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Originally Posted by Blackbeard D. Kuma
1) There are never any training arcs to show how the protagonists get stronger.
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Random power-ups sounds like Shonen to me.
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2) Future enemies are not always stronger than the ones that preceded them (i.e. Foxy would lose badly to Crocodile or Enel). There are also quite a few Rock/Paper/Scissors match ups in this series.
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You ever seen Yugioh? Pegasus could practically waste any duelist [other than Yugi] after him.
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3) In a lot of other shonens, the beasts are never in the top-tier. It is pretty much the small, sleek looking, serious, intelligent guys that always take the top spots. In One Piece, we have giants like Kuma, Blackbeard, and Whitebeard, that would be able to take out pretty much anyone that stands in their way. Moreover, Kuma and Blackbeard are actually very intelligent, which is absolutely great since a lot of the beasts in other shonens are portrayed as being dumb, incompetent, mindless brutes.
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Tugoro from Yu Yu Hakushou's true form was a huge beast and he was intelligent.
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4) Oda also blends in humorous characteristics into his top-tier fighters, like Kizaru being goofy, Garp acting like a Kid, Shanks and Whitebeard drinking too much, the list goes on and on. It's nice to see that his cast of characters is diverse, in terms of design and personality.
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Bleach does this better than anyone.^^