One Piece

[rekallthegreat]

So for the third time I decided to take an attempt to read 'One Piece' (mainly because I figure since so many people like it, it has to be good... right?). I'm not finished yet since it has five billion 500+ chapters, but I've read roughly 250 chapters so far so I figured I'd give my opinion of the first half of the series

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[rekallthegreat]

Mihawk I find is very interesting, I wish there was more of him.

You're definitely right about Zoro. I loved it when Mihawk kicked his ass but then it bugged me a few chapters later when Zoro is back to his old self taking on those mermaid-pirates even though he just suffered a major injury. I just kind of sighed at that. I mean I know it's a shounen manga where injuries are always not that big of deal but I would have thought that Zoro would have at least been knocked out a little longer.

Ah, yes those endless long battles. Long battles are common in shounen series but, I don't know, it just seems like the OP ones are even longer than normal (even Bleach which can get pretty bad at times). I end up speed-reading most of the OP battles since they're so long because yeah, the plot stuff and silly bonding is way more interesting.

[rekallthegreat]

I find the story starts getting better once you get into the Grand Line. Still nothing to make it the BEST MANGA EVER!!!! but things start getting a little less repetitive.

Chapter 96 is probably the best place to start for anyone who does want to read it since that happens right before they go into the Grand Line and there's important information given in those chapters that come back later. The first 95 chapters though? Ugh, those are definitely skip worthy.