The Appeal of One Piece: Where to Start 

One piece is cool because the pacing and background art makes it seem like you're traveling with them

It is the biggest selling comic by one author. Batman and Superman have the unfair advantage of multiple authors and countless reboots. This is one story line

The amount of foreshadowings in this manga is just unbelievable

I wish I could unwatch One Piece just so I could rewatch it again and discover everything anew. Trust me, if you're just starting the series, you don't want to be caught up! Waiting a week for 1 episode is tough.

Let’s be real the only reason ONE PIECE hasn’t surpassed superman and batman is cause atleast half of its audience pirates it

I think one of my favourite things about one piece is how he saves islands.. by accident. Like his first fight with Buggy the clown. He wasn't out to save the town from Buggy, he just wanted his hat back. Alabasta, he was helping a ladies request and ended up saving the city. CP9, who cares about the world government? He just wants Robin back. It has the needs of Shonen Jump to be a hero saving people while still keeping them as the "bad" Pirates. That's some genius writing.

Loved the Senor Pink segment, LOLOL

I actually kinda cried when I watched Senior Pink's flashback

want to know how great a writer oda is? he made people sad and even cry to the death of a boat. most writer wish they can that

I feel you left out one important factor: Those named characters once introduced in the canon version of the story do actually remain a part of that world. For example the Arlong pirates are one of the first enemies Luffy encounters, they as a group and one of their members returns hundreds of chapters later in the fishman arc. if a character is named and has entered the canon of One Piece it remains a part of that world till it dies leaving a lot of theories and debate open for fans.

My dream for one piece once it ends, is for madhouse and Oda to team up and give one piece the hunter x hunter treatment. Vastly condensing its story to only its major points with consistent animation and action scenes. Not because I think some story arcs aren't needed but I think it's necessary to make it digestible while still maintaining the feel of a grand adventure. Mainly due to the fact that I think even if you tell someone where to start, just the sheer amount that's either ahead or behind them is frightening enough to discourage anyone from starting.

Just as a sort of heads up on One Piece's back story; Oda, in an interview, said that the world of One Piece was created when he was a kid. He has been building the world from that time, and continues to do so, till this day.

I love how Oda can make up the most idiotic, completely insane shit in his comic and somehow give it meaning and emotional weight to the story. Seriously, he could make an Irish Chicken Acrobat who regularly craps his pants a loveable, multi-faceted character.

Yea, Senor Pink is a perferct symbol of what One Piece is. From the look of it, it looks silly and childish - but when you get in to it, you see it is well thought out, amazing and all that good shit.

Senor Pink was my favorite executive

One thing that I feel is often overlooked in these one piece analysis videos, is how well oda handles power scaling. Often authors can get lost in the narrative and constant growth of the characters where the series ends with insanely unreasonable levels of power that it pulls the reader out of the experience (looking at you Toriko and Naruto). Oda introduces super early on what the strongest in the world are capable of through Mihawk, strongest swordsman in the world. Which makes Zoros path to this goal clearer in that we have an idea of what he will be able to do later on in the series. Same goes for the admirals with Aokijis first introduction in the show and so on. Its been overall pretty consistent and has helped to avoid those asspull moments common in shounen. Of course the manga isn't over and this usually a problem in the last couple arcs, I have complete faith in Goda, may he stay healthy and creative.

I used to get made fun of in late middle school - high school for preferring One Piece over Bleach and Naruto(nothing wrong if you prefer these shonen). I was told its art style was dumb and the only cool character was Zoro. Even then I had no clue how big One Piece was in japan and when I realized it none of my friends in the US believed me that OP was the biggest of the Big 3 in japan.

Senor Pink was the hardest-boiled man that manga has ever witnessed.

