sole reason to continue watching one piece after I stoppped 20years ago (just before alabastre arc) was to know how funny rubber man turns into white cartoon funny rubber man.
I barely knew anything about the series, but then saw the gear 5 episode debut was getting hyped, so I decided, “Why not?” And after around 10 months later I was caught up with watching every single episode, even filler, every movie, ova, and even the entire manga. And boy has it been amazing the whole way through. Never a dull moment.
For me I got into one piece through the anime. I was kinda indifferent up until we got to sanji, then I was more invested. Then once we got to Arlong park I became completely hooked on the series. I stopped watching it once I got to dressrosa because I couldn't stand the pacing. I eventually read the manga and I enjoyed it way more through the manga. I appreciated arcs like thriller bark way more. So I would say the anime really can ruin people's enjoyment, it just depends on their patience.
I didn't like Usopp at first in the anime until I reached Water 7, but I recently read Syrup Village, and I completely missed out on how awesome he is. He can't do anything against Kuro and Jango, yet he does all he can to save Kaya, and the same goes for his little crew of kids. He's awesome! I just wish they didn't ruin his character post timeskip, his last good moments were shooting down Buffalo and Baby 5 on Punk Hazard and unlocking Observation Haki in Dressrosa. He didn't do anything in Wano. Onigashima should've given all the strawhat's a full fight against the headliners of the Beast Pirates like Ennies Lobby. I hear the same for Egghead too, I have high hopes Elbaf will change that
Everyone has been dying to see Elbaff for years, expecting it to be a huge impact on Usopp. After egghead not building up Franky though, there’s some worry.
I agree, he's the only strawhat not to get an Onigishima fight. We got one for Chopper, Nami, Brook, even ROBIN who almost never fights, but not Usopp.
@tipsy634 I also count Nami up there too, but she usually has her moments. Respectfully, she was present on Wholecake and did her part there. She was just running and running with Usopp in Onigashima, but she did get that amazing scene with Ulti though, but I would consider it a fight
as someone who used to criticize people for liking one piece, shit talking one piece all the time, and saying it's boring, i can assure you that is NOT the case. One Piece is now my 2nd favorite anime now that I've watched it. I'm all caught up!
One piece is so boring until like 400 episodes in. Honestly the show is a 5/10 at best until sabaoady. I actually find it hard to believe people claim pre timeskip is better than post timeskip. Pre timeskip for the most part is pretty boring. East blue was boring, skypiea was long and boring, alabasta was long and boring for the most part, water 7 and ennies lobby was ok still not good but it had its 1st 1 or 2 decent fights, thriller bark was boring for half of it but the 2nd half was decent, sabaoady was when things started to get better, the world and story felt like it progressed a lot further, fights started to get better and less goofy, then impel down was honestly pretty boring but the end felt like it was building to something big, then marinefort was good but felt empty for all the important and strong characters that were around, post timeskip the characters don't feel completely outmatched and useless and feels like it picks up, fishman island was pretty boring but still better than early one piece and it doesnt start to get really good until dressrosa as long as you skip past all the recap stuff at the start of every episode. One piece was actually boring for like 400 episodes.
As a guy who don't really like One Piece, i watched until the Ace moment. Though this was over 10 years ago, maybe i'd enjoy it more now. My first reason is as you covered, that no one dies. Takes away all the tension for me. I don't see the point of the fights or them acting as if their lives are in danger, when they obviously aren't. The tension feels fake becouse of it. Second reason is the fights. I just didn't think the fights were that good. Compared to Naruto and Bleach, the fights in One Peace just didn't invest me that much. I did like the fight with Luffy and Usopp but other than that i don't recall any fight that hooked me. I have seen some of the most recent fights in top 10's and such and they do look amazing! But that's around 1000 eps into the show. Though again, if no one dies, it loses the tension. While understanding that people don't die in the show, except 1 person i guess. There should atleast be more consequences for when they get damaged. One example is the Zoro "nothing happened" moment. I really liked that moment, though it kinda got ruined when he was just fine a few days later. They acted like this was a big deal but there wasn't really any consequenses to it. Compare this with Rock Lee's injuries in Naruto. You follow Lee as a criple throughout multiple episodes, feeling his dispair for not being able to fight. How much the surgery weights on him. He does end up getting back to normal but it takes a long time and he had to endure a lot during that time. Where as Zoro just had to sleep and was fine, despite the show giving the impression that this was gonna have huge consequenses. Fourth reason is i don't like the designs of 80-90% of the characters or some of their expressions. I'm very nitpicky on this stuff with anime in general. If i don't like the way it looks, it's a big hurdle for me to get invested. The strawhats look pretty good but most other characters i'm not a fan. The proportions throw me off and their expressions. If someone is crying they're bawling their eyes out. Rather than having subtle emotions. It's way too over the top with their emotions, doesn't make them feel real and human. Though One Piece does have moments where they nail the expressions and you feel the characters emotions. It's just not very often imo. The comedy. I most liked the comedy with Zoro and Sanji's banter and some other moments here and there. But other than that it missed for the most. Especially when it comes to Sanji and Brooke. Also other jokes that're way too repetitive. I know it's shounen but the humor often feels like it's aimed at a toddler, with how much it beats it's jokes into the ground. Another pet peeve i have, which is also in other anime. Is when all characters say the same word at the same time. Makes it feel like everyone is a hivemind, rather than people with individual thoughts. I overlook this for the most part but One Peace does this almost every episode. With all that being said, there are elements, characters and certain moments i like in One Peace. Which is why it's a shame that there's all the issues with it, that i eventually dropped it. I really wanted to like it and was hoping for it to get better over time but i just reached my limit. Got way too repetitive and predictable. I've heard Studio Wit is gonna re-animate it, so might give it another chance whenever that comes out.
When you look forward to the end game you start to miss such fun arcs like thriller bark, I hated it at first but now I love it because seeing the characters interact and funny moments has became my favorite part of one piece
When I started watching One Piece I was hooked and started binge watching it most days. It was just easy to fall in love with these characters. It wasn’t really till the dressrosa arc where I started to slow down. The pacing got even slower than normal. That’s when I started watching it whenever I just felt like it and not just binging it. So I think the main thing is just enjoy it at your pace and don’t force yourself to get caught up. You will get there just enjoy the story and journey it’s taking you on.
I’m ngl when I was going through One Piece early on, I thought it was very mediocre. Like you couldn’t pay me to sit through Orange Town and Syrup Village again. Now maybe that’s because I watched the anime early on which is known for its notoriously bad pacing, and I guess the manga is a better experience early on, but that’s just how I felt initially going through the beginning. The first arc I truly enjoyed was Baratie and Arlong Park was what made me stay and kept me invested in One Piece. I’m glad I pushed through because One Piece is now my 2nd favorite animanga
While the story sometimes can get kind of formulaic, One Piece got me hooked from the start. To be fair I'm only at Thriller Bark and i take frequent breaks in between sagas to not get burned out, but OP's world building and backstories are some of the best I've seen in shonen. So far creating deep and complex characters wasn't OP's goal. I feel like its main goal is showing this colorful, creative adventure in a massive world filled with surprises and mysteries. But I can see why someone would say that the characters are flat. In my opinion it's mostly due to OP's length that leads to rather slow character development. Every saga so far had a moment that made me very emotional which just shows that you don't need deaths to create emotional scenes.
Good on you! That’s good to do. There’s people who binge endlessly and get burned out. There’s also people who have the mentality of getting through it as quick as possible to get into the current conversation to the point where they just skim through episodes to only get to the “good” parts. The whole point of one piece is a perfect example of it’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey. Hope you keep going and enjoy it. Take your time and have fun.
