10 One Piece Manga VS Anime Differences
‘ONE PIECE’ which is written and illustrated by acclaimed mangaka Eiichiro Oda has been serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump since July 1997, with its individual chapters compiled into 99 tankōbon volumes as of June 2021.
The plot chronicles the exploits of Monkey D. Luffy, a young kid whose body was accidentally imbued with rubber-like characteristics.
There have been numerous cases of differences in the anime and manga of One Piece and we have listed out a few of them below.
1. Chapter 9 - ‘The Devil Girl’
One of Buggy's crewmates accidentally remarked something about his nose in the manga. Buggy murdered him with a special Buggy Ball after holding him up with his detached hand (but the hand wasn't seen to disguise Buggy's abilities until it was revealed). Buggy spares that crew member in the anime and instead lets him go.
2. Chapter 33 - ‘The Silent Man’
After Jango threw the chakram at Nami, it struck the back of Luffy's head. Luffy caught it with his teeth and shattered it in the anime.
3. Chapter 47 - ‘Pirate Fleet Admiral Don Krieg’
The rest of the Baratie's cooks point firearms at Sanji when he announces his decision to cook for the rest of Don Krieg's men in the manga. Instead, in the anime, the cooks aim massive cooking equipment like forks and knives towards Sanji.
4. Chapter 58 - ‘Old Fart’
Zeff lost his leg by devouring it in the manga's flashback. He lost his leg by ripping it off when he was caught in a sinking ship wreckage in the anime.
5. Chapter 78 ‘Bell-mère-san’
Bell-mère is shot in the forehead in the manga, but this is changed in the anime, and she is hit in the chest.
6. Chapter 80 - ‘A Crime is a Crime’
Nojiko was shot by three marines on Nezumi's command in the manga. In the anime, however, Nezumi fired a shot at Nojiko, trying to hit Nami, but Nojiko got in the way.
7. Chapter 222 - ‘Big Time Rookies’
In the anime, Bellamy just grabbed Roshio's arm when he accused him of cheating in their card game, while in the manga, Bellamy stabbed him in the hand.
8. Chapter 464 - ‘Sanji's Dream’
Absalom stabs Sanji in the back with a knife in the manga. This sequence was cut from the anime's broadcast.
9. Chapter 500 - ‘Embers of History’
When Law met Kid in the auction house in the manga, he made a big point of showing Kid his middle (gesture) finger. This was edited in the anime by Law merely giving Kid a smug grin.
10. Chapter 575 - ‘Anger Without Words’
Akainu's punch in the manga blows out nearly half of Whitebeard's head. In the anime, it merely burns half of his moustache, leaving his face untouched. In a related matter, in the absence of the face wound, Akainu inflicted a second wound on Whitebeard's midsection.
