Nami to leave the crew temporarily.
However, after Luffy defeats Arlong, Nami officially joins the crew. They then
started to gain bounties particularly Luffy and Zoro. Luffy then soon met
Captain Smoker, a devil fruit user able to turn to smoke. He captures Luffy and
threatened to execute him but was saved by his father, Monkey D. Dragon, the
world's most wanted man by the World Government. They later befriend a doctor
named Tony Tony Chopper, a reindeer from the Drum Island that has the ability
of a devil fruit enabling him to do things like a normal human being, Franky, a shipwright and Nico
Robin, an archaeologist who also has the ability of the devil fruit which
enables her to have multiple hands as she wishes.
Luffy befriends a swordsman named Roronoa Zoro who
he saved from the Marines, the enemy of pirates. Zoro became the first crewmate
of Luffy. They soon meet Nami, a navigator and a thief; Usopp, a sniper and
popularly known as a liar; and Sanji, a chef that has immense love for women. One
of Usopp's friends were able to give the crew a nice boat to which they call
Going Merry. All these meetings resulted to confrontations with enemies Buggy
the Clown, Captain Kuro and Don Krieg. As the others join the crew, they
encounter Arlong, a fishman and a member of a popular pirate crew, Sun Pirates,
who thinks that human beings are inferior to fishmen. Arlong has been
terrorizing Nami's town and this caused Nami to leave the crew temporarily.
However, after Luffy defeats Arlong, Nami officially joins the crew. They then
started to gain bounties particularly Luffy and Zoro. Luffy then soon met
Captain Smoker, a devil fruit user able to turn to smoke. He captures Luffy and
threatened to execute him but was saved by his father, Monkey D. Dragon, the
world's most wanted man by the World Government. They later befriend a doctor
named Tony Tony Chopper, a reindeer from the Drum Island that has the ability
of a devil fruit enabling him to do things like a normal human being, Franky, a shipwright and Nico
Robin, an archaeologist who also has the ability of the devil fruit which
enables her to have multiple hands as she wishes.
As their journey continues,
they encountered different trials such as when Robin almost gave herself up to
the marines in order to save her crew and they also faced various enemies such
as Crocodile, Cipher Pol No. 9 (World Government's intelligence agency). The
final battle with the CP9 which determines whether they can save Robin ended,
with the Straw hat pirates gaining friends such as Iceberg, a mermaid, etc. Because
Going Merry was too worn out to fix, Franky built a new, bigger, and much nicer
ship to which they call "Thousand Sunny". They soon meet a musician
skeleton named Brook who was supposed to be dead some years ago but was saved
because of his devil fruit ability.
Their adventures continue and progress.
They meet new enemies and gain new friends. Their bounties go up as they go
against the World Government, Marines, and other pirates.
EVALUATION:
One Piece is a very popular manga series in Japan which
caused it to have an anime adaptation. The author, Eiichiro Oda is highly
respected by people from over the world. One Piece currently has more than 600
episodes aired, with it developing merchandise such as films, OVA, video games,
tv specials, etc. The series had sold over 345 million volumes worldwide,
making it the best-selling manga series in history. It has been critically
acclaimed for its humor and amazing story.
I am a person whom you can call an Otaku. I am very obsessed
with different mangas and animes and I have watched countless series but I've
never ever been this attached to an anime before. I can say that I am a very big fan of the
anime and the manga One Piece. I could say that it is a part of me that can't
be removed. It's something that has been instilled to my mind and my heart.
I've been a fan of
the series ever since the early 2000's. The story and how the different
characters evolve was very fun to watch. I highly recommend it to people of all
ages. It has a unique storyline and every episode was fun to watch. I have
watched all episodes, and even the fillers are mostly good. It's an anime that
is somehow intense and thrilling but at the same time, funny as well. Even in
the most dire situations, there will be times wherein you can't help but laugh
because of the humor inserted in certain situations. This is such a brilliant
manga and anime by Oda. It's amazing to me how it can still be so interesting
even after 600 episodes because certain animes that lasts this long slowly
becomes boring because of the plot being too repetitive; however, this manga
was able to sustain its greatness! I could not ask for more.
One Piece, for me, is the best anime series that I have ever
watched.
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To be
quite frank, making a media log is quite challenging; however, I do enjoy
writing and voicing out my thoughts regarding certain topics. I think that
writing media logs has developed my reading ability as I am able to skip and
skim more. But, there are times wherein skipping doesn't help me since there
are some small details that I missed which are quite important in the story. I
think that in order to understand a story/topic fully, proper reading and
analyzing of a full text is sometimes necessary. There are times that I feel
too lazy to actually make a review as I am not a person who can just think of
words spontaneously and write something fast. I have to take my time, possibly
much longer than others, especially if the topic is quite complicated.
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