I've got someone i want to get into One Piece but the prospect of watching 200+ eps to catch up with me is less than appealing, so where would you say is a great place to start, it's gotta showcase their skills and can't have any long drawn out arcs just there, they gotta get itno it before they're bored and excited to death altenatively, i was thinking Davy Back arc?
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The arlong arc is usually where people get hooked.. like a friend of mine who just stopped at episode 10. I told him it only gets good at around 40 so I'm gonna have to force him to watch it through til Arlong
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Yeah, Arlong Park is probably a good place. I wouldn't go to someplace 200 episodes down the line, because 1) some spoileres there about who joins the crew and 2) Don't give him the impression that it takes 200 episodes to get good. :)
I know a lot of people think the series sounds too long to deal with…I know I did, but just like I told my boyfriend who balked at the 200 + episodes at first, the more you watch, the shorter the series gets, because you go through it so fast (and now he sees what I mean). :)Still, even stating at AP causes you to lose some fun plot surprises. I still think it's best to start from the beginning, even if the first few episodes aren't the best. You never know, I warned some people about the first eps not being the best, but then they turned out to love every minute of them anyway.
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they acknowledge that the story is probably good but ap is too early, infact anything pre-arabasta is too early, if not for the fact that they'll never catch up to me on 236 or wherever Gerusama is but also the fact that Arabasta drags on wayyyyyyy to much and i'd be likely to lose em at that arc.
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I got my friend into One Piece by watching every ep KF has so far with him. I didn't feel like doing it again, so to get my other friend into One Piece I just burned episodes 1-50 for him and then he watched the rest at my house. So you could take the burning route, I guess.
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well, i think you should star with the baratie arc, it's very cool, short and is what made me into one piece. then if he still doesn't like it, you can always pull the hammer by showing him the arlong arc
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arlong arc is a good place. then if u just want to show battles. mr1 vs zoro, crocidlie luffy part 1, luffy crocidlie part 3. also show namis and choppers past. thatd be good places to start. or have have him start from vol.1
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I think the best would be if your friend trusts you on how great the series is and starts watching it from the beginning and gives it chance until the end of the Arlong arc.
Starting somewhere in the middle might be good as you can get your friend hooked to a special event, but if your friend really gets hooked and wants to see more One Piece then in the end he/she is going to be spoiled.
I speak of personal experience. You can't imagine what I would give if I would have watched One Piece the way how Oda gave it to us. So just tell your friend to trust your word and watch the first 45 episodes. That's what I think it's best.
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Arlong arc is a good place to start for some people, but personally, I'd go for the episode of Luffy's flashback. It's early enough, and that's what made me fall in love with OP. XD
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Why not start him with the anime at Arlong (I started at the end of Baratie, and was well hooked by the middle of Arlong), and make the manga available for "fill-in". It reads faster than it watches.
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Oh, I forgot about Baratie. Yeah, start there. Zoro v. Mihawk! :D What do you mean he won't catch up? My boyfriend caught up to me with One Piece in a few weeks, and anothe friend of mine caught up almost as fast with me SENDING her the discs through the mail. Don't shortchange the story. It deserves to be seen in full. They're either going to like the story at that point and want to keep watching, or else they won't and it won't matter what point you start them on. If they get to Alabasta and they think it's too long, then skip ahead, but they need to see the basic framework of the story that's laid out in the earlier episodes. It's a story - do you tell someone to start reading a book halfway through?
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I've heard the series starts off slow, and I agree somewhat. (I've read that part in the manga volumes, and Luffy comes off as making really stupid crew decisions, given what he knows, and the encounter with Alvida seems a bit anticlimax). If you've tasted a little of later OP, you know some of the characters and they do seem more complete.
Nami's line early on "I love money! And tangerines!" doesn't make sense until we learn that she lived on a tangerine plantation later, for example.
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Yeah the beginning episodes aren't all that special, just like any other run-of-the-mill anime really. You can keep watching but there isn't much incentive or anything. I think this is a big stepping stone for a lot of people to take. I just kept watching cuz I found it somewhat amusing.. and then the Arlong arc came along. What was this? Not just a lovedy-dovedy group but Nami betrays them? And after two key moments - Luffy reassuring Nami as nakama and the cool march on Arlong Park - I was like "what the hell is this?" and I couldn't stop watching. And then by the time Alabasta came around I was a goner :D.
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Arlong Park is a good place to start. But you should really watch from ep 1. Some animes do take some time to get that hook in your skin.
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After watching the first 4 episodes, I was hooked on the series. I suggest starting at episode one, because that would be the good thing to do. Catching up, knowing Characters abilities and other whatnot. I got my friend into One piece after showing him the Buggy Arc, and He loved it. He's getting a vast majority of the episodes now..I feel so proud.
