What's your impression of One Piece?

[keyboad]

like is it weird or cool,dramatic,childish you know

im pritty sure alot of people would either say weird or cool:P

i say its cool:blahblah

[d.Lughie]

I say its all of it.. thats why I love it so much!!!

[crazymtf]

One of the best series out, no option though :(

[Amatsu]

my impression of One Piece is that it's got everything and NOTHING could be a greater series.

[Kisame]

i just read 330-334

man this is like the zabuza arc over and over again. awesome emotion.

[Code]

I would say it's nearly all of the options at some point.

[Ai_Kotobuki]

it has everything! :D

[Wing-Zero]

One Piece is awesome.....

[escamoh]

I just started watching OP and I'm on the 51st episode.

This show has everything in it, I like it even more than Naruto and Bleach now.

[d.Lughie]

haha.. there you go.. and its only the first 50s.. the more you go.. the more awesome it gets.. trust me!!

[Molekage]

it has it all, but the word fun stand out in my mind. its one of the funnest ways to spend my time

[Seany]

All of the options. It has everything!

[Hype]

Its got everything I enjoy in a manga and more

Comedy
Action
Emotion
Great characters

ect ect

What amazes me about it is you enjoy one arc then the next ones normally blows it away it just keeps getting better. Long may it continue

[underdogdlx]

it's too cool to leave an impression. though from the stitches in my side whenever i finish watching it, i'd have to say it's funny above all else. but then i'd watch an episode like the finale with luffy and croc, and realise that it's just amazingly cool. and then i see one of the backstories, like nami's, and want to cry its so sad. and then luffy does his chopper impression (with robin's help) and i bust a gut laughing again.
it's better to say it leaves too many impressions. One Piece is teh best.

[Gyroscope]

One Piece delivers.
The most entertaining manga series there is.

[Cthulhu-versailles]

I'm sorry, but I simply can't get into this manga.
My first impression of one piece is not that good. LOl, then again I only saw some random dub episode.:notrust Still aside from the horrible voice acting of the dub, I wasn't feelign the plot of the episode.
Anyway, I have yet to ever read a page, and probably never will. This is because I cannot get over the fact this manga is about pirates. Seriously, I don't know why, but that just turns me off. Also, iI don't like looking at the drawinings. The artwork seems really america like and just doesn't appeal to me at all. Meh. Maybe one day I'll attempt to read the manga, but I'd have to overcome these two things first. The chance of that happening are as good as the chances of Nalbanian beating Federa in straight sets.:laugh
Maybe this manga is as good as people seem to be saying... but I'll likely never know. One more thing, on top of everything else, I hear that the manga doesn't get you hucked right away, and takes several volumes. That really doesn't help me either and makes it all the more likely I'll never read it.
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[d.Lughie]

That's why you gotta try it? Don't you think its strange that an anime that doesn't give a good impression is the most popular series in japan? Don't you think its strange that we've been defending this anime so much so that you guys would want to watch it? Its because this anime is loveable and you have to adapt to the style. Oda's style is different but the artwork is brilliant. He's trying to create his own world. This series has a lot of things to offer.

[TenshiOni]

Shika shika boo, the One Piece dub is probably amongst the worst dubs in existance...if not THE worst dub in existance.

Honestly, it's so destroyed to the point that I can't even call it One Piece.

And I'm not just talking about the voices.

[Suzumebachi]

The artwork seems really america like and just doesn't appeal to me at all.

If you dont like America, then you can get out.

[crazymtf]

I'm sorry, but I simply can't get into this manga.
My first impression of one piece is not that good. LOl, then again I only saw some random dub episode.:notrust Still aside from the horrible voice acting of the dub, I wasn't feelign the plot of the episode.
Anyway, I have yet to ever read a page, and probably never will. This is because I cannot get over the fact this manga is about pirates. Seriously, I don't know why, but that just turns me off. Also, iI don't like looking at the drawinings. The artwork seems really america like and just doesn't appeal to me at all. Meh. Maybe one day I'll attempt to read the manga, but I'd have to overcome these two things first. The chance of that happening are as good as the chances of Nalbanian beating Federa in straight sets.:laugh
Maybe this manga is as good as people seem to be saying... but I'll likely never know. One more thing, on top of everything else, I hear that the manga doesn't get you hucked right away, and takes several volumes. That really doesn't help me either and makes it all the more likely I'll never read it.
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How can you not like pirates yet you like ninja? OMG CAUSE PIRATES DON'T USE THE SHADOW AS A WEAPON? OR ARE SNEAKY...message to naruto fans, NARUTO IS GOKU ALL OVER AGAIN, Resaigan is a fucking kamahamaha wave, they dont' sneak,they power up and attack...really...And One Piece is far funnier then Naruto, so how about you give it a chance before judeing.

[Cthulhu-versailles]

Edit: Nm.. I was typing the site wrong it's not down. So I'm gonna go dl some of it. I'll read v1-6... and then return with my judgement.:amazed

@tenshi. Well the dub is terrible, so if in fact it really is nothing like this supposed "true pne piece", the dub gives a false impression to unsuspecting 1p considerers. The Dub stained me towards 1p. I can't get those terrible memories of grinding voices and ... out of my head:mad

Also Suzu your comment is just *insert swear*. I won't even bother acknowledging it any further with a response. Also see my location.:laugh

[Sieg]

Thought it sucked during first few chaps, but sticked with it and it quickly got my interest.

Dub is crap and i only DL subs every now and then.

[ctizz36]

One Piece has everything

[Kisame]

Shika shika boo, the One Piece dub is probably amongst the worst dubs in existance...if not THE worst dub in existance.

Honestly, it's so destroyed to the point that I can't even call it One Piece.

And I'm not just talking about the voices.



one piece dub....

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/4636/0504180ww.jpg

[Sieg]

rap and hip-hop ftw... i guess... >.>

[Hitotsumami]

It has everything!!! WOOT, best manga in the world. Second to none.

[Cthulhu-versailles]

...
Due to boredom and having nothing better do to I started reading one piece.
I just finished reading Volume 1-5,errr I liked it, nothing more though.
I certainly would not say it's the greatest or something. Does the manga get better though? Meh. If not I'll just abadon it. Although, I am curious to see what awaits at the "Grandline". So at the very least I'll defintly read up to that point. Also Sanji is pwnage and I like Ussop. Strangely out of the 5 priates, the character I've got the least love for at the moment is Luffy. Sanji is pwnage, I like Ussops story and Zoro is just what his name states.:amazed Nami is slick. Luffy is blargh.:( Meh.Anyway, it better get as "pwnage" as people have said it is soon dammit. Seriously. If so many people seem to think the series is pwnage, it should be pwnage, no? Well when does the pwnage start? When I am suppose to turn into a one piece fanboy?

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[crazymtf]

V5? That's it? Read up to 10 then go to the anime if you ask me, that's what i did and i don't regreat it, awsome fucking anime.

