How did OP eclipse so many other manga in sales numbers to the point where it became a runway?
The greatest history ever told.
>>287296393Sunken costs.But it's gotten so bad that even japs are dropping it.
>>287296393One Piece is dragging older people who don't care for any other manga but One Piece anymore, while zoomers and genz care about both One Piece and the new slop.
>>287296393the ugly artstyle is a normie magnet. they think it's cartoons
>>287296703new volumes only sell 1 million copies instead of 2, it's so over...
>>287296869>the ugly artstyle is a normie magnet. they think it's cartoonsmight be today's dumbest anon
>>287297042People are consuming the manga digitally and watching the anime now.
>>287296869The art style is actually unique and sets it apart from the other generic edge shonen.
>>287296393>per capita You stupid nigger. Compare the number of chapters to sales.
>>287296869Isn't the artstyle one of their biggest complaints?
>>287297236If we compare every vol to another manga it still outpaces everything. Except Demon Slayer. That's because everyone bought vol 1-23 of Demon Slayer at one time after the 2020 movie/ pandemic spending.
>>287296393Its just THAT good. Scary but true
>>287297243It is for western casuals who grew up on shit like Bleach/Naruto. The art style typically filters them.
>>287297283>One Piece - 1170 chapters>Slam Dunk - 276 chaptersTherefore 185 times 4 = 680 millions. And i didn't count precisely.
>>287296393Hard work. Oda actually works unlike Togashi and the most of the others.
>>287297283>one neuron fan doesn't know math
>>287297206that's what I'm saying. One Piece audience is not shonen manga readers but normies who want to watch cartoons, this is why it sells so much. if I wanted to watch Kaido defeated with looney tunes power I'd go watch Bugs Bunny
>>287297895That's not how that works. The generic dime-a-dozen slop art is what you get out of Naruto, Bleach, HxH etc. One Piece is doing something unique with it's art for its medium. Its popular because it's good.
The debate will be over soon.
>>287298013why is it popular after those shows ended?
>>287298036What if it's Garling?
>>287297895>O MY FINAL COPEOne piece is better than your fav, simple as
>>287296393Because it's been going on for 30 years and it's low IQ fans call every piece of filler slop that the author puts out as peak fiction. It's sad
>>287296703Yohoho
Speculating about final war matchups is fun and all and maybe im to anti but reading the last arcs makes me think it will be the monster trio show anyway
Nefertari D Lily is the One Piece, she will crash land on Laugh Tale when Luffy arrives. She'll be connected to Imu's 20 horcruxes
>>287296481>Takes more than 30 years to tell the story of a rubber boy fulfilling his dream except he's not just a rubber boy and that was never his real dreamPathetic
Imu is kinda cute
>>287298095did you guys find out what the treasure is? how can anyone watch a show where the characters don't even know what they are searching for literally 20 years?
>>287298181>did you guys find out what the treasure is?it's the fucking straw hat
>>287296393It seems that OP caused some seething from irrelevant manga #1435436 tourists
>>287298181>hunterkek rambleOne piece still is better and more famous than your meme series will ever be
>>287296703Imu will save the manga.
>>287296393if you put these sales per tomes how bad does it look?
>ITT: huntertrannies having a meltie at the irrefutable fact that one piece is the greatest mangaMany such cases
>>287298181I don’t watch the anime.
>>287298181>Muh you don't know the treasure so nothing matterIs this the final cope?
>>287298181>Don't know the basic history>Don't know what are devil fruits, where they came from, who created them or why>Don't know who the final villain is or their motivation or final goal>Don't know what the MC's real dream is>Don't know what or where the One Piece is One Piece is just an exercise by a manga author to see how much stalling he can get away with before introducing substance into a story LOL
Huh?
>>287298181Would you believe we haven’t seen the MC’s dad do anything in the current story for 20 years?
>>287298290That's total IP revenue, op is about manga sales.
>>287298207There's a Naruto schizo on here that is so goddamn mad that it's not viewed through the same lens as One Piece. You can tell he's a zoomy that didn't keep up with it back when it was serialized and getting shit on too.
>>287298290Embarrassing.
>>287298340Not real Numbers.
