The Dressrosa Disaster (Full Documentary) | Grand Line Review

[@GrandLineReview]

​Welcome to The Dressrosa Disaster Premiere! Don't forget to leave a comment in the comments section for a chance to be shouted out in a future GLR video!

[@ameanguy1995]

And what if I don’t? hmm… what are you gonna do about it tough guy?

[@mellysalazar4960]

I have commented one word for each video from 'One Piece Characters based on Real People' to 'Chapter 1017 Review' and now while awaiting for the premiere it's time for a hunt to uncover the hidden sentence. Goodluck.

[@nickcutler3802]

Oh man it’s finally here. I just hope my entry made it.

[@spritemon98]

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[@bob-vq5ts]

@@ameanguy1995 Australians am I right?

[@ZiconArtour]

Everyone talks about how annoying Rebecca is but no one talks about how Oda made us feel things for a grown man in a diaper.

[@Human_traain]

Hahaha

[@antoniomcneary]

For real you think the man was a past therapist incorporating client stories into manga some of his characters and stories are a little too spot on.

[@lxrdgrim9546]

Ong his backstory was amazing

[@doolenny9458]

He is the face of how one piece works

[@doolenny9458]

Honestly he was the best character of the doflamingo pirates besides doflamingo

[@juannaym8488]

I read the manga and thought that Rebecca's flashback was beautiful Blows my mind that it was shown 48 times, Jesus

[@KingOfEden12]

Did we read the same manga ? Swear to God Rebecca's flash back was shown once in the manga in it's entirety. I can't say the same for the anime obviously

[@juannaym8488]

@@KingOfEden12 that's what I meant. It blows my mind that it was shown 48 times in the anime

[@NicholasSpadafora]

@@juannaym8488 IT WAS SHOW HOW MANY TIMES IN THE ANIME?

[@Derkosson]

@@NicholasSpadafora If you ask the viewers: "too many times!" If you ask Toei: "Not enough!"

[@slepepadda2268]

I watched the anime and have no recollection of it. It boggles my mind I saw it 48 times

[@furorteutonicus9045]

Funny thing is, most people like this arc when they binge read or watch it. Most of the people in this video speak from week to week read/watch experience.

[@ninxo9435]

True

[@boonsaplenty3924]

I binge read it and yeah my experience was probably much better than those who read weekly, but it was still a slog in a lot of ways. I think anyone who actually WATCHED it weekly should get a goddamn medal for their service

[@furorteutonicus9045]

@@boonsaplenty3924 I disagree. I never felt that it was a slog. The arc has so much going on and without any artifical stretched out content its one of the best in the series.

[@boonsaplenty3924]

@@furorteutonicus9045 I mean I wasn't really arguing that it is "objectively" a slog, just my own personal experience was (I probably could have been clearer in my word choice). A lot of things about the super arc structure that Oda was developing was rubbing me the wrong way: I didn't like all the henchman that ended up being pretty irrelevant/unmemorable in their personality gimmicks (Machvise, Dellinger, Gladius), or the constant cutting away that made really quick fights feel like a slog bc of how long it took to get back to them. But these are things that Oda's only gotten better about since then, making all the chaos feel structured (admittedly, there were a bunch of henchman and cutaways before, but not on the scale that Dressrosa forward has had). But I'm glad you had a good experience, and I will totally grant you that all of the main story beats did not feel arbitrary or superfluous.

[@sergiomartinez7472]

It's funny because I started watching one piece again after the dressrosa arc ended. I had seen the marineford war and I got hooked to one piece again that I rewatched the whole anime again. And I really enjoyed the dressrosa arc hahah

[@akag0307]

Are we just gonna forget Law's backstory? One of my favorites among Luffy, Robin, Sanji and Nami. The socio political themes and their impact of the characters was so heartbreaking.

[@szeretemahansant226]

🤓

[@fatthanosfeet]

@@szeretemahansant226 caveman brain

[@liesel16]

Law is my favorite character! His backstory is so sad.

[@Sehon13Ultd]

The socio political themes 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@SenghorWaoci]

​@javierescuella5804wow man/woman you totally got him 😐😐😐😐🙄🙄

[@DarthNash6]

"The geography of Dressrosa was-" Tekking101: "DID SOMEONE SAY GEOGRAPHY?!?!?!"

[@drdoominstien713]

I heard his voice in my ears as I read his quote

[@Human_traain]

Di

[@lorddukfoxyzeppeli7921]

he said geographic not geography at least i think thats what he was meant to say

[@ParasiticPrince]

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[@apathy2454]

LOL I LOVE TEKKING101 🖤

[@OrestisRT]

Looking forward to it. This will be fun. Unless every 5 minutes we get a Rebecca flashback.

[@brooooooooo9230]

No it will be about every 2 or 3 seconds

[@ritiksingh6479]

Bruh, it's the hour long special Rebecca flashbacks *only* vid, we all know it.

[@ultimateepicultrasupergori2876]

I'm so excited! I hope Liam does more of these

[@aboringotakuwhoisntnamedkyle]

It must be realistic fool

[@adarshsridhar6051]

I felt the flashbacks were repeated too often, but imo it wasn’t that bad. This is nothing compared to Narutos flashbacks.

[@awesomethegreatamazing2651]

Props to the person that said that he still gets flashbacks to the Rebecca flashback to this day. Made my day lol

[@illbatti]

Oh geez that was me

[@kurkkuaero1927]

@@illbatti cap

[@illbatti]

Haha alright buddy. Anyway im Emil and my insta is @ opticember

[@jayerae7907]

I guess watching it live / reading it live would've been exhausting however being able to watch it in a week or two was amazing for me! I absolutely loved this arc. It's so heart warming and its an IMPORTANT arc!!

[@_seb_2153]

Facts

[@ducktrapper483]

bro honestly, idk about all this hate for dressrosa, it was a pretty good arc

[@JackOfen]

I read it weekly and loved it.

[@ibethebuckethead3187]

Agreed, binge watching it was so thrilling, I couldn't stop.

[@sibusisofaya7874]

I was really irritated. Zoro spent 30 episodes cutting up stones 🙄

[@rxsejay]

Dressrosa: I'm the longest one piece arc Wano: Hold my Sake

[@ridakesserwan8712]

Wano is much better

[@RikXtreme4]

Yeah wano deffo has been crafted better. Was good that he had acts and gave us short breaks to the outside world before going right back into arc. Felt fresh..

[@TheRealWoopSlap]

@@TheGoatLad tbh I like both arcs but if I had to pick with arc was better it would be wano

[@billzoes3468]

hold my oden*

[@cat-ph3nr]

@@TheRealWoopSlap im on whole cake, i dont think dressrosa was that bad, i actually really liked it, but just not the still animations and waiting 3 episodes for a fight

[@AryaLynch]

An absolute honour to be featured in this project! Dressrosa is not without flaw but very underappreciated. Great job, commander! :D

[@GrandLineReview]

I could not have done it without you, officer ;D

[@poilsl]

:D

[@CRIS_IS_ON_INFINITE_EARTHS]

:D

[@Drxpepper123able]

@Real Suku L

[@susragejr477]

@Real Suku L

[@2324340]

Doflamingo's voice actor is underrated af. He deserves more hype, he was mraculously magnificent!