[Cthulhu-versailles]

Yeah well, basically all the manga's I've read that became my favs or those that I'd rank as high or amazing, I found intrging, exciting and or great like after one, two, or at most three volumes. So my impatients is understandable.This is taking to long!
Actually, what episode would volume 10 start at anyway? I'm not there yet, but I'll probably be there by the end of day.:amazed

[crazymtf]

Volume 10 ends about ep 40-41 but i watched 40-50 because of the batch plus it was nice to see it animated and it keeps the comedy and awsome fight sceans. Trust me it owns! :) And the filler aint complete utter garbage under shit kind of thing like naruto, it's quite funny/good.

[Suzumebachi]

Also Suzu your comment is just *insert swear*. I won't even bother acknowledging it any further with a response. Also see my location.

You're mean...

Does the manga get better though? Meh. If not I'll just abadon it. Although, I am curious to see what awaits at the "Grandline".

Trust me, each arc gets extremely better than the last. On East Blue, its kinda meh. You're right. But the Grand Line is where the real adventure starts! Desert civil wars, tyrannical Eminem look alikes, tons of cool enemy pirates, speedos, ramen martial arts, etc. It gets really really good.

[crazymtf]

Eminem lookalike? Can i get a picture? ^-^

[Suzumebachi]

Spoiler for guys not on Skypiea arc. And its confirmed that Oda did indeed model Enel after Eminem.

http://img.sheezyart.com/art/image/14/140966.jpg

[Code]

Well not too farfetched as it would seem, seeing as how in an interview Oda did say that Eminem was one of his favorite singers.

[crazymtf]

HAHAH omG< lol that's just great.

[d.Lughie]

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Due to boredom and having nothing better do to I started reading one piece.
I just finished reading Volume 1-5,errr I liked it, nothing more though.
I certainly would not say it's the greatest or something. Does the manga get better though? Meh. If not I'll just abadon it. Although, I am curious to see what awaits at the "Grandline". So at the very least I'll defintly read up to that point. Also Sanji is pwnage and I like Ussop. Strangely out of the 5 priates, the character I've got the least love for at the moment is Luffy. Sanji is pwnage, I like Ussops story and Zoro is just what his name states.:amazed Nami is slick. Luffy is blargh.:( Meh.Anyway, it better get as "pwnage" as people have said it is soon dammit. Seriously. If so many people seem to think the series is pwnage, it should be pwnage, no? Well when does the pwnage start? When I am suppose to turn into a one piece fanboy?

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volume 5 doesn't make you or even some of us a total fanboy.. it has 42 volume.. volume no 37 alone break the record of the highest selling manga in japan.. and each arc gets BETTER!!! in eastblue.. the best arc is arlong arc.. but when you enter grandline.. its in a whole different level.. its so good!!

[Jotun]

This series is what Ive been waiting for ever since DB. With Naruto anime and the manga kinda being jewish atm I needed something new >.> Bleach lost its point for me after that Soul society thing happened. Even when I was watching the crappy ass Hell subs I still loved it :P

[Gyroscope]

...
Due to boredom and having nothing better do to I started reading one piece.
I just finished reading Volume 1-5,errr I liked it, nothing more though.
I certainly would not say it's the greatest or something. Does the manga get better though? Meh. If not I'll just abadon it. Although, I am curious to see what awaits at the "Grandline". So at the very least I'll defintly read up to that point. Also Sanji is pwnage and I like Ussop. Strangely out of the 5 priates, the character I've got the least love for at the moment is Luffy. Sanji is pwnage, I like Ussops story and Zoro is just what his name states.:amazed Nami is slick. Luffy is blargh.:( Meh.Anyway, it better get as "pwnage" as people have said it is soon dammit. Seriously. If so many people seem to think the series is pwnage, it should be pwnage, no? Well when does the pwnage start? When I am suppose to turn into a one piece fanboy?

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OP starts once they hit the grandline. It really isnt 1/10th as interesting pre GL as it is after.
Its every OP virgins tale of how boring the series is in East Blue. You will be singing a different tune once you've caught up to us, that i can guarantee :wink

[Kisame]

it sure pwns naruto for sure sighs

[vanh]

coolchildish
weird
dramatic
mysterious
sad
romantic
fun

Did i miss anything :headscrat ?

[Molekage]

you forgot AWESOMEEEEE

[Sieg]

...and spantabularistic :oh

[vanh]

you forgot AWESOMEEEEE

hah, I thought it was too obvious :D

[Hitomi_No_Ryu]

:laugh It has everything!

But just to point out...the word 'romantic' falls on One Piece very loosely in the form of silly one-sided love and nothing more.

No such thing as serious traditional love in One Piece.

It's about 'nakama-ship' as K-F calls it. The love, loyality, and bond between comrades, partners, mentors, friends, siblings, and family all rolled into one~!

It's that emphasis that make One Piece different from any other anime!!

[Molekage]

romance and one piece would not work well... can you imagine luffy going all naruto over some girl? shudder...

[Takuza]

^no, but I can sure as hell imagine Sanji. xD

[Chef Sanji]

I say all of it..

[Cthulhu-versailles]

I reched the end of chp 8 yesterdya in th morn. i tink its a little better then before, but i definetly don't c the huge attraction. ( The best part so far; that is to sy the funniest and generally da best was the last parts of chap 8, when sanji was finally with da cru. Actually all that best parts was with Sanji or Ussop so far.) Yeh i know wait 4 grandline... welll I willl say whagt i think when I get there. Right now though, I am starting to doubt what everoyne is saying about dis being the greatest.

[Kisame]

one piece owns.

[Cthulhu-versailles]

^ u cann sya that as much as uwant, but let me ask u dis: What did you think when you were at the end of chapter 8 about the series?

Also, it is annoying to have to wait for something to get as great = as it... truly is. Dis kind of reminds me of blech. For blech I didn;t even begin to care till like ep 9 or 10. episode 10-11 is like what 2-3 volumes though. So far 1p I';ve read 8 and I still got thagt feeling.

[Kisame]

i loved it since the beginning O.o alvida running around pwning people.

Axe hand morgana running things and using his title.

Zoro eating that rice ball that fell on the ground from that little girl. IT made get online and find the rest of the manga. (as I had stolen shonen jump at that time.

[Cthulhu-versailles]

i loved it since the beginning O.o alvida running around pwning people.

Axe hand morgana running things and using his title.

Zoro eating that rice ball that fell on the ground from that little girl. IT made get online and find the rest of the manga. (as I had stolen shonen jump at that time.

well then that is you and not me.

