User blog comment:Videogamep/The Impact of One Piece/@comment-1595565-20140131055919

I think it will be. If Fairy Tail is any indication of elements and designs borrowed from Oda, then it will definitely earn its place in the pantheon with Goku, Spike, and Inuyasha. That's not to knock Fairy Tail, it's simply a recent example of people influenced by Oda. However, in order for it to be as renown as Dragon Ball Z and the like (I know people who when asked don't know what anime is, but have heard of DBZ, that's how permeated it is), which many hold to the highest decrees, Oda is going to have to come up with some kind of story element or combination of elements, or does something in a way that is truly, 100%, pure original. Something that even if you do an endless amount of research into older series wouldn't yield a comparable similarity. If you think about it, all those revered series have broken new ground in some way. One Piece needs to do the same or close to it if it has any chance of getting up there.

Quite honestly, what Oda's done with the toys in Dressrosa could be one of those things. It's a new way to hide secrets in plain sight, without using fear, where the public at large is none the wiser. There's a lot of true originality in this arc that may or may not help put One Piece up where you're talking about.