As Paramount fired one piece in popularity

The following article contains spoilers for One pieceArch Marineford.

Summary

• The Marineford Arch led to a significant increase in mango sales from 2009 to 2011.

• One piece reached a peak in 2011 with 37.9 million copies sold, maintaining its best place every year until 2018.

• During the arc of Marineford, sales increased and the falling island of Post-Fish-man began and stabilized from punk danger.

One piece It is one of the most popular manga series today, but it took a while for the story to succeed as it eventually happened. Although it has always been quite popular, it was during the arc of Marineford One piece The sale began to rise sharply in Japan.

How was it that she was able to bring the saga Paramount War One piece To the highest level, at least when it comes to selling mangoes in Japan? Let's try to understand the sale of manga series from 2008 to this day.

Paramount of war saga about one piece

Paramount of war saga, also known as Saga WhiteBeard War or Summit War SagaHe is the sixth saga manga, watching thriller Bark Saga. It is the last saga before the series entered the new world of the saga, the current and last saga of the series (but manga is in the new world saga from the arch Fish-Man Island). Includes the following arches:

• Sabaoda archipelago (chapters 490–513, volumes 50–53)

• Amazon Lily (chapters 512–524, volumes 53–54)

• IMPEL DOWN (chapters 525–549, volumes 54–56)

• Marineford (chapters 550–580, volumes 56–59)

• Postwar (chapters 581–597, volumes 59–61)

The summit war saga begins when the crew of the straw hat arrives in the Sabaoda archipelago and is eventually separated. The Paramount War itself happens during the arc of Marineford. It starts after Blackbeard fights with Portgas D. Ace – Blackbeard hand over ESO to the new government after defeating him. This caused the pirates of Whiteebeard and their allies to try to save ace before being executed. Luffy is also trying to save his brother.

The Marines expected that the Whitebeard Pirates would come to rescue ACE and their main goal was to kill Ace and as many Whitebeard pirates as possible because they focused on removing any possible heir to Roger. Blackbeard Pirates also joins the war and tries to kill Whitebeard.

While Luffy is able to save ACE, his brother ends and dies to protect Luffy. Pirates Blackbeard are also able to kill Whitebeard. Shanks will end the end of the war and force both Blackbeard Pirates and Marine to retreat and threaten to join the war with their red hair crew unless they retreat. With many losses, this war had huge consequences for the following plot.

One piece of manga sales on the rise during the summit war

Analysis of Mango Oricon sales estimates (which unfortunately returns only until 2008), there is a huge increase in One piece Sale from 2009 to 2011.

Every year from 2008 to 2018, One piece She was the best -selling mango in Japan. But while in 2008 he sold over 5.9 million copies and runners (Naruto) Sold over 4.2 million, in 2009 One piece sold more than twice as many copies Naruto: 14.7 million over 6.8 million. In 2010, One piece grew massively and sold over 32.3 million copies Naruto sold 7.4 million.

The year 2011 was a highlight, with 37.9 million copies sold. Since 2011, One piece The sale began to decrease gradually until they had reached some plateau:

*Not only are the estimates of oricon numbers, but they only refer to physical sales. Especially since 2020, digital sales have been increasing and estimates could be very different from total sales (including digital).

These estimates indicate that Sales began to increase significantly during Marineford, post -war and return to SABAODA ARCS (2009–2010), then reached the peak and began to fall during the arch of Fish-Man (2010–2012). From punk danger, sales seem to be somewhat stable, which means that newcomers have probably read a series. Since 2020 there has been a significant decline, but this could be influenced by other factors such as digital sales.

Why did one piece become so popular?

The question “Why is something popular” is difficult to answer, but Marineford is still one of the most popular arches in the series. It's one of the first arches in which “One piece Politics “becomes more important than ever.

It does not focus more important on the crew of straw hats, because the political tension and origin of Ace and fate have become more important. Also, ACE death is the main event in the seriesAnd at that time many of them eagerly read new chapters to find out what would happen to him.

When so much, the way he managed everything in this arch and teased that he was supposed to come even more, he probably helped attract new readers to the story who wanted to get to know the rest.

Of course, the anime, which was closely watched by manga events (and eventually add fillings), played a huge role in increasing sales, as usual. More recently, Netflix added anime and produced a successful series of live events, helped strengthen the series even more around the world.

One piece Dethroned: Manga sales panorama today

Some would say that One piece It is currently in a much more interesting stage than even Marineford, because the series is heading towards (it will last for a while) and represents the main characters. Yet manga has not propagated mangoes in Japan in recent years, at least according to Oricon.

After Demon “Dethroned” One piece In 2018, the series never reached the number one. But that actually Seems more related to the market dynamics than the series itself. The mango market grows from pandemia and sales seem to become more diverse. It seems that people are losing interest in one piece, but also looking for another series you can read.

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