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CinnamonThief
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.
