This is a video of deconstructing three mangas: One Piece, Naruto and My Hero Academia. I've attempted to unravel their structures and to create a formula on how to better write a Shonen type OneShot. Hope you enjoy!

0:00 Intro
0:55 Prologue
5:53 How to introduce your Protagonist
10:27 How to write a Story
12:09 Theme
13:49 Thematic Question
15:11 How to Create a Protagonist
16:01 Internal Obstacle
21:15 External Obstacle
23:38 Overview
24:35 Thoughts

What is your theme?

What is your thematic question?

How will your protagonist embody this question?

What is your protagonist's goal?

What is your protagonist's internal lie?

What is the thing that they can't do?

What is the answer to the thematic question?