Allen Divers of Anime News Community comments in 2003 that the artwork design and style A person Piece employs "in the beginning appears to be incredibly cartoonish with A great deal with the character models exhibiting far more North American affect than that from its Japanese origins", including that the "artwork and configurations come upon as timeless inside their presentation". He also notes the affect of Akira Toriyama (Dragon Ball) shines by means of in Oda's kind of crafting with its "substantial epic battles punctuated by many humor" and that, in a single Piece, he "manages to share a prosperous tale with out getting slowed down by extremely difficult plots".[a hundred and seventy] Rebecca Silverman of the same web page said that one of many series' strengths should be to "Mix motion, humor, and weighty fare collectively" and praised the art, but mentioned the panels could get also crowded for simple reading.
2021 update: I have been about the fence about deleting this since it's so poorly penned, I had been 17 at the time of crafting rather than a here native speaker, and my viewpoint on a person piece and anime usually has transformed drastically for the even worse.