Now (after all that text) let's get started by talking about the different ways to enjoy One Piece:





One Piece "Kai" anime edit:

Where to find it:



Pros: Longer episodes, making binge watching easier. Good amount of filler removed. It's a pretty solid watch considering it was a 1 man project. Good alternative to main anime.



Cons:

- Only the "first half" of the series is covered though that was intentional as OnePace has the "2nd half" covered.

- Also it's just a reddit post so it could be deleted or taken down easily.

-Streaming through Google Drive seems a little unstable or you can torrent which isn't as convenient.

- Doesn't seem to cut out filler as efficiently or effectively as OnePace. OnePace is a team effort and even has Quality Control. This is just 1 guy. And it kind of shows.









Now let's go through each canon arc and saga with no spoilers(other than the arc/sage's name which would be a pretty minor spoiler that would give away very little, if nothing at all). The idea would be that a new watcher would start at the beginning and scroll down as they go through the series(provided they still like it) and an experienced watcher can scroll around for the specific arc they are looking for.



Also should note that I'm not covering non canon filler arcs, specials or movies because they are not necessary for enjoying the series. My recommendation is that you should watch this non canon content if you are fully caught up, bored and are huge fan of the series. Some of it's good, but most of isn't as good as the canon series. Just my opinion.





Man this is a lot bigger than I thought it would be but whatever. Let's begin:



If you don't to switch from arc-to-arc and just want to turn your brain off and watch with minimal switching. Here's my simple recommendation:

First, watch through all of

Then go to

The last OnePace episode will have a label showing which manga chapter or anime episode you're on. And you can go from there. (As of this initial writing that would be Ch 924 or episode 916, so you'd may want to check episode 916 but you'd probably pick up from 917. But that's just an example as things would obviously get updated).



The above may not be the best way in my opinion but it's a simple way that definitely beats watching the main anime straight through.



"First Half" East Blue Saga Romance Dawn Arc (Chapters 1-7, Official Episodes 1-3)

Notes: This is the arc the anime takes some of the biggest liberties with the manga's story(introducing earlier than that character is introduced in the manga, possibly for eye candy reasons. Also changes to bunch of details). I suspect this was because back in the late 90s, One Piece was still a relatively new series and didn't have the clout that is has today. As a result, it seemed like the OnePace team had some trouble editing it down to make it match the manga's story. The result is still watchable but a little weird to be honest.

Recommended way to watch: Official Anime / Kai. Though OnePace isn't too bad.



Orange Town Arc (Chapters 8-21, Official Episodes 4-8)

Notes: This is the good old days of decently paced anime content.

Recommended way to watch: Any method is fine here imo. OnePace saves some minutes but I'm not sure if it's worth switching over.



Syrup village Arc (Chapters 22-41, Official Episodes 9-18)

Notes: Similar feeling as the prior arc.

Recommended way to watch: Any method is fine here imo, but I'd lean towards OnePace.



Baratie Arc (Chapters 42-68, Official Episodes 19-30)

Notes: One Pace doesn't cover this arc. I think that is because the anime actually does a good job pacing this one. 12 episodes to adapt 27 chapters? That's actually really good.

Recommended way to watch: Official anime is the way to go. But One Pace Kai works well too if you want to watch long form episodes.



Arlong Park (Chapters 69-95, Official Episodes 31-44)

Notes: One Pace has started this arc but have not finished it. It's no concern because these are the good days of the official anime being excellent overall imo. I'm honestly surprised that OnePace has decided to try to edit these down. I'll be keeping an eye on the results.

Recommended way to watch: Official anime is the way to go. But One Pace Kai works well too if you want to watch long form episodes.



Loguetown (Chapters 96-100, Official Episodes 45, 48-53)

Notes: This isn't technically about Loguetown itself but official episodes 46 and 47 are from manga cover stories. They're not super important but they are technically not completely filler and fill some background on some side characters. So if you're watching the official anime, maybe don't skip those. But if you're not, maybe you should watch 46 and 47 before Loguetown? Though honestly if you don't, it's not big deal at all but a manga reader would be familiar with what happened and it's one of the few cover stories that actually get adapted into full anime episodes. It's your call really.

Recommended way to watch: As far Loguetown itself One Piece Kai(Kai's episode 10, the last episode of the East Blue saga) may be your best bet(since pretty much puts to 2 OnePace episode into 1. If not that, the One Pace will obvious work as well.. But if you consider what's said in the notes section, you may want to consider spending the extra hour to watch it in the official anime. But maybe I'm overthinking it, I think One Pace is the best option.



Alabasta Saga Reverse Mountain Arc (Chapters 101-105, Official Episodes 62-63) Recommended way to watch: One Pace, though none of the options are bad.

