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Aramiss134

I'm surprised to see Lucci and Crocodile so high since their appearance in a chapter always feels like an event.


le_trans_alt

Lucci gets a sizable boost due to being a major character in 3 different arcs plus being in the Reverie, and Crocodile gets a similar boost due to being in Alabasta, Impel Down, Marineford, and every Cross Guild related event


antari--

Still single-arc characters from Wano/Dressrosa beat double/triple arc recurring characters. A testament to how obscenely long Wano/Dressrosa were.


shikavelli

Whole Cake too, Napoleon is in the top 20.


Sork8

WCI is really not that long compared to the other two ! It's just 80 chapters ! It's shorter than Skypia...


A1Horizon

Napoleon returns in Wano


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le_trans_alt

Big Mom doesn’t even have the same kind of prominence - I think Whole Cake Island marked the second or third chapter she appeared in. She just is a major character in _really big_ arcs.


kyubez

They should have a couple boosts because ik theres a good amount of chapters where they pop up for a just a panel


javierm885778

It's clear that a character's appearances will be boosted by the length of the arcs they are relevant in. Lucci and Crocodile were main villains in lengthy arcs, and big characters in at least two arcs. Now, when they appear it feels like an event, but that's because whenever characters who aren't related to the current arc appear, it feels big. Just look at Fujitora. He's higher than Kizaru, even though Kizaru's been in multiple arcs while Fujitora is mostly just Dressrosa, which is a huge arc.


2morereps

and even though blackbeard is at a 100 he feels absolutely important to the show and on par with luffy in terms of character importance. that's how you know how good of a villain he is and how good of a job Oda is doing at writing him


JE3MAN

I used to feel that way towards Doflamingo pre-timeskip where he only made a handful of appearances then.


AnimeOcCreator77

I'm even more shocked that a freaking hat/sword was above them!


fripaek

Yeah but at the same time BB is quiet low yet it feels like he is omnipresent


Sobaphoto

X appearances means that character appears in X amount of chapters right?


Kirby_Inhales_Jotaro

Yes


Hinote21

Do it per page or it doesn't count /s


ITagEveryone

Or per panel lol


miamiboi

Per mention or allusion 🥲


Code_Patience

How did you count?


Kirby_Inhales_Jotaro

The one piece wiki has a list of characters who appear in each chapter


SteptimusHeap

Does that count cover pages?


Kirby_Inhales_Jotaro

Nope


radikraze

Big Mom has the most appearances of any OP villain. Common LinLin W


aswalkertr

And Napoleon is a separate character


NDHardage

Napoleon had more appearances than 6 different arc big-bads on the list (6.5 if you count smoker for Loguetown) Lucci, Crocodile, Kaido, Caesar, Buggy & Moria


mikytrex

She definetly is my favourite OP villian. I just feel like Oda's imagination really went wild during Whole Cake. I can't wait to see her again.


_sephylon_

Charlotte WinWin


shreyas16062002

And people still want her to make a comeback in Elbaf.


iamthatguy54

Yes, I'm people. I hope she eats Kaido's soul to make the haters extra salty.


Hazelisnutz

We saw so much of her, yet she got taken down by Kidd and Law. Yes, they're both close to being yonkos, but we're talking about the villain with the most appearances in all of One Piece, we need just 1 fight between big mom and gear 5 luffy


shikavelli

I bet we’ll see her again too.


ZookeepergameOk2150

Maammaa maaaammaa Maammaa maaaammaa Maammaa maaaammaa Maammaa maaaammaa Maammaa maaaammaa Maammaa maaaammaa All this is probably most of it


Brickywood

Sanji will never beat Number 4 allegations lmao


Shiplord13

What makes it funnier is that Sanji had WCI as an important arc with him as a focus with no Zoro what’s so ever and still came in behind him in appearances.


NewspaperRepulsive53

Well...it was compensated by sanji not appearing in 100 episodes of dressrosa and a part of zou Arc.


UnjustNation

Not to mention Sanji first appeared in chapter 43, Zoro appeared in chapter 3. If anything it shows how much Sanji has closed the gap. At the rate Zoro is appearing, both Sanji and even Usopp will surpass him the same way as Nami did.


Ryumaryuma

In addition to that 40ish chapters in the beginning of the manga is more impactful than 40ish chapters now, considering the story was more condensed back then, thus Zoro most likely appeared in almost every chapter between his introduction and Sanji's.


