User blog comment:Ricizubi/How long will One Piece be?/@comment-71.244.29.101-20121208040442/@comment-972068-20121208043703

The difference is that Naruto and Bleach have only one climax. One Piece is made up of different stories, different adventures, all connected. Each one has its own climax.

Naruto and Bleach, though, can go 10s of chapters without actually doing anything. Now this isn't saying One Piece doesn't do this. The longer arcs usually have not much done in most chapters. Fishman Island Arc is a prime example.

All three series have climaxes and excitement, and even adventure. That's why they're all so good. Though some may not be as much as others.

You're right. Everything does have to come to an end. And One Piece will end. It may exceed 1000 chapters, but it's not the first manga to do it. Kochikame has over 1700 chapters, and is currently Shonen Jump's longest-running series. It's still on going. There's also Hajime no Ippo, which just reached its thousandth chapter this week. But there's a reason why these keep going. It's not because they want the cash. It's because people love it, people keep reading it, and also there's simply no reason to end the story.

Even great stories can have great length. I can't think of a better example for this than Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. It's a giant book in a giant world, with even a precursor and another collection of short stories that connects with it. Even the movies, which expand the story and are VERY long, are among the best movies ever made. Do you know why it's so long? Because people loved the precursor and wanted more. They fell in love with the series and wanted to see more of this adventure, so there was more to make. One Piece is the same way.

So yes, more adventure does mean more fun, if it doesn't drag on. Yes, One Piece has dragged on multiple times, but then the climax of the arc comes. Not being dragged on much now, is it?

Have you even read the series yet? I can understand if you haven't, but if that's the case, please don't criticize it. It's one thing to hate a series, it's another to criticize it without reading it. It's unfair, biased judgement that far too many people do today, especially with the anime community. In conclusion, there's always a reason for a lengthy story. Sometimes there's just no reason to end. It's a big world. It's a big imagination. We want to see what more there is to come. There are great mangas that have made an end, like Fullmetal Alchemist and Death Note, but that's pretty much because there's not much to expand upon. There's not a whole lot to see anymore. We want to see the characters reach their goal. In One Piece, the characters' goals are on the other side of the world. It would be nice to see what's inbetween.