Pell surviving at the end of Alabasta unironically makes my ranking of the arc go from a 10/10 to an 8/10
If Pell would have died it could be top 3 arc of OP easily.
Crocodile as villian.His mind game.
The brutal Mr 1 vs King fight.
Mr2(The biggest fucking chad in any manga) his farewwell speech about frinedship
Viiv(I loved her way too much then)I just loved how she stayed there
Robin intro
The comedy was ultra peak then
Ace interaction
Karoo(that duck like creature):The best pet
Omg now i see Alabasta is so fucking dope and awesome.
for me stil 9/10 easily and seeing how this arc helped introudce character which are stil relevant nowdays ill give 9.5