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Hiro Mashima, the author of Fairy Tail, has a really similar drawing style to
Eiichiro Oda, One Piece mangaka.

We know that some well known mangakas had previously worked as assistants to
others (like Hiroyuki Takei and Eiichiro Oda himself, both worked with
Nobuhiro Watsuki), so I was wondering if Hiro Mashima has something in common
with Eiichiro Oda, since they had very similar styles at the beginning.


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Does Hiro Mashima (Fairy Tail) have something in common with Eiichiro Oda (One Piece)?


I have read that Oda and Mashima are good friends. However, not only has
Mashima never been Oda's assistant, but he has never been an assistant to
_any_ mangaka. The resemblance of their artwork is due to something they share
in common: Toriyama worship and obsession with _Dragon Ball_. More details on
[this blog
post](http://web.archive.org/web/20110707081343/http://activeanime.com/delreyblog/?p=129).


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