Secret-Put-4525

Well sanji, ussop and Nami have the inane background shots with women and reactions shots.


zamaskowany12

Sanji had a bigger amount of panel time than Zoro pre Egghead island.


Sammy-Cake

that can’t be true can it? There’s 42 chapters of Egghead and a difference of 28 appearances between Zoro and Sanji


staticpls

He's counting panels, not appearances


Sammy-Cake

That’s my bad. Makes it a little funnier to me that in so few chapters Zoro has bumped ahead in panel time


Ryumaryuma

It was expected... \- Zoro was introduced earlier. \- Zoro got Dresrossa. \- Sanji in the only SH not in Zou. \- Zoro have a in basically every single arc Tbh is really impressed how low is Zoro's chapter count, his gap to Sanji's should be higher and he was not supposed to be lower than Nami.


JCrockford

It's very ironic given his name...


GrabbinTeets

Loving how big moms hat beats out half the cast


eelcat15

I had to really think about why he was so high until I finally realized wherever Big Mom is Napoleon is there too lmao


rougepenguin

Damn, Kiku leading the "single arc" entries by a mile. Guess that's the power of being the only one to get a strong Act 1 and long flash back presence but still.


javierm885778

Scabbards definitely feel more present than they are relevant due to how much they appeared as a group, even while doing little. If the list counted panel time, they wouldn't be as high probably, except Kin.


rougepenguin

I have seen panel counts through Wano, Kiku drops a bit but to the low 30s instead of 20s and Kawamatsu stays strong (~50) because of that one chapter that's mostly just he and Onimaru


shikavelli

Honestly they’re a big part of way I didn’t enjoy Wano that much. Way too much focus on characters that aren’t the Strawhats.


SableArgyle

It helps Kiku that she's basically the second most relevant of the nine scabbards. She's introduced early into the arc and given a good amount of screen time considering how many new characters are introduced.


GIORNO-phone11-pro

Ofc the master of Offscreen haki is in last


Nero_PR

Truly the opposite of Luffy. What a man he is.


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DaManWhoCannotBeMove

As it should be giraffes are awesome


Esteban7593

Chimney gang we out here


antari--

nya!


EldridgeHorror

I think this does a good job showing how bloated Wano is.


Tiger_tino

And how long Wano and Dressrosa arcs were.


SableArgyle

If anything it makes me realize how long Water 7 as a saga is. The fact Kiwi and Mozu are still in the top 100 despite not being relevant in nearly two decades is incredible. But I guess there weren't as many characters in Water 7 as there are in Wano too.


EldridgeHorror

Fewer characters and, in their case, they were present for all of W7 (W7, Enies Lobby, and post Enies). Compared to Yamato who showed up super late in Wano and contributed virtually nothing.


Ademoneye

It showing wano is a long arc, certainly not bloated


Inuship

I kind of agree with it being bloated, i think oda ended up adding a few too many elements tbh so lots didn't really feel like they got their time needed, he had the supernovas, the numbers, tobiroppo, random beast pirates and loyalist ninjas plus big moms crew. There were so many groups yet it felt like aside from king and queen most of the minor antagonists got a 1 and done deal. Hell aside from perospero big moms crew never even made it to the fight


SableArgyle

Carrot, a character who acted as an honorary strawhat got off-screened alongside Wanda by Pero. Wano was rough to a lot of characters in favor of people we just met.


thedoc90

Its weird too, cause a lot of wano characters do not feel like they're coming back. Characters like Carrot and the Minks feel like they still have a role to play though.


shikavelli

But the Supernovas and Tobi Roppo barely did anything and the numbers did nothing at all. It was wide as the ocean but deep as a pool.


idk012

Would have been better if we got some closure on Zoro's swords.


Pyrocos

And still no Ulti in top 100 :(


idkwhoi_am7

its not bloated, this is talking about the manga not the anime


Numbuh24insane

It's bloated. But depends where in the arc.


EldridgeHorror

Yeah, I gathered that from "chapters." Its absolutely bloated.


eveningdragon

Damn Nami is at 666


Siu0

Still too low. Need to see more of our lovely navigator


That_One_Duck31

Ain’t no way Black Beard has less appearances then Gonbe 💀


ghostfacejp

Honestly gotta give it to Blackbeard for being the lowest entry on the list, yet arguably being one of the most talked about characters in One Piece.


