I might get flamed to hell and back for this but dammit, Im going to say it anyway:
I think the Apis arc is incredibly underrated! I thought it was a good arc with a good plot, and Im sorry but those dragons were fricken awesome. And you can't tell me that wasn't cool when Luffy did his Gum Gum pinball machine attack (or whatever it was) or when he cut that ship in half! I even found myself in tears when Ryuuji died ;_;
I think people rip on this arc because it's filler. When I know an episode is filler I usually go into it thinking, "oh great… it's filler, this episode won't be good :glare: " but with the Apis arc I honestly didn't know it was filler when I first saw it and when someone told me, I was really surprised. I did find a lot of inconstensies though... my biggest problem with this arc is how both Apis and Luffy can understand the dragons, that didn't make much sence. What's the point of Apis' Devil's Fruit then? I can understand people not liking that idea
..But other than that... yeah it's filler, but it's damn good filler. Especially when compared to the goat or rainbow mist arc. So Im curious, be honest, how many really did like the Apis arc or at least think it's underrated? Anyone here with me… <_<