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I binged like 130 episodes in the last 3 days.

It's a really good series, not going to lie.

i heard that none of its really filler apart from some filler seasons but theres so much padding that each episode is a drag or something

Kloe_Rinz posted...

i heard that none of its really filler apart from some filler seasons but theres so much padding that each episode is a drag or something

The pacing for the first 400 or so episodes is stellar. There were some filler arcs but some of them were genuinely very good and creative.

But at that point the anime caught right up to the manga and they made the curious decision to just never have filler arcs anymore. And then they decided the way to deal with this was to have a single episode of the anime be exactly one chapter of manga, sometimes less.

So there are genuinely times in the anime in the most recent couple hundred episodes where you will see the same scene take place for 20 or more episodes. I know because I counted a particular fight scene, it went on for nearly 30 episodes. And there's lots of intense staring and gasping that goes on for an entire minute when it should be less than 3 seconds.

Couple that with the fact that some episodes don't actually start until the 6 minute mark and you have not a lot of substance per episode. It's impossible to watch on a weekly basis imo.

Anyway its an amazing show but the pacing is fucking dire lately. The animation in the latest arc is unbelievable though. They're whipping out movie-quality animation for a weekly shonen show, its wild.

pinky0926 posted...

The pacing for the first 400 or so episodes is stellar. There were some filler arcs but some of them were genuinely very good and creative.

But at that point the anime caught right up to the manga and they made the curious decision to just never have filler arcs anymore. And then they decided the way to deal with this was to have a single episode of the anime be exactly one chapter of manga, sometimes less.

So there are genuinely times in the anime in the most recent couple hundred episodes where you will see the same scene take place for 20 or more episodes. I know because I counted a particular fight scene, it went on for nearly 30 episodes. And there's lots of intense staring and gasping that goes on for an entire minute when it should be less than 3 seconds.

Couple that with the fact that some episodes don't actually start until the 6 minute mark and you have not a lot of substance per episode. It's impossible to watch on a weekly basis imo.

Anyway its an amazing show but the pacing is fucking dire lately. The animation in the latest arc is unbelievable though. They're whipping out movie-quality animation for a weekly shonen show, its wild.

The anime got nearly cancelled in Enies Lobby due to the filler and pacing. The Japanese public much prefers this over filler arcs

Akagami_Shanks posted...

The anime got nearly cancelled in Enies Lobby due to the filler and pacing. The Japanese public much prefers this over filler arcs

Seems a shame, because the G-8 arc was really good and watching Luffy fight bellamy for 30 episodes was not

Akagami_Shanks posted...

The Japanese public much prefers this over filler arcs

It's crazy to me. On the one hand, it does add more gravitas to certain moments and gives more time for huge events to build and pay off.

On the other hand, it's really hard to newer watchers to get in on it because it feels like it takes forever for anything important to happen.

Gobstoppers12 posted...

It's crazy to me. On the one hand, it does add more gravitas to certain moments and gives more time for huge events to build and pay off.

On the other hand, it's really hard to newer watchers to get in on it because it feels like it takes forever for anything important to happen.

So exactly like the manga then! Lol

swear the OP manga most of the arc is just Oda building up to the thing he says absolutely must not happen, then it happens, and we spend several chapters ending on basically the same situation as the previous chapter, but with a few more lines of dialogue

Switch over to One Pace when you feel the pacing is starting to drag. I recently started watching it from Punk Hazard onwards and it's an absolute godsend.

I was starting to straight up hate One Piece because everything that annoyed me like the characters with annoying speech patterns and the same few jokes being repeated ad nauseum just got a ton more screentime due to padding. Now I only have to sit through one instance of Usopp or Sanji being awful every few episodes.

TheSavageDragon posted...

Switch over to One Pace when you feel the pacing is starting to drag. I recently started watching it from Punk Hazard onwards and it's an absolute godsend.

I was starting to straight up hate One Piece because everything that annoyed me like the characters with annoying speech patterns and the same few jokes being repeated ad nauseum just got a ton more screentime due to padding. Now I only have to sit through one instance of Usopp or Sanji being awful every few episodes.

God Usopp is not that bad. Sanji...well yeah.

neverending story

You should read it instead.

I hope it becomes seasonal after the current arc finishes.

One Piece is like the last holdout for this. Even Boruto isn't year round now.

yeah this is why I prefer to read it, I know the animation is godly but I do not want to sit through filler and padding

dameon_reaper posted...

God Usopp is not that bad.

Nah, he's still awful. Not really spoilers, but I don't want to influence TC's enjoyment of the show so I'm going to spoiler tag this.
I'm currently just past the part you're referencing. The part where he has to learn the same lesson he has to learn each and every single time the focus is on him. When the only character development a character has had in 2 decades needs to be repeated every time the focus is on them, it's time to throw that character in the trash or just have him as background filler.

mario2000 posted...

yeah this is why I prefer to read it, I know the animation is godly but I do not want to sit through filler and padding

Yeah I don't think I could ever watch the anime, the manga itself has so so so so much extra padding and even arcs that feel just like plain filler arcs (Foxy Pirates??)

I am glad I got through it and I enjoy it every week, but when I first picked the manga up several years ago there were a lot of times where it was just an absolute slog to get through. Like every major fight cuts to a flashback at the climax and I just think "Please no, not another 10 chapter flashback about some random character that will never be seen again once Luffy leaves the island."

Thankfully Oda got a lot better with his pacing post time skip, most flashbacks are intertwined much more seamless. If anything he has gone too far the other way w/ this current arc, we are bouncing between massive global events happening w/ major characters all over the world every couple of chapters its tough to remember just what the hell everyone was doing last time we saw them lol

One Pace and similar edits have been a godsend for the current arc

130 in 3 days?

lol I'm only on episode 50 after a couple weeks. East Blue is a slog to get through ngl.

