While Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece is undoubtedly one of the most well-known manga series of all time, the following is a ranking of the manga artist’s other six most notable works.
One Piece, which has been running for a long time, has made Eiichiro Oda one of the most well-known mangaka in the annals of the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine published by Shueisha.
The publication of manga began in 1997, and it is still being published today. It has what is possibly the most exciting adventure story ever written. Oda has been given the moniker of “GODA” by One Piece fans for the wonderful job that he has done on the series One Piece.
Oda began his adventure in One Piece quite some time ago, and it may come as a surprise to learn that One Piece isn’t the sole topic that he’s previously focused on in his life.
The author of One Piece is also responsible for a number of other works, some of which you may be less familiar with than others; the following is an exhaustive list of the projects on which Oda has been credited as having worked.
6. Wanted!
Wanted! was the first manga that Eiichiro Oda worked on throughout his career as a mangaka. In 1992, while the Japanese author was still in his twelfth and last year of high school, he penned this one-shot story.
It’s interesting to note that Oda created this one using the alias Tsuki Himizu Kikondo as his pen name.
Additionally, it was entered into the 44th Tezuka awards, in which it was awarded Second Class.
As a result of this accomplishment, Oda was able to collect 500,000 yen and launch himself into the manga business with explosive force.
Wanted! has a tale that is as engaging as one may anticipate Oda’s story to be, and it does not disappoint.
A man by the name of Wild Joe, who is a bounty hunter, is tasked with tracking down a wanted criminal by the name of Gill Bastar.
It’s fascinating to note that Gill’s enormous reward is a result that he actually ended up murdering people when he was trying to defend himself, and when he confronted Joe, he ended up killing Joe as well.
Since Joe was slain in such a dishonorable way, his spirit is prohibited to go to the hereafter and join the other souls who have passed on before him.
Joe’s spirit states with a great deal of confidence that it won’t be able to go on until it has either triumphed over Gill yet another time with dignity or the day when Gill passes away.
5. God’s Gift For The Future
One year following the release of Wanted!, in 1992, Oda drew the artwork for another one-shot manga titled God’s Gift For The Future.
The manga was however featured in the October issue of Monthly Shonen Jump Original, which was released earlier this month. As was to be anticipated, Oda’s unusual traits shined through over here too, resulting in just one getting high accolades across the entirety of Japan.
In 1998, Oda’s God’s Gift For The Future was included in a collection of the short tales he had written prior to the publication of One Piece.
Readers will have an amazing time with God’s Gift For The Future since it tells the fascinating tale of a guy called Bran; this will be the case especially so if they are lovers of the anime series One Piece.
The protagonist of the narrative is a thief who is always frustrated by his inability to break his bad habit.
Even God believes that he should be punished for his habit, but Bran’s intelligence manages to win God over. It thus continues as one of the most popular works of Eiichiro Oda among fans since it has a great deal of humor.
4. Ikki Yakō (Night Parade of One Demon)
Ikki Yakō, which was one of Eiichiro Oda’s greatest works before he started working on One Piece, was first released in April 1994 in the Spring Special issue of Shonen Jump.
As was to be anticipated, the one-shot ultimately won the top prize in the manga category of the Hop-Step awards for that year. After that, in 1998, Ikki Yakō was collected alongside the other one-shots created by Oda, much as Wanted! had been before.
Once more, it should go without stating that Oda’s effort on this one-shot is really nothing short of magnificent. His artwork is nothing less than astounding.
This one-shot is revered by the readers since the tale may very well be Oda’s finest pre-One Piece work, and it has a unique place in the hearts of those who follow his work.
The narrative focuses on Guko, a monk who wanders through a forest searching for a spot to rest for the night.
Guko escapes from the hamlet where he was ambushed by a beast and makes his way to another town, where the inhabitants there want him to kill the same creature that he fought before.
Guko, who has nowhere else to turn, decides to take on the responsibility and makes an effort to devise a strategy for completing the assignment.
3. Monsters
After publishing Ikki Yakō (Night Parade of One Demon) a year before, Eiichiro Oda created Monsters, another one-shot, a year afterward.
Oda made a shocking revelation in SBS Volume 47, stating that Monsters is, in fact, a component of One Piece, despite the fact that the timing is not truly exact.
Monsters were one of the many one-shots that were reissued in 1998 together with all of the other one-shots.
It tells the narrative of Ryuma, a figure that readers of One Piece are already acquainted with, and it focuses on his adventures.
The narrative takes place a very long time ago, and the one-shot does an excellent job of fleshing out Ryuma’s character a lot more and illustrating why he was famous not just across Wano Country, but also throughout the whole globe.
This one-shot also includes a recounting of the well-known incident in which Ryuma successfully dismembered a giant dragon. Those who are familiar with One Piece have probably already read it, but if you haven’t you should get started on it right now!
2. Romance Dawn
Romance Dawn was Eiichiro Oda’s first attempt at writing what would eventually become One Piece, and it was first released in 1996 by Eiichiro Oda.
The one-shot was released in the Summer Special issue of Shonen Jump in 1996, which was where the works of new and emerging mangaka were featured at the time.
Since a significant portion of the first volume of the One Piece manga is really rather comparable to Romance Dawn, the latter title has already been translated into an anime series.
In the same vein as One Piece, Romance Dawn follows the adventures of a rubber boy called Luffy who looks up to Red-Hair Shanks as his role model and wants to be just like him.
At the beginning of the novel, Crescent-Moon Gally is seen attacking a small town, and Luffy later meets Silk, an orphan from the same village who is most likely the prototype for Nami.
This tale is without a doubt every bit as exciting as One Piece itself, and it is unquestionably something that each and every person need to read.
1. Romance Dawn Version 2
Romance Dawn Version 2, which was Oda’s latest bit of artwork until he created One Piece and was released in Weekly Jump issue #41, was Oda’s last effort before he ultimately came up with One Piece.
In addition, an anime episode based on it was produced not too long ago as part of the celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the One Piece anime series.
This one-shot also has a lot of similarities with One Piece and, once again, acts as a template for Oda’s subsequent work. There are also a number of similarities between the two.
Luffy, a young child who has the Gomu Gomu no Mi’s Devil Fruit abilities, is the protagonist of this narrative.
In lieu of Red-Haired Shanks as Luffy’s primary source of motivation to become a pirate, the narrative gives substantial attention to the character of Luffy’s grandpa.
It’s interesting to note that his grandpa, the model for Garp, was the one who gave the Straw Hat to Luffy in the first place. Another main character in the plot is Ann, who serves as a prototype for Nami and is pitted against an evil known as Spiel the Hexagon.
Although it is just a short narrative, it packs a lot of emotional punch and is definitely something that any One Piece fan should check out.
