Okay so, One piece
I will be honest with you I did not think I was going to like One Piece it has over 1000 episodes, The main character is a boy who can stretch like rubber, He wants to be the King of the Pirates, yes this anime sounded like something I would watch for a while and then stop watching but here I am and I have a lot to say about this anime - One Piece..
So yes, let's start from the beginning.
The story follows Monkey D Luffy this guy is goofy, loud, fearless , he ate something called a Devil Fruit and got a very stretchy rubber body from it, Monkey D. Luffy wants to find a treasure called One Piece and become the Pirate King, sounds Simple enough right? except it is not simple at all, Because what One Piece actually is, underneath all the fighting and the islands and the ridiculous powers is actually about people and about belonging it is about what it means to have friends who care about you.
This is what I like about One Piece.
One Piece does not try to be flashy it just tells its story in a way with a little backstory here and a small moment there and before you know it you care about the characters and you do not even feel bad about it.
Every character in Monkey D Luffys crew the Straw Hats has something that bothers them, they have dreams they almost gave up on they have wounds that never fully healed and somehow One Piece makes you feel like you are part of their joy and their pain this is something about One Piece.
Now I will not say that One Piece is perfect.
The pacing of One Piece is not always great some parts of the story are longer than they need to be there are episodes that do not add much to the story and they can be boring if you like stories that move fast you might get bored with the episodes of One Piece I understand that.
If you keep watching One Piece it is worth it.
The world of One Piece is very detailed the creator of One Piece, Oda has been working on it since 1997 you can tell that he put a lot of thought into every part of the world of One Piece, every island, every bad guy, every detail that becomes important later it is a kind of storytelling that makes you want to watch it again to see what you missed.
The emotional moments of One Piece I do not want to spoil anything but some of these moments will stay with you and not because they are loud or exciting but because they are real you have spent so much time with the characters of One Piece that when something happens it feels real like something big is happening and you feel it.
That is what I keep thinking about when I think about One Piece, One Piece knows that the important moments are not always the biggest ones sometimes, it is a small decision, a quiet conversation, a character being happy and those moments stay with you.
If I had to give One Piece a rating , I would say 8.5 out of 10.
One Piece asks for your patience and also your time, it needs a lot of both, but what it gives you in return is a world that feels real characters that feel like real people and a story that reminds you why friendship and chasing your dreams are important.
One Piece is not perfect, It is the kind of imperfect that you end up loving and honestly that is enough, for me.
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