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I will revive this thread some day... should anyone else arrive here feel free to ping me!

Reading manga update: currently have moved on to the middle of Dressrosa. I love the way Oda draws Fujitora, he just looks a little more realistic rather than a cartoon/caricature.

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I'm excited too! Really can't avoid certain spoilers at this stage, so I do happen to know what island comes after Egghead and that's just adding to the excitement. Talk about hype. But thankfully I was able to get through most of the story with little to no spoilers, due to just keeping my head down and binge watching.

I'm glad I was able to get on the One Piece train in time. I really want to be caught up to the manga when what the one piece really is gets revealed. I can't risk being an anime-only when the news hits, lol.

So far one of my favorite things about reading the manga is the cover stories. I'm getting all this extra info I didn't know about since the anime didn't adapt most of them.

Here's my ranking based on what I remember from the anime then going over those arcs again in the manga... The placement of Dressrosa, Zou, Whole Cake Island and Wano are iffy since I haven't fully gone over those in the manga yet.

S+ - Water 7, Enies Lobby
S - Skypeia, Marineford, Dressrosa, Wano
A+ - Arlong Park, Drum Island, Alabasta, Sabaody, Impel Down, Whole Cake Island
A - Baratie, Little Garden, Jaya, Thriller Bark, Return to Sabaody, Fishman Island
B - Syrup Village, Whisky Peak, Amazon Lily, Punk Hazard, Zou
C - Romance Dawn, Loguetown, Reverse Mountain
D - Orange Town, Long Ring Long Land


And I can't rank Egghead since the anime didn't finish it and I'm not there in the manga yet, but from what I've seen so far it'll probably be S tier.

I don't know if it's overrated but my heart still belongs to Water 7/Enies Lobby...
Franky became one of my favorite characters, I love his backstory with Tom, Usopp's struggle and character development, the fate of the Merry and her persistence and her spirit, shooting the flag and declaring war on the world government, Robin's turmoil and backstory, gear 2, monster point, the fight against cp9 and the buster call... fans just ate really good with these two sister arcs like... wow!

Followed closely by Skypeia which is apparently a love or hate arc. I loved uncovering the truth of Noland's story and what happened to half of Jaya. Seeing half of Cricket's house up there... I felt like an archaeologist like Robin looking at the clues. Then Calgara and Noland's backstory had me in tears. When Luffy finally rang the bell and his shadow cast on the clouds, proving Skypeia was real and where the city of gold was. And Robin finding the writing Roger's crew left behind... All I can say is peak cinema.

i <3 one piece so much

Good news, my Chopper and Brook are done ^^ [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/98824781][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/988248/98824781_350.png[/img][/url] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/98649708][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/986498/98649708_350.png[/img][/url] Manga update, I am [i]still[/i] in Dressrosa... I still have like 20 chapters left

I had finally made it through Dressrosa, and now Zou. Two things.

1. Zou was way better than I remembered
2. I know Dressrosa's pacing in the anime was terrible, but it really felt like the manga was dragging on too... I'm torn because there are a ton of things I love about Dressrosa, it just felt like it went on so long that I started having trouble getting through it.

As a result I'm raising Zou's ranking and lowering Dressrosa's.
Part of me wants to rank Zou even higher, but I don't feel like it's on the same level as the ones already in S tier.

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S+ - Water 7, Enies Lobby
S - Skypeia, Marineford, Wano
A+ - Arlong Park, Drum Island, Alabasta, Sabaody, Impel Down, Dressrosa, Zou, Whole Cake Island
A - Baratie, Little Garden, Jaya, Thriller Bark, Return to Sabaody, Fishman Island
B - Syrup Village, Whisky Peak, Amazon Lily, Punk Hazard
C - Romance Dawn, Loguetown, Reverse Mountain
D - Orange Town, Long Ring Long Land

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Arcs to re-evaluate are WCI (just started) and Wano (very far off)

Crunchyroll to move Water 7 through Egghead to premium tier starting December 23
First 206 episodes to remain free with ads.

Ngl this is so disappointing. I was already lamenting the anime's 6 month break knowing it would be months before I could see the rest of Egghead. Now it's likely not at all for me. I will have to be a manga-only because of this. :c

Speaking of the manga... Chugging along through Whole Cake Island. I love this arc. I'm at the part where Bege brings out Big Father mode.

Alright! I just finished Whole Cake Island! After I watched the anime, I thought, there's no way it can be better than Dressrosa, even though I really liked it I kinda gaslit myself into thinking I liked Dressrosa more. Now that I read the manga and that biscuit fight in the woods didn't take like 10 episodes, I can say with confidence I like WCI way more than Dressrosa. As a result... WCI is elevated to S tier. ------------- S+ - Water 7, Enies Lobby S - Skypeia, Marineford, Whole Cake Island, Wano A+ - Arlong Park, Drum Island, Alabasta, Sabaody, Impel Down, Dressrosa, Zou A - Baratie, Little Garden, Jaya, Thriller Bark, Return to Sabaody, Fishman Island B - Syrup Village, Whisky Peak, Amazon Lily, Punk Hazard C - Romance Dawn, Loguetown, Reverse Mountain D - Orange Town, Long Ring Long Land ------------- Next few chapters are Reverie focused then I'm in for the long haul with Wano, which will also be re-evaluated. Initially after finishing the anime, I placed it in a separate God Tier above everything because Oden, Roof Piece, Gear 5, and everything just had me quaking. I realistically lowered it back to S tier after recency bias wore off, but we'll see! And my Zoro dragon is here! At the time of writing he's just missing his earring and sword. [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/99352669][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/350/993527/99352669_350.png[/img][/url]

That's a sick looking Zoro! The outfit is perfect