I did like some moments so far, don't get me wrong, that Zoro one... anything with Sanji, ussop and his lyer story and other stuff. However i don;t like the way things are flowing and have flowed. Not sure how to put it. MEh.I also don't like how there is so many bolded lines that r being emphsised as screamed out, for comedic purposes. My intrest is also wavering. For awhile I thought it was just because I'm reading the manga and that the anime would be more interestin to me or something, but for lots of stuff I just read the manga and got really intrested and excited right away.
Like I said though, i will read or watch to grandline and some past that, like the first arc maybe to the second, and if by then it does nto get as people have said.. I'm gonan stop reading.

[Aman]

I <3 OP. :)

[Gyroscope]

^ u cann sya that as much as uwant, but let me ask u dis: What did you think when you were at the end of chapter 8 about the series?

I felt the same as you did.

At that time i had just gotten into Naruto and thought that Naruto was the best thing since sliced bread.
Until i heard a lot of folks telling me OP was the best there is. Ofc i didn't believe that straight away, so i tried OP for a bit. It went upto the part Sanji joins and Nami leaves em. And i was all "heh this is cool, but not that great".

Stuck with it till they hit Grand Line - upto where they hit the first island. It got mildly interesting there, with all kinds of conspiracies popping up. Then onto the second island where the Sanji - Zoro rivalry officially begins :laugh

After that......OP just rocked my world.

So all im gonna sya is, stick it out. Have patience, cos if your planning on giving up now, you're robbing yourself of some major entertainment here.
Once OP gets good, it just gets better and better...unlike other manga series.

Some of the best fights, some of the most heartbreaking flashbacks and one of the best stories :)

[d.Lughie]

Same to me too.. Before the grandline started.. OP was like.. good anime/manga/series... After they reached Whiskey Peak.. it started to get more interesting.. and then the Little Garden.. zoro-sanji rivalry.. and then Chopper's flashback.. then Alabasta BAM!!! I thought.. wow... cool!! sad!! and WOW!!
and I thought again.. it wont get any better.. but then I was wrong.. each saga after each saga.. the storyline gets much deeper and mysterious... and there's so many things to unveil.. the arc gets more and more interesting.. and its always ascending until now!!!!

Think... if it is "bad".. how did it become the most popular series in Japan?? double that of naruto.. in terms of sales..

[underdogdlx]

heh, i was interested when zoro joined up. kuro and kreig got me more intrigued, but arlong got me hooked. by the time they hit the grandline, i was already in too deep. :P

[crazymtf]

Fuck i loved it since i read the first page of the manga :P

[Toffeeman]

It has everything. Simple as that.

[Anemone]

most awesome anime....EVER :spaz

In MY opinion anyway

[Unrequited Silence]

By far one of the best anime/manga out..Im in love with it..Im on like episode 130...And cant stop watching it..Its up there on par with Naruto for sure

[d.Lughie]

thats when its on alabasta.. lol.. I'm really deeply in love with One Piece when you got to W7/EL.. wohoooooo!!

I am like One Piece the best series ever in Alabasta.. but I was never really in love with an anime before.. but then.. when W7/EL comes.. Boy.. Was I in love!!

[RockLee]

To me, it's another manga. Backstories are interesting and the powers are unpredictable. You also never know where the story is going next. Well, with the exception of right now.

I dunno. Only manga that can get me excited at times is, well, the Shounen Trinity. But all good mangas have an exciting point so...

I dunno. It's a good manga, no doubt. I don't slobber over it, though.

[Unrequited Silence]

I think alot of people dont give One Piece a Chance

[Ifurita's Fan]

What's my impression?

It's got the best, most imaginative, Mangaka in the business... turning out the most emotional, coolest, and at times the funniest, story currently being told in the manga world at the moment.

Want a manga/anime that'll make you cry? The Usopp and Luffy fight -nuf said.
Want a manga/anime that'll make you laugh? Luffy in the "mystery cave", not figuring out where he is.
Want action and heart wrenching drama? Luffy vs Crocodile for each of the rounds.

For each and every one of these categories, there's a dozen examples of incredible art, plot points, and good character development throughout the manga.

It's like Kisame said, It's like got the intensity of the Zabusa arc in Naruto, only it's like a wave that swells and retreats, swells and retreats, and swells and retreats, each time getting bigger, more powerful and more touching each time.

[crazymtf]

Nicly said, GUm Gum Rep for you.

[d.Lughie]

I wanna rep him too.. I'm impressed... I wanna quote that paragraph.. T_T

[Molekage]

you should have it in your sig. its really well said

[Aecen]

I'll admit it, I was one of those that saw the dub and thought one piece was garbage. Than after visiting these forums, and running low on anime, I thought what the hell, I'll watch some of it. After the first couple ep's I was hooked.

Few animes can pull off what one piece does, mixing comedy, action, adventure, and emotion all into one yet making it work perfectly. One second you will be laughing your ass off from the antics of the loveable characters, next you will ne saddened by their torment and past.

Just hope everyone gives it a chance, its a shame the dub gives it such a bad rap.

[Unrequited Silence]

The dub really is a horror

[underdogdlx]

ah yes, when i learned they took out Little Garden... it was over. I've seen maybe 2 episodes of the dub crap... it's horrible.
I have the american GrandBattle Game for ps2, and the voices are teh evil. although Robin's is kinda funny.

[Ifurita's Fan]

ah yes, when i learned they took out Little Garden... it was over. I've seen maybe 2 episodes of the dub crap... it's horrible.
I have the american GrandBattle Game for ps2, and the voices are teh evil. although Robin's is kinda funny.
*boggle*

You're kidding, right?

I mean... how can you take out Little Garden?

?????!!!

I mean that's where they intro #3, and... and the two giants that play a key role in converting the two giants in the current arc. It' also where they intro crocodile, and how Sanji gets Mr. 0 to leave the casino so Sanji can help affect the rescue. I mean it's a pivotal arc.

I mean why in heaven's name would they remove that whole arc? Because the two giant's are fighting some kinda Macho manly fight? Are they afraid to introduce the concept of males doing dumb stuff at times, but still stuff that makes them actual men... instead of unisex zeros?



I mean that's just... ridiculous

[underdogdlx]

it is, but nonetheless, taken out it was. :P

[Cthulhu-versailles]

Tche- Sorry, but I need to say this, and it's adressed at everyone who was telling me to keep reading and or watching. So don't get mad, this is just my point of view.

Everyone was right!

One Piece is Great, Dramatic, Amazing, Cool and especially emotional.

Haha! I bet you thought I was going to say something bad. No way!
Not now that I've now finished the Arlong park part. Arlong park > everything else thus far.

First of all, Nami had the most touching backstory ever. The telling and emotion of hers and her characters was amazing. Nami backstory is hands down my favorite. She's also my favorite character. Move over Sanji! :laugh Bellmere's name was also too ironic.

