One Piece

Story: 7

Art: 8

Sound: 5

One piece gets so much praise, I wanted to know why so I decided to watch the anime, 90 episodes in, and I'm so disappointed. Music has little to no impact on the show.

Art is pretty good from a show that started 16 years ago.

When Luffy beats the main baddies, it just doesn't feel satisfying, his finishers and knockouts are so underwhelming. Luffy doesn't go through any real struggle or hardships to win, he just "simply" had the power all along to beat anyone. He's the most OP anime main character starting from episode 1 that I've ever seen. He'll take a ... few punches, but he'll save the day regardless and his crew members rely on him to do so.

It's the same drill over and over, Luffy comes up with new moves with no backstory as to how he does so, he simply comes up with them on the fly like gomu gomu gatling, he's on par with a world class fighter.

If I had to choose what show to recommend to other people, I'd choose Naruto instead. I'm listening to Man of the World from Naruto right now, and the journey, pain and sadness all the characters went through, makes me so appreciative of effective music..

I started with the anime of One Piece, so that I could remember Luffy's journey with it's music and get the full experience with VA's, sound effects, and OPs/EDs but it's been a unmemorable disaster. Naruto is simply better and more memorable in all aspects besides Art.

One piece anime just doesn't compare.

Main review and then recommendations for anyone looking to get into the series after (from someone who isn't a One Piece stan or a One Piece hater).

I watched the main arcs via One Pace (like all new OP fans should), but have seen the pacing of the show in normal episodes as well. There is egregious padding to start and end nearly every episode (thus each episode is really only 10-12 min of new content) and there are several filler arcs that are unwatchable nonsense. As others have pointed out, the strengths of this show are countered by the abysmal pacing. Even though there are ... around 1,000 episodes out, if compressed and reedited to be reasonable, there would only be around 700, if not fewer.

However, disregarding the unreasonable pace, it's clear why this show has so much of a following. The world is expansive, embraces different ideas of freedom, provides an imaginative structure of power (both the character power system of devil fruits/Haki and the world power subdivisions like World Government, Pirate Emperors, the Revolution Army), and is overall a strong mixture of light adventure and the brutalities of pirate life. If you're lucky to get into OP now, you don't have to wait and can breeze through strong arcs like Alabasta, Sky Island, Water 7, Marineford, and Impel Down. The current arc, Wano, is very strong as well, though incomplete. However, you'd be more lucky to get into this show in 10 years, since I can only imagine that's how long it'll take for Oda, the creator, to finish.

As far as characters go, Luffy is a strong shonen protagonist, if not a typical one. Hopelessly daft, impetuous, strong, moral, compassionate, gluttonous- he shares perhaps one too many traits with Goku. The crew members are mostly fine but some have gags that have and will never be funny but which persist for some reason (Brook asking every girl if he can see their panties, and his "I don't have x body part since I'm a skeleton" thing). Nami, Zoro, and the newest crew member (as of Wano) are clearly the best, while Sanji and Chopper are the worst. Chopper is just there to sell merchandise. More on Sanji below. Villain quality drastically varies, from Crocodile, Enel, and Blackbeard at the stronger end, with Hody and Gecko Moria at the weaker end. The cast of characters OP has is impressive, even if some come up short. The world's scale is perhaps the best in anime.

Female characters and how the male characters interact with them, however, is where the show is at its worst. Oda takes the grotesque and insidious body image standards of supermodels and goes even further with his female characters. Big boobs and waists thinner than their heads. Within the show itself, these characters are largely the object of a gross voyeuristic look, with Sanji and myriad other characters repeating the insufferable nosebleed horniness that should be totally removed from all anime. Sanji is easily the most cringe character in this show.

Next, the plotting of the arcs can be repetitious and formulaic. Many major arcs involve this plot progression: arrival at a new place, the crew splitting up for some unnecessary reason, chance encounters by the crew build out the world (often where canon arc filler comes in), Luffy meets the most influential character in that place - typically a princess - by saving them from danger and thus accrues good will, Luffy and other major characters get captured, some previously befriended support character saves them, we learn Luffy's befriended character is extremely important to the history of the place, they escape from captivity after the main antagonist spills their plan like Dr. Evil, the crew reunites and hatches a plan, that plan fails but things fall in place anyway, Luffy screams the antagonist's name and stands up against injustice of that place, the characters match up with enemies of their skill level while defeating hundreds of grunts, Luffy battles main antagonist, the friends made along the way help Luffy and co. leave the place and/or protect them from capture. The arcs that don't follow this formula are generally the best plot-wise: Impel Down, Marineford, Water 7/Enies Lobby, Wano.

Sound and Art: fine to good. Some episodes where the animators are padding includes horrible slideshow animation that tracks over static shots for like 10 seconds each. In addition, they give reaction shots to every single character present in order to give the appearance of actually animating when in reality it's just a sequence of still shots. The worst of this was in Fishman Island, probably the worst arc of the series. In the climactic moments of the series, including major battles, the animation is good to great. I don't pay as much attention to music as some on here, but the climactic moments do unfold to a strong score.

Recommendations: While this will be blasphemy to the One Piece stans, I think a good portion of One Piece can be skipped. I would highly recommend checking out the many filler guides for OP online. I would not watch a single filler/anime-only episode; the only content worth watching is canon manga material. As a result, I would highly recommend watching One Pace, which reedits to agree with the manga- it's incomplete but still very helpful. For instance, Fishman Island ran 62 episodes while the One Piece reedit puts it at 24, with some episodes going around 30 min. Next, the Long Ring Long Land Arc, regardless of what anyone says, is filler and can be skipped in its entirety. I would also suggest watching all of Fishman Island at 1.5 speed and skipping any scene Hody, the main antagonist, is in. Lore is the only thing that matters in this arc, and everything that isn't teaching us about the ancient world is extremely boring. Besides these two warnings, every other major arc is important enough to watch (via One Pace).

Finally, the level of enjoyment really depends on how much the filler and padding affects the experience, as well the arc in question. Like I said, I didn't have to contend with the insufferable pacing as much as others have and so enjoyed it more than most would if they watched all ~1,000 episodes without skipping. I really enjoyed the arcs previously mentioned, and was bored by a few. If I had to pick the most enjoyable arcs that I think represent the spirit of OP and validate its popularity, I would go with Sky Island, Water 7, and Dressrosa. I understand why OP gets both so much praise and why it should get even more criticism than it does. At its core, it is one of the strongest shonens but its strengths lead people to think it's perfect. It's not one of the best anime ever, but it's very entertaining when it's sticking to the main events, lore, and world building.