Since i watched it as a kid, i’ve always enjoyed One Piece. The Characters, the Story, the World to explore along with the sense of Adventure, how they all come to life is such a great feeling. When you see the web Oda has weaved for the past 27 years its incredible how it all connects, especially with the most recent arc. I always defined One Piece as one of the Greatest JRPGs of all time. It has everything that makes a JRPG. Gain “Party Members”, Unlock New Moves, Explore New Areas, Discover Lore, Gain Allies etc… I think the problem is the “Online” Personas Warring over whats better/mid and the rapid decline of attention spans. - Art Style Bad = Not Edgy enough - Too Goofy = Not Edgy Enough - Boring doesn’t get good until later = Not Enough Fights spawning every second - Too Many Episodes = Lack of Attention Span, wanting to skip to the current Sakuga content and being unable to appreciate everything else but the Action. - Its Trash = My Favorite Anime is a Rival to this Anime and no matter the similarities, not allowed to compliment the “Enemy” (Ex: Naruto vs One Piece, My Hero vs Jujutsu Kaisen etc…) - Main Protag is a Bitch = Not allowed to display emotions unless its Rage While this is what i have gathered when it comes to people who hate One Piece, most of this applies to other Anime/Manga, Especially those who mention any of these complaints while not giving the series an actual shot and is just regurgitating the excuses they heard online. X for example, probably the most Toxic thing that is killing the Culture of Anime/Manga today, Reaction Channels of Various Anime that literally soar past points and moments, explanations etc… (its baffling how much people don’t pay attention or don’t care about anything without action, cringy at times…) Talk about the Fights in JJK and then watch them struggle immensely to tell you about the plot, the goals of certain characters, characters that don’t fight lol etc… And i definitely don’t wanna get into the disgusting Wars EX: JJK is Mid, Sakamoto is Peak, Boruto is Trash, My Hero could never etc… or even the constant Toxic Powerscaling. EX: “Sakura can solo the entire Bleach Verse, these people are like 30+ talking like this. I don’t expect people who act like this to genuinely appreciate something like One Piece or even other Anime/Manga for that matter. Their Toxic Bias makes them irrelevant. Sadly, i believe its an incurable Cancer that has struck the Anime/Manga Community.
I am a guy who got into Jojo instantly. But it took me 10 times to get into One Piece. Saw the first episodes 10 times over many years before deciding to stay with the series. It is EXTREMELY hard to get into.
Jojo isn’t the best comparison, because it’s not really “one manga,” it’s nine with distinct beginnings and endings. Sure, sometimes those tie into each other, but you don’t need much of any knowledge of part 1 to understand part 4, and parts 7-9 are literally disconnected from that universe It’s probably the easiest long-running manga to get into tbh
Just finished the whole cake island arc. I’ve given up on the anime and went to the manga and can say that the manga is still stretched out but no where near the anime. Hopefully Netflix’ new project fixes all the stretching
It’s not that east blue lacks stakes. East blue was more of an origin and also a tame sea in comparison. The stakes got more real once people actually at play in the larger world started interacting with our crew and they made impact. I feel like from a storytelling standpoint it’s a pretty important factor in making later scenes that show the difficulty of achieving their goals hit as hard as they do. Sabaody, namely
For me, i love post-time skip (im currently on Skypiea) but i can understand the problems new fans of the show have. The beginning (at least for me) was quite slow, but now that I'm on Skypiea, I appreciate the humor and the love the team put into the show :D
I loved One Piece from the start. Almost 20 years I haven’t stopped. I don’t want it to go back to the old style exactly. I like the modern flashy stuff. But I do wish we still got more classic one piece episodes. The art. The tone. The pacing. And some of my favorite scenes are still pre-Skip. Luffy and Nami and the hat. The fight with usopp. “I want to live”. Now we get amazing world building reveals and larger scale fights though, so I can’t complain. I just want both lol
I've been hooked for 20 years and never felt burned out. Week to week since Enies Lobby in the anime and Thriller Bark in the manga. I've read, watched and dropped many series, but only One Piece and Kingdom have maintained my interest for a long period. I did read Attack on Titan from around chapter 5 but because of the monthly manga release and seasonal anime it kinda stayed in the background like a few others
@@beastvicious8672 yeah whenever someone pretends their favorite show/book/etc. is always good and the people who don’t like it are just dumb and wrong, I immediately disregard their take
Tbh I just like watching the One Piece fights that TH-cam creators compile cutting out all the other stuff besides the fights. As a Dragon Ball, DBZ, ect fan I get arcs and fights getting drawn out. When I was trying to get through One Piece I was falling asleep half way through episodes but maybe that was just from binge watching. I slowly got caught up and it’s fun. The pacing is wild though.
All valid points as a relitivley new one piece fan it took me close to three years to catch up. This is due to me droping the anime and reading the manga chapter by chapter via Shonen jumps app. Honestly Luffy and the rest of the crew grow as the reader keeps reading. Good video keeping it up. Will Slam dunk or Blue lock show up on this channell?
I thought it looked too goofy and boring when I would see teasers of it on Toonami. Watched it years later because my cousin was starting it and hated Luffy, loved Zoro. I didn’t like that Luffy just beat all his opponents with relative ease. Eventually Luffy grew on me and I loved him post Baratie. Now it’s my favorite series and I’m caught up with the manga and anime. Never felt as many emotions from a series as I did One Piece.
Bro nowadays the anime almost caught up the manga that's why it is like that you wait a whole week for a mid-episode after 4 or 6-week letter they will give you a good episode after that the same cycle and slowly turning anime into hanime overall one of the best anime but not the best anime ever.
The "slow" parts of One Piece are essential for max enjoyment of the hypest moments. They lay the groundwork, establish the stakes and build the hype. No good story would work if it was at 110% all the time.
I started it in February and I'm on episode 640..I like the first 100 episodes because that's how I fell in love with the crew..this by far is better than any show on T.V. right now..I'm glad I didn't watch until my 40s cause I can appreciate it more
I don't think characters have to die for a story to have stakes, especially not early on. But for the first fistful of arcs in One Piece, the characters barely even get damaged. They're never in any real danger. So there is little to no tension.
It is just really, really, really fucking long and they are milking every episode nowadays with completely unnecessary flashbacks and they reuse footage like 10-20 times between like 15 episodes. They now have flashbacks of what happened 5 minutes ago and it replays the same scene that you just fucking saw. If i ever see the happy people celebrating and having fun at onigashima fair one more time (its been like 20 times already) i will loose my shit.
I feel like it's only boring if you go into it thinking it's boring. Mindset changes everything. I went in knowing that I had a bunch of friends who absolutely love it so that's how I thought about it and it made it so much better!
When I was watching one piece all the way through, yes I can admit it took a while no duh because it’s over 1,100 episodes. But almost never did I think that it was boring. Granted I caught up alot quicker than I should have catching up fully with the manga and anime about 10 months after episode 1072 aired. Even post timeskip where people say the pacing is awful, I still don’t see what people are taking about, the pacing seems fine to me. I may just be a more patient person though.
I watched One Piece weekly over 13 years now and I have to say Dressrosa was just soooo slow watching 1 episode and waiting a week and in the next episode almost nothing important happened. The pace in the Manga is waaaaay better.
@@tomlion0116 that’s probably true. I only caught up recently, but if I was watching Dressrosa and on weekly, I would probably say the same thing about pacing being off. But now I’m caught up and to me the current anime doesn’t seem that slow to me. But people are entitled to their own opinions.
@@gavin5724 Since Wano the Pacing and Direction made the One Piece anime waaaay better. As a longtime fan I am truly happy that the series is better and the fanbase is bigger than ever! 😊
@Femtoisbackandbetter if others have pacing issues, that’s them. They have the right to complain about it, but the pacing to me doesn’t feel that bad personally.
my first impression of one piece was people saying its horrible, but a friend of mine who watched all of it told me that it was actually really good, later I saw the first opening and started watching it simply because I fell in love with the east blue saga.
6:40 that’s I think part of Oda’s genius. I think he was aware that people would complain that some characters had to die. But when it came, it came HARD.
It's hard for me to get into OP because I hate the art style and it's hard for me to take anything seriously. It's just so ugly plus the fandom are such elitist assholes it pushes me away from getting into it.
Little harsh about the art style, but it’s your opinion. As for the fandom thing, if your still somewhat interested in going through the series, the manga is the easiest way to go and just ignore the fandom and just try to enjoy it. And also a lot of fandoms can have elitists in them. And if you don’t, I won’t blame you or anything. But yeah the art style might through you off, but hey, can’t judge a book by its cover am I right?