Hmph! All that time setting up the chars in prior chapters and all that perfect sense. Back then it was good in itself though, but now... jesus! It was all so that when things went down, it would be more touching.:cry I see the allure of 1p. I now rate the anime/manga as extremly great. OMG, presumming everything everyone said is true, and it actually continually gets better, I will become a rapid one piece fanboy.:nod -

Note: Is it really true Grandline is 10x better then the Arlong park arc? If so, I can't wait! Bah! I will already start saying it, due to my anticipation: One piece>All
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Ps: Zoro owning Hachi was freaking pwnage. That was some crazy ass shit. :nod

Ps: Sanji pwns Quote. " In the end their just seafoodsalt. A fish taking on a cook ? Not in a hudred years. :nuts

[Mojim]

Thats great shika shika boo, glad that you finally like One Piece...:thumbs
I'm also the same as you,in the beginning i don't like OP at all.I've been known One Piece since 1999,and yet don't have any interest to watch it or even try to watch it.I don't read the manga.

But that all change earlier this year,a friend of mine let me borrow his One Piece epsd that he downloaded,and i accidently watched the 1st episode,and suddenly came this weird feeling inside me? I felt that i started or want to know whats going to happened next? So i decide to watch it ahead,and I seriously get hooked up with it.smile-big

It's an amazing experience for me.One Piece has it all...praised to Eiichiro Oda for his masterpiece.

[crazymtf]

^HAHA told ya fucking awsome anime :P Also have you've seen Mihawk own Zoro? of course that's way before the arlong arc, i love that ep :P

[Unrequited Silence]

:nuts Tche- Sorry, but I need to say this, and it's adressed at everyone who was telling me to keep reading and or watching. So don't get mad, this is just my point of view.

Everyone was right!

One Piece is Great, Dramatic, Amazing, Cool and especially emotional.

Haha! I bet you thought I was going to say something bad. No way!
Not now that I've now finished the Arlong park part. Arlong park > everything else thus far.

First of all, Nami had the most touching backstory ever. The telling and emotion of hers and her characters was amazing. Nami backstory is hands down my favorite. She's also my favorite character. Move over Sanji! :laugh Bellmere's name was also too ironic.

Hmph! All that time setting up the chars in prior chapters and all that perfect sense. Back then it was good in itself though, but now... jesus! It was all so that when things went down, it would be more touching.:cry I see the allure of 1p. I now rate the anime/manga as extremly great. OMG, presumming everything everyone said is true, and it actually continually gets better, I will become a rapid one piece fanboy.:nod -

Note: Is it really true Grandline is 10x better then the Arlong park arc? If so, I can't wait! Bah! I will already start saying it, due to my anticipation: One piece>All
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Ps: Zoro owning Hachi was freaking pwnage. That was some crazy ass shit. :nod

Ps: Sanji pwns Quote. " In the end their just seafoodsalt. A fish taking on a cook ? Not in a hudred years. :nuts

OMG you think Arlong Park is Touching..Wait till you get to the Arabasta Ark..

You are in for some craziness..Action..Soooooo Much Comedy..and compelling emotion all crammed into one little package..Arabasta by far PWNS all other arks i've seen.. (im not really far yet..) Just got to the Skypeia ark...

[keyboad]

davy back fight is awsome too its around episode 212 or something

[d.Lughie]

hahaa.. wait TILL YOU READ ROBIN'S!!! T_T

[Ifurita's Fan]

Tche- Sorry, but I need to say this, and it's adressed at everyone who was telling me to keep reading and or watching. So don't get mad, this is just my point of view.
<snip>


I'd suggest at this point... put down the manga... download the first... 50 or so of the anime. and Watch, and watch and watch.
(I'll send you a link to it in a pm so you can get them via bit torrent)

Trust me on this.

I was exclusively reading the anime, and for some reason got all the way through the little garden arc... and didn't realize what was about to come down and took a break.

I watched the anime, and it just solidified the characters. Particularly Nami.

The Anime scenes with Bellemere just make you want to cry, particularly the final scene with her.

They do it all silently. All the noise in the world and colors just go to silence and black and white... and it's.... words fail. Just trust me on this. If you like that Nami, hearing little Nami calling Bellemere-san is just heart breaking.

I'm a huge Nami fan... and the voice actress, when she says... Luffy... taskite (Luffy... help me) It's utterly perfect... and will break your heart and make you cheer at the same time... because at that moment she has officially become Luffy's Nakama.

But if you think that those scenes are touching, you just wait.

You have some incredible drama ahead.

And, yes, Arlong park is basically an appetizer compared to the main courses that are still to come.

The plot in the Crocodile arc makes the Arlong Park arc look thin and boring in comparison.

The Skypia arc is just plain incredible, especially the huge flashback to Monteblanc (I think that that piece of backstory was the best bit of historical plotting I've seen in a manga.)

What follows that is just... heartrending.

[Ifurita's Fan]

:nuts

OMG you think Arlong Park is Touching..Wait till you get to the Arabasta Ark..

You are in for some craziness..Action..Soooooo Much Comedy..and compelling emotion all crammed into one little package..Arabasta by far PWNS all other arks i've seen.. (im not really far yet..) Just got to the Skypeia ark...

Like I said, it's like a series of waves, each one bigger and bigger than then previous ones.

The Skypeia arc is huge, even bigger and scarier than the Arabasta arc.

The current arc (I call it the Going Merry arc) is ... just incredible. Twice as interesting as the Arabasta arc, easily.

The reason being is...

I mean it... if you don't want to learn about what the arcs are (at least in my opinion what I think they are each about, don't read.


Where Arlong park was about overcoming ignorance and arrogance (Arlong's)
Arabasta was about overcoming the corrupt persuit of power by the individual.

and Skypiea is about the overwheening pride of a man with delusions of Godhood, and the damage done when those in authority abandon their trust to satisfy their own corrupt egos.

Now, in the new arc, we are seeing that the World Government themselves are nothing but a bunch of Yakuza, who aren't interested in justice at all... just the growth and perpetuation of their own personal power.

The manga just keeps getting deeper and more interesting with each arc.

[d.Lughie]

I'm quoting YOU!! please.. ^^

-Edit!!

ahk.. can't!! the space for the sig.. is not big enough..

[Ifurita's Fan]

I'm quoting YOU!! please.. ^^

-Edit!!

ahk.. can't!! the space for the sig.. is not big enough..

Ehn?

What did you want to quote anyway?

The spoiler stuff?

[d.Lughie]

yup2.. all the things you said.. were really great.. ^^ but its not big enough to my crammed sig.. they limit it to only 1000 characters.. >.<

[Unrequited Silence]

One Piece Truly is an amazing Anime havent read the manga..Thats excluisvely Naruto and Bleach..But I guess I should start

[Cthulhu-versailles]

Oh!
I've become hooked now.
I'm massacring these episodes!
I just finished watching the end of the Loguetown part.
Loguetown spoilers

OMG! Smoker! He was pwnage.
Plus there was that mysterious guy Dragon, who was controlling the weather who came in at the end and used some gust thing. TOO MUCH!
Tachiba and Smoker going after Luffy!
Grandline being right in front of them.:amazed
Awesome.
Plus so many badass and funny scene's.

