luvs Cosmic for being the voice of reason
I don't think anything went wrong with this arc, it has been my favorite out of all of them. So much character development, so much happening, its like this is the climax of One Piece.
I didn't have a problem with the fights, not even Nami vs Califa… yeah, it was fanservice, but meh... It was amusing at least XD I don't need to go into how hot Zoro vs Kaku was.....
Luffy vs Lucci did drag on a bit, but at least it was between whatever was happening with the others, instead of it being a straightforward 3-4 chapter smash-fest....
though I can honestly say that I enjoyed Water 7 a lot more in the beginning, it just... had a really great feeling to it. Those first few chapters/ episodes were really enjoyable, full of humor, badassness and of course, emotions...
I know most people here love the Arlong arc.... I thought it was ok, I only liked the end of it and Zoro and Usopp's fights....
Alabasta was just all around awesome.... Skypiea was not bad, not the best, but I enjoyed the 'classic pirate story feel' it had ^^
@Cap'n:
That's not why I want the damn thing to die. It's a boat that can't sail and Usopp needs to stop attempting to have sex with it.
And yes, Oda is original, but it's not like EVERYTHING HE DOES IS UNPREDICTABLE!! Come on.
Gotta say I agree with you, though I woulda worded it differently XD
And yeah, so what if everything Oda does is not original or unpredictable…? With that argument, there is no more originality in anime/manga anymore. Everything is redone, or inspired by something else. Nothing wrong with that, people >_>
@Mr.:
I've really liked this arc so far, a lot of people don't seem to like the fights, but for the most part I really liked them, and while the Baroque Works fights might've been better, these fights were certainly above average. I really enjoyed the return of Merry, it seemed inevitable that it would come back, although I doubt it'll live past Water 7.
What really annoyed me were these types of discussions:
"I want Sanji to get a fight, he needs to do SOMETHING this arc."
and then:
"No! Not Jyabura, that makes Usopp lose all character development this arc!"
And then someone will say Usopp needs to get a fight, and what would've happened if Usopp had blown up a couple Buster Call ships. People'd complain about that. Make up your minds guys.
yeah, my thoughts exactly, lol I am sick of seeing people whine about everything… in every manga discussion so far.... and over trivial things... >_>