Can we have a nostalgia thread about One Piece from back when it was good? Naruto and Bleach get them, so I think it's only fair we get one too. Everything before Dressrosa is permitted, although you probably want to avoid anything past the timeskip, since that's when most people agree it goes to shit.
Favorite character? Favorite arc? Favorite moment?
PS: Apologists of modern One Piece not allowed
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>Favorite character?
Zoro
>Favorite arc?
Enies Lobby barely edges it out, but it's a tough competition. Alabasta, Skypiea, Impel Down and Marineford all deserve mentions. Arlong Park was very good too and a good first burst. And Thriller Bark was fun too.
>Favorite moment?
Bellamy getting knocked out in one punch is the one that comes to mind
>PS: Apologists of modern One Piece not allowed
just call them cocksuckers, they know who they are
I was a pretty ardent Chopper guy
>Bellamy getting knocked out in one punch is the one that comes to mind
Based. Also in that very arc, Blackbeard telling Luffy dreams never die, or the big reveal of him being Blackbeard and those weirdos from Jaya being his crew, or Whitebeard's introduction, or Kuma and DoFlamingo's introduction. That was all like within 10 chapters. Jaya was so fucking good.
I don't see the appeal in Enies Lobby, to be honest
It was the precursor of everything that would later turn OP into the garbage it is now
Just fight fight fight, powerlevels, power-ups, etc
I consider Water 7 and Enies Lobby the same arc, since they're essentially halves of each other. Water 7 had the perfect set-up, drama and tension building, and the proper Enies Lobby stuff was the pay-off to all of that, with great fights and a great conclusion.
>verything before Dressrosa is permitted, although you probably want to avoid anything past the timeskip
It's commonly considered the worst arc, but I continue to believe Fishman Island has the best flashback in the series, even if the arc is really lacking in other departments.
>Favorite character?
Out of the main ones, Usopp hands down. He has the best fights and the best character arc (in W7). Funny thing is, I hated the shit out of him early on, but he really grew on me. OP is like that sometimes. Bon Clay in general probably though, he basically is One Piece in a nutshell.
>Favorite arc?
The war arc as a whole (Sabaody-Marineford). I was honenstly tired of the crew at this point, it's been 500 chapters after all, so having a team composed of former antagonists and some new additions was great. Also, they hype levels were at maximum and so were the feels. Out of the standard arcs, Alabasta probably. Its main flashback can't rival the best ones in the series, but that aside its the best Oda ever pulled off his formula, all of the crewmembers get to shine, the character that's suppsed to connect us to the conflict is well developed, and there are some hints and set ups for the bigger picture that do not overtake the plot; it has some flaws though, Pell's undeath being the biggest one.
>Favorite moment?
It's really hard to tell. There are too many ones I love, Brook's flashback, Franky's flashback, Chopper's flashback, Usopp vs. Luffy or Perona, Zoro taking Luffy's pain, Mr. Prince...
EL kinda drags though, it's more than 50 chapters, close to the length of Alabasta and Skypiea, longer than TB, and it's just non-stop fighting aside of the flashback. Doesn't help the fights are the most generic power up feast in the series. CP9 lose all of their competence seen in W7. The emotional pay offs work (Merry's death, Robin's flashback), but it really drowns in all this fightfaggotry.
>Usopp vs. Luffy
Thanks for reminding me of this. Holy shit, was that fight tremendous. And the anime surprisingly did it justice, too.