I think I gave One Piece a fair run, I got deep in the Skypiea arc but I just stopped caring so had to drop it

I think I gave One Piece a fair run, I got deep in the Skypiea arc but I just stopped caring so had to drop it.

The majority of the arcs have the same structure where Luffy goes to a new town or island, beats up the local villain and moves on. A couple of arcs did this differently and were the better ones but it just wasn't enough, repetitive stop-starts kept killing momentum before it could build up.

Due to the good resonance on Zig Forums, I was expecting something as similar to Hunter X Hunter where it switches the genre and tone in each arc. But sadly, it never happened. Not in the first 260 chapters anyway and everything blurs together, the exception being the Alabastor arc which had a different setting, structure and the only intimidating villain at that point in the story.

The characters have cool designs (though, the proportions are fucked sometimes) but they were way too overpowered and got out of scuffles far too easily without any losses. I don't think a single named character died so it was hard to feel any tension during fight scenes because I knew everything would turn out just fine.

For me One Piece is a manga that had a promising setting and premise but it never gets fully capitalised on. A shame because it's loved by so many others, I think it could have been much better if the mangaka didn't drag the story out so much and took more risks in his story telling rather than taking the safe options.

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I get where you're coming from. What I would say though is it's worth pushing on to the next arc, Water 7/Enies Lobby - it's widely regarded as one of the best in the series, and really builds on a lot of stuff that came before. It also changes things up again with the standard formula you mentioned. Personally I didn't like Skypeia either when I went through it, and have actually never rewatched/reread it.

The formula is present in later arcs too like Thriller Bark however so YMMV, however once certain events happen a couple arcs down the line then the tone of the series changes and you get into a second half where it shifts from whimsical pirate adventures with fun stories to a more interconnected story grander saga, at the expense of character development unfortunately. Still worth the read as there are excellent moments even now but yeah.

I'm stuck on ep 173 for 4 years now, also in the skypiea arc (I remember luffy fighting an electric dude on a boat). I was thinking about maybe reading the manga, but is it worth it? Is it better than the anime?

Sounds good breh. We're full anyway.

>same image every time

Drop it.

>its another "one piece hate thread bumped off page 10 at the last minute" episode.
Its easier to start a new bait thread then revive a dead one user.

Yes. Much better.

Wut? You sound like a schizo.