I know it's a dumb kids anime, but god damn it's so entertaining. I just got caught up to episode 953 (took me a whole year lmao) and now I'm watching the first season again on Netflix. That season one intro makes me so nostalgic I could cry!!

The character designs of Oda are really unparalleled and the early seasons are actually funny as hell. As far as messaging goes, I think the show is kinda confused because in one arc they'll be helping to restore a monarchy, then the next, aiding revolutionary fighters. Generally the crew seems pretty anarchistic tho in their fuck the Navy attitude and how everyone on board has a say.

The Wano arc is exciting and I wonder where it will go to next, Raftel maybe?? I'd like to see the straw hats interact with Shanks and his crew finally. What do you guys think?

    • Leningrab [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      DBZ was king back in the day, tho I prefer Dragon Ball because it had better animation/humor imo

        • Leningrab [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Nah it's all good! Any anime talk is better than none to me haha. Agree with you on that though. Once every character besides Goku became weak asf, the series lost me. So many good side characters that never got any chance to shine. Tien, Yamucha, Chaozu, etc

            • Leningrab [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              That's true. The androids were sort of boring for me, though I loved the saiyaman arc, which everyone else seems to hate. I think it's the slice of life-high school aspect of it that's really fun to me. Majin boo was somewhat entertaining, but by then you could tell the series was teetering off and the writing wasn't as good. Frieza is a great villain though, I have to agree with you there