Dude, in my opinion, for those people decided to watch anime over reading the manga, they can't complaint how long it is or the pacing is terrible. They chose their poison and they have to live with it. When started One Piece, I found a volume belonging to my younger brother at my parent's house. I think it was Enies Lobby, and eventhough I didn't know any characters, I found the story resonate with me, I started to watch the anime from episode 1. It took me few days till I realise, I don't have time for this. So I started to read from chapter 1, saw the differences not just in pacing but in story telling especially Baratie arc where Zeff cut his own leg so that Sanji won't starve to death. It took me less than 10 minutes to read a chapter compare to 30 minutes for an episode. If I miss anything, I can always read the manga page, instead to wait a scene to play out. Second time reread One Piece is much easier too.
I went into it not knowing it was considered super good. Just that it was over 1000 episodes. I assumed it even had an ending. I was in it for the journey not the end. Only regret I have is having watched it instead of reading it.
@@stark014 I watched Marineford arc I loved it water seven impel down arabasta punk hazard all are great except egghead and arc wano arc thriller bark was also ok
The people who say it's boring haven't fully tried yet, and once you catch up, you wish it was way longer than it is rn also I usually say give it a try until Arlong Park or even Alabasta but if it's not truly clicking for you then OP ain't for you whether anime or manga or both at that point.
@@ShonenOujisome people say that one piece gets good at water 7/ enies lobby or at post time skip. I’ve even heard that some people say to just skip to the timeskip and go from there. Either those people aren’t fans, are just insane, or just joking, that’s ridiculous to think about. Like you said I really started to like one piece when it got to baratie. It when arcs like Alabasta, skypeia, and enies lobby where I enjoyed it even more.
I saw a comment once where someone said that they think other people think One Piece is boring because they hear about the hype moments. The big fights, the really emotional parts, etc. Then they start watching only waiting to get there. They don't watch the show to enjoy it but rather to get to those big moments. The whole show is enjoyable but they just want BOOM BOOM BANG! This show is 100% enjoy the journey. Some people just want the payoff Edit - lol. I should have waited till the end to leave my comment. He said exactly this in the video. My bad
@@NeoNineOne those people don’t I feel don’t get the right to call themselves one piece fans if they watch or read one piece for that reason. Are those moments awesome? Hell yeah, but that isn’t the main purpose of the series.
to fix the pacing problem, we really want one piece to take a break from airing, so that the content gap in the manga is not too close and the animation studio can better adapt the anime. however, the one piece ip is very big & very profitable for the 3 companies that currently hold the one piece anime license, namely shueisha, fuji tv, and toei animation. if one piece takes a break, maybe its sponsor will be lost, without sponsors one piece might not air again.
I think it depends on the medium. For some, like me, the Manga works much better. For others, the anime. For instance, to this day the Alabasta arc is one of my favorites. But in the anime I could never get past episode 100. It's not until I started watching the reaction videos of Haylo and Kiss that I started following along with the anime as well. In Skypea right now with the show while just finished chapter 1000 in the manga.
It doesn’t get good later. You learn to appreciate it more as you watch/read. I used to get exhausted by how many characters get introduced each arc. But now I get excited for what wacky person is coming next
apparently when the story was in alabasta, that was around when 9/11 happened in America. and that influenced oda to keep pell alive. even if it was a bad writing decision. don't forget about Igaram either. he should have died in that boat explosion. i don't dislike luffy, but i am not interested in him, story is far too long and he hasn't changed enough for me. i am tired of his character. it's great when we great a break from him to focus on any other character. i was not a fan of one piece when i initially watched it, and i even finished arlong park. it was good , but i didn't feel it was worth the investment of time because of it being a lot longer than a normal show. it wasn't until later when i came across an AMV showing characters on the brink of death and fight scenes from enies lobby. that i gave it another chance. and i eventually fell in love with it. the story has flaws but the world building, amazing locations, and sense of adventure keep me going. there is no other manga that comes close to it in these aspects. and then there are the emotional moments. i find the action and especially comedy less of a reason to read the series, they are the weaker aspects of it to me.the fights are more about the emotional pay off than enjoying the fight itself a lot of the time. especially if it isn't luffy and zoro who get the most screen time in battles after some point.
I dont believe anybody watched all of one piece and then said its boring, either they are a hater and they dont even give it a chance or they just think that post-timeskip is bigger and more interesting but that doesnt mean that the beginning is boring
I watched the full anime and I definitely will say it is. The pacing killed sometimes, from making me actually fall asleep to me taking months long breaks in between post TS arcs. I’ve never had this problem with any series aside from OP, even Bleach, Naruto, and Fairytail
It's just facts that it's not an east series to get into and it's more exhausting to consume compare to Bleach and Naruto's flaws. But still I'm trying to get through it as I can, (I'm currently in Dressrosa).
I'm currently reading it for the first time, midst whiskey peak as of writing this, and I get that East Blue is the 'prologue' but it doesn't feel that way. To me, the Prologue is the first volume, its fairly isolated and kinda sets the status quo for the rest of the series, and it's a breezy read, nearly on par with the first part of the Naruto manga. So I can't really agree that the series is slow, it's just long.
It's not a fact. It's just their opinion and they are entitled to it. TBH, I like one piece but it's hard to go back and binge when there are other distractions (other animes) to watch.
For me the problem is pacing.I wish Wit to fix the pacing and give justice to characters for example they always portray Sanji as a bad character but in reality Sanji in manga is well written.
Tbh I gave this show a more then fair then enough shots by literally watching 100 episodes of it. The parts where Nami, Sanji, and Chopper joined were my favorite parts but everything else before or after that is just a giant tease. Like they show a stupid looking villain, have said villain do their thing and be as annoying or vile as they can, then Luffy or gang fight which let's be honest its really just Luffy or Sanji or Zoro doing most of the work but before they can they get their assess handed to them due to some interference and then towards the end of the arc they easily beat the crap out of the villain and move on to the next island. That's all the series has been for me and I just can't get with it. I'm not gonna watch 100 more episodes until it "gets good".
I agree with this! Honestly i wouldn't have anything against this format, if characters actually died in the show. Would've made it feel like anything can happen and make the show feel intense whenever a big bad enters the stage. But instead we know no one will die and it's just gonna be the same as last time. A big issue with the fights too is they can just take unlimited amount of damage and be fine the next day. Atleast in Naruto they have to be careful not to take too much damage and they have internal organs to protect. You know what is a fatal blow. In One Peace there's none of that, they will just heal and be fine. I've watched around 450 episodes before i dropped it and it's still the same. Heard so many people say "it gets better" so i forced myself to keep going and reach the point where it gets good. I just liked it less and less as it progressed becouse as you said, it gets very repetitive.
@@beastvicious8672 to be clear, one piece has long, long stretches in-universe between arcs. Like, weeks if not months the (and years, that one time) Is it a bit of a cop-out? Sure, there’s only one or two arcs that have a character fighting through injuries sustained in a previous arc. But it’s definitely not that they just heal immediately
@@harrylane4 Naruto has pretty consistent with what counts as a fatal blow. If a character gets injured, it affects them for the rest of the fight. If an organ is hit, it limits their movement. They also have to be careful if they're losing blood. There's a big emphasis in Naruto of how the body functions and you have a pretty good idea of what would kill a person in the show. That being said, the war arc throws all that out the window. In the war arc characters survive the most ridiculous things, i will give you that. But before that arc the show had been very consistent. I wasn't really talking about pacing. Though as far as i remember, One Peace really dragged on at times. Especially the repetitive humor. I also wasn't that invested in the series so maybe the pacing felt slower becouse of that. In Naruto i will agree there were times where the pacing dragged. In part 1 i only really felt that during the 3'rd hokage sword scene. In Shippuden the first and second arc suffered from it's pacing. But after that it wasn't an issue, until the war arc, which i'm not a fan of.
I won't say its boring. But i have had no incentive to pick it up again since the day i dropped it. Not even gear 5 could get be back. I don't think I'll ever get back into one piece and I'm still in wholecake. O give up
It is not boring from the start it was great till dressrosa arc after dressrosa arc it is boring as fck Tbh naruto episode 1 and 2 are boring but that's not the case with one piece early seasons of op were very good and addictive
@@MuhammadAreeb-qk9zcI liked the Zou arc too because it introduced my favourite character who made me wanna start watching the show in the first place but after that I didn’t care for it too much.
