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Spoilers for Manga !!

>!I think its same to assume Imu and Luffy is one of the two people!<

but Oda is also referring to 2 other people's as well , which 2 could that be?

Bleach vs One Piece vs JJK .

all female characters are included , not just ones shown .

We are still not balanced though , give BBP 6-7 buffs or something

True- Goda foreskinning🥺🤞

They already assumed he is dead

He is angry at gaban who just saved him , deserved slander and Imu beating ngl . He needs this.

Obviously not just bleach but in general ESPECIALLY for Anime's lately , its been like either you rate it 10 (Hardcore fans) or rate it 1 or 2 (Haters/Review bombers from other series) , casual Fans dont even rate it (imo) . This ep is a good example , it was great but ~9.9 is crazy even if the score would settle at somewhere lower.

People take them way too seriously too.

*Gojo and Loki have same VA , i also think the design is similar with blindfold purplish theme.

Cover-spreads just cause . (I love OP coverspreads)

NO THIS IS NOT AI , IT TOOK ME SOME-TIME BUT I DIDNT USED AI

I know people like to say One Piece fell off after timeskip a lot , but it feels like they are just blinded by nostalgia to me or often time its just used by fans/haters from other anime to downplay One Piece as a whole .

Lets go saga vs saga (Not perfect but still , obviously these are subjective but i will try to be go with mainstream opinion)

This is obviously gonna be for manga , anime may differ slightly (due to pacing)

Fishman island vs Alabasta (Alabasta)-

Though it is Alabasta , its close than most people think . Fishman island had it reputation ruined by Toei so much , even keeping the pacing aside the Sanji gags was made so extreme it made the whole arc weird.

Otohime and Fisher-tiger are legit well written characters in One Piece , the depiction of racism was way better than i expected , Fisher-Tiger refusing to take blood from humans was done so damn WELL, it wasnt because he hated humans but cause he just couldnt accept it due to his past trauma. Hody jones as a villain is underwhelming but even he got his moment , he hates/ is racist to humans just cause . Fisher Tiger and Koala was done well too. Also Joyboy and Poseidon were introduced.

BEST STRAWHATS MOMENTS-

• Luffy using CoC's haki
• Jinbe giving blood to Luffy
• Nami forgiving Jinbe

If it wasnt for Drum-Island , Fish-man island could have legit been the better one here.

Dressrosa vs Skypiea (Dressrosa)-

Dressrosa has Doffy Probably the best villain in one piece , Law's backstory was done well and overall the character arc was good , there are also good STRAWHATS MOMENTS . I also liked seeing the Revolutionary army working

BEST STRAWHAT MOMENTS-

• Senior Pink vs Franky (Overglazed but still)
• Usopp using observation haki/God Usopp
• Gear 4 (my fav Luffy's transformation)
• Zoro vs Pica

Now onto skypiea , Enel is a good villain icl but not on the level of doffy , the kalagara flashback were pretty good , but i didnt liked the whole luffy got stuck in snake thing or the priests (they were kinda unwhelming) , the island characters were also not a standout , but it has Blackbeard's introduction which imo is one of the best villain introduction so its close but Dressrossa still takes it overall.

Whole Cake Island vs Water 7 (Water 7 but its way way close)

Enies lobby and Water 7 were just peak so i dont think anyone would disagree with this one , but Whole Cake Island deserves its flowers (Imo its the best post timeskip arc)

Katakuri vs Luffy was peak fight , Pedro's sacrifice was done well , I also think Vinsmoke family and specially reiju's character arc was done well. I dont even need to go on more about Sanji and Pudding .

BEST STRAWHAT MOMENTS FROM THIS ARC-

• Sanji (Standout ofc) - the whole arc basically
• Luffy waiting in the rain - this is probably my favourite luffy moment from One Piece
• Brook standing up to Big Mom- It was so good man , when he revealed he stole the poneglyphs it was so funny😭
• Jinbe Leaving the Big Mom pirates - The Life and death scene
• Nami- Stealing Zeus from Big mom and the whole sanji confrontation thing

Overall a very solid saga , if we include zou too in this saga i think it might just genuinely beat Water 7 - Enies lobby but thats probably a stretch so i will give this one to Water 7/Enies Lobby .

Wano vs Thriller bark (Wano)-
I dont know if this is controversial or a hot take since Wano is super hated on reddit but i cant lie it beats Thriller bark pretty easily .

Lets start with Wano -
Oden flashbacks were good ,The whole Roger , Wb crews were done so well , Roger- He Laughed is a top 10 one piece moment . Kaido as a villain wasgood and is better than Moria , nobody likes moria he sucks ass. (jk jk)
This saga also contains the the Reverei , and Imu reveal , warlord system is abolished and formation of Cross-Guild , though it contains Bum-Bull (FraudBull).

BEST STRAWHAT MOMENTS -

• Sanji asking Robin for help - Robin vs Black maria is the best robin fight .
• Sanji destroying the Raidship - a very underrated moment imo , he chooses his humanity over power.
• Nami vs Ulti - Nami saying Luffy is the one who will become King of the pirates was such a good moment
• Chopper- obviously he is a doctor so he will do his job (please dont give me the whole oh he dont know Haki BS , He is a doctor), anyways he cures Queen's Ice Oni virus, saving both allies and enemies. and also chopper calling queen out was there.
• Runs over Big Mom - Self explanatory 😂
• Luffy running past Big Mom/Kaido (Ep 1015) - I know this is a manga only discussion but i feel like 1015 is just that good to be included.
• Zoro scarring Kaido

Only standout things from Thriller bark is Strawhat crew vs Oars (That fight was peak) , Laboon thing and the comedy (Top tier arc in that regard fs) but Wano beats it pretty easily.