(This review applies to both the manga and anime. Anime-only stuff like animation and music are not accounted for.)

Short version: One Piece is not for me. I can see why people love it. If you love OP, good. That means you found something worthwhile that I couldn’t. Don’t let my opinion interfere with your enjoyment. My not being a fan of OP is not a personal attack against you. You do you. I am only writing this to elaborate to fans why some of us remain skeptical of OP, even after giving it a go.

Long version: Shounen action. Battle Shounen. Or just plain “Shounen” to ... many Western anime fans. Whatever you call it, fantastical action-adventure series originating from comic magazines for young males (shounen manga) is by far the most popular genre of Japanese popular culture in the West. For most Westerners, shounen action is all that anime is. Outside of Akira, Cowboy Bebop and Death Note (the last of which being from Shounen Jump, LOL), about 90 percent of anime fans I know IRL only, only, ONLY watch/read shounen action properties. And this isn’t just kids; people my age and those middle-aged also only, only, ONLY watch/read shounen action series. Every now and again, you might find someone who’s watched Spirited Away, but it cannot be overstated just how everywhere shounen action is. A lot of anime shows I’ve heard described as “Popular”, such as Haruhi Suzumiya, Re:Zero, Gurren Lagann, Angel Beats, Hellsing and Madoka Magica, may as well not exist to most anime fans I know in person.

For SOME anime fans, this is a bad thing. To certain members of “geek” culture, it is a sin to say “OMG! I. Love. Anime. So. MUUUUCH!” And to only, only, ONLY watch DBZ and Naruto. I am not one of those people. There are some shounen action properties I love. Remember my old review of Fullmetal Alchemist? That’s one example right there. However, if you were to ask me of a long-running action series to recommend, One Piece is not one of them.

OP is a shounen action series from Weekly Shounen Jump. It needs no introduction. It being the best-selling manga/graphic novel series of all time should make that evident enough. It’s a manga that has remained in production since 1997, with an anime that has remained in production since 1999. It is a phenomenon. It’s more popular in some countries than others, but anyone even vaguely knowledgeable of anime has at least heard of OP.

This is a tale of pirates, those who choose not to bind themselves to the rule of law, explorers, con artists, scalawags, warriors of virtue, cooks, and other assorted individuals. It’s a world where everyone is trying to claim the greatest treasure buried by the greatest pirate of all time. OP follows Luffy, the leader of the Straw Hat Pirates, a wandering troupe of lost souls out to find the One Piece. OP’s author, Eiichiro Oda, designed the series to be the sort of manga he would’ve wanted to read as a kid. You can certainly see a lot of imagination behind it. My quick summary makes it sound intriguing. You can see why there are legions of fans.

There are also legions of people who gave up on OP like me. There are legions who will never try it out. I’m not alone. I got friends with zero interest in OP. And I have not one, but two friends who dropped OP like me. Our reasons slightly differ, but they all stem from the same issue of the fact that OP never ends.

The story of OP has run longer than the Fate franchise. It’s lightyears longer than anything Tolkien ever put out. The tax codes for the state of California are a brief afterthought compared to OP. I found a YouTube video that attempted to summarize all of OP. It was 6 hours long! 6! Now, does being long necessarily mean it’s not good? Of course not. My Hero Academia is over a hundred episodes in length, and it’s the best quote-on-quote “shounen” I’ve seen since FMA Brotherhood. The problem is OP doesn’t really do a whole lot with its infinite length.

Something I’ve learned throughout my life is memory tends to remember the most impactful moments. As you age, you forget things and moments that weren’t majorly impactful. This is a blessing and a curse, for while your most cherished memories will stay beside you, your most painful memories will, too. I brought up the concept of memory because, One Piece, for all the content it has, didn’t leave much impact on my memory. It doesn’t really do much to differentiate itself from similar series. Progress, if you can call it that, is borderline non-existent. I can’t remember any great lesson the show gave out, no scene that really stood out in my mind. All I remember are character flashbacks and outlandish fight scenes.

Speaking of memories, do you remember my review of Cowboy Bebop? I caught a LOT of flak for that back in the day, because I “only” gave it a 6, and didn’t fill my review with words like, “hype” “GOAT” “timeless” and “iconic.” Despite my many issues with CB, I still found it more enjoyable than OP. Let me repeat that, even though I found about 80 percent of CB cliched and aimless, I would still take that, warts and all, over OP any day. At least CB had the courtesy to end, the courtesy to at least let stuff happen in its runtime, stuff that shifted the status quo.

Now that I’ve brought up OP’s lack of narrative progress, allow me to describe a typical scenario, just to give you an idea of its status quo. The Straw Hats arrive at a new island. The island’s citizens are being terrorized by a pirate/corrupt official/some other sort of villain. The Straw Hats fight this villain. They win. They leave the island, only to end up doing the same thing on a different island over and over. They come, they fight, they leave. They come, they fight, they leave. They come, they fight, they leave. They come, they fight, they leave. Now do you understand why I, of all people, wanna watch CB again?

My first friend who gave up on OP, lasting for at least a few hundred episodes, much longer than me, dropped OP for this reason, the fact that this, like some other shounen action series, becomes nonstop fighting. Too much fighting, not enough anything else. This is not to say you can’t EVER have tons of battles. Perhaps the series could do a commentary on the constant pirate warfare going on: does the nonstop violence eventually exact a toll on the psyches of the Straw Hats? Is the series saying something about a society that solves ALL its problems through combat? No and no. You’re not getting anything like that. OP is not a work of fiction, but more a series of wrestling matches done in a fantastical manner. Beyond a few character backstories and a few memorable (if simplistic) villains, there is no meaning beyond the video game levels of metahuman fighting. Watching Luffy win battle after battle is no different from watching a pro Street Fighter player level opponent after opponent. Might be exciting the first few times, but there’s nothing offered beyond that. It was my friend’s reason for giving up, and it was one of my reasons, too.

