Controversial Should One Piece be more serious?

[Eagle]

Title Question

 

[soheilhazrat]

One piece is usually serious when it needs to be, That kaido vs G5 luffy was suprising af for me

 

[Monkey D Theories]

Should it be edgy? No

Should characters die when there is absolutely no reason for them to live? Yes
Should Oda create better forms of humor than repeating the same gags over and over? Yes

 

[Krusher1357]

I think deaths and lore should be taken more seriously so it remains consistent

The rest can be as goofy as oda wants and it wouldn't phase me.

 

[Cruxroux]

Oda should change the genre from Shounen to seinen.

 

[Warchief Sanji D Goat]

Doesn't have to be serious, just needs to be consistent. For example, if the narrative requires certain characters to die then they should stay dead, don't just respawn them back to life for no good reason.

 

[Rej]

Nah, only edgeheads want it to be more serious.
I accepted Oda's style and his worldbuilding topics and other deep storylines are serious enough. Also the general messages and philosophies of One Piece are serious enough.

 

[vikas]

Not anymore. Let it finish in the goofy, no-death way only now or it would just look more bad. Trying to change its style now would just cause more issues.

 

[Courier]

Basically, the manga is in Kids category . Many OP fans come from the 90's kid . We grew together with OP manga . Oda should change the manga to be more serious as many OP fans already in their adult zone.

 

[Chrono]

More serious than what it is now....yess

 

[Rednick]

Basically, the manga is in Kids category . Many OP fans come from the 90's kid . We grew together with OP manga . Oda should change the manga to be more serious as many OP fans already in their adult zone.

I agree although its mostly addressed to teens (around 14-16) not kids.

 

[ShiShiShi]

I like the silly gags and the wacky character designs. It’s been like this for 20 years and it can stay that way.

Besides, it’s not always fun and games. Marineford taught us that…

 

[HeroesNZ]

One Piece's excessive goofiness is fine but pre-TS, it knew when to be serious. Hell, even post-TS it knew when to be serious, see Dressrosa.

Now compare Luffy vs Doflamingo to Luffy vs Kaido.

Kaido was a tyrant of the highest degree, so tell me why Luffy's smiling his ass off constantly talking about how much he's enjoying himself and how much fun he's having. Now compare to how much fun he was having vs Doflamingo, Cracker or even Katakuri for that matter.

Idk why Oda decided to constantly relieve all tension in Luffy vs Kaido by having them wank each other off at every chance they got. Then making One Piece into a literal cartoon which pissed away any tension that could possibly have been left.

One Piece's problem isn't goofiness, it's that Oda doesn't know or has forgotten how to create and manage tension. These days, Oda's idea of tension is a cliffhanger that is immediately resolved in the next chapter. Not to mention his reluctance to perma-kill characters.

 

[Dark Admiral]

Oda writes One Piece for his 14 year old-self, so don't expect it to be dark. It doesn't need to be it has plenty of dark stuff when needed.

 

[Longleg Larry]

One Piece hits the trifecta; the sad, the serious & the silly

 

[Eagle]

Pool it is balanced.

 

[Blazing Lion]

No, I love the dumb shit that happens, it is part of One Piece. Anybody who does not like and laugh at things like Mizu Luffy is watching/reading the wrong anime/manga. There are some serious parts and there are some very emotional parts but I would prefer that it is limited to just certain phases.

 

[WaidoWSC]

Of course it should.

should‘ve started in Wano!! Yet the absolute opposite path was chosen.

Now it would be to late on the other hand final arc should be more serious, but Loda literally contradicted it

 

[Herrera95]

Is not about being more serious or not. Is about being consistent and respect the mood.

Important fights like main villain can have a little of joke but can't be "are you having fun, kaido?".

I would say Enel vs Luffy is the edge where humor can go in a fight and still be very serious.