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Also there have been many episodes that have made my eyes leak. There is no filler like Naruto. . .and my friends here all wear One Piece shirts and buy One Piece figures, not Naruto–I love Naruto too, but its just different then One Piece.

As much as I love the show, I cannot continuously follow a show because I’m impatient. However One Piece is that good, where I “hop in and out” of the series every other arc!

I found him irritating, irresponsible, and a jerk to his friends. He’s more possessive than he is loyal, and more demanding than he is friendly. The fights are cool, but emphasis on friendship in loyalty always seemed hypocritical coming from Luffy because I would hate to have him as a ‘friend’, nonetheless leader.

For all the great characters Oda came up with in his One Piece storyline, Luffy ranks near the bottom for me.

I like a number of shounen series, but I/the audience needs to like the protagonist to make it worthwhile viewing.

Some comments here make it sound like too much comedy, but as JohnBlack is an awesome combination of the tree, Oda (the author) really gotta be a genius for creating such piece of art.

There is about everything here, fun moments, happy moments, sad moments, drama, adventure, this series offer just so much. One episode you can be laughing at Luffy, Brooke and Ussop’s hilariousness but when ti comes to the drama if can have you in tears, I alñready lost count of the many times I have shed tears with OP, like when Merry Go ***** or with Robins story, or when the crew say ***** to Vivi, or in the last Movie Strong World we can hear Nami’s touching message to her nakama at the very end of the movie….and no if you are wondering I DID pay to see the movie at the theater ok @ sinshine cinema in Ikebukuro .

Point is anyone yet to watch this and reading this post and comments, stop wasting time and go watch it, you wont regret it.

I think that if you like shounen and you like action comedies, then you are not wasting your time on One Piece.

Almost 11 years on air now, this year the manga set a new printing record of 3 million copies, as for ratings it is only beaten by 2 longer running family shows: Sasae-san and Chibi Maruko-chan. One piece popularity and awesomeness increases as years pass by, hence the new printing record, does anyone thinking persons believe is just for nothing?

And no, One Piece does not start slow, whenever that came from as I have never hard of that anywhere, unless one expected it to instantly jump to the current arc manga or Luffy to develop his gears and fight Rob Lucci after a dozen episodes. Unlike ALL THE REST of shounen titles, One Piece is rich in an amazing cast of characters in a huge world, and takes also important amount time to develop the vast amount of characters and the world itself which is one of the strong points of the series to begin with.

Even said hypothetically, I still think this statement is a bit over the top. I think One Piece is an “ok” show, but I didn’t think the show picked up until the Baroque Works arc, as the series finally introduced a worthy antagonist to the fray.

That being said, it’s not that I don’t enjoy shounen anime, I personally like Hunter x Hunter as well as others a lot, I just think One Piece is one of the shows that you’ll either really enjoy, or feel nothing for, and I think that’s part of the reason why it has a smaller fanbase than other major titles over here.