Skypiea is good, but man does it start slow. Could have shaved off 20 chapters and it'd have been much better. Takes forever to get good.
Enel is a pretty good villain, at least he's terrifying, and Luffy's counter is so obvious in hindsight. Wiper and Gan Fall are good foils for one another...
Jaya favorite parts per chapter:
Nice smaller arc, good setup and a few cool introductions. Not a whole lot to say about it. It's always longer than I remember when I do my rereads.
Alabasta is long lol :catsweat:
Like I said before, Alabasta really feels hopeless so much of the time. Any time it gives you hope it is immediately squashed, in a totally believable way. Even then, the ending turning out good is also completely believable. Crocodile is an amazing villain...
Nifty part on the metal part of his horn, especially since real life reindeer regrow their antlers every year. I wonder if it is because the hito hito no mi thoroughly changed chopper beyond his transformations? Or oda just not knowing that fact?
My favorite parts of each chapter in Drum Island:
Its a good arc, though the villain in the story is underwhelming. We do see first glimpses of ace, blackbeard pirates and the reverie, all big things. Chopper is likeable, dalton and kureha are pretty good.
But I hate hiriluk so much. And love...
Theres funny moments in the zoro vs luffy fight, but its such a stupid and out of character moment for luffy.
I never really like Mr. 3 until this reread. He's really good here, though i feel like he got taken out a bit abruptly in the end.
@Ichimonji come on slacker :dogkek:
Favorite parts in Little Garden:
Mr. 3 presents one of the few actual threatening moments so far in the series, where its believable that he'll succeed.
Dorry and Broggy are fun, the lead up to Alabasta is good. Actually seeing crocodile is great. The...
Doing each of the three arcs separately
Loguetown favorite parts:
Short, nice arc with both callbacks and foreshadowing. Sets the stage for the grand line well.
Finished reading Arlong Park, here's my favorite moment from each chapter:
This arc is so good man. Arlong is still portrayed as a bit cartoony with how simplistic he is in his mindset, but he's definitively the best villain in East Blue, I'm not counting Smoker since I don't count him as a...
Updated the thread, with links to start of discussions per part, ordering future discussions and link to the different people's first post. If you want your own linked, let me know
Baratie Arc favorite parts in each chapter:
Overall thoughts:
The best arc so far, and did not feel dragged out like some of the others even though its longer than any before it. Sanji's backstory and relationships are even deeper and more emotional than what we know of other crew members so...
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