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Jul 8, 12:07 PM
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Whole Cake Island is a very debated arc upon viewers as some say to watch the original anime for the emotional scenes and amazing fight scenes, while others say One Pace makes the pacing a lot better and therefore it’s worthwhile to use it for this arc as Whole Cake Island is a pretty long arc. I’d really like to hear people’s opinions (from both sides) on which one I should use.

The arcs that were well agreed upon to be watched in One Pace were Fishman Island, Punk Hazard, Dressrosa (mainly), Zou, and Reverie. I’m not sure what I’m planning to do for Whole Cake Island, but I’ll decide after hearing people’s opinions.
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Jul 8, 12:11 PM
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BTW, before anyone replies, One Pace is a fan made non-profit edit of the One Piece anime that recuts the One Piece anime in an attempt to make it as close to the manga as possible. They do this by removing any filler episodes/scenes, padding, and combining episodes to significantly improve the pacing. Here is the website. (https://onepace.net/, currently down for website fixes). So anyway, that’s what I’m referring to.

Also, please stay relevant to the post. I don’t want any replies from One Piece purists or One Pace loyalists. I would like to hear balanced responses from both sides so I have a good idea of the pros and cons of each.
Jul 8, 12:35 PM
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One Piece pacing never bothered me when i binged it. I watched Whole Cake arc regularly and it's my favourite One Piece arc.
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Jul 8, 12:53 PM
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I’m not too sure since I read the manga for most of One Piece, but either way, I think you’ll really enjoy the arc!! It really boils down to each individual’s own tastes/preference, but I think most of us will agree it’s an amazing arc.
Jul 8, 12:56 PM
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Pacing in the original seemed fine by me. If you have the time for it I'd just go with that one. If you were fine with Dressrosa and Water 7 you'll be fine with Whole Cake.
Jul 8, 1:00 PM
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I don't see a reason to watch anything other than One Pace after the skip. Also, from what I've looked up, WCI is less contentious than Dressrosa.
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Jul 8, 1:02 PM
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The scenes are worth it. Even the longest fight in one piece.
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Pacing in the original seemed fine by me. If you have the time for it I'd just go with that one. If you were fine with Dressrosa and Water 7 you'll be fine with Whole Cake.
@WestOnAndrewAve Pacing drops to 1 ch/ep all the way back at Thriller Bark, it's objectively terrible, but you just get used to it.
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Jul 8, 1:08 PM
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LostSpectre said:
@WestOnAndrewAve Pacing drops to 1 ch/ep all the way back at Thriller Bark, it's objectively terrible, but you just get used to it.

I was ok with it as I said so I don't really care how many chapters it does per episode.
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i dont really get the point of creating another forum for something you already asked before...

but to answer your question, i never felt this terrible pacing ppl say the post ts has...until whole cake island, the beginning was such a drag and it felt boring and the last eps really ruin big mom for me, i was super annoyed with her, screaming waydding caiku!!! for what i percieved as an eternity. If you are already planning to watch all those arcs on one pace, i dont see a problem with watching this arc as well. But i have to say ive never watched one pace so i dont know if they cut some battle sequences, etc.
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@WestOnAndrewAve Pacing drops to 1 ch/ep all the way back at Thriller Bark, it's objectively terrible, but you just get used to it.

I was ok with it as I said so I don't really care how many chapters it does per episode.
@WestOnAndrewAve Cool. The takeaway is that the pacing only seems fine if you've been indoctrinated.
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Jul 8, 2:15 PM

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KitsuneZoro said:
Whole Cake Island is a very debated arc upon viewers as some say to watch the original anime for the emotional scenes and amazing fight scenes, while others say One Pace makes the pacing a lot better and therefore it’s worthwhile to use it for this arc as Whole Cake Island is a pretty long arc. I’d really like to hear people’s opinions (from both sides) on which one I should use.

The arcs that were well agreed upon to be watched in One Pace were Fishman Island, Punk Hazard, Dressrosa (mainly), Zou, and Reverie. I’m not sure what I’m planning to do for Whole Cake Island, but I’ll decide after hearing people’s opinions.

If you skip any arc, there's no point of the show. Atleast watch a detailed story explained of Whole Cake Island in YT before starting Wano. And about Wano, it also has quite a bad pacing, you have to skip 2-3 flashbacks each episode. So it will always be there, no point to skip a arc if you don't like pacing. Read the Manga then. That should suffice your valuable time.
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Why do you make a seperate thread each time you want to ask if you should skip X arc or not? Just make one thread and then ask all of the questions in it.
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bro watch one pace, u will not regret it, i started watching whole cake as regular one piece but a certain portion (involving some trees) went on for too long so i seeked out one pace on my own, so i completed whole cake in one pace and it's one of my favorite arcs
Jul 8, 3:19 PM
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Yes you should.
Hole cake starts a little bit slow, but don't get so long to get u. Sanjis history, Katakuris fight, Luffy and Sanji relationship, all of this make this arc awsome.
But i reccomend to watch with less pauses as possible, if u watch like, 1 episode for day, it will be to long and u will feel borred.
Jul 8, 5:02 PM
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I don't see a reason to watch anything other than One Pace after the skip. Also, from what I've looked up, WCI is less contentious than Dressrosa.
@LostSpectre Yeah, but Dressrosa is longer and there are only a few important scenes that are cut in the original anime.

