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I am. Because it's Demon Slayer. And Demon Slayer sucks.

It's been quite a while since I watched it, so my memory is going to be more broad than I would like. I recall things like the Arlong arc positioning Nami as the main character of the arc, but basically leaves everyone else to drift around for the bulk. When it comes to the final fights, they brought the crew together for it, but I recall the entire reason Luffy winds up there being a matter of happenstance or events largely (completely?) unrelated to Nami rather than active involvement with Nami throughout. Like I remember Luffy giving his emotional speeches and duking it out, but without looking it up, I doubt either of us could give a summary of what he was doing prior to confronting Arlong, yet I'm certain they showed it, yet it's like half the material of said arc. This isn't inherently bad, but it does the best job of identifying where my hangups came from. A great deal of the moment-to-moment, especially when talking about plotlines divorced from the main one, were typically lacking a strong motivation for anyone not central to whichever arc. By replacing the comedy relief side plots with concurrent character arcs for people who previously were drifting, you get something closer to but it's within 8 episodes instead of over 100. I'm all for long games but the setup up should also be good, and introducing Dudeguy #20 so I might recognize him 300 episodes later isn't enough to justify. There are better ways to do it, like making the character you're introducing noteworthy in the A-plot as opposed to rigidly assigning them the throwaway B-plots.

This guy not jerkin' off while talking about Genndy:

There was a very strict formula where anyone not directly relevant to the main story would have B-plots that broadly contributed very little. Basically everyone I've ever described this to has recognized what I'm talking about, even big fans. I remember there being at least 3 or 4 times where it came down to a character getting hungry and causing a commnotion to get food or as a result of how they got food, but I'm exaggerating on it being strictly food related. The basic point being that the B-plots genuinely felt like filler, even when they weren't. I swear this happened in every Romance Dawn arc with the exception of like.... when Luffy had no crew. They weren't standing around; they just weren't doing things that actually built toward a cohesive narrative within the arc. The split up like every time they reached land, and half the cast typically would just ignore the main story over something trivial, but we'll still keep up with whatever their doing. You probably don't remember them because they are mostly comedy relief. I had some pretty significant worldbuilding issues very early and they only got worse as the show went. I highly doubt they get better, given the foundational lore is already busted. Like Devil Fruit are a myth but then everywhere they go, they run into Devil Fruit users, and also the highest ranked government officials are famous for being Devil Fruit users, and nobody ever hides that they have abilities. They mix arcs in the live action and the reason it barely feels like it is because most of the time spent on B-plots get replaced with A-plots, and you lose virtually nothing for it. It straight up cuts the bulk of my grievances by having some basic efficiency with the storytelling.

Yeah.... It's funnier now.

What's wrong about it? "Lolno u wrong" is little more than a lazy, cheap way to say "I disagree but have nothing to substantiate it with." The source sections off any of the crew not immediately relevant, and insists on showing them do nothing, as a matter of the series formula. It was every arc within the first 110ish episodes. I don't mind them not being around. I don't mind checking in on the crew. I do mind showing what everyone's up to if what most of them are up to amounts to the same gag as the last 10 appearances and it takes up half the episode. For, like, a vast majority of episodes. It's mindnumbing and I genuinely have no clue how anyone can like it. So, what was the point of the 10th B-plot where Luffy or Zorro or Sanji decide to waste my time watching then break stuff in efforts to find food? Because, let's be real, almost every B-plot in Romance Dawn is about someone being hungry, causing destruction looking for food, and little, if anything, else.

It's really not my fault that being adequate is better than the original. Simply cutting utter dogshit like the DOZENS of nigh identical B-plots where Luffy [or whatever character(s) it is this time] fucks off to find food in favor of mixing in actual storylines that do things like develop the characters or move the narrative forward in some tangible way, also known as not wasting my time, is an automatic, significant, and downright objective improvement. Oda explicitly treated it like a second draft, and if you compare it side by side, you can fucking tell, my dude. There are maybe moments done better in the source, but nowhere near the number of improvements. There was more character depth within the first season than the totality of 100+ episodes of the anime.

Not when the live action One Piece is significantly better than the original. ...... That post was way before One Piece came out, but whatever, I'll make fun of OG One Piece for being trash anyway.

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Nerd!

Must be why it's only 3/5 stars.

Well, where did you see it last?