CATDOLL: Netizen: Why are there no other pirate works similar to "One Piece"?

Netizens have questions: After the appearance of Oda Eiichiro's "One Piece", why are there no other "pirate"-themed works? Is it because "One Piece" has monopolized the reader market? Or is there some other reason? Let's take a look at what netizens think.

The following is a discussion among Japanese netizens (excerpt):

1：名无しさん@おーぷん

Have you noticed that since the birth of One Piece, we have hardly seen any works related to the theme of pirates. In the past, there was also a phenomenon that because of the emergence of Naruto, there were few highlights in the subsequent ninja-themed works. This is not plagiarism, and Oda has not applied for a patent. Why can't we see more works on the theme of pirates?

2：名无しさん@おーぷん

Once a work has unparalleled popularity, no matter how hard the later ones try, they will just be imitating it. For example, if you create a comic about pirates, readers will find all kinds of shadows of "One Piece" in your characters, so they will say you are a copycat and plagiarizing. Even if you change the approach and change it to a story about the navy, people will still say you are imitating "One Piece"... So, no one is willing to do it now.

32：名无しさん@おーぷん

Let alone the similar theme of One Piece, even the similar painting style will cause controversy. Everyone knows Mashima Hiro, right? His painting style is similar to Oda's, so some people said that "Mashima is Oda's assistant" and called Fairy Tail "the brother work of One Piece". In fact, it is not like that. Mashima has never been an assistant, and his idol is not Oda but Tanaka Hiroshi. In other words, he and Oda do not have such obvious intersections.

17：名无しさん@おーぷん

The main reason is that One Piece has reached perfection all of a sudden, which makes it difficult for people to follow up. For example, there are many campus-themed works now, but it is hard to say which one everyone praises. Therefore, there are many creators of similar themes.

26：名无しさん@おーぷん

Anyway, I am also very dissatisfied with this situation. Is it really impossible to continue to draw pirate comics? I think it would be interesting to have a work that specifically tells the story of the battles between pirates. Why do cartoonists give up? "One Piece" has been around for so many years, and we can't see any other pirate works? The same is true for ninja comics. This phenomenon is too annoying.

45：名无しさん@おーぷん

This is the brand effect. As long as you do it to the extreme, the newcomers will be regarded as copycats. Nowadays, when talking about pirate comics, everyone thinks of "One Piece". So if you submit a work with the same theme, the editor will definitely think "Hey, are you stupid?"

67：名无しさん@おーぷん

Let alone pirates, the same is true for other themes. For example, since "Captain Tsubasa", do you remember any famous works related to football? After "Slam Dunk", there have been no interesting basketball comics for many years. Even "Kuroko's Basketball" has taken a completely different style. It is more like selling homosexuality than a passionate sport. Even so, in the past few years, there was a storm that many people believed that "Kuroko's Basketball" plagiarized "Slam Dunk". Seeing such a direction of public opinion, who would be willing to commit suicide?

89：名无しさん@おーぷん

New comics are very vulnerable. They think that if they are accused of copying, they are basically finished. I hope they can be bolder and challenge pirate and ninja comics! After all, these are the most interesting topics in boys' comics, and they are worth challenging! Pirates and ninjas were not invented by those two cartoonists. In the past, anyone could create them. So please don't worry, create boldly!

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