@@MrL1G3R bro i just learnt about manga's pacing after i finished wano😭😭😭😭 the pacing is soooo much better in normal one piece now in egghead one pace is on a 1:1 ratio with the manga which wont change either you read or watch it
Imo the best way to get into One Piece is just to start and read/watch it. (Whichever is best for you, ideally read it or One Pace, regular anime is unwatchable) Go into it open minded, and remember you don’t need to watch ALL of it. And try to avoid videos talking about it. The fan base can set your expectations too high. The fan base is known to be annoying but it’s because they’re so passionate for such a gigantic series. If you’re not interested by Alabasta or Water 7, don’t be ashamed to call it quits there.
It isn't boring but the pacing can be slog to get through sometimes i get burned out from the show and take a break rn im taking a break since i finished dressrosa i think illl start back today
My biggest complaint is that there’s a bunch of inconsistencies like illogical physics. Like Luffy being rubber doesn’t make immune to lightning or how some generate fire and heat underwater. Even in universe abilities are questionable, like Sanji’s literal fire abilities apparently stem from his passion. With Haki being as powerful as it is, Shanks didn’t need to lose his arm.
@@RaykinaBreaker Compared to those in the Grand Line, I don’t consider it be near the most dangerous beasts in the series overall. There’s little to no proof to say it’s teeth is anything special while Haki is present to be one of the most broken power systems ever.
Shanks wouldn’t have lost his arm if he wanted to. Later on when he talked to Whitebeard, he said he bet it on the new generation. Shanks would have decimated the sea king and come out without a mark on him if he wanted to.
@@gavin5724 by “betting on the new generation”, he meant sacrificing his arm for a kid like in hopes he’ll do great things. He didn’t have to lose an arm for that to happen if he had the power to stop it. Unless he did it to intentionally scare Luffy which is a little messed up.
One piece is hard to get into because of the shows cycle tone cycle. Each arc starts with very goofy world building that transition into an epic Main story line. On first viewing you have no idea that the goofy world building is setting up epic things to come later in the arc. That cycle is important to the shows long lasting appeal though as you don't get burned out on a single tone over the 1000 episodes.
I don’t mind Sanji much, my issue is that he’s constantly having nosebleed gags which had become overkill post Fishman Island arc. He sort of lost most of his chill.
One Piece is the best selling manga (and comic book) series of all time, has a 20+ year long anime, 14+ movies, multiple stage plays, themed restaurants, video games, spin-off manga, at least one novel, a surprisingly well received live-action version, and a whole new anime being helmed by a different studio. "Everyone says One Piece is boring" is simply not true at all. A loud minority may call it boring, but statistically it's not even close to everyone. For context: One Piece has sold more manga copies than there are people living in the United States. By a lot.
anime pacing is bad while every arc of one piece is just perfect Yes there are like 3 or 4 fights or moment that feel like just finish this already but in a story of more than 1000 eps its just 1 percent Last thing manga is more intense than anime
Sanji is my favourite straw hat and i really hate how aftet the time skip his gags are ultra exagerated, before he was a cool playboy now he is just down bad, i always thought its gonna get better after a while💀
now to be fair. one piece taking lots longer time due original writers man himself want his storytelling us, world building/character development and his original arts style throughout change year. New people they're into one piece and modern anime today. I actually enjoy dragon ball super anime version. but. There lot issues. Reality. Everyone different their own opinion.
One piece manga is a masterpiece but the anime is a total disgrace to the manga, people here complain about East Blue saga and early pre time skip one piece but tbh i enjoyed that alot and after the time skip the anime fell off and the pacing was horrible that was the reason i dropped it back in early 2019 and shifted to the manga. The manga is goated even someone isn't a manga person still give it a try.
I think people think one piece is boiring because it's like what happend to i got recinted as a slime season 2 it was boring Because it was telling not showing the events but one piece does so I don't get why people hate one piece
One Piece is great (lik current Egghead arc) the problem is sometimes is too long that canon events are alike filler (i was soo bored in Wano Country act 1)
honestly the only reason i watch one piece is for the humor. show is very funny... oh and nami and robin 😍 lord that man oda knows exactly what he's doing 😮💨😮💨😮💨
I think what makes some people think that there is no character development in One Piece is the fact that most of it is not as spelled out as it would be in other Series. Sometimes you have to sit down and actually think about the changes in character behaviour to actually appreciate a change that you would not pick up on if you were to just binge the whole thing and not leave time to actually appreciate them.
Because of the short attention span of the tiktok generation we will probably never see a story like One Piece again. A story that takes its time to develop its world and overarching narrative instead of rushing from action scene to action scene asap just to keep the readers invested. One Piece should be treasured for that reason.
why waste your time watching one piece while you can watch a LOT ot way better animes in that time, even timeless classics. One piece is indeed boring, unnecessarily long and take its audience and their time for granted. Oda already ruined the message of its story by making luffy another generic chosen one of the bunch (well, it isn't like he was an unique main character at all in the first place but still counts) and one piece fans are eating up everything pretending its' peak.
@@axinfurnus3727 3 years and u only got that far? And u watch 500 eps and u still say it's your either just lying about watching it or u just didn't pay attention am going with the first option
sole reason to continue watching one piece after I stoppped 20years ago (just before alabastre arc) was to know how funny rubber man turns into white cartoon funny rubber man.
same bro
I watched one piece because I really like gear 4
I barely knew anything about the series, but then saw the gear 5 episode debut was getting hyped, so I decided, “Why not?” And after around 10 months later I was caught up with watching every single episode, even filler, every movie, ova, and even the entire manga. And boy has it been amazing the whole way through. Never a dull moment.
Love the charm, simplicity and emotional storytelling of early One Piece
Simple?
@@UsoTeaMor He said early one piece
@@Leo_BS-ex2xz ah my bad
Its very ass
same
It may get better later in the story, but it will get much better later if you take your time to enjoy the earlier parts.
Id argue the earlier parts have more charm, and the later parts are more predictable without the charm of the first half.
It's not boring. Long as hell. But it's not boring.
Its is boring, long as hell, and very boring
It’s both
@axinfurnus3727 skill issue honestly
not long enough to me ;-;
@@axinfurnus3727why you watching it than 😂
For me I got into one piece through the anime. I was kinda indifferent up until we got to sanji, then I was more invested. Then once we got to Arlong park I became completely hooked on the series. I stopped watching it once I got to dressrosa because I couldn't stand the pacing. I eventually read the manga and I enjoyed it way more through the manga. I appreciated arcs like thriller bark way more. So I would say the anime really can ruin people's enjoyment, it just depends on their patience.
I didn't like Usopp at first in the anime until I reached Water 7, but I recently read Syrup Village, and I completely missed out on how awesome he is. He can't do anything against Kuro and Jango, yet he does all he can to save Kaya, and the same goes for his little crew of kids. He's awesome!
I just wish they didn't ruin his character post timeskip, his last good moments were shooting down Buffalo and Baby 5 on Punk Hazard and unlocking Observation Haki in Dressrosa. He didn't do anything in Wano. Onigashima should've given all the strawhat's a full fight against the headliners of the Beast Pirates like Ennies Lobby. I hear the same for Egghead too, I have high hopes Elbaf will change that
Everyone has been dying to see Elbaff for years, expecting it to be a huge impact on Usopp. After egghead not building up Franky though, there’s some worry.
I agree, he's the only strawhat not to get an Onigishima fight. We got one for Chopper, Nami, Brook, even ROBIN who almost never fights, but not Usopp.
@tipsy634 I also count Nami up there too, but she usually has her moments. Respectfully, she was present on Wholecake and did her part there. She was just running and running with Usopp in Onigashima, but she did get that amazing scene with Ulti though, but I would consider it a fight
Unpopular Opinion : I felled in love with the series from the beginning 😊
as someone who used to criticize people for liking one piece, shit talking one piece all the time, and saying it's boring, i can assure you that is NOT the case. One Piece is now my 2nd favorite anime now that I've watched it. I'm all caught up!
