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    Awesome user with default custom title itadakimasu's Avatar
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    Should I watch?

    I have only seen a little bit of one piece on cartoon network... wait... and also on one of the only channels i pick up with no cable in my bedroom hahaha.

    anyhow... i know some shows (naruto included) seem to be toned down in america to be marketed to younger audiences.. is one piece worth the watch? or is this a yu gi oh for the 10-13 year old crowd? 200+ eps makes me wonder if it is any good.

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    ....What the hell are you still doing here? Get downloading you fool!

    English OP dub is NOTHING like original Japenese episodes. Onepiece is literally (and i think everyone would agree) the worst english dub adaptation EVER.

    The Japanese manga I believe is more popular than Naruto.

    This show is so 1337 your brain will melt. Get downloading. Now.

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    bbaucom!
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    Get downloading foo!
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    You're basically asking "Should I breathe"?

    Yes, watch it.

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    I feel that the responses so far have overexaggerated a bit, so I'd like to add some input.

    If you're going to ask whether or not you should watch One Piece in the One Piece subforum, of course you're going to get positive responses because the people who visit this forum are likely to be One Piece fans.

    That said, although the One Piece dub is indeed what many would consider a botched or failed adaptation, the original show is still a shounen series. You would be more likely to enjoy the show if you go in without high expectations. This is not to say that One Piece subpar or is only for kids - some of the elements that emerge throughout the story can be appreciated by an audience of all ages. Personally, after I became accepting of the art and started to focus more on the comedy and story, I found the series to be highly addictive.

    Some issues that emerge from almost every long-running shounen series is the presence of filler material and clichés that may be a turn-off as you progress throughout the show. If these don't bother you then there really aren't any other major drawbacks to One Piece.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Augury
    Some issues that emerge from almost every long-running shounen series is the presence of filler material and clichés that may be a turn-off as you progress throughout the show. If these don't bother you then there really aren't any other major drawbacks to One Piece.
    Heheee, that's when you start scrambling for the manga

    But just to add/emphasize what Augury said, the drawing style does take a bit of getting used to. I think I had to go maybe 20-30 eps in before I really started getting addicted to it. It's a commitment, sure, but well worth it since the storyline and character development strengthen as the series goes on.

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    I started watching One Piece when Naruto turned into fillers. I really wasn't expecting much but wanted something to keep me from having to endure the Naruto fillers. Luffy and his crew kept me sane during that unfortunate period. There's some parts and characters that I didn't like but I think with any series that has as many episodes as One Piece it's bound to happen. Overall, I've been pretty pleased with the series. The humor is pretty good and keeps the series going. The villians are pretty creative and sometimes pretty funny. I've never watched the english dub so I don't know how the two compare but it's been a pretty enjoyable series and I'm really happy that I started watching it.

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    i watch random episodes when i have nothing else to do and its pretty good

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    Because of this thread I decided to rewatch a few episodes from the very beginning, and I gotta say the scenes introducing Zoro are just as excellent as I remembered. And Coby's (or what the heck was the cowardly idiot's name) scenes are just as insanely annoying as I remembered. Well, it's not like he would dominate the beginning of the series, so who cares...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Roboto
    I've never watched the english dub so I don't know how the two compare but it's been a pretty enjoyable series and I'm really happy that I started watching it.
    Since i started watching with the Dub, i can tell you one thing about it.
    It suck compared to the Original version.
    It sucked so badly, that i wasn't interested in One Piece at ALL.

    But on the other hand, the original version was so much better in like, every way possible.
    (Voice, non censured... and many many more!... like...)

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    IF you want to watch a long running shonen series without alot of filler then watch one piece . Because out of the 301 one piece episode that has been released so far, roughly about 55 is filler. Bleach has 55 filler out of the 119 episode, i don't even need to give you the numbers of fillers for naruto.

    One piece is your typical shonen type story, except there is alot of original twist and the art is quite different compare to the typical shonen drawing style. So you should try it out if you're into action/adventure mixed with wacky comedy.

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    Download Kaizoku-fansubs.

    Problem solved. Everything else is inferior.
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