Questions & Mysteries Does Everything in One Piece need an Explanation?
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In the ancient times, I think many people didn't bother to explain stuff and just wrote it off as normal everyday occurrences.
People like Franky may question that. He also questioned if humans could build Pluton.
My position is that the author doesn't need to explain everything, but it's also important to consider if there is an underlying theme concerning natural vs. unnatural occurrences or scientific vs. unscientific reasoning. The fact the author has us observe people being questioning or inquisitive means that we as readers are expected to clash with that idea ourselves, so a part of it is intentional.
People like Franky may question that. He also questioned if humans could build Pluton.
My position is that the author doesn't need to explain everything, but it's also important to consider if there is an underlying theme concerning natural vs. unnatural occurrences or scientific vs. unscientific reasoning. The fact the author has us observe people being questioning or inquisitive means that we as readers are expected to clash with that idea ourselves, so a part of it is intentional.
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Yes. Yes, it does.
...Okay, fine, maybe not absolutely EVERYTHING. But, I would like a explanation for MOST things.
I don't even need much! Just a hand-wavey "It's super-advanced science!" or "It was magic all along!" A few simple explanations could, in theory, cover a lot of answers.
I'm even fine with a lot of the nitty-gritty details only showing up in the SBS or in some guidebook in the future or something. I mean, I don't NEED Captain Kuro to show up again in the manga. But, I wouldn't mind a quick paragraph summarizing what happened to him for the rest of his life, after the manga is all over.
But, honestly, I'd even be happy with a extra-long Question and Answer segment somewhere. Where he would just answer ANY question given to him, once the manga is all wrapped up. Because I honestly don't expect Oda to wrap up every little detail in the manga, itself. There's a LOT of characters and plot points! Stuff is going to slip through the cracks.
Personally, after the One Piece manga is over, I'd like Oda to actually write a guidebook pointing out all the foreshadowing he put into the manga on purpose. All the little details we might have missed that pointed to what the Treasure was all along. All the Goroawase Chapter-Number puns that would completely go over a Westerner's head. All of it. Either one guidebook, or a series of guidebooks. And it feels like something like that would be a good place to flesh out a few things that didn't manage to make it into the manga. The Annotated One Piece, more or less.
It'd give Oda another project to do, since he is a workaholic. I doubt Oda would be happy doing NOTHING the rest of his life, even though he's earned it. But, it shouldn't be as stressful or demanding as a weekly manga series, so doing something like that probably wouldn't lead to him dying. I think it's a good idea. I'd enjoy that. Who knows if it'd ever get officially translated or not, but that's what we got fan-translators for.
...Okay, fine, maybe not absolutely EVERYTHING. But, I would like a explanation for MOST things.
I don't even need much! Just a hand-wavey "It's super-advanced science!" or "It was magic all along!" A few simple explanations could, in theory, cover a lot of answers.
I'm even fine with a lot of the nitty-gritty details only showing up in the SBS or in some guidebook in the future or something. I mean, I don't NEED Captain Kuro to show up again in the manga. But, I wouldn't mind a quick paragraph summarizing what happened to him for the rest of his life, after the manga is all over.
But, honestly, I'd even be happy with a extra-long Question and Answer segment somewhere. Where he would just answer ANY question given to him, once the manga is all wrapped up. Because I honestly don't expect Oda to wrap up every little detail in the manga, itself. There's a LOT of characters and plot points! Stuff is going to slip through the cracks.
Personally, after the One Piece manga is over, I'd like Oda to actually write a guidebook pointing out all the foreshadowing he put into the manga on purpose. All the little details we might have missed that pointed to what the Treasure was all along. All the Goroawase Chapter-Number puns that would completely go over a Westerner's head. All of it. Either one guidebook, or a series of guidebooks. And it feels like something like that would be a good place to flesh out a few things that didn't manage to make it into the manga. The Annotated One Piece, more or less.
It'd give Oda another project to do, since he is a workaholic. I doubt Oda would be happy doing NOTHING the rest of his life, even though he's earned it. But, it shouldn't be as stressful or demanding as a weekly manga series, so doing something like that probably wouldn't lead to him dying. I think it's a good idea. I'd enjoy that. Who knows if it'd ever get officially translated or not, but that's what we got fan-translators for.
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