Eichiro Oda - Blog Posts

Yeah, and his female characters are some of the best in shonen jump in my opinion. The mothers aren't treated as just mothers. They're allowed to have personality and backstory. Otohime, Portgas D. Rouge and Bellemere are examples of this.

As much as I love JJK, Megumi's mom doesn't have anything to her character besides being the person who just so happened to give birth to Megumi and I think this lack of confidence in writing women is reflected in how much there is to be desired with his other female characters.

Likewise, as flawed as Naruto is with its female characters Kushina IS allowed to have a personality and be more than just a wife and a mother.

There's obviously nothing wrong with having a female character that's tied to motherhood and is nurturing but when that character isn't even given a name in the text of the story and isn't able to be seen as anything but a mother what exactly are we supposed to take away from that?

I feel like you can tell a lot about how an author views their female characters based on whether or not they give dead mothers a name.

I feel like you can tell a lot about how an author views their female characters based on whether or not they give dead mothers a name.

Young Ryuma from the manga "Wanted"!!

[Lend me your voice]

I wanted to draw her in a dress inspired by Belle from the movie Belle, since their characters share many points in common

[The Lost Diva]

So happy that Uta was indeed confirmed canon by Oda.

Then what is left to know is what he will do with her character

[Memory]

[All Alone]

To celebrate the release of one piece red globally! Congratulations !

And also while waiting to see Uta again in the manga...

ᚷᚨᚺ ᛉᚨᚾ ᛏᚨᚲ ᚷᚨᚺ ᛉᚨᚾ ᛏᚨᛏ ᛏᚨᛏ ᛒᚱᚨᚲ

ᚷᚨᚺ ᛉᚨᚾ ᛏᚨᚲ ᚷᚨᚺ ᛉᚨᚾ ᛏᚨᛏ ᛏᚨᛏ ᛒᚱᚨᚲ

Still not over one piece red

Happy birthday Uta 🎶

Not exactly what i wanted to do to celebrate Uta's first birthday but i really wanted to post something on this day, we'll see if i find time to do something later

Still not over one piece red, Shanks and all his crew were always so proud of Uta and wanted her to see herself like they did, I…

I am ready for today’s episode, the last with Uta for now :’(, hope we’ll see her again or see her being mentioned.

Can’t wait for sunday 🙃

I would have liked us to dwell a little more on the death of Uta because it was a bit vague and especially fast. I will have at least that we dwell on the reaction of shanks and his crew

[Treasured memories]

I loved the movie one piece red and I really liked the character of Uta despite some inconsistencies in the story. However, I hope we will see her again.