One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda is known for his meticulous story writing and tremendous world-building. His magnum opus, One Piece, has continued for almost 30 years now, and this series is getting better with each passing year. The franchise has gotten so big that it has also received its own live-action adaptation by Netflix, which, interestingly enough, the creator of the series is also heavily involved in.

Recently, Steve Maeda, one of the showrunners of Netflix's One Piece live-action, confirmed that Eiichiro Oda was directly involved in the cancellation of an arc, which would have taken the live-action series on a completely different path from the manga and the anime, making it non-canon. This new arc would've completely changed the character as well as the introduction of Usopp, and would have led to significant changes to the Syrup Village arc as well. Thankfully, Eiichiro Oda completely cancelled it and, alongside it, made other significant changes to the first season of the series.

One Piece's East Blue Saga is incredibly important, as it sets the basis for Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates before their adventure in the Grand Line. In the live-action, this journey of the Straw Hat Pirates, while not fully faithful to the manga, covers all the main important arcs . However, Steve Maeda, the showrunner of the first season of the series, revealed that Netflix initially had very different plans for the East Blue Saga. Specifically, Netflix wanted to make significant changes to the character of Usopp, as well as the famous arc of Syrup Village, where Luffy and the Straw Hats go on to recruit him to the crew.

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