No, you shouldn't skip ANY One Piece arcs
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
- Ever since One Piece has been over 100 episodes, people have wanted to know what can be skipped to get the real meat of the story. In Naruto for example, 199 of the 500 episodes are completely skippable. So people want to know what the One Piece equivalent is. And this questions grows in demand as the series' length increases by the hundreds, and as its conclusion gets closer by the year. But at the risk of sounding like an elitist, I propose that nothing can be skipped. Every part of the story adds to the larger story, and to get an abridgement of this odyssey would be to make it not an odyssey.
Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
1:38 - The Important Parts
2:14 - Spoiler Threshold
5:51 - A Sad Tale
7:21 - How I Learned to Stop Agendas and Enjoy One Piece
9:28 - To Those Not Caught Up
11:30 - Epilogue 
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Yeah, def don't skip Thriller Bark. When Moria is confirmed to be the One Piece you'd be so confused.
I think I'd be confused anyways 😂
That caught me off guard 😂
That honestly sounds like something that oda would do ngl
That's just silly, especially since we know Moria isn't the One Piece, he's just Raftel reborn in human form and his awakening opens a portal to the Shadow Realm in which One Piece resides. The actual personification of One Piece is Gaimon. Duh. He's a sort of an hologram of the One piece in real world, like a three dimensional shadow of the real thing, which is of course the connection to Moria. The actual chest in which One Piece is, is of course far bigger. Like, I'm talking about 40% bigger. It has to be, since it contains all of the ancient weapons, which are a Colt 1860 revolver (Pluton), a lightly used crowbar (Uranus), and a book detailing 1001 very smart insults (Poseidon). They all similarly have real life counterparts or personifications, like Shirahoshi (Who is referred to as a crybaby - an insult), and Pluton (Similarly referred to as a weapon, like Colt 1860 revolver) and so on. It all makes sense.
But yeah, whoever skips Thriller Bark will be SO confused when they reveal that Wall Zombie was Rocks D. Xebec all along.
@@adenlarios you're cooked
the "stupid whitebeard arc" is crazy poor guy
I had a phsyical reaction to when i heard him say it
😂 I didn't like that arc either lol. Totally skipped it to the training parts and caught on through clips and recaps 😅. Some arcs aren't really that great
@@EazyBizzleI guess that’s your preference 😭 but marineford is so peak
@@Kweesee so besides Akinu kilin ace an whitebeard taking damage every episode, what makes it "peak"?? We left that arc with no info, just two dead characters . Waste of time to alot of fans . Definite skip ⏭️😂
@@EazyBizzle did u watch the video bro
Skypea used to be one of the most hated arcs for being "Disconnected" to thw Blue Sea, but nowadays it is one of the most beloved arcs for being the first Mayor Microcausm arc in the series and Hinting on Gear 5.
When I watched Skypeia, I didn't love it. It was weirdly paced and a dramatic shift in tone and scope. But I have consistently been impressed with just how much it foreshadowed and how much of it set up the parallelism between Luffy and Roger.
It's far from a perfect arc. I hope that The One Piece series and/or the live action does a little bit of pacing tweaking. But I went from "I love One Piece, except Skypeia" to appreciating it in retrospect.
Except you, Satori. Go away, Satori.
How did Skypiea hint at Gear 5 when the reason Luffy beat Enel was because Luffy was rubber, when Gear 5 revealed Luffy isn't actually rubber.
@@philburdell9235do you even watch one piece? It was stated by the gorosei's that luffy's devil fruit has a properties of a rubber
@@philburdell9235and luffy's Gear five (which was the awakening of his true devil fruit) was stated with the four gods which is still unknown if there are actually other gods fruits other than Luffy's
@mollyjoydarle9006 I've been caught up for 15 years and have watched and read repeatedly. I understand "the properties of rubber" is a convenient little inclusion to thinly disguise a glaring retcon. When you say "it foreshadowed so much about Gear 5" and your only evidence to back it up is the word "sun god" was mentioned once in addition to 3 other gods in passing during a flashback that had little to do with the actual plot of Skypiea itself, it doesn't take a genius to see how disingenuous that is.
I hunt Thriller Bark haters for sport
Skipping TB is just sad disrespect to Brook... Without it he's just a creeper skeleton of infinite happiness.
Haha😂 I have a friend who skipped it😒
I loved it though🫣
the type of person who hears "spooky halloween medley on an island-sized pirate ship where the main baddie can split people's souls and make new people from them" and says "nah this ain't it" is holding back society from its true potential
i wanna watch thriller bark so bad but i just cant bring my self to do it please help me and tell me some good things about it
that arent really spoilers
@@Jake-jm2vjit has arguably one of the greatest endings of any One Piece arc
I have NEVER skipped anything in One Piece since i started. Not the filler, not the openings, not the closing, not the non cannon material not even the recaps. I never once skipped anything. And it was fine with me.
I'd skip the openings and recaps for super long arcs like Dressrosa my first time around, but watching this time, I let everything play out. I hadn't missed much. It's quite literally stuff I've already seen. But I like to treat them more as an intermission period. Look at my phone, go to the bathroom, make snacks, anything I'd normally pause the show to do.
