{"id":343175,"date":"2025-07-24T05:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=391010"},"modified":"2025-07-24T05:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T12:39:12","slug":"one-piece-is-huge-but-this-person-behind-dragon-ball-thought-it-would-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/one-piece-is-huge-but-this-person-behind-dragon-ball-thought-it-would-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"One Piece is huge, but this person behind Dragon Ball thought it would fail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One Piece, the famous work of Eiichiro Oda, has transcended barriers over the years, establishing itself as a global phenomenon and a fundamental pillar of the manga industry. However, <strong>its beginnings were marked by skepticism, especially from Kazuhiko Torishima, an iconic figure at the Shueisha publishing house and known for his role in the creation of Dragon Ball<\/strong>. Torishima, who at the time was an influential editor within Shonen Jump magazine, had no faith in the potential of One Piece, even claiming that it would be a complete failure and that it wouldn&#8217;t be long before the series was canceled.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The editor of Shonen Jump has never been the sharpest pencil in the case<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Despite initial doubts, One Piece not only became a bestseller but also surpassed Dragon Ball in popularity and several records. <strong>The series, which narrates the adventures of a group of pirates in their quest for the greatest treasure in the world, has maintained its relevance in pop culture for over two decades<\/strong>. In an ironic twist of events, after its dizzying success, Oda informed Torishima, in an annual Shonen Jump meeting, that he had lost the bet on the future of the series, highlighting the magnitude of his triumph.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ONE PIECE | Netflix Trailer | Anime Version\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MCb13lbVGE0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne Piece will not become a popular manga! Don\u2019t say nonsense!\u201d Torishima used to exclaim when referring to the work in its early days. <strong>Today, however, time has proven Oda right, who has seen his creation flourish like the golden goose of Jump<\/strong>. The series has not only won legions of fans worldwide but also a place in the history of manga, demonstrating that the riskiest bets can yield the greatest dividends.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Crunchyroll\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/9b086e31-23d8-4b0c-8c5f-43625b610747\/4090796946\/crunchyroll-icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Crunchyroll<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/crunchyroll.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/crunchyroll.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One Piece, the famous work of Eiichiro Oda, has transcended barriers over the years, establishing itself as a global phenomenon and a fundamental pillar of the manga industry. 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Torishima, who at the time was an influential editor within Shonen Jump magazine, had no faith in the potential of One Piece, even stating that it would be a complete failure and that it wouldn&#8217;t be long before [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":343176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[1489,4460,4444,14227,1863,4194,5022],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6869],"class_list":["post-343175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-anime","tag-dragon-ball","tag-eiichiro-oda","tag-kazuhiko-torishima","tag-manga","tag-one-piece","tag-shonen-jump","content-category-streaming-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343175"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":343185,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343175\/revisions\/343185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343175"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=343175"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=343175"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=343175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}