One piece is so boring until like 400 episodes in. Honestly the show is a 5/10 at best until sabaoady. I actually find it hard to believe people claim pre timeskip is better than post timeskip. Pre timeskip for the most part is pretty boring. East blue was boring, skypiea was long and boring, alabasta was long and boring for the most part, water 7 and ennies lobby was ok still not good but it had its 1st 1 or 2 decent fights, thriller bark was boring for half of it but the 2nd half was decent, sabaoady was when things started to get better, the world and story felt like it progressed a lot further, fights started to get better and less goofy, then impel down was honestly pretty boring but the end felt like it was building to something big, then marinefort was good but felt empty for all the important and strong characters that were around, post timeskip the characters don't feel completely outmatched and useless and feels like it picks up, fishman island was pretty boring but still better than early one piece and it doesnt start to get really good until dressrosa as long as you skip past all the recap stuff at the start of every episode. One piece was actually boring for like 400 episodes.
As a guy who don't really like One Piece, i watched until the Ace moment. Though this was over 10 years ago, maybe i'd enjoy it more now. My first reason is as you covered, that no one dies. Takes away all the tension for me. I don't see the point of the fights or them acting as if their lives are in danger, when they obviously aren't. The tension feels fake becouse of it.
Second reason is the fights. I just didn't think the fights were that good. Compared to Naruto and Bleach, the fights in One Peace just didn't invest me that much. I did like the fight with Luffy and Usopp but other than that i don't recall any fight that hooked me. I have seen some of the most recent fights in top 10's and such and they do look amazing! But that's around 1000 eps into the show. Though again, if no one dies, it loses the tension.
While understanding that people don't die in the show, except 1 person i guess. There should atleast be more consequences for when they get damaged. One example is the Zoro "nothing happened" moment. I really liked that moment, though it kinda got ruined when he was just fine a few days later. They acted like this was a big deal but there wasn't really any consequenses to it. Compare this with Rock Lee's injuries in Naruto. You follow Lee as a criple throughout multiple episodes, feeling his dispair for not being able to fight. How much the surgery weights on him. He does end up getting back to normal but it takes a long time and he had to endure a lot during that time. Where as Zoro just had to sleep and was fine, despite the show giving the impression that this was gonna have huge consequenses.
Fourth reason is i don't like the designs of 80-90% of the characters or some of their expressions. I'm very nitpicky on this stuff with anime in general. If i don't like the way it looks, it's a big hurdle for me to get invested. The strawhats look pretty good but most other characters i'm not a fan. The proportions throw me off and their expressions. If someone is crying they're bawling their eyes out. Rather than having subtle emotions. It's way too over the top with their emotions, doesn't make them feel real and human. Though One Piece does have moments where they nail the expressions and you feel the characters emotions. It's just not very often imo.
The comedy. I most liked the comedy with Zoro and Sanji's banter and some other moments here and there. But other than that it missed for the most. Especially when it comes to Sanji and Brooke. Also other jokes that're way too repetitive. I know it's shounen but the humor often feels like it's aimed at a toddler, with how much it beats it's jokes into the ground. Another pet peeve i have, which is also in other anime. Is when all characters say the same word at the same time. Makes it feel like everyone is a hivemind, rather than people with individual thoughts. I overlook this for the most part but One Peace does this almost every episode.
With all that being said, there are elements, characters and certain moments i like in One Peace. Which is why it's a shame that there's all the issues with it, that i eventually dropped it. I really wanted to like it and was hoping for it to get better over time but i just reached my limit. Got way too repetitive and predictable. I've heard Studio Wit is gonna re-animate it, so might give it another chance whenever that comes out.
Zoro nothing happened did have consequences though. His wounds reopened multiple times during Sabaody and prevented him from fighting.
@@mBluett Being out of battle for a brief moment isn't really a consequence. They acted like it was a much bigger deal than it turned out to be.
I wanted to point out something which is a$$pul in one piece that nightmare luffy form was asspull
When you look forward to the end game you start to miss such fun arcs like thriller bark, I hated it at first but now I love it because seeing the characters interact and funny moments has became my favorite part of one piece
When I started watching One Piece I was hooked and started binge watching it most days. It was just easy to fall in love with these characters. It wasn’t really till the dressrosa arc where I started to slow down. The pacing got even slower than normal. That’s when I started watching it whenever I just felt like it and not just binging it. So I think the main thing is just enjoy it at your pace and don’t force yourself to get caught up. You will get there just enjoy the story and journey it’s taking you on.
I’m ngl when I was going through One Piece early on, I thought it was very mediocre. Like you couldn’t pay me to sit through Orange Town and Syrup Village again. Now maybe that’s because I watched the anime early on which is known for its notoriously bad pacing, and I guess the manga is a better experience early on, but that’s just how I felt initially going through the beginning. The first arc I truly enjoyed was Baratie and Arlong Park was what made me stay and kept me invested in One Piece. I’m glad I pushed through because One Piece is now my 2nd favorite animanga
What’s your first?
@@gavin5724 FMAB
What’s ur first favorite?
@@gavin5724 FMAB
@@kikorushii FMAB
While the story sometimes can get kind of formulaic, One Piece got me hooked from the start. To be fair I'm only at Thriller Bark and i take frequent breaks in between sagas to not get burned out, but OP's world building and backstories are some of the best I've seen in shonen.
So far creating deep and complex characters wasn't OP's goal. I feel like its main goal is showing this colorful, creative adventure in a massive world filled with surprises and mysteries.
But I can see why someone would say that the characters are flat. In my opinion it's mostly due to OP's length that leads to rather slow character development.
Every saga so far had a moment that made me very emotional which just shows that you don't need deaths to create emotional scenes.
Good on you! That’s good to do. There’s people who binge endlessly and get burned out. There’s also people who have the mentality of getting through it as quick as possible to get into the current conversation to the point where they just skim through episodes to only get to the “good” parts. The whole point of one piece is a perfect example of it’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey. Hope you keep going and enjoy it. Take your time and have fun.
Since i watched it as a kid, i’ve always enjoyed One Piece. The Characters, the Story, the World to explore along with the sense of Adventure, how they all come to life is such a great feeling.
When you see the web Oda has weaved for the past 27 years its incredible how it all connects, especially with the most recent arc.
I always defined One Piece as one of the Greatest JRPGs of all time. It has everything that makes a JRPG. Gain “Party Members”, Unlock New Moves, Explore New Areas, Discover Lore, Gain Allies etc…
I think the problem is the “Online” Personas Warring over whats better/mid and the rapid decline of attention spans.
- Art Style Bad = Not Edgy enough
- Too Goofy = Not Edgy Enough
- Boring doesn’t get good until later = Not Enough Fights spawning every second
- Too Many Episodes = Lack of Attention Span, wanting to skip to the current Sakuga content and being unable to appreciate everything else but the Action.
- Its Trash = My Favorite Anime is a Rival to this Anime and no matter the similarities, not allowed to compliment the “Enemy” (Ex: Naruto vs One Piece, My Hero vs Jujutsu Kaisen etc…)
- Main Protag is a Bitch = Not allowed to display emotions unless its Rage
While this is what i have gathered when it comes to people who hate One Piece, most of this applies to other Anime/Manga, Especially those who mention any of these complaints while not giving the series an actual shot and is just regurgitating the excuses they heard online.
X for example, probably the most Toxic thing that is killing the Culture of Anime/Manga today, Reaction Channels of Various Anime that literally soar past points and moments, explanations etc… (its baffling how much people don’t pay attention or don’t care about anything without action, cringy at times…) Talk about the Fights in JJK and then watch them struggle immensely to tell you about the plot, the goals of certain characters, characters that don’t fight lol etc…
And i definitely don’t wanna get into the disgusting Wars EX: JJK is Mid, Sakamoto is Peak, Boruto is Trash, My Hero could never etc… or even the constant Toxic Powerscaling. EX: “Sakura can solo the entire Bleach Verse, these people are like 30+ talking like this.
I don’t expect people who act like this to genuinely appreciate something like One Piece or even other Anime/Manga for that matter. Their Toxic Bias makes them irrelevant.
Sadly, i believe its an incurable Cancer that has struck the Anime/Manga Community.
It was a snore fest
I am a guy who got into Jojo instantly. But it took me 10 times to get into One Piece. Saw the first episodes 10 times over many years before deciding to stay with the series. It is EXTREMELY hard to get into.
