Allen Divers of Anime Information Community opinions in 2003 that the art fashion A single Piece employs "originally looks incredibly cartoonish with A great deal of your character designs showing much more North American influence than that from its Japanese origins", including that the "artwork and settings encounter as timeless within their presentation". He also notes that the influence of Akira Toriyama (Dragon Ball) shines via in Oda's type of creating with its "massive epic battles punctuated by lots of humor" and that, in One Piece, he "manages to share a rich tale without the need of finding slowed down by overly complicated plots".[a hundred and seventy] Rebecca Silverman of the exact same internet site stated that one of the collection' strengths is usually to "blend motion, humor, and weighty fare with each other" and praised the artwork, but said that the panels could get much too crowded for simple reading through.

2021 update: I've been over the fence about deleting this as it's so inadequately composed, I was seventeen at enough site time of composing and not a local speaker, and my belief on one particular piece and anime generally has changed radically for that worse.