One Piece vol 1-10 by Eiichiro Oda, 2032 pages
During the same “What manga to read next” conversation with
Nate, in which he recommended Library Wars, he also recommended One Piece. All
he said was that it was really good and it mostly takes place on the water.
What he should have said is that it is a great manga series that focuses on the
hilarious encounters of a group of pirates.
The captain is Monkey D. Luffy and Nami, the navigator,
Roronoa Zolo, Usopp, and Sanji the cook, make up the rest of his crew. Together
they sail towards the Grand Line, and quest to find the One Piece, which is an
extremely elusive piece of treasure hidden by the pirate king before he was
killed. Along their travels they encounter other pirates with strange and
powerful abilities. This is counterbalanced with Luffy’s crew also having
strange abilities.
This series, despite its ever growing length (currently 70
volumes in the US and more in Japan) One Piece is well worth the read and despite being
only 10 volumes into it, I have enjoyed it immensely.
A small side note. After I finish One Piece I will be again
looking for another manga title to read. If you have any suggested titles
please comment them. While I prefer action manga I am open to other suggestions
as well.
Wait... finish? When you finish One Piece? I should point out that it's 73 volumes long and still going in Japan.
ReplyDeleteSo it'll probably be a while till you need your next suggestion.
While I have only blogged the first 10 so far, I am through the first 20 and still reading. Having only started this month and with the rate at which people comment, the suggestions might be needed as soon as May...
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