Skip to main content

Naruto Or One Piece?


  If you're into anime, you've either heard of Naruto or One Piece. Where am from,One Piece isn't as popular as Naruto but I think if we're judging based on  an average of all countries that watch both,one piece is more popular. I have finished Naruto but I just can't fully get into One Piece for various reasons like the art style,stretching story arcs unnecessarily and the fact that to me,it has clear point.

 One piece just kind of goes with the flow and even if One Piece fans think the author is a genius,I personally think he doesn't know what he's doing. Naruto on the other hand is something I love more,the characters are great and the fight scenes are engaging and spectacular. Story arcs are more meaningful and carry more emotional weight to me.
  I've watched 100+ one piece episodes and although it's entertaining I hate the fact that even with that much episodes I don't really grasp it's basic concepts. I mean my friends who love One Piece don't even let me argue because they deem me unworthy of their time but Naruto on the other hand isn't like that. You could watch 30 episodes and be able to make a solid argument about Jutsus and Characters. I'm quite impatient and so I hate being stalled by irrelevant things all the time. So if you're a fan of One Piece and you're angry at what I've said so far,there's no need to be. I think One Piece is great,I just think Naruto is better in all aspects.

  Now let's look at the story of both animes and how they affect their characters;


•ONE PIECE
       The primary synopsis is about Luffy a young devil fruit user and his "pirate crew" as they go in search of the one piece(a legendary treasure) in order for Luffy to become the Pirate King.

•NARUTO
      It tells the story of a young orphan boy named Naruto who has the nine tails sealed in him. Hated by the village for being the nine tails host,Naruto strives to become the Hokage of his village and secure the peace of all it's citizens.
   Those are the abridged version of both synopsis but that is essentially what the overall storyline revolves around and if you read(manga) or watch(anime) both of them you can see that both Luffy and Naruto have goals of becoming men of status. If you watch both anime you'd also know that they're also very similar. They both love food,they are both optimistic,they are both also very whacky and value friendships very very very much. But,why Naruto is better is because it is more realistic. Naruto characters have goals that do not revolve around Naruto becoming hokage and all the ninjas actually act like ninjas unlike One Piece where most of the characters goals are directly connected to the location of the One Piece treasure and they don't act like actual pirates.

   Let's move on to the worlds of both series. One Piece is supposedly set in the golden age of pirates and it has pirates and marines and all sort of whacky fun stuff but it doesn't feel like it's actually the golden age of pirates. The world is too whacky and even in serious moments it's looks very whacky due to the jarring art style.

Again no offense to the one piece fans because I do not hate one piece. I love concepts like the devil fruit in one piece. I find it poetic that pirates who use it can't swim in the ocean because what's a pirate without the ocean?.

 Naruto is set in a fictional ninja world where several villages learn the ways of the ninja and it feels that way. They have exams to graduate to higher ninja levels and they have several amazing and unique justsus. One piece fans reading this are probably saying "you haven't scratched the surface of one piece,you know nothing Jon Snow,you're stupid" and that might be true but still I see no point in anime that isn't able to set ground rules and concepts in it's first 100 episodes. To me,that's just slow and lazy in my opinion.

   All in all,I feel Naruto isn't perfect but it's great and I feel the same way about One Piece but if it's a head to head versus match I defintely think One Piece looses to Naruto. If you disagree with me and think One Piece is better,please don't hesitate to tell me why in the comment section and don't forget to subscribe for the email notifications posts where you can read full articles just from your email. Thanks A lot!

   Also I'll make a Death Note or Code Geass next so if you do or do not want that,just say so in the comment section below or you could even click any of the react buttons.


 

Written By

Comments

Post a Comment

The Popular Posts

Samurai Champloo: Why Is It So Good?

Written By
   In the year 2005, the anime community had one of their gems; Samurai Champloo come out. Its well written and set in an extremely lively version of old school (Edo) japan. Its storyline is simple, two extremely skilled yet very different swordsmen Mugen and Jin have fate bring them across a young outspoken lady Fuu who helps them out of a tough spot and insist on them accompany her to find the very vaguely named “samurai who smells of sunflowers”. This serves as the catalyst that carries us on a well voiced, animated, and extremely stylistic adventure across japan towards the course of its 20 plus episode run. Here are some of the reasons I think Samurai Champloo is so enjoyable   1. TONE AND SETTING: One of the reasons it works so well is that even with its fictional story, its grounded in reality without being overly dramatic or serious. Most films, shows and games based off old eras like this usually take themselves super serious and in the process turn out being bla...
1 comment
Read more

Severance: An Unforgettable Thriller

Written By
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you didn't remember the stress of your workplace when you get home? From the mind of Dan Erickson, directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle, Severance offers an answer to the aforementioned question and pushes the limit by asking " when your consciousness is spilt into two, which one is the real you? " The series follows a severed employee at Lumon, Mark who has recently been promoted to the Head of Microdata and Refinement Department after the sudden resignation of his boss and the recruitment of a new employee, Helly Riggs. Plot Severance has a unique plot, while the execution of a series without a definite blueprint can prove difficult, it does not fall into this hole. The series answers (almost)all the questions it poses in the first few episodes but ends on a note that will leave you spiraling and brimming with inquisitiveness.  Characters For every character, we follow two distinct ...
1 comment
Read more

The Originals: No Always And Forever

Written By
   The Spinoff of the vampire diaries has finally ended and after spending 5 years of my life watching it I can only use one sentence to summarize how I felt after seeing it "what the fuck did I just watch"?.                           * MILD  SPOILERS AHEAD* Now,this season has a whole has been bad like...more bad than season 4 but I was like "I'll manage,it's the final season,I need to just be patient with them". I should have opted out long ago,I honestly don't know why Julie Plec(the show runner) is so inconsistent with the universe and bad at ending things. I gave her a pass for shitty The Vampire Diaries ending but this one just vexes me so much.    How can you hunt us with the "always and  forever" quote since the vampire diaries and not let us see it happen. I mean ...what was the point of everything?. I never liked Hayley but when they killed her earlier this season,par...
Post a Comment
Read more

First Listen: Lil Yachty - Let's Start Here.

Written By
 woah. brother broccoli starts 2023 with something totally unexpected: a psychedelic rock album. lil yachty said in an interview (with someone i don't remember) that he just wants to be taken seriously, as a musician. it's a little sad when someone puts their all into a craft, sometimes even create a groundbreaking sound, but still get termed the bare minimum or worse, "mumble rapper." while this album is beautiful, it's not as stellar as other projects in the same genre. but music is more than that. it's also the process, emotions, message, etc. brother broccoli took a risk to make what he wants/feels and he succeeded. that's what makes this album a beauty asides the wonky ai art and trying-hard-to-stay-in-the-flow lyricism . the features ate. the producers brought their a-game. the engineers blessed the record. since poland, it's clear that yachty decided to broaden his scope and make not just music he loves, but quality. i definitely respect his art...
Post a Comment
Read more