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i think you should tell you freind very simply one piece is excilent but it starts off slow so just sit back and enjoy but dont judge whether or not you like it untill after the arlong arc. then start from episode 1 and let your friend be the judge as to wether or not the alabasta arc is slow and they can alwaysskip the fillers. anyway its best to start from the beging i say then to spoil it for your freind when they do get hooked. and remember not everyone is going to love one piece
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i'm very grateful to you all for all of your help but your fandom of the series is coming across as ignorance, i know how great the story is as you all do, but i know my friends better than you all do, if it's a case of spoiling this or that was never an issue as i failed to mention it in my first post, i just need something recent enough to not be too far behind where i am, something that showcases all the skills and something that showcases the brilliance of the story, while i get what you're all saying regarding he should go back to the start or start so near the beginning if it was that simple i would've started him at the beginning, he's in his late 20's and work's full time with a baby about to pop-up so it's not like he'll have the opportunity to sit down and rapid watch episode, i implore you to actually just help with my problem, as i said the prospect of 200 episodes right now is a huge turn-off.
to give some insight into this, he's currently watching bleach, naruto, basilisk, trinity blood and monster, and has fallen behind on all but bleach, every week we discuss him catching up with monster, he's like 20 episodes behind but even at the prospect of 20 episodes he really can't motivate himself/find time to watch em.
now that being the case trying to get him to start a new series knowing he's so far behind just isn't going to work, so i need to make sure he's got the final straight in sight and the Don Krieg Arc along with Arlong and pretty much anything else pre-Arabasta just won't cut it, while i think he'd prefer life post-Skypeia alot more, theirs absolutely nothing action packed enough with storyline to showcase the story the way it deserves to be showcased.
Oh and he's watched Movie 3 as well which he quite enjoyed :)
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Originally posted by sabret00the@Jul 26 2005, 10:22 AM
i'm very grateful to you all for all of your help but your fandom of the series is coming across as ignorance,…
[snapback]96804[/snapback]I'm sorry to say it but that's a very stupid thing to say. Your seriously need to start thinking before you start posting in the future. Ever wondered that there might be a reason why people sometimes get a bit fired up at your posts or threads?
I don't mean it offensive but I think a little bit self reflexion would help you a lot in the future. ;)
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Originally posted by Ivotas+Jul 26 2005, 01:03 PM–>QUOTE(Ivotas @ Jul 26 2005, 01:03 PM)
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i dont really see why its so important he catches up to the serise in japan right away as long as he enjoys what he is watching and you are carful not to spoil
but anywaythe only arcs after alabasta besides filler are jaya skipiea foxy and water 7.
i definetly wouldnt start him at water 7 i think you have to really know the character and the background of the story for this arc. foxy is fun but doesnt really show the depth teh show can have leaving you with jaya and skypiea (they go together) which is longer than alabasta and if alabasta is too long then really i dont know what to say besides go to the earlyer arcs or even better start at the beging let them take their time and if they catch up to japan cool if they dont does it really matter all that much as long as they enjoy the story?I am now on DevantART so come cheak out my art i demand it of you :laugh:
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Originally posted by ronozoro@Jul 26 2005, 03:48 PM
i dont really see why its so important he catches up to the serise in japan right away[snapback]96922[/snapback]it's due to the fact that unless he can discuss it he loses interest and stops watching the series, then before you know it he's got 30 episodes on his hard drive and the prospect of watching 30 ep's is just too much so he just drops the series, i've seen this happen with series he's loved, but when you can discuss it with someone you don't wanna be left behind so you can continue watching it. another example of that would be naruto, he loves it but he's fallen behind because he never heard me talk up any of the episodes for a while and now he's got like 15 episodes to watch. it's sad but you make those allowances for individual characters in life i guess.
taking all that into consideration i beleive it'll be easier to go back and watch from the start once he get's into it a bit and subs are slow or he needs to understand an event so will have to go back and do some research.
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My friends all saw a few eps and loved it. Some of my friends who hate anime I just shown Zoro v Mihawk and they liked it anyway. Arlong is a great place to start though, yup.
and also, I didn't really like one piece at all until Baratie where Sanji came in
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Originally posted by sabret00the@Jul 26 2005, 04:59 PM
**it's due to the fact that unless he can discuss it he loses interest and stops watching the series, then before you know it he's got 30 episodes on his hard drive and the prospect of watching 30 ep's is just too much so he just drops the series, i've seen this happen with series he's loved, but when you can discuss it with someone you don't wanna be left behind so you can continue watching it. another example of that would be naruto, he loves it but he's fallen behind because he never heard me talk up any of the episodes for a while and now he's got like 15 episodes to watch. it's sad but you make those allowances for individual characters in life i guess.taking all that into consideration i beleive it'll be easier to go back and watch from the start once he get's into it a bit and subs are slow or he needs to understand an event so will have to go back and do some research.