When I first read One Piece and then decided to watch the anime as well, I did the same. Read everything, watched every episode fillers included and watched every movie (minus the recap movies). Though I stopped watching the anime relatively shortly after catching up, I have been reading it ever since and One Piece has been permanently lodged into my brain.
Thats mental illness
The question is, did you skip the kino that was 4kidz One Piece?
Enies Lobby had that like 5-6 episode recap that was AWFUL. I dropped the anime after dressrosa but continued with the manga ever since.
What I always tell new One Piece fans is that it is an adventure shonen. The journey is just as important as the destination.
As well as a mystery manga
It's no longer about adventure in the latter half of post ts. It's now more about a war/competition between the major groups and factions of the world.
@user-ln6xg9ju8l The adventure is still there. What has changed is Luffy's place in the world. In early One Piece, until the time skip is he was a minor player in the world, but post time skip, he became much more prominent. And now he is leading one of the top 4 crews, but he is still on that adventure to find the One Piece. That hasn't changed. There was always the competition to find it. We just learned throughout the story who the players were in that competition.
I'm a returning watcher, and I'd never dream of skipping arcs. Heck, I enjoy the filler arcs too and for a long time I didn't know were fillers until someone had mentioned it. I'm a sucker for details, so I really enjoy watching and seeing something from a while back being referenced again.
Also, thanks for sharing One Pace, never heard of it before! My partner has been wanting to get into One Piece, but was overwhelmed by the amount of episodes.
Your welcome! I'm a big fan of One Pace. Some of their earliest edits are a bit rough, but these days, the editing has the same level of quality and professionalism as Dragon Ball Z Kai, imo.
I can’t deal with the filler tbh. I don’t mind if it was in the manga but if it was written for the anime it always ends up giving off One Piece movie vibes to me. Probably can attribute it to neither having an effect in the overall plot
@@wordedhalo6746it is fun
I'm glad i'm not the only one who rewatching One Piece, and doens't skip fillers ^^
Heck, i plan to watch all side content too. Movies, Specials, etc.
I skipped thriller bark punk hazard wano
I always say, if you haven't enjoyed One Piece when you get to the end of Arlong Park, you ain't going to like it and enjoy it and that's fine, it just ain't for you.
Fax, although if you’re watching the series sometimes it’s ok not to like it and push through, thriller bark is slow at first but gets really good, all arks are like that
@@lev1doeseverything All arcs has moments that can be slow and hard to get through. But all arcs also have plenty of epic, emotional and super funny moment. I have an incredible skill of focusing on the things I like rather than the ones I don't like.
If you haven't enjoyed One Piece when you get to the end of Arlong Park, you don't going to like life
@@natebernasconi I don't know why, but a lot of people don't like the sillyness of One Piece or the mixtures of genres and themes. Like if they like a show or story having darker themes they don't want any fun or humour/humor involved.
@@Gadeberg90honestly I think when an arc gets slow... Just take breaks and watch other shows or watch it with your buddies while you do other things in short bursts.
"Start after the time skip"
Imagine skipping arcs like Enies Lobby and Marineford to start at Fishman Island 💀
What kinda sicko said that?!
@@allister-malister9179 well Dragon Ball (z) fans have been affectively saying that for years
@@zEr-ne5ri well that’s what happens when you let people leave the asylum.
I skipped some of the SBS I read the ones that had some extra information that I might have missed and I actually love it.
For as long as one piece is, it really isn’t that long of a read if you don’t do it all in 1 go. You can easily read every arc (except maybe Wano for how dense it gets) in one sitting. That’s like 12-13 sit downs to read to catch up. Spread that out a bit and you can easily do it in a little over a year while reading/watching/doing anything else at the same time. Now the anime……I feel bad for any anime onlys
I remember being an anime only and going around forums and there was one where some manga readers were talking about how the manga is "fast paced", and "maybe *too* fast paced" and I was thinking ??? are we talking about the same series??
And yeah... we were. It's kinda crazy how some things are "blink and you'll miss" in the manga but are "this takes up half the episode" in the anime. Like I'll see manga readers totally miss that the Charlotte Dectuplets can combine into one giant enemy, or that Kikunojo had a whole fight with Kanjuro. Ngl it even happens to me. I remember a few episodes ago I was like "wait why does Sanji's bounty look like that" because IT'S VERY easy to miss in the manga. Like if you're reading on a phone it's straight up impossible lol.
Yup. I think the best way to put it is that stuff always happens in One Piece but it doesn’t always lead to much making it feel longer sometimes. Like I remember reading Naruto weekly and man a lot of those chapters nothing happened at all. While One Piece we’ll get a whole mini storyline about some D list character who will never make a larger impact but just expands the world.
@@da_pikmin_coder8367 I watched the animae first, then around the beginning of water 7, started to read the manga and now I watch a batch that of 5 episodes per day and then read those manga chapters. I don’t have to, but I do it anyway.
I watched all of Dressrosa in 2 days, just 1.25-1.5x it and it’s chill
@@shady6281 normally I think watching shows at 1.5 ruins the show, but for One Piece you kinda have to.
I fear no man. But that thing...
*glances at people who skip content in One Piece*
...it scares me.
