>>149986616
It doesn't work forever like you say. One Piece has lost a lot of popularity in recent times at least in western nations. People got tired of the redundant formula you described. And that horrible arc Dick Wang really hurt the franchise.

Even older brands have finally started failing like Lupin the Third. The newer movies aren't doing very well because that shitty franchise is WAY TOO OLD. It's grandpa pretending he's still relevant when he should have died twenty years ago.

>>149245195
Will never understand how Naruto became popular. Story of Naruto is about ninjas who don't kill. The only ones who did kill are the older generation ninjas like Kakashi. But Naruto's young generation are a bunch of pussies. And I hate how they conveniently go out of their way to never kill and if by some rare chance they are infuriated enough to kill they will fail at killing their target somehow.

Naruto is shit. And don't get me started on the Pain Arc where he killed everyone in Naruto's village and then used a magic technique to revive everyone he killed. I just can't stand shit writing like that. When you kill someone it should be permanent. Naruto is junk.

Modern Shonen is junk. One Piece is also pretty damn terrible and its grossly overrated.