Remember that Teach is not HIM and will never be
>>287298036Blackbeard is the proper villain, Imu is the big epic fight
>>287298269so why do you care about one piece story? why doesn't Oda give you the characters and you put them on donut island and then on pencil island where they meet a big monkey eating donuts, they defeat it and then go to the next island repeat for 20 years, and then defeat one of the most powerful people, Luffy becomes Bugs Bunny and plays volleyball with him. I'm the one coping? sounds like projection to me
>>287298290The power of furries
>>287298416Calm down before you shit your pants, Huntersissy.
>>287298330One Piece did actually surpass Dragon Ball in total revenue and international licensing for the first time in history in Toei Animation’s most recent reports (FY2025/2026). The only reason Dragon Ball still leads the overall IP charts is because Bandai Namco’s gaming division is still carrying Goku on its back. Dragon Ball is being saved by mobile gaming slop from Dragon Ball: Dokkan Battle and Dragon Ball Legends. If those 2 things dried up One Piece would over take it easy.
>>287298493>Arrive on new island>Split up>Break week>Meet side characters>Break week>Learn side characters tragic backstories>Flashback scene>2 Week Break>Return to present after 30 chapters (6-8 months irl)>Big bad shows up>Break week>All out fights>Final battle begins >Break week>Luffy powers up and defeats the final boss with a big punch>Break week>Luffy and gang leave the island for another one>Arc over after 4-5 yearsRinse and repeat. You like garbage. You can't refute this and you won't even try, One Piecetard
one piece is the perfect example of a sunk cost. how do you keep up with a story this long and not get frustrated by the lack of a narrative resolution? even comic books relaunch and are adapted in other mediums so they never feel tired.how does one piece has to end to make all these years worth it? at this point OP only exists to keep the physical manga market and jump running.
Uh oh HiatusSissy melty...
>>287298648and luffy eats meat, sanji likes woman, an information they found about something from 30 years ago get retconned of another retcon, it will get developed in 6 years when it's retconned again and won't mean anything
>>287296703>physical copies in the big 26No shit they are dropping you retard kek. Post the sales chart of any physical manga magazine and it will look the same.
>>287296393Oda is a smart businessman. And One Piece is simply that good.
>>287296393lets see the copies per volume chart!
one piece's western popularity feels manufactured. like when sabban got lucky with power rangers and then tried to make kamen rider and other bugmen happen.
>>287298729I can't tell if it's the Naruto troon or a Hunter fag.
When are you going to off yourself already Jimbo?
>>287297460But slam dunk likely wouldn't have been able to sustain the sales for this long. Also, the slam dunk sales happened during the peak of physical manga sales while One Piece has been getting hit by the digital takeover for a while.The thing that makes One Piece special business-wise is that it has been capable of printing money for this fucking long.
>>287298290Wtf I didn't know the dragon ball games sold enough for the difference to be that big between the it and the IPs without major gaming success.Also I actually expected Pokemon to be way higher than the others.
>>287298876DB is $31 billion. Not $45. It's being carried by mobile slop
Nika ruined the world building of One Piece since now the world revolves around the MC which is considered one of the deadly sins of writing for a reason back then in Skypiea that was good would building since the world didnt really revolve around the MC quite yet, so you got the sense that they just found that place by chance and there could be plenty of Skypieas out there and plenty of Enels out there not even involved with the main story now that theres this joyboy nika prophecy shit very apparent, the world revolves around the mc now and Luffy has seen it all because he has to see it all and the world revolves around him so now>we lost the sense of plausibility >the world seems small and nothing matters if Luffy didnt see it>the world seems boring for similar reasons>Luffy seems like a prick since trouble has to follow him everywhere and he just cleans up the mess that he started>barely anyone gathered anything independently until Luffy got there, looking at the super novas>so what is the point of the world if Luffy is not there?
>>287298902>Fist of the North StarHow is it that big? It seems relatively irrelevant compared to the rest of things on the list which have been mainstream for decades and to this day. Was it unbelievably huge in Japan like Anpanman?Also pretty wild to see that CoD is the only western videogame franchise that makes it in the top 25. I thought FIFA or GTA at least would make it in considering GTAV alone has like 10B in lifetime revenue, but I guess it drops off a lot after that.
