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Which arcs in one piece do you feel like got ruined by the anime ?
Me Personally I’m going with thriller bark it’s actually a great arc and great straw hat teamwork moments
Mentally checked out around hearing “REBBECCA” #50000000
I love Kairos and Rebbeca but I can't do with more flashbacks.
It was a drag to read too tbf
I think it was a drag to read weekly, but binging it is significantly more enjoyable.
I remember reading it weekly, I lost track of wtf the entire plot even was. By the time we got back to Zou, I had forgotten all about everything and had to re-read it immediately.
Let alone the characters that got introduced.
I feel that can be said for just about every one piece arc. They’re usually so long that it can be tough to keep track of everything that’s happening or that has happened. I bet Wano would be better too if it was binge read but I’m still Wano’d out
Yeah, almost every arc drags, especially towards the end
When I stopped enjoying the chapters because I couldn’t keep up with everyone in dressrosa, that was when I went to re-read it. It got to a point I was like, “I have no idea who these people are.” There were so many characters introduced in dressrosa, weekly reading was definitely difficult if you didn’t reread
yeah absolutely
doesn't help that Oda split the crew apart as usual and instead of focusing on one area at a time, it was written all over the place to change perspectives and keep tension higher. Didn't work for a weekly release, if anything it really did the opposite.
I know so many people who stopped either anime or manga during Dressrosa.
I binged it and still felt like it was a drag to read
For real, they must not have read weekly back then. The pacing was atrocious between Oda having to take constant breaks due to his health and characters doing to the absolute least.
Not to me, loved the arc on my first read.
It’s my favourite post time skip arc but parts of it were so boring and dragged on. I still love the cast of characters on the island though.
I guess you didnt read dressrosa weekly then.
Yeah..
A few years ago, it was at that moment in Dressrosa that I took a break for a few years of reading One Piece. I was younger.. anxious and impatient.. and Oda was doing this annoying thing of "instead of telling the story everyone wants to know I will add a new character you never heard about on each page of the manga". So confusing.. I was getting very pissed about that.
Dude, same...
I was following the recent chapters until some point in dressrosa and got fed up with it.
Only 6mo ago I started again from the beginning, dressrosa was still looong
I like everything now, I changed. When I was reading back then I was the average fan who only cares about the main characters and their developments.. but now.. I like the tontattas
I watched the anime and had caught up to the manga when it was halfway through punk hazard. So Dressrosa was my first full arc reading in the manga. It was crazy how long that are was and felt. I remember just like please end it already Oda lol. Now we have Wano which was like 147 chapters. Somehow Wano was really enjoyable or maybe I just got used to it. Like at the time when Wano ended at 1057 Wano was basically 14% of all of One piece. Dressrosa was like 10%. Lol so two arcs were at one point almost 25% of One Piece.
I was able to binge read it and it was very enjoyable. But as a weekly reader during Whole Cake and Wano, I can imagine how awful Dressrosa was for weekly readers. I’m sure weekly readers during Alabasta or Skypeia felt the same way at points
Every arc is gonna enjoyable if you binge read it because you can just skip the boring parts.
Binge reads make everything flow well. It makes you intrigued and hyped read the next chapter. Knowing that you can read it immediately. Unlike weekly read where you can feel that you only got too little.
But you can’t skip anything in one piece lol.
It flows well because you don’t have to read the boring or dragged out parts. You’re intrigued and hyped to read the next chapter week to week as well, I think it’s less hype when you know what’s coming.
Buddy no. My point is that there won’t be any boring or dragged out parts. In a story as complex as dressrosa. You may feel that the story isn’t moving from week to week. But when you binge read it. You take everything in without stopping.
And with writing as masterful as dressrosa. Knowing what’s coming doesn’t really matter for me. It even makes you dive deeper into the characters. It didn’t become a 10/10 until the rewatch.
No, dressrosa still has dragged out parts on reread too. Binging a story does not change its pacing.
I didn’t say anything changed. I said that there weren’t any pacing issues to begin with. It was a masterpiece through and through
Bro I just think maybe you’re a bit too bias here, can’t really have a discussion on this topic.
There is really no bias. It is just that good. An absolute masterpiece of an arc.
There is no discussion because you aren’t trying to have a discussion. You just keep saying shit like skip parts (which is abysmal in a series like one piece). And when I explained what I meant you dipped.
The arc has one of the best antagonists in fiction and one of the best arc casts in animanga. It is emotional, It is hype AF. It just hits every nail.
Same. So many fights between characters we don't care at all.
Long Ring had great humor though
It is too long I'll give you that, specially that final fight, but still has some of the best post time skip moments and a lot of memorable characters
People who say that Dressrosa is one of the best arcs must have not read it weekly.
