#i have been sick so i'm catching up on the episodes and tbh i... don't know what i expected

[beanghostprincess]

when did you start watching the anime (also how/why)

and how many episodes do you watch per day to go that fast??? (im asking because im genuinely impressed)

It's a funny story, I think-

Basically, I was hanging out months ago (like, the start of this year?? End of last year?? I think??) with my brother and his friend at his friend's house and they were like "Oh! What if we watch One Piece? The first episode, cmon, Robin!" and I was like: "Fuck, no. Shit's too long. Not watching all that. I'm sure it's cool and you two love it but I'm sooo not getting into this". But then they wouldn't stop insisting and the show started playing out of nowhere and, like, I just wanted to eat my salad so I guess I just didn't care if they made me watch a few episodes. The salad was really good, btw.

Anyway: I watched the first two episodes and I kind of?? Fell in love?? With everything about it??? Luffy was so charming and early OP is amazingly beautiful in all the ways. I kind of miss the energy, honestly, sometimes. But I loved it. I laughed. And I was like "Oh, okay. This is good. I'm probably not watching the rest because there are a lot of episodes but, like, cool show, guys!"

Spoiler: I did watch the rest.

But I didn't watch more until February. I was on my period and when I'm on my period I get really, really sick and I feel like shit in general. And I wanted to watch something to distract myself from that torture. So I asked my brother where he watched the show in Catalan (here in Spain/Catalonia it's also dubbed in Catalan and let me tell you, it's one of the best dubs I've seen. It's SO good) and I started watching it for real then.

The thing is, I was really, really slow watching the show because I was studying at the time and I could only watch at night sometimes and in between classes or whenever the teacher wasn't in class (or, you know, I just did it without the teachers noticing. The hyperfixation was growing). Besides, I started talking to my brother's friend more and more and more (now he's kind of like my best friend??? What the fuck lmao) and I literally told him every fucking thing that happened so, yeah, I wasn't quick watching the anime at the time. I would've probably caught up by now if it wasn't because I didn't have much time to watch it then.

Then I started Arabasta, and ever since, me and my friend have been watching the show together on Discord (I started watching it in Japanese and subbed, then). We watch the show every single night (except when we're busy, but it doesn't happen often) and we usually watch, like, 6-10 episodes every day. That's the average amount, but we've pulled all-nighters before when we've watched like 20 episodes during the night (we watched Marineford like that and we kind of did that too with WCI).

I think I don't go THAT fast tbh I could watch more every day if it wasn't because I watch the show with him only because it's sort of an 'us' thing. Now I'm on episode 1015, so I guess I'll catch up with the anime soon! Then I'll catch up with the manga and then I'll cry because I'll have to wait for episodes/chapters every week. What a torture.

TL;DR: I started watching in February, because my friend and my brother told me to and I fell in love with the show, and I watch 6-10 episodes every day unless I'm busy or I pull an all-nighter.

Fun fact: I watched the Baratie arc exactly on Sanji's birthday this year. I think he was truly meant to be my favorite character.

Oh, and the only reason I wasn't online commenting on my experience watching it before is because I physically stopped myself from looking for content because I didn't want to get spoiled. When I got to post-time skip, I created this side blog!! So, if you want a lil bit of a timeline: Started watching in February, got to post-timeskip in September when I created this blog (so 516 episodes in kind of half a year) and now I'm on episode 1015 (so 499 episodes in three months). I think it's pretty obvious that I'm not studying anymore and I'm just working 20 hours a week, huh.

[cowboyruckus]

pokes my head in here to say that i am deeply unhappy with what roswell has done with my boy this season. 

[patchofsunlight]

the parade a shorter one and we didn't march uphill at all😭 but what happened was my little cousins were over that day and we had been doing stuff all morning so we were rushing to get me to school on time so i'd catch the band bus, and when we were like 1 or 2 songs into the parade i was like "huh i don't feel so great😃🤔" and i thought i was just dehydrated so i drank some water and felt better for a little bit and then i was winded again so i told my teacher and he was like "are you ok 👁👄👁" and i was like "not really😅" so for the rest of the parade i walked in the back with one of the parents and helped give people water, and then after we were on the grass next to the parking lot waiting for the bus and i remember there weren't that many water bottles so my friend ran and got one for me😭 and i was laying on the ground and i also remember people were mad and arguing about something but i don't remember what it was😭😭 and then we had to go get on the bus but i was complaining about getting up and someone was like "did you want me to carry you" and i was like "definitely not you can carry my trumpet though" and then we got on the bus and this one kids shirt was super sweaty so he had it hanging out the window😭 and then we got back to the school and they were giving us chips and i was like "wait what did i eat today😳" and then i told my band teacher and he told me not to do it again and now my friends always ask if i have snacks before we go on band trips😭😭

and i am a twin! i don't have any other siblings for reference but we're not incredibly close or anything, so for me i think it's like the same as a regular sibling except we can convince people we can read each other's mind sometimes, and teachers will like me more because either they just think it's cool that im a twin or they like me better because i'm a better student than him😭😭

i'm glad your graduation went well ! and i hope your entrance exams go well too! i'm crossing my fingers that i only have these 2 projects and then minor stuff until january😭😭 but i'm good! me and my friends were having a conversation about how we met and all that and one of them i met when i was crying in the bathroom(also a marching band thing😭) and me and a different one were talking about how we've known each other since middle school and literally didn't talk at all till this year because me and him are both shy😭

but are you liking lok so far? i watched it in august and i really liked it

but how are you? what'd you do today? -🍓

strawberry eye- omg that sounds so stressful. i’m so glad you are okay and that nothing bad happened!!! and YES THANK GOD YOUR FRIENDS NOW MAKE SURE YOU HAVE SNACKS BECAUSE FKEKXJEK YOU COULDVE GOTTEN SICK!!!! YOU COULDVE PASSED OUT!!!!! ugh yes your friends and your band teacher are great i’m glad they take care of you like that!!! but you take care of yourself too 😡😡😡 eat properly bro

LMAO FNEJXKE that sounds great tho. i don’t think i would’ve known how to deal with having a twin i feel like we’d hate each other 😔😔😔 PFFFT

yes so do i!!! i really hope everything works out otherwise i’ll like. cry. good luck with your projects tho!!! i’m sure you can do them and i’m proud of you already for how hard your worked this year!!! bro conversations like that ALWAYS MAKE ME CRY LMAOO just..... thinking about the past.... and how sometimes we meet people and don’t even imagine how important they’re gonna be in our lives..... makes me tear up i’m a sensitive idiot

yes!!! i only watched like season 1 and one episode of season 2 but i really enjoy it. who’s your favorite character??

i’m okay!!! tbh i woke up like...... less than an hour ago. i woke up at 8 then i did some stuff then i immediately fell asleep again bc i went to sleep at 4 last night LMAOOO yea 🥰 this is stressful bc i’m actually a morning person but i ALWAYS go to sleep really late bc i’m just vibing then i check and it’s 3am??? what?? what happened???? it’s terrible. but i plan on just hanging out. watching lok. writing a bit, i hope. and maybe studying a bit too.

wbu?? how are you???