General & Others How Many Arcs Post Timeskip Are Better than Thriller Bark?
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Thriller Bark is way more fun then anything since the timeskip Imo. Relatively fun adventure and vibe, good crew fight with oars, and the way it all ties together with Moria revealing that his entire crew got killed, motivating him to start TB was great. And that isn´t even going into the Brook backstory, which I think is nice
Imo, the only arc from the timeskip that could stack up is Zou
Imo, the only arc from the timeskip that could stack up is Zou
Its good for what it is, definitely top 5 pre time skip arcs but I think most arcs post time skip have better stories and characters in them which is why for me at least I prefer post over pre because I think the arcs have better story lines and the side cast while sometimes over abundant are usually more flushed out and better written
None of them. Thriller Bark's focus on the Straw Hats is the type of stuff I initially got hooked on this series for. And it excelled in that. WCI and Egghead are doing some pretty nice things for me, though.
I think it's got some interesting things going on. Lots of hype moments as well. However, apart from all the rushed/dropped threads, it commits the biggest sin for me: it fell emotionally flat in its climax. Unless you really felt for the Scabbards or something lol. It will age a bit better than its current reception, but moreso for its ambition and scope rather than what makes a good OP arc.
I think it's got some interesting things going on. Lots of hype moments as well. However, apart from all the rushed/dropped threads, it commits the biggest sin for me: it fell emotionally flat in its climax. Unless you really felt for the Scabbards or something lol. It will age a bit better than its current reception, but moreso for its ambition and scope rather than what makes a good OP arc.
Completely agree, there is a lot of fantastic stuff in post TS arcs, I could write a small list for each post TS on what they do incredibly well, but Thriller Bark was magnificent and way too overhated, misunderstood, underappreciated and slandered. I'll defend it fiercely to the end and even beyond that too, as I always have. Thriller Bark my absolute goat of an arc. Same with Skypeia, Alabasta, Arlong Park, Baratie, Water 7 Enies Lobby, Impel Down etc. (I've been too hard on Water 7 and Enies lately I think, I do really love those arcs earnestly.)
WCI and Egghead do have magnificient elements and storylines within them, the anime definitely helped to enhance them immensely too. I'll never forget the amazing stuff Toei did for Sanji during WCI too, some really epic, flashly stuff but also some really heartfelt, thought provoking stuff too.
Even as much as I hate Wano, Punk Hazard, Fishman Island especially, I can still write some very strong compliments about all of them, especially Wano in the bucketloads easily. I am immensely enjoying Elbaph too tbf, even though it's not what I wanted from it in some ways but in some other ways it is what I wanted and hope for too.
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Completely agree. This was one of my biggest issues with Wano and Dressrosa too. They helped tomake both arcs a massive slog, I was exhausted after 2 years of Dressrosa but Wano had to make it double that and both arcs were very emotionally exhausting too with all the despair and tyranny, both arcs had some extremely brutal flashbacks and scenes of violence and death, I understand why and I appreciate it somewhat but at the same time, it was exhausting to see constantly and get bogged down by.
I wanna agree too, I think its biggest issue more than anything is the length of it especially. I think I wouldn't be so negative on it if it wasn't so overwhelmingly long and dragged out, especially Act 2 with the Udon shit. But I know a lot of it in the overall arc was "necessary" I guess, although I feel Oda could have done a lot better. Raizo vs Fuku for 27 chapters on and off was absolutely unhinged too.
There's a lot to love about Wano, as well as hate about it, its a real divisive, controversial arc but I do feel there's a lot of understated beauty in that arc like certain other arcs. It was much easier to be more negative of it when it was the current arc and the weekly waits for chapters and all the scheduled breaks and any unexpected ones too.
I think in time I might be a lot less negative over post TS generally, as I slowly am becoming, there are things which will always piss me off and disappoint me, but I still enjoy One Piece and a lot of post TS content for all my complaining about it.
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People said when it ended that well look back in some years and think it's better than it was iirc, but it's been over three years and that's still not the case.
I see things for what they are and not for what I want them to be.. Wano could have been amazing but Oda screwed the pooch hard on it. Too many unresolved plot lines and missed opportunities.
WCI and Egghead had very fun starts but dropped hard in quality when the Hunger Pangs and Gorosei introductions happened. Oda always tries too hard to make the stakes high and he always does it in the wrong way.
I see things for what they are and not for what I want them to be.. Wano could have been amazing but Oda screwed the pooch hard on it. Too many unresolved plot lines and missed opportunities.
WCI and Egghead had very fun starts but dropped hard in quality when the Hunger Pangs and Gorosei introductions happened. Oda always tries too hard to make the stakes high and he always does it in the wrong way.
