Memes in general only becomes a trend very lately with the rise of social media users.....
5+ years ago memes aren't all like this, while One piece was always popular.
Being a top popular series for almost 3 decades and still among the top ongoing series with its huge storylines, characters, many rival fandoms, and funny panels simply mixed well with today's internet trend a.k.a memes.
Maybe it's easy to think that way when one piece also starts dominating the memes on the internet.

5+ years ago memes aren't all like this, while One piece was always popular.
Being a top popular series for almost 3 decades and still among the top ongoing series with its huge storylines, characters, many rival fandoms, and funny panels simply mixed well with today's internet trend a.k.a memes.
Maybe it's easy to think that way when one piece also starts dominating the memes on the internet.