Zoro, tossing up the cursed blade with his hand out and his eyes close and seeing if his luck or the curse would be stronger.

Ussop confronting Big daddy and getting info about Yassop.
Ussop showing more guts. Dammit I love Ussop.
I was also laughing so much with the whole Jekl and hyde type of personlaity switching Daddy and Carol were pulling. :nod

Everything from the past is being tied in there dammit. Shanks know Mihawk. WTF. Yashoop is part of Shanks crew. SWEET!

Then there was the tale of Buggy The Clown and his Ressurection. I seriously never thought I could be touched by a story evolving Buggy, but dammit I was.

One piece is completle ownage.
Everyone should go read and or watch the anime.
The dub really was butchered beyond imaginations.

Ps: It seems like Sanji and Zoro don't like each other...

[crazymtf]

^Hehe they like each othere, just having fun! :) Next arc is a filler but it's quite good, funny, and emotional. Enjoy! :)

[Nihonjin]

I'm sorry, but I simply can't get into this manga.
My first impression of one piece is not that good. LOl, then again I only saw some random dub episode.:notrust Still aside from the horrible voice acting of the dub, I wasn't feelign the plot of the episode.
Anyway, I have yet to ever read a page, and probably never will. This is because I cannot get over the fact this manga is about pirates. Seriously, I don't know why, but that just turns me off. Also, iI don't like looking at the drawinings. The artwork seems really america like and just doesn't appeal to me at all. Meh. Maybe one day I'll attempt to read the manga, but I'd have to overcome these two things first. The chance of that happening are as good as the chances of Nalbanian beating Federa in straight sets.:laugh
Maybe this manga is as good as people seem to be saying... but I'll likely never know. One more thing, on top of everything else, I hear that the manga doesn't get you hucked right away, and takes several volumes. That really doesn't help me either and makes it all the more likely I'll never read it.
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One Piece = Worst dub EVER....as TenshiOne said...its not even One Piece anymore....
Just search youtube for Dub-Sub vids & Compare and check this site....

http://opguide.bravehost.com/

One Piece is definatly worth it...
Judging by the dub = baaad...for crying out loud, they removed the word Kill..they removed blood...changed guns to super soakers...they changed Dialog so much it kills the characters and simply doesn't make sense...they picked the worst VA's in dubbing history (on top of that they dont even match the characters personallity)....its hopelss...just read or watch the original version of it... you wont be disappointed ^_^

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/amsah/DubHopeless.jpg

[Cthulhu-versailles]

^Hehe they like each othere, just having fun! :) Next arc is a filler but it's quite good, funny, and emotional. Enjoy! :)

Hmmm, next is filler? Really?
On wiki I remember seeing the first filler arc starts at episode 131.
Is that right? If not, could you tell me which episodes are in fact filler arcs?
I don't want to get the real deal confused with them.

[d.Lughie]

filler arc is apis arc, some of the ace arc, then the 10 episodes after alabasta (if I'm not wrong), then Rainbow Mist, g-8, some Foxy arc and Ocean's Dream..

but G-8 and Ocean's Dream is worth the watch.. they are as good as the non-filler ones I guess..

[Ifurita's Fan]

filler arc is apis arc, some of the ace arc, then the 10 episodes after alabasta (if I'm not wrong), then Rainbow Mist, g-8, some Foxy arc and Ocean's Dream..

but G-8 and Ocean's Dream is worth the watch.. they are as good as the non-filler ones I guess..

Heh.. I know fillers generally = evil, but I sorta liked the Rainbow mist.

g-8 was good,

as was Foxy....that was hillarious. goro goro.

As to the 10 eps after arabasta... I'm not too sure about that. I'll have to look myself.

[Dejiko]

it's cool, but weird... and it rules!

[Giant Enemy Crab]

I think OP is cool, fun, and sometimes sad.

[Unrequited Silence]

Its got everything..Lacking in nOthing

[Hitomi_No_Ryu]

One Piece = Worst dub EVER....as TenshiOne said...

As much as the One Piece dub is horrible beyond belief, I feel it needs to be clarified that it is NOT the worst dub EVER.

That award goes to HBO's rendition of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind or as they called it Warriors of the Wind.

Reasons:

-The 116 min movie was edited down to 84 minutes.
-The voice actors and actresses were not even aware of the film's plotline at the time.
-Most of the characters were renamed. ("Princess Zandra"?!)
-Much of the storyline was lost esp. scenes that showed the major environmentalist undertone. (Which was the point of the whole fuckin movie!!)
-It disgusted Studio Ghibli to the point that they apologized to fans, disacknowledged the dub's existence, and established their 'no-edit' policy.

If anyone actually watched this version like I have, I pity you.

[amas-emasiK]

Just started reading One Piece, and my copy of Volume 1 arrived today.

My impression of One Piece? Genius. Absolute genius. The characters are amazing, the storyline isn't half bad, and most of all it amuses me to no end.

[LEAFVILLAGE]

I JUST THINK OP IS REALY COOL

[Sprint]

One Piece is fun to watch and read...because...the villains are so hideous? Haha. I just like it cause I do.

[ViolentlyHappy]

I think I saw a little bit of everything in there when I first saw it.... :nod

[Kojiro Ganryu Sasaki]

It's overrated. It's fun, but it's vastly overrated. Some people claim it's genius. Hell, it's crazy, fun and weird. But it isn't genius.

(not like Naruto is genius for that matter)

People are acting like this manga is the second coming of Christ or something.

Why I read it? Well, it's available cheaply and locally so I just pick up the latest volume when it comes out (think 32 now)

[Unrequited Silence]

^^^ Ehh..Dont agree

[Suzumebachi]

I disagree with Kojiro Ganryu Sasaki as well. It's not overrated, it lives up to its hype.

[d.Lughie]

It's overrated. It's fun, but it's vastly overrated. Some people claim it's genius. Hell, it's crazy, fun and weird. But it isn't genius.

(not like Naruto is genius for that matter)

People are acting like this manga is the second coming of Christ or something.

Why I read it? Well, it's available cheaply and locally so I just pick up the latest volume when it comes out (think 32 now)

Overrated? Nah.. I don't think so.. It really is what we are all expecting to see from a manga.. Its brilliant.. no other shounen manga that I've read can make emotions go all out.. and makes hillarious things.. and the storyline is so good..

Genius? It really is.. For 42 volumes long.. and still on going.. it has never goes out of plot.. and there's always amazing new stuffs.. that doesn't make the reader lose interest reading it..

[Supa Swag]

When I first started hearing about One Piece, my thoughts were "The art looks a lil crude and over the top". I saw One Piece of Shit dub and thought "No way in hell am I watching this nincomfuckinpoop shit". I figured there was a lot being censored but the story never seemed to appeal to me. I've known about the series for about 5-6 years and never read or watched the anime.






