Break Week If you were Oda, how would you distribute screen time between one piece characters?

[SkySanji]

He would solo the verse in 1 chapter then make love to all the women (Including big mom) in the other 4

 

[Ryuarashi]

This point needs to be highlighted more, but will Oda and his editors ever listen to fans?

Fans? Does the japanese fandom complain about anything? genuinely curious because they are basically the only fandom with a say

 

[Pooth]

Fans? Does the japanese fandom complain about anything? genuinely curious because they are basically the only fandom with a say

One Piece in Japan seems to be state run like Real Madrid in Spain.As longas the japanese buy it heavily oda has nothing to worry about. Luffy seems to be a cult over there

 

[lee33]

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Either Oda's editors are bad at their job which i do not think this is the case because this does not take much skill to realise or they are milking it as much as they can.
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There is no real reason why pacing has to be this freaking slow and the panels the freaking same. Enough is enough

Lmfao! This needs to be its own separate thread. This is too funny.

 

[Ryuarashi]

One Piece in Japan seems to be state run like Real Madrid in Spain.As longas the japanese buy it heavily oda has nothing to worry about. Luffy seems to be a cult over there

Figures, only westerners even complain.

Complainers in the east are perhaps in the vast minority

 

[Pooth]

Lmfao! This needs to be its on separate thread. This is too funny.

There are a ton of panels like this of luffy in Wano but I am tired of pointing them out since I do not want to be overly negative for a while

 

[lee33]

There are a ton of panels like this of luffy in Wano but I am tired of pointing them out since I do not want to be overly negative for a while

Please show it! Ignore the people who want to silence your criticism. They troll you and say “you’re too negative” in order to silence you.

 

[Pooth]

Please show it! Ignore the people who want to silence your criticism. They troll you and say “you’re too negative” in order to silence you.

All that hard work for people to call me a hater or to stop reading.

People have the right to think one piece is the best but for me no way one piece is the best. Post timeskip has been vile. If you add post time skip it is a 3 out of 10 manga easily.

 

[Santoryu D Bazooka]

If you reread the whole manga you will notice that Oda. Doesn't make the newcomers shine right off the bat. He takes time developing them.

New member joins after having great moments in their arc -> Gets some cool moment the next arc but never outshines the originals -> After sometime passes "Arc or Two" they start getting great moments.

Quick example:-
Sanji joins after having a great arc -> Gets some cool moments in Arlong Park but Luffy/Zoro/Ussop outshine him -> Does nothing in Whisky Peak - Little Garden - Drum Island but still had minor roles in them -> Mr.Prince

Brook joins after having a great character moments in his arc -> Gets some cool moments vs Flying Fish Riders -> Does nothing in Fishman island - Punk Hazard - Dressrosa but still had minor roles in them -> Brook vs WCI

 

[Pooth]

That’s all they do. They will continue to troll you. Is it okay if I post the thread?

Sure! Go ahead but be careful

 

[Monkey D. Luffy]

Never have just half of the crew for Dressrosa and Whole Cake Island.

 

[VegaFunk]

Chopper, Hercules Bitch(Usopp) and Franky more screen time in animated humorous kick ass
Jimbe, give him a power up Oda
Zoro they need to wind him down a bit, we have enough samurais in wano.
Give him his boost in Ebarf
Sanji, do we have to watch him in his raid suit anymore, baka!
Robin and Nami (BRING ON THE BOOBS)

 

[The White Crane]

Put all the Strawhats equally. Meaning no excessive Luffy/Zoro panels or less Usopp/Robin/Franky/Nami etc. Everybody should have equal distributed amount of panels.

Then the major players/antagonists, let's say Kidd, Law, Big Mom, Kaido, etc.

Then you got the core allies, example would be the Scabbards.

Then fodders should stay in the background where they should belong.

Zoro is 4th in panels time after Sanji, Nami and Luffy.

Zoro is not even in top 3 paneltime? No wonder OP sales are dropping.

 

[notAfanboy]

Fans? Does the japanese fandom complain about anything? genuinely curious because they are basically the only fandom with a say

Article about Japanese fan's opinion about Wano, current pacing, and frequent breaks.
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Fans? Does the japanese fandom complain about anything? genuinely curious because they are basically the only fandom with a say

In addition, the sales of Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer, and Chainsaw Man are also an evidence.
The reason that Demon Slayer was mentioned by Japan's prime minister says a lot about the series and what a story should be and what fans want.

 

[TheAncientCenturion]

I guess by picking which characters will go through some growth in the current arc, picking 2 ~ 5 side characters (pending on the importance of the arc) and then choosing what antagonists the most important Straw Hats will face. So maybe about 10 ~ 15 important characters that need adequate screen time, the rest can strafe by on a previous arcs accomplishments or get a shining chapter here or there.

So for Wano I'd do something like...

Straw Hats — Luffy / Zoro / Sanji / Robin / Nami
Side Chars. — Law / Kidd / Killer / Kin'emon / Momo
Antagonists — Kaido / King / Queen / Black Maria / Ulti

And just make sure the plot funnels through these characters. Black Maria / Ulti can serve as two different perspectives on Wano and the Beast Pirates, as Maria is a native turned pirate and Ulti is a generational Beast Pirate. So with those two as keep antagonists you'll at least inform the audience of Wano and the Beast Pirates affects on it while also building up to Robin and Nami overtaking them.

 

[serkeara]

I'd look at superior manga like Jujutsu, HxH, and demon slayer. I think they all excel at screen time distribution of beloved character. They also dont sacrifice world building for the MC sake.

 

[Ricassian]

Talking about Onigashima, I would negate screentime to a portion of SHs and the near totality of the Scabbards to give it to Worst Generation members, Beast Pirates and CP0.

 

[Gaimon The Pirate]

I'd look at superior manga like Jujutsu, HxH, and demon slayer. I think they all excel at screen time distribution of beloved character. They also dont sacrifice world building for the MC sake.

Hiatus x Hiatus?

 

[R A I T E I I I]

You lads would have big mom until the end of OP

 

[LANJI CUCKSMOKE]

give a lot more to other strawhats like brook
usopp
cut luffy's