My other friend who dropped OP, lasting about 500 or so episodes, was also because of the fighting, but not the nonstop nature of it. Rather, they lost interest because OP commits another common sin of shounen action; the fights and power system become too crazy. It’s the same reason I don’t watch the later parts of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, and one reason I dropped Naruto and Bleach back in the day. Now, I only saw the first 40 or so episodes. The action scenes didn’t have this problem, and in fact, it was kind of fun to see the Straw Hats use their unique talents to win. Nonetheless, I did do some research on the Fandom page for OP (never a good sign when I don’t care for spoilers when writing about something) and can confirm the following: If you thought Dragon Ball Super’s power system was convoluted, then don’t read or watch the later portions of OP! It reminds me of a quote from a movie I saw as a kid, “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should.” (5 sequels, and none of them rival the original Jurassic Park.) To its credit, OP doesn’t start off a victim of power creep, but it eventually falls into that trap, should you attempt to marathon the series.

Another knock is the characterization. It’s nothing special. Luffy is the sort to fight first, ask questions never. Sanji loves to hit on women. Nami is greedy. Usopp is a coward, except when the chips are down. Surface level stuff. With that said, there was one Straw Hat I liked, Zorro. Maybe it’s just because he lives by a code similar to the samurai, but I found his backstory and his code of honor intriguing. Beyond that, he’s largely just a macho warrior who can fight with three swords, but he stood out for me. The other standout was the villains. Being a children’s franchise, the villains are very obviously evil, but that’s part of OP’s appeal, to not only see grandiose examples of diabolical lowlifes, but to also see the heroes knock the villains down a peg. Since I didn’t get very far in the show, I don’t know any of the other major characters. Not great, but could be worse.

I give this franchise a 5 because while I don’t like OP, I don’t despise it. It’s not pro-fascist and cynically manipulative like Mahouka. It’s not annoying and insultingly stupid like Kill La Kill. It’s not chock full of contrivances like Code Geass. It’s not offensive like a good number of American sitcoms. It’s not amateurish like RWBY. Its attempts at humor aren’t as painfully unfunny as Slayers’ attempts at humor. It’s not overly random like Fooly Cooly. One Piece excels by not committing some of the biggest mistakes of some of its contemporaries. But ask yourself, in a world where Fullmetal Alchemist, My Hero Academia and Re:Zero exist and can be watched for free online, is “not being insultingly stupid” good enough?

Oh yeah, almost forgot, the artwork. I feel the same way about the art. I neither like nor dislike it. Many people have avoided OP because of the art. I should criticize them for being shallow, but they are lucky. OP’s art is cartoony, yes. Everyone has the same sort of smile with the massive teeth. Again, it excels when compared to the moeblobs of recent light novels adaptations, but I also find it rather simplistic when compared to many other shounen action series. I will point out that I spared myself the embarrassment of the female designs post-timeskip since I dropped OP so early. This might just be the grounded realist in me, but I don’t find female character designs that are 100% bust curvature and 0% everything else to be particularly charming. Sad to see it shares a flaw with Bleach in this regard.

So to hardcore fans of OP, like I said in the start, you keep doing you. I just wanted to tell you that some of us tried. Some of us tried for hundreds of episodes and chapters. Some of us tried for years. I tried for about 40 episodes, alternating between sub and dub. But the simple truth is, nothing is universal. Some people don’t like shounen action in general. Some like me prefer the shounen denomination known as The First Church of Deku. Some people simply can’t commit to a single work of art that has taken nearly 30 years to complete with no apparent end in sight. For some people, that is a strength. For others, it’s too much. Whatever the case, I think we can all agree that it’s remarkable that OP has run for as long as it has. I do respect Oda and Toei for being able to maintain one series this long, because to do so is nothing short of Herculean. Nonetheless, one person’s trash is another person’s buried treasure, and while OP has its strengths, I can’t call myself a fan.

This is the first anime I watched and alhtough I loved it at first, due to crappy animation and episodes consisting of %90 recap recently, Im really sad and giving this show an overall of 5.
Almost all of the characters are loveable in One Piece. The story revolves around Luffy traveling from island to island as he makes new friends to find One Piece. This adventure is generally funny, sometimes sad, but enjoyable in overall. However, as I stated before, the crappy animation totally ruined this anime(at least last 200 episodes), but ... you can still read manga tough.
If in future, some good animation company summarize the whole story to 200 epsiodes or so with great animation, this will be one of the best animes without doubt. But, currently, I do not suggest watching this to anyone.

One piece is a great shounen series. Some people might wonder why I put the score so low. We are talking about the anime here thats why. At first the animation was fine but later on after the new world it became terrible. Pacing is too slow and the animators are lazy. I would have given early one piece anime a 6 or a 7 but overall its not that good. I still recommend the anime because at times some scenes are done better than in the manga and the story of one piece is still interesting. just don't expect something top quality

Personally I have tried 4 times to get into this series (reading and watching). Each time something different has been a turn off for me but I know there are a lot of people on the other side of the fence. So I guess give it a try. My big 3 reasons for not liking this series

1.) I am not gonna rag on it to much but like some of the other comments mention the art style is not for everyone, I can't deal with it for very long myself.

2.) The characters. This is somewhat of a nitpick and I have heard now since they ... are on episode like 800+ and some crazy amount of manga chapters some of this has been remedied but outside of Luffy,Zoro,Nami, and Sanji the other characters for the main cast are flat out annoying.

3.) The length. I understand that for some people this doesn't bother them cause they have been reading since day 1. I don't have 3 lifetimes to spend trying to get caught up with this. If you are someone who has limited time due to life this is not for you if you want to have any idea what is currently going on. While I am not trying to give much away but with all the strange adventures that this series covers I was informed after so many episodes they made it to the grand line where they were trying to go for so long just to sail right back away from it? At this point can't tell if they are just trying to drag it out for every penny its worth or if there is story they couldn't continue in a spin off.

I'm giving this a 6/10 for now because, while I enjoyed the first half of the anime, the pacing issues have gotten out of hand.

The story itself is pretty great. The art style has changed a lot over the years. There are many scenes with great art and animation, and some I did not like as much. All the characters are unique, but some are more interesting than others. It also feels that as the story went on, some of the main characters were neglected, causing me to not care about them anymore. For example, Nami, the ship's navigator, was introduced early on and ... had a great arc and story shortly after she was introduced. That's great, but that was also around episode 40 out of, as of now, episode 1100. Since episode 40, the only things she has displayed have been that she's a great navigator, has a short temper, and has big boobs. Other main characters also get this treatment.

I will likely pick this back up using One Pace to make the pacing issue less of an annoyance.

GrandLineReview, I am calling you out.

