One Piece is my favorite manga and probably the best I’ve ever read but at the same time I don’t think it’s possible for any manga to become legendary
First off, is there any world renowned Japanese literature to begin with? On the same level or close to Shakespeare I mean?
They have world class directors (you hear Kurosawa’s name fairly often even in the US) but when it comes to literature people usually turn to Europe and China
I don’t think manga will ever be able to stand in the same ring as far as that goes. I think I can acknowledge that from a historical point of view OP may be brought up because of sales figures
But I have a hard time believing it’ll make a mark writing wise. Will any manga?
Well depends how we define legendary. Writing wise? Transcending the medium? DBZ for instance, while being an average manga or below average even, transcends the medium its in.
World renowned? Hardly. They do have some influential ones, prolly the most famous one recently would be Haruki Murakami.
It's a good question. Maybe OP will be brought up due to sales figures alone, but that shouldn't indicate quality.
Will any manga be put on a pedestal like that? It'd say no.
Is there manga out there that could be close to it? Maybe not Shakespeare etc, but I'd wager stuff like Monster and Berserk could have a shot.