User blog comment:Monkey.D.Me/Sounds so alike !!!/@comment-1984061-20110529224613

as the author is a human living in this world everything he writes is inspired by things he learn.. like all other writers and their universes... If someone was to create a world in which all systems and processes do not resemble anything existent in our world.. then that man would be a creator. Take for example inventing a new color.. impossible.. and even if it is done.. its still not original as the existence of colors, which is the light spectrum, is already set by nature or god or call it whatever you want. Take any other manga or anime and it will have as many or even more similarities to our world. And answering the question below.. One piece is either a real treasure of physical value or more likely, as believed by many fans and I think would make a better storyline, an ideology. A famous theory is that One piece is there to inspire people to live freely, like Luffy is doing now. And now that I finish writing this baka tekke no answer I look down at the first reply and I see it summed up in one sentence.. however I'm posting it anyway for the sake of the time I lost.