Jojo isn’t the best comparison, because it’s not really “one manga,” it’s nine with distinct beginnings and endings. Sure, sometimes those tie into each other, but you don’t need much of any knowledge of part 1 to understand part 4, and parts 7-9 are literally disconnected from that universe
It’s probably the easiest long-running manga to get into tbh
Just finished the whole cake island arc.
I’ve given up on the anime and went to the manga and can say that the manga is still stretched out but no where near the anime.
Hopefully Netflix’ new project fixes all the stretching
It’s not that east blue lacks stakes. East blue was more of an origin and also a tame sea in comparison. The stakes got more real once people actually at play in the larger world started interacting with our crew and they made impact. I feel like from a storytelling standpoint it’s a pretty important factor in making later scenes that show the difficulty of achieving their goals hit as hard as they do. Sabaody, namely
The people who say that one piece is boring are just action junkies that only like jjk and demon slayer.
I don’t like either and I find certain arcs in one piece extremely boring.
Same here
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@@LilShiro05btw I am in the whole cake island arc
people who say one piece is boring are people who watched the toei anime
They would hate the JJK and DS mangas then.
For me, i love post-time skip (im currently on Skypiea) but i can understand the problems new fans of the show have. The beginning (at least for me) was quite slow, but now that I'm on Skypiea, I appreciate the humor and the love the team put into the show :D
Not liking luffy as a character because he’s “boring” is nefarious
I loved One Piece from the start. Almost 20 years I haven’t stopped. I don’t want it to go back to the old style exactly. I like the modern flashy stuff. But I do wish we still got more classic one piece episodes. The art. The tone. The pacing. And some of my favorite scenes are still pre-Skip. Luffy and Nami and the hat. The fight with usopp. “I want to live”. Now we get amazing world building reveals and larger scale fights though, so I can’t complain. I just want both lol
I've been hooked for 20 years and never felt burned out. Week to week since Enies Lobby in the anime and Thriller Bark in the manga. I've read, watched and dropped many series, but only One Piece and Kingdom have maintained my interest for a long period. I did read Attack on Titan from around chapter 5 but because of the monthly manga release and seasonal anime it kinda stayed in the background like a few others
Basically: A lot of "critics" lack media literacy so their complaints are utterly surface level.
There are a lot of valid complaints about One Piece.
You'll are weird op is long and boring
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yeah whenever someone pretends their favorite show/book/etc. is always good and the people who don’t like it are just dumb and wrong, I immediately disregard their take
@@harrylane4 if its a dumb take yes you are dumb
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Tbh I just like watching the One Piece fights that TH-cam creators compile cutting out all the other stuff besides the fights. As a Dragon Ball, DBZ, ect fan I get arcs and fights getting drawn out. When I was trying to get through One Piece I was falling asleep half way through episodes but maybe that was just from binge watching. I slowly got caught up and it’s fun. The pacing is wild though.
All valid points as a relitivley new one piece fan it took me close to three years to catch up. This is due to me droping the anime and reading the manga chapter by chapter via Shonen jumps app. Honestly Luffy and the rest of the crew grow as the reader keeps reading. Good video keeping it up. Will Slam dunk or Blue lock show up on this channell?
Thank you!
I can’t make any promises, but I do wanna try posting videos on them in the near future. Slam Dunk especially.
@@ShonenOuji Awsome.
Took me around 2-3 years too
Nice some times we get more back ground in the manga and appreciate the art more. Such as always looking out for Panda man. @@3rdstrikestan930
I thought it looked too goofy and boring when I would see teasers of it on Toonami.
Watched it years later because my cousin was starting it and hated Luffy, loved Zoro. I didn’t like that Luffy just beat all his opponents with relative ease.
Eventually Luffy grew on me and I loved him post Baratie. Now it’s my favorite series and I’m caught up with the manga and anime.
Never felt as many emotions from a series as I did One Piece.
In what way is Luffy never losing refreshing? That's a very common trope and gets old fast.
This was a really good analysis or opinion of one pieice
Bro nowadays the anime almost caught up the manga that's why it is like that you wait a whole week for a mid-episode after 4 or 6-week letter they will give you a good episode after that the same cycle and slowly turning anime into hanime overall one of the best anime but not the best anime ever.
The "slow" parts of One Piece are essential for max enjoyment of the hypest moments. They lay the groundwork, establish the stakes and build the hype. No good story would work if it was at 110% all the time.
I started it in February and I'm on episode 640..I like the first 100 episodes because that's how I fell in love with the crew..this by far is better than any show on T.V. right now..I'm glad I didn't watch until my 40s cause I can appreciate it more
Great video as always 🎉😊
@@bradziehunter910 Thank you so much!
I don't think characters have to die for a story to have stakes, especially not early on. But for the first fistful of arcs in One Piece, the characters barely even get damaged. They're never in any real danger. So there is little to no tension.
If it’s a good story it shouldn’t matter how long it is some just don’t have the patience but I say stick with it your patience will be rewarded 😊
They just want death and endless fight scenes
It is just really, really, really fucking long and they are milking every episode nowadays with completely unnecessary flashbacks and they reuse footage like 10-20 times between like 15 episodes. They now have flashbacks of what happened 5 minutes ago and it replays the same scene that you just fucking saw. If i ever see the happy people celebrating and having fun at onigashima fair one more time (its been like 20 times already) i will loose my shit.
Yeah, I don't get it either when people say these things about One Piece. Sometimes I wonder too, if we're watching the same show. Lol
I feel like it's only boring if you go into it thinking it's boring. Mindset changes everything. I went in knowing that I had a bunch of friends who absolutely love it so that's how I thought about it and it made it so much better!
When I was watching one piece all the way through, yes I can admit it took a while no duh because it’s over 1,100 episodes. But almost never did I think that it was boring. Granted I caught up alot quicker than I should have catching up fully with the manga and anime about 10 months after episode 1072 aired. Even post timeskip where people say the pacing is awful, I still don’t see what people are taking about, the pacing seems fine to me. I may just be a more patient person though.
I watched One Piece weekly over 13 years now and I have to say Dressrosa was just soooo slow watching 1 episode and waiting a week and in the next episode almost nothing important happened. The pace in the Manga is waaaaay better.
@@tomlion0116 that’s probably true. I only caught up recently, but if I was watching Dressrosa and on weekly, I would probably say the same thing about pacing being off. But now I’m caught up and to me the current anime doesn’t seem that slow to me. But people are entitled to their own opinions.
@@gavin5724 Since Wano the Pacing and Direction made the One Piece anime waaaay better.
As a longtime fan I am truly happy that the series is better and the fanbase is bigger than ever! 😊
@Femtoisbackandbetter if others have pacing issues, that’s them. They have the right to complain about it, but the pacing to me doesn’t feel that bad personally.
@Femtoisbackandbetter cool.
my first impression of one piece was people saying its horrible, but a friend of mine who watched all of it told me that it was actually really good, later I saw the first opening and started watching it simply because I fell in love with the east blue saga.
6:40 that’s I think part of Oda’s genius. I think he was aware that people would complain that some characters had to die.
But when it came, it came HARD.
It's hard for me to get into OP because I hate the art style and it's hard for me to take anything seriously. It's just so ugly plus the fandom are such elitist assholes it pushes me away from getting into it.
Little harsh about the art style, but it’s your opinion. As for the fandom thing, if your still somewhat interested in going through the series, the manga is the easiest way to go and just ignore the fandom and just try to enjoy it. And also a lot of fandoms can have elitists in them. And if you don’t, I won’t blame you or anything. But yeah the art style might through you off, but hey, can’t judge a book by its cover am I right?
Who's this "everyone"?
Dude, in my opinion, for those people decided to watch anime over reading the manga, they can't complaint how long it is or the pacing is terrible. They chose their poison and they have to live with it.
When started One Piece, I found a volume belonging to my younger brother at my parent's house. I think it was Enies Lobby, and eventhough I didn't know any characters, I found the story resonate with me, I started to watch the anime from episode 1. It took me few days till I realise, I don't have time for this. So I started to read from chapter 1, saw the differences not just in pacing but in story telling especially Baratie arc where Zeff cut his own leg so that Sanji won't starve to death.
