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Everyone has heard “the manga is better”, and regardless if that’s true or not for most series… I strongly stand by it for Yu-Gi-Oh

So many of the things people meme on about the anime simply do not exist, or are significantly less prominent. Everything is a vast improvement from the story, art and pacing. It’s not focused on trying to sell you a children’s card game – even after that had became a thing with the anime’s introduction. The manga is just so much more about the story and atmosphere that, if you like Yu-Gi-Oh or manga, I’d highly recommend giving this one a read.

Honestly, ... my only gripe is that the editing on some (a lot) of text bubbles partially overlap with the art and said bubbles with text and new boxes that it seems very amateurish in even the official translation. It makes me wish we could get a new version of these issues being fixed, but that seems remarkably unlikely.

It touches most of the important stuff, with some relatively minor exceptions. It carries almost the same weight, at the very least, and takes roughly 3 hour less than the watching the series (this is a rough guess, by the way).

Considering One Piece's fan edit has yet to touch up this arc, if you are rewatching - and I emphasize REWATCHING - it's at least a "75%" decent way to re-experience this arc.

In terms of the "Episode Of ..." series, it's perhaps the best without telling an alternate reality version (see Episode of Chopper for an alternate take on arcs). but in terms of ... a full One Piece experience, you're better off reading the manga or watching the unedited cut of the anime.