I thought the Thriller Bark arc was the worst, until Kuma showed up near the end. I find fishmen/mermaids mildly more interesting than zombies. Also Moria just plain sucked.
I thought the Thriller Bark arc was the worst, until Kuma showed up near the end. I find fishmen/mermaids mildly more interesting than zombies. Also Moria just plain sucked.
Are we really forgetting Alvida and Kuro? This arc is opera in comparison to those stinkers. The only thing going for Alvida and Kuro was the novelty of a pirate made of rubber, and our wanting to give it a chance to work.
"After all, I am strangely colored."
I didn't read those arcs, I watched the anime and by the time I thought One Piece was great regardless. What the early One Piece had going for it was the introduction of new interesting characters and the novelty of Luffy, so in an entertainment value I put them above this arc easily. To me, this arc has nothing going for it.Originally Posted by poopdeville
the feeling that I got so far from this arc is that we're going towards a split up-team up, a strawhat & fishmen teams.
if that happens, it's gonna be great.
The first 5 or so arcs of one piece was pretty lame, imo. They were literally lather/rinse/repeat over and over until Logue town.
1) Reach a new island.
2) Find someone Luffy wants to join the crew.
3) Engage in a series of 1v1 matches between each crew member and a bad guy of comparable ability.
4) New guy joins the crew and they set off.
10/4/04 - 8/20/07
Oh cmon guys, nothing is worst than Davy Back Fight.
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful. -Marie Curie
This arc seriously is not that bad, and its just starting to become very interesting. I think we should give it a chance to finish before we judge it.
Agreed completely. Foxy was just plain terrible. Saving points of that mini-arc were Afro-Luffy and the introduction of Aokiji.
i always thought every one piece arc started out really really badly then by the end deeper meanings and feelings are brought to light which encourage you to reflect much more positively on the previous goings on.
I think the problem with this arc is that after the time skip we saw luffy and co. do a lot of of impressive things. I mean almost every character has made a significant jump in one way or another. So now we just expect more from them. The only SH's who have delivered thus far have been zoro, nami, franky, usopp and, brooke(kinda) imo. I feel like for the villians that were presented this arc should have shaped up faster. Seeing as how no enemies of merit were here the SH's should have made quick work of the situation. Also with jinbei being present I'm sure everyone has been slightly soured on the fact that it was implied that he stopped luffy long enough to go deal with hordy. I think all in all this arc will serve as build up for an already great story of what's to come. The upcoming sea is VAST and the mistake the SH's made before entering the new world was that they were equipped for such a journey. I hope this arc serves to just show restraint from the SH crew as a sign of maturity and respect for the grand line. It is bigger than their crew but not their combined ambitions
People should just be patient...
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