This is a review mainly focused on the post-time skip era of One Piece in comparison to the pre-time skip.
To sum it all up, post-time skip is a shell of its former self. And why is that? Well, it’s because Oda has changed what he is prioritizing. In the pre-time skip days, Oda focused on character development as the top priority, followed by action, and then lastly, world building. The post-time skip One Piece has focused mainly on world building, followed by action, and very far back is character development.
What made me – and many others - get into ... One Piece were the main characters, the Straw Hats. Watching the Straw Hats interact with each other and building their friendships was very entertaining. This is because all of them were likable and interesting characters – well, excluding Franky. Franky was never given a character; other than being the robot guy.
Since the time skip, our main characters aren’t really main characters anymore. The only exception is Luffy, who is always front and center. The plot no longer focuses on developing the Straw Hats. Nami and Robin are nothing more than fanservice nowadays; they barely do ANYTHING. Usopp is little more than the prototypical coward, and Chopper is just a mascot now. His monster point transformation, which was once the most fascinating thing about Chopper, has become a joke. Brook is still funny, but he never had as much development as the other characters anyway. The worst thing for Brook is that he joined too late in the series when One Piece was already getting more “kooky” and “zany”, meaning that any possible character focus he could’ve gotten had he shown up earlier is now a pipe-dream. Zoro does have cool moments and fights, but he been pushed aside by other characters like Law; who take on the role of second-in-command for long stretches at a time. And then there is Franky, who is a robot. This all leads us to Sanji. My god, Sanji, what have they done to you? After being chased by trans people for two years, he’s then given the laughable story arc of almost dying constantly because he gets noise bleeds from seeing girls. Fucking girls. Yes, he was like always like Brock from Pokemon, but after the time skip he is LITERALLY pushed to death’s door from seeing women! Also, Sanji has been getting his ass kicked in 1-one-1fights to everyone. “Hold on!” You must be saying, “Sanji got his own arc, right?” Yes, you are right, because after destroying a beloved character and turning him into a joke, you kind of need to find a way to fix him so the fans don’t rage. Enter the Whole Cake Island story, where Sanji redeems himself by: getting his ass kicked by his father, baking a cake, and getting a ridiculous Power Rangers suit. In short, he doesn’t do anything. They do touch on his childhood, but it’s pointless anyway, because all we find out is that he wants to be a cook, and that he had a shitty life as a child. Sanji, as a character, doesn’t change from beginning to end throughout the Whole Cake Island arc. Bafflingly, it is Luffy who develops far more in Sanji’s own arc. At some point, Sanji has his hero’s journey hijacked, and it ends up being Luffy who transforms and receives the gifts of goodness. Do I think Oda hates Sanji and the Straw Hats? No! That’s a really foolish conclusion to come to. Likewise, it would be just as foolish to believe these low quality character arcs indicate that Oda likes Sanji (wow, GrandLineReview). Only an idiot would present the false dichotomy that Oda either loves or hates Sanji. The actual answer is that he just doesn’t care about him – or the other Straw Hats - as much as he cares about world building.
World building has become the main driver in this series. To understand how, I will split up world building into two categories: first is the design of characters and the world at large, and the second category is the actual characters in the world. In regards to the first category, the different locations the straw-hats go to after the time skip are certainly crazy. Each new place seems to top the last, but none of them are bad. The character designs, on the other hand, are just ridiculous now. While it is true that the people in One Piece always looked goofy, Oda has turned it up the silliness to eleven. These are just nitpicks, however. For the second category, we come to the main problem with world building: the side characters in every location that get pushed to main character status. This is a very bad situation, because it means that in each new story arc, you will have Luffy, and at least one other side character that gets the focus, major character moments, and development. It happens in every arc: in Fishmen Island, it is Luffy, Jinbe, and Shirahoshi; in Punk Hazard: it’s Luffy, Law, Smoker, Momonosuke, and Kinemon; in Dressrosa, we have Luffy, Rebeca, Law, Bellamy, Sabo, Kyros; and now in Wano, there’s Luffy and every side-character (way too many to count). Wano is somewhat better, because Zoro is being focussed on too - which is a breath of fresh air, but doesn’t change the point being made here. Even in Whole Cake Island, we have characters like Pedro who get better moments than Sanji – who is the guy that the arc is supposed to be about. Now, I am not saying the development these characters are getting is bad (because it really isn’t), but I didn’t start watching this show for these minor characters. I don’t care about these minor characters. While it is nice to have a few, I care about the Straw Hats, and I do not enjoy them being pushed off to the sidelines with absolutely nothing to do. This is not to say this writing style is bad necessarily. The Alabasta arc had some of these traits and was great nonetheless, but having this type of story for five straight arcs while the main crew is neglected starts to get annoying.
When you look at One Piece pre-time skip - specifically arcs like Water 7 - the characters being focussed on were Robin, Usopp, Franky, and Luffy. Then you had awesome smaller arcs like Whisky Peak with great character development for Zoro, Luffy, Nami and Vivi. Enies Lobby is pretty much about Robin, while every Straw Hat gets their own fight and chance to develop. Some of the best moments of the show took place when the main cast was given the attention and focus, and those arcs were great because we dealt with characters that Oda took the time to develop over years; he didn’t start shoving new characters for us to care about down our throats in every single arc.
The action in One Piece is great throughout, so comparisons between pre- and post-timeskip is a wash. I will just mention that fights actually are very important in developing characters (contrary to what some idiots presume). The fact is that characters not having fights and not winning fights will ruin any character (Sanji). What makes fights so important to One Piece is not the action per se, but the idea that your life is at stake and they need to find any way to survive. Seeing how far you will go to become stronger when the chips are down was a way we were able to gain insights into most of the Straw Hats early in the series. It doesn’t matter what your role on the ship is: whether you’re a swordsman driven to finally cut steel in pursuit of becoming the best; or a doctor that is forced to the point of eating three rumble balls just to live and not let his friends down. Whether people want to admit it or not, fights are important to everyone in One Piece. Sanji’s best moments were against the wolf guy in Enies Lobby, and part of that was because we saw his intelligence at work.
SIDE-NOTE: GrandLineReview, you cannot make a video jerking off to the fight between Luffy and Katakuri, then turn around and say fight aren’t important to character development for a main Straw Hat fighter in Sanji. One Piece is a shonen, after all.

