This Underrated Manga Adaptation Was Netflix’s Best Live-Action Remake Before One Piece

One Piece is rightfully being labeled as the best anime/manga Netflix live-action adaptation, but one underrated manga adaptation on the streaming platform is nearly as good as One Piece, if not better. Based on Eiichiro Oda’s long-running manga of the same name, Netflix’s One Piece does not completely commit to the narrative structure of its source material. However, it succeeds because it makes clever casting choices, balances between spectacle and cohesive storytelling, recreates its source’s character gimmicks and action moves in the live-action medium, and, most of all, does not shy away from embracing the oddities of the original manga and anime.