User blog:SANTORYU99/The Beginner's Guide to One Piece

Hello, this is SANTORYU99 here to give you ''The Beginner's Guide to One Piece. ''If you want watch/read One Piece but don't know where to begin, this guide is for you.

What is One Piece?
One Piece is a manga/anime created by Eiichiro Oda about a young boy named Monkey D. Luffy who aspires to find a legendary treasure called the One Piece and become King of the Pirates. Throughout this journey to find the One Piece, Luffy is joined by many crewmates, and he visits many wonderous places, like an island in the sky, and an underwater prison. In the world of One Piece there are strange fruits called Devil Fruits, when somebody eats one of these fruits they gain an amazing ability, but they lose the ability to swim. Luffy ate the Gum Gum Fruit, now his boddy is made of rubber, and he uses this ability to his advantage in battle.

Dub, Sub, or Manga?
When it comes to one piece, you have 3 viewing options: the english dub of the anime, the original dub of the anime with subtitles, and the english translation of the manga. I'm going to give you the Pros and Cons of all 3.


 * Dub: With the english dub you get a relaxed experience that doesn't require you to read, however, there are only 372 episodes dubbed out of 686, and you have to wait 2 months before the next set of dubbed episodes are released.


 * Sub: Like the name implies, you will have to read subtitles, but the original dub has more episodes released. And you only have to wait a week for the new episode.

Note: I would also like to add that the music in the one piece anime is amazing
 * Manga:  The manga may have over 700 chapters, but it only takes 5-10 minutes to read a chapter, compared to a 30 minute episodes. The only con i see is that the fight scenes don't translate as well in the manga, compared to seeing them in motion in the anime.

Now that you've seen the Pros and Cons of all 3, it's up to you to decide which one you're going with.

Closing Statement
Read/Watch one piece at your own pace. Don't treat it like a race and try to catch up as soon as possible. You'll appreciate it more if you take your time with it.