Why do I think Oda changed the formula to One Piece? Well, I think Marineford had a major part to play in this. Marineford was an arc that really focused on how grand the One Piece world really is, and since on Luffy was the only Straw Hat present, other characters who probably wouldn’t have that much screen time were suddenly pushed front and center. And what was the result of that arc? One Piece exploded in popularity, and the sales of One Piece manga took off into space. I don’t think it’s too much to assume that Oda saw what happened, and shifted the series more in the direction that made it so popular.
Another problem with this show is pacing. The series moves so slow that it takes forever for anything to happen. And no, I’m not just talking about the anime. People assume that the manga itself is infallible and perfect paced, but the reality is that it is also INCREDIBLY slow. The anime makes this problem much worse, but this effect is only so unbearable because of how badly paced the series is in the first place. Whenever a new One Piece arc starts, I actually think to myself, “Great! I’ll check back in two years when they stop faffing about and the story starts getting good.”
Side Note: The manga is horribly drawn. Oda shoves so much stuff in one panel that you have no clue what the characters are actually doing, and every chapter looks like a shit-show is taking place. This might piss some people off, but really, some of these panels are inscrutable as hell. Before some idiot messages me saying that I lack the perception to discern what is happening, this is not just me. I’ve watched videos of people reviewing manga chapters, and they will have completely different interpretations of what is happening in certain scenes. This is not an issue with me, this is Oda throwing too much shit on the page.
The bottom line is that there is something very wrong with what One Piece has become. There are a few signs that things are improving a little with Wano, but it genuinely feels like this series has lost part of its soul. We began with a small crew of really good people that you actually loved watching interact with each other. Some of my favourite moments in the entire series would be the parts between major arcs, when these awesome characters would be travelling on the Going Merry living with each other; they felt like a family, and I cared about every one of them (well, maybe not Franky). You don’t get this feeling anymore. In many ways, the move from the Going Merry to the Sunny is symbolic of One Piece as a whole: we have moved from a humbler, deeply personal adventure to an overblown and gimmicky monstrosity. The Straw Hats don’t feel like a family anymore, and they feel less real. The focus of the story is almost never on them being together anymore, with Oda opting to focus on building his big shiny world. The reality is that modern One Piece has become a caricature of itself, and whatever gave this series its soul died by the time skip.

One piece is that show that most of you got into it when you were either kids or were bombarded by its fans on tik tok discord and other social media platforms, as I watched 1035 eps of it ill write a honest review that will be quite long so please bear with me and read it all( forget me for saying boring a lot) and the end of every paragraph ill write my overall thoughts.

I don't see how this series has such a good score, i'd give it a 7 maximum and it pains me to say it because one piece in my opinion ... has the best story world building and world full of rich history.
A lot of fans of this anime forget that for an anime to be good IT HAS TO BE entertaining, which a lof one piece fans forget as they are too biased or blinded by nostalgia, today ill list a few reasons why this anime is SO BORING, why the hell do you think they all say '' it gets good here '' or '' its just that arc thats boring'' when in fact theres plenty of dog poo arcs. ( Made me drop the series 4 times)

Pre time skip:
Pre time skip is a slow ride , however right from the first episode we see an amazing plot and a world full of pirates which makes it very intriguing and fun to watch, all though even in the time skip, many people drop the series because well you guessed , its very boring for the most part, arcs like Skypea are so boring because for the most part episodes are filled with fodder, by fodder I mean episodes that arent even trivial to the story, to give you a better example ill describe one of the episodes. '' Luffy is walking through a forest and fights some fodder characters for about 9 minutes, then we switch to zoro that is lost through the forest and again fights some fodder characters for another 8 minutes, the rest is the same thing with other strawhats.
This is pretty much the formular for so many FLIPPING episodes, and for so many arcs too, we just get so many fodder and slow paced episodes that LITERALLY make a lot of people either skipping entire arcs BECAUSE they can just watch a damn resume in 20 minutes, thats how boring these arcs are, we do not need 30 episodes of zoro fighting the same type of npc/fodder pirates every time for 6 minutes in an episode, this formula is honestly so annoying to watch and bores the hell out of me where I had to skip episodes.(impel down arc)

I really don't see what people see in this series, DONT get me wrong tho, it has one of the best moments ever, incredible climax and fights, BUT that just gets washed down the freaking drain because 50% if not more of the episodes follow this shitty formula for its episodes that is just not needed, pre time skip arcs could easily be half the length.
Im not really going onto other horrible arcs like thriller bark because you get my point, as a side note I did skip most of thriller bark because it was so flipping boring.
I do think pre time skip is pretty fun if you dont count a ton of boring episodes because in pre time skip we still get pretty good character development and characters with a lot of depth, and the overall being a very interesting and mysterious adventure as luffy gathers more friends and go into adventures, its a shame the episode format are so boring and horrible.

Time skip=Ts hits us with a nice and fresh change of scenery, however going into the first arc after the strawhats unite we reach the first arc, the fishman arc. In my opinion this is the downfall of the series in quality in my opinion, as this arc sees a formula all arcs in the time skip follow and its absolutely horrible.
So let me explain, this arc again like pretty much every arc starts out very strong because we get a new fresh environent which is full of mystery and cool characters, but thats for about 10-15 episodes( my bad if im wrong but thats about it) because after we again get a villian and a new kingdom to save of course, this brings me to my next point as most arcs will follow this formala. Kingdom in trouble, Luffy and strawhats save it, end of arc= everyone happy. Which is not exactly the worst thing but when half of these arcs if not more is filled with fodder and THE MOST BORING formula for its episodes on the planet it drags it down so much.
Anyways as I was talking about fishman island thats pretty much everything that happens , 1.new villian( which btw is horrible for this arc) 2.fodder episodes 3. Some good backstory and good episode and actual action for once which you dont really get with one piece.
4. Kindom Saved+ Banquet at the end. Thats the damn formula for so many arcs and so many people are tired of it.
Guys I understand that THERE is a ton of good within this show, characters, story , world , everything, but for the millionth time none of this MATTERS when your episodes are so boring im going to describe 2 more arcs before ending so you get my point.

Dressora + Wano arc
Dressora has to be the most boring arc ever man, and btw ill also speak about wano during this because they are very similar.
Dressora has to be one of the worst arcs imo due to this formula of episodes which just doesnt work for most people, 60% of its episode is again fodder. Im quite tired of just saying the same thing over and over because I think you guys get the gest of it, Wano is the exact same .