[@aeg9322]

He is one of the reasons why i loved dressrosa even with it’s flaws

[@EruditeMMA]

Agreed! The speech he gives to tsuru after he's been caught gives me goosebumps everytime!

[@akadamaru]

@@rajeetdave Doffy or his VA?

[@tw4898]

His va changed right? I watched earlier episodes when he fake out killed Bellamy.

[@tw4898]

@@rajeetdave damn yeah, if it’s the same VA then props to him for actually getting good. Doffy sounds so lackluster when you hear him early on.

[@queencancerous5332]

The first major arc I read when it was being released weekly, I remember loving it and being told I was “wrong” for liking it. The same thing has unironically happened with Wano.

[@luiirod]

I sincerely, sincerely, don't understand some of the Wano hate. It's easily one of the best sagas of One Piece.

[@queencancerous5332]

@@luiirod arc fatigue and burnout, most people will love the Raid on Onigashima now that they can control the pace of how they read it.

[@themonvillan]

I love Dressrosa too, and I watched it. I don’t understand all the hate. It was fun, set up many major plot points (revolutionary army), and also set up major arcs (zou/whole cake).

[@Roojercurryninja]

i can't speak for others but my main issues with the dressrosa arc and why i also initially stopped reading one piece weekly is due to the fact that they introduced soo many characters that at a certain point it just became frustrating seeing oda trying to juggle 5 storylines / fights at once instead of really exploring and making an enjoyable / relatable character / story i couldn't enjoy the flow of the anime, everything feels so artificially slow and as soon as you started noticing the ammount of flashback / "filler" that were being used you just couldn't unnotice it -> let's be clear i don't dislike flashbacks since they are vital to storytelling (law / corazon / doffy) but the rule of thump tends to be that you should make your "reminiscing / recapping" flasbacks as short as possible, short enough so that it will still "conjure" the emotion that you want you want your viewers to feel there were just too many moments where it feels like the story was elongated just to fill in time - seeing luffy get punched by bellamy's bouncing attack 4 episodes in a row while i'm wondering how many times he actually got punched and how many times it was a recap - flashbacks to already seen flashbacks where they showed the large part of the flashback again instead of limiting it to a couple of seconds - the constant "recapping" by viola while also constantly cutting towards everyone AND their mother's reaction to something that's happening - doffy being a complete moron when it comes to "going for the jugular" -> the ammount of times that doffy was pissed out of his mind by the fact that nothing went as planned and that luffy kept foiling everything -> we're supposed to believe this guy is completely ruthless when he's allowing luffy who's completely incapitated to recover so that he can get beat by him. we're supposed to believe that doffy took luffy's invade serious after seeing what happened with crocodile and when he actively started following luffy's battles doffy was in his room with a dozen of his executives basically doing nothing while he knew sugar was getting attacked and the only protection sugar had was trebol, it's like what the actual fuck what's the point of having a dozen strong executives when you are terrible to the point of utter incompetence at using them effeciently which is completely unbelievable considering how he was portrayed as "joker" the constant contradictions in people's values and the sheer incompetence of how the marines are displayed as - doffy killing his father and brother without mercy, being portrayed as this complete ruthless person -> luffy foiled literally everything, pissed doffy off so incredibly hard only for him to "get distracted" and go torture viola / rebecca to "lure out" a completely incapacitated luffy he could have just disposed off if he just hunted him down - seeing fujitora having this heartfelt moment of giving a speech of prioritise the people of dressrosa, do whatever you can to help them, they are the priority - > only for us to then later on see the following scene "the scene being there for sake of shock and for the sake of seeing people be in COMPLETE despair, building up doffy's ruthlessnes" the scene being the hospital scene where the personel is taking out the beds with sick people on them after the bird cage started accelerating, the personel pleading for help to the people who are passing by only to be completely ignored it's like HELLO??? there's gotta be some protocol on "what to do as the marines when a country goes to shit" and the fact that there was an ACTIVE admiral present wo just recently declared that his values were to prioritise the people at all cost only for the marines to do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to tone down the chaos and guide / reassure the people to the best of their ability is straight up poor storytelling when a country goes to shit (people were manipulated into hurting other people) wouldn't the first thing the marines should do is make sure the hospital is supported and potentionally expanded, isn't the second thing the marines should do is to make sure that people injured and people who are in complete chaos get guided to said hospital / or any other field hospital while reassuring them to minimize panic i swear i was gonna keep this short but since i recently completely rewatched dressrosa everything is just very fresh in my memories and the final complaint is Doffy's powers man is there any reason why doflamingo can use and maintain the bird cage for an incredibly extended period of time, while using and maintaining a string clone of himself and while also fighting at full power against Law, Luffy and others again for a very extended period of time there seemed to be no effort / stamina used to maintain the bird cage and he doesn't seem to lose ANY focus / power for maintaining it all while fighting at his full power against others so why is thestring of the birdcage so incredibly indestructible, it's literally strings, you would think he ate another devil fruit that gave his string insane unbreakable durability WHY are the strings of said birdcage strong enough that even a combined effort of an entire country which includes an admiral, Multiple high level pirates and multiple haki experts can't even stop it let alone destroy it ALL while doflamingo is barely conscious after luffy hit him like what?? the more i think about it the more i feel like there are "objectively" better ways to tell this story so that the story doesn't undermine the set "values" of it's characters - establishing what the navy is doing so that it's believable when there is absolute panic / despair - when doffy is actually losing it by how pissed he is -> GIVE HIM THE MOMENT -> make him actively hunt an incapacitated luffy -> or atleast let him have a "law gets his arm cut" moment on someone who isn't important to the future story, make us believe that he's pissed beyond belief (i'd also personally would change "the birdcage", there is no great reason why string is strong enough to contain an entire country of elite fighters aside from the fact that IT HAD TO BE THAT STRONG to create urgency and the opportunity to unite the country in the story) - change some story pacing issues -> don't insult your audience by constantly recapping or showing the same things, also stick to "show, don't tell" i genuinely believe that if dressrosa did these 3 things that it would have been an incredible arc with an amazing villain if not one of the best villains But seriously i swear i was gonna keep this short but I didn't think i'd feel this strong about how this arc went, it just feels like a "setup" arc for the future war arc more than it feels like it's own consistent arc -> as in alot can be redeemed later on potentionally

[@mrpizza_5139]

The amount of people on Twitter who were disappointed about Kaido’s performance after he took on the samurai, the Worst Generation, Yamato and pre + post Gear 5 Luffy, while also holding up an entire island, was completely ridiculous

[@kapil4973]

I was a bit skeptical that this documentary would focus too much on the anime side and completely ignore the manga but Im pleasantly surprised to see Liam divide his video neatly in 2 covering both aspects on their own. People dont say GLR is the best one piece channel for nothing.