Egghead vs Sabaody (Egghead)
This is probably the most controversial take of this list but lemme explain myself and why i think Egghead is overall a better arc than Sabaody.

Egghead is probably the only arc where I get the complaints of Strawhats not doing much only few standout moments from this arc (which are not every impressive) are but there is a valid reason for it , the arc as whole is a transition arc , there are multiple events happening (even outside the island) that are shown , the main focus of arc are the 5 elders and the whole Bonney-Kuma thing

This arc is just stacked , we have Garp vs Kuzan (Rescue of koby) , Shanks vs Kid (Useless Midd got 1-shotted lmao) and Black-Beard vs Law these 3 alone are just pure Hype moments . Kingdom of lulusia is destroyed and the 5 elders are revealed (Peak design btw)

I really liked how Wizaru was handeled in this arc , we can see him being mentally nerfed througout the arc , Sentomaru and Vegapunk were done okay-ish though .

I really liked how Bonnie transforms into gear 5 , She stands up for herself and that Punch was so satisfying (Kuma's punch too)

BEST STRAWHAT MOMENTS -

• Luffy grabbing Kizaru and Saturn
• Sanji kicking Kizaru's laser
• Zoro and Sanji clashing with one of the 5 elder
• Usopp and Nami Protecting Robin
• Franky One-shotting Vice-admiral and Punching a gorosei

Elbaf vs Marineford (Marineford but elbaf can surpass it)

SPOILER ALERT FOR RECENT OP CHAPTERS!!!

I dont think this needs to be explained much , I would die on the hill that Marineford is the most enjoyable shounen arc , this saga also included Impel down and Amazon lily which only boosts this legendary arc more.

That being said lets talk about Elbaf and why i think it might possibly surpass Marineford

God-Valley flashback , one of the main reason - Rocks is a top character , Dragon was handeled pretty well imo , we learned about his past (His and Garp moment is underrated) legit the most sane person on the island though . Harald is the best king in one piece , his end was tragic but his hopes and wish for a peacefull elbaf were shown well . Ida is an actual good mother , and I loved how Loki was handelled (Him burning the village who made fun of Ida)

Loki overall is done well , HE is obviously not the Yamato of this arc (That might just be luffy lol) - I like his Dragon form too , personally dont think he will be joining strawhats but we'll see.

Loki vs Imu fights was very good , obviously there is complaints of panelling issues but i feel like it improved a lot during the fights.

Another overlooked aspect here is the children kidnapping plot-line , Chapter -1174 was the climax of emotional moment of Elbaf i think , it was handeled well (Strongest thing in the world - referring to Mothers obviously , no its not Loki)

IT ALSO HAS WAGNIR 🐿️😭🔥

Another Huge W for this arc are the character designs whether it is Rocks Pirates , Loki , Ragnir or Holy Knights (Gunko's design is so damn good)

BEST STRAWHAT MOMENTS (1179+)-

• Saul and Robins reunion
• Brook's flashback - personally not a big fan of this (especially flashback placement) but was lore important and Gunko-Brook was handeled alright
• Sanji CoC Reveal- Am so hyped for this man , Gaban saying become King if you want Luffy to become Pirate king was
• Usopp's speech to Imu -(He used observation haki again?) - disappointing for usopp but have faith i guess.
• Franky getting a new Powerup - i was hoping for this in egghead but alright.
• Jinbe Stopping Imu's attack - Not that impressive but felt worth mentioning

Imu-
He is the final villain so i felt like talking about him seperately , overall he has been pretty good . The design is good (kinda starting to grow on me) Just in recent chapter Imu saying- "You are not joyboy" was 🔥 , even though people were making fun of him a lot for taking a punch from base luffy and yapping a lot , i really like him . Infact i would prefer a villain like this as the final villain ,someone who has a personality , its quite possible that Imu and Joyboy were friends in the past (Curious to know who is dozan and what happened between them) . Still too early to say but been good so far.

Overall a very solid arc, still its in middle of its climax - if the ending sticked - it might just beat Marineford who knows💤

Conclusion and Final Thought:-
I am really frustuated and annoyed when all people complain about is how bad Post-timeskip is while glazing Pre-timeskip , imo its fine if you dont like One-Piece but saying only half of it is good while disregading the other half is stupid. I have never seen most normal-casual fans say Pre-timeskip is better .
Also i dont know where the whole - Strawhats dont get enough moments gimmick started from? So i tried my best to showcase them specifically , it felt like just a blatant accusation to downplay OP with no evidence or whatesover.

Anime also plays a huge role probably , the pacing consistently got worse in Post-timeskip and that may very well be the case for hate it gets , Nostalgia does play a huge role- Long ring rong arc does suck , it would be clowned upon if released today , Skypiea and Thriller arc are weak arcs but Pre-timeskip better cause Agenda.

Also it is also the case of the story as a whole shifitng(which is not necessarily a bad thing)-
Early pre-timeskip is undoubtely more focused on charactrrs whereas Post-timeskip is more about the overall world (especially wano onwards) , Obviously Pre-timeskip introduced us to most of the strawhats each with their own unique character arc , which may have given people the whole - Strawhat's dont get their moments thing gimmick.

Anyways if you have read upto this point - Thank you very much , these were my personal thoughts, feel free to share yours. Also sorry if i yapped for too long.