I mean, only filler content that other fans have already claimed as non-essential. And Foxy content on rewatch.
the people who watch the dub so they don't have to read because they mostly sit on their phones make me wonder if humanity is going down a dark path
@@Predated2I meant cannon material. This would include Foxy, but the anime is really bad about it with the extended amount and some canon stuff being tied to non-canon stuff in a way that's hard to separate.
@LoseControlForDeath I literally seen people watch TV with their phone unlocked in their hand, ready to look at it the moment the TV's lost their attention. They treat TV more like a podcast, where the dialogue tells the story, rather than the acting, illustrations, or cinematic language.
@@da_pikmin_coder8367fr
only clicked on the video to comment. Who EVER said you should skip any arc, let alone Thriller Bark.
It's an unfortunately common trend these days as media is highly accessible and the ability to discuss it is easy and sociable. In other words there's a sea of content to talk about and not enough time in the world to give it all the attention it deserves. So there's people who skip arcs, people who listen to RUclipsr summaries of arcs, and even people who watch on x2 speed.
Probably %70 skipped Skypiea or long ring long land.
by all means if you love One Piece who am I or anyone to shit on them for that. However if you skip arcs because you think they are filler or you want to get to "the good stuff" I wont respect your opinion.
It's a very bad idea to skip arcs unless it's filler, it's not DBZ where a lot of people didn't know there was a previous series called Dragon Ball.
Watching it to catch up to current events is also a bad idea, when I got into the series I mainly wanted to learn about Robin instead of getting to Ace's death, the time skip, learning about Doflamingo, Big Mom and Katakuri. At the time the english dub had finished Fishman Island so I had to wait a very long time (it sucks being legally blind) while my brother started after I finished then soon raced past me.
Yeah exactly. When I first watched the anime mostly wanted to know about Whole Cake Island cause everyone was talking to it. And then when I went to go read the manga I was shocked by all the cool things that I either forgot or didn't notice the first time around. I was like, "Wait Blackbeard pillaged Drum Island?" and, "Whoa, Kuma's here?! But this is just the Jaya arc."
@@da_pikmin_coder8367 fair, I don't remember Kuma having a single line in the Jaya arc, he just showed up alongside doffy (and they do a goofy walk in the anime, that being the *only* reason I remember him being there)
I’m watching it again with a friend. All the moments that I love, “Luffy, help me”, “I want to live”, “No one was born in this world to be alone”, “Nothing happened”, Laboon, Merry, all those moments hit just as hard if not harder. This is my third time watching them, and I’m a mess like Franky crying. That’s the beauty of One Piece. This story about a rubber man who wants to become the Pirate King when it does end it will be one of the greatest stories ever told.
Edit: If you’re not into it by the end of Arlong Park it’s probably not for you. That’s already 30 episodes, 10 hours. That’s a lot of time. Find other things you like
Genuinely don’t understand why anyone would skip thriller bark. It’s a fun arc!
Very long
One of the underrated arcs that has a lot going on under the hood is Whiskey Peak. It's a Lynchian masterpiece IMO. It contains so much symbology. So many odd surreal scenes packed into a single arc. The anime adaptation feels so much different, and I think it's because they didn't pick up on the inspiration. Twin Peaks. An unassuming town with a dark hidden secret. Pay close attention to the the use of negative space used to create a surreal atmosphere. The reveal of the cactus hills still gives me chills when I think about it. Hundreds of thousands of corpses buried all over the island in plain sight, from the moment we arrive. So good.
@@nathandaniels20 Thanks for the unsupported opinion. In the bin it goes.
@@derrickmiles5240tf
Whiskey peak is probably my favorite part of the alabasta saga, it does feel very lynchian and esoteric.
I think part of the joy of one piece is not only seeing how oda has evolved as a writer but the character development within each arc is subtle and gives us the characters we know today
(Spoiler Alert)
I just finished watching Thrilled Bark and quite enjoyed it. Somewhere in between I searched the internet to see what other people thought about the arc. And felt weird because they said Thriller Bark wasn't good and some even skipped the arc because nothing happens in the arc. Now I am finished watching and scratching my head because nothing happened they said. Oda name dropped Wano country and Kaido in the arc and gave Zoro his new sward then we got the conformation of Black Beard becoming the 7th warlord, got the news of Ace getting captured a new crewmate Brook was introduced and on top of it Brook was the surviving member of those pirates who left behind Laboon (the whale) in the door of grand line. Yes that very Laboon we saw when Luffy entered grand line, so he connected Thriller Bark with east blue then Kuma appeared and showed his Power and strength, learned about Dr Vegapunk and a beautiful episode of Zoro showing his faith to Luffy and showing his determination, And had the emotional back story of Brook ( the song), then introduced Vivre Card and doing so connected Thriller Bark with Alabasta. Yes surely nothing happened in the Thriller Bark and of course its a solo story not connected to anything else.
A lot of people who recommend skipping it skipped it themselves. So they don't judge the importance of the arc by the content within it, because they don't know what that is. They instead judge it by how confused they are in later arcs.
Yeah that's pretty much a conversation I had a friend of mine about One Piece.
He was worried about the long pace, that he can't watch or read 1000 episodes, that he was told to skip the first 200 episodes or stuff like that. Then I just told him "Oh, then better if you don't watch it then".
Like yeah, you'll be left out of the conversation, but I rather you not be a fan of One Piece, than just marathon it and just end up hating it.
