# Talk:One Piece

Since Dragon Ball is just an general franchise article, we need this article to be split off under the name One Piece (manga) so this article can be focused solely as a franchise article. Again, this is my proposal to restructure this article into a general franchise article like Gundam and Love Live! -- 142.113.191.164 (talk) 11:24, 14 July 2025 (UTC)

Unlike your listed examples, the original manga series, which is the most well known work in the franchise, is still ongoing with great fanfare. There have been no notable spin-off works in the scale of Dragon Ball and Gundam's sequel series, so as a common name it still applies to the original manga. Go D. Usopp (talk) 07:46, 19 August 2025 (UTC)

Hello. I have a linguistic issue with how furigana is used in some cases in this article. Apologies if these are very local, well-known ultra-irregular, ultra-liberal readings, but it would take me a lot of convincing that stuff like this

Red Line (赤い土の大陸（レッドライン）, Reddo Rain)
makes any sense (note hiragana の becoming furigana ラ). Again, sorry if I missed a referenced explanation in this big article. Is this the bit about the "idiosyncratic readings"? If so, I think it would be good to clarify that section with some examples, for noobs like me. Thanks. 2A02:C7C:F2F0:8800:D1A6:371:2352:1892 (talk) 08:30, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

There is a long tradition of using kanji to represent words in a way unrelated to the reading - that is where the whole kun reading business comes from. But this can be not only a single character: for example, the Japanese for dandelion is tanpopo, which can and often is written in hiragana just like that, but can also be written as 蒲公英, which is simply the Chinese word for dandelion. The modern extension of this is to write something in Japanese, and add a katakana reading in English, with a more or less related meaning. In the case above, the Japanese actually says "Continent of the red earth", but is supposed to be read as "red line". Again in this particular example, it just so happens that there are six characters in 赤い土の大陸, and just six characters in the reading レッドライン, so as you note the "ra" of reddo rain accidentally (and confusingly) lines up with the の in the kanji spelling. Generally the use of the "ruby" template is deprecated, except arguably in cases like this, to show what the Japanese original looks like (except that it doesn't, because the "ruby" line is too high). Personally I think it would clearer to explicitly note "read as (or 'pronounced as') red line". I'm not quite sure what "section" you are referring to, with the bit about "idiosyncratic readings"... Imaginatorium (talk) 15:07, 17 July 2025 (UTC)
I'm referring to this section. I would say that unless ruby/furigana is used in the manga, in the way it's used in this article, ruby should not be used here. I agree with your proposal to use "pronounced as [...]" next to it. 2A02:C7C:F2F0:8800:69D0:116F:9CD:CD99 (talk) 22:17, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

The number of volumes sold for One Piece needs to be updated. The number of 516.6 million has been present since the release of the 106th volume.
I suggest using the number of 578 million volumes sold:
https://www.sportskeeda.com/anime/news-one-piece-s-manga-sales-give-fans-hope-feat-manga-ever-achieved
https://www.instagram.com/p/DMiaGQcx-23/
https://www.reddit.com/r/OnePiece/comments/1m6xpvt/one_pieces_manga_sales_is_so_close_to_surpassing/
https://www.facebook.com/61566805881321/posts/as-of-2025-one-piece-written-and-illustrated-by-eiichiro-oda-is-closing-in-on-a-/122176038926560196/
https://fandomwire.com/one-piece-is-already-on-its-way-to-defeat-superman-with-manga-sales/
https://x.com/theanimeflow/status/1948916157517627403 Luka316 (talk) 09:05, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

What is the original official source for this? As much as I love One Piece, we cannot add unreliable rumours to Wikipedia. David A (talk) 11:02, 11 August 2025 (UTC)
I fully agree. The curent number of 516.6 million is taken from the Wikipedia article of ''List of best-selling manga'' and from the Wikipedia article of ''List of best-selling comic series''. Both use a source where no such number is even written.
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-08-04/one-piece-manga-sets-guinness-world-record-with-over-500-million-published/.188352 Luka316 (talk) 11:22, 11 August 2025 (UTC)
I have nothing to do with that, but we do need some kind of official information. Otherwise the information may have been manufactured via social media, and then reiterated by less wise or reliable news media. David A (talk) 11:45, 11 August 2025 (UTC)
I suggest we find a reliable source and update the number. Luka316 (talk) 11:47, 11 August 2025 (UTC)
Feel free to seach for a recent official number and to present it here. David A (talk) 11:58, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=One_Piece&oldid=1305441607
this edit is currently reverted for wp:undue
in 1 august 2025 
In response, the Indonesian government denounced the flag as a threat to national unity.
this is likely from Indonesian Deputy House Speaker and Gerindra Party executive Sufmi Dasco Ahmad [1]
from the same source at the same day ...Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle lawmaker Deddy Yveri Sitorus shared their thoughts, “This should be seen as a public expression of criticism, which is part of a democratic society. This kind of symbolic action is better than street protests that could turn violent.”[1]
in 5 august 2025 Indonesian Minister Assures No Raids Against One Piece Flag [2]
around 10 august 2025
 This week, local media reported that authorities in East Java had seized several One Piece flags, in a move Amnesty International condemned as excessive.[2] 
in 12 august 2025 Various measures have been taken by local authorities to encourage their residents to raise the Indonesian national flag instead of other flags during this independence month.[3]

[1] https://comicbook.com/anime/news/one-piece-indonesia-straw-hat-flag-national-threat
[2] https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/southeast-asia/indonesia-one-piece-skull-flag-independence-day-protests-b2804243.html
[3] https://en.tempo.co/read/2038510/instead-of-one-piece-flag-indonesians-are-encouraged-by-the-govt-to-fly-the-national-flag?tracking_page_direct Lokiretro (talk) 04:31, 12 August 2025 (UTC)