Other complaints
One piece especially in wano is incredibly stupid, and by that I mean we have for example Zoro who was almost killed by Big Mum and kaido from an attack, however he sleeps with some bandages on him for a couple of episodes and hes brand new, same with luffy and other characters and its getting repetive and stupid. Im not even talk about how usoap nami and sometimes chopper are gag characters that whole purpose is to show us how weak they are and run around from enemies for 30 episodes. In pre time skip they had much better moments and werent this boring.

Even with all this ranting im still giving this series a 7/10 because it has SO so many elements that are amazing, shame that they are all brought down by boring and fodder episodes and other elements

One Piece is a great anime no doubt about it. the story, world building key moments are all great. this anime captures my heart more than in any series.
ofcourse we all also know that one piece has a terrible pacing that can damage your watching experience is it because the anime is 45-50 chapters behind the manga. so if they fix the pacing of the anime (like those seasonal anime) they will catch up in the manga in no time. So they'll end up making a full filler episode (which is bad in my pov) . so anyone who wanna watch one piece. ... lets just enjoy the journey and be a nakama.

One Piece is an anime quit different for me than others of it's genre

After so much time that I've been watching it. I have dropped it many times , I have hated on it a lot but there are also times that I said it's my favourite anime...

One Piece is one truly interesting idea and Oda is a genius that despite his quite mediocre (my opinion)and weird art style used his imagination and created this series.

The series makes you laugh,cry,get angry etc it's quite good at it however one piece biggest problem it's not the writing it's the pace

The reason I never ... recommend the One Piece anime is because... It's rough to "survive" watching it especially the start of it . It's even harder if you are a casual watcher or even worse someone who has seen 1 or 2 anime before it.

People always making fun of other people when they ask when One Piece gets good but to be fair they aren't wrong for asking that.

I myself took me a while to go through East Blue , Arabasta and Skypiea because they were incredibly long without even much filler. And I even thought many times to drop it forever but I kept watching because I wanted to learn more about characters like Crocodile, Ace , Shanks etc .

After I finished with Skypiea i was surprised how amazing the Water 7 Saga was I binged it in a week and I was adoring it a lot. And then... Thriller Bark I didn't watch an episode for 2 whole years.Since then I have taken breaks from it but it grew on me and I continue watching quite frequently

My point is that the anime is so much slow and it doesn't even have so much filler I have friends that wanted to watch it because of Marineford and Wano but they couldn't even finish Arabasta because they got bored
and tired

So One Piece in my opinion it's not for everyone like Bleach and Naruto . People usually say about One Piece "read the manga" which is a great alternative but I don't think many people like reading manga as much as watching anime.

If you want to get into One Piece I suggest you only to read the Manga and watch like your favourite scenes and fights from the anime. The manga is also quite long obviously but it's not as dragged as the anime . Also keep in mind that even in the manga the three first saga's are not the best of the series so watch with low expectations after that the series have some lows but also many highs!!!

Not a fan but its a decent series. if you wanna see naruto become a stretchy pirate this is for you. a long going series with a bit of character depth very childish nature but has alot of action. its not as good as bleach or naruto itsself but still can be a better watch for you then it was for me. i didnt get far into it but ik it wasnt for me but i can see its a good one for others its some what of a action supernatural war kinda story it has fruits that give power and groups of pirates vs ... navy while searching for a legendary treasure
ganjiuana

A super honest review of an anime that I like, but I have to tell the truth, this is One Piece (I saw it all until now 01/02/2024)

Story 07/10: The story is very complex and well told, it has a huge number of criticisms of various problems in our modern society, it has emotional moments. But the grade was 7 for two reasons

The first is, given the size it was obvious that it would be full of criticism, I guarantee you that almost any anime that reaches that point would have done this, an example of this is, tell me an anime with 100 episodes ... that doesn't have a criticism of something modern? If animes with 100 episodes already do this very well, imagine one with 1000, then is that something cool? Yes, but not innovative

the second reason is that the anime itself doesn't take itself seriously, the anime tries to stay between a serious anime and a comedy anime, and it can't get a 10 in either of them, and that really affects me, I have + 50 examples to give, but a good example is, in the anime there is a character who loves meat, another who loves swords, and another who loves women, and all 3 are passed out, and they are supposed to last for days like that, until someone says ' There's a beautiful swordswoman carrying meat' and the 3 wake up saying 'Swordsman?' 'Lovely?' 'Meat?' It's funny, but it takes away so much immersion from the scene, especially what was supposed to be a serious arc.

Characters 09/10: Apart from the main characters, who have minimal or almost no changes in their attitudes, to the point that Luffy at the beginning of the anime would make the same choices as current Luffy, the difference is the level of power. The secondary characters are incredible, and in addition there are insane backstories in the anime, to the point that at the beginning of the anime, you cry for a dog that just appeared, simply very good.

Sound 08/10: The sound is another fantastic point, there are incredible songs in the anime, and a huge variety, although they are nothing that remarkable, they are always at the right moments.

Art 08/10: Much of the art can be said to be unstable, I like how it reflects the author's personality at various moments in the work, but I often find it lacking, and even getting worse.

Entertainment 04/10: Here's the biggest problem, the dynamism of One Piece, it's really cool when you've finished watching everything from One Piece, and you think things like 'what a cool story, so many good characters, I can't wait for more ' But ask someone who's watching One Piece, what they think, more than 50% of One Piece is extremely boring and not dynamic, and it gets so tedious, that there are arcs that if you explain it to one person, you can explain everything that happened in 100 episodes in less than half an hour. And I'm talking about canonical episodes.

In general, I would say that One Piece is made for if you want to see something long and don't prioritize quality so much, I don't say that One Piece is bad, but I don't see any reason to see One Piece instead of Code Geass, Death Note, Attack on Titan. Among other animes that will make you happy to watch, and give you space in your schedule to watch more great animes.

I love the One Piece lore, but the anime... It's a chore.
I've been watching it at 1.25x since around post-time skip; the pacing is absolutely horrid due to how it's scheduled compared to the manga. Some people may be able to tolerate it, but after 1000+ episodes I feel like I'm wasting my time re-watching stuff at each episode. The animation can be really great in some important episodes, but even in those the problem is jarring. A perfect example is ep1027.

So what now? I've decided that after the end of the Wano Arc, I'm going to read the manga and only watch fan-cut episodes ... (like the One Pace project). It is a bad anime? No. Would I recommend it? Pre-time skip absolutely, afterwards just read the manga.