I just finished reading the Skypea arc (I think that's what its called) and whoo boy. For me, the greatest appeal to Oda's storytelling is the way he starts off an arc with many seemingly unrelated plot threads, gradually bringing them together as the arc progresses, before finally tying them all together to one simple action that resolves the whole conflict; in Skypea's case, the ringing of the bell. There's always a sense of growing dread and the scale of the conflict gets bigger and bigger as the story narrows down and comes together towards the climax. It can only really be described as epic, and Oda as a genius.

i watched one piece during the quarantine and recently caught up with it, this show is without a doubt my favourite of all time i dont regret it, naruto was number one for me before watching one piece

Honestly never cared too much about the fights in One Piece, reading the Baratie arc to Arlong Park in my school library made me care more about the characters themselves. In my first ever reading of it.

I think even more crazy with sales is that superman and batman had multiple series going out while one piece is just one story with one person/team

The continuity, the foreshadowing, characters, setting, how the devil fruit work, the pirate motif I pretty much love EVERYTHING about the anime and manga. I really appreciate Oda's utter foresight and planning.

Finally started it 2 months back, currently on episode 202, the series has been incredible so far although I had a rocky start with getting used to the large amount of episodes. Update 1 month later: so I've made it up to episode 615 and I've been doing nothing but binge watching this series as much as I possibly can for the last month and let me tell you it has been an emotional rollercoaster and a half with a twist around every corner and yes Oda successfully managed to make me cry over a ship, and I've loved nearly every arc that's come my way except from the first 2/3 of thriller bark and fishman island but other than that I've had a fantastic time with this show so far that I will not forget throughout my life.

Everyone pokes fun at how literally everyone in One Piece has a tragic backstory, but I do gotta give Oda props for his creativity when it comes to those backstories. Pink's backstory is so weird given the result but extremely effective.

I don't know why people bitch about how long a series is. if you start reading a series and it's good wouldn't you want it to be long?I mean, the longer the merrier right?

Basically the world of One Piece does not happen for the characters, but it evolves around them. And everything has a cause which will be explained sooner or later. What keeps the reader interested and amazed is the sense of discovery that everyone can experience reading or watching One Piece.

There's also "One Pace", a fanmade project that cuts out loads of filler in the anime. If you tried the anime and hate how drawn out some parts are, or if you just don't have much time, I recommend checking it out.

Bruhhh the senor pink flashback with the bleach ost was great lol.

just remember, oda make us cry for a ship... A SHIP!!!

4:06 wanna know something insane? SuperEyePatchWolf said it would take another decade for One Piece to outsell batman. It's only been just over 4 years since he released that vid and One Piece is only 4-5 million away from becoming the 2nd best selling comic in existence. EDIT: One Piece has just become the 2nd best selling comic in existence withe 490 million over Batmans 484 million, on its 24th anniversary no less. With the inclusion of volume 99 & 100, im certain it will reach 500 million and rival both the harry potter franchise & the entire dr seuss collection.

Jesus I honestly didn't expect that from the Senor Pink... That depth alone is reason enough for me to watch this honestly, episode 1 here I come (I'm in for a ride and I'm kind of scared and excited)

One piece has such a lovely art style. It's unique enough to make the manga stand out and Japanese enough to let audiences know it is indeed anime-like.

One Piece is a masterpiece ! Eichiro Oda is a fucking genius !

Just binged the whole series this summer do not regret a second of it these characters are inspiring

I'm a simple woman. I see a new EyePatch Wolf video, I click.

I've heard a lot of different reasons for people not watching the "top" or "most popular" anime (One Piece, Naruto, Bleach, Cowboy Bebop, etc). "It's overrated", "It looks stupid", "It's too long!", "Aren't those kinds of anime for cringey weeaboos?"... I, too, was turned away from One Piece and the other "all time best" anime for some of these same reasons and more, and it took years after I first started watching anime to even try to watch them. Surface value, I can see why people are turned away. I know people who've given One Piece an honest try and not liked it - to each their own. But for those of you out there who have not seen One Piece - give it a try. You may very well be missing out on something you might really enjoy. Don't take other people's word for it, you have to give it a try yourself. Videos like this one that ask you to try One Piece are only scratching the surface of why you should watch it. I think the thing that most sets it apart from other anime is the vastness and uniqueness of the universe Eiichiro Oda has created, but most importantly the way he gives value to the characters and the story in a way that emotionally strikes me more than any other anime has been capable of. Please just give it a try :)

