Idk Who Needs To Hear This But If You Like This You'll Like One Piece.

Idk who needs to hear this but if you like this you'll like One Piece.

And I know. I know. You wouldn't think so. Maybe you think it's too long. Maybe the art style is off-putting to you. Maybe you think it's just a regular shonen. But I promise, from someone who was in your shoes a few months ago. It's good. It's really good. Infuriatingly so. In my opinion, quality-wise, it's closer to Fullmetal Alchemist than it is to My Hero Academia or Naruto.

One Piece has been running for so long there's a 99% chance any trope you can think of has been in there at some point.

Red and blue gays? You know it. Silly little guy being just as tragic as the brooding guy? It's there. "The love was there, it didn't change anything, but it mattered that it was there"? Literally an entire arc. Found family? The whole plot. Cyborgs, mermaids, zombies, skeletons? All there. Canon queer characters? Most beloved. Anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, anti-war massage? Check, check, check.

It's all there. And it's SO good.

Start with the Live Action. Start with the manga. Start with the anime. It doesn't matter how you start, it's incredible. Some people plow through the whole manga in a week, others watch the anime over a few months. There's literally so many ways to consume it.

media: the very serious brooding asshole character is actually super deep and complex

me: ok

media: the dumb joke character is actually super deep and complex

me: ghhogoohhh. ohhhh oh mygod. oh m. oh. are you kidding me. oh i am going to throw the fuck up over this