Shueisha must be fuming after they forcibly try to shove OP merch/promotion everywhere in Japan and it still can lose in sales sometimes.
One Piece sales were never amazing to me from a worldwide perspective. 500m copies sold 80% in Japan
Naruto, Bleach, and Dragon Ball have more clout overseas and they didn't sell many copies. Why? Cause it was fun.
To this day I haven't met a manga/anime guy who told me that One Piece made his childhood.
Everyone and their mothers know Naruto, Bleach, and Dragon Ball.
Finding several ways to cope....
One piece does mediocre sales: Oda is finished, One piece is done for...
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volumes that sold this year are still wano content......looks like someone hired this guy to throw a mud at one piece for everything given how he is doing this continuously as if his life depends on it....
It's not a cope. One Piece is simply a product ever since time skip started. Go and fish for yourself about info regarding the promotion push that One Piece has in Japan especially. Shueisha picked One Piece to be their golden egg and they try to milk the shit out of it.
I've seen your comments about the recent story/directions. You are not happy with it yourself. So I guess Lee's post hurt you cause you like One Piece and it pisses u off it became like that.
+ "Oda finished and etc...." is a typical banter. It will probably never die. It's about the quality Hades. You can sell your own fucking farts in a jar if you advertise it properly