Boy do I regret it now.

I recently started reading the One Piece manga. Got all the way to the latest chapters and like everyone said, the arcs just get better and better. I thought Nami's story and Arlong Park arc was great. Then I read Alabasta. Holy crap. Then I read Skypiea and Enel. Holy CRAP. Then I read W7, the revealing of CP9 and Robin's past. HOLY CRAP!

I went from not liking the art to falling in love with it. I seriously think this art is some of best I've seen, def. the best outta the Shounen Trinity. While it may not look as clean cut and smooth as Naruto or Bleach, the way it is drawn makes it able to convey emotions Naruto and Bleach wouldn't be capable of. From:

-Enel trying to fight Luffy and the full page realization of what his attacks are doing was the funniest thing I've seen in a manga in a while
-Robin seeing her mother and then leaving while trying to use Saul's laugh was truly heartbreaking
-The end of Alabasta arc with the Strawhat Crew leaving left me sad, happy, laughing, and I dunno what else.

The way Oda is able to convey all kinds of emotions to the reader effectively time after time is incredible. The story just keeps getting better and...words can't describe how great this series is. I dunno if it's in my top 5, but it's getting there fast.

[d.Lughie]

^Its not even in the top 5.. boy.. you are a very hard person to please.. ^^

but still.. good for you for liking it.. ^^

[Supa Swag]

Well, my top 5 is:

Cowboy Bebop
Evangelion
Samurai Champloo
Trigun
Eureka Seven

Of course this is anime. In terms of manga, OP is def. in the top 5 now.

[escamoh]

One Piece is now officially my favorite anime...I'm up to the Skypeia arc.

Thank god that I actually decided to download the subs, it's probably one of the best descisions I've ever made. The first time I saw OP was the dub version and I used to think that this show sucked. But then I came to these forums and realized that what I was watching before was utter horse shit created by 4kids.

[Kojiro Ganryu Sasaki]

I disagree with Kojiro Ganryu Sasaki as well. It's not overrated, it lives up to its hype.

Not really.

Compare it to for example 20th Century Boys, Monster, Blame, NHK, Alive etc. etc.

Yes. It's very overrated imo.

Edit: One of my main gripes is actually the emotional aspect. I would enjoy it more if Oda didn't set everything up to be so ridiculously over-the-top emotional. The only emotional part he succeeded with really is the flashback near the end of the skypea arc.

[crazymtf]

Not really.

Compare it to for example 20th Century Boys, Monster, Blame, NHK, Alive etc. etc.

Yes. It's very overrated imo.

Edit: One of my main gripes is actually the emotional aspect. I would enjoy it more if Oda didn't set everything up to be so ridiculously over-the-top emotional. The only emotional part he succeeded with really is the flashback near the end of the skypea arc.

That's cool if you find it overrated, i find alot of series overrated myself. Naruto, Monster, Trigun, HELLSING, Lain, see all these series are way overrhyped and always claimed to be so great though some i couldn't even get through and i've seen them all, and atleast 10+ eps in, some i even finished and still didn't like it and found it overrated. So if you find this overrated i'll take it since it seems both you and I think alot of popular shows are overrated. :laugh

[Tsuuga]

Not really.

Compare it to for example 20th Century Boys, Monster, Blame, NHK, Alive etc. etc.

Yes. It's very overrated imo.

Edit: One of my main gripes is actually the emotional aspect. I would enjoy it more if Oda didn't set everything up to be so ridiculously over-the-top emotional. The only emotional part he succeeded with really is the flashback near the end of the skypea arc.

I've have 20th Century Boys and Monster ruined for me because of overhyping. I didn't have high expectations for One Piece and it shot to the top.

I guess it depends on your expectations and how they meet them.

[Unrequited Silence]

Point blank from a comedy aspect One piece OWNS all..

[d.Lughie]

Not really.

Compare it to for example 20th Century Boys, Monster, Blame, NHK, Alive etc. etc.

Yes. It's very overrated imo.

Edit: One of my main gripes is actually the emotional aspect. I would enjoy it more if Oda didn't set everything up to be so ridiculously over-the-top emotional. The only emotional part he succeeded with really is the flashback near the end of the skypea arc.

No.. Not really.. I've read 20th Century Boys and Monster.. they are as good a quality as One Piece.. though I prefer action/adventure series.. besides you really shouldn't compare them with One Piece.. they are more like mystery kinda manga..

and actually though.. compared to Naruto, One Piece is so underrated here in America.. even though it is a better series IMO..

and.. don't you see the reaction of those who have tried reading One Piece?? I don't think its overrated..

[Cthulhu-versailles]

It's overrated. It's fun, but it's vastly overrated. Some people claim it's genius. Hell, it's crazy, fun and weird. But it isn't genius.

(not like Naruto is genius for that matter)

People are acting like this manga is the second coming of Christ or something.

Why I read it? Well, it's available cheaply and locally so I just pick up the latest volume when it comes out (think 32 now)

Not really.

Compare it to for example 20th Century Boys, Monster, Blame, NHK, Alive etc. etc.

Yes. It's very overrated imo.

Edit: One of my main gripes is actually the emotional aspect. I would enjoy it more if Oda didn't set everything up to be so ridiculously over-the-top emotional. The only emotional part he succeeded with really is the flashback near the end of the skypea arc.


I more or less agree with these post. I did previously make grand statements about how much this manga pwns, and I am not retracting those statements, but, this is still not in the top five of my favorite manga's of all time. The slow start and disinterest I had earlier, and the fact that I agree, there is a little to much over the topness, is what knocks it down on my list.

The part of your post I agree with the most is the last part. "One of my main gripes is actually the emotional aspect. I would enjoy it more if Oda didn't set everything up to be so ridiculously over-the-top emotional." I like Arlong park, mainly because of Nami. The Luffy vs Arlong fight was good, but some parts felt exactly like you put it "over the top." In fact, this is typically a syndrome that seems to purposely present itself in Luffy vs "final boss".

The arcs that followed Arlong: Buggy/Loguetown up to before Little Garden, I don't feel are that over the top in execution at all really. Secondly, I find those arcs were particually good in developping things. The Little garden wasn't really a great arc to me, however, ut was pretty good in some parts. So in general, it was an enjoyable arc that had weakness, though they didn't detract to much from it. The over the topness wasn't to bad there. Brogy and Groogies failing's as well as the drama were also well served.

Now, Drum Island is mainly where I really-really- started liking One piece. From the very begging, all the way up until around the latter episodes, where Luffy Vs Baku King finally toke place, I didn't feel like Drumarc was over the top. Rather, it was perfectly executed. The flashbacks may have thick, but, I find it was a good mixture and it suceed. Only maybe two episode where Baku and Luffy fought, which includes the conclusive last part, felt dragged out and or excessive and over the top. I think this is mainly how things tend to be with Luffy and final boss fights. Honestly, I think Luffy is the sole reason this over the topness even existed prior to Arabasta.