[@thejuiceking2219]

well yeah, hate to break it to you, but most people don't read the manga people hate reading, what can i say

[@TylooW]

A Grandlinedebut of a Grandlinereview. If this documentary is to be legit i hope at least 40 minutes of this is flashbacks of soldier and Rebbeca

[@sandals2797]

Way too low..If it's an hour long documentary then almost 59:59 minutes should be Rebecca's flashback

[@pancakecommanderandbowser2279]

@@sandals2797 what about that extra second

[@CosmicPlatonix]

@@pancakecommanderandbowser2279 Trebol.

[@RusselOrhii]

Just finished this video on a long drive. I watch all your channels man. You do such a good job. This video was TOP notch. You should definitely do more of these! I can only imagine the amount of work this took

[@GrandLineReview]

Thanks for the kind words! Happy to help the long drive and I do hope to make more of these in the future! :D

[@antoniomelton-molina1442]

bro what the hell is russel doing here 😭😭

[@isaiahjacobo7385]

@@GrandLineReview you should make a documentary on what made certain arcs so good

[@romariofrancis9787]

@@antoniomelton-molina1442 manz a one piece fan

[@nikolasm619]

Sure do more but a bit shorter pls it was a bit of a Rebecca flashback (:)

[@michaelh4227]

Dressrosa honestly represents One Piece's biggest strength, as well as it's weakness, which is Oda's ambition. You can tell Oda was incredibly ambitious with regards to the vision for this arc. It had the best antagonist and it had alot of great reveals. However it was clear he bit off more than he could chew (which is unfortunately a problem that is common in the post-timeskip arcs) and covered alot of characters and events that people just didn't care about.

[@lProN00bl]

Even as someone that largely loves dressrosa...yeah the length for each arc started to be a bit much here. Thank god for Zou

[@HiHello-rd5yh]

Liam's Dolflamingo cosplay had me laughing so hard

[@joyboy4453]

Ikr😂

[@kendots6654]

Did it better than Kinemon.

[@UGOkilleth]

I mean it wasn't that funny...a giggle at best...

[@anthatesearth]

@@UGOkilleth ok?😭

[@UnnamedCarapace]

“Punk Hazard is half fire half ice. How did that even happen?” ... Took a bite of gum-gum!

[@zyrkor9098]

ya-yo-ya-yaooo~

[@brosephnoonan223]

Still the best OP OP

[@wiikoolaid9768]

The problem with Dressrosa (manga wise) was that it didn't adhere well to weekly releases because of how complex it was. The anime made the problem worse with the worse pacing in the entire series happening during this arc. If you binge read it its pretty good and the One Pace cut of the anime is pretty good as well. It cuts down to 43 episodes I think.

[@nuredingeziqi679]

52 to be precise, but many are >25 mins long, so that number is kind of misleading. It would probably be around 60-65 eps, but I'm also kind of making this up

[@maxpelaez4955]

I binge watched it while doing other things and skipping stuff.

[@jayglizzyxgaming8812]

Dressrosa>marineford

[@mrsjayrez2627]

Should I feel bad that I really enjoyed all the dressrosa layers?😬

[@cadenwood2054]

No I did too

[@Rushking20]

Im with most of these other guys taking 2 years to tell a day of a story is insane

[@anthonymort5202]

Never feel bad for enjoying one piece and f*** anybody who would make you feel bad for that and if they're a woman I mean that literally

[@Snoozy96]

Thats the problem. Its a fantastic story, and it has GREAT content per chapter. But the anime ruins that. It's still enjoyable because the story is so good.

[@kman3554]

It was one of the best arcs in my opinion, and at the start of the video I think that they just watched the anime instead of the manga

[@Corredor1230]

No matter what anyone says, Dressrosa is my favorite One Piece arc. It has everything I like: touching moments, great humor, well built plot lines, fun characters and good fights. I love love love this arc.

[@Ivy_Rabbitgirl]

Same! The pacing could have been better, but I love this arc

[@cesarkopp2]

Mangá: yes Anime: no

[@Rockgamer823]

Mine is definetly Enies Lobby, and or Arabasta :D, Respect the opinión of Dressrosa because i think it is a great arc!

[@nuca5104]

I watched the One Pace version - it beats every arc after it in terms of Comedy, Memorable moments, charisma of new characters and World Building for a single Island. Kyros character and his arc were incredible... a guilt-ridden character finally being able to accept and embrace he desserves a good life.

[@Corredor1230]

@@nuca5104 For real. People sleep on Kyros because of the Rebecca Flashbacks taking up a lot of time in the original anime, but I think his arc is touching and amazingly written. Law’s flashback is one of the best in the series, the Don Quixote pirates are generally fun characters with cool designs, and the Straw Hats all were pretty cool during Dressrosa.

[@lornagem007]

I actually quite enjoyed dressrosa because I binge watched it but i understand the frustration of having to have to wait for chapters and episodes

[@MrJesterx23]

I enjoyed reading it weekly but uh not so much the anime for the most part.

[@unstoppableExodia]

I read and watched it weekly and didn’t have major issues with the length of it. There was always something interesting going on in it. Yeah the anime had more issues like the constant Rebecca flashbacks but that was pretty minor for me.

[@monkeyduzumaki9927]

I just started watching the arc over again idu why so many people hate it but thats my favorite arc 😔

[@vinnncennnt8382]

same i binge watch it too but towards the end, felt that it was long, still one of my favorite arcs

[@OkabexKurisu]

2.5 years. made me drop the anime and shortly after the manga, too. I paused for like 7 years. Zero interest. Only catched up now, because I have time. Whole Cake and Wano Kuni are delivering af.

[@danielrazo450]

This was a ride of a mega-review. It felt long at times, too many characters, and the structure was pretty similar to other past reviews, but overall was a great experience.

[@jenovic9897]

🤣

[@sujalthapa7887]

This comment is *sniff* pure capitalist ideology

[@nikob6597]

@@sujalthapa7887 I don’t understand you bru

[@davimedeiros9466]

lmao

[@keenanmccarty9925]

@@nikob6597 no it’s a reference to OP’s pfp, communist philosopher Slavoj Žižek

[@beanburrito4405]

I think that Dressrosa resembling Alabasta in structure was a completely deliberate decision by Oda to emphasize the themes of the story. Seeing how Whole Cake Island mirrors Enies Lobby and Wano has some correlations to Thriller Bark, it entirely makes sense in retrospect (though, it’s easy to see why people were getting upset when Dressrosa’s structure turned out to be so similar to Alabasta, since there was no precedent at that point to confirm that it was an intentional narrative choice and not Oda getting lazy or some other schlock)

[@JackOfen]

Well, Fishman Island was similar to Arlong Park and Punkhazard was similar to Little Garden and Drum. I thought that once we hit Dressrose it was obvious, but then I guess that was just me.

[@jezza_belle4867]

Can you elaborate on the whole cake and eneis lobby mirror?

[@sims2lovealot]

It's really interested to watch them back to back as well. I rewatched Dressrosa and then went back to rewatch Alabasta and the similarities but also differences are so interesting.

