So, One Piece is one of my favourite mangas to date, it is one that has been able to keep my attention for hundreds of chapters and never really felt stale. Of course this is partly due to its sympathetic characters, funny aesthetics and constantly changing plot, nonetheless, something that really stood out in comparison with other series was its worldbuilding. The world of One Piece is extremely vast, there are 120 named islands that we know of and each of them is overflowing with life. They are not used as a plot device but rather include interesting characters with memorable personalities, visual quirks of the island itself and even their own customs that add to the feeling that you are truly in the world, adventuring with the Strawhats. Good examples of this are Skypiea and Water 7. Around the former of the two a whole myth has been created with many not even believing the existence of the island in the sky, however, thanks to Cricket, the descendant of a man who went there...
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