One Piece: How Egghead Island Mirrors Punk Hazard

For a series that has been running for over two decades, it is inevitable that certain plot structures, story beats, and other elements will be recombined in new contexts as the grand narrative progresses. With One Piece, Eiichiro Oda has showcased his mastery of this strategy, from his ability to reintroduce themes, concepts, or characters from earlier story arcs into new ones, to his immaculate skill in the art of foreshadowing. In fact, parallels between older and newer story arcs are prevalent throughout One Piece on close observation.