Jujutsu Kaisen didn't catch my attention, there is a lot of people talking about it, but I'm not going to power through something I might not like just to talk to others about it.
Fax
i watched JJK so i can talk to girls who fangirl over it
Honestly man you are a hero to those of us who like to enjoy a damn good story instead of consuming one just to be part of the crowd. One Piece, like any show ever, should be watched at a pace uninfluenced by other people and that is strictly most comfortable for you. Don't watch something because you want to be "in", try to enjoy it!
Literally never leave comments on here, but great job, this was a great video and deserves millions of views fr
Thank you!
I think it's so stupid when people watch One Piece with the mindset of getting through it as fast as possible. What's the point of watching a show if you aren't gonna take your time and enjoy it?
Exactly. I could have, if I wanted, made this video about giving reasons why every arc is important. I know enough about the series that I could give for every arc an example of a character that shows up again, or an event that is foreshadowed, or something that explains another thing. But I thought to myself "wait, it's not like Oda wrote Water Seven to explain how Franky joins the crew and explain why Rob Lucci is in a later arc. Oda wrote Water Seven because it's a f**king awesome story, and he wanted to tell it."
@@da_pikmin_coder8367 Yes, omg exactly
A big reason why I'll never skip even though I'm only halfway through is because if I listened to people saying to skip Long Ring Long Land or Thriller Bark, I would've missed out on two of my favorite arcs so far. A big part of One Piece's mass appeal is the sheer amount of themes and worlds it plays with, there is literally something there for almost everyone.
LRLL was ass
@@berni5641 Nah it's peak
@@user-ln6xg9ju8l its peak if you keep it going in during the night and wake up with it finished.
some of my favourite moments in onepiece are when the crew are messing around. skypiea and thriller bark are some of my favourite arcs
I've been watching One Piece since late Oct/ early Nov last year and decided to only skip filler arcs so far, currently in the middle of Punk Hazard and none of the arcs so far felt worth skipping at all.
Honestly even most of Robin's filler feels neccesary to show why she adores the crew over her prior life with people like crocodile.
I think I was in Punk Hazard like 3 months ago..
Update: started Wano the other day
I knew a guy who said he hated One Piece, that he got to marineford, and that it was a "dbz knockoff." Obviously that was insane and he admitted he only "half" watched it cuz his friends were watching it in the same room as him. But I eventually convinced him to try it again (he's liked every other show I recommended to him so I could not let the one piece slander slide) and then the next time he saw me he was like "so... this is the greatest show I've ever seen..." Damn right.
Bro I caught up in 2 months. One of the most enjoyable things I’ve ever watched. After avoiding it for years haha
I'm currently watching through One Piece for the first time and I just finished Skypeia which I almost skipped due to some people online saying it wasn't worth the watch. I'm so glad I didn't skip it, it's easily my favorite arc so far. Even if it doesn't have much relevance to the wider story, I feel that it was at least important for character development. Chopper gets his first big solo W in a fight after feeling like he wasn't as capable as the other strawhats, Robin gets her first full arc to build a bond with the crew and explore her character more. I also felt Noland's backstory was really enjoyable. And to top it all off Enel was a dope ass antagonist that got me excited to see what kind of powers the villains in the next arcs are going to have.
The length of one piece is its biggest strength and weakness. So many people are turned off from the great story because they see how long it is and especially with the anime, if an arc doesn’t sit well it can be a HUGE drag. I felt this way with thriller bark and Fishman island where I wasn't watching to because I was enamored with the story but because I felt I had to. At its best the length is like watching a child grow up to achieve greatness but at its worst it can feel like watchin/reading an infomercial where you only read because you can't move on without it.
Its hard for me to believe that skypeia and thriller bark are skipped so often because the vibes/atmosphere those two have are immaculate
Skypeia is such a grand ol' adventure, and the genre of spooky zombies is always welcome in my books.
Shorty after 1071, I started my one piece journey. And now I am almost caught up with me on episode 1052. I have been enjoying all of it. I’ve been reading the manga alongside the anime. I even watched all the ova’s and movies. With all the arcs people say to skip or find boring, don’t see. I enjoyed every arc, even the fillers. I used to watch 10-15 episode per day, but now I only watch 5 per day. Watching one piece has been the best decision of my life.
When watching One Piece I don't recommend to skip any arcs but rather I recommend to take your time.
I started watching One Piece anime the week before the live action came out and I'm only at Water 7 currently and have loved taking my time
@@theminecommanders8013glad to hear it. I don’t like the idea of people binging the series just to get caught up to get into the conversation. Just take your time and you will enjoy it.
It's really weird to me that people go into a show thinking about skipping sections of it? Like the enjoyment of getting into a series is mainly experiencing it, isn't it? Why would you take it like a chore and optimize every second of it? Not enjoy your time with the characters and the world? Reading or watching something for the first time and learning everything about that universe is a very unique feeling and with one piece specially... I just think people who skip parts to "catch up" just want to feel included in the conversation, get the validation of other fans, idk. such a weird thing to me
First time I’ve ever heard of One Pace. It’s like a speedrun tactic.
