Well, there she goes. It's ending this week. I called it. Well, not when exactly, but will. I knew it was going to fail, but it's sad really. The idea is good but the writing wasn't good enough to execute it. But on the bright side, at least it allowed me to see how some YT view anime/manga as of late. Not that I would mock or criticize them since it is subjective. It's a way to see what taste they have. Funny, because I was alone on not thinking it was good, let alone being the best first chapter.
It is what it is.
Oh it finally getting cancelled?
I haven't read it since the second or third chapter but just from those few chapters, its introduction to the story was poor. What the manga did was show us the backstory to the main character first, then for the rest I read just showed us a Brazen Badass. Normally in shounen while they show some backstory to introduce the main character, the setting, and the story. But they focus more on showing the main character major personality traits and his appeal to the audience in the first chapter. Then flesh him out in the next few chapters or later on.
The problem with the way they did it is that their is nothing to learn about him after his introduction. He was a orphan, was experimented on, kind reformed man help him escape twice, set out to free his friends and fight a evil system, ride around on his own air ship, spent years training in order to be strong enough to fight the system, and is very brazen. What else is their more to learn about him afterwards?
Now One Piece also started out with the first chapter as Luffy's (initial) backstory. The thing is the entire chapter was backstory so it could be consider a prologue. (Also they switch this around till later in the anime for the same reason they normally have the backstory later.) And Luffy isn't the sole interesting character to draw in the readers. His crew all have dynamic, unique, and interesting personality and looks. This guy crew consist of a bunch of bland mooks, a woman that is bound to be the cool love interest, and all his friends he will slowly freed over the course of the story. So the only interesting character is the main character and maybe the woman.
Edited by Bail o' Lies, 23 November 2016 - 05:19 AM.