[@blokvader8283]

​@@jezza_belle4867Breaking into a heavily guarded place in order for Luffy to save one of his friends who was forcibly taken and agreed to leave the crew

[@S-_-KING]

I didn't realize Dressroas was so controversial I thought it was fine.

[@headshotfaze9371]

Me too

[@brianmanning1834]

as a whole it is a good arc the main problem was its weekly construction with multiple breaks and how many plot threads it introduced just to resolve, the anime version amplifies every problem the weekly manga run had

[@S-_-KING]

Ohh, thanks for the clarification didn't watch or read it weekly so I didn't know it had these problems.

[@brianmanning1834]

@@S-_-KING no biggie I caught up during the seatrain around when Nero was introduced

[@nathanelgatian9950]

@@S-_-KING same

[@fyrusgrey5153]

I remember when I first started reading One Piece, this arc was already finished, so when I got to it I was able to binge the whole thing in 2 days. It’s weird, because as a result it became my favourite arc in the series. I guess the issue really is the time it took to finish, over 2 1/2 years, which I admit is a bit extreme.

[@cosmicrevival7105]

It has been my favourite arc, too until Wano :) Also watched the anime after the arc was done already and only read the manga at the time of Dressrosa

[@SeptimusTSS]

Same, although i watched it, but with one pace. It was still long, but i got really immersed

[@EpsThatGuy]

I loved the Arc as well

[@ajmma499]

Ive started with desrossa and its like 10 minutes of Fujitora playing poker im just warming up i think knowing how bad one piece anime pacing is. Some of the episodes I almost fell asleep but thankfully is the beatuiful world building and bright colours that make it more intreging to watcj

[@fyrusgrey5153]

@@ajmma499 Read it my guy, and all of the pacing issues will just disappear before your eyes. They artificially stretch out episodes so that they can stay at the same episode length as the issues of the manga (to an extent). I’m not one of those manga purists who thinks the anime is terrible and that the manga is the only way to consume the story, but if your biggest problem with the story is the pacing specifically, than the manga is exactly what you need.

[@tawny9691]

"Ne, Doffy, someone's calling our kingdom a disaster, behehehe" Dear god I hope Trebol and comes into this discussion at some point and I hope he gets utterly blasted by everyone

[@smokey2425]

I wouldn't want a retaliatory snot blast lol

[@sumi2120]

It’s the way I actually read that in trebols voice 😭

[@noremac7216]

I love dressrosa. And the completely chaotic clusterfuckery of the whole thing is probably one of my favorite things about it

[@UkeShrum]

God is goos

[@Madrofus]

It's funny because the experience I had was totally different. I bought and read all of One Piece until the beginning of Wano last summer and I found on Dressrosa my favourite arc. I guess the fact of being able to read it in less than a week is crucial, as I was able to fully enjoy it and remember almost all of the characters through the whole arc (not now, unfortunately)

[@DiePoente]

It's become the norm of One Piece manga that its later arcs are way better on re-read/binge opposed to weekly reading.

[@laurabustos6560]

@@DiePoente facts! Watching is same. I am reading ev few weeks and hv quit entirely watching so I can binge when Wano is done. I got to like Hyogoro and Luffy in prison and couldn't take it and quit watching so I can binge later.

[@BrunofanofK]

One piece always was dragged out, I remember reading the manga after finishing the other big fish and I loved it but the flashbacks and pace was dragged out, by the time I reached the CP9 I could have finished bleach best arcs.

[@noremac7216]

@@BrunofanofK too bad Tite Kubo didn't know how to finish bleach's best arcs, zing

[@winnkey]

reading one piece weekly is completely different then reading it all together. The arcs are so big that its more so an experience. As opposed to just a story. You will have to go back an re-read major arcs. I have been reading weekly since thriller bark, and sometimes i just drop one piece till the full arc is out. Its a legitimate way to read it. However i would also say some arcs are absolutely amazing week to week. The assault on Onigashima, was very close to being peek weekly one piece, but I feel it has gotten a little rushed and chopped up, as Oda is already preping and organising for what is coming next. Which is a shame the Four emperors sagas climax being possibly not as epic as it could of been, but it does hype up the final saga Majorly.

[@VomicaEmanio]

... has it really been 8 years since the start of the Dressrosa Arc? Dressrosa, Zou, Wholecake, and now Wano; it really doesn't feel *that* long

[@peepeevs]

The older you get, the quicker years seem to pass by...

[@josuke.d.uzmaki299]

Reviere - am I joke to you?

[@vaibhavmukherjee9830]

As someone who caught up in Zou, I have never understood the hate that dressrossa gets. I can see the few parts where it dragged but it tied together perfectly in the end. Rebecca was the only weak link in the arc for me.

[@dustsansboy1330]

People give hate to dressrosa never heard of it '-' I heard dressrosa is one of the best arcs besides from wano and marineford

[@charlesacker9174]

Luffy fights Bellamy for 13 episodes while Law is bleeding out on the roof. In the manga Luffy fights Bellamy for 1 and a half chapters. I don't know why they decided to pad/reuse animation of Bellamy springing around for 13 episodes but it was completely nuts.

[@Buccii]

@@charlesacker9174 why that’s why most people tend to hate the anime, mainly because of the horrible pacing

[@charlesacker9174]

@@Buccii yeah One Piece and Conan are probably the last dying embers of the infinite weekly release formula. Like seasonal anime is more profitable by this point. But those two series are relics from before DVDs were a thing. You can see the deathknell of infinite series where World Trigger season 1 has 73 episodes and season 2 has 12 switching format. Even Dragonball the og infinite series switched it's game up. Toei doesn't know what to do with Future releases of the IP. Boruto might have actualy killed the business model. So thank you Boruto.

[@dustsansboy1330]

The funny thing is after he got done fighting Bellamy he just left belly me there and I don't know how Bellamy didn't die from blood loss or collateral damageXD

[@TheSteve5154]

One thing I always found super annoying about this arc was how durable the bird cage was. Like, a clone made of string was able to be cut in half by Kyros, however none of the individual pieces of string of the birdcage were able to be cut by Zoro, who just got done cutting several hundred square meters of stone apart, or a goddamn Marine admiral. I don’t think there was ever an explanation for why it was so unbreakable, it just was.

[@Glatier]

I just assumed the strings were imbued by insanely durable, godlike Haki tbh. Idek if that's a good justification for it with how even an admiral cannot stop the cage.

[@mabiniss2]

I think a better question is why couldn't Bartolomeo simply create a large enough barrier horizontally to stop the birdcage from contracting?

[@ericboisvert2854]

why are people complaining about the tournament characters being too many in numbers?? these are the characters that form the straw hat fleet! this is important stuff imo

[@talkinghoorse6936]

I disagree for 3 reasons. 1. Quite a few gladiators didn't join the Straw Hat Grand Fleet, The Kelly Funk Brothers, Ascilla, Rolling Logan, Damask, Meadows, Mummy, Cactus Guy, and more I probably don't remember because there were so many. 2. Many of the gladiators were completely useless and had no presence, some were so bad that they literally had no shown personality or fighting style, like the aforementioned Meadows and Mummy. 3. At the time of writing this, The Straw Hat Grand Fleet itself has done absolutely nothing outside of cover stories, and a few chaperoning world nobles at the Reverie for like one chapter. Don't get me wrong, they probably will have importance in the future, and when they do, I'll reevaluate my opinion, but right now, The Straw Hat Grand Fleet seems like a completely useless addition to the story.