That's kind of how it started 😅 their earliest edits of Fishman Island and Punk Hazard are rough, just kinda being "this arc but faster". But their edits from 2017 and onward, especially 2020 and onward, are really much more than shaved down shots. Not only does the editing these days feel more natural than even the original show, but through many different combined efforts, it is much more 1:1 with the manga.
I’m currently in the Dressrosa arc, and I’m loving the series. I hadn’t watched One Piece before because they have a lot of episodes, and instead, I was watching Bleach and Naruto. Still, once I finished those animes, I decided to give One Piece a try, and now I see why the anime is good. It has good humor and a message that appeals to most audiences.
Thriller Bark is such a great arc, it's a shame nothing happened
I disagree, most of the series is filler, all you really need to see is Long Ring Long Land
Based take
I started watching OP for 2 main reasons. ‘The one piece is real’ and gear 5. But overtime it became less about working towards those moments (which were still my main motivation for the show) but more of learning about the world and its history (which is Oda’s main goal with OP).
Skypeia and thriller bark are my all time favourite arcs, fight me, to anyone wanting to skim through the show, don’t. Every episode counts.
I became a massive fan of One piece in the last year specifically because my friend told me One pace existed and it was such a fun experience I’m rewatching it all in English now! If the amount of episodes scare you one pace is a great way to go through the story and all of it is amazing
as a man who watch all of naruto twice, one piece basically has no fillers
Just watch Oda make Long Ring Long Land super relevant 30 chapters from now. He is definitely capable of doing that.
great video man i have friends that tried to get into and stopped at around water 7 and they said they didnt like the beginning and stopped watching it and it makes sense now that you have explained it
respect for using the tekking thumbnail at 10:47
most people that are trying to catch up on one piece dont realise, that once you catch one all you feel is depression. Its so agonizing having to wait every week for a episode especially if its a recap epiosde or has a break. I wish i could just forget the whole story so i could just watch it from the begining
I believe alot of new consumers are told about aspects of One Piece, and not the whole package.
If One Piece was a food, I’d say it was a big, hearty stew that’s simmered for hours. I’d do the meal a disservice if I’d recommend it to my friend like: «You like red meat? Dude, you’re going to love the meat in this.» Little do I know that the friend hates carrots, and is allergic to nutmeg.
One Piece is massive, and thus it uses so many different things. Us older fans should therefore be more responsible when recommending the show, and not hype up qualities a new consumer will take ages into the story to experience.
Someone who heard about the awesome fights, and didn’t expect the long lore-dumps will be bored. Someone who heard about the deep, emotional character drama is caught off-guard by all the gags and fan-service. They’re sitting there, waiting for the show to «get good», unaware that that they are seeing important reasons why the show is good.
«What’s the point of LRLL and Foxy?» A splash of something sweet to counter-act the spice. You want something spicier, this may not be for you.
A fun fact about LRLL is that the dub actors *loved it* . The commentaries show them talking about how much fun it was to voice the arc. Colleen Clinkenbeard in particular found it a relief after having to yell for so many episodes.
@@da_pikmin_coder8367 You can tell even the writing and animation team is popping off. Prolonging the arc with filler was not an afterthought, they really worked hard on these bits. Some of the best comedy gags of the anime happens here, and it’s not even canon.
Shame so many people hate it, as it’s a sure win on paper and execution: the Strawhats playing goofy games, playing off of their comedic flaws. Nami’s cuttroat attitude being highlighted by the announcer, Sanji winning and losing by the power of simp, Zoro getting lost on a straight path (a favorite), and a cartoon villain with a cunning scheme and severe depression.
I liked it.
@@ysteinschiefloekanestrm7652me too! Plus it’s a nice break from what’s to come (minus G8 arc which is a masterpiece)
The only thing about dbz is you miss out on og Gokus character. They really simplified goku at the end of the saiyan saga and especially the namek saga is when gokus character goes downhill. People starting at z think goku and dragon ball is super macho frowny face yell louder and punch harder and it used to be so much more :(
it is really interesting seeing different opinions like your friends, because i started one piece last July. and i loved every second of it. currently on fishman island, AND ITS GOOD!
My reason for never skipping arcs is a simple yet obvious one, and that's that the more time you spend with these characters the more you'll enjoy the show/manga. In a show centered around its cast, about people chasing their dreams and the lengths they'll go to reach them, and the beauty of how those dreams can bring people together, of course you're not gonna care about Robin's "I want to live" if you didn't care about Nami's "Help me" hundreds of episodes ago, or even worse, skipped it entirely. There's no point to any of it if you don't have any feelings attached to the crew, in my opinion at least.
Skiping to the time-skip is not like skippign to DBZ but more like skipping to DBGT. The only part people should skip is Long Ring Long Land Arc, except the last episode.
I regret so much of my entire life decisions because what i did when i started one piece, i literally skimmed through like 8 arcs because i wanted to catch up, now I’m at wano, and after i was in wano i started slowing down, then i completely realised that just by wano alone that i regret not watching and enjoying the all arcs that i skimmed through, at that time, when my friends recommended me one piece, i was sceptical, but nevertheless i still watched it, it’s just so heart breaking that i could of not regretted so much if it wasn’t for my thirst to catch up, but I’m now determined to catch up from start, i better start watching now :p
bro, so true. people be watching one piece with the "netflix mentality" now. when I started one piece I didn't even have internet, had to download 3-5 episodes in the weekend in a internet café, and watch at home with my little brother. soon enough after I switched to manga only halfway throught dressrosa, I was caugh up and reading the new chapters in the manga (back then luffy vs katakuri in the mirror world was just beginning )
I caught up to OP with One Pace and the only arc i missed was Reverie...but I made sure I rewatched it.
