Is MAL ruining the fun in watching anime?

I think most people just care about either posting on the forums or just keeping track of the anime that they watch in general. It's pretty reasonable to say that most people have a long list on an anime website because they are anime fans in the first place.

For my personally it's true I don't want to watch anime like one piece but that's just because it too long to watch 1000 episodes, not because of database stats.

@WaffleMaster89 I know this wont change your mind, but you have a total of 4,124 anime episodes watched, thats almost 4 times the length of OP

Also, im on my one piece rewatch. Its really not that long in the grand scheme of your life. Its not a jail sentence. People rush OP and thats the wrong approach, just relax and take your time.

Its like staring at the timer whilst on the treadmil, yes it will drag if you keep looking at the timer. Same with OP and its episode count. Just stop caring.

It took me 4 months in 2023, I'll probably do it quicker this year because I have more free time

Just a thought, I aint telling you to watch it. Though OP is gonna end soon and when the one piece is found, you will be spoiled 90% chance.

We have collected almost all the maps that lead to the one piece and we are literally in the 'final saga'.

One Piece is ending soon. Jump in! Watch 'One Pace' if the OG anime really bothers you that much

@W0RST-GENERATION You have to take into consideration though that that's over a decade of watching hundreds of anime TV shows, movies, and ova's. Compering that to one anime is a bit unfair.

I actually do want to watch one piece but I think I'll wait till "The One Piece" comes out. I've heard the live action was good as well so I need to watch that at some point as well. Or just read the manga.

@WaffleMaster89 I’ve been watching One Piece for 10 years on a periodic basis. I wait for a saga to finish before binge-watching it, and then I wait about a year before getting back into it. And I absolutely don’t recommend the anime; it’s not really worth it. I have a hard time understanding the OP who watches One Piece a second time when there are so many other anime that deserve to be seen x_x.

The live-action is really cool tho

@San9shi . ''I have a hard time understanding the OP who watches One Piece a second time when there are so many other anime that deserve to be seen x_x''

1) Because its my favourite anime
2) I dont find other anime as interesting
3) I like to master the shows I love. I wanna know everything, and spot things I didnt before

I dont want to see every anime there is.

@W0RST-GENERATION I get that everyone has their own tastes, but the anime just gets so bad the pacing is painfully slow just to avoid catching up to the manga.

Ironically, it made me appreciate fillers in other anime at least they try to entertain. OP, on the other hand, drags things out to absurd levels, like the Goku vs. Frieza fight… except it’s been 500 episodes.

If One Piece is your favorite anime, I think it’s really the story you love. You’d probably enjoy the manga way more than sitting through 1000+ episodes, and it’s definitely a much better way to fully experience the series and catch all the details.

We all watch anime to have fun. Sorry for losing my mind. Do whatever makes you happy, but I still have a hard time understanding how you can love this.

@San9shi

Simple: I don't like reading manga as much as watching anime. I take my time when watching anime, I don't rush. I don't care if its long. Also, Goku vs Freeza shouldn't be as long as it is, in the manga its literally just a couple of chapters.

Its like when you're running on the treadmill, yes, if you keep looking at the timer, it will drag. If you keep looking at how long you have left to catch up to OP, it will drag. Just stop caring.

And again, this is my hot take, but I love the OG one piece anime, and I watched it in 2023, so its not a nostalgia thing either, the anime has so much charm to it, the anime is one of the main reasons why I love it, I find oda's panelling a bit awkward. If I had read the manga first, I'd never have fallen in love with OP. Thats a fact. The anime got me into it.

Now that iv rewatched quite a bit, I can confidently say the pacing is totally fine up untill Long ring long land, alabasta has one small section that has filler but you can just skip filler epiosdes.

Lets be real: People only hate OP because it looks goofy and its long. They them selves are impatient so... OP = bad now? Essentially, they are projecting. Instead of just focusing on the story, they focus on the episode count and then lose patience. If you're rushing, dont even bother, you'll hate it. And you know what? The slooooow anime makes the immersion better for me.

And what I find the most funny is when people complain about the pacing during arguebly the most well paced section of the story: Romance Dawn, all of east blue, loguetown, and all the way up to alabasta, its paced so well, if you still complained, im sorry to say, Op aint the problem here. Thats a LOT of arcs in 100 episodes.

The key to watching OP or reading it: Stop giving a shit.

That's totally false, you're in denial. After the early arcs, an episode of One Piece looks like this: 5 minutes of narration explaining where everyone is, even though they've barely moved in the last 5 episodes; 5 minutes of characters running to find their lost friend, escape an enemy, or find their goal due to their terrible sense of direction; 3 minutes of flashbacks; 1-2 minutes of slideshow combat; more slideshow reactions from characters; 5 minutes of fights with random NPCs flying around; and sometimes 10 minutes of good animation after saving the budget for 10 episodes. Anyone being objective would agree. Denying this reality and blaming the length is pointless. One Piece could have 2000 episodes, but with quality, true progression, and without all these budget-saving tricks slowing down the anime compared to the manga, no one would complain. People are upset because the anime is just bad.

@San9shi denial? Why would I be in denial? I acknowledge the pacing isnt the best but its so overexaggerated by people how bad it really is. Just like your exaggeration of how a OP episode plays out.

You probably havent watched the first 100 episodes in a long time if thats how you think it played out. Whilst I rewatched them very recently. Post time skip? Yes, I think the narration part is dragged out, and the pacing is slow, no doubt about it, but i was strictly speaking about the first 100 episodes, the part where people give up when the anime was just fine back then

Just let me do my thing. I answered your questions and explained to you:

1) Why I'm rewatching
2) Why I love the anime
3) How insane people like me are able to stick with it.

If you hate it that much, then fine. At least someone else loves the anime despite some of its flaws.

@W0RST-GENERATION Yeah, I’ve watched at least the first 100 episodes randomly three times when I was younger, and one times more seriously about 12 years ago... It’s true, it's been a long time. I agree, the early episodes were perfect for their time.
I think it's a personal point of view. For me, most people started to lose interest during the Fish-Man Island arc.

I think hatred is a feeling very close to love. If I’m so angry, it’s because 9 years ago, I’d wait for the One Piece episode every Sunday; it was the last thing I’d watch before feeling the anxiety of going back to school the next day. I felt betrayed when, in 23 minutes, nothing really happened. If you started watching One Piece in 2023, you can't really understand these feelings.
But I still love One Piece; I keep watching it. However, I prefer to wait until an arc is finished. Otherwise, the frustration of watching the story barely progress over months is just exasperating.

Trust me when I say that many fans would feel lost without databases like MAL

@Zarutaku I was that fan, I used to just never finish shows, due to long hiatuses. MAL is great in keeping me organized. I love Goodreads for the same reason. Of course you can do it by hand however, this is nice.

Though yeah, to respond to the question, I can empathize with OP. It's less MAL tracking stuff, as it is interacting with the community. I have had some great experiences with some fans however, over the years, I tend to find more negative/boring experiences with most fans, and that does take out the joy. And it shouldn't really. Social media is very optional, honestly I should post less on MAL. I have effectively eliminated most SM from my life, MAL is one of the last holdouts, outside of Discord though I don't see that in the same way.

I usually only do it because I need a bit of a break from work, and I am busy. Honestly I probably could get an actual episode in, if I stopped posting on social media all together. It's still fun to vent.

Probably a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negativity_bias

Same, although I rarely use Discord nowadays.

I do it because I like to think about and reply to different topics, it's more interactive than just watching something.

MAL helps us to list all of them. Sometimes its hard to remember those

MAL helps us to list all of them. Sometimes its hard to remember those