Eiichiro Oda is especially known for creating one of Shuēisha's longest-running shonen: One piece who has been browsing since 1997 among the thousands of manga stories and it seems that one a shot which got an animation this year could have happened a long time ago, but the mangaka didn't want it to be that way.

It seems that Eiichiro Oda takes great care of his content and thought that the story would not have caught the attention of fans a long time ago. One piecebecause in truth, He got an offer a decade ago, so long ago he doesn't even remember the details anymore.

MONSTERS: 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation arrived on Netflix on January 21, 2024 and was based on the one-shot released on October 30, 1994.

Eiichiro Oda commented that at that time a prequel adaptation by Akira Toriyama was coming out and he thought that at that time fans of One piece They were far from being interested in something like this:

“…long before this adaptation was made, over 10 years ago, was it at Jump Festa or an Anime Tour? There was an offer to animate MONSTERS. But I turned it down at that time. I thought it wouldn't be fun to show this to the public, […] something I created when I was younger (laughs), [after all, the audience] I was looking forward to ONE PIECE”.

And in the end, now the story is canon, it is connected to the Wano Country arc and Thriller Bark, but before that things were different according to Oda; although he is not really interested in giving birth to anything else that is One piece, at least for now.

Let us remember this The second season of the live-action adaptation is already in production. Let's hope to see the ship return in 2025!

One Piece: Where can I watch Monsters?

The chapter that adapts the one-shot is only available on the Netflix platform, you can check it out here.

Remember that if you want to read the one-shot compilation you can purchase it from Panini editions, it has the title “If you are looking for” and costs around 119 MXN, check it out here.