What are you on. Naruto sold more outside Japan the OP did xD That's all he is saying
Made me LOL because the die hard Bleach fan in me agrees.
I feel like you got infected with the Andy virus, only missing the "wicked" part. XD
This is all baseless speculation. You said it yourself already, we have no way of knowing how Oda really truly feels, so statements like this is all your head-cannon. There is literally years of evidence for Oda being supportive of "rival series" (calling them this is kind of a stretch) and talking about the new generation of Jump manga in pretty similar ways, that is tangible stuff we can discuss.
I base myself on what they sell in Japan, which is what they prioritize. And in case I have misunderstood him, he is already there to correct me, and I guess he doesn't need someone to speak for him.
So I don't understand the answer. Because I barely replied to whoever claimed that Oda was okay with the fact that he was outdone by DS. Because nobody knows him to affirm such a thing. The fact that Oda supports the other mangakas in no way invalidates everything I said previously. You can support manga and authors but feel bad about seeing your work surpassed. You yourself have said it, he is a person after all.
You want a sum of all the rankings since the beginning of serialization?
Yep
You could use the following link and go back to the year and issue number KnY started and go forward from there. It has the TOC's for each issue. So you can approximate the rank from those.
Yikes. You're right. That's very misleading.
In the end, of course i am also speculating but my points at least have some foundation to it becuae i am supporting them with examples. Of course, Oda could also be a grumpy man but nobody here lives in his head, so there is no way of knowing. I am just saying that most things he did or said point otherwise. Of course, you could just assume that he is lying every time but then it's a rabbit hole with no end. He literally said that Naruto exceeded him internationally. What more could he say? Don't buy my argument. Just live in your own head canon then.
Uhh... I mean if you're going to argue about extent and exaggerations then I wouldn't use that as a premise for your argument lol...
Its not a exaggeration though. At least, from my own perspective, i can say that every japanese person that i met so far, even if they didn't watch or read any Manga, knew of One Piece. You got Anpanman, Doraemon, Sazae-San, Shin Chan and maybe 2 or 3 shows more and then One Piece. Those are the Manga / Anime that the general japanese public is aware of.
For you, your points may have all the foundation you want, but just because you don't think mine don't have it doesn't mean they don't really have them.
Yeah, uh...those series you've mentioned?
Tbh this is a really pointless argument, but I'll just say that 'every japanese person you met so far' isn't exactly an accurate indicator of what "every japanese person" knows or has heard of. You're admitting that you exaggerated by using your personal experience with a few natives to extrapolate on the whole country - there's not a single show or piece of literature in the world that every person in a country has heard of, as you will always find exceptions. Like I said, i'm just nitpicking, so don't mind me.
I am fully aware that they are family cartoons and they are comparable because the only thing im saying is that those family shows and a few other shows are the only things that stand above OP in Japan. That's it.
I just wanted to make my undermine my point with saying that every person i know, also knows it. I wasnt saying it was on the same level as Doraemon. My post shows that I placed it under all those shows and its waaay below Doraemon. "One Piece is not a household name." Come on, maybe you don't like OP which is fine, but that's just bs.