Questions & Mysteries Why is Wano the most polarised one piece arc

Tai long

Tai long

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some people say that wano is the best one piece arc after marineford and some other people say it is one of the worst one piece arc ever. Is there a reason why people have drastic opinions on the arc.

I think it comes down to 2 main reasons
1. the speed at which they read it- binge or weekly
2. did they read or watch the anime
 
WalnutTax

WalnutTax

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Wano is an arc that benefits from binging. All my friends whom I've introduced OP to had the privilege of reading or watching it after it was completed, and they loved it. One of my guys is just about done; he's got 3 chapters left before Luffy and co. leave the country.

I call it the "Dressrosa effect." Personally, I used to hate that arc after going through the slog of the anime, but then I reread it multiple times and have come to appreciate it. I really think highly of it now.

You could write a long research paper dissecting the highs and lows of Wano. Plenty of people have done something of that sort, and that's fine. At the end of the day, everyone had their own level of expectations, and those who were content with them being met expressed a higher level of gratitude than others.
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OykotsTreasure

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Yeah, I was reading the manga week to week while Wano was happening, and I kind of got sick of it halfway through.

Don't get me wrong, there are definitely highlights to the arc. But, it's just so...long. And there's so many characters that get introduced that I, honestly, just never grew to care about that much. It almost feels like a spin-off manga at times, with how much they focused on the new characters. I just feel like if it was half as long it'd have twice the impact.

And while there are highs, I don't think we can deny that it can be disappointing in a few areas. Zoro didn't get to do as much as some people hoped. Luffy's fight with Kaido kind of fizzled at the end, even though the Gear 5 reveal was great. The Oden flashback just went on and on. Yamato's decision to stay on Wano. The ending of the arc is a little weak. Combine that with a LOT of set up to even get to the Raid, and you can understand why some people don't like it as much.

Even the Gear 5 reaveal, as much as I've warmed up to it, was pretty polarizing at the time. It was basically making Luffy into the "chosen one", which he hadn't been up to that point. Sure, he had plot armor, but he still had to work for those last minute powerups. "God Mode" felt like it invalided some of that hard work. Some people really didn't like it, and I understand why.

I am planning to re-read all of One Piece once it all wraps up, someday. Just to see how much of it really holds together on a re-read, knowing everything that happens. And I'll admit, Wano is really the only arc that I'm kind of dreading re-reading. Just due to it's length.

But, a lot like with Skypiea, it probably will be a arc that ages well. We'll probably look back at Wano and say "Oh...THAT'S why we had to spend so much time fleshing this out". It's already kind of happening, with the sea level reveal. I think Wano will become more liked the more time we get away from it. And the more people are able to just binge it.
 
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Foul Legacy

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Depends what kind of reader you're.
I got two friends , one who started reading recently and currently reading egghead with me. Says Wano is not bad and too good either. But inclines more towards Good.
Other friend who only watches anime. Binge watched it , unaware of all the Agenda's and internet brain washing says wano is the best.
And then there's me who nearly died every week for spoilers , then full summary and then Raws.

I don't like wano at all.
 
Juanpiz

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Foul Legacy said:
Depends what kind of reader you're.
I got two friends , one who started reading recently and currently reading egghead with me. Says Wano is not bad and too good either. But inclines more towards Good.
Other friend who only watches anime. Binge watched it , unaware of all the Agenda's and internet brain washing says wano is the best.
And then there's me who nearly died every week for spoilers , then full summary and then Raws.

I don't like wano at all.
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It had a lot of weird stuff (many side characters, amnesia big mom, yamato, luffy coming by his legendary df...)
 
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Foul Legacy

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Juanpiz said:
It had a lot of weird stuff (many side characters, amnesia big mom, yamato, luffy coming by his legendary df...)
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Exactly and that's the problem with us weekly readers.
- We can't bare dumb things oda do , like luffy and zori forgetting they have AdCoC.
- Bigmam playing dumb
- Side character feels like forced down our throat becauss we consider it waste of panels.
- Imagine waiting for a week , 2 weeks if it's break week and nearly 3 weeks for us because we get spoilers early and hardly care about official release.
Now in 14-18 days each chapter wasted on these things anyone is bound to be frustrated.
 
Juanpiz

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Foul Legacy said:
Exactly and that's the problem with us weekly readers.
- We can't bare dumb things oda do , like luffy and zori forgetting they have AdCoC.
- Bigmam playing dumb
- Side character feels like forced down our throat becauss we consider it waste of panels.
- Imagine waiting for a week , 2 weeks if it's break week and nearly 3 weeks for us because we get spoilers early and hardly care about official release.
Now in 14-18 days each chapter wasted on these things anyone is bound to be frustrated.
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Although kid and luffy in the prison was quiete funny
 
Rekien

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The pace is fucking trash for us who read it weekly, thats why, otherwise its a decent arc. Didnt live up to the hype though wich also made people mad.

WCI had the same problem but its not polarizing because all of us agree it was complete utter garbage.
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Water1415

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for me it had to do with how long the straw hats were separated fir and when they came back they were turned into background characters for the scabbards a group of characters who struggled placing top 50 in popularity polls, in fact Kinemon ranked 98 and Momo didn't even crack top 100

The emotional core of the story failed from the get go
 
Djordje

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Because there are 2 types of readers . Those who only read for powerscaling and those who read it for actual story .

First ones got wet seeing 2 yonkos fighting so they praise it to the heavens , while other ones realise Kaido is failure as arc villain , Big Mom got terrible treatment too, nothing big happening for Zoro in a arc that was screaming it was his arc to shine, so they consider it average like it is in reality.
 
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Herrera95

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Tai long said:
some people say that wano is the best one piece arc after marineford and some other people say it is one of the worst one piece arc ever. Is there a reason why people have drastic opinions on the arc.

I think it comes down to 2 main reasons
1. the speed at which they read it- binge or weekly
2. did they read or watch the anime
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This is the most stupid reasons to say something is bad or good. And by you giving that reason I can already say that you are the troop that loved to the death this shit arc.

Reading it weekly or in a row doesn't change the history. The only complain that drops off is the pacing since you can read everything together (although you still struggle since it is too much useless panels) all the rest maintains which are the fake deaths, forced tension, meaningless runnings, forced power creeps etc.

About anime/manga... I'd say if you watch the anime you just tortured yourself since the pace there is 10x worst and those fucking stupid DBS auras are just ridiculous although they had some cool scenes like finalle of Zoro vs King and Sanji vs Queen.
 
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