WCI has a lot of really good fight scenes and emotional scenes and I heard there isn’t as much padding (still a lot of episodes though)
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Pacing in the original seemed fine by me. If you have the time for it I'd just go with that one. If you were fine with Dressrosa and Water 7 you'll be fine with Whole Cake.
@WestOnAndrewAve Yeah I really liked the Water 7 Saga, so if WCI is as good, I’m fine with it.

I think Dressrosa I’ll mainly be watching on One Pace though
Jul 8, 5:06 PM
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i dont really get the point of creating another forum for something you already asked before...

but to answer your question, i never felt this terrible pacing ppl say the post ts has...until whole cake island, the beginning was such a drag and it felt boring and the last eps really ruin big mom for me, i was super annoyed with her, screaming waydding caiku!!! for what i percieved as an eternity. If you are already planning to watch all those arcs on one pace, i dont see a problem with watching this arc as well. But i have to say ive never watched one pace so i dont know if they cut some battle sequences, etc.
@luisfunes99 But aren’t the fight scenes supposed to be really good? But if the pacing is that bad, then I’ll stick with One Pace
Jul 8, 5:08 PM
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KitsuneZoro said:
Whole Cake Island is a very debated arc upon viewers as some say to watch the original anime for the emotional scenes and amazing fight scenes, while others say One Pace makes the pacing a lot better and therefore it’s worthwhile to use it for this arc as Whole Cake Island is a pretty long arc. I’d really like to hear people’s opinions (from both sides) on which one I should use.

The arcs that were well agreed upon to be watched in One Pace were Fishman Island, Punk Hazard, Dressrosa (mainly), Zou, and Reverie. I’m not sure what I’m planning to do for Whole Cake Island, but I’ll decide after hearing people’s opinions.

If you skip any arc, there's no point of the show. Atleast watch a detailed story explained of Whole Cake Island in YT before starting Wano. And about Wano, it also has quite a bad pacing, you have to skip 2-3 flashbacks each episode. So it will always be there, no point to skip a arc if you don't like pacing. Read the Manga then. That should suffice your valuable time.
@ANIk_003 I don’t think you get my question lol, but no, I am not skipping any arcs.

Also, Wano supposedly has the best pacing post timeskip compared to all previous arcs, so I’ll probably stick with the anime.
Jul 8, 5:10 PM
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bro watch one pace, u will not regret it, i started watching whole cake as regular one piece but a certain portion (involving some trees) went on for too long so i seeked out one pace on my own, so i completed whole cake in one pace and it's one of my favorite arcs
@ciiviic Alright, sure, but are the fight scenes as good in One Pace. I heard WCI has some of the best emotional/fight scenes and if they’re cut/over-shortened in One Pace, then I’d rather get the full experience out of the original anime.
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Yes you should.
Hole cake starts a little bit slow, but don't get so long to get u. Sanjis history, Katakuris fight, Luffy and Sanji relationship, all of this make this arc awsome.
But i reccomend to watch with less pauses as possible, if u watch like, 1 episode for day, it will be to long and u will feel borred.
@Musashi7818 I’ll probably be watching 3-4 episodes a day around that time. Maybe 2-3, it depends.

Also, One Pace is different from the original anime, so are you saying I should watch the whole thing or One Pace
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Why do you make a seperate thread each time you want to ask if you should skip X arc or not? Just make one thread and then ask all of the questions in it.
@GTRaijin That’s what I did in my previous post, but in that case, people get confused and don’t rly answer some of my questions.

If you have any answers, I’d really appreciate it. Here’s the link: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2167929
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@Musashi7818 I’ll probably be watching 3-4 episodes a day around that time. Maybe 2-3, it depends.

i see.
there is some parts that are quite boring, so... when u get one of that try to watch more, than wen u return on next day, you will have good episodes to watch.
Thats my real recomendation.
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@Musashi7818 I’ll probably be watching 3-4 episodes a day around that time. Maybe 2-3, it depends.

i see.
there is some parts that are quite boring, so... when u get one of that try to watch more, than wen u return on next day, you will have good episodes to watch.
Thats my real recomendation.
@Musashi7818 Alright. I’ll try that out when I get there.

Also, sorry, but I included in a reply that One Pace is not the same as One Piece, and you seemed to have watched the original.