I just cried.... that pink story....wtf man

"What gets me here is that this (Senor Pink) is one tiny unconsequential character in One Piece's world and yet still Oda manages to imbue him with the sense of depth and grounding that many writers fail to give even their main protagonist. And that's to say nothing of the amazing job Oda has done in establishing the main major heroes and vilains of One Piece's story." Thank you ;-;

Dat Señor Pink backstory :'(

Oda ate the kami kami no mi, that's why he's Goda

I have to admit that, although not consciously, I did feel every Single point you made about One Piece in this Video exactly represented what I feel about the series deep down. One Piece is one of the most awesome adventures to be a part of. It's just a shame that so many people are turned off by the number of episodes alone... . Awesome video keep it up^^

holy shit man i hardly know anything about one piece but you werent kidding about Senor Pink's backstory being tragic af. i shed a tear just hearing you talk about it

I am SO happy that you recommended the 6th movie, it's such a great movie on it's own and obviously beautifully directed. Perfect to watch on a Saturday night for anyone! One Piece is hands down my favorite anime and you explained what I love about it so well, great video!

The Appeal of One Piece: The Manga.

Oh, yeah! More Eyepatch Wolf, bring it.

"The inherited will. The dreams of the age and its people. For as long as people chase the meaning of freedom, such things are incapable of being extinguished!"

I'm glad someone went through the trouble of proving how amazing One Piece is. Honestly it's one of my favorite manga series. I don't watch the anime a lot though. I usually just watch my favorite fights from the manga. I just prefer to get the story from the manga itself, it's less time consuming, it's Oda's direct vision and it's overall a wonderful journey reading every panel. I can't even imagine watching the anime in its entirety. Especially when it takes me 4-5 minutes tops to finish a single chapter. I heavily recommend reading the manga to get into one piece!

Do you work in advertising? I feel like you should be working in advertising... One Piece was something I couldnt get into past volume 9 but youve kinda made me want to check it out again...

*SENOR PINK IS MY MAN*

When I first started watching One Piece in 6th grade I didn't know there were 800+ ep. My best friend recommended it to me because he said it was funny and I did after putting it off for a week. Then I instantly fell in love with One Piece. I watched the East Blue saga and then found out there were 800+ ep. The only thing I could think of when I found out was "Holy shit! I get to watch 700+ ep of this amazing show!" I didn't have social media either at the time so I never got any spoilers or pictures of the current ep.

Yep, you did it. You have actually convinced me to watch an 850 episode anime. I know this is going to be a major waste of my time, but somehow im sure I wont regret it Thanks, I guess.

Imagine you are counting the Names and are at 600 and then you forgot where you were and have to start anew..

Wow. Man I never knew One Piece was so detailed. I always liked the cartoony style, and can remember watching the 4Kids dub back in the day, but I've always written One Piece off as being junk since it was at the top of the Shonen Jump list. I thought surely it's only lasted this long just because it'd garnered many fans over the years. But I think I'm really seeing why so many people like it. And hearing Senor Pink's story fucking broke me, and that was just your explanation of it. I can't even begin to imagine the other stories that are told. I'm gonna do it, I'm gonna plunge into One Piece; fuck watching the anime though, there's over 900 episodes of that. I can read faster than I can watch. **update 7/14/2019** WOW. I didn't realize this had blown up THIS much in the last year and a half. For those asking how far I am now and if I've even kept with it, I can happily say I am going steady on it still. There's been times where I'd stop reading for a few months but then hop right back in. Work keeps me away from it more than I'd like, but I've just finished Volume 33/Chapter 316 having finished the AWESOME Skypiea arc and starting Water Seven, near the end of the Davy Back Games now. I can't really get enough of this series. I've been picking up those 3-in-1 Omnibuses and mowing through them.

