Well maybe I'm an outlier, but to me Marineford was just painful. The anime had gotten too close to the manga so they had to make sure most of the anime scenes were non-canon.
Usually each episode went like this:
Opening.
Recap of previous episode's minor cliffhanger.
Cliffhanger gets solved.
3 second face shots of 10 different characters reacting.
Multiple shots of random marines and pirates killing each other.
Non-canon Buggy gag scene that is only slightly different from the ones that played in the previous 15 episodes.
Luffy hells ACEEEEE
More shots of random marines and pirates killing each other.
Actual manga content (< 2 minutes)
Another 3 second face shots of 10 different characters reacting.
Non-canon Hancock gag scene that is only slightly different from the ones that played in the previous 15 episodes.
Luffy yells ACEEEEE again
A new minor cliffhanger
Episode ends.
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