Skypia seems to be sort of a controverslial ark. Some say they enjoyed it because there where cool charecters a interesting setting and a cool story, some say that they didnt like it because it may have been to long or there was to many stupid episodes/chapters and to much filler, so what do you think? did you like Skypia or did you dislike it. So dicuss!!
Did you like Skypia?
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it was ok. wasnt my favorite. it sucked ass compared to alabasta. idk maybe oda did it b/c he wanted robin to grow on every1, but 65 chapters was too long for that arc (shouldve been like 30)
_ Originally Posted by mr.allsunday
Nice job jumping on the bandwagon there Aethos, I can only wish I was as cool as you_
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Overall, it was a decent arc in itself, but because it was surrounded by two awesome (I'm counting the bigger arcs, I know that the davy back fight and Ao Kiji happened.. and I'm not counting the fillers) arcs, Alabasta and Water 7, I think it got sqwashed ultimatly because it couldn't meet the standards of the other two. Not to mention it dragged out way too long for me and I didn't care for the villans.
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Like I said in "Alabasta vs. Skypiea," I prefer the latter because of its fun, epic feel. It was fresh and original, and kept my interest more than the desert junk did. I loved the ending of Alabasta, and found the Skypiea ending weak, but I still give Skypiea a small edge.
Originally Posted by Battle Franky
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I personally didnt like it at all, I thought that it was way to long, the only charecter devolpment was with Ussop and that was just dials, i mean sure they got all that gold and crap but they didnt do much else, I would rather watch Alabasta or W7 or davyback fight
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nah, imo skypia was weak… simply too long.. and weird villains O_o
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I absolutely loved it, in the manga at least. This is one of those arcs, in my opinion, where the anime just didn't do it any justice.
Also worth mentioning is that I only loved it upon second read. At first, I wasn't really that awed, but when I read it a second time it suddenly hit just how incredibly well thought out and written the entire thing was.
And really, making me feel emotionally attached to a gigantic snake is really something only Oda can pull.
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To me, not everything is about characters directly improving. It would've been hokey, imo, if all the characters were like "thanks to [insert event], I've grown stronger!" It wouldn't be a very good adventure story if the adventure had been skipped over for straight progress. That's also why I liked the Davy Back Fight.
And it never took itself too seriously, which is kinda what Alabasta did. The length wasn't an issue to me, because I preferred seeing Wiper duke it out with Shura to the Straw Hats sauntering along the desert.
Traces of Skypiea at least remain, which is very cool. The dials were awesome, and now play a big part in Usopp's style, what with him being the only one with them on the planet. It also set up the mysterious shipwright thing, and allowed them to get the money which set up Water Seven in the first place.
EDIT: Yeah Mog, the anime really slacked off during that arc. It's probably what lead to the re-tooling around episode 207.
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I liked skypia could have been 20 chapters shorter but it was still good and the weird villan's made it all the more enjoyable
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Well, it can't be compared to Alabasta or Water 7, but, it had some very good moments, and some very hilarious too… but as for the overall plot development, Skypiea didn't give out much...
But I liked it, I must admit... with all of the great Zoro moments XD
~The princess and the swordsman~
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I pretty much enjoyed Skypedia. I only read it after it was all done, so I didn't find it that long. I don't think I ever read a manga that I felt was "too long" or was bothered by the lenght of a story arc.
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It went pretty much like this:
26 - still the funniest volume of the whole series
27 - really good too, with a real touch of an adventure
28 - hardcore action, awfully entertaining and fast phased
29 - beginning is still good but then something happens
30 - could had been far better, had it's moments though
31 - the flashback was an overkill
32 - way too melodramatic, I wished an ending and it came quicklyBut I honestly don't think it was too long, every week something happened. It just became uninteresting but it has nothing to do with length.
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I never really liked the Alabasta Arc that much. All of these lame desert shenanigans, along with Vivi's worthless whining, and all this melodrama about "i am gay for my country!!1" It had a lot of cool moments, I agree. Cobra was a really great and underrated character, same with Igaram, all of the fights were great, and Croc was a cool villain.
But I loved Skypiea. It was so fresh and original, and full of likeable characters, though there were some really bland, filler-esque characters (Conis). Gedatsu still ranks as one of my favorite characters, Wiper and Gan Forr were awesome too, and I just loved Enel's style (though he was admittedly way too cheap). It just had a good, guerilla warfare, treasure hunting, finding a new world Gulliverian feel to it. Though I do agree the ending was a bit weak.