On Arabasata, I've now seen up to near the end , and I've got to say, that is mainly what made me agree with your post. I throughly enjoyed Arabasta, because it was fun, crazy and had some wicked plot twist and heavy moments. The begging of Arabasta was really, really, fucking enjoyable. Nothign else needs to be said. The part has annoyed me, and made me lest zestful in my pursuit of episodes, is after Crocodile showed up with the king at his castle. From this point on, I've found things have become so "over the top", it has turned me off quite a bit. I particually cannot stand this whole supposed search for the bomb thing as well as the final sequence where it's trying to be stopped.

In the overall sense, heck yes, things seem to be way to over the top: espeically near the end of arcs. Incidentally, this tends to be whenever the Luffy vs Final boss fight occurs. Honestly, I do not like Luffy that much and just tolerate him, whenever he's withiin the brink of the arc's. I like the other characters a hell of alot more. Luffy always yelling out "There my Nakama", has really started to get to me in the Arabasta Arc. Whereas previously I thought it was rather touching. Although now I just find it absolutly annoying. Lastly, Vivi and her whinning has gotten to me also. So much so in fact, I am in fact rooting for Crocodile to just pwn Arabasta...which I know he won't.

Anyway, one last thing, for the person who said they can think of no other series with better comedy, please start reading manga's that focus soely on comedy. The comedy in one piece is defintly one of the strong points, but it's doesn't revolve around comedy. That being said, it is still very funny. I'm sure some people will disagree, but an example of a Manga, in terms of comedy, that surpass One piece, is Bowling King. I never laughed so hard... and that's just one of them.

In Conclusion, I believe One Piece is definetly a great series and is a hell of a lot of fun to watch/read. Moreover, I believe the emotional parts do actually suceed alot more then you gave them credit for, especially in the early arc. I do cojmpeltly agree though, that the over the topness is getting so far pushed, it is making the Manga/anime alot less enjoyable. If the "over the topness" was just toned down, One piece would be better. In the future, I hope the formula of Luffy always fighting and defeating the "Final boss" isn't in every arc. Seriously. Why not have Zoro do it? Why not have Sanji or someone else else do it?

Ps: Did anyone get really pissed off when they saw the new opening in 116? I had previously been suspecting Nico robin would become part of the straw hat crew. However, the opening song in 116 more or less confirmed it. Wtf. That is like the most spoilerish opening theme song of all time.

- I accidently saw in a thread that Pell doesn't die. Wtf. Seriously. The guy toke a freaking mini atomic bomb explosion! Moreover he received a flashback, in 125. That should signal the end! He must die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[crazymtf]

Dying he may have but he is a strong bird!

[Kojiro Ganryu Sasaki]

SSB: I must also add that while many character desigs are great (Sanji, Crocodile) some are just plain awful. In volume 32 a character appears that actually has beat Naomi (Konjiki no Gash Bell) as the worst character design i've ever seen in an anime. I don't know about her name in english, but she's called Porche in the swedish translation.

She actually makes me cringe. It's that bad.

[d.Lughie]

About the opening.. its always like that.. its always spoiled first because they probably consider everyone who is watching the anime has read the manga.. well.. thats what many ppl in forums say though..

About pell dying..Oda has the tendency to keep his characters alive.. the villains, the antagonist and the protagonist.. and many fans are pissed off with that.. but Oda manage to "cover/mend" it with more and more good arcs...

and about the over the top thingy.. do you mean that the emotion in One Piece is too extreme?? What about that? Doesn't that make it better? People who was tragedic past tend to be stronger mentally and physically.. because many plots here is about accomplishing their dreams.. its necessary to do that to make the characters stronger in both I guess.. Naruto to has tragedic past right?

[Unrequited Silence]

I guess at times it can be a little extreme..But none the less its a series I throughly enjoy

[Suzumebachi]

SSB: I must also add that while many character desigs are great (Sanji, Crocodile) some are just plain awful. In volume 32 a character appears that actually has beat Naomi (Konjiki no Gash Bell) as the worst character design i've ever seen in an anime. I don't know about her name in english, but she's called Porche in the swedish translation.

She actually makes me cringe. It's that bad.

But I loved Porche!:cry

[Falco-san]

I voted with: its too cool to have an impression, its just one piece its unlike any other anime.

And its my favorite anime till now.

(Never thought something would defeat Full Metal Alchemist, but One Piece did it)

[Cthulhu-versailles]

This Post Contains Skypedia Spoilers and a little past.

Sigh, I finished reading the Skypedia arc, sometime ago, and now I've been turned off One piece. Don't get me wrong, the java arc was great, no seriously, I loved that arc. Moreover, the begging of Skypedia was also throughly interesting and what was happening to them as they were trying to get to the highest level was awesome. Omg, the best part was when the Granny Gate Guardian said at the end, 7 illgeals have now entered Skypedia. I was like OMG! Even after that it was still very good. The sudden change up from the granny's words to this calm serence peaceful like area, with the sudden build to disater on two fronts: Nami's and the others. However, after this; that is to say, after they became class two criminals and when they'd become split up, the arc as a whole became boring, predictable and redudant. The previous statement, for me, can be pinpointed to from when the Bubble priest fought and on. Although, The Enel vs Luffy fight is partially exempt from this cristism. One more thing, does every damn Villan need to laugh so excessively? Anyway, I'm not going to systematically type why I found the rest of the arc turned me off. Instead, I'm going to say I found this arc brought to the forefront the problematic issues with the manga I had prior. Of which I could elabarate on, though I don't feel like it at the moment.

Anyway, this arc was a huge let down for me, specifically because I liked the early parts a hell of alot. Worst of all however, is the fact that the later flow and or directing of the story during the Skypedia arc, to me, was to formlamatic and predictable. Lastly, people hyped this arc so much which made the letdown all the greater. Whereas for Arabasta the hype was also excessive, but, the hype was true in Arabasta case, more or less.

Ahem, on a sidenote, I don't get why there isn't a greater number of people talking up the Drum Island Arc. That arc fucking owned, everything. It is still my Favorite arc. Yes, it is my favorite dammit.

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In short, Skypedia has left me bitter, and because of late I've been reading I've moved into reading quite a few manga's and trying to discover many gems, my resignation to continue forward in 1p is seriously wanning. If not gone. Foxy and his crew aren't helping the matter either....

[Supa Swag]

In short, Skypedia has left me bitter, and because of late I've been reading I've moved into reading quite a few manga's and trying to discover many gems, my resignation to continue forward in 1p is seriously wanning. If not gone. Foxy and his crew aren't helping the matter either....


If I was you I'd keep on reading to the current arc. I agree with some of your points regarding Skypeia (the preist fights I agree with most), though with Enel being my favorite OP villian I cant say that the arc was dissatisfying to me.