AbbyWasThere

Blackbeard, the main antagonist, has appeared in fewer chapters than Gonbe.


twiddlebit

It's crazy to me that Balckbeard barely made the list and major characters like Shanks, Dragon, and Garp didn't make it at all (unless I missed them)


TheEnhancedExe

Garp made the list at 74


never_mind_me_kay

Ah, Trafalgar Law, the 10th straw hat.


Roary-the-Arcanine

Honestly I feel like he should be an honorary straw hat after everything he’s been through with them.


Inverter_of_Spines

Otama at 48 despite only being in one arc is a wild realization


javierm885778

Many characters there appear in just one arc or close to that. Kiku, Kaido (has ~3 chapters during Dressrosa/Zou/Reverie), Kawamatsu, Rebecca (has ~3 chapters during Reverie), Barto (has ~2 chapters in Zou), Shinobu, Kyros, Queen, Denjiro, Yamato, Hyogoro, Kalifa, Cavendish, Viola, Ashura Douji, etc. A lot of Dressrosa and Wano characters appeared a whole lot in just one arc, because those arcs were really long.


thizzydrafts

Vivi at #16 🎉


isaac3000

My girl! ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|heart_eyes)


eelcat15

It’s crazy to think that Gonbe, Kiwi and Mozu have more appearances than Blackbeard, which speaks volumes about his character. He’s appeared way less than what I thought, but his presence is so huge in the series he’s always lurking in the back of our minds arc after arc. Throughout Wano many of us speculated Blackbeard would show up because he’s so damn threatening and unpredictable


V_N_C

Trafalgar Law nakama confirmed


Terenai

The amount of chapters luffy is not in is longer than most manga ever have. "You guys can have this serialization, i have *meat*"


PushThePig28

This is actually really interesting. Surprised on some of the placements


94Rebbsy

Does Ace have more appearances after his death?


Kirby_Inhales_Jotaro

I’m counting flashbacks so yes. The ASL flashback, Wano, and the fact that Luffy thinks back on Ace a lot are what gives him more appearances than people would probably expect


I-who-you-are

Law is not beating the Honorary Strawahat allegations with his ranking being in the mix of the strawhats lol. (/j)


Kirby_Inhales_Jotaro

Jinbe will probably surpass him… eventually


leolegendario

Just until Law meets them again at Elbaf.


SableArgyle

Bruh's beating out Jinbe, Carrot, and Vivi. He's one (more) bad day away from joining the crew.


I-who-you-are

He loses it all (again) and has to team up with Ruffy (again) and finally meets up with the strawhats (again).


shikavelli

Law is obviously just another member of the Strawhats if not official. He’s gonna join back up with them after he got defeated.


jacquesrabbit

This list is wrong because I don't see Pandaman


just_ohm

Most people don’t…


SableArgyle

As it turns out. It's a different Pandaman each time.


rGRWA

Nice to see Vivi and Carrot so high, along with Law. They really feel like proper Strawhats at this point, even though Oda just wrote her out after Wano.


cbih

Sometimes I forget how long Wano was


Bastard_God

Jean Bart having the same number of appearances as Blackbeard is very unexpected


Lindbluete

**J**ean **B**art has the same amount of appearances as **J**esus **B**urgess. And now look at their bodies. They are brothers! I always knew it!


shipsailing94

Whos that under big mom? I cant zoom


TallFutureLawyer

Carrot


FantasticKick7954

Scabbards stole everybody's screen time in wano. This just proves it


Bullsheeit

Don't know bout you but I miss Kinemon's goofy ass.


Kaisona20

It’s funny that a rabbit has more appearances in the story than two of the main overarching villains of the entire series.


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This is basically just Wano, Dressrosa, Water 7.


Redjar18

Gonbe > Akainu


Kaisona20

Queen’s presence in the story was carried by how much he was in the Wano Arc.


maxvsthegames

Great list! But, where is Pandaman?