It was painful to read and to keep up with the plot. Nobody understood the reason Oda was focusing so much on side characters and nobody even care for those characters lol. (I had to re-read the arc to remember them)
The payoff was huge and the infamous chapter/panel was amazing but the arc is mid tier
The arc is absolutely a masterpiece. And the side characters were amazing. People who appreciate good writing definitely love them.
Dressrosa is a masterpiece.
I get that weekly experience can have issues because you may not get what you want for months.
But from a literary standpoint it is a masterpiece. Some of the best side characters in the manga. Beautiful thematic integration. Everything is on point
Masterpiece is very generous and I like Dressrosa a lot.
Not generous at all. It is just that good. It has one of the absolute best antagonists in the medium. It also has one of the best side characters in the medium. The cast is masterful. The themes integration is so deep. The plot is hype AF. The climax is generational. I feel like any rating other than 10/10 is unfair.
Reading Dressrosa weekly was very rough, I dropped one piece for about a year in the middle of it. Watching Dressrosa weekly made me drop the anime forever aside from the odd episode here or there.
Yeah Dressrosa made me drop OP for four to five years. Even now, I’m manga only💀
Honestly reading Alabasta was tough too. Drum Island, AP etc before it were short and 25-27 chapters at most. That was over twice as long, though it was cool seeing Ace, none of us expected 3 fights with croco. Built up the shichibukai well but a week between each with no end in sight or idea that they were getting off that accursed desert island was a bit difficult.
Anyway Dressrossa was even twice as long as that. By then we were a bit more used to it though
it's literally the worst content in onepiece, filler included.
Dressrosa is a masterpiece. The writing is just on another level.
my comment was more at the Davy back garbage. dressrosa slapped.
I used to be anime only up until that arc. It took so long and it was so annoying that i just started reading the manga.
Dudeeee Zoro straight up taking ages to fly towards pica in the anime Was insaeees
Like who thought it was a good idea to drag out that fight
Can't wait for Wit Studio to reanimate everything with proper pacing.
Any arc where the average pacing is less than 1.3~ chapters per episode
Then it becomes a reaction shot/flashback shitshow
So everything since Long Ring Long Land.
lol 1.3 chapters, these days we get half a chapter per episode max
As a manga only it’s so weird to see people hating on thriller bark, I really did like it
Thriller Bark has always got some hate from fans and it’s really just because of story placement. You’re coming off the high of Water 7 and Enies Lobby, which is considered one of the best arcs. Even though Thriller Bark is phenomenal, it feels like a step back. For me personally I felt like Moriah was a step back in terms of villains, but the overall arc is great.
Oh I’m not saying it’s a perfect arc, especially when considering Moria and god damn Absalom
Oh I knew what you meant and agree with you. Was more giving a reason why I think people might dislike it.
Is that really what some fans think? Honestly thriller bark is probably the funniest arc imo. It has so many hilarious moments. I think it's correctly placed after the depressing Enies Lobby and before the even more depressing Sabaody. Also Franky, Robin and Brook need an whole arc to truly bond with the crew before the two years pact.
I totally skipped it the first time watching the anime and then went back to it and enjoyed it. But the anime just felt so boring from the start of the arc that I didn’t even make it to where they got to Thriller Bark. I also felt like I didn’t miss too much story-wise besides like Shusui and Ryuma. But yeah even the anime was good when I actually sat through it, it’s just a very different vibe than the rest of the series
Davy Back Fight literally is half filler and the most important part of the arc got moved to a filler arc after.
Can't get more messed up than that
what did they remove from the DBF? I never sat down and compared anime and manga (its my least favourite arc).
Aokiji didn't show up.
You know, the guy who pretty much recontextualized the arc theme of the danger of losing crew members.
Remove him and the rest of the arc was just a goofy battle against team rocket. No wonder why some anime-onlies mistook it as filler.
Can't wait for WIT to reanimate this fight. This is one of my favorite fight and Moria controlling Oars doesn't get enough love.
I wasn’t impressed with Marineford in the anime, it’s my favourite arc in the manga.
From the beginning, the episode ending with the Moby dick arriving but not with Whitebeard’s grand entrance,
or the episode ending with Whitebeard saying to Ace “I told you to go” was a really weird way to end an episode,
or the beginning of the war happening midway of the episode instead of the end like it was in the manga.. so the offical start of the war was in the middle of the episode instead of the end, it was all kind of strange…
Yeah as much as an legendary arc marineford was the pacing of the arc was off too but yeah I agree the manga was far better
Wut? It's not like the anime removed the teamwork or anything from Thriller Bark. That said, while none of them are really ruined, Dressrosa is probably the one who suffered the most from bad pacing, although it did still have its really good moments in the anime.
I wouldn't say arc but there are moments in Wano
Skypiea, Thriller Bark and Zou are way better in the manga.
Reverie was terrible
Levely Arc.
Marineford feels very slow in the anime
No arc was ruined but everything since enies lobby has been slowly going down in quality due to the spacing between manga and anime creating pacing issues.
