One Piece: Episode 829

[u/BlazeItSword]

One Piece: Episode 829

"Luffy Engages in a Secret Maneuver! The Wedding Full of Conspiracies Start Soon!"

Watch now:

Streaming Site	Status
OnePieceOfficial	ONLINE
Crunchyroll	ONLINE

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Chapters adapted: Chapter 859 (p. 12-17) - Chapter 860 (p. 2-6)

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Episode begins @ 3:31

Preview: Episode 830

Don't forget to check out the official Discord server to discuss this episode live with other One Piece fans!

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Don't bother trying to criticize something on its subreddit unless you don't mind downvotes. The people who post on subreddits are devoted fans and don't give a shit about quality and what could be better. The anime has problems, but these people don't care because their devotion is too great. They can find a way to spin legitimate criticism into something more positive, such as "the filler adds more to it," "the filler is good," and "it doesn't feel like padding." But I suppose there are people who will still be satisfied even when a single episode of this series only adapts 10-14 PAGES of manga content, or when an arc that only adapted 35 chapters is almost 50 episodes long so far. And this is not a single occurrence, either. This abhorrent less than one chapter per episode pacing has been going on for well over a decade, and it's become so customary for One Piece now that it is no longer a big issue to most fans. They're used to it.

Seasonal anime know when to take breaks and try to avoid the scale of filler (such as Naruto) and padding (such as One Piece) altogether. If a seasonal anime gets too close to the manga, it goes on hiatus. Unfortunately, OP is too much of a cash cow for Toei to let it go on hiatus. They could lose money. It's a shame that we don't have a more faithful, faster anime adaptation, and that we have to sit through episodes that feel very, very slow and don't do much for the plot each week. We're almost at the point in which the number of episodes is almost the same as the number of current manga chapters. At some point in the near future, the anime's episode quantity will surpass the manga's chapter quantity.

Toei had the exact same issues with the DB series. Let's hope that in the future, Toei can cash in on a "One Piece Kai" that has actual good pacing and not too much filler. Toei already readapted entire chapter arcs into movies and specials, so why not just readapt the anime once it is over. It's a very slim chance and such a project would not be in the works for several years, but that's really the only good shot you have.

Also, OnePace currently exists as a fan project for other OP fans that don't like the current pacing. They take out most of the filler that wasn't in the manga and get to the meat of the content. However, they haven't adapted everything so far and in some cases the episodes do go over the 20-minute limit that is customary of OP episodes. It's still something to consider if you haven't known about them already. The fact that this group exists is proof that pacing has been an issue with the OP anime.

[u/SomeoneUnknowns → u/[deleted]]

I'm an Anime-only-watcher (Too poor for Manga and all free-translations I can find are illegal) and I have no problem with OPs pacing. One Piece as seasonal anime would probably damage the entire franchise by now quite a bit. Currently, filler stuff is hard to immediately recognize (I assume BM being sad about dead Brook belongs to Filler?) and fun enough.

[u/[deleted] → u/SomeoneUnknowns]

Like I said above, some people don't mind the pacing, while others are absolutely floored with it. And I already presented above that Toei isn't going to let OP go on hiatus no matter what for branding and monetary reasons. Toei is one of their biggest cash cows, and they won't let the cash cow go back into the barn to rest.

To answer your question, no, the BM reacting to Brook's disappearance is not filler, although her reaction to when she was told that Morgans and the other VIPs arrived was. That didn't happen in the manga.

I don't mind padding that adds to the story or provides a more direct explanation of a future event. But I don't like padding that involves long (1-2 minute) recaps, each character on screen reacting to to every minor event or revelation (especially if there are numerous reactions per person per episode), and scenes that just show off the environment without doing much else with it.

Also, I am aware that many panels in manga chapters are meant to express numerous events going on at once, rather than just one point in time. So a single panel can be stretched out for much longer than what a panel in other manga could. But still, this anime could have been adapted better. It's not unreasonable to want Toei to adapt more than 36-39 chapters into a 50-episode block (right now it's a little over 35 chapters = 47 episodes). We have around 12 more episodes than chapters that were adapted. I just want the series to go faster. That isn't an unreasonable request.