![]() ![]() Oda’s drawing technique was revealed in the SBS ( Shitsumon o Boshū Suru, or “I’m Taking Questions”) section of One Piece’s 79th voulme, when in response to a fan asking Oda to please teach us a tip or two on how to draw that hawt hourglass body all ONE PIECE female characters seem to have.” Stone Artist Boichi Launches One Piece Manga Adaptation of Ace Light Night Novels “Villains or canonically strong females who are ‘pretty’ are also no exception as they too are cast to the sidelines and often have no featured or well-developed fight.” “Many slim characters are depicted as heroic at heart or are essentially damsels in distress,” Seo said. Nevertheless, Seo then turned to the issue of “One Piece’s rampant same-body syndrome” and asserted that Oda’s “three-circles-and-an-X” technique for drawing female characters “emphasizes the lack of care put into many of his female character designs, making for a roster of nearly cookie-cutter characters,” which in turn helps to “reinforce harmful stereotypes.” Related: Netflix’s Live-Action One Piece Writer Reveals Why Creator Eiichiro Oda Has “100% faith” In His Adaptation Immediately off the bat, Seo’s first argument falls apart in the face of even the most base knowledge of the series, as ‘beautiful’ characters such as Perona, and Alvida (the literal first female and antagonist Luffy meets in his quest to become the King of the Pirates) are depicted as some of the series’ most capable antagonists, while women with ‘bizarre’ appearances such as Curly Dadan, Lola, and Shinobu, are shown to be some of the most heroic individuals to come to the aid of the Straw Hat Pirates. “With this divide, Oda’s female character designs often perpetuate the idea that beauty equates to goodness or lack of agency.” “’Beautiful’ characters are usually damsels in distress or burgeoning heroines, whereas ‘Bizarre’ characters are usually unscrupulous villains or comic relief,” argued Seo. In the October 31 st piece, titled “ One Piece: What Oda’s Female Character Designs Actually Say About Beauty Standards,” CBR author Vivian Seo contended that “Oda’s female characters are either hyper-feminine or outlandishly bizarre, with barely any in-between” and that “the characters’ personalities correlate with the design.” ![]() Related: One Piece Fans Pour Out In Support of Mangaka Eiichiro Oda Following Delay Apology! Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Ī recent Op-Ed published by CBR has claimed that One Piece mangaka Eiichiro Oda’s female character designs “reinforce harmful stereotypes,” though the piece’s supporting arguments suggest either a general unfamiliarity with or an intentional bad faith assessment of the long-running manga series.Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window).Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window).Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window). ![]()
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