One Piece Fans Need to Read One Shonen Jump Manga During the Hiatus

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While the One Piece manga is on hiatus, fans of the series should check out Gintama, another Shonen Jump series that shares many elements with Eiichiro Oda’s massive pirate epic. Superficially, it may seem that the main feature that the manga share is their epic length, with Gintama having 701 chapters and One Piece having 1053 chapters and counting. But upon closer inspection the two series have a lot more in common, sharing a somewhat similar structure and tackling similar themes.

Readers love One Piece for a variety of reasons. Oda is a masterful storyteller, slowly revealing the many elements and mysteries of his world over the course of hundreds of chapters. No detail feels wasted and even the most minor of characters reappear at some point. The manga’s themes also strike a chord with many fans. At the center of One Piece is the idea of inherited will, with the Will of D. causing many characters to fight against the tyrannical rule of the World Government and the Celestial Dragons it serves. But more importantly, the manga is about the found family of the Straw Hat Pirates, and how they constantly help out the downtrodden and oppressed people on the islands they visit. While few manga are able to successfully include these elements, Gintama manages to do so with aplomb.

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Gintama is a manga by Hideaki Sorachi that takes place in a sci-fi reimagining of Japan’s Bakumatsu period, which lasted from 1853 to 1867. The series features the Yorozuya trio made up of samurai Gintoki, alien Kagura, and sentient glasses stand Shinpachi as they help the various residents of Edo with their problems. While the series is first and foremost a comedy, it does have a large