[@collecter343]

@@talkinghoorse6936 Would it make sense for every named gladiator to join afterwards? Makes the world feel big to have so many characters with actual names that aren't necessarily important.

[@ericboisvert2854]

@@talkinghoorse6936 of course some of the gladiators didn’t join the fleet. it would be unrealistic if everyone had. i feel as if this is a huge development for the straw hat crew and it’s important to show the influence they have on others. it shows that Luffy is still only focused on becoming pirate king and doesn’t want a fleet, yet also depicts the influence he has on other/ and how people want to follow him into battle and help him.

[@bassssaasuuuup]

Because they were boring Eric , DUH

[@furorteutonicus9045]

@@talkinghoorse6936 Why do you call it a useless addition to the story when you already know it is not an useless addition to the story? lol

[@chimeraart3737]

Nvr thought I'd sit through a 1hr documentary this was really well put together good work man

[@GrandLineReview]

[@TSCStag]

DUDE I was like “that was negative why would I continue watching” and then you said, “that was a rather negative way to start a video” LOL

[@machodgdon]

Everyday I become more grateful that I discovered One Piece during Wano and being able to binge Dressrosa cause wow this was painful

[@tylerdrummond4078]

But what was truly more ambitious: the Dressrosa arc in the manga, the Dressrosa arc in the anime or the Dressrosa Disaster Documentary on the GLR channel...

[@Human_traain]

I chose the third one

[@CRIS_IS_ON_INFINITE_EARTHS]

@@Human_traain I concur.

[@Kris-wr4lq]

For all it's lows, Dressrosa really had some of my favourite highs in Doflamingo, and Law and Rosinante

[@zinoononeme5345]

Facts

[@lonwabozekevu60]

Dont forget senior pink

[@priyanshuranjan1142]

I watched from one pace and it's my second favorite after eneis Lobby.

[@vincenzoguandolo8641]

I honestly loved Dressrosa, and it was almost entirely due to Law, Rosinante, and Doflamingo

[@keithgraham8588]

its because the vocal minority usually are youtubers that have a platform to complain about miniscule shit, made the arc seem worse than it is. Same with Fishman Island, a lot of these arcs are crucial to the plot yet their opinions make them seem like they are these great writers when in reality they are just sweaty weebs that have little to no brain capacity to understand such a huge story.

[@dylannelson5664]

Honestly in my top 3 arcs, I love Dressrosa!

[@aniketarun6061]

Seeing this, I'm really happy that I started OP near the end of Wano and only caught up right at the end of Wano. Didn't have to go through the weekly grind.

[@gold8153]

????????????

[@WYYYE]

i started in august 2022 and made it to wano in december 2022 only to realize we have plennty to go before it ends... now were on the weekly grind

[@aniketarun6061]

@@WYYYE Ahh, I started in July and caught up in early October. Yeah, it feels nice to be all caught up, but that weekly grind can really be a pain...

[@434444334]

It was a journey :l

[@andreas8664]

@@WYYYE Same for me, I finally made it to the end

[@goombaboomba593]

If this does not warrant subscribing to the GLR, then i dont know what will

[@pituecano8024]

Hey whats up profile pic brother :D

[@goombaboomba593]

@@pituecano8024 *insert spiderman pointing meme

[@jonathand.phoenix]

Consistent feeds of One Piece content injected straight into your KZbin feed

[@edwardnewgate6846]

@@jonathand.phoenix Now lets play a game of "Ace Space" So in this game you are going to have to find who is going to save Ace, is it.....

[@marblethunder4323]

Frieza: "Are they STILL on Dressrosa?! How much time has passed?"

[@patricknez7258]

KZbin premieres, just like the Dressrosa arc, are underrated

[@CGH404]

I love how we humans have come to the point where reviewing a arc for a anime is structured like a detective crime show

[@Obrienjob98]

It's great how people can make money off of content of any kind

[@smallfryenjoyer]

😶‍🌫️😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😶‍🌫️😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😶‍🌫️😏😏😏😏😏😶‍🌫️😏😏😏

[@cosmicklutz1675]

The dress Rosa arc in a nutshell: *BIG FIST HITS STRING*

[@keanus9871]

Maybe I’m just a weeaboo who loves reading the One Piece wikia, but I enjoyed the arc weekly and liked seeing all these new characters, especially the Colosseum warriors

[@SrhBatman]

When Sabo arrived

[@Sephivoiceactor]

For me, Dressrosa is my 3rd favorite arc after Enis Lobby and Water 7.

[@Cipher_Paul]

*Dressrosa :* * _is an island nearly more detailed than Konoha_ * *One Piece Fans :* "It's actually pretty bad."

[@StNowhere]

Goes to show how high a bar Oda sets with his settings. Dressrosa is an incredibly stylish and fleshed-out location and yet it's mediocre at best compared to others in the series.

[@GameSanthila]

Having cool things shove into a island doesn't make that island better. We know much about Naruto's village history, different clans and political conflict than dressrosa.

[@furorteutonicus9045]

*some One Piece Fans

[@hellodigitalworld8224]

@@GameSanthila because it’s the main village lol

[@arnieXD]

Till now I had no idea people disliked punk hazard. I thought it was very enjoyable. Cool setting, interesting characters and the typical smooth resolve if what is happening here. But most of all, I liked the interaction between the crew. I thought it was very comical how all the souls got switched. But I mostly enjoyed seeing all the strengths of the characters come into action. Seeing everyone showing there respective strengths. Dressrosa was too long, but in the manga it was not nearly as bad as the anime. I can’t watch the anime anymore because it just drags every single interaction..

[@surgeonofdeath9121]

The best thing about the arc for me was the law flashback

[@Yking9977]

Lol that's the only part I skipped

[@RikXtreme4]

I liked sabo reveal, doffy flashback & gear 4th reveal. Still remember when luffy first announced it and then the chapter ended.. I was freaking out. I remember it so clearly cuz it was a week before my birthday and weirdly enough I was doing my practical test, so I was always thinking about "gears"

[@zacharypawley]

@@RikXtreme4 same I lost my shit when I seen gear 4 last year

[@elodin857]

@@RikXtreme4 sabo is kind of cringe

[@RikXtreme4]

@@elodin857 I aint asking bout your thoughts in sabo, my guy.. its more on the discussion of the stuff you liked in the arc.

[@heinrichvonribbentrop7316]

Every time Rebecca's flashback popped up, I felt like Obito and a huge rock falling on one side of my face.

