[Question] How long before it gets good?

[Hexuze]

Well, I liked the arlong ark - but as alot of you have been saying, it tends to drag out the plot quite a bit!
So perhaps I should follow that advice to read the manga instead.. and then perhaps around the Arabasta ark I can take up the anime again?

You were watching the anime before so stick with it. There's not much of lose if you're watching the anime were you're currently are. I suggest reading the manga once you're "hooked". Personally, I don't think it drags on that much considering it is an adventure (how can you possibly rush an exciting adventure? xd). However, if you do think it does then reading the manga would be the better choice.

 

[Ineverquit]

Most people start liking it around the Alabasta arc though when I saw Zoro for the first time I was hooked.

 

[Tobi123]

I was hooked on beginning with unique story.But when i saw Marineford arc.I watched like a maniac

 

[Hawk of Darkness]

For me, it never became good, regardless how long I read it. You either like or dislike it, that's it.

 

[Maaggel]

So..
I'm not sure anyone actually reads this thread anymore But I just got to the desert fight between Crocodile and Luffy - And as alot of you said - I'M HOOKED!

It actually happened at the end of the Drum kingdom arc - When Chopper was intruduced (Not just because of him - but something just happened to the story there, that I quite liked)

So.. Once again - Thanks guys

 

[SeriousDogg]

It's much better than Naruto and I saw it after Naruto...

 

[Frankenstein]

Alabasta arc ; always does the trick

 

[Maaggel]

Alabasta arc ; always does the trick

Looks like it .. I've even saved this evening to make some good food and just watch it

It's much better than Naruto and I saw it after Naruto...

Hope I'm gonna feel the same way I think one of the things I was missing was some other character arc types than Luffy.. So once he met Chopper, and now Ace - It kinda changed the setting

But one of the things I love about Naruto, is that they develop their abilities - and actually gotta train to learn it (unless they get a power boost ofc.). But with Luffy, It's always the same, and I can't really see how he can learn a new move..

 

[Olorin]

with Luffy, It's always the same, and I can't really see how he can learn a new move..

you're in for a few major surprises ... Oda's mind works in weird ways, ever rubber can be epic, but that's not all Luffy has ... you'll see

 

[Maaggel]

you're in for a few major surprises ... Oda's mind works in weird ways, ever rubber can be epic, but that's not all Luffy has ... you'll see

Oh! That just made my day hehe.. now that I know there's more, I'm even more excited

 

[Wes Sine]

When the Water 7 arc starts