User blog comment:Samium/Nico Robin, human in a world of characters (Essay)/@comment-66.188.67.214-20170110014844/@comment-27923483-20170208025220

It's not impossible to to a mature story for young audiences you know.

take Miyazaki or Fullmetal Alchemist.

If One Piece was a little less black and white, and a little more subtle it would be as big as Star Wars. but because it feels the need to conform to shounen trends, it will never rise above being a 'cult' phenomenon