Re:Zero Creator Praises One Piece as One of Their Favorites

It’s no secret that many manga artists read one another’s works, as mangakas normally love the work of others in their field and will often reveal as much via social media, interviews, and everything in between. The creator of Re:Zero recently revealed his love for Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece, declaring the Shonen Jump series to be one of his favorites, along with some other heavy hitters that make up the publication responsible for some of the biggest anime franchises in the world today.      

Currently, One Piece is preparing to arrive in North American theaters, with the fifteenth film, One Piece: Red, already pulling in quite the haul box office-wise in Japan. The movie, which has already become the most popular feature-length film for the Shonen franchise, promises to bring back Red-Haired Shanks and introduce his daughter, Uta, though the allegiance of the “ultimate diva” has yet to be revealed for the upcoming Straw Hat adventure. One major question surrounding the film is whether Luffy will unleash his Gear Fifth transformation for the first time in animation, as the War For Wano has yet to bring the Straw Hat Captain’s ultimate form to the screen.

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Tappei Nagatsuki took to his Official Twitter Account to share the stories that he reads in Weekly Shonen Jump, confirming that he “always saves the best for last” including not just One Piece, but Jujutsu Kaisen and Akane Banashi as well:

“I have a habit of saving the best things for last, but this applies to just about anything, not just the order I eat things in. Like leaving the series I’m most excited to read in a weekly magazine for last. For example, recently with Shonen Jump, the series I leave for last are One Piece, Jujutsu Kaisen, and Akane Banashi.” 

Re:Zero is one of many anime that land within the genre known as Isekai, which typically revolves around a person from a world similar to our own being dropped into a magical landscape wherein they have been made a powerful figure, which can often be a hero or a villain. 

What is your favorite story running in Shonen Jump currently? What has been your favorite Isekai series of the past decade? Feel free to let us know in the comments or hit me up directly on Twitter @EVComedy to talk all things comics, anime, and the world of 

Via Tappei Nagatsuki’s Twitter