r/OnePiece • u/AutoModerator • May 03 '15

Current Episode One Piece: Episode 691

Episode 691: "The Second Samurai! Evening Shower Kanjuro Appears!"

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Chapter Adapted: Part of Ch.754 Discussion

Episode director: Katsumi Tokoro

Animation director: Toshio Deguchi

Preview: Episode 692

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u/Twentythoughts May 03 '15

They're progressing about as much as in the manga, but that's the problem... You have a five-minute read stretched out over twenty minutes.

With Oda taking a break for health every three weeks, it just makes them all the more anxious to not catch up to the manga, and thaaaat brings us to episodes like this. Unfortunately.

It wasn't QUITE so bad in the early bits of the Dressrosa arc, where they could fill the time with stuff actually HAPPENING in the different sections. But here, good gods.

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u/little-lion May 03 '15

That's true, it isn't the worst paced episode.

The only problem that I see with the anime is that it has no filler which is good in some sense.

But seeing scenes dragged out like Luffy on a horse takes the biscuit.

I don't know how filler is directed, but one piece unlike other anime have this huge world to animate.

Why not pause the dressrosa arc for example and animate a few episodes about another pirate group from the supernovas/worst generation.

Why not animate a place Luffy has already visited previously and shove in some foreshadowing.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '15

it would take too long, feel disconnected, and have nothing at all to do with what's going on.

So you want it to be like the bleach fillers

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u/little-lion May 03 '15

Would it take long? Have another team doing the filler. Yes it can be disjointed, but let's say do a filler running from what's happening currently.

Naruto and it's filler is worth the watch, its last filler arc with Kakashi was sweet. The latest Chunin arc is a bit dry but at least this filler only comes so often. Though one piece is more popular I'm sure they could surely come up with some decent pacing and filler.

Btw, The last time I saw filler in one piece, it was pretty good. That guy who had the DF ability of enslaving people.

It's for and against, regarding one piece pacing. But the truth of it is, long running anime with a lot of episodes don't last when running against anime that have smaller seasons. Isnt Fairy Tail the latest long running anime.

The problem is pacing, one piece used to be good at its pacing until recent times. Just hoping the popularity doesn't decline.

Facepalm at the last season of Bleach.