[snapback]96926[/snapback]**shouldn't you tell him to eat shit? he seems to be quite difficult.
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Originally posted by igalsfy+Jul 26 2005, 04:57 PM–>QUOTE(igalsfy @ Jul 26 2005, 04:57 PM)
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I used to be the same kind of difficult with anime, with the talk stuff, 'cept one piece was so good past Sanji I never was that difficult with it compared to other stuff. so, though I know that wasn't directed to me, I feel someone just told me to eat shit unwarranted >_>
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I think the anime-manga double-punch is a good way to do it.
You can get the manga pretty much to Arlong even in the States (mental note: buy more volumes), and it will read faster than the corresponding episodes would watch. You can also take the manga on the bus-car-train-etc
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Personally I started at episode 5. Why? Because it was the one that downloaded first in my batch torrent =P. I'm not very happy about it because Toei's way of surprising you with Luffy's powers in episode 1 was great. But either way, I enjoyed episode 5 and 6.
Things I didn't like however are probably worth mentioning. Well, when the Apis arc started (when they get the dragon off of the island) I just stopped watching it for months. Granted I was watching HK DVDs at the time (I took the advice of some dumbass as KF's tracker was down at the time, so don't mock me =P) so that was probably partially the reason. However I got the KF episodes, and I STILL found the Apis arc boring, as I was given the impression they'd stall going to the grand line forever. It was probably 20 episodes later that I found out the Apis arc was filler, which explained why I found it so shit.
Also for some reason I didn't like Chopper joining the crew at first. All I can really remember is I was thinking something like "I want the crew to be all humans dammit, and not as whiney as Chopper". Pretty soon afterwards I started likeing him, and I rewatched the arc and enjoyed it very well blah blah blah.
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Chopper isn't whiney. At all. Hes an awesome character and pretty funny, and in my opinion Nami can be far more whiney. Hell, even Sanji can be whiney at times. Ever even heard of Usopp or Vivi? eh. I suppose its not suprising he seemed annoying at first, because most other animes have annoying animals without a personality, so heh.
eh, Apis is shit, yup >< and Toei were the ones who did .hack//sign, a show without a manga. Why didn't they make it decent? oh well. I stopped for months at Smoker, because my internet fucked up >>
ps - u.u the anime in general is kinda shit, the manga is far better.
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ps - u.u the anime in general is kinda shit, the manga is far better.
Nah, noob. After Water 7 it gets good. And the voices of the StrawHats and the Music is priceless. Kinda shit? Look at your own posts, that's kinda shitty.
Sabret00the: Hah, and isn't this the guy who makes stupid controversial threads w/o really watching the series?
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Well if you want him to catch up quickly then just start him off with water 7. Ao Kiji's ownage should spark some interest.
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Originally posted by Lurker@Jul 26 2005, 09:48 PM
Sabret00the: Hah, and isn't this the guy who makes stupid controversial threads w/o really watching the series?
[snapback]97143[/snapback]i guess so, god forbid my opinion and threads differ from the one generally echoed round here huh?
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The reason I rarely go into the "Manga" and "Anime" forums. I don't really know what everyone is talking about. :huh: I'm way behind, I read only the first volume and up to the Arlong arc in the Anime. While everyone else is in Water 7 anime arc and reading Volume 37. This is usually why I don't get into long-running animes much. If there was a fater way then reading the manga or watching anime 24/7 to play catch up. Maybe detailed summerys or something? Oi…
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i say that you should just start him from the begining i did and my friend was hooked by the time they got to the buggy arc,
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Well, I got hooked to One Piece from the beginning (Episode 1). I think the good place will probably be the first parts of many arcs where the humors comes into action the most. :D
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Originally posted by Lurker@Jul 26 2005, 09:48 PM
**> ps - u.u the anime in general is kinda shit, the manga is far better.Nah, noob. After Water 7 it gets good. And the voices of the StrawHats and the Music is priceless. Kinda shit? Look at your own posts, that's kinda shitty.
[snapback]97143[/snapback]**What do you mean "after Water 7"? The anime practically just arrived there. And can you please stop being rude to your fellow board members?
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i normally tell my friends to read the manga first cause its faster to get the story and stuff, and if they get really into it then they'll start getting the anime.