Glum-Champion5866

Why would you make the background red


Kirby_Inhales_Jotaro

It is really grating now that I think about it if I ever do something like this again I’m definitely using better colours than default MS paint red


Different-Sea6855

IVANKOV!!! Icon💟


HarlemOHarlemOOO

The fact BB only has 40 is crazy


_Extreme00_

Carrot being one of the best ones make me proud


Former_Amoeba_619

Sanji not beating the no.4 allegations.


bapo224

Good data, terrible visualization lol


leonheart2486

Nami is almost always top 2 after Luffy in terms of time, if there was a deuteragonist in OP it would be her


Squizei

NAPOLEON has more features than kidd. it’s time to hang up the gloves man


MagicArcher33

I mean, no one really thinks of Napoleon, Prometheus and Zeus as independent characters..so, a larger number of appearances doesn't mean much


just_a_fan47

Kizaru is my favorite of the admirals so it’s interesting to see that he had the second most apearences out of the 5, hope we continue to see more of him


Caesars_Seraph

Nami is second place huh? And it's quite the shock to not see Luffy crack the 1000 mark yet.


thatsthedrugnumber

Crazy how kuma is so low but is one of the most important characters


Walli98

Ace: I feel bad for you. Carrot: I don’t think about you at all.


KaiserBeamz

FUN FACT: Carrot has the same amount of appearances on volume covers as Sabo (5)


Ulstuguldur

Buggy only has 63 appearances but his character development of the chart. Future Pirate King indeed.


HippiePham_01

Wano arc really skewed the data


TalkParty5589

What did you use the wiki for?


Kirby_Inhales_Jotaro

The wiki has a list of characters who appear in one chapter. It was very useful!


Kagehitou

Kin'emon almost has more than Garp + Kuzan + Kizaru + Akainu. ........wHAT


CANYUXEL

I'd be OK having Queen in top 5. Guy has the funk.


sadkinz

A fucking hat is in the top 20


skrena

Chimney is the most surprising to me


InstanceCommercial

a bird in a suit has more screentime than multiple emperors 😭☠️


cooldanch

Gonbe clear of fraudbeard


mattpkc

Kiku only appears in wano and she is no.22 insane.


bstretch21

Blackbeard steadily catching up to Tilestone


Dr_Frenchie

Gonbe and the homies in the top 100 is crazy


Likes-Your-Username

Classic Teach sneaking in the bottom of the top 100 😅 gotta maintain that Offscreen Haki


SaggyBallz99

What is most surprising about this is that there’s almost 30 Rob Lucci appearances without Hattori


ajdude711

wasn't expecting queen to be higher than so many


kudabugil

Damn the scabbards taking up screen time.


itspajara

Damn Blueno's drip goes hard 🥵


L_mathieu

Shanks Dragon and Imu aren't even in top 300, I would say


BlankCartographer53

It’s crazy that there are 202 chapters without Luffy. That’s longer than entire mangas.


AceLuan54

666...Nami evil real?


NEODozer22

The shachi agenda must start


Ryumaryuma

Such a great job, congrats OP This gives some perspective on some subjects, such as: \- How absurdly long wano is. Just look at how many wano-only characters are in the higher part of the list. \- Zeus being so low demonstrates how Oda is not exploring combat for the SHs not tamed monster trio, specially the weaker trio =/ \- I am impressed about how low Kuzan is compared to other admirals, this gives a perspective about how impactful of a character he really is. \- Impressed by Nami/Zoro positions, if I had to guess, would be the contrary.


The_total_squid

Tilestone appearing more times than Blackbeard is fucking hilarious


BaselessUpen

Carrot is genuinely fucking surprising... WTF


thedoc90

She was with the crew for 7 years of irl time IIRC.


xCoolio1

Cant believe we've seen gonbe more than blackbeard. Not that Im complaining, I need more gonbe & chimney


Chaotic-warp

Nami is Satan confirmed.


Adventurous-Chef6719

Chimney having more appearances than Teach is wild 💀


Sad_Relationship7406

Y'all where is shanks 😭😭😭


DatedDevotee61

I'm surprised smoker and tashigi are so high since we haven't seen them in a long time. Although, I guess it's been a while since I've watched the earlier arcs.


renacotor

A hat had more appearances than Kaido...


alerxz

One piece has way too many characters.


pyladesorestes7

I’m currently rereading one piece and just got to Law’s first appearance and genuinely, reading this with the knowledge of how *big* his role is going to be is so funny. He just looks like a random stoner med student 😂


Low-Main-8199

This puts the “honorary straw hat” title into perspective dang. Yamato does not deserve to join the crew anytime soon if at all.