And how did Skypiea have filler? There was far less "filler" than there was in Alabasta, where they spent forever looking for a bomb that turned out to be a decoy, and there was like NO Skypiea filler at all in the anime. However, the anime's handling of Skypiea is pretty shameful.
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I'm pretty much in agreement with the majority- I enjoyed the manga portrayal of Skypiea, but the anime version was very difficult to sit through.
I love Ener so much, he is one of my favorite villians, and I thought that the Norland/Calgara flashback was wonderfully emotional. But I was less than impressed with the priests and some of the monotinous running around to get to a particular destination. It was pretty good, but nothing compared to the arc that followed it.
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I loved Skypiea very much. True that it is different from Alabasta but that´s why One Piece is so great. Each arc is beautiful of its own. However the end of the arc, chapter 303 to be precise finally opened my mind for the bigger picture in One Piece. The Council of Kings, the Alabasta Porneglyph and the Maryjoa events all already got me hooked, but the words written donw on the Golden Bell completely started the bigger picture thing for me. Ever since One Piece isn´t the same for me anymore. It was great before and got much greater afterwards and it keeps getting better and better with what happened at the end of Longring Longland until everything that is happening in the current mega arc and I´m quite sure, there´s still better stuff to come.
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great arc, alot better than arabasta but dragged on (though not as much as arabasta).
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Sky Piea was really cool and interesting, nothing like ever before. My only problem with it was it was really long, and nothing that will affect the rest of the OP storyline really happened in it, no new crew members or important characters for later on were involved. I really enjoyed though how the story of Jaya and Sky Piea connected.
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Skypiea was my favourite arc; I enhanced the experience by listening to Origa's "Inner Universe," continuously, from Jaya to Longring Longland.
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Oh yeah, I forgot about the Norland and Calgara flashback. That was pretty badass.
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i liked Skypiea alot more than alabasta mostly cause of the great fantasyesque setting it took place in,good villans(cept ener)/antiheros(wiper and his crew),the incredibly beatiful flashback for Norland and also the gold bell ringing in the end,
whilst alabasta just well cept for the kick ass old man who dug for water and the end fights and the resolution of the whole mess the rest just bored the crap outta me/or annyoed me with the constant whining about their country mostly from that big baby Vivi.
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i think if i read one piece while it was still in the sky piea arc..i might've stopped reading. it did get boring for me, and i just kinda rushed through it. i finally started liking it around when they all foguth ener. and ener started kickin some major butt. and the flashback was very good. i just..i actually almost cried. first time, for a manga, not anime. and the ending was kool, with ener going super thunder mode and stuff. but not on top of my list, fights weren';t amazing or anything. so yeah.but still nonetheless original. i truly think the arc was too develop the strawhat's relationship with robin for w7 and to let things in the blue sea develop (politic wise with whitebeard and etc)
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Sky Piea was really cool and interesting, nothing like ever before. My only problem with it was it was really long, and nothing that will affect the rest of the OP storyline really happened in it, no new crew members or important characters for later on were involved. I really enjoyed though how the story of Jaya and Sky Piea connected.
huh? what about the dial technology? that's had a huge effect on the crew?
I recommend: Peerless Martial God, Renegade Immortal, Gourmet of Another World, Trash of the Counts Family and The Great Ruler
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The purposes of Skypiea.
-More time to develop Robin's relationship with the crew
(don't say that dosen't matter, because it frickin does)
-Aqusition of ALOT of money
-Dials for Usopp
-The revelation that Gold Roger was up there may turn out to be more important later
-Revelation that a weapon called Poseidon exists(could be more important later)
-The mysterious shipwright!Skypiea is the weakest of the big mama arcs…. Alabasta and Water7/Eneas Lobby both surpass it.
But all in all its like an epic and better version of the basic One Piece island formula of "Big bad tyrant" plots.
Its has the best setting and design work of all.
Some minor philosophy.
Ener was cool.
The flashback was truly great.
The whole concept of a sky island was never this good.It had major flaws, but its still a great arc.
