I'm not speaking for One Pace, but those parts are fine in the anime
Yeah, if it were up to me we'd just watch the anime, but I was only able to convince him after promising that I had found a more condensed version. I guess we'll start it anyway and hopefully by the time we get to usopp's arc, he wont mind watching the regular anime for the next two arcs.
@Galaxy:
Those arcs will be done someday, but they aren't priority right now.
Fair enough, I appreciate the response.