Allen Divers of Anime Information Community responses in 2003 the art design A single Piece employs "at first appears extremely cartoonish with A lot from the character designs demonstrating extra North American impact than that from its Japanese origins", incorporating the "artwork and settings come across as timeless in their presentation". He also notes which the affect of Akira Toriyama (Dragon Ball) shines by means of in Oda's kind of creating with its "huge epic battles punctuated by loads of humor" Which, in One Piece, he "manages to share a site wealthy tale without having 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 studying.
Nakano lauded Oda for his "frustrating passion, expertise and electrical power" and his "unwavering will" to provide a story to girls and boys, including that he goes considerably over and above the reader's anticipations, Together with the belief in "Will not fool the reader" and "there is a thing interesting forward of it".[180]