We’ve all considered it at some point: watching ‘One Piece‘ once and for all to grasp what it’s all about. However, as you approach the staggering episode count of the anime, surpassing 1000 episodes, your enthusiasm wanes at lightning speed (and understandably so). Do you want to dive into the Grand Line without having to mortgage literally your entire life? Are you willing to become the Pirate King, but you’re constrained by limited time? We have the solution.
Gomu gomu no scissors
‘One Pace‘ offers a way to watch ‘One Piece’ for the most impatient viewers. And for certain sagas, it’s the only way to avoid ending up frustrated by flashbacks, reactions, and the methods used to stretch a manga chapter into a twenty-minute episode. The concept aims to capture a tone more similar to the original, removing all filler moments and providing a more concise and improved viewing experience. To achieve this, they have a team of over 50 fans working to enhance the series on an international level.
So, how does it work? To put it in perspective, they’ve trimmed down 137 hours of ‘One Piece,’ which is a significant 45% reduction. In less time than you might expect, you can reach the Wano saga. For instance, watching all of Arabasta goes from 12 hours to just 7, and Skypiea shrinks from 15 hours to… a little less than two. Others are inevitably still quite long: Whole Cake Island is shortened from 33 hours to 22, which is a substantial cut, though still almost a full day of viewing.
This isn’t the only instance where an anime has been condensed and improved for better understanding. Take, for example, ‘Dragon Ball Kai,’ a professional project that condensed the 291 episodes of ‘Dragon Ball Z‘ into 167. It’s important to note that when anime is produced on a weekly basis, it often catches up to the manga, leading to breaks, non-canonical storylines, or extensive episode stretching, which can become quite frustrating.
There are no more excuses to not dive into ‘One Piece.’ They’re making it easier for you, nakama!
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