User blog comment:Luffymaster787/Comparison of the One Piece series with other series/@comment-1938866-20100311132025

Other popular mangas like Naruto and Bleach rarely shows the Good main characters dying. However, in a short span of time, characters who has a major background and story (Ace, Whitebeard) both died. This was really unexpected. People may have thought Ace was going to be rescued after some much hard work put in by everyone. Again, Oda surprises us by showing us Ace's death. In other mangas (bleach), Good main characters do not die. They seem to always win at the last minute. After a while, it becomes quite predictable. With such an element of suprise and twist of story plot in one piece, we one piece fans are sitting at the edge of the seat, waiting for more.