#series.op

[cocksuki2]

yea one piece you gotta take breaks in between reading. when i read it i looked up the one piece story arcs, the manga is seperated into 9 sagas total. the first one being the East Blue saga, its 100 chapters and 61 episodes. what i did is read the first two sagas then while im taking a break from the manga i watch the anime and read something else. but i always made sure to stay one saga ahead and just repeated that cycle. some of the later arcs got a big longer so i’d actually end up being like only 1 arc ahead💀but if i got that close I finish the arc im watching then take a break from watching to read ahead and bit then continue. it probably seems like a horrible way to go about it but its what worked for me

no that’s actually a fantastic was of going about it. like it makes sense to stagger so that u can remained focused and so that things don’t feel repetitive!! i might borrow this 😭😭😭

i also did not know one piece was separated into sagas 😭😭

[cocksuki2]

one piece is one of my faves bc of the skypiea arc and the water 7/enies lobby arcs. (no spoilers dw) but these arcs are major turning points in the series as a whole but namely skypiea. this particular arc gets a lot of unnecessary hate and is often skipped but its actually one of the most important arcs in the whole story. the most major foreshadowing in one piece takes place here and when i say major i mean major; its the turning point in the series as well because its when you can visibly see the story turn dark, like it goes downhill from there w one tragedy after another. i feel once you read skypiea, the moment you start reading the current arc wano, you’ll see everything that was set up in the beginning fall into place. “now i see what Oda was trying to tell us back then” yk “now i see the connection”. its the one arc that cannot be skipped, and easily the most important arc beside sabaody/marineford which takes place later on.

water 7/enies lobby will always be my favorite arcs and are probably my favorite arcs out of any anime I’ve ever seen. i wish i could experience them over again just bc of how good they were. throughout the whole series luffy shows that he’ll do anything to save or help his friends. doesnt matter if he has to challenge the government head on, fight the strongest pirate in the world even if he knows he cant beat them with the level of strength he has. my favorite characters are sanji and usopp. sanji bc of his past and bc he’s the only crew member that doesnt fight with a devil fruit nor some kind of weapon which is really interesting to me bc even w/o that he’s still the 3rd strongest crewmate, and it caught my interest when i first read it. His backstory, in my opinion is the second most tragic only behind brooke and they both had my crying. Usopp because i feel that he is probably the most realistic character on the crew in his own way and let me tell you why. usopp gets a lot of hate within the fandom bc he’s a scaredy-cat. his first instinct is to always run when they go up against the stronger pirates and he lies. but i feel that he’s realistic bc not everyone can be brave like luffy and the rest, someone has to be scared. if i was him, based on some of the people they go against, I’d be terrified too. his backstory is very very overlooked & it saddens me bc everyone on luffy’s crew had it rough growing up, and yet no one seems to care abt usopp’s upbringing. i also feel like he knows his strengths and weaknesses well; yea his first reaction is to run away but he ALWAYS pulls through and that’s exactly what i love about him. no matter how scared he is, he will always get the job done but no one gives him credit for that. in one of the later arcs, usopp is the sole reason everyone was even able to survive; hell he was a major role in enies lobby but he never gets the credit he deserves. In my opinion he’s the perfect character. someone that knows he’s not strong like luffy zoro and sanji, scary, wants to be more brave, willing to step up if it means saving his friends, he cares so deeply for his friends and deserves to call himself a strawhat pirate. oh i forgot to mention but i said before that usopp lies A LOT, he’s literally a pathological liar but many of his lies are actually Oda foreshadowing the later arcs which i really really love. Oda really did his work with usopp😭

if you do continue one piece, I recommend the manga first (at least thats what i did but i only read a few arcs at a time then went back and watched it) bc the pacing is overall better and i loved every chapter i laid my eyes on. after typing this im now fighting the urge to rewatch it even though im behind on like 6 other shows rn😭i feel like i could go deeper but then I’d just be spoiling, sorry for ranting this much though!😞

ahhhh don't apologize!!!! this is amazing!!! one piece is one of those shows i love hearing people talk about bc there is so much to it and no one person's opinions are going to be the same. op has so much source material that it makes reading analyses from people who love it SO much fun to read and go through. idk i love your passion. it makes me wanna be passionate about it.

i adore characters who feel real and especially those with bolder personalities. I'd assumed Ussop was a liar just because "uso" means "to lie" in Japanese. so i figured it was a play on words. BUT i didn't know that oda uses him to foreshadow. that's def gonna make reading/watching it for the first time really enjoyable and ill be keeping an eye out for it!!!

i think i'll def be continuing the series though!!! i'm not sure if i want to read or watch it yet. my thing with manga is that i tend to BINGE like 100-160 chapters but i hit a certain point and (no matter the manga) end up dropping it bc i get distracted by something else. like tokyo ghoul is a fANTASTIC manga with strong art, compelling characters, and an incredible story but i read up to like 70 something and ended up forgetting to finish it (i plan to pick it back up in the coming months though). so ill probs just watch the anime bc it's more likely that ill be able to see it through.

i also heard that the op soundtrack is GREAT and i really like animation that flows nicely with the music. so part of me wants to experience it that way first, especially since the anime adaptation is known to be a good one (unlike tokyo ghoul).

[cocksuki2]

ooh i wanna tell you so bad why one piece, tokyo revengers, and Rainbow are my favorite animangas as of rn but i’d end up writing 10 essays on just tokyo revengers alone😭 I absolutely adore these 3 but its so hard to put exactly into words why i love them but its so easy to say in my mind ykwim? i can write about each of my favorite arcs and my favorite characters, the tragedy of each in its entirety

rainbow is the most tragic out of these 3 but its one of my favorites bc i feel like i can relate to some of the characters because of them, having gone through similar experiences. its a tragic story from start to end about 6 boys who meet in a juvenile detention center for crimes they committed. they meet their cellmate who was there before them and he’s basically their big brother who represents their rainbow in the darkness they’ll go through. with him and those 6 boys, together they’ll all represent the rainbow. a great read but if you do plan to read it, look up the trigger warnings bc the nature of the book is very dark and covers dark topics

ahhhhh i absolutely love stories with that concept!!! it seems very character driven and that is my favorite kind of manga to read!!

i also haven't read the tr manga but i watched most of the anime and enjoyed it. i actually can't quite figure out what its about besides the concept of time travel but i would LOVE to hear more of your thoughts on it.

and ofc ive heard so many good things abt one piece. it's one of my housemate's favorite shows and she even got the x from it tattooed on her forearm!!! i actually just finished watching the first episode a few minutes ago. i'd meant to start it earlier but it's just such a commitment yk? that being said, I'm excited to keep watching bc i really love stories with an emphasis on friendship and it seems like luffy's crew rly has that from what I've seen/know!!!