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LinkTSwordmaster
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From a writing perspective, what could the One Piece be - specifically if it's something the author is required to have in mind at the outset of putting the series to pen?
It's always fascinated me, that the ultimate reveal to How I Met Your Mother shocked and disappointed longtime viewers, but if you imagine the writing room for the show assuming from the outset that they'll only get 1 season to wrap the story, the reveal made a ton of sense because the reveal could only ever amount to being an element that was included in just that first season. That is, unless they compromised their original vision. And it's one of the major complaints levied against the series - that it lasted so long, that surely the ending should have evolved alongside the characters on the show over the years.... right? For One Piece, I imagine the series is in a similar boat as HIMYM, as the very first thing any author is going to consider when writing a story like that is the answer to "what is the One Piece really?" I've always long held the idea that THE most valuable thing in my life has been my memories and experiences, especially where including friends are concerned, and with that train of thought, I have to imagine an author making a shonen manga would probably be thinking along those same lines as well, at the risk of having many kids as target-demo for the series. Would that I could somehow magically forget something like Final Fantasy 7, or Star Wars, or Ocarina of Time, and somehow go back and experience those again with friends, as if it was for the first time, and maybe make new friends along the way while doing it. It's such an interesting desire, that even Squid Game played around with that idea a bit. I suspect that's where Luffy's ties to Gold Roger, Devil Fruit, and the One Piece resolve. It's the sort of evergreen idea & theme to base a series off of, that no matter where the characters go and adventure, the resolution is simple enough that it will weather whatever twists and turns the plot takes later. And it's interesting that whatever nebulous form the ending has taken since Oda first conceived it, is now potentially locked in on paper - assuming he really did commit to the real thing and has had no desire to change or compromise it over time. |
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A "The real treasure was the friends we made along the way." twist would be such a troll move. The disappointment would be unanimous outside of the meme crowd.
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Top Gun
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Okay, so now we just need to hire a private deep-sea submersible company to--you know what, on second thought let's not do that.
A long time ago Oda confirmed that the One Piece is an actual physical thing, not an abstract concept like "friendship." Even through the end of the Egghead arc we have no real idea what that "thing" could be, but I think there's enough evidence to guess what it involves, at least indirectly. Spoilers through the end of Egghead: spoiler[We've been all but told that it reveals the secret of the Void Century and the initial formation of the World Government, because after leaving Laugh Tale Roger's crew talked about being "too early," i.e. they weren't yet able to act on whatever information they found there. And we know that whatever it was was so shocking or absurd that they couldn't help but burst out laughing, hence the island's name.] Beyond that, who can say? |
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EmeraldSaucer
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That's not what the One Piece is going to be, but I really like the idea that a note saying something along these lines actually is Captain John's treasure (having spent all the actual treasure) and Buggy is in for disappointment |
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Top Gun
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Nah, my money is on Buggy tripping ass-first into finding the One Piece before anyone else. 
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TheRealMaria
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The One Piece is actually Nami's underwear since Oda also just confirmed she doesn't wear any canonically
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Romuska
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The end of One Piece is going to a once-in-a-lifetime cultural event and I'm so happy that I'm going to be a part of it!
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maximilianjenus
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Yep, everything points out to the one piece being some sort of infinite energy machination, which in good hands can change the world for the better, but in bad hands, will enable them to use the country(continent ?)ending weapons.
Just for that specific outfit, tho. |
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