If too much content has been cut from the original, I’ll go ahead with the original anime despite the sometimes annoying pacing.
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@LostSpectre Yeah, but Dressrosa is longer and there are only a few important scenes that are cut in the original anime.

WCI has a lot of really good fight scenes and emotional scenes and I heard there isn’t as much padding (still a lot of episodes though)
@KitsuneZoro That's not what I meant. The quality of the WCI cut is supposed to be quite good, so it doesn't make sense to single out.
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The scenes are worth it. Even the longest fight in one piece.

*The longest fight in anime
Jul 8, 9:55 PM
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@KitsuneZoro That's not what I meant. The quality of the WCI cut is supposed to be quite good, so it doesn't make sense to single out.
@LostSpectre Yeah, I heard WCI quality is better in One Pace than Dressrosa. Have they remade Dressrosa yet? I heard Dressrosa is really good in One Pace because it removes so much padding and filler, but it would be cool if they have/do improve the quality.

I think WCI is still decently contentious bc it adds a lot of off panel fights or extends some fights to make them a lot cooler and gives them some build up. Also, some emotional moments are better experienced in the anime as well I think. I did hear that a decent amount of people enjoyed the WCI edit in One Pace though and said the quality was really good, so I’m still not sure.
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The scenes are worth it. Even the longest fight in one piece.
@michal_b Yeah, I heard the fight scenes are rly good, especially the long fight with Luffy. I’m not asking about whether to watch the arc BTW bc I’m definitely going to watch the arc, I’m asking whether to watch on One Pace (check my comment) or the original anime.

Also, I’m honestly not sure how much One Pace cuts, so I’ll have to check the episodes once the website is back up
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@ANIk_003 I don’t think you get my question lol, but no, I am not skipping any arcs.

Also, Wano supposedly has the best pacing post timeskip compared to all previous arcs, so I’ll probably stick with the anime.

Whoever told you that Wano has the best pacing post ts is smoking crack.
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One pace is terrible, never use it
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I don't think it's matter. I done watching it and I done it with my own speed. plz don't use one pace it's sounds weird
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Stop asking same question daily, atleast watch 1 Arc in One Pace and if it's okay, you can continue forward. If the editing feels bad, then watch the original. Even if you are at Fishman island Arc, it will take you more tah 300 episodes to reach whole Cake. Watch those first, then decide. What kind of planning are you doing exactly, In the end you just have to watch in the sequence.
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I would, Whole Cake Island is an almost unbearable drag, much worse than Dressrosa by my feel.
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use one pace, wci arc is one of my fav character, watching the og anime will ruin your experience (trust me)
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As someone's who's a big fan of One Piece I'd say to just watch the original episodes.
Yes the pacing is god awful at times but it's still entertaining.

If you don't have the time to sit through it, then yes One Pace will probably be enough.

I'm definitely planning on going through One Pace if I ever want to re-watch One Piece or maybe the new "The One Piece" anime will be kinda similar to what One Pace is doing.


It's the same with Naruto, there's been a big project that removed all the filler and made a cohesive watching experience for Naruto, it basically cuts down 50% in total.
I think One Piece will probably be about the same in the end.
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@ciiviic Alright, sure, but are the fight scenes as good in One Pace. I heard WCI has some of the best emotional/fight scenes and if they’re cut/over-shortened in One Pace, then I’d rather get the full experience out of the original anime.

I don't think that anything was rushed, fights were epic; one pace makes the official anime look like some cheap parody (in the sense of how everything is dragged out and pacing is in the mud); one pace legit feels like the way one piece should have been consumed in anime form, one pace actually gives the anime very good pacing and stuff is edited together so well that I almost don't even notice where the original episode would have ended; fights feel like they should as in hype isn't lost in dragging out the episodes, instead they serve you what you want; this is the highest form of glaze I have ever given anything even though I'm not the biggest fan of one piece, but one pace itself is pretty amazing
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KitsuneZoro said:
@michal_b Yeah, I heard the fight scenes are rly good, especially the long fight with Luffy. I’m not asking about whether to watch the arc BTW bc I’m definitely going to watch the arc, I’m asking whether to watch on One Pace (check my comment) or the original anime.

Also, I’m honestly not sure how much One Pace cuts, so I’ll have to check the episodes once the website is back up

one pace cuts anything that isn't manga canon I'm pretty sure, it's all written in their wiki
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I don't think it's matter. I done watching it and I done it with my own speed. plz don't use one pace it's sounds weird
@nirererin I guess you didn’t read my post. If you’re suggesting I watch WCI in the original anime, then sure, thanks.