I started watching One Piece a couple months ago and I’m currently on the Water 7 arc. So far I’ve watched every episode without skipping any of them. Even though there were a couple of arcs I didn’t enjoy as much, for me being the Long Ring Long Island and Skypiea Arcs. I didn’t think they were bad and I’m glad I’ve made the commitment to watch every episode, even if it’s filler. My mindset is if I’m going to get into a new series then I might as well watch everything the anime has to offer. I may still have a long way to go before I get caught up, but I’m in no rush. I’m gonna take my time and continue to watch every episode the show has to offer. And I’m honestly happy I’ve made that decision. I already can’t wait to see what else the anime has to offer as I continue my long journey to the current arc.
Nothing happened in thriller bark and it's a must watch scene
COME ON GUYS YOU HAVE 4 LITERAL YEARS LEFT TILL THE FINALE YOU CAN FINISH IT BEFORE THEN TRUST ME
i can imagine that people go into one piece with the mindset that it is a typical shonen battle story, when its mostly about adventure, finding your place in a corrupt world and history.
yes one piece has fights and they are flashy and cool, but isn't it mostly about why they fight? what leads them to rebel and to fight for your friends or those who were kind to you.
i would never have the patience to go through such a long manga/anime if i wouldn't enjoy it. and i would never shame people for just admiting its not for them.
This was a really good video. I agree it’s wild how much more I enjoyed the series once I stopped looking at episodes “good” and “bad” arcs where the “bad” arcs I just rushed through wanting to catch up. I’m about to start punk hazard (I also switched to manga fully now) and I’m enjoying one piece I even got my first physical copy of volume 1 and I just couldn’t stop going page to page. I’m going to buy volume 2 and maybe if I’m still enjoying it this much I may consider restarting. Big maybe tho. Before if I was bored I would skim through watch a review or switch to manga and speed read it. Now I just sit back and enjoy every second I wil sometimes analyze a panel for minutes at a time just because I don’t care about catching up at this point I just am having fun watching/ reading one piece.
Sorry that was really disorganized and made little sense it made more sense in my head.
Came into this as someone who was pushed into One Piece hard expecting to see the Long Island arc as the most important or something. Came away appreciative of my viewing experience. I loved one Piece probably right when I met Sanji and struggled a bit with Alabasta, cried like an absolute baby with Brook and now I'm at Impel Down and literally cannot stop watching. I'm engrossed in the story, invested in the growth of the characters and now avoiding spoilers more than any media I've ever watched. I thank the people who got me into One Piece often and they thank who got them into and so on. Legit best Anime I've ever watched.
I read the basically
the entirety of thriller bark in my science class
in one sitting
My wife and I started watching in November, and we're up to episode 1035. We watch up to a dozen episodes a night. For one reason, we're loving it. We only skipped 9 episodes in total. All during the Davy Back and that's because we hated the Antagonist.
It gets better as it goes on through the culmination of greatness, exactly
Starting the time skip without reading the previous parts is absurd
As I watch this, it's been a year since I started One Piece. My brother caught up in a month or two, and has been saying "Hurry up! It's not that hard to catch up fast!" But honestly, I'm glad I've been taking my time now, because the start of Fishman Island is already SO HYPE, and I can't wait to see what the rest of this masterpiece has in store. And also skipping Thriller Bark is a stupid idea, it was great, and I have no respect for haters of that arc.
I love TB it was halloween time when I got up to it and its just fun! Oda said “I like the nightmare before Christmas” and created this spooky b-movie arc! The aesthetics are off the chart all those crazy zombies give me return of the living dead vibes. I feel like the reason people hate moria is because of his look and character, but I think it’s cool that we have an anime vampire that isn’t a complete edgelord mary-sue type character (btw If he was in soul eater the same people who hate him would love him). Overall I feel that TB is just is a part to one piece’s iconic fun goofy charm.
My friends are really into one piece, they got me to watch it, I don't want to skip filler, I want to enjoy the series in it's entirety, even if that takes me 1.5+ years.
I'll maintain, "nothing hapnned" in thriller bark... Still important tho :P
It introduced Brook, Kuma, the concept of Pacifistas, and heavily foreshadowed smaller plot points in Marineford and Wano and major plot points in Egghead
I made it to episode 1000 and I’d started watching in December with a 2 month break in between
Well done! Commenting for the alg :) best of luck!