[@grimatplays6716]

Dressrosa Anime in a nutshell: SHOUNEN RECAP SYNDROME ARC

[@hfon3317]

5 min zooming into building and the background 5 min for the opening +the recap 3 minutes for the ending leaving you with a mere 11min of new actually interesting content well... The manga was also tiring to read honestly at that moment a lot of people stopped one piece or took a long break

[@arandomguy3222]

@@hfon3317 as usual you manga readers overreacting Here's a little trick to shut them up, ask them when, tell me when once has the opening been 5 minutes long

[@willyglover4199]

I had the luxury to read and watch dressrosa arc after it was wrapped and done with it, I find it to be one of my most favorite arcs

[@Luvias0415]

I feel I missed the Dressrosa fatigue by waiting for Dressrosa to finish before I watched the anime. I honestly enjoyed it even though there were a few pitfalls but they weren't so deep that it ruined my experience. Fujitora is a great character and personally my favorite of the new characters that appeared in this arc.

[@RobertMcBride-is-cool]

It took me weeks to watch.

[@KingOfEden12]

Aside from those 10 or so chapters during the finale with the birdcage, I can honestly say that Dressrosa is peak One Piece along with water7, alabasta, Ennies Lobby, marinefors, sabaody. Honestly such an amazing arc, especially if you binge read it ! If you watched Dressrosa, I highly recommend reading it. And if you read it weekly during the time it was airing, I still recommend you RE read it. Completely different experience !

[@lemonchicken507]

So in other words the whole series?

[@yasqueen2285]

@@lemonchicken507 no he means re read dressrosa particularly

[@themonvillan]

I watched it and still loved it

[@dustinleask4252]

I would include impel down in that list, it's one of my favorite arcs

[@8wo_]

Hopefully by the end of this we might know what happened during Rebecca's childhood

[@panmanafro]

the Rebecca "Armor" joke made this GrandLineReview Arc worth the length Sanji was a Princess prop even after dodging the 'inhabitants' of Mormorio Island

[@Doge-rv3vd]

I personally quite liked the massive cast and scale of dressrosa when i was reading it, but i can understand how hellish reading and watching it weekly must've been.

[@jazgeorge6806]

It’s insane that dressrosa in the anime had more episodes than the manga arc had chapters

[@Snzn_7]

That's what happens when you are catching up with the manga and the anime qon't take breaks or long ass filler arcs

[@forrestdorman4870]

I guess they tried to pull a naruto.

[@yourdad5799]

@@forrestdorman4870 Nah that's a one piece exlusive thing. They strech the material instead of making filler

[@PatsDynasty]

Seems like all the dressrosa hate comes from the weekly read manga wise. Everything else is literally just nitpicking because a lot of that stuff can be said about Wano. I started and finished one piece last year so I didn’t read dressrosa weekly or even knew about the disdain for it I finished the arc in like 2 weeks. Dressrosa is my number 1 arc in the story followed by marineford 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@captainjimmy2306]

And I just finished it in the anime and it was great. Don’t know what these people are getting angry about

[@royolaniye6643]

I think it's because almost the whole event of Dressrosa takes place in one day, so there's never really tike for anyone to catch their breath, another being that unlike Wano, almost every character was introduced at the same time, Wano giving time for each new person, and like I said earlier, Dressrosa takes place in one day whilst Wano takes place in months from what we've seen

[@blazingblue3588]

@@royolaniye6643 Wano takes place over the course of 2 weeks

[@nikname2767]

@@blazingblue3588 exaclty....?

[@royolaniye6643]

@@blazingblue3588 Yeah I just realized that, thought it was 2 months

[@arkane9b]

As of the start of the Foxy arc, if you're watching the regular anime and not one of the fan cuts that removes a lot of the filler, unnecessary flashbacks and reactions shots and other non-manga aspects, you're watching it wrong.

[@nickcarmichael7023]

I loved how Liam focused on both positives and negatives of the anime and the manga. Especially since we know how he feels about it. You can tell this was a very unbiased perspective of Dressrosa and Liam handled this controversial conversation so well by hitting every good and bad aspect of the arc, and even ending it on a high note.

[@Brock_official-ish]

It's really impressive that you can put your signature kind of comedy into a video this long, love it

[@guendelma6]

Binging through dressrossa in a few days in the manga was fun, but I can see how confusing it could be for weekly readers, with so much going on.

[@bny9318]

We got Law's backstory, Sabo's return,Bartolomeo, Senor Pink, Usopp's Haki ,Luffy's Gear 4.. so it was great for me..

[@Thynexikus]

This was truly an amazing video, I really loved how you included the grand line fleet members and especially the way it was edited! I really hope you do another one of these in the future

[@GrandLineReview]

Thank you very much! And I'd really like to do it again! :D

[@earlyj5889]

I don't know what the issues are. I absolutely loved every part of Dressrosa.

[@raiden3013]

Well good thing the whole point of this documentary is pointing out the many issues of it XD

[@mtandazomoyo7840]

Did you read it weekly?

[@josuke.d.uzmaki299]

@@mtandazomoyo7840 yup but still I didn't found any issue

[@aj1218]

I have been weekly since 03. More people hated Thriller Bark on a weekly basis than Dressrosa. This entire documentary can be summed up by weekly fatigue of new readers being weekly for the first time

[@PatsDynasty]

Same here it’s my number 1 arc in the series. I binged the manga. I guess other’s problems were with watching the anime or reading weekly. I think it’s an absolute masterpiece of an arc. I debated with somebody about dressrosa a while ago and they said the arc sucked because the strawhats didn’t get a lot of shine lol

[@SaintNapa]

It robbed us a Robin fight that was literally right in our hands. Forever the worst.

[@KGBZukhov]

Multiple. Trebol, Diamante, and Gladius (who should have been neck snapped on the fall...or just from the fall)... She kinda bodied Hakuba as well. Countered three and beat another. Sadly, could have had one not be interrupted.

[@dafihale7139]

THIS

[@talkinghoorse6936]

The worst part is that she could've had an interesting fight against Trebol, he's slimy and sticky to the touch, meaning she would have to come up with a different strategy than her usual neck snaps.

[@KGBZukhov]

@@talkinghoorse6936 Agreed. First phase would have been finding out he was a Paramecia with a real body and a contest of strength. Then once she realizes he is a Paramecia, on how to target the body. Fight progresses to a standstill. As he gloats she can't clutch him, she ignights the explosive snot-gel. Severely burning her hands, and thus takes her out of fighting. Makes her scene holding the cage more epic too. Doing so on crispy hands.

[@catcraze8673]

Dressrosa did this a lot in general, a lot of fights got cut short or most of the Donquixote family got one-shotted.

