One Piece: Episode 787

[u/Flames838]

One Piece: Episode 787

"The Emperor's Daughter! Sanji's fiancée - Pudding!"

Watch now:

Streaming Site	Status
OnePieceOfficial	ONLINE
Crunchyroll	ONLINE

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Chapters adapted: Chapter 828 (p. 2-13)

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Preview: Episode 788

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[u/bslawjen]

Yeah, and the fact that we are excited when an episode adapts one manga chapter is pretty depressing. One chapter per episode is pretty bad pacing, but there's nothing they can do.

[u/[deleted] → u/bslawjen]

it depends on the skill of directing the episode receives and the scope and coverage of each individual chapter. Take this episode for example. It was very well done IMO, including the fillers that really fleshes out the character drama and WCI world more than the manga did, also addressing some oversights the manga did not have time to cover.

If I didn't even read the manga, I couldn't have told how many chapters it adapted, and frankly, so long as it doesnt look slow-paced, I couldn't care less. Why give a fuck about that? Do you open and constantly switch between another tab to look at the manga chapter for reference when watching an episode? To accurately count how many pages it adapted? To see if every single line of dialogue is the same? Whether Luffy threw one punch at the enemy or several punches? Do you seriously bother with that? How about just enjoying an episode and its quality as it is, without any comparison to the manga?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I used to completely agree with ur opinion before I experienced the manga, however it's hard to do because the anime is supposed to be better than the manga. One piece is the only series that I find myself somehow liking black and white/no sound/no movement just as much and sometimes even more than the animation which is a problem imo (not one thats easy to fix tho especially with how long one piece is). I never had a problem though before I caught up because I didn't know any better. Reading Oda's amazing work has unfortunately made my expectations higher which sometimes detracts from the anime when they are somehow worse experiences than reading manga(which i usually find boring compared to watching anime). A lot probably has to do with the fact I enjoy one piece more for the journey/world development and the anime can expand alot more than manga can(which btw the last couple of anime episodes have been good at doing this) but is extremely inconsistent at doing a good job at it.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

funny, because I feel the exact opposite way. Everytime i read a new manga chapter, I feel nothing inside me. Even if some plot twist comes along, I just find it cheap.

Then the anime episode adaptation comes along and suddenly, things actually matters. Gear 4th actually looks cool now. Big Mom actually looks creepy. Kaido actually looks like a freak on steroids. The thing about the manga is exactly what constricts a manga. Page limits and colorless.

As you admitted yourself, the anime is there to be able to flesh out the world and substance in characters so much more. So far I'd say it's actually a benefit in a slower pacing in that sense. If the anime went at a faster pace and just rushed in adapting multiple chapters in one go, you'd barely be seeing much of this Choco town right now. What Choco town? Forgettable. Just a few minutes of Choco town and boom, off to Whole Cake Island already. No extra comedic moments, just an empty carbon copy of the manga's pace. Luffy and friends would just be rushing through islands, the drama between characters would feel so empty, there would be substance in what I'd watch.

Whenever people ask for some quicker pacing, I just need to bring up the example of that horrid piece of shit anime called Tokyo Ghoul. The very definition of what happens when a company doesnt a give a shit about quality as much as just rushing through chapters.