General & Others Underrated arcs

[Buusatan94]

What story arcs in One Piece story are underrated in your opinion ?

I think that Water Seven arc isn't appreciated enough, it's one of my personnal favorites as a matter of fact, with really cool and original new characters, the beautiful town of Water Seven and the darker and more serious tone of the arc with the Straw Hats' luck and armor being far less present with them facing real problems that they cannot resolve with fists with the Going Merry being too damaged to be repaired, them being hunted down by the citizens of W7 and them having to face real internal tensions and conflicts with Robin and Usopp, something that hasn't really happened ever since. I also liked how seriously the CP9 was taken at the time.

 

[Balen]

Saboady, oda pretty much hyped the supernova and their strength, but some chapters later he introduced kizaru who stomped the supernova then he made kizaru face rayleigh who pretty much stalemated kizaru

 

[Midnight Delight]

Skypiea

 

[RayanOO]

Anime Davy back fight : it is not a supreme arc but it is a lot more enjoyable than some can picture it

 

[Finalbeta]

Skypiea

This one

The Ark Maxim alone was worthy reading the whole arc for how magnificent of a ship

 

[Kurodiamondo]

Skypiea. The adventure, the flashback, the bell are gold

Water 7 is good but i think that's not underrated

 

[Hurley Pirates]

Dressrosa

This video and my love for Doflamingo are why lmao. If you have time please watch. So many underlying themes and messages hidden within the Arc I didn't realize on first read week to week

 

[Luffy is the mc]

Skypiea and Impel Down (I prefer the latter to MF personally).

 

[Poque]

Davy back is very fun when read in one go in the story. I will die on this hill

 

[PirateKingDrew]

I dont think some of you understand what underrated means XD
there is no way Water 7, Sabaody or Impel Down are underrated, they're 3 of the most pouplar arcs in the series next to arlong park, alabasta, enies lobby and marineford

Underrated are arcs like Little Garden which was a great little arc bringing in the giants and Zoro being hilarious and badass during his wax imprisonment wnating a cool death pose and then trying to chop his legs off. Sanji also has his cool moment with restraunt le crap. its a great little underrated arc.
Dressrosa gets a lot of hate just because its long and decides tos et up the grand fleet instead of cosuing on teh straw hat crew, but it has the best villain in the entire series. and some of the ebst flashbacks in the series too.

 

[NeutralWatcher]

Impel Down.

In most arcs, Luffy defeats main villains. His crews defeat side villains.

But not in Impel Down. He had no crew. The only allies that helped Luffy that time was Luffy's former enemies Mr 1, Mr 2, Mr 3, Buggy, Crocodile etc.

I see Luffy's allies at Impel Down as SHv2. Buggy and Mr.3 funny interaction remind me of weak trio. Mr1 and Mr2 rivalry remind me of Zoro and Sanji.

The introduction of Jinbei a unique warlord since most warlords are selfish, Jinbei is honourable. It's also good to see a main villain from previous arc Crocodile helped Luffy.

Unlike past arcs, Luffy ran away from main villain instead of beating the main villain and Magellan is not really a villain. He is just a guy who did his job at Impel Down.

It's refreshing to see when former enemies help the protagonist.

 

[Dr. Spook]

Skypiea

I fucking loved that arc.. the whole mystery the crew tried to solve, the whole exploration thing, the dangerous current you needed to traverse to get there, it felt like a true adventure... And joining the sky island and the sea island maps together to form a skull... that was fucking fantastic.

 

[Formerly Seth]

Skypiea and Impel Down no cap.

 

[Patryipe]

Thriller Bark.

 

[bluefire12]

Punk Hazard
Like the introduction of the under world brokers, Vergo encounters with Sanji, Vergo and Smoker
Even had the supernova alliance meeting
Also liked Monet and Caesar Clown

 

[Finalbeta]

Another underrated arc is Enies Lobby.

Most don't get just how wonderful of a fight Luffy vs Lucci was :D

 

[Natalija]

Punk Hazard and Thriller Bark.

I almost never see these mentioned here, clueless about why.

 

[Formerly Seth]

Punk Hazard and Thriller Bark.

I almost never see these mentioned here, clueless about why.

Well, dunno about Punk Hazard but I don't think Thriller Bark is underrated lol.

 

[Momoheechulkabe9000]

I actually enjoyed the Davy fight back even tough nothing of substance happened. It serves as a nice break after the intensity of Skypea Like a calm before the storm (W7 and EL).

The whole arc is pure comedy gold.

 

[Fiji]

JAYA JAYA JAYA JAYA

Jaya is a masterpiece. One of the best arcs in One Piece imo, I have it in my top 5. It gave us sooooo much greatness.

Luffy/Zoro bar scene.
Luffy vs Bellamy.
Vinsmoke Sanji foreshadowing.
Blackbeard introduction and speech.
Shanks scene.
Whitebeard introduction and conversation with Rockstar.
Gorosei introduction, Sengoku, Tsuru, Doflamingo, Kuma and a Mihawk cameo.
Really cool interactions and character moments for many Straw Hats, including Robin.
Montblanc Cricket (love him) and the story of Noland that ties into his flashback later on really well.
New bounty for Luffy and Zoro... really amazing ending with the Knock Up Stream into Skypiea.

So much more dope stuff too.. all in 19 chapters or 9 episodes (the anime does Jaya beautifully).