Finally caught up last week after starting it about 7-8 months ago, and you are totally right. One Piece was always a show I told myself I'd never watch because it was too long, or too goofy etc. But after giving Live action a chance I was totally hooked on the characters and the world and wanted more. So I started the anime watching 1 or 2 episodes a day aiming mainly just to cover east blue to see the differences. After I finished that my friend who was a fan told me I should watch alabasta so I did. And I grew to love it more. I learned that just enjoying the ride no matter how long it takes was the real way to catch up, its what Luffy would do (He's had shortcuts to getting informationon the one piece a few times now and he's turned it down). I will admit for arcs luke Dressrosa although I really liked the story the pacing did get pretty bad so I went from watching about 10 episodes a day to 1 or 2 until things started picking up again, but I was still enjoying watching the show. And now that I'm caught up I look back at early one piece with nostalgia even though I never grew up with it. Going through the whole journey allowed me to experience emotions that I don't usually get with any other show, like how I cried uncontrollably when the Merry died. Went on for a while now. Just want to say its been an amazing ride watching One Piece and its amazing to be caught up on both the anime and manga now to experience all the really exciting story drops with everyone else.
I’m recovering from surgery and always wanted to watch One Piece. I finally bit the bullet on Jan 9th 2024 and as of today I’m on Punk Hazard…and what a journey so far
Starting Naruto at Shippuden is not comparable to skipping to Z, you’re basically skipping the entire story
I’m so glad I decided to pick it back up. I only ever got as far as Syrup Village when it first came out and next thing I knew we were over 1000 eps in. I’m watching them all now. I’m loving so much of it and even what I don’t love I watch through (Punk Hazard seemed never ending). I am having so much fun with this show I really regret nothing.
I really like this video, I remember talking with someone who said they didn't like One Piece despite watching it up to Wano, before mentioning he skipped a number of arcs and it is likely a similar case as with your friend, they forced themselves to continue when they really should have stopped much earlier.
There are definitely pacing issues, no doubt about it, with a lot of padding added, and while I don't fully agree with the way One Pace handles things, I feel they can over correct and get rid of scenes added in the anime that help what is illustrated originally in the manga, I do very much agree with the notion of *taking your time* instead of trying to rush to get to where we are now
I think if I were to recommend watching/reading One Piece to someone now, first things first is watching the first episode (and reading chapter 1-2), if that at least piques their interest, next target would be to finish Arlong Park. If they didn't like it, then it isn't their cup of tea and thank you for trying it out. If they did like it? A new nakama joins us!
I thought to myself “hmm I’ll skip the arcs I don’t wanna learn much about and already know most of it” and I ended up skipping none of them
Thank you for the advice I’ve been forcing myself to watch dressrosa bcs I want to catch up and I’m burnt out of one piece def taking a break for a bit
“Skypea is not important” it only hinted at observation haki and luffy being a LITERAL GOD
Here in my country (Brazil) Netflix is dubbing and releasing OP in Arcs, almost every month a new arc drops, it feels much better to watch this way for met at least, going arc by arc feels like i have a little time to breathe
They are releasing marineford in april and their plan is dressrosa by the end of the year
What made me like one piece was that one chuchu scene where his masters shop was burned down. I understood then what this story is about. Its about treasure. What treasure means to a person and what a person treasures. it wasn't the best moment but it sums up one piece and what it's about.
I skipped on Long Ring Long Land cuz I already knew the basic story thanks to years of spoilers and I really wanted to get to Water 7 to see that in person, and still kinda of regret doing so. Kind of.
Currently on Episode 909 in Wano now.
One Piece fans suffers from bipolar disorders. They complained about how little attentions were given to the Straw Hats in post-timeskip and misses the old banters/smaller moments between them yet they will tell others to skip arcs that are chalk full of those banters and smaller moments. They want more Straw Hats character and relationship developments but actively avoiding arcs that are solely focused on those.
Thriller bark is legit one of my favorite arcs in ALL of one piece. You can’t skip
Thriller Bark is a good arc. It touches controversial topics like rape and depression. Brook's past, the best fight of Usopp against Perona, Zoro's sacrifice, Kuma. Yeah it was a good arc
I'm currently going through the Anime for the first time. I started about a month ago and I'm at 445, I've been watching all day, essentially from when I get up, while I work till I go to bed.
Why? Cus I'm loving the series so much that I don't want to stop watching. The only episodes I'm skipping are ones that are 100% filler and while there have been arcs that have been less entertaining I can't say there has been any bad arcs or any arcs that I wish I had skipped.
This series is a long haul, it's overwhelmingly big and long and almost everything should be watched. If you aren't enjoying it watching over 1000 episodes would be torture.
Please… please tell me people don’t actually skip pre timeskip. I can’t even comprehend how you could think that’s a good idea. You’d be so confused, you wouldn’t care about anything because you wouldn’t know any of the characters
I originally stopped watching One Piece right before Skypiea. Now that I’ve rewatched the entire series, Skypiea is definitely my fav arc.
Forever grateful I put myself onto one piece and didn’t like try and get into the one piece circles on social media. Started watching because of my curiosity and never skipped a single episode which only added to my love of this story and universe. Even the filler arcs I’m glad I watched because everyone made me feel like I could understand the crew a lil more
But no not all of OP is important to the actual story. But every piece seemed important to me and my understanding which I love
You know what's easier than watching 1000+ 30 minute episodes? Reading 1111 15 page chapters.
I feel like it’s really sad that so many people will know what the one piece is one day but won’t know why it’s so important or having cried and gotten angry and fell in love or made a life long friend with the people who make up the world of one piece.
