One Piece is probably the last series you could claim is carried by it’s anime lol
Not to say these series are “carried” by them but how many Naruto or Dragonball fans have actually read their manga?
Most of them have only seen the anime because it’s a great viewing experience. The One Piece anime is straight up inferior to the manga for 99% of it
A lot of people drop the anime, pick up the manga, and proceed to blaze through it (because the pacing of the anime is shit)
It’s actually one of the few older mainstream shonen that’s like that. OP’s adaptation has always been the worst among them