Yes, I understand that. I'm not saying the anime isn't fucking up where it's choosing to pad the story or that the Buggy/Boa scenes don't suck. I'm just saying that I prefer the anime's pacing to the manga's.

Maybe it's just cause I'm watching the anime first.

I don't think it'll be as bad as you think it is now during future viewings when you aren't waiting a week between each 15 minutes of show, and your skipping the openings, recaps, endings and previews(which One Piece DVD's awesomely let you skip automatically with its Marathon option).