Aug 12, 2023
One Piece is of the least enjoyable anime shows I have ever watched, or least it ended up being that.
(No story spoilers, only allusions to some events)
OP itself is a quite funny, sometimes pretty emotional, relatively exciting shounen show with a unique and sizable universe, even though the writing lacks oftentimes in terms of consistency in the characters' behavior, unnecessary asspulls, emotional manipulation by the author (e.g. fakeout deaths) and characters devoid of any interesting personality traits (mostly minor antagonists).
My biggest gripe with OP has always been the longer arcs with drawn out battle sequences that last far too long and bear almost
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zero consequences for the whole franchise. It's a really fun adventure story when the characters are allowed to find out stuff about the world, but the author more and more ends up forcing the Straw Hats into long-winded battle-shounen frenzies where they fend off some of the least memorable "bad guys" I had yet to witness in shounen works. I don't think One Piece is a bad story, but it has an abundance of issues with characterizations of important characters (some major antagonists regularly ruin their own "grand plans" just by being stupidly written, there is rarely a good reason for them to self-manipulate the way they are) and is definitely more suited for a very young audience (early teens) but still somewhat enjoyable for people of any age group thanks to its plump humor and gorgeous art style (aside from a lot of women's faces looking the same).
However, aside from the anime's story, Toei Animation's pacing of the latter half of the story so far ruins the entire vibe and sometimes adapts only about one or two handful of manga pages in a full 23 minute episode... The New World arcs are so horribly paced that I could not bear it anymore in Wano, even though this was the arc I was always looking forward to.
Just read the manga if you're interested. If you have however no issues with horrible pacing similar to Dragon Ball Z etc., I guess you'd enjoy this as well..
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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