We’re on Chapter 1080 4 years later shits crazy

This is one of the best introductions to One Piece I have ever seen! I was lucky to jump into One Piece around the 300 episode mark, a really long time ago. The only manga/anime I have been looking forward to, every single week, is One Piece, it's one of the most elaborate, exciting stories I have ever seen. And there is still soooooo much to come, a lot to look forward to!

I'm definitely gonna show this to my friends who say One piece is "Too long to enjoy"

I actually ended up getting inspired by this video last year, and though it took me a while, I went through all of One Piece and am now waiting for episode 833 to drop. Thanks Wolf, I wasn't sure about the series before but you sold me on it and its cool looking back now on the video that started this journey for me. ;)

dude one piece is the image of good writing. Just saying

Holy shit, I actually teared up at the senior pink backstory. Thanks. Have kinda avoided one piece due to its silly nature. Might actually check it out.

I hate throwing this word around but I think One Piece, as well as Fullmetal Alchemist are the only shonen I can consider masterpieces. Sure they have their flaws, but in my opinion the positives really outweigh the negatives

please do why you should watch Gintama

Man about halfway through, you gave me chills. Just making me realize how insane this show is. I only am just past Skypiea and it’s just really great to see someone who can show how great and massive this can be, while still being exciting

So, One Piece is the LOTR of anime, since: -Both are very long and entertaining throughout -Have flawless world-building -Most iconic in their genre -And most of all, both are considered the best in the genre/medium

Massive amounts of filler in the anime? Seriously? Compared to Naruto there is like no Fillers at all xD And I always felt the fillers in One Piece made much more sense than others.

God, seeing a notification for this channel is like the best feeling.

Holy shit thank you for this video, the story of senor pink made me so emotional, I'll start watching

When people ask me about one piece and that it looks like it's for little kids, I simply say the back stories. They ask how so? I shows them the story of Law and Corazon. They start to ugly cry.

Just started watching the anime 6 episodes in 832 to go

866 characters!?... I actually laughed out loud, I freakin' love One Piece.

...you know what, I gotta admit, I wasn't sure you could convince me that a dopey looking guy in a bonnet and diaper could have a compelling backstory. Hats off to you and to One Piece for proving me wrong.

Concept, for you What if Araki and Oda collaborated on a five chapter manga. They collaborate on the setting, art, story, etc. What would it be like...?

Start one piece from the beginning I garantee everyone who are watching this video you won't regret it.

Can you do a video on why SAO doesn't work but Log Horizon works since they are quite similar i just want a log horizon videon

I thought I'd never make it to episode 793 , I've come a long way and I never get tired of watching One Piece. Thank you odacchi for giving me the holy image of katakuri and his donuts. C": I love One Piece Edit: ep 803 Edit Oct 16: ep 814 Edit: Oct 19: ep 840 Edit: dec 5 : ep 952 Edit: feb 16 2021 : ep 962

The Appeal of Hentai: Where to Start ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Also, holy shit, that FF6 Terra theme in the background at the 5 minute mark. And there it is at 14:22, my name on the great wall of Eyepatch Wolf.

*Senor Pink* BEST EXAMPLE :'(

im so god damn happy about all those people writing that they were convinced to watch one piece or pick it back up because of this video! i mean, reading the manga is in my opinion the more rewarding thing to do but still, i hate how i cant talk with anyone in real life about this manga and im excited for even more people to start enjoying it!!