>>287298959WrongIf Luffy was just a random kid who found a fruit, the conflict with the World Government is just a "bad guy vs. good guy" fight. Because he carries the fruit of Joyboy and the "D" initial, the fight becomes a 800-year-old philosophical war coming to a head. The connections make the stakes ancestral, not just personal. In a story about a world that was literally torn apart (the Red Line/Grand Line splitting the seas), the narrative "shrinking" acts as a literary magnet. As we approach the endgame, the "strings" of fate are coming together. Everyone being connected to a central point (Laugh Tale/The Void Century) creates a sense of inevitability that Imu just talked about last Chapter. It suggests that history is a living thing. If the characters weren't connected to the past, the "One Piece" would just be a treasure hunt. Since they are connected, the treasure hunt is actually a reunion. If everyone is important, then nobody is a coincidence. In a story this long, coincidences feel like "plot armor." Connections, however, feel like infrastructure.
>>287298902>Ended 12 fucking years ago>Only 2bn (less than 10%) behind One PieceI am sorry but why do Pissfags pretend to be in a league of their own when it's director competitor is essentially even in revenue despite not even printing shit anymore?
>>287298959you hater can't see the genius of ODA!!!!! 1!!!!!!!!it's a freaking genius masterpiece storytelling and it's perfect!!!!!! don't you see it sold hecking millionnnnns
>>287298902Don't Disney and Shonen Jump own most of the other franchises?
>>287299038that's irrelevant
>>287299048Did you not read? DB is being carried by Gacha slop.
>>287299048Naruto has had big success in the videogame space while OP hasn't, so that's probably a big chunk. Also, boruto is probably being included into that number considering the list includes all Marvel properties under a single umbrella.
>>287298902Some of these choices don't make sense. How is Cars, one of Pixar's least popular films, included in this?
>>287299089>>287299102Dragon Ball and Naruto both are being carried by Gacha slop. One Piece will unfortunately get the Gacha slop treatment too when it ends. I'd rather have Movies, anime and manga over that.
>>287296869The artstyle is one of the best parts, taking it miles higher than generic slop like JJW or CSM which has boring ugly art
>>287299058compare the chosen one trope to Star Wars with Luke Skywalkers and Anakin even>Luke doesnt existThe Rebellion still fights the empire and has to find a way to do it somehow>Anakin doesnt existPalpatine still usurps the republic without him somehow>The Final War if Nika 3 doesnt existsdoesnt happen, he has to be there
Bonney's toes, that's it
>>287299184Why is Kaido flipping the fishman of the crew?...
>>287299130Its merch sells gangbusters with young boys
>>287296393Industry plant
>>287299220I think thats ochokos hand
>>287299130Toys man. Kids and parents buy the fuck out the Cars brand.
>>287299130>choicesWhat choices kek this is based on revenue numbers.Cars is an absolute moneyprinter when it comes to merch and toys.
>>287296869
>>287298290>I want to be Ash>Goku is so strong>I want to pilot Gundam>Naruto is so coolYet no one want to be Luffy. Such a negative aura MC.
>>287296393By having 100+ volumes
>>287299130It literally has Cars in the name, Anon. Who do you think they sell merch to? You know, there's this group of little people who really likes cars.
Are there qt fujos ITT or are they just hagtier wun pissers?
>>287299433>I want a relationship like>Ash and Pikachu >Goku and Vegeta >Amuro and Char>Naruto and Sasuke Iconic. What does Warm Piss have? Goofy and his shizo persona?
>>287299184>jjk and csm are generic in stylehuh? t
New reaction pic just dropped
>>287298777Shhhh the same doomerkeks do this for every single popular manga/anime general. It’s funny watching them out themselves.
>>287299037>How is it that big?Pachinko>>287299457Fucking midgets
>>287298959And people say that Oda only wants to write adventures
>>287299494I want to fuck Nami and Robin.
>>287298959One Piece always had major coincidences, Skypeia was the exception.>Luffy's father is le revolutionary >Luffy's grandfather is le biggest marine
>>287298959>the world revolves around the MC which is considered one of the deadly sins of writingtolkien did it and people don't seem to complain
>>287298902Dragon ball has bird studio, which was Toriyamas studio right? Why hasn’t Oda made his own studio yet? He absolutely has the money to do it
>>287300047He's too busy trying to make sure his actual canon story is good. Instead of focusing on side slop.
