One Piece is a shonen manga, a category dedicated to young males and themes related to action and adventure. However, many One Piece fans also want to see romance in the series, even if it's not part of its theme. Eiichiro Oda has stated in an interview that he doesn't plan to include romance, as his manga is aimed at a shonen audience.
One Piece – Eiichiro Oda says he doesn't want to involve romance in his manga
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Oda (2009): I don't draw romance because OP is a manga for boys. Female fans ask me to draw romance, but if they want to read it, they should read shoujo manga, and it's not my job. I don't care how many women love Luffy, but I don't think it's good if they love each other.????
— sandman (@sandman_AP) July 28, 2023
The @Sandman_AP profile brought back a response from a 2009 interview, in which Eiichiro Oda explains why he didn't want to do romance. According to the manga artist, One Piece is a story for boys who like shonen, not for audiences who enjoy romance.
"I don't draw romance because One Piece is a manga for boys. Female fans ask me to draw romance, but if they want to read that, they should read a shoujo manga; that's not my job. I don't care how many women fall in love with Luffy, but I don't think it would be good if they loved each other."
Synopsis:
The story revolves around Monkey D. Luffy, a young man who gained a rubber body after eating the magical Gomu Gomu no Mi (the Rubber Fruit). Inspired by his childhood idol, the powerful pirate Red-Haired Shanks, he becomes a pirate and sets sail across the sea to find the mythical treasure, the One Piece, and proclaim himself the Pirate King.
Finally, would you like to see Oda develop a romance between the One Piece characters? Leave your comment below!
Source: Sandman Profile
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