This is gonna be a bit long but I just wanted to gush about the show. I grew up with One Piece, I started with the god awful 4kids dub that was on TV and my brother and I ended up watching it together online in the early days of the internet, back when OneManga was still running. He continued watching it without me and I would occasionally sit down with him and watch it without context. I ended up seeing a lot of random parts of the Impel Down arc through this. I don't remember a whole lot about it but it was entertaining and a lot of fun to watch. Years later after dropping out of school I decided to try rewatching the series, this would have been around 2013, the Arlong Park arc, Drum Island arc and Enies Lobby arc all hit me pretty hard as someone who had been isolated from not just their friend group but from almost everyone. At the time I was living with my mother and no one from school made the effort to check on me until years later. I ended up forgetting where I was and losing interest around the introduction of Brook. But it was Robin that probably hurt the most, I was bullied a lot through high school, treated as a freaky quiet nerd. The type of person boys would dare each other to date because it was a form of punishment. I was diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety and progressively got worse over the years. I am 23 now, I am 2 years older than the series at this point and I'm rewatching it with my girlfriend. I saw that the series was on Netflix and decided to try catching up this time. I watched most of it alone but as I got to Arlong Park my girlfriend started getting interested, she sat down with me for most of it and then dropped off again as the Baratie arc started, she started picking up more interest when Baroque Works showed up and we watched all of Drum Island together and it was the most I've ever seen her cry about a piece of media. Chopper hit me hard as a teen when I was isolated for years after dropping out, and it hit me hard again because of quarantine and the fact that I decided to cut myself off from my family years ago because of abuse. I identify a lot with Chopper because of the themes of social isolation and wanting to find a friend that becomes your family. Like I can not put into words how upsetting it was seeing him all beat up over that mushroom. And then Enies Lobby happened. I remember Robin's story hitting me much worse when I was a teen, I felt hopeless about making friends and pretty convinced I was never going to find people that understand me. I think it hurts a lot less now knowing that I was wrong. One of the reasons I was convinced that I was going to be alone is that I am trans, and for a long time I kept it a secret and felt like if I told people I would be treated like a freak and isolated again. Once I started getting out and socialising with people again, I didn't want to put them off (I have a lot of conservative male friends who make a lot of anti trans jokes) and I was worried they were going to be hostile to me or cut me out of their lives. So I stayed quiet for almost 10 years. And when I started dating my girlfriend (who is trans) I came out to her and she encouraged me to come out to my other friends and I had never felt more relieved that the vast majority have been supportive. I'm talking about this because One Piece has always been something around me, something that put my loneliness into a story about a human-deer and a girl with the ability to grow arms. And it's not like the whole experience has been smooth, I got kicked out of a house for being trans, the whole time I was there my housemate screamed about me constantly and threatened to throw my things out into the street. Even as I packed my stuff into a trailer she was threatening to call the cops on me, once I had moved to the next place - I felt scared of my housemates because of my old one, I knew they were good people but I was legitimately traumatised. I got paranoid they were talking about me in whispers, which I knew was irrational but it made me feel anxious . One week after moving the landlord showed up and told me we had two months and that he was going to kick us out so he could have his house back during COVID. I was homeless for the 3rd time during a plague and ended up asking my girlfriend if she wanted to move in together and that is where we are at. I bring this up because I see some parallels between me and Chopper, social rejection, the fear and paranoia that comes from that, the relief when you find people that love and understand you. It got kind of off topic but I wanted to talk about how this series has made me feel, I tear up a lot when I think about Drum Island. It's my favourite arc and Chopper is my favourite character and I just find it funny that I relate more to a talking transforming reindeer than to any other Straw Hat. We love these characters because we see ourselves in them, and their stories are funny, heartbreaking and exciting. The best decision I made during COVID was to rewatch this series and now it has become a nightly thing for me and my girlfriend, after Drum Island she's watching all of it with me and we are mid-way through Thriller Bark. Also "Ain't nobody born into this world to be alone" is one of my favourite quotes of the series and Sol was a great character, it felt like his words were aimed at a younger me and that just fucks me up a lot.