I’m currently at the end of Zou and man this is guy is cooking, I’ve been watching since October 2022 and I’ve heard things from “How are you only on zou after a year and a half?” Or “I caught up in 3 months you need to watch faster” like I watch 4 episodes a week I like to keep at my own pace
Yeah, like no matter how fast you catch up, we all just end up waiting for the weekly release anyways. So why rush it?
@@da_pikmin_coder8367 for real my friend who got me into one piece is only on episode 900 after 5 year of watching and the advice he told me was that I should watch at my own and take breaks if I needed to and that’s probably the best advice I’ve heard in a While
I just watch everything because when it’s over, well it’s over and I’ll want to see more, I’d rather watch as much one piece as possible before it’s over
I was the person who binged the entire series in a couple of months, filler included (except for a few episodes leading into the movies). And I loved every friggin' second of it. Couldn't put it down. However, discretion is advised. My path is not a path all should take.
Am already up to date I watched the show ever since high school to me in college am now waiting for new episodes and still enjoy it.
Very nice video with insightful takes!
When Fionna And Cake first came out on Netflix, I was hesitant to watch it as I never watched Adventure Time as a kid, but eventually gave in and just watched it anyway. Needless to say, I loved it enough to binge it all in a single day. Afterwards, I decided to try and watch Adventure Time. I told my friend about it who had also watched Fionna And Cake and he said that he was going to do the same thing.
In about 2 weeks, he finished every single episode and I had barely gotten through the first ten. I asked him if there were any episodes I could skip to, since it was really only the lore I cared about, and he said that I should just be patient and watch the whole show. Thinking about it now, neither of us took into consideration how different both of our tastes in shows are. He assumed that I should appreciate all of Adventure Time just as much as he did, and I tried to think so too. In the end I never even made it to episode 20. It's not that I hated Adventure Time, the show just wasn't my cup of tea. I could see myself turning it on to have something to play in the background while drawing or whatever, but not really a show I can binge on and give my whole un-divided attention to.
This video has also made me think about how my other friend consumes media. She's a huge fan of dragon ball, and when she told me that she hadn't even watched the original series I was shocked. I thought in order to be a true fan of something you would have to watch every episode of it. It's why when getting into one piece, I didn't skip any of the filler. I don't really regret doing that since I still enjoyed most of the filler, but after watching this video I've reflected more on my friends watching habits and how this isn't the first time she's been a huge fan of something without even watching much of it. sort of reminds me of those memes of someone wearing a band t-shirt and then getting asked to name the entire band's discography. you don't need to know everything about a show in order to be a "true" fan or whatever, you just need to enjoy it.
sorry this comment got so long, but thanks for making this video! i really enjoyed it :-)
It's funny, I'm actually trying to catch up on Adventure Time myself! I'm on around Season 6 right now. I watched it all the time as a kid. I was never sure to have watched the latest episode, it aired around the same time as my family dinner. So I always had to wait for re-runs. So what's funny is that every single episode I was watching up until around Season 5 Episode 20, I already vaguely remembered. But I love all the episodes. The funny, goofy ones. The calm, serene ones. The cosmic, abstract ones. And ofc the "important/serious" episodes.
As someone who wants to make similar one piece videos, I admire the hell out of you for locking in and producing it. You also make your points succinctly 2:02 and keep the pace going which is the trap that too many newtubers fall for. That being my man, my dude, get a better mic. If you've got 40k views with that submerged Tone Dial you'll explode with a little bit of production value.
Edit: nevermind the new video has better audio. Subbed.
Lmao thank you. I had still been recording on my Android Phone up to that point, as I never really had the spare money or desk space for a studio microphone. But once I hit 500 subs, I decided I needed to have it.
Great video keep it up brother
I didn't get into the series until Water 7 happened.
It was Water 7, the sea train and then Enies Lobby.
Ok what really got me into the series are the mysteries behind everything. That is what drives me forward. I want to know about Laugh Tale, the void century, the world government and it's corruption, Crocodile secret weakness, the Will of D and more.
It is the only reason I have kept going. I am currently on 990 right now and yes I am skipping complete filler arcs though and the movies. Ain't got time for that.
I got my mom to start One Piece more than a year ago, we (she) still haven't (hasn't) caught up. But you know what? She's enjoying it. She offers to watch it over her non-anime shows occasionally. The saying I've always heard was "At least watch through Arlong Park and decide from there" so I told her that, and she picked to continue it. I told her that people recommend skipping all the time, but to never do it. She enjoyed arcs that people said to skip, even filler, and honestly that just goes to show she's someone who would like One Piece regardless of what others say.
The problem I have with one piece, that it’s not boring, but it’s just that the pacing is really bad. This cannot be ignored. Oda and Toei Animation can be a lot more efficient in the stories pace.Idk when Oda is going to wrap up the story, but if he wants to finish it anytime soon, he has to cut some corners here. Not every plot thread needs to be followed up on.
Gotta be honest, yall can hate me, but I never ever got bored of One Piece, and I cant say that there are bad arcs in the series, I even liked Long Ring 💀
Skypiea was so good. It was such a great exploration, a great adventure. Enel was one of the best written villians and there was great moment for sanji, robin, zoro ,luffy and chopper. Zoro was having his own adventures and was clashing with enel's priest and other foe. The survival game was really great, so well written. Great plot. Luffy was so funny in that arc. Its a shame that people really skip that arc.