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Eiichiro Oda’sOne Pieceis among the Big Three, and for good reason.One Piecehas been serialized longer than bothBleachandNarutoand is still the most popular ongoing Shonen manga out there. Despite the popularity and fanfare, Eiichiro Oda has had to face criticism for his manga.
Fans often complain about Eiichiro Oda’s art style inOne Piece.At first glance, the panels look a bit overburdened; however, all the details are absolutely necessary inOne Piece.The author has been compared to Masashi Kishimoto and Tite Kubo as their art styles are apparently more aesthetically pleasing than Oda’s. Despite all the comparisons, there is only one rival who truly sticks out in Eiichiro Oda’s mind.
Eiichiro Oda Admits He Can’t Measure Up ToShaman King’s Author
Inan interview,Eiichiro Odawas asked between all his rivals who sticks out the most in his mind. The author immediately answered that the most unforgettable rival was Hiroyuki Takei, the mangaka ofShaman King. Oda then reveals that he had always seen Takei-sensei’s fantastic art sense. Both of them were assistants for the mangaka of Rurouni Kenshin.
He continues to make me feel like, “Woah! That’s awesome!”, even now. He just makes these drawings and compositions with ease and I just have to say, “There’s no way I could possibly draw that.”
Hiroyuki Takei has a very clean and distinctive art style among mangakas.Shaman Kinghas easy to understand panels with almost no cluttering. The manga has clear depictions of everything that happens, and the action sequences are also portrayed in a concise manner.
Eiichiro Oda’s art style, on the other hand,has been criticized as being weird.Thus, when the mangaka began to observe the artwork ofShaman King,he quickly realized how realistic it was. Thus, a rivalry naturally arose in Oda’s mind after seeing Takei’s beautiful work.
Eiichiro Oda’s Memories of Being an Assistant ofRurouni Kenshin‘s Author
Before Eiichiro Oda began his own serialization, he worked as an assistant for the author ofRurouni Kenshin, Nobuhiro Wakatsuki. In the interview, theOne Pieceauthor recounted his experience. Oda admitted that he didn’t work under Watsuki for too long. He had only worked full-time every week for four months before he wanted to prepare for his own upcoming manga. During the planning phase of his new serialization, Oda only worked every other week.
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Other than learning all the skills to become a mangaka, Oda also made some great connections as Wakatsuki’s assistant.
Dunno if you can call friends like us ‘Manga Buddies’ or ‘Manga Rivals’ but that was the place where we all met. It was a fantastic place to be.
The interviewer stated that for some time, the most popular Shonen Jump manga authors all came from Wakatsuki’s place. The Rurouni Kenshin author had mentored manga artists likeShaman King‘s Hiroyuki Takei,Mr. Fullswing‘s Shinya Suzuki, Oda himself, and more. Eiichiro Oda explained that all the assistants wanted to create their own works and were pretty determined about it. The author was extremely happy when some of his assistant colleaguessuccessfully fulfilled their dreams.
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One Pieceis available to read on Viz Media, and the anime is currently streaming on Crunchyroll.
Aaheli Pradhan
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Aaheli is an Anime Content Writer at FandomWire with 1300+ published articles. With five years of experience under her belt, she is a living, breathing encyclopedia for anime and manga. From Shonen and Shojo to the most niche anime, nothing escapes her radar. Her poisons of choice are Assassination Classroom, Gintama, Ouran High School Host Club and every Ghibli movie ever. She believes in living a slow life, surrounded by incomplete art projects and her beloved cats.
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