Really not a fan of the wano heavy ink style and dbz auras but it had some really peak episodes too so...
I just wish they were consistent man... the difference the good episodes and bad ones is too big.
Dude Thriller bark in the Anime was very good.
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I was really hopeful that teamwork from Thriller Bark is what we would see more of moving forward.
Like, that Water 7/Enies Lobby taught them to stand together against the world if needed, and this was how they were going to forge a path into the new world despite coming up against obstacles much bigger than them. Rather than just the standard battle shounen splitting off into tiered 1v1's thing.
But it just kinda went away, which was a bummer.
Like, I had still hoped that was going to be the "More than just a bigger punch" needed to take Kaido out. Do a twist on the whole power of friendship thing, where the power isn't your friends just believing in you. No, it's having 10+ (thanks Robin) whole ass sets of hands to throw at one target.
Plus, y'know, because they're pirates. There's no such thing as an unfair fight amongst pirates.
Thriller Bark and Impel Down. Impel Down in the manga looks so much darker in the manga. Also the pace seems faster. One chapter in the manga looks like a fes seconds compared to 20 min of the anime.
Probably dressrosa with the god awful anime pacing. Despite content wise being an amazing arc
Long Ring Long Land.
Seriously, the amount of people thinking it's the worst Arc (just because they read the Anime) is mindblowing. It's easily one of my favorite arcs in the entire series with awesome moments of growth for every Strawhat member involved. Try accomplishing that in recent Arcs!
Ikr I couldn’t be the only one to of liked the uniqueness of this arc and the appearance of aokji
Whole Cake and Dressrosa
I don’t think this was ruined by the anime at all. The anime did a good job adapting this story, and it was very fun to watch.
I don't see how you think thillerbark was ruined by the anime...
Definitely this and Peak Ring Peak Land. I hated when they just fixated on Nami's measurements for half an episode in Thriller Bark
Anime killed the Davy Back fight dur to poor pacing. Unironically one of my favorite arcs sur to the assumed Ultra goofiness of the moment:
The first race, them chosing Chopper just bc he's cute, Sanji and Zoro teaming up, PEANUTS !!!, Can't lose with the Afro...good ol' days fr
Chopper using his knowledge of anatomy as a doctor in a fight is cool and I wish it happened other times in the series
TB was good in the anime adaptation. The only full arc that got ruined is the LRLL
Can you explain why you think the anime ruined thriller bark?
For me it’s act 1 of Wano. Recycled animations, stupid fluff. Luffy vs. the Sumo and Luffy/Zoro vs. Batman were both insufferable. Dressrosa was really rough too. The anime stalled crazy hard to the point where I stopped watching mid bird cage and only went back once it was over. Still drags too much.
Every arc from Sabaody to the end of Dressrosa.
Sabapdy anime is soooo fucking ass in comparison its so god damn slow
Literally everything post timeskip until late wano lol
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Fishman Island. Character designs actually look good in manga
Wano
Why does Usopp look like Mihawk?
Wtff this shit is so epic lmao why did anime ruin it😕
i’m confused, how did the anime ruin this arc
All of Enies Lobby's highs and lows are magnified by the anime
Ruined would be too strong a word but I’ll never forgive the anime for making me listen to Saul’s laugh in Robin’s backstory over and over until it was annoying to hear.
not sure what you mean, thriller bark was amazing in the anime
bro they should make one piece into a anime
What you mean by ruined... Its not the best arc, but ruined is such a strong word lmao
I love Thriller Bark. Its like the peak for me. Most of people in my country hate thriller bark. Idk why, but holy shit the zombie Luffy fight made me goosebump everytime. Everyone got their role and doing their jobs, not just 1v1 on every single fight or mass murder minions (which never happen anymore cus they got that eye power).
alredy try binged read 3 times and binged watch 1 times, binged was better then weekly, pre time skip anime is good enough as it is, need to fast forward most part for post time skip anime.
Why do people hate Thriller Bark animated? I LOVED it and thought it was the best!
So far. I've only reached fish man island
All of them.
None. "Ruined" is incredibly dramatic.
Dressrosa almost made me drop the series
I didn’t like Thriller Bark when I watched it for the first time, and it was because of Moria as a villain. I hated him so much. Such an annoying ass character. Running around, laughing his face off. His powers feel so OP in the moment. Lately I’ve been on a rewatch of the anime….and I still fucking hate Moria. Can’t stand him and he lowers the enjoyment of the arc to me. Almost else about the arc is funny, heartfelt (Brook), and interesting. Everything but the main villain
Pre time skip: Davy Back Fight, it got so weird and confusing, I think it's one of the best arcs to showcase how unique Oda's writing is and how hard it is mimic it.
Post time skip: Dressrosa is a drag to watch, while it was one of the best arcs to read.