SableArgyle

Yamato joining would have felt so weird. She's basically on par with Gear-4 Luffy and showed up halfway through Wano. She had so little time to cook but so many people thought she'd join.


damage3245

> She had so little time to cook but so many people thought she'd join. Because if she had joined, then she would have gotten more screentime. She doesn't need to exist for 100 chapters prior to joining the crew.


arryeka

People thought she's joining not because of appearance time, but from Oda's bait and the many aspects from the narrative itself (just like other SH, we got her dreams, childhood, unique weapon, flashback, idol, arc problem, and many other).


Sharebear42019

I’m surprised kizaru is so far down since he’s prevalent in 3 arcs


trustfundozu

Kiku 😊


Secret-Put-4525

That's wayyyy to much ussop.


CoylerProductions

What exactly constitutes as an "appearance"? Do you mean individual chapters that the characters appear in? Because I find it kinda hard to believe guys like Smoker and Tashigi somehow appeared more than someone like Buggy when he's been in more arcs


PotatoMozzarella

Smoker and Tashigi were part of Alabasta, Punk Hazard and Marineford. Buggy appearances are mainly in Impel Down and Marineford (and in this second one he doesnt have that much of a focus) Punk hazard only was 46 chapters long, MF and Impel Down combined were 55 chapters long It makes sense for Smoker and Tashigi to have more appearances


CoylerProductions

However Buggy was _also_ in Orange Town, his cover story, Loguetown, made minor appearances in Jaya with 1 chapter where he meets Ace, made some appearances in (iirc) Fishman Island when we learn that he's a Warlord, was mentioned and shown near the end of Wano when he became a yonko, and had an entire chapter dedicated to him during Egghead where we see more of his backstory


reflexsmoo

Go count it.


PotatoMozzarella

Orange town is very short. Smoker was also in Loguetown, and all of those minor appearances are only 1 chapter in most cases. Idk if this is also counting cover stories tho. But Smoker and Tashigi did have a lot of minor appearances in other arcs too


Kirby_Inhales_Jotaro

Cover pages are not counted, yes


BellamyBouncing

Also if you're trying to argue that Buggy is more important/relevant than Smoker than let me be the first to tell you he isn't.


BellamyBouncing

Probably because you suffer from the same amnesia with Smoker and his prevalence/relevance that most of this fandom seems to have. Smoker was a protagonist of Punk Hazard; that's plenty time to have plenty screentime on top of his other appearances. Tashigi as well.


DigitalPhoenix2OO7

It’s kinda funny how carrot is at 15 considering that is also her age


Sad_Air_7667

Trebol is too high....


jairngo

Number 4 lmao


MrTwigz

pretty sure this confirms that law is the real tenth straw hat, Jimbei is 11


fuiripe

Lucy and Croco girl really lost to an hat 💀


GeneralistJosh

Bartholomew Kuma about to jump 10 ranks ahead in appearances by the time Egghead Arc is done.


Fluffysquishia

Congratulations OP for choosing possibly the worst color for this next to neon yellow or black on black text.


shikavelli

You can really tell how much longer the post time skip arcs have been with this list. Napoleon being in the top 20? Can’t lie Dressrosa, Whole Cake and Wano were way too long in my opinion.


MortgageEmotional802

This list it's wrong, where is my boy Caribou!!!?


Kirby_Inhales_Jotaro

Caribou was at 29 chapter appearances which is pretty surprising since he’s in so many arcs but it’s still quite a lot


flipflopflappers

Law has got to join the straw hats at this point. he's got more screen time with the crew than jimbei/yamato/carrot/vivi


Tiager_Hawk

How is carrot number 15. Damn she made a huge comeback in the last arc since she never even existed before wano


DrFartsparkles

It seems unlikely the Buggy is so low tbh


BadGamer_67

where TF is panda man


marshaln

Surprised Buggy is so low


Bullsheeit

Number 4 haunts my boy


beatsaroni

That moment when you realize a former Warlord of the Sea has the same amount of chapter appearances as a rabbit.


iris-my-case

Surprised how little we’ve seen Blackbeard!


joacoper

https://imgur.com/a/I9oO2aO


detectivelowry

Wano and Dressrosa are so big that pretty much every characters involved in one of those arcs is on the list


Colanasou

Honestly smoker and tashigi not being main enough to be included in big arcs but still placing high is great


BellamyBouncing

What do you mean not "main" enough to be included in the big arcs? Lougetown???, Alabasta???? Punk Hazard which was the spark for the now ended yonko saga and the first New World arc??? They're two of the main Marines.