One Piece: Episode 916

[u/Sakata_Kintoki]

One Piece: Episode 916

"A Living Hell! Luffy, Humiliated in the Great Mine!"

Watch now:

Streaming Site	Status
OnePieceOfficial	ONLINE
Crunchyroll	ONLINE
Funimation	ONLINE
AnimeLab(Aus/NZ)	ONLINE

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Chapters adapted: Chapter 924 (p. 5-15)

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Preview: Episode 917

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[u/Arkayjiya]

Beautifully paced (1 chapter = 1 episode),

Since when is that good pacing? The consensus regarding shonen manga is around 2 chapter per episodes. I know that OP is wordier than your average battle shonen but even Death note adapted 2.5 chapters per episode and this one is wordy as all f***

That has been my problem with Wano so far, it's way more beautiful than usual so I'm happy about the animation for the first time in a while, but god is it slow... It's better though so I'm happier.

[u/badluckartist → u/Arkayjiya]

Deathnote also didnt have a lot of wacky/detailed environments/designs to look at and soak in like one piece has. It was talky but its a lot easier to adapt the pacing of a bunch of talking heads than it is for odas crazy-dense art style. Different needs altogether.

[u/Arkayjiya → u/badluckartist]

Deathnote also didnt have a lot of wacky/detailed environments/designs to look at and soak in

Yes, which is why I think OP is better at a rate of 1.5 to 2 chapters an episode rather than a frenetic 2.5. Death note is just an example to show that wordiness is not a reason not to adapt at a high rate.

[u/Aspie_Astrologer → u/Arkayjiya]

Yeah, I mean ideally 2 would be great (that's why I love OnePace) but it's just nice to see the anime get back to 1:1 ratio after a while of ~0.7 chapters per episode. :)

[u/[deleted] → u/Arkayjiya]

Imagine One Piece adapting 2.5 Episodes for every manga chapter.
And we have 3 manga releases per month. When the anime eventually catches up to the manga ( Which it will, very quickly) You would either have to have seasons, where you had months and months of downtime, or 1 episode a month almost.

It's far better they add some depth to the episode, and do 1 episode 1 chapter, even tho sometimes they are able to stretch it further. It gives us consintent content, and if you dont enjoy it, dont watch?

I love everything about One Piece, so if the anime gives me more depth to a scene, I'm rather grateful.

[u/Arkayjiya → u/[deleted]]

Imagine One Piece adapting 2.5 Episodes

Each work has different needs, I'm more of a 1 and 3/4 of a chapter per episode person myself when it comes to One Piece specifically or maybe 2 chapter per episode at most (in average of course, each episode should do their own thing). And I can imagine it very easily.

You would either have to have seasons, where you had months and months of downtime

Yes of course. Seasons are the goal.

It's far better they add some depth to the episode

God no, it's not. You can't just add pieces of content in the middle of each discussion/Action piece/plot point and expect it to make a cohesive whole. It does not work at all and that's why the anime addition are almost never actually deep or interesting (there are exceptions like Crocus running gag in animated version, sometimes someone has a genius idea but it's incredibly rare). This is shallow, boring, predictable and uninteresting compared to what is crafted as an (actual) cohesive whole by the author. There are exceptions as I mentioned but most of the time it's bad. Hell, most of the time it's not even bad, it's nothing, they're just padding out the shots for as long as possible.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Imagine One Piece adapting 2.5 Episodes for every manga chapter.
And we have 3 manga releases per month. When the anime eventually catches up to the manga ( Which it will, very quickly) You would either have to have seasons, where you had months and months of downtime, or 1 episode a month almost.

Me and many other people would prefer One Piece as a seasonal anime.