[@zgunderson90]

@00:09:29 hahahahahaha "who's this guy, who's that guy, that's a fishman, is that guy a jacket?" Hahahahahaha that is the funniest part of this video 😂🤣😂

[@bexclue3007]

When I rate Dressrosa I split it in two: Pre Crew Split and Post Crew Split. Pre Crew Split Dressrosa was one of the most hype arcs ever. From simply discovering Dressrosa, to learning about the Mera Mera Fruit, being introduced to a new admiral, learning about Doffy's connection to the Celestial Dragons, revelation of the Tontata Tribe (and statue of Noland etc), Law getting defeated right in front of Luffy&Co to Big Mom showing up. It was absolutely *crazy.* Definitely one of the craziest parts of the entire story. And I feel like everyone who talks about reading Dressrosa week to week forgets about that and only remembers Post Crew Split Dressrosa

[@LydiaWin]

As someone who does not watch one piece weekly, for me dressrosa introduced the materialization of one piece fans in Bartolomeo and forever grabbed a spot as a truly great arc

[@Cressxlia]

I told my friends I *watched* One Piece. They said they admired my dedication. I always tell anyone Dressrosa was a nightmare to get through.

[@Victoryroadrage]

The only consistent thing I've found about opinions on this arc is that week to week readers don't care for it as much but those who were able to binge the whole arc seem to hold it in higher regard.

[@benma1116]

That makes sense. One of the main complaints was that it was taking way too long to do anything coupled with a gigantic cast and flashbacks makes weekly readers get bored. But if your binging it there’s no wait. Years of manga and anime you can finish in a week. Your less likely to forget anything or feel it as stretched out.

[@michaelwarrick2219]

I read it week to week and I enjoyed it.

[@tjwvjk2195]

Honestly I was able to binge watch the arc and I still don’t particularly like it. That might be because I was anime only at the time and the anime adaptation of the arc wasn’t the best. In my eyes it’s still frustratingly long, even though I was able to finish it in a few days

[@silversauceran]

@@michaelwarrick2219 I also read it week to week and enjoyed it. Of course I don't even remember the rebecca flashback.

[@martinm6851]

I just read the Dressrosa arc in a week. In my opinion, best arc of the series so far. It took everything and turned it up to 11. I loved all of the new characters, the world building, the stakes of the world. Too many perfect scenes to put into one comment.

[@Jacob-rf8bi]

Agreed. I just finished watching dressrosa, was easily my favorite arc of the series so far.

[@tilburg8683]

Same

[@dustinleask4252]

I definitely agree with the manga dressrosa being one of if not the best arc of one piece. The anime pacing was definitely annoying though especially if you watched it weekly

[@vvvvvvvs]

i wouldnt say its the best for me but its defenitly up there at number 3 or 4 for me

[@ultimatedragonaga]

I honestly loved this arc. I think that all the characters plots and stories introduced here were absolutely magical. The introduction of Gearfour was completely mind-boggling and the buildup to the defeat of doflamingo was truly worth the wait. I think punk hazard was a disaster arc. I hated every moment of that arc except for some comedy

[@chikipichi5280]

Dressrosa was way better than Fish Man and Punk Hazard arc for me

[@IndigoUchiha26]

The Dressrosa Arc was good. It was better than fishman island & punk hazard imo. Granted it wasn't perfect but I loved it! Especially the moment between luffy and sabo

[@hasanaziz127]

Thats cuz fishman island and punk hazard were setup arcs not supposed to be too good

[@crcoghill]

I'm still annoyed by the Rebecca hate. like she was a character built to be a support character. not just a prop, but a character trying her best and getting help when need be. Her father literally taught her not to kill or shed blood so how do you give a character with that style of fighting a win in a arc where villains are killers? not to mention Rebecca is bombarded by emotions throughout the whole arc. mix of rage, abuse, struggle and, yes, Sadness. she is a character forced into a world that wants her dead for the scheme of the Doflamingo Family and their manipulation of the kingdom of Dressrosa. Rebecca is literally going into a ring, where the whole island hates her guys for her families "sins" and is nearly killed every day by it! doesn't help that when Sugar's powers are deactivated, all those memories flooding back would make anyone react, even Violet was in tears! and to end this argument: the reason she is wearing such thin, clearly unprotective armor, is because Doffy and his family want her to die! think about it: what in the Hell would she wear such armor in the first place?! oh~ i don't know~ MAYBE BECAUSE SHE IS FORCED TO WEAR IT!!! i mean, come on guys! they even show that there is a weight limit in the Colosseum. Luffy really wanted to go all out in Gladiator armor but was told to pretty much only wear a cap and helmet! and most of the men and woman are just as limited as he was as well as Rebecca! Hell, Acilia, the other female gladiator fighting in Rebecca's Block was just as revealing. oh~ but i guess she's not as attractive~ huh~? or just not as "annoying" as Rebecca. seriously, i just don't get the hate for her! it's gotten worse as time has gone by and I'm sick of it! it's like the growing hate for Carrot for no reason. it needs to stop.

[@bassssaasuuuup]

She’s a poorly written female character

[@adeyemioyemade1631]

Yea I don’t hate Rebecca and everything you said is valid so I don’t understand why those point are brought up on the Rebecca problem. My issue with her is just lots of other one piece female characters (supporting or main) are just written far better (she is written better than some other manga female characters just not One piece and it was glaring). Even amongst the Dressrosa princesses I think she is the worst written mainly because she could have had more agency or plot relevance. However, she was just the emotional linchpin which if the arc was written more concisely could have been delegated to other characters. for example viola could have been Kyros’ daughter and just recently got caught as a spy by the doflamingo family hence why she is in the colosseum. Her backstory can then include how she learn to fight from the toy soldier, how she infiltrated the doflamingo family, what her job was (include her dancing here) and how she got caught. Her role in the story can then continue the way it plays out. Sanji’s and Robin’s plot will have to change a bit but their bit on the island was lackluster anyway. I don’t mean to display I have anywhere near the level of skill as Oda but merging the two princesses, IMO, would have created one good character rather than 2 relatively meh ones.

[@hasanaziz127]

Id say that Rebecca was used to build the character of Kyros. He was a much better character who risked more for the country, while rebecca did virtually nothing just to live with her father.

[@dukesnduka3757]

Hey, we know why rebecca is the way she is, doesnt mean we have to like it. Just our feelong towards her.

[@hasanaziz127]

@@dukesnduka3757 but we see characters like Otama and Law with much more harsh backgrounds acting much more selflessly than someone like Rebecca. Even Vivi, who had lost way less, had tried her best to get her kingdom back by putting her life on the line. Law is probably the character with the saddest backstory, and even he went out of his way to survive and make sure that the legacy of Rosinate remained aloft by defeating doflamingo.

[@laservik5718]

As a person that started watching OP recently, I actually liked watching dressrosa since I didn’t have to wait a week for each episode/chapter.

[@scottiecurrie7927]

I read the manga and this was the same for me. It took me over a month to get through Fishman Island and Punk Hazard, and I planned to just charge in and read Dressrosa over the course of a week. I was basically forcing myself to read for a little bit, and then I ended up getting super invested and read the entire arc in three days. Its much more enjoyable when you can read it in one sitting

[@beyond6storm]

Idk man, you give me a guy who: - Doesn't see a "no pissing in the fish water" sign and acts accordingly - Trolls the audience with a fake bomb - Camps on the side of the storm circle the whole game then gets the chicken dinner with just one kill Imma pick that guy, that guy got the right idea.