You don’t need to criticize a website that more than 200k people use. Trust me, it’s a very good project, just that I’m worried about some of the edits.
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Just watch the whole thing, its a great arc
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I would, Whole Cake Island is an almost unbearable drag, much worse than Dressrosa by my feel.
@Zarutaku Really? In that case, I might just watch One Pace for the entire arc. If WCI pacing is that bad, then One Pace is probably the ways to go
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use one pace, wci arc is one of my fav character, watching the og anime will ruin your experience (trust me)
@Havish2628 Yeah, I’m leaning towards One Pace at the moment. I’ll still have to check it out, but if One Pace makes the experience better overall, then I’m definitely going to go with One Pace, for sure.
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As someone's who's a big fan of One Piece I'd say to just watch the original episodes.
Yes the pacing is god awful at times but it's still entertaining.

If you don't have the time to sit through it, then yes One Pace will probably be enough.

I'm definitely planning on going through One Pace if I ever want to re-watch One Piece or maybe the new "The One Piece" anime will be kinda similar to what One Pace is doing.


It's the same with Naruto, there's been a big project that removed all the filler and made a cohesive watching experience for Naruto, it basically cuts down 50% in total.
I think One Piece will probably be about the same in the end.
@PrOxAnto Alright, thanks. Maybe if I have the time, I’ll go through it, but I’m leaning towards One Pace rn
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KitsuneZoro said:
@Havish2628 Yeah, I’m leaning towards One Pace at the moment. I’ll still have to check it out, but if One Pace makes the experience better overall, then I’m definitely going to go with One Pace, for sure.

I have watched it in one pace and enjoyed it very much, it's one of my favourite arcs (it's better than wano imo)

I have heard many PPL who watched the anime say that it's boring, so i would recommend one pace
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@ciiviic Alright, sure, but are the fight scenes as good in One Pace. I heard WCI has some of the best emotional/fight scenes and if they’re cut/over-shortened in One Pace, then I’d rather get the full experience out of the original anime.

I don't think that anything was rushed, fights were epic; one pace makes the official anime look like some cheap parody (in the sense of how everything is dragged out and pacing is in the mud); one pace legit feels like the way one piece should have been consumed in anime form, one pace actually gives the anime very good pacing and stuff is edited together so well that I almost don't even notice where the original episode would have ended; fights feel like they should as in hype isn't lost in dragging out the episodes, instead they serve you what you want; this is the highest form of glaze I have ever given anything even though I'm not the biggest fan of one piece, but one pace itself is pretty amazing
@ciiviic Ok, thanks! I was just worried that they might cut out some of the fights, but if the fights are just as good, then One Pace seems really good.
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@michal_b Yeah, I heard the fight scenes are rly good, especially the long fight with Luffy. I’m not asking about whether to watch the arc BTW bc I’m definitely going to watch the arc, I’m asking whether to watch on One Pace (check my comment) or the original anime.

Also, I’m honestly not sure how much One Pace cuts, so I’ll have to check the episodes once the website is back up

one pace cuts anything that isn't manga canon I'm pretty sure, it's all written in their wiki
@ciiviic Yeah, I think they don’t consider anything other than manga canon usually. But you’re saying that it doesn’t ruin any cool scenes, right?
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@Zarutaku Really? In that case, I might just watch One Pace for the entire arc. If WCI pacing is that bad, then One Pace is probably the ways to go
@KitsuneZoro Yes it is, especially the fight between Luffy and Katakuri constantly getting interrupted by annoying scene switches.
I don't know how it's done in One Pace, but I don't think it can be any worse than the botch in the original.
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Just watch the whole thing, its a great arc
@duhhaag You mean in the original anime? Rn, I’m hearing that a lot of people think it drags on too much, so I’m leaning towards One Pace
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@KitsuneZoro Yes it is, especially the fight between Luffy and Katakuri constantly getting interrupted by annoying scene switches.
I don't know how it's done in One Pace, but I don't think it can be any worse than the botch in the original.
@Zarutaku Yeah, in that case, I’m just going to go with One Pace for the entire thing. I didn’t realize pacing was that bad
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Stop asking same question daily, atleast watch 1 Arc in One Pace and if it's okay, you can continue forward. If the editing feels bad, then watch the original. Even if you are at Fishman island Arc, it will take you more tah 300 episodes to reach whole Cake. Watch those first, then decide. What kind of planning are you doing exactly, In the end you just have to watch in the sequence.
@Ruthless_Lord If you don’t want me to ask the same question, then people should actually read my whole post instead of answering only part of it.

I didn’t get any responses in my previous post regarding WCI, so that’s why I reposted only this question.

But honestly, your assessment is fair. I’ll try out the earlier arcs first and see how much I enjoy them, then I’ll see about WCI.

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@duhhaag You mean in the original anime? Rn, I’m hearing that a lot of people think it drags on too much, so I’m leaning towards One Pace

I think Dressrosa was more dragging than Whole Cake.
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