Most people don't understand how vast One piece is.. Everything in One piece will be answered.... One piece explores every single detail of it's world. From the east blue to the grand line,to new world... So many islands,so many states,so many new characters..exploration.. We are 800+ deep and we just got glipses of the following: What happened during the Void century? Who exactly are the gorosei? Who exactly are the celestial dragons(why are they so feared,for what reason?)? The origin of devil fruits. The world trees Who's joyboy? Vegapunk. The cream of the crop 4 yonko's. The will of D The voice of all things ALL BLUE The RA(revolutionary army) The Ancient Weapons Moon people-Enel:) Poneglyphs-The road to Raftel The evolution of Haki..We will find out what Conquerors haki is all about. Awakening The national treasure of Mariejois-Doflaming threatened to tell the world what really is. And fucking finally One piece. I bet i missed some things. Luffy has many contenderrs for position of Pirate king...His road will be harsh..with the 4 Yonko's in his path. He for sure will fight Kaido,Blackbeard...We don't know how Blackbeard ate 2 devil fruits. He will become Pirate King..After that he will Fight Sakazuki in the fight for the world,the reveal of the void century... He will probably fight the leader of Gorosei.After that will he be the freest . We will not have a time skip into this folks... One piece is the greatest,most complex series in history... Had it been written in novels,game of thrones and lord of the rings wouldn't be the things talked about today.

I'm so glad Super Eye Patch Wolf is moving up the ranks and gaining popularity. He'll reach 1million one day.

i nearly cried at that back story

Okay, that backstory of the guy with the baby clothing brought tears to my eyes. I'm convinced now.

We're at 853 chapters buddy ^^

I really hope that it gets the "Brotherhood" treatment when it ends. The anime would be amazing if it had better animation, better pacing and no fillers. Unpopular opinion: In the event of a second adaptation, I think a season-by-season (or arc by arc) release would be better than cranking out an episode every week. I know there's the issue of keeping its time slot but I can still wish...

I legitimately started crying upon being told that guy's backstory.

This video convinced me to start one piece after years of putting it off. Thank you.

lol oda ate the manga-manga fruit

I love the manga for one piece so much, but cannot find myself to watch the anime. One piece did not deserve to be treated this way xD;;;. seriously though, I'm on my 3rd read-through of the manga, but have only watched the anime once up to the middle of dressrosa.....I hope one day it'll be remade with much better animation and design. maybe it's a pipe dream, i dunno.

I really admire story writers. I can't imagine the creativity it takes to keep a story running for so many years and still maintain its huge excitement and following. I used to watch OP way back on Toonami, but it was more of a calm-down show after DBZ. It really intrigues me that the initial motivator for Luffy is still the same 800+ chapters in without its story falling apart, kind of like Naruto's did. This video definitely has me interested in reading the manga whenever I can put aside time over the next few... months? years? (No time to watch 700 or whatever episodes)

For someone like me who started watching One Piece at like 12-13 years old what got my attention of the series was Luffy. He isn't the brightest character but is so driven to his goal which for someone like me (who also isn't the sharpest knife in the crayon box) resonated with me.

After reading and watching One Pice my hole life till now, I feel chills running down my back while watching this video! I just joined the wolfpack on patreon. Great Work!

Finally a video about one piece by one of my favorite youtuber i fucking Love this channel

Lol it's funny how most of the comments are "One piece is overrated". How can it be overrated if most people think it's overrated.

I think one of One Pieces's main draws for me is just the childlike joy that's in every single episode. Watching Luffy fight and get into the most random bullshit with his crew every episode is great, and even the small moments like him and Chopper being obsessed with cool bugs and finding the biggest stick over the course of Sky Island. It's been ages since I've watched a show where I can't hate any of the main cast. It's just impossible to even dislike any of the Straw Hats

The thing that One Piece does from better than any other Shounen imo is generating and delivering on hype moments in the climax of an arc. It just makes you go "Damn, that's fucking badass", and honestly that is what makes One Piece so captivating and just down right Fun.

Tbh, Senor Pink example was fucking amazing. You did an amazing job on this video, this is one of the few times I can see that someone on this platform has put their genius into their work. (To clarify I'm talking about youtubers, and I'm basically trying to say that you did a damn good job)

The determination you must have to create this masterpiece alone.

Masses of filler?? One Piece?? Compared to the almost 50% filler of Naruto and Bleach, 13%, or 102/775 episodes of filler is tiny, and they are pretty scattered, unlike the other 2.

One piece just passed Batman in sales!!! 490 million right now. Batman at 460 mil, Superman at 600 million.