It took me less than 10 minutes to read a chapter compare to 30 minutes for an episode. If I miss anything, I can always read the manga page, instead to wait a scene to play out. Second time reread One Piece is much easier too.
I went into it not knowing it was considered super good. Just that it was over 1000 episodes. I assumed it even had an ending.
I was in it for the journey not the end. Only regret I have is having watched it instead of reading it.
That's not true reading wano arc, egghead arc is same as watching it uninteresting 👎
@@MuhammadAreeb-qk9zc egghead is way intresting if you read one piece fights sorry op isnt that type of manga
@@stark014 I watched Marineford arc I loved it water seven impel down arabasta punk hazard all are great except egghead and arc wano arc thriller bark was also ok
The people who say it's boring haven't fully tried yet, and once you catch up, you wish it was way longer than it is rn also I usually say give it a try until Arlong Park or even Alabasta but if it's not truly clicking for you then OP ain't for you whether anime or manga or both at that point.
I agree. If you don’t like One Piece after Baratie, I don’t understand what changes so much hundreds of chapters later.
@@ShonenOujisome people say that one piece gets good at water 7/ enies lobby or at post time skip. I’ve even heard that some people say to just skip to the timeskip and go from there. Either those people aren’t fans, are just insane, or just joking, that’s ridiculous to think about. Like you said I really started to like one piece when it got to baratie. It when arcs like Alabasta, skypeia, and enies lobby where I enjoyed it even more.
I saw a comment once where someone said that they think other people think One Piece is boring because they hear about the hype moments. The big fights, the really emotional parts, etc. Then they start watching only waiting to get there. They don't watch the show to enjoy it but rather to get to those big moments. The whole show is enjoyable but they just want BOOM BOOM BANG! This show is 100% enjoy the journey. Some people just want the payoff
Edit - lol. I should have waited till the end to leave my comment. He said exactly this in the video. My bad
@@NeoNineOne those people don’t I feel don’t get the right to call themselves one piece fans if they watch or read one piece for that reason. Are those moments awesome? Hell yeah, but that isn’t the main purpose of the series.
@gavin5724 Gatekeeper much. To be fair a 100 volumes is pretty intimidating.
to fix the pacing problem, we really want one piece to take a break from airing, so that the content gap in the manga is not too close and the animation studio can better adapt the anime. however, the one piece ip is very big & very profitable for the 3 companies that currently hold the one piece anime license, namely shueisha, fuji tv, and toei animation. if one piece takes a break, maybe its sponsor will be lost, without sponsors one piece might not air again.
The appeal to One Piece is that the MCs and the villains are in the same place but we don’t know when or how they are going to run into each other
I think it depends on the medium. For some, like me, the Manga works much better. For others, the anime. For instance, to this day the Alabasta arc is one of my favorites. But in the anime I could never get past episode 100. It's not until I started watching the reaction videos of Haylo and Kiss that I started following along with the anime as well. In Skypea right now with the show while just finished chapter 1000 in the manga.
It’s really fucking bad
Sweet! One piece content. Been missing your takes on this. Kind of fell off when you went to other anime.
It doesn’t get good later. You learn to appreciate it more as you watch/read.
I used to get exhausted by how many characters get introduced each arc. But now I get excited for what wacky person is coming next
apparently when the story was in alabasta, that was around when 9/11 happened in America. and that influenced oda to keep pell alive. even if it was a bad writing decision.
don't forget about Igaram either. he should have died in that boat explosion.
i don't dislike luffy, but i am not interested in him, story is far too long and he hasn't changed enough for me. i am tired of his character. it's great when we great a break from him to focus on any other character.
i was not a fan of one piece when i initially watched it, and i even finished arlong park. it was good , but i didn't feel it was worth the investment of time because of it being a lot longer than a normal show. it wasn't until later when i came across an AMV showing characters on the brink of death and fight scenes from enies lobby. that i gave it another chance. and i eventually fell in love with it.
the story has flaws but the world building, amazing locations, and sense of adventure keep me going. there is no other manga that comes close to it in these aspects.
and then there are the emotional moments.
i find the action and especially comedy less of a reason to read the series, they are the weaker aspects of it to me.the fights are more about the emotional pay off than enjoying the fight itself a lot of the time. especially if it isn't luffy and zoro who get the most screen time in battles after some point.
it was 2 chapters per episode. normal pacing. 100 chapters adapted in 44 episodes.
I dont believe anybody watched all of one piece and then said its boring, either they are a hater and they dont even give it a chance or they just think that post-timeskip is bigger and more interesting but that doesnt mean that the beginning is boring
I watched the full anime and I definitely will say it is. The pacing killed sometimes, from making me actually fall asleep to me taking months long breaks in between post TS arcs. I’ve never had this problem with any series aside from OP, even Bleach, Naruto, and Fairytail
It's just facts that it's not an east series to get into and it's more exhausting to consume compare to Bleach and Naruto's flaws.
But still I'm trying to get through it as I can, (I'm currently in Dressrosa).
Even Luffy didn't want them to join his crew
I'm currently reading it for the first time, midst whiskey peak as of writing this, and I get that East Blue is the 'prologue' but it doesn't feel that way. To me, the Prologue is the first volume, its fairly isolated and kinda sets the status quo for the rest of the series, and it's a breezy read, nearly on par with the first part of the Naruto manga. So I can't really agree that the series is slow, it's just long.
Its crazy that people say that considering East Blue Saga is one of the best Saga in the story. I always argue its amazing from the start.
It's not a fact. It's just their opinion and they are entitled to it. TBH, I like one piece but it's hard to go back and binge when there are other distractions (other animes) to watch.
No they're not
For me the problem is pacing.I wish Wit to fix the pacing and give justice to characters for example they always portray Sanji as a bad character but in reality Sanji in manga is well written.
Yeah true it might seem hard but without starting it one cannot truly know.
Awesome video again❤
Tbh I gave this show a more then fair then enough shots by literally watching 100 episodes of it.
The parts where Nami, Sanji, and Chopper joined were my favorite parts but everything else before or after that is just a giant tease. Like they show a stupid looking villain, have said villain do their thing and be as annoying or vile as they can, then Luffy or gang fight which let's be honest its really just Luffy or Sanji or Zoro doing most of the work but before they can they get their assess handed to them due to some interference and then towards the end of the arc they easily beat the crap out of the villain and move on to the next island. That's all the series has been for me and I just can't get with it. I'm not gonna watch 100 more episodes until it "gets good".
I agree with this! Honestly i wouldn't have anything against this format, if characters actually died in the show. Would've made it feel like anything can happen and make the show feel intense whenever a big bad enters the stage. But instead we know no one will die and it's just gonna be the same as last time. A big issue with the fights too is they can just take unlimited amount of damage and be fine the next day. Atleast in Naruto they have to be careful not to take too much damage and they have internal organs to protect. You know what is a fatal blow. In One Peace there's none of that, they will just heal and be fine.
I've watched around 450 episodes before i dropped it and it's still the same. Heard so many people say "it gets better" so i forced myself to keep going and reach the point where it gets good. I just liked it less and less as it progressed becouse as you said, it gets very repetitive.
@@beastvicious8672 to be clear, one piece has long, long stretches in-universe between arcs. Like, weeks if not months the (and years, that one time)
Is it a bit of a cop-out? Sure, there’s only one or two arcs that have a character fighting through injuries sustained in a previous arc. But it’s definitely not that they just heal immediately
@@beastvicious8672 you can’t not like one piece and then turn around and praise naruto, which has so many of the same problems with pacing and stakes
Notice how 99% of your reasoning had to do with fights? If that’s what you watched OP for, then u were watching it wrong. It’s about the journey….
@@harrylane4 Naruto has pretty consistent with what counts as a fatal blow. If a character gets injured, it affects them for the rest of the fight. If an organ is hit, it limits their movement. They also have to be careful if they're losing blood. There's a big emphasis in Naruto of how the body functions and you have a pretty good idea of what would kill a person in the show. That being said, the war arc throws all that out the window. In the war arc characters survive the most ridiculous things, i will give you that. But before that arc the show had been very consistent.
