The Real-World Themes Explored In One Piece

Although One Piece is a fictional story set in a fictional world with fictional characters, that doesn’t mean there’s no real-world influence in it. On the contrary, from characters inspired by real people (e.g.: the original trio of Admirals are inspired by real Japanese actors) to fictional places that resemble real places on Earth (e.g.: Arabasta is similar to Egypt, while Water 7 looks like Venice), there are all kinds of real-world influences all over this series.