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Note: contains bleach spoilers. Also don't spoil One Piece Piece past episode 50 of the anime as that is where I am.
I got into One Piece after getting bored of waiting for Bleach manga to come out every week: swear to god Kubo takes his time moving through the story over there, even though it's great (could be better though).
Anyway, One Piece was horrible for the first 15-20 anime episodes. Childish, boring, never any real threat of Luffy losing any battle, retarded bad guys that looked like they came out of a Dr Seuss book than the memories of a combat haunted soldier, etc. However, once they got into this fishmen battle and Nami's backstory, shit got real and I started to understand why people like OP so much. The battles were much more believable than in Bleach, much more fluid.
That said I still prefer Bleach, especially for the Soul Society arc. I LOVE the Bleach world, despite the writing being dubious, especially with Aizen just god-mode trolling everyone. Bad guys are inexplicably weak in Bleach, good guys don't even max out before getting put down, no good guys ever die, etc.
Bleach world still rocks though, blows away One Piece world, whatever the actual plot and "realism" elements are missing. Hating on Bleach is definitely overrated and popular, as is hating on anything that does well and is enjoyed by the masses in any sphere, from music to movies to books to mangas. Looking forward to the rest of One Piece, then I may move on to Naruto or some other recommended anime.
Plz don't spoil OP in the comments btw.
 
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United States11390 Posts
Soon enough, the only "Bleach" you will know is that stuff you use with laundry.
OP rocks your world even harder as the series progresses.
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On March 28 2010 07:14 Harem wrote:
Soon enough, the only "Bleach" you will know is that stuff you use with laundry.
OP rocks your world even harder as the series progresses.
I hope so! It's been steadily getting better and better. First 20 episodes were god-awful and I wanted to just drop it there, but the good reviews kept me going.
Luffy and crew just got famous, with a 30 million berry reward put on their names, so they've become pirates and the story has apparently finally progressed from the introduction / crew-gathering episodes to real adventure episodes.
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I wanted to watch this but couldnt get over the art being...not to my taste >_<
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For those who couldn't get past the first few episodes : just try to get over it, after ep 25 it will rock i swear.
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lol OP battle seems more realistic than Bleach....? the main guy stretches his body like rubber...-_-; wtf
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haha, i just started one peice too, I'm on ep 65 i think. I like one peice for the fact that it hasnt gotten boring yet and there are very few fillers so far. The char developement is good and the characters abilities arent over complicated.
In my opinion its pretty good at best, i dont find it amazing though. It seems the writer uses the same formula for the story and it becomes almost predictable. Like Oh where are they going to sail next? To some island where they meet some nice people and end up having to fight against some strong dude with a bunch of henchemen and the strong dude likely has a devil fruit ability or some supernatural strength and after the fight the nice people are extremely greatful and everybody is friends. Luffy has to say hes going to be pirate king atleast once in all fights and he always finishes the fights.
Personally if i were you I'd watch naruto over one piece, not saying one piece is bad, just naruto is better.
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I tried reading One Piece awhile back. Takes way too goddamn long with the huge chapters + the amount of chapters in general, and the art wasn't really to my taste either. Is the anime a suitable substitute?
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One piece just gets progressively good to a point where it breaks the limits of awesomeness and even after it keeps getting better each episode. It's just insane how good one piece is compared to bleach, naruto or any shonen manga.
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unfortunately, one piece has a horrible anime.
the manga is ten fold better
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United States24701 Posts
Started watching one piece a few weeks ago...
Up to episode 346 :p
Yeah it's good although after a couple of hundred episodes the pace really starts to slow at some points as things get dragged on... and I counted the ep recap gets as far as 5 minutes into the episode before the story begins sometimes...
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On March 28 2010 07:30 The6357 wrote:
lol OP battle seems more realistic than Bleach....? the main guy stretches his body like rubber...-_-; wtf
People get stabbed repeatedly, hands shoved through their chest cavities and out the other way, etc, and survive in Bleach. Good guys only though.
When Arlong was crushed by the house and Usopp beat that fishmen outside the town I was convinced that neither was dead, both would get up and somehow be 10x more powerful. That's the Bleach formula anyway.
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On a Bleach note, apparently the last 2 years worth of manga releases have covered less than an hour or two of real Bleach-world time.
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For those who are reluctant to try One Piece...
Think of it as meeting a girl in middle school who is very ugly, but has a good personality. Nurture that relationship, and as she develops into a beauty and turns that good personality into an amazing personality, you will reap the benefits in college.
One Piece starts a bit slow, but at least it never slows down like Naruto / Bleach does after every battle.
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ever since bleach started with the filler episodes of the zanpakto i stopped watching after like 2 episodes and tried OP to fill in my 30 minutes of anime and it was during the impel down arc and ya... boring as hell, some gay ballerina guy and i decided to re watch death note....
god damn fillers...so bullshit not even...bah....
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On March 28 2010 07:49 zealing wrote:
ever since bleach started with the filler episodes of the zanpakto i stopped watching after like 2 episodes and tried OP to fill in my 30 minutes of anime and it was during the impel down arc and ya... boring as hell, some gay ballerina guy and i decided to re watch death note....
god damn fillers...so bullshit not even...bah....
Bleach fillers are god-awful. One of the good things about starting an anime late is that you can just skip the fillers.
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Anyone else pissed off by how the gum-lines are constantly shown on characters in One Piece?
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Ah sweet, Zoro gets stronger? I thought he might be like Chad or that Quincy guy in Bleach, just kinda get left behind and replaced by stronger characters.
edit: 1500 post and goliath
Also, lol, for those who follow Bleach, I bet Aizen has predicted everything that has happened in One Piece... "just as I planned"
Jesus there are some plot holes in Bleach
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