But you should keep on reading for Water 7/Enies Lobby, widely regarded as the best arc in OP and I'm not disagreeing. Besides you've already come this far. Why stop now?

[Tsuuga]

Skypeia was definitely not my favorite arc. I still enjoyed it, though.

Shika- stick with it. Water 7 is awesome (and I advice getting the anime version. Art/animation upgrade FTW).

[Unrequited Silence]

Skypeia was good..But not the best..Alabasta was much better..

[SNCloud]

im still watching the skypeia eps XD this anime is soo cool XD

ahh i just noticed the all of it option >.<

[Sir Whirly]

Without a doubt this series, is awesome. Go Franky!

[Raptor]

My fav, is the cp9 vs. StrawHats arc. even if it isn't over, it's the best one so far.

Now about the impression... it's the best. I can't really say anything else.

[Broleta]

I was reading through this thread and I laughed when there was people saying One Piece was overrated..
Lol wtf.. When most people in our half of the world think of one piece they think of lollipops and cork-guns. It's greatly underrated tbh because of that shameful 4kids dub.

[Unrequited Silence]

Man One Piece is too great to even be understood by noobs...Who say its over rated

[Hef]

Man One Piece is too great to even be understood by noobs...Who say its over rated
That's a stupid thing to say. Everybody is entitled to their opinion, and some simply think OP isn't the best thing since sliced bread. Be it because 4kids butchering the anime or the actual story by Eiichiro Oda, some just don't like it. The first 8 volumes are nothing to be proud of, and even after that the quality varies a lot. Arlong arc was, IMO, the first good thing in OP. Then, Drum Island arc was pretty boring, followed by Alabasta arc which was pretty good. Skypiea was so-so, but Water 7 has so far been absolutely magnificent.

I can't blame if some people just don't have the patience to go through many chapters of piled up agonizing boringness and varying storytelling just to get to the good parts. :bees

But like I said, everyone's entitled to their opinions and this is mine.

[Tsuuga]

Drum Island arc boring?! Sure Wapol was lame and Dalton wasn't my favorite side-character but Chopper's backstory was excellently told. Plus, it was Choopper's introduction.

And the sakura. :cry

[Hef]

Yes, quite frankly I found it boring. Wapol was pretty lame, you're right, but the his ministory on the chapter covers rocked. :D

The main reason I found it boring was the plethora of new characters. There was Vivi, Dalton, Wapol & co., Kureha, Hiruluk and then Chopper. All of which except Chopper I find uninteresting if not outright annoying (Vivi :modsmack). As a cherry on the top of that, the actual story just failed to get me interested. Chopper's flashbacks were, in fact, quite horrible. I really had to struggle through them, much like with Baratie arc. But just to be clear, I actually like Chopper. I just dislike the arc he was introduced in. :\

[Cthulhu-versailles]

Warning This Post Contains Spoilers up to the begging of Water 7--Read at ur own risk---------

That's a stupid thing to say. Everybody is entitled to their opinion, and some simply think OP isn't the best thing since sliced bread. Be it because 4kids butchering the anime or the actual story by Eiichiro Oda, some just don't like it. The first 8 volumes are nothing to be proud of, and even after that the quality varies a lot. Arlong arc was, IMO, the first good thing in OP. Then, Drum Island arc was pretty boring, followed by Alabasta arc which was pretty good. Skypiea was so-so, but Water 7 has so far been absolutely magnificent.

I can't blame if some people just don't have the patience to go through many chapters of piled up agonizing boringness and varying storytelling just to get to the good parts. :bees

But like I said, everyone's entitled to their opinions and this is mine.

Damn, this is basically exactly how I feel, except I genuiely loved the Drum Island Arc. With the exception of some the end chapters. Meh, to each his own.

Anyway, I to found that the first 8 volumes were nothing to brag home about.
Although there were certain parts that I did particually like. Quite a few actually, but it's not really about those. Rather, the overall feel is what my beef was with. From what I've read though, this is like a syndrome of people still reading East blue arc. smile-big

Secondly, I'm also rather perplexed when when I see people making statements that it's the greatest manga of all time. Particually because as u said " can't blame if some people just don't have the patience to go through many chapters of piled up agonizing boringness and varying storytelling". Seriously. The quality of the storytelling varies so much.

Moving on, I too found Arlong Park was the first "good, ahem, great thing". Except, I'll take it a step farther and say it is still likely the arc which drew out the greatest emotional reaction from readers. (Although since I've yet to reach Nico's, maybe she'll change my mind. Water 7 owns after all.)

I also agree with the statement that Arabasta was good, although Id put a very in front. Overall Arabasta had quite a few great, and some not so great parts, especially near the end. Lol, but I guess very good, or good is just a question of symantics, given that we could both very well mean the same despite.. (nm)

Skypedia started out great, I was really liking it. Even when they entered it was still quite good. However, it immediately went downhill after Nami saw Upper Yard. Then it turned to completle shit begging from the fight with the Bubble priest and on; with the only entertaining and or interesting moment being some of Luffy fighting Enel. Wapol was uninspiring, the why things moved was predictable and the finality and or decisive battles was redudant and to drawn out. Skypedia left me sour. For a more in detail bit of my bitching, see my earlier post. :nod

Following that debocal, I was presented with what I view as the singular worst arc in all of One Piece. I didn't enjoy a second of Davyback. It was horrible from begging to end. Terrible. In fact, I hated the Davy back Arc so much, that I didn't even read all the way through and used the slider function to just go to a page when everything was over. At this point I was utter feed up, but, that's where I saw Aokiji and where my intrest was rekindle... from his proclamations and uberness. Seriously, I was like Wtfing continously.

Ahem, so I've now read on some more and am into Water 7, and holy shit, it is the best arc thus far. No Question. IT OWNS EVERYTHING ELSE.
Lucci character design is also the best in the manga thus far. :P

Ps: I also found Java and Loguetown were good arcs. Really liked Java. Not to mention I love Buggy and Smoker. Lastly, Whiskey peak served as a good lead in to Arabasta, although Arabasta didn;t follow it. Whiskey Peak and the jovious celebrating was just fun to read. Then, Zoro owning everyone, him fighting Luffy, the discovery of the secret organization: barraque works, a Shichibukai, and lastly Nico Robin's elusivity was ownage.

[Maffy the Love Doctor]

One of the best series I've ever read/watched. It gives off so many different impressions. It has its funny moments (half of the damn series XD), but it also has many serious moments as well. It has its fair share of mystery too (everything surrounding "D" and One Piece and the True History and all that ish). It's also very romantic in many ways. Not to mention the kickass fights and coolness about it. It's a very great series that is both underrated and overrated. Underrated because of the damn dub. Overrated because of some of the fanboys/girls praising the series and Oda like God :notrust. But I personally think it's just an amazing series :thumbs.