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well the whole weapon thingy made it kinda..idk..it made one piece sound dragged out..more weapons?..i mean..does this mean the weapons wont be revived and that oda sensei just mentions them? i mean..what if it becomes..repetitive?..idk…
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I'll admit the first half of the arc (with the introduction of the central character and villians, and the Straw Hats just wandering around) kinda did bog down the pace of the series. The preists were pretty boring and didn't have much personilty (save for Gendtsu). I know Oda a stickler for detail, but ya gotta draw the line somewhere. You don't want to lose your audience in the process with your storytelling (which is proabaly why Toei didn't bother adding any filler. The arc was long enough). But once the whole warfare/survival game kicked up. It started getting back into the swing of things. Love the conflict once everyone reached Upper Yard and the whole "magic cave" was hilarious. Plus the flashback (while a little misplaced) was excellent and very well done and I thought the final blow felt very epic, second only to Croc's defeat. It not my favorite arc but I don't think its the weakest either.
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Yeah, I forgot how much I loved the Battle Royale-esque game. Great stuff right there.
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Personally, I don't mind the foggiest about Skypiea arc. Skypiea was okay. I though the story was great and the overall is strong, but I do see some problems with it:
-The flashback is long, ot should be 4 chapters worth not 7.
-The Eneru battle was long
-The Upperyard war was a overkill
-The priest are brainwashed, they have no goal or purpose
Other that then was okay.
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Hell yeah, the survival game was awesome. I was annoyed when I heard some people ditched OP during Skypiea.
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well the whole weapon thingy made it kinda..idk..it made one piece sound dragged out..more weapons?..i mean..does this mean the weapons wont be revived and that oda sensei just mentions them? i mean..what if it becomes..repetitive?..idk…
Your speculating way too much over something we know absolutley nothing about.
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I loved Skypeia. It had this awsome 'adventure' feel to it~ And the look on Eneru's face was priceless. xD
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Yeah, Skypiea's feel was really good. For one of the first times, an OP arc felt more like "adventure" than "fights connected together via plot," even when there was a crapload of fighting going on.
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Right now I'm watching it and I'm on like only episode 160…long ways to go but I really want to know who the mysterious god is...which I think is someone named Enru.
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its a good art the bell thing is really touching….. (where luffy was rining the bell loud so cricket can hear it..
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I really like Skypiea. The concept of water and solid clouds are very interesting. The dial shells are very unique. Eneru is a very powerful villain and I really like him. The Shandian's past is a great drama. Finally, the final blow is a very epic one, with Luffy wanting to prove to Cricket that his ancestor did not lied.
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Now that Alabasta is far behind, the only bad thing I can say about it is that fights could had been a bit shorter (two instead of three chapters - by the comics I have read, three chapters would be a short fight anyway, so I probably shouldn't complain) but they were still really good nevertheless.
I really did love those few chapters they spended in the desert though and the search of the bomb was fun as hell - sure these might had dragged in the cartoon but who cares.
Ah, forgot to say how I love the camping scene of Skypiea, it's One Piece at it's best. Made Skypiea worth of it. By the way, is the cartoon Skypiea that bad? I thought I might check it out but…
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No it´s not that bad. �t´s just the usual Toei thing that they sometimes ruin something that has been done better in the manga for instance when we see Nola swallowing Luffy during his fight with Viper, while we never saw that in the manga and was an element of surprise actually.
However this isn´t an Skypiea anime exclusive problem. Such "bad" things happen in every arc even in the recent Water 7. It´s just bad directing at some times but that´s not enough to ruin an entire arc that goes for almost 40 episodes.
If any arc was ruined by the anime then it was the Alabasta arc with Ace´s long stay with the Straw Hats, the Desert Pirates, the fake rebels, the Luffy, Zoro and Chopper got lost and the Scorpion Man stuff. Skypiea doesn´t have anything like it. It´s actually Longring Longland that makes the Alabasta chopping appart appear as nothing. -
IMHO Skypea is the reason i like OnePiece so much. Whilst there weren't such character development like Arabasta this was a good thing, we saw the straw hats working together as a team (trying to cut the bean tree-thing). The fights were overall awesome, it has Gedatsu (wich pwns Baroque Works with it's eyes closed and making MMMMMM), GonForr and it's resemblance to Don Quixote (one of the best books i ever read, the Kinght of the Sad Figure) and a flashback that was most likely the best one ever. For me Norland > Luffy. The ending might've not been the greatest but i still was very touched when Luffy ranged the Gold Bell.
baka^ni
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Another reason that I´ve forgotten to mention about why I like Skypiea is because of all the arcs we had this is the closest to a classic pirate story. We have treasure seeking pirates on in a tropic jungle, ancient ruins with backstory, pissed of residents, large snakes, plenty of gold, and the element of higher power. That is classic pirate story material. True there wasn´t character development as in the other arc, but it was a awesome pirate story and I´m sure Oda had lots of fun doing it. I mean it has all the classic stuff a pirate story needs and yet again it´s not stereotype but awesome and creative. Skypiea owns!
