Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT One Piece's portrayal of women has been a hot topic of discussion for many years, and for good reason. Eichiiro Oda's style of drawing women, which he himself has described as "three circles and an X", has been heavily criticized for its extremely unrealistic body proportions.
Related One Piece Just Made One Controversial Scene Even Worse The One Piece anime has taken a controversial scene from the manga and extended it, making it even more problematic. One Piece's Female Characters Were Intended to Be Empowering Women in One Piece Are Well Rounded and Crucial to the Story Close As a genre targeted at young boys, it comes as no surprise that the shōnen genre severely lacks well-written female characters.
One Piece proves it is possible for shōnen to incorporate well-rounded female characters while staying true to the genre. One Piece Needs More Female Diversity Women in One Piece Are Either Conventionally Beautiful or Completely Ugly It is worth noting that One Piece's female characters did not always look the way they do at present. Nami in particular looked quite petite at the start of the series and her body proportions could still pass for realistic, albeit with longer legs than usual.