SUMMARY
Eiichiro Oda chose to surprise One Piece fans by announcing Monsters: 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation as an anime, which continued Ryuma’s journey.
However, Oda was initially opposed to the concept of turning Monsters into an original net animation.
In a recent interview, Oda discussed Monsters: 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation and why he was not ready to adapt the One Piece prequel.
When the Wano arc started, One Piece fans were hopeful that they would get to learn about two major mysteries from the One Piece narrative. The first one was Roronoa Zoro’s lineage, and the second one was the legacy of Shimotsuki Ryuma. While the fans eventually got to learn about Zoro’s lineage through SBS, Ryuma was not much mentioned in the Wano arc.
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Recently, in an interview, Oda talked about Monsters: 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation and why he was not ready for the One Piece prequel to be adapted. Not only that, he also explained what convinced him to finally give a green signal to the anime.
Eiichiro Oda Initially Rejected Monsters: 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation
Oda’s comment about Monsters getting an anime adaptation was recently shared by @pewpiece on X. During the interview, Oda explained what his initial thoughts were when he was approached with the idea of Monsters’ one-shot manga getting an anime adaptation for the very first time.
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Oda stated:
I thought, “I guess it’s okay to do it now.” In fact, way back before this adaptation happened, more than 10 years ago, was it at Jump Festa or an Anime Tour? There had been an offer to animate MONSTERS. But I declined it at that time. I thought it wouldn’t be fun to show the audience, who were looking forward to ONE PIECE, something I created when I was younger (LOL).
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According to the mangaka, he got the first offer for animating Monsters more than 10 years ago. However, he was insecure about how the One Piece fans would react to a story that he created when he was way younger. Also, the story was quite far from Wano, and it would not have helped Monsters. Thus, he rejected the offer and waited for the right moment.
Eiichiro Oda Believed One Piece Fans Would Not Have Liked Monsters
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Oda revealed:
Speaking from my personal experience, a long time ago, I went to Toriyama (Akira) sensei’s anime tour, and I was very happy to see that one of Toriyama sensei’s past one-shot stories had been adapted into an anime. At that time, I couldn’t imagine the fans of ONE PIECE would be delighted in the same way with MONSTERS.
Talking about the right moment for Monsters to get an anime adaptation, Oda stated:
And now this time, the anime adaptation talks have come once again. The Wano Country Arc is already completed, and the story connection with Thriller Bark has already been established, and I thought it was good as a ONE PIECE substory, so I agreed.
The mangaka later explained that when Wano was completed and the connection of the story was established with that of the Thriller Bark arc, he thought that it would be the right time to agree to Monsters: 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation.
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