User blog comment:Monkey.D.Me/Out of frying pan, into the FIRE !!!!/@comment-26195997-20120201135135/@comment-3075024-20120201140710

Ok kids, I will tell you the story behind how Oda decided to add Dragons to One Piece.

Oda: Yo Mashima(creator of Fairy Tail).

Mashima: Yo Oda, hows One piece?

Oda: Good, good .. hows Fairy Tail going?

Mashima: Really good, more and more readers are getting interested in it.

Oda: Hmmmm how did you made Fairy Tail so interesting?

Mashima: Dragons, .. kids love dragons. Dragon slayers and dragons can make any story interesting.

Oda: *Epic Trollface*

Moral of the story: If it can work for you, it will work for me too >_O