Also, here's a breakdown of a typical One Piece episode:
2 mins opening
1 min recap
30s eyecatch
30s next episode tease
2.5mins stuff that happened in the previous episodes
3mins of still frames panning and zooming with nothing happening
1.5mins of reused frames
1min of added dialogue that consists of screaming and meaningless stuff like "we'll see", "I'll kick your butt", "I'll defeat you"
2min of running around and generically punching random fodder
10mins of actual episode that could be 10% faster

My rating of One Piece: 10
My rating of the anime: ↓↓↓

I haven’t watched much, but I don’t really get the appeal. To me, the story is very generic and there is too much filler. The characters are one-dimensional, and really don’t have much to them. The story could use some work. It is very fan service-y, which already is a turn-off for me, but the fact that the fan service is centered around LITTLE GIRLS disturbs me a bit. This anime is mid at best. I may not be a fan of One Piece, but I respect the grind and I don’t care if you like it or not. (Don’t harass me pls)

oh god, where to start. At first i liked it, it was my childhood fav. anime but as it aged I slowly lost my interest, but it was still enjoyable, until I caught up to the weekly uploads (in dressrosa) it started to feel like Eternity till something happens and often come out of the episode like nothing has happened.

It became a habit of mine to summarise each episode after i finish watching and most of the time the summary is just a couple of words, ex: luffy hit kaido

And don't get me started on the inconsistency, imagine watching a full 20 min of bad ... or mid animations with the goofiest sound effects and some silly side character designs that just disappear after thier arc ends and we never hear from again after they just spent the whole arc developing its character and making it the most intense drama past just so you could (or could not) find a 10 out of 10, 5 minute clip in the end of the episode.
A good example of this is senior pink, goofy design, sad backstory, cool fight with franky, never saw him again.

Pacing is a big problem even the studio can't fix easily even if they wanted to.

But i got a suggestion to fix it, a good example of an anime adaptation, is a silly as it sounds is solo leveling.
Hear me out as of right now with the only the season that aired (season 1) they already covered like 40 chapters and solo leveling chapters are much longer, but they didn't cut any content infact they added MORE content that is vanilla in the manhwa but could only be deduced (was only mentioned as text).

On the other side every one piece chapter is like what, 20 pages? Even less sometimes.
That's ridiculous if you need to milk a 20 min episode of those couple of pictures.

I will willingly continue it despite being my most frustrating series to ever watch purely to see the ending. not saying that it is a bad series but the negative parts are currently out-weighing the good parts

I will take responsibility and say that the animated one piece needs a better studio to take over, or for toei to include like 2 or 3 chapters in each episode to improve the pacing and if they needed to take more time to not catch up with the manga then that is a downside i will gladly take instead of this animation that will forever be remembered like this, so that or pass it to another studio and show it as the masterpiece as it was intended.

A franchise as big as one piece will for sure get a rework that will greatly cut the number of episodes and and improve the overall quality of the show. And i will be one of the first to watch this rework.

But as of right now i will keep the score low but i might change the score when it ends depending on how it ends; if it ends.

Story: 4/10
One Piece's story is hampered by slow pacing and repetitive arcs, which dilute its narrative tension and make it difficult to maintain interest over time.

Characters: 5/10
Despite potential for depth, characters often rely on predictable tropes and excessive emotional outbursts, leading to a lack of subtlety and complexity.

Artwork: 5/10
While the artwork is distinct, it frequently lacks consistency, with many scenes suffering from poor detail and simplistic designs that fail to engage visually.

Animation: 4/10
The animation quality varies greatly, with significant dips during less critical episodes. This inconsistency undermines the impact of action sequences that should be more visually ... dynamic.

I'm writing this review in the year of 2017. I will not bore you with a summary of One Piece There are three major setbacks that I find with One Piece and I'm sure many will agree with me.

First, the pacing of this anime is slow. The OP is 2:30 minutes compared to the standard 1:30 minute most are used to. The recap of the current arc takes 3:00. Then there is a 2:00
minute preview for the next episode. That only leaves 15 minutes for actual story.

Second, the character designs is ugly. The villains have cartoonish appearances which eliminates any feeling of threat. ... The marines are basically fodder just like hollows is in Bleach. The only marines that could possible pose a threat to Luffy and his crew are the admirals. Whenever there are emotional moments it's totally destroyed by the silly facial expressions. Snot dripping, eyes bulging, mouth gaping, this is just unrealistic and hideous.

Third, there isn't enough deaths in One Piece and when there is a death it's just used at a plot tool. I'm no saying I want everyone to die, but I'm saying that having people die due to the heinous methods of a villain will add more suspense.

Also there are some things that need to be said about Luffy and his crew. I will first name the person and give my thoughts on that person.

We all now Luffy is the captain, but he never acts like one instead he just eats, jokes around, and acts like an idiot. It's Nami that takes responsibility and acts more like a captain then anyone else. Personally Nami would be a better captain in terms of directing the crew through a thunderstorm or battle. She is the third smartest person in One Piece and clearly has expertise in navigation and weather.

Ussop there isn't much to say about him since his character doesn't change one bit. He still lies and acts cowardly in the face of danger. He serves no role on the ship, except to make some gadgets and fix the ship if need be. Ussop isn't necessary for the crew, even though his compassion for others and loyalty is something to be admired. But let's face it, he couldn't save his friends despite him wanting to.

Sanji well there isn't a doubt that he is a good chef and awesome fighter, but Sanji has this annoying quirk (Which you should know already). It's just a poor excuse for comedy relief. If Sanji was to get rid of that side of him then I would be content to have him on the crew.

Zorro is awesome. I have nothing against him except for the fact that he is directionally challenged and has green hair. Zorro is essential to the crew as he serves as vice captain and is a master of the three sword style which cuts down fodder like a god. If it wasn't for Zorro then this show would be over. Love you bro.

Nico Robin; she has a very tragic past (Like all the others only more tragic.) and it's easy to sympathize with her. I find her comments in the face of danger hilarious. Sadly Nico really doesn't do anything for Luffy's crew except dump exposition about "lost history" and snap people's necks. If anything though she is powerful due to her advantage of instantly killing people once she sees them. She would make a great assassin. I love you Nico but you don't really need to be on a pirate crew.