I started it a few years ago, and watch it off and on. I love it.

I finished Dressrosa recently, and took another hiatus.

Akagami_Shanks posted...

The anime got nearly cancelled in Enies Lobby due to the filler and pacing. The Japanese public much prefers this over filler arcs

Just.
Fucking.
Take.
Breaks.

Will_VIII posted...

One Pace and similar edits have been a godsend for the current arc

Why are there older episodes not finished in One Pace. Seems like an odd thing to release the series and missing several episodes >_< I was actually going to go watch One Pace but don't know if I want to if by the time I get to Alabasta, there's a few episodes missing...the best parts in fact.

Hard to recommend One Pace if they're missing huge parts.

Unsuprised_Pika posted...

Just.
Fucking.
Take.
Breaks.

The anime is a glorified commercial. They really have no need to take breaks to improve it.

dameon_reaper posted...

Why are there older episodes not finished in One Pace. Seems like an odd thing to release the series and missing several episodes >_< I was actually going to go watch One Pace but don't know if I want to if by the time I get to Alabasta, there's a few episodes missing...the best parts in fact.

Hard to recommend One Pace if they're missing huge parts.

Considering One Pace edits using manga chapters as a reference, I'd say the parts that are missing are likely filler.

TheSavageDragon posted...

Considering One Pace edits using manga chapters as a reference, I'd say the parts that are missing are likely filler.

Its literally the Crocodile and Luffy fight. Says "unreleased"

i'm on like ep 85 and i started over a year ago. got to like episode 70 and quit for like a year. watched a bit just at work having some down time to get to where i'm at. i'm still really not into it though. i know there's an arc around like 120ish or so that's supposed to be good.

like it's not bad or anything but i really haven't seen the hype for it yet. know the animation doesn't even get good to like episode 800.

creativeme posted...

i'm on like ep 85 and i started over a year ago. got to like episode 70 and quit for like a year. watched a bit just at work having some down time to get to where i'm at. i'm still really not into it though. i know there's an arc around like 120ish or so that's supposed to be good.

like it's not bad or anything but i really haven't seen the hype for it yet. know the animation doesn't even get good to like episode 800.

If you're already at 80, you probably just don't like it. Don't put yourself through it lol

dameon_reaper posted...

Its literally the Crocodile and Luffy fight. Says "unreleased"

Oh yeah, you're right. Judging by their project overview document the person responsible for editing Alabasta is also working on other arcs. Most notably Dressrosa, so it's likely they wanted to finish Dressrosa first as it was in a dire need of an edit. The pacing in Alabasta is perfect when compared to Dressrosa.
It also says the Alabasta arc is in the initial release stages. So it's still being worked on currently.

EDIT: As for your initial question as to why older episodes aren't finished yet... It's because One Pace started as a fan project when the pacing got unbearable in later arcs. They didn't start editing from episode 1, they started somewhere post timeskip IIRC.

The pacing gets unbearable way before the timeskip. I haven't watched the anime but from the clips I've seen the butchering starts by Enies Lobby at the earliest.

TheSavageDragon posted...

Oh yeah, you're right. Judging by their project overview document the person responsible for editing Alabasta is also working on other arcs. Most notably Dressrosa, so it's likely they wanted to finish Dressrosa first as it was in a dire need of an edit. The pacing in Alabasta is perfect when compared to Dressrosa.
It also says the Alabasta arc is in the initial release stages. So it's still being worked on currently.

EDIT: As for your initial question as to why older episodes aren't finished yet... It's because One Pace started as a fan project when the pacing got unbearable in later arcs. They didn't start editing from episode 1, they started somewhere post timeskip IIRC.

That's fair but it does stop me from wanting to watch it again at episode one and see it through. I've seen the series so much and have all the volumes on my shelf but I wanted to see how it looked through One Pace since I heard so many good things about it.

So its stopping me from wanting to watch from the beginning so I want to watch it at the start of Wano...and I realize that there's a lot of Wano not yet released...so blah lol...

I still plan to watch the Wano arc through this, just wish I could get to where I stopped at(which is pretty much the attack on Kaido.

Is there a quick way to be notified on new episodes or should I just check back often?

Also, its weird because I remember One Pace being up around Enis Lobby but it was being streamed on the site. This doesn't give a streaming option unless I'm missing something?

Dressrosa is where the pacing dies..

dameon_reaper posted...

Is there a quick way to be notified on new episodes or should I just check back often?

Their Discord presents an option of being notified whenever a new episode drops upon joining.

dameon_reaper posted...

Also, its weird because I remember One Pace being up around Enis Lobby but it was being streamed on the site. This doesn't give a streaming option unless I'm missing something?

I've never seen a streaming option, but I haven't been watching One Pace long. My guess is they stopped streaming when the project got bigger and bigger because of file hosting issues.

Rharyx211 posted...

130 in 3 days?

lol I'm only on episode 50 after a couple weeks. East Blue is a slog to get through ngl.

Yeah I had days off and I skip the repeated parts each episode

TheSavageDragon posted...

I've never seen a streaming option, but I haven't been watching One Pace long. My guess is they stopped streaming when the project got bigger and bigger because of file hosting issues.

I remember when someone mentioned it and I want to say this was right after Enis Lobby finished and I checked out to see what an episode would look like and it was the beginning of Water 7 and looked pretty okay but I wasn't willing to stop watching simulcasts to wait a loooong time for it so I didn't get into it. I think its the perfect time now since I've actually stopped watching the anime.