[@sewd1289]

I'm so excited to hear the toy soldier "song" 57 times, any time that Rebecca or Kyros is on screen it needs to play because if it isn't then you really can't call this dressrosa

[@tendokun138]

I think dressrosa's story was good, it just took too long.

[@silasprins3861]

Too long means: 'longer than it *should* be'

[@moreroidsmoreboys]

@Ankit Agrawal means it was dragged out

[@MattthemaniaC]

yea doflamingo is the only reason why i kept watching that arc lol

[@furorteutonicus9045]

@@moreroidsmoreboys It was not dragged out though. It just had a ton of things going on that made it long.

[@onewheeljoeswanson1780]

@Ankit Agrawal golden age is kind of a saga and it contains a bunch of sub arcs that vary massively…it’s not really a fair comparison.

[@gpork7872]

Reading this arc on a week to week basis was an ordeal. I remember my heart sunk when the air went out of Luffy and said he needed 10 minutes to recover...

[@mxzy]

You definitely one of the best creators on the net fam

[@brainydiode]

Dressrosa was actually the first arc I read weekly, and it was...an interesting experience. I do agree that it's definitely a better story when binged than when read weekly, but it's honestly in my top 5 arcs in the series. At the very bottom of my top 5, but 5th place out of 31 (I think?) isn't bad.

[@brainydiode]

@Tenyasha That's actually not a question I'd considered too much. Obviously I'm coming at this as someone who has only had the weekly reading experience with Dressrosa, Zou, Whole Cake Island, Reverie, and Wano. Whole Cake Island I also enjoyed more when I reread it after it was completed, but honestly, with Reverie, the Wano intermissions, and now Wano act 3, I've been really enjoying having the time to let the new big information stew for a while and watching the community theorize and speculate each week as we wait for the chapters. So I guess from my perspective, I prefer binging the slower-paced sections but I prefer reading the big info-dumps week-by-week. I guess that might just be a case of me subconsciously adjusting the pacing to fit my own taste.

[@revelle8605]

I go through phases of reading One Piece weekly and then just letting it slide for some years, and I guess I was lucky to come back and read Dressrosa all at once, instead of weekly. I remember really loving it! Maybe I'll go reread it soon.

[@MouseGoat]

Yeah Dressrosa is super amazing, i do not get what thise people are on. I do rember being a bit iffy having to wait week to week for some stones being pushed around lol but hate it? lol no, no no no! i fucking loved it!

[@carlbrittain1993]

Dressrosa is designed to be such a mundane looking destination with respect to the other arcs because it's tranquility and mundane aura is supposed to be a foil, an extreme opposite to what is going on "underground".

[@canadianbacon9819]

I don't mean to be rude but I do find it absolutely hilarious how many of these KZbinrs that review the show had trouble following the amount of characters and plot. Maybe it's cuz I'm an actual fan of the series and I took time to actually memorize characters and their abilities, but I really didn't have a lot of the issues that some of the people are having in this. Took a while but it was entertaining, the wano arc also took forever, again also entertaining. The diversity that was brought in by the arc along with its progression should really be praised, not criticized.

[@Days-ru8jh]

It wasn’t fate that brought us together but rather a destiny decided long ago.

[@cameronhensley4550]

This was 10/10 content. Would love to see more long form One Piece documentaries.

[@RagingPeanutButter]

I know I sat through Dressrosa weekly in the manga and anime, and I can't really remember how I felt at the time. I guess it's one of those situations where your brain just cuts out that unpleasant memory out of your mind and forgets it immediately.

[@syedshassan3719]

the editing style of this is so jarring, i don't need 10 clips of random people saying the same thing for every point you make i get it!!!!!!!!!!!

[@martymcfly8982]

Why is too many characters a bad thing like we’re reading a long as story about a pirate traveling the world meeting people on his journey you just remember the important one and forget the others there really can never be too many charecters

[@Tachi2407]

Too many at once, or rather too many characters in focus. It makes it so either some characters don't get the time they need to be fleshed out or the pacing gets really bad to accommodate them all.

[@inthecloud1156]

I liked it because it had a looottt of characters. . Man it was a rampage...sooo much fun

[@Corredor1230]

I don’t know, I really liked that about this arc. Sure, the chapter they’re ALL introduced, I’m thinking “alright, most of them will be fodder, but Oda is introducing them surely because at least SOME will be important”. Turns out I was right, and I liked how it played out. Obviously the creation of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet is extremely important, and I loved it.

[@metaj92]

25:35 THATS ME!!! One Piece needs more pretty men like Cavendish.

[@jasonnoregretes491]

Dressrosa I feel is like skypiea. In when it finally gets to the end of the series it will be much more appreciated. I personally think it's top 4 material, any spot depending on when you ask

[@firefistace6407]

Yup... Dressarosa was awesome ....man people always think they could write a better story..... instead of enjoying what the author is trying to do.... They say they like one piece for world building then when oda literally builds the entire world for the story going forward by having all the major factors involved now they complain if we didn't get fishman and punk hazard instead went straight to Yonkou then they would have said ho there is continuing Power scaling is not good how can luffy fight a Yonkou so easily.....and they complain too many characters and too many story lines then say they watch one piece because it has great world building,,,, what horseshit is that Dressarosa set up so many plotlines and expanded so much of the world..... people say oda shouldn't have done this or done that like they could write a story

[@Astronic]

Skypia is my favourite arc. The more i think about it, the story is just the best.

[@paperbackwriter1111]

I mean, binging it was fine. But I get why week to week readers weren‘t into it. Also Skypiea wasn‘t nearly as exhaustingly stuffed with new supporting characters and death fake-outs for the villain.

[@dillrod9651]

Hi Liam, I'm a big fan. Just a quick introduction. I've been watching your videos longer then I've been watching One Piece, but i love spoilers and they motivate me. I just finished Punk Hazard (don't bully me guys). But your videos and community is the reason I started it after watching series like Tokyo Ghoul, Naruto, etc. It has expanded my anime horizons and I love it. I will probably come back and reply to this comment when I finish Dressrosa (might be a while) but just to leave my opinions lol. Thank you Liam for all the great community stuff and the communication it's given me a lot of smiles and laughs on bad days

[@thesenate9562]

As some one who would actually put this arc in their top 5, this will be very interesting.

[@handgun559]

How did I miss the full release... KZbin, please. Absolutely amazing. Not only was this an amazing documentary on the community and one of the most prominent arcs of the series, but we got an hour of your comedy. The license plate joke caught me off guard.

[@majinmanbhakun6540]

Man this must be the best premiere in the history of KZbin premiere. Please don't ever delete this liam

[@zayahjohnson4632]

I watched one piece and didnt start reading the manga until I caught up to the anime at about whole cake island. So for me dressrosa was amazing, while the characters names may not all stick in mind I can instantly recognize all of them and the role they played. I liked the fights, themes, and even the backstories. Honestly is probably my favorite arc. That being said I can understand how for people reading or watching weekly that it would be hard to get through and slow, but I would say just rewatch or reread it and you'll appreciate it a lot more.

[@JackOfen]

I read it weekly and can't understand those clowns that shat on the arc. It was fantastic from start to finish.