Chopper; This lil' ol' fella is a mascot and nothing more. Yes, he serves as a doctor, but that's all. Besides he is a reindeer which just makes him look irresponsible for a doctor. Doctors are supposed to look professional and clean. Chopper is tiny and goofy. I wouldn't trust my life in his hands or hooves I guess.

Brook; Again he has a tragic story and maybe on par with Nico Robin. Regardless Brook doesn't need to be on the crew for his only purpose is to tell cheesy jokes and play music. His jokes are funny at first, but gets old real fast until you just wanna rot in a cell and turn into a skeleton.

Franky; I just wanna say this guy looks ugly! I'm gonna barf if I don't move on to the next character.

One Piece; One Piece is a cool dude with amazing abilities. He has mastered all of the haki types, and can consume as many devil fruits as he wants. With just a stroke of his hand he can make berries turn into pure gold. One Piece is serious when it comes to fighting and he doesn't like to joke around much either. In my opinion One Piece is my favorite character.

This show does not deserve such a high score. Not anymore.

For the longest time it baffled me that this was such a popular series in Japan. I caught glimpses of the 4kids dub on TV and was immediately turned off by it.

Then in 2011 I actually knew some Japanese friends who liked the show and they eventually convinced me to give it a chance with the original version. I remember their claim that Oda (the creator) said the series would likely go on for another fifteen years. Given that and the fact that the show was already near the end of the Punk Hazard ... arc, or over 600 episodes, by the time I began watching, I was more than a little daunted by the whole undertaking.

After giving it a chance, for several years I was obsessed. A huge fan. But, I don't know: I grew weary.

Here's the short of it: For what it is, the story, and by extension the manga I assume, is quite good. It can really only be compared to other long-running shounen type shows, and in that respect it is much smarter in the construction of the story. Story beats and elements are thought through well ahead of time and not just pulled out of nowhere week after week.

The characters are both likable and memorable. The comedic moments are funny, and the dramatic moments are really sad. The music is repetitive if you're bingeing the whole show in one go but it does achieve the proper effect on the listener in evoking a sense of adventure on the seas.

Now here's where I give it mediocre score for enjoyment: The pacing gets abysmal after a while. The opening theme gets longer and longer with shittier music, followed by a secondary opening, and then a recap almost as long as the opening itself. Once you've caught up and you're watching the episodes premiere weekly it becomes even more of a slog. You've waited an entire week to see the continuation of the story and when the new episode finally drops you get like two minutes worth of content stretched out to fill 20 minutes. It feels as if watching the episode didn't even matter. As a result, almost no stand alone episode is good. Cumulatively the story is good, but this show would be so much better if they took time off to let the manga gain some distance from the anime.

Another issue is the constant use of flashbacks to fill up time, sometimes entire strings of episodes are just flashbacks piled on flashbacks with a minute of new content. They used to bother me but lately not so much because often times it has literally been a decade or two since a scene they reference has premiered. I just don't remember what happened anymore.

I'm going to continue to stick with the anime and not switch over to the manga, but that is not a recommendation for everybody. I hope that one day they release a "Kai" version of this show that gives it a more consistent style and has tighter pacing for the story. THAT I could give a higher score.

As of 08/07/21 One Piece is currently 986 episodes with room for at least another 300 before the series concludes. Watching One Piece is a major time investment. In the time it takes to catch up with the show you can learn to ride a unicycle, whistle, or pick up Japanese. With this in mind do I recommend One Piece? No. One Piece has some of the best moments in Shonen anime but the journey is only for the most dedicated or braindead of weebs.

Sound - Sound is good. Luffy’s rubber noises, Zoro’s swords, Law’s Room, background tracks, etc are all memorable but (like ... most things here) can get repetitive. Voice acting is good.

Art - There are three main styles; Pre-Timeskip (ep1~500), Post-Timeskip (ep500~890), and Wano (ep890~ ). Pre-Timeskip is my favorite of the three. It’s nothing crazy but overall solid. Post-Timeskip opts for a brighter color palette while making body proportions stranger across the board. Animation quality takes a significant hit and female characters get really big boobs. Wano keeps to the style of Post-Timeskip while adding more texture and fluidity to the animation. As the series progresses increasing amounts of time are dedicated to reaction shots. This is when the camera cuts to a few side characters with their mouth open in joy/surprise/fear/sadness in response to whatever just happened. These shots are barely animated, usually just some squiggles around the eye or a jaw moving up and down, and serve to pad for time. The Dressrosa arc is particularly bad with this. The camera cutting to all the tiny midget people every two minutes made me want to kill myself.

Characters - One Piece characters are pretty standard. They’re not particularly deep but each fill a niche in progressing the narrative and worldbuilding while also being cool. No individual character is particularly mind-blowing but the way the series manages to keep so many of them relevant across hundreds of episodes is impressive.

Story - The world of One Piece is amazing, the plot is mediocre, and the pacing is awful. The story follows Monkey D. Luffy, who ate a magic fruit which turned his body into rubber, on his journey to find the One Piece and become King of the Pirates. The main story is broken into dozens of smaller individual arcs that tend to follow one of two patterns; a member of Luffy’s crew leaves and needs to be rescued or a country has been taken over by a pirate and needs to be saved. The rescue arcs (Arlong Park, Enies Lobby, Marineford / Impel Down, Whole Cake) are better than the nation-saving ones (Alabasta, Skypeia, Thriller Bark, Fishman Island, Dressrosa, Wano) with a few exceptions. What makes One Piece special is the power system and lore tying all these arcs together. The series’ core is a bunch of pirates who eat magic fruits and fight eachother while running from marines. Layers are added to this in the form of how people counter magic fruit usage and what type of government sponsors such an oppressive marine force. Other long-running Shonen either collapse into nonsense from a lack of foresight (Dragon Ball Z / Super) or morph into something entirely alien from the original concept (Naruto) but One Piece has been building up its core for 20+ years. The magic fruit system has evolved to the point where it can stand toe to toe with the nen system of Hunter x Hunter or the alchemy of Full Metal Alchemist. Ideas are set up in the first season that pay off 900 episodes in the future. Which is all very cool. Unfortunately getting to episode 900 is an absolute slog. Early seasons are fun but because the anime releases one episode per week the pacing is gradually throttled to a crawl to avoid catching up with the manga. The majority of episodes past 500 feel like watching a highschool presentation where the student has some good ideas but didn’t prepare and is just stalling for time until 30min of class ends.

Conclusion - A 5/10 anime with occasional flashes of genre-defining brilliance.

6/10