One Piece Magazine, launched to celebrate twenty years of the most popular saga of the moment, continues to enchant fans volume after volume. Between reports, interviews and unpublished bonuses, reading it is a good way to wait between two volumes of the manga. Here is for you a look back at the tenth volume!
One Piece: Re(visions)
With its flashy cover, the tenth volume of One Piece Magazine irremediably catches the eye. On the cover, Luffy, dressed in traditional Wa no Kuni attire, holds up the Nidai Kitetsu. A reminder of the arrival and eventful reunion of the Mugiwara on the lands of the terrible Kaido with a hundred beasts. As usual, the magazine opens with an unpublished illustration in color by Eiichiro Oda. This time, it is the very popular princess of Alabasta, Vivi, who poses alongside her faithful Kaloo. The two friends look great in samurai outfits! Oda offers us here a "simple" board that nevertheless has the power to bring back countless memories mingling with the issues of the present. It is a rather successful introduction, since the following pages will be devoted to a complete retrospective of the work! A pharaonic project if ever there was one, it is nevertheless aimed at the most up-to-date readers and spectators. Indeed, the magazine's teams focus on the minute details and clues that have dotted the chapters since the beginning of the work and whose importance has since been revealed. Beware of spoilers! The experience is nevertheless quite enjoyable, since the opportunity is given to us to go back the timeline of events and to remember essential moments in the history of One Piece.
A look into the retro
This tenth volume of One Piece Magazine is also an opportunity to discover the very first preparatory sketches of Eiichiro Oda! From the first chapter structures to the covers sketches, we have the chance to discover the first steps of a phenomenal work. It is a real pleasure to see the evolution of the characters and the context, as the mangaka manages to clarify his thoughts. The focus is also on two characters very popular among the Straw Hat crew: Zoro and Jinbe! This is followed by an in-depth study of Luffy's fighting style, and how he learned to make the most of the powers of the Gum Gum fruit against the greatest opponents. This review of the past then gives way to a study of mysteries still unsolved… And everyone knows that there are many left! As Eiichiro Oda has announced that One Piece is entering its final saga, a sense of urgency grips the reader: all the elements raised, all the unanswered questions today… Will they be resolved? The One Piece of course, Laugh Tale, the forgotten century, the world government… There is so much left to discover that reading each new chapter becomes an investigation in itself!
Dr Boichi & Mr Oda
One Piece Magazine also counts among its pages adaptations of novels subsidiary to the main work. For this tenth issue, it is the spin-off series One Piece novel A (Eiichiro Oda, Shou Hinata and Tatsuya Hamasaki) that wins the honors. And not just any, since this is the novel dedicated to Luffy's irreplaceable brother, Ace with fiery fists, subject to the pen of Ryo Ishiyama and the sharp drawing of Boichi! The author of the now cult Dr. Stone puts the cover back after redrawing the scene of chapter 51, Zoro falls into the water, and also revisited in his own way… Rather daring, the most striking fights of the saga. We discover in pictures the creation of the crew of the Spade, with the eventful meeting between Deuce and Ace, on an island cut off from the world. Boichi's powerful stroke pays homage to these striking figures, mixing charged squares and fixed shots on a striking element. We can't wait to read more… even if we know the terrible end of the holder of the pyro-fruit.
One Piece Magazine : bonuses in shambles
Beyond the big files we have just talked about, One Piece Magazine is also the place where various and varied bonuses flourish, intended to satisfy all minds. A special SBS with the former editorial managers allows you to continue to see the other side of the mirror of the creation of the manga. We also find Princess Vivi, who opened the magazine, this time in a dedicated chapter of the novel One Piece Heroines. A way to immerse yourself in the warm and lively atmosphere of the capital of the kingdom of Alabasta. Then the reader jumps back in time and finds a character crossed during the arc of the island of fishmen, the mythical Kraken. Other bonuses follow, such as Sanji's recipes or shopping ideas, unfortunately reserved for the Japanese market. Finally, as a nod to the very structure of the work, and in particular the Wano arc, which is inspired by the staging of rakugo, an art of which Oda is particularly fan, storyteller Hayashiya Keiki analyzes several scenes of the manga from this angle. This is an opportunity to learn more about this traditional art, but also to see once again the scriptwriting mastery of Eiichiro Oda. One Piece Magazine, if it is not essential to follow the main work, nevertheless offers us tracks to discover all the secrets and learn more and more about this fascinating universe. Like a multi-layered candy, this tenth volume is appreciated page after page, wandering its reader between nostalgic memories and unpublished information. Fans of all stripes, this volume will help you review your basics before the grand finale!
