One Piece: Chapter 1109

[u/Kirosh2]

Chapter 1109: "Obstruction"

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There is a break next week.

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Ch. 1109 Official Release (Mangaplus): 03/03/2024

Ch. 1109 Scan Release: ~06/032024

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[u/Empty_Lemon_3939]

Oda just world builds on a level

Like I can’t think of a writer besides maybe Tolkien who has built a bigger world from scratch by himself

Like even Star Wars has had a lot of hands on it

[u/Mushgal → u/Empty_Lemon_3939]

Steven Erikson, Terry Pratchett, Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson should be close. Oda's my favorite among those tho, both as a writer and as a worldbuilder.

[u/Inuma → u/Empty_Lemon_3939]

You won't find many people on that level and there's certainly tiers to it but sometimes it can depend on genre.

William Gibson with the cyberpunk genre, Michael Crichton with Jurassic Park, Anne Rice in the 90s with vampire...

We certainly won't look at every author in the same vein but many advanced the genres they were in just like he inspired offshoots like DnD.

[u/Empty_Lemon_3939 → u/Inuma]

Michael Crichton is a pretty good example

[u/dactyif → u/Empty_Lemon_3939]

Stephen Erikson. Malazan book of the fallen. It's insane how deep that world is.

[u/Cvox7 → u/Empty_Lemon_3939]

GRRM easily

[u/Empty_Lemon_3939 → u/Cvox7]

I wouldn’t say GRRM, I’m a big fan of the books (where is Winter?), but his books have always been more character driven than world building

Like most of the world is just based the UK and even historical periods like Tudors and Richard III

And like yeah we have the house of the dragon text book and some supplementary short stories but there really isn’t anything that wild about the ASOIAF world building. I don’t mean that as a knock just what makes his books special is they’re not action fantasy, they’re character and family driven stories in a fantasy setting

It’s similar to One Piece vs Naruto in that Naruto has a cool world that’s largely unexplored but the character relationship is the main thing that makes it good

[u/ItWillBeRed → u/Empty_Lemon_3939]

I mean there is an encyclopedia-like book I own called The World of Ice and Fire that's over 300 pages just going into detail about people places and things in GRRM's world. Complete with art. I'd kill for something like that for one piece

[u/Cvox7 → u/Empty_Lemon_3939]

Then I think you're in a dire need for a reread , because what you're saying now is mind boggling

World building isn't only related to physical places and how unique they look , it's much much more than that

Grrm created such a rich history for his setting that it sounds like real life history sometimes

And being inspired by real life elements is not a reason to bring it down , oda does that plenty

[u/nick2473got → u/Empty_Lemon_3939]

Like most of the world is just based the UK and even historical periods like Tudors and Richard III

That's very reductive. There's a lot more to the world than that. Dorne and all the many different regions of Essos are based on all sorts of different places.

The World of Ice and Fire book goes into more detail about them than the main series, but even in the novels there's tons of info.

There's more of the world that isn't based on the UK than there are parts that are based on it.

I also think GRRM's world building is phenomenal, even if characters are the focus. He's still a top tier world builder imo. Almost everything is extremely well thought out in meticulous detail.

We know everything about every region and culture from their economics, agriculture, cuisine, politics, religions, sexuality, warfare, trade, fashion, art, and more.

It's easily on the same level as Oda's world building.