Summary
- One Piece anime can be long and slow, leading to fans skipping to the exciting parts.
- The anime covers less than one chapter per episode, making it feel dragged out.
- Skipping canon material in One Piece may lead to missing out on crucial details and emotional moments.
When trying to get someone new into One Piece, there’s no hiding the fact that the series is incredibly long. Although it isn’t the longest show to ever exist, with slower pacing and long plot lines, at times it can feel like a bit of a chore to get through. This leads many prospective fans to ask an important question: if the show is so long, why do you even bother to watch it?
Of course, many fans of the series are quick to answer and explain the intricate world-building and large-scale emotional moments are something that makes One Piece special. Sadly, while this is a great description and a huge benefit of watching the series, sometimes it leads new fans to simply skip the slower parts of the series and only watch the highlights. This has led many fans to discuss whether doing something like this is healthy for the One Piece community or not.
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The One Piece Anime Is Long And Slow At Times
This Can Make It Fairly Tempting To Skip To The Good Parts
As it currently stands, the One Piece anime, when comparing the same point in the story, has more episodes than the manga has chapters. While most series tend to cut down, animating multiple chapters per episode, one live actually only covers less than a chapter on average per episode. For example, Episode 1125 of the One Piece anime only covers a portion of Chapter 1091 of the manga.
It ain't up to us whether we live or die, fearing death is the fastest way to lose. Just live while ya can, even if it kills ya! - Blackbeard
This large gap between the two sources of One Piece is one of the reasons why it seems many fans are choosing to bypass the anime of the series entirely. Between things like One Pace, a guide that cuts out some of the unnecessary parts, or more and more fans choosing to read the manga, it seems like public opinion on the anime’s length is lower now than ever before. Of course, it makes sense that new fans of the series who don’t want to watch 1,125 episodes of a series are now looking for alternate methods to see just the good parts of One Piece, skipping directly to arcs like Marineford and Enies Lobby.
A Fan Of One Piece Questions Why Someone Would Skip The Slow Parts
Many Others Agree That This Hurts The Overall Story
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One Piece Current Anime Episode In Egghead |
Episode 1125 |
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One Piece Current Manga Chapter In Elbaf |
Chapter 1145 |
In a post by ThomasTiltTrain on Reddit, the newer One Piece fan expresses disbelief at how fans are able to skip large portions of canon material, like Amazon Lily and Thriller Bark, and still watch the rest of the series. Additionally, this Redditor introduces the idea that some fans simply want to catch up to the modern age of the One Piece story to be there for the new releases and massive events that are currently happening, rather than actually enjoying the story as a whole. Overall, it seems a large number of fans in the One Piece community agree, with many fans sharing similar sentiments in the discussion below.
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“This dude I know tried to argue Naruto…was better written than One Piece,” comments one fan, “He literally had only watched Enis lobby and Marineford because he read they were the best arcs.” Other fan posts seem to agree, claiming that numerous fans who are coming into the community, yet are skipping One Piece arcs are ruining aspects of One Piece discussions with inaccurate contributions. Overall, many of these users accuse these new fans of wanting to bandwagon onto the new trend of One Piece, without putting in the actual time to enjoy the series.
Anime Watchers Are Allowed To Enjoy How They Want To
But They Definitely Aren't Getting The Same Experience As Those Who Watch Everything
However, at the same time, for some, the pace of the anime makes it nearly unwatchable. While this leads many fans to switch over to the manga, some simply prefer watching over reading. Due to this, some fans who skip canon arcs just want to see how the amazing story of One Piece goes overall without needing to read the source material.
Don't start a fight if you can't end it. - Sanji
Though viewers are allowed to enjoy the story however they choose, skipping portions of canon material hurts One Piece more than it would many other stories. With such an intricate world, full of amazing little details, although some of these moments are boring, they help the big emotional climaxes even better. In the end, reading the manga is also always an option for those who want to experience this amazing story at a faster rate, and is arguably better than the One Piece anime in many ways, including pacing and art.
- Release Date
- October 20, 1999
- Network
- Fuji TV
- Directors
- Hiroaki Miyamoto, Konosuke Uda, Junji Shimizu, Satoshi Itō, Munehisa Sakai, Katsumi Tokoro, Yutaka Nakajima, Yoshihiro Ueda, Kenichi Takeshita, Yoko Ikeda, Ryota Nakamura, Hiroyuki Kakudou, Takahiro Imamura, Toshihiro Maeya, Yûji Endô, Nozomu Shishido, Hidehiko Kadota, Sumio Watanabe, Harume Kosaka, Yasuhiro Tanabe, Yukihiko Nakao, Keisuke Onishi, Junichi Fujise, Hiroyuki Satou
Cast
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Mayumi TanakaMonkey D. Luffy (voice) -
Kazuya NakaiRoronoa Zoro (voice)
WHERE TO WATCH
- Writers
- Jin Tanaka, Akiko Inoue, Junki Takegami, Shinzo Fujita, Shouji Yonemura, Yoshiyuki Suga, Atsuhiro Tomioka, Hirohiko Uesaka, Michiru Shimada, Isao Murayama, Takuya Masumoto, Yoichi Takahashi, Momoka Toyoda
- Franchise(s)
- One Piece
- Creator(s)
- Eiichiro Oda
