The mangaka of One Piece, Eiichiro Oda has been titled as one of the greatest manga creators of all time for his magnum opus. Over the years, the manga artist has gained great recognition for his anime and manga series and is still considered to be top of its form even after going strong for almost 30 years.
Oda’s One Piece is known for its great storyline, world-building, and some of the hardest characters the anime industry has ever seen. The development of One Piece has helped many other manga creators understand and be influenced by their work. However, the one thing that Oda might not have been praised for is his drawing of the characters.
While Oda has drawn some of the most iconic characters, his art style may not be appreciated as much because he has a habit of including a goofy element in his characters that not only creates a sense of humor but decreases the seriousness of the character. This was evident when he drew the main characters of other anime series and fans could not handle it.
Eiichiro Oda Drew Other Main Characters
Over the years, Eiichiro Oda has collaborated or connected with many other anime series and has used his artistic style to create the main characters of these anime shows either for the shonen jump or for his SBS volumes. Majorly these main character lists include Kurosaki Ichigo from Bleach, Izuku Midoriya from My Hero Academia, Goku from Dragon Ball, and Naruto from Naruto.
Renowned for his distinct and alluring artistic approach, Oda is known for his exaggerated dimensions, expressive features, minute details, exuberant action scenes, and lighthearted humor, and all of these elements were visible in Oda’s version of the main characters that he drew over the years.
Although this artistic style suits the characters of One Piece and other works of Oda, it could not do justice to other main characters. It took away their distinctive feature and all of them just looked like another version of Luffy and portrayed his goofy, lighthearted style on their faces.
Fans Thrash Eiichiro Oda’s Art of Other Main Characters
An X(Formerly Twitter) user posted a collage of Oda san’s drawings of other main characters and it instantly grasped the attention of anime fans. Fans thrashed Oda’s work and some even went on to say that Oda should never draw other main characters again.
The tweet went viral and while some fans understood the comedic aspect of the post, some were quite serious about how Oda’s artistic style only suits One Piece and would essentially destroy it if used on other anime or manga series.
I love oda but he should never draw another mc again😭 pic.twitter.com/v23Y4lGgxR
— Meight☁️ (@justmeight) February 3, 2024
Gotta be ugliest looking Goku ever. He looks like luffy https://t.co/sl9XBz29gp pic.twitter.com/fxouvfUpfD
— Nikiii (@_mikorinn) February 4, 2024
RIZZ // SEXUAL HARASSMENT https://t.co/CUmnEbALZl pic.twitter.com/P1lh8wXuYq
— (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧ black kray dele (@Japa_Festas) February 4, 2024
gon is the only good looking one and why does naruto look like a granpa without his teeth https://t.co/4f06d3yV6v
— Lady nagants only wife (@bootssy_) February 4, 2024
The Gon one isn’t that bad but my god Goku looks atrocious https://t.co/CVT5unljyq
— Space Cowboy (@FakeRealDoor) February 4, 2024
😭He did kishimoto and togashi awful https://t.co/EYDFzbegy5
— Ōjisama (@Willlerss) February 4, 2024
Oda’s art style is not meant for other anime series. While his story holds a major element of humor, it is reflected in his characters and that can be stated as one of the reasons why his work is loved so much. While, his drawings of other characters might not have received much praise from the fans, his magnum opus, One Piece continues to be on the top of the anime industry.
