One Piece fans cannot get enough of Eiichiro Oda's long-running manga, but as the series has just had its 112th volume published in Japan, it's clear that at least one thing about the franchise ...

This is Oda’s message from back in 1996, just before he made his final attempt— one which eventually resulted in a ton of success: “For two nightmarish years, I drew many manga, only to be ...