User blog comment:Nicolas Yami/It One Piece really long?/@comment-972068-20150422211611/@comment-24.235.56.170-20150423040853

New 52 is only the most recent. You also have to divide Golden Age from Silver Age. There has been so much retcon-ing, you can't call half of what's published part of the same continuity.

And beyond that, you'll rarely have a consistent writer for any given character. There's maybe a handful of storylines, then you have another contributor. In a collaborative thing, where the storylines interact, this can be really cool. But for the most part, it means that no epic quests can be undertaken. The next guy is just adding on to the existing continuity, without any grander, over-arcing purpose.

Nothing matches the narrative scope of One Piece.