Has anyone read this manga yet? It's by Hiro Mashima, and some people on One Piece forums have been commenting on how the art style and a couple of the characters' personalities are reminiscent of One Piece.
http://img272.imageshack.us/img272/1430/1154632540698xb8.jpg <--- Colorspread "Analysis" 1
http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/6098/1154633522786eb1.jpg <--- Colorspread "Analysis" 2
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4462/3286602421loxf9.jpg <--- Edit of the colorspread making the characters on it look more like One piece characters
http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/22/1154635255961tl7.jpg <--- sample page
http://www.sendspace.com/file/5qvufx <--- Chapter 1 scanslated
Personally, I don't think it's that much of a One Piece ripoff. The premise is different enough...
IIRC, he did work as an assistant on One Piece for a time. The influence in style is quite apparent. So it's not about pirates searching for treasure?
Wow, one uninspired and derivative shounen manga looks a bit like another uninspired and derivative shounen manga. I am shocked beyond belief.
Fairy Tail's about a group of mages so far.
uninspired or not: One Piece Rules!!!
Yeah, this would totally have to be one of the assistants of the One Piece mangaka. The style is just too similar.
It's funny because both the Naruto mangaka and the creator of One Piece were both assistance of the Kenshin mangaka originally. It's too bad their work totally took off much more than Kenshin did in comparison.
http://rapidshare.de/files/29508381/Fairy_Tail_c002__KEFI_.zip.html
Found a link to Chapter 2 scanslated. Enjoy.
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actually, it seems that hiro mashima has nothing to do with eiichiro oda....
And if i'm not mistaken, it was actually Hiroyuki Takei (Shaman King's mangaka)who worked under Nobuhiro Watsuki along with Eiichiro Oda, not Kishimoto
yeah, hiro mashima is always like that, copying one piece style, read RAVE. so much like one piece...
Why? One Piece has fantastic characters, ingenious storytelling, beautiful drawing techniques... the comic's superb in every way!
Kenshin, on the other hand, is about as bland as it gets.
Im japanese.
But Idont know Japanese manga writers name as many as you.
WHERE do you buy manga?
AND are there japanese manga in ordinary bookstore?
Salamander obviously has the flare flare fruit.
Both are good manga so theres nothing wrong with similarities.
i've been readin it. and its not so bad. in fact i like it.
so its similar. its still a decent series.
I like it alot.
fairy tail is a great manga, but im also a one piece fan i i see no simmelarity between the too except (nami & lucy) and why does kefi call elza,erza?
Most American bookstores have a section for manga/manwa/graphic novels.
i dunno if im wrong but, ive been heard (actually i read an info in magazine) that hiroyuki takei, hiro mashima and oda eichiro worked under watsuki nobuhiro all together. so people, please don't accuse hiro mashima copying oda's work. hiro can't help it. it is his style to draw like that, and there's so much improvement since hiro draws RAVE.
all wrong, Fairy Tail didn't copy One Piece, One Piece didn't copy Fairy Tail. The reason why they both look so similar is actually because BOTH were inspired by one common manga, Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball.
all wrong, Fairy Tail didn't copy One Piece, One Piece didn't copy Fairy Tail. The reason why they both look so similar is actually because BOTH were inspired by one common manga, Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball.
Fairy Tail is a thing of copy well-known of One Piece in japanese.
however
One Piece seems to be very different though thought that eminence is low in over sea.
that because it is made by the same mangaka!!! LOL