>>287299998frodo's quest and struggles is pretty personal to him even though it is monumental for the main plot
>>287299494zoro and sanji
>>287300166the same thing could be said about luffy no? he wants to fulfill his personal dream and become the pirate king. his whole attitude so far has been that he does not care about what other people demand of him or ethical decisions.
>>287298777>>287299741OPfags love the digital cope, when sales for Demon Slayer and Jujutsu Kaisen were mostly physical as Oricon numbers are about 80% of Shueisha's circulation numbers.Digital sales are on the rise in Japan, but physical manga still is king by far.
>>287299998you've never read lotr, go away Rimmer
>>287298777>NOOO! MANGA IS GOING DIGITAL IN A COUNTRY WHERE PHYSICAL COPIES ARE STILL VALUEDdo you digitalcopefags ever listen to yourselves?
>>287298794Its definitely getting a push from private equity through netflix and crunchyroll. Its a shit product and everyone can see through it.
>>287300511Thats great that JJK and Demon Slayer were able to pull off a lot of sales. They were also significantly shorter and much more easier to obtain with their shorter volume count. Buying in bulk is way easier for a shorter series like that. Are you delusional enough to make a claim that if JJK or Demon Slayer were to have reached over 100 volumes that they would still be selling 1.2 million+ physically? I think you're highly fucking delusional if you think so.
>>287298181>the only thing that matters is the final goalWho the fuck wants to read or watch a pirate story without any adventure? If everything were left up to you, all manga would be two panels or less.
>>287300251Rabbits don't lay eggs... do they?
>>287296703Oof.
>>287300291for the beginning the story you can say so but now Nika became everyone's problem
>>287300251I fertilized all these before she laid them btw
>>287299428sex with karen
>started watching One Piece for the first time this year>just finished Marineforddoes the story get better after the timeskip or is this the peak?
>>287298959>since now the world revolves around the MC>since nowIt always did. Not saying Nika didn't make it worse, but the premise of a big bunch of arcs is the Strawhats coincidentally arriving just as the villians were about to enact their years long schemes.
You people do realize Imu is just gonna call Usopp a faggot, cough blood, say something cryptic and drop dead; right?
>>287305892Generally gets worse, but there's some good stuff post time skip. And as someone who has been reading the manga for over 20 years, some of the bigger reveals of endgame stuff has been pretty cool.
>>287305892fuck off we're full
>>287305963he's gonna aurafarm like crazy, bitch about the air, whoop everypne's ass then he'll be about to kill usopp or whoever but will get a coughing fit and complain about the air again
>>287298013None of those mangas have generic art, they have distinct drawing styles.
>>287305892What story? The hack hasnt even shown us what one of the Road Poneglyphs say and we are 1600+ chapters in
I like the theory that Imu and Enel are the same race.
>>287299184big mom a cute
just punch harder
>>287299494My penisSandersoniayou do the math
>>287307116Absolute cinema. I will never get tired watching Luffy absolutely rock scumbags in their fucking faces.
>>287296393Why are you using old numbers for Dragon Ball?
>>287296703The real problem is that One Piece is too hard to read for the average manga fan. There is more going on per panel than in any other manga competing with it.
>>287296703Bros... the highest selling comic is only beating everyone else... but not by as much as it used to.... what do we do?
>>287296703Why don't they like me anymore
>>287299218amazing post. thank you.
>>287298777Digital cucks are subhuman. They ruined PC gaming and the American film/TV industry.
Only monkeys read one piece
>>287299494Luffy and Nami
>>287298959>the world seems smallIt has ever since he introduced den den mushi and then screens (television). He should've just kept den den mushi transmission to like a km if he's too dumb to think up of something to fit the story.
>>287305892Marineford is fucking awful and far from the peak. But if you like nothing happening, the show going from the Strawhats to being fully Luffy centered while the other crew members or outright get written out of the story for more than a year's worth of episodes (it's gonna happen again) then go ahead, but but post time skip OP is dire.
>the first shonen jump manga series to reach 100 million copies
>>287296393how is slam dunk that popular? its great, popular media is always trash. shingeki ending was the popularity curse
>>287298777I mean, that didn't stop mha from breaking its own sales record with the final volume. I doubt that One Piece will do this. Sunk cost fallacy is real.