I wasn't really talking about pacing. Though as far as i remember, One Peace really dragged on at times. Especially the repetitive humor. I also wasn't that invested in the series so maybe the pacing felt slower becouse of that. In Naruto i will agree there were times where the pacing dragged. In part 1 i only really felt that during the 3'rd hokage sword scene. In Shippuden the first and second arc suffered from it's pacing. But after that it wasn't an issue, until the war arc, which i'm not a fan of.
I won't say its boring. But i have had no incentive to pick it up again since the day i dropped it. Not even gear 5 could get be back. I don't think I'll ever get back into one piece and I'm still in wholecake. O give up
Gotta start off saying I’ve never heard anyone say it’s boring, just long
It is not boring from the start it was great till dressrosa arc after dressrosa arc it is boring as fck Tbh naruto episode 1 and 2 are boring but that's not the case with one piece early seasons of op were very good and addictive
@@MuhammadAreeb-qk9zcI liked the Zou arc too because it introduced my favourite character who made me wanna start watching the show in the first place but after that I didn’t care for it too much.
1997, 27 years. That's quite some time
it has the worst pacing
but watching one pace made it SOOO MUCH BETTER
LIKE DUDE IT FELT LIKE I WAS WATCHING A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SHOW
no one pace is worst because you dont know full story
@@jakubsvacek3413 like how?
I suggest the CUT TO MANGA version by krishna009
@@MrL1G3R bro i just learnt about manga's pacing after i finished wano😭😭😭😭
the pacing is soooo much better in normal one piece now in egghead
one pace is on a 1:1 ratio with the manga
which wont change either you read or watch it
Imo the best way to get into One Piece is just to start and read/watch it. (Whichever is best for you, ideally read it or One Pace, regular anime is unwatchable) Go into it open minded, and remember you don’t need to watch ALL of it. And try to avoid videos talking about it. The fan base can set your expectations too high. The fan base is known to be annoying but it’s because they’re so passionate for such a gigantic series. If you’re not interested by Alabasta or Water 7, don’t be ashamed to call it quits there.
I don’t think anyone has ever been talking about the manga when they complain about pacing. That’s an anime adaptation issue.
It isn't boring but the pacing can be slog to get through sometimes i get burned out from the show and take a break rn im taking a break since i finished dressrosa i think illl start back today
My biggest complaint is that there’s a bunch of inconsistencies like illogical physics. Like Luffy being rubber doesn’t make immune to lightning or how some generate fire and heat underwater.
Even in universe abilities are questionable, like Sanji’s literal fire abilities apparently stem from his passion. With Haki being as powerful as it is, Shanks didn’t need to lose his arm.
you didn't consider that Sea king teeth may as strong as Haki.
@@RaykinaBreaker Compared to those in the Grand Line, I don’t consider it be near the most dangerous beasts in the series overall. There’s little to no proof to say it’s teeth is anything special while Haki is present to be one of the most broken power systems ever.
Shanks wouldn’t have lost his arm if he wanted to. Later on when he talked to Whitebeard, he said he bet it on the new generation. Shanks would have decimated the sea king and come out without a mark on him if he wanted to.
@@gavin5724 by “betting on the new generation”, he meant sacrificing his arm for a kid like in hopes he’ll do great things. He didn’t have to lose an arm for that to happen if he had the power to stop it. Unless he did it to intentionally scare Luffy which is a little messed up.
Bruh...this is fiction
One piece is hard to get into because of the shows cycle tone cycle. Each arc starts with very goofy world building that transition into an epic Main story line. On first viewing you have no idea that the goofy world building is setting up epic things to come later in the arc.
That cycle is important to the shows long lasting appeal though as you don't get burned out on a single tone over the 1000 episodes.
I don’t mind Sanji much, my issue is that he’s constantly having nosebleed gags which had become overkill post Fishman Island arc. He sort of lost most of his chill.
I'm impressed no one figured...
One Piece is the best selling manga (and comic book) series of all time, has a 20+ year long anime, 14+ movies, multiple stage plays, themed restaurants, video games, spin-off manga, at least one novel, a surprisingly well received live-action version, and a whole new anime being helmed by a different studio.
"Everyone says One Piece is boring" is simply not true at all. A loud minority may call it boring, but statistically it's not even close to everyone.
For context: One Piece has sold more manga copies than there are people living in the United States. By a lot.
anime pacing is bad while every arc of one piece is just perfect
Yes there are like 3 or 4 fights or moment that feel like just finish this already but in a story of more than 1000 eps its just 1 percent
Last thing manga is more intense than anime
All arcs are abslout trash
Wano sucked and was rushed. It will be forever a blunder in the story.
people that say it boring is only people that can't even reach 25% of one Piece episode.
Sanji is my favourite straw hat and i really hate how aftet the time skip his gags are ultra exagerated, before he was a cool playboy now he is just down bad, i always thought its gonna get better after a while💀
now to be fair. one piece taking lots longer time due original writers man himself want his storytelling us, world building/character development and his original arts style throughout change year. New people they're into one piece and modern anime today. I actually enjoy dragon ball super anime version. but. There lot issues. Reality. Everyone different their own opinion.
One piece manga is a masterpiece but the anime is a total disgrace to the manga, people here complain about East Blue saga and early pre time skip one piece but tbh i enjoyed that alot and after the time skip the anime fell off and the pacing was horrible that was the reason i dropped it back in early 2019 and shifted to the manga. The manga is goated even someone isn't a manga person still give it a try.
I think people think one piece is boiring because it's like what happend to i got recinted as a slime season 2 it was boring Because it was telling not showing the events but one piece does so I don't get why people hate one piece
Dude if you used the first period to defend it’s boringness then I have nothing to say cause it’s getting boring from the mermaid arc
One Piece is great (lik current Egghead arc) the problem is sometimes is too long that canon events are alike filler (i was soo bored in Wano Country act 1)
All arcs are ass
@axinffurnus3727 facts 🗿 except marineford arc, water seven and impel down
@@MuhammadAreeb-qk9zcnot facts lol try to read manga its peak
Anime is trash
Most people who say that haven’t even gotten to arlong park
Watching one piece feels like warching indian dramas for 65% of the time. I wont hear yall. The anime pacing is mostly shit.
It's not boring perse, but the pacing is bad tho and it took a long long time for it to get the visuals and animations to top quality
its funny there was a moment when i watched like 30+ chapters per day and i was so hooked. 🥰
honestly the only reason i watch one piece is for the humor. show is very funny... oh and nami and robin 😍 lord that man oda knows exactly what he's doing 😮💨😮💨😮💨
This word "Everyone," I don't think it means what you think it means.
I think what makes some people think that there is no character development in One Piece is the fact that most of it is not as spelled out as it would be in other Series. Sometimes you have to sit down and actually think about the changes in character behaviour to actually appreciate a change that you would not pick up on if you were to just binge the whole thing and not leave time to actually appreciate them.
Fact
It wasn't boring, but after Reverie, it definitely feels boring.
I'd say Oda isn't afraid to kill characters anymore tho!
Because of the short attention span of the tiktok generation we will probably never see a story like One Piece again. A story that takes its time to develop its world and overarching narrative instead of rushing from action scene to action scene asap just to keep the readers invested. One Piece should be treasured for that reason.
why waste your time watching one piece while you can watch a LOT ot way better animes in that time, even timeless classics. One piece is indeed boring, unnecessarily long and take its audience and their time for granted.
Oda already ruined the message of its story by making luffy another generic chosen one of the bunch (well, it isn't like he was an unique main character at all in the first place but still counts) and one piece fans are eating up everything pretending its' peak.
4:03 i thought he lost his leg in the water trying to save child sanji or is that just an anime thing
An anime thing.
One piece is a vibe
I'd honestly say one piece gets way worse after the timeskip
A lot of haters lie about watching the show just to say it's boring
I watched 500 eps across 3 years becasue i thought it might get better but sadly it didnt , its a below average anime
@@axinfurnus3727read manga xay better
one piece anime sucks
Crazy how people are doing exactly what you say in your comment
@@axinfurnus3727 3 years and u only got that far? And u watch 500 eps and u still say it's your either just lying about watching it or u just didn't pay attention am going with the first option
@@DeadMan03 i kept taking long breaks cuz it was melting my brain gave it more chances than it deserved