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Skypiea was excellent. Everybody got to shine at one point or another. The pacing was great. The enemies were inventive. The supporting cast was top notch. There was intense action and humor throughout. The setting was excellent and the backstory for it was great as well. What's not to love? This was an exceptional arc and worked well in both manga and anime.
a flashback that was most likely the best one i've ever read. For me Norland > Luffy.
I absolutely loved the Norland flashback (though I do think it could have been shorter in the anime). I think it added one more great dimension to an already stellar story.
I loved Skypeia. It had this awsome 'adventure' feel to it~
Cannot agree more. The exploration, searching for a great treasure, the ruins, a lost civilization… I think it's one of the things that really sold me on this arc.
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just thinking: Norland should've been added in the character tournament. he would loose ok but it would be nice XD
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I love Skypea, IMO it's much better than Alabasta, my favourites big arcs is Skypea and Water 7..
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The thing that made Skypiea drag out in the anime was they went at a ridiculously slow rate. They pretty much went 1 episode per chapter. I dunno about you, but I don't give a damn about a whole episode based in Lovely Street.
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Another reason that I´ve forgotten to mention about why I like Skypiea is because of all the arcs we had this is the closest to a classic pirate story. We have treasure seeking pirates on in a tropic jungle, ancient ruins with backstory, pissed of residents, large snakes, plenty of gold, and the element of higher power. That is classic pirate story material. True there wasn´t character development as in the other arc, but it was a awesome pirate story and I´m sure Oda had lots of fun doing it. I mean it has all the classic stuff a pirate story needs and yet again it´s not stereotype but awesome and creative. Skypiea owns!
Thats just it.
Skypiea may not be an epic more world influencing battle like Alabasta.
It may not be oozing with important plot and character development like Water7.But its a fun classic adventure story at its best.
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I fell asleep during Skypiea. I literally could not stay awake for an episode after a certain point. While I liked the beginning, half way or so was a total snooze fest for me, while on the other hand, Alabasta kept me up till all hours of the night and morning watching.
As other people have suggested, I should probably try reading it. I understand the anime really dragged.
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I love Skypea, IMO it's much better than Alabasta, my favourites big arcs is Skypea and Water 7..
Meeee tooooooo :3333333 Skypia was aweosme.
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@Seta:
I fell asleep during Skypiea. I literally could not stay awake for an episode after a certain point. While I liked the beginning, half way or so was a total snooze fest for me, while on the other hand, Alabasta kept me up till all hours of the night and morning watching.
As other people have suggested, I should probably try reading it. I understand the anime really dragged.
Considering art and design were one of Skypiea's main strong points. It would definitly be a better read.
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I only saw late Skypiea animated, because I knew they'd have some weak garbage about Konis trying to buy bread-cloud and losing her money in the big city or something. The parts I saw were alright (mainly Upperyard), but could have been much better.
@Cap'n:
Yeah, Skypiea's feel was really good. For one of the first times, an OP arc felt more like "adventure" than "fights connected together via plot," even when there was a crapload of fighting going on.
The fantasy pirates were fantasy pirates in that arc, which was great. I felt them playing bodyguard for a desert princess was a tad bit out there.
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I liked it. I think it had the best backstory (Cricket, Syndora, Calgalay, etc…). There were some boring moments, but overall I liked it even better than Arabasta. I mean there was no moment quite like Luffy striking the golden bell along with his shadow reflecting on the earth.
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Wow… So I guess Skypeia gets kinda boring after awhile, huh?
Everything was all for nothing
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Wow… So I guess Skypeia gets kinda boring after awhile, huh?
It's a matter of opinion. But the anime version is incredibly drawn out, as I'm discovering watching K-F's releases. I really enjoyed Skypiea in the manga. It wasn't my favorite arc, but as many have already said, it's a great, imaginative adventure story with a cool legend behind it. I'm a fan of fantasy and adventure, and as far as One Piece goes, this is the most fantastical and adventurous story so far.
The anime is bugging me though. Damn, how long do I have to watch Satori bounce around on those balls? That should have been one episode tops. Not what, 3 or 4? No wonder the ratings suffered.Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. - Frank Zappa
 