Whisky Peak Arc (Chapters 106-114, Official Episodes 64-67) Notes: This technically isn't about Whisky Peak. But official episodes 68-69 are also from manga cover stories so they technically aren't completely filler and manga readers would be aware of them. Again, not a big deal if you decide not to, but maybe consider watching those two after Whisky Peak. Recommended way to watch: One Pace, though none of the options are bad.

Little Garden (Chapters 115-129, Official Episodes 70-77) Notes: One Pace doesn't cover this arc. This will be the first of a long run of arcs OnePace hasn't covered. Recommended way to watch: If you've been watching the official anime to this point, you should be ok sticking to it. If not, then consider One Piece Kai(Episode 13-14 in the Alabasta Saga Part 1 section). If I had to choose, I'd say Kai as it still saves about an hour of time.

Drum Island (Chapters 130-154, Official Episodes 78-91) Notes: One Pace doesn't cover this arc. Recommended way to watch: If you've been watching the official anime to this point, sticking with it wouldn't be too bad. But consider One Piece Kai(Episode 13-14 in the Alabasta Saga Part 1 section). If I had to choose, I'd say Kai as it still saves about an hour of time.

Alabasta Arc(Chapters 155-217, Official Episodes 92-130) Notes: One Pace doesn't cover this arc. Recommended way to watch: If you've been watching the official anime to this point, sticking with it wouldn't be too bad. But my recommendation would be One Piece Kai(the entire Alabasta Saga Part 2 section).

Sky Island saga Jaya Arc (Chapters 218-236, Official Episodes 144-152) Notes: One Pace doesn't cover this arc. Recommended way to watch: If you've been watching the official anime to this point, you should be sticking with it wouldn't be too bad. But my recommendation would be One Piece Kai(episode 26, 27 Sky Island Saga section).

Skypiea Arc (Chapters 237-302, Official Episodes 153-195) Notes: One Pace hasn't completed their edit of this arc at the time of this initial writing. That's kind of too bad because this is somewhat of a pacing turning point. You could argue that things started to slow down a bit after Arlong Park starting with Loguetown. But Skypiea is the first arc when things get legitimately slow. However, Skypiea isn't fast compared to what's to come. Recommended way to watch: I can't recommend the official anime in good conscience here as I personally know someone who quit the series at this point because "things were too slow". I think One Piece Kai is a good improvement. (episode 28-35 Sky Island Saga section).

Water 7 saga Long Ring Long Land arc (Chapters 303-321, Official Episodes 207-219) Notes: One Pace is back. Recommended way to watch: One Pace for sure.

Water 7 arc (Chapters 322-374, Official Episodes 229-263) Notes: One Pace isn't back for long as One Pace doesn't cover this arc. Recommended way to watch: The official anime is okay-ish for this arc, particularly if you had been watching the official anime prior. However, I think One Piece Kai is a better choice.(38-44 Water Seven saga Part 1)

Enies Lobby arc (Chapters 375-430, Official Episodes 264-312) Notes: One Pace hasn't completed their edit of the arc at the time of this initial writing. That's too bad because Enies Lobby could use it. Recommended way to watch: One Piece Kai (45-51 Water seven saga Part 2)

Post Enies Lobby (Chapters 431-441, Official Episodes 313-325) Notes: One Pace is back. And this time for a while Recommended way to watch: One Pace

Thriller Bark saga Chapters 442-489, Official Episodes 337-381 Notes: This is one arc that One Pace does a lot of favors for. This is a polarizing arc in the official anime and while there are a variety of complaints, pacing is a big issue. The One Pace edit really clears up what I think is a wonderful arc. Recommended way to watch: One Pace obviously. Though I haven't checked out what One Piece Kai has done for this arc.

Summit War saga Sabaody Archipelago arc (Chapters 490-513, Official Episodes 385-405) Recommended way to watch: One Pace

Amazon Lily (Chapters 514-524, Official episodes 408-421) Notes: Technically Amazon Lily is episodes 408-417. 418-421 include some very relevant and important cover stories. But One Pace covers them all. Recommended way to watch: One Pace

Impel Down (Chapters 525-549, Official episodes 422-452) Notes: Even if you don't count the filler episodes(426-429), Impel Down is the first arc that has more canon anime episodes than canon manga chapters. 27 episodes to cover 24 chapters. Yikes. Recommended way to watch: One Pace

Marineford (Chapters 550-580, Official episodes 457-489 Notes: Shout out to the official anime to getting back on the right side of the 1:1 ratio, albeit barely so. This will be the last time the official anime will have more episodes in arc than manga chapters. Recommended way to watch: One Pace

Post-War arc (Chapters 581-597, Official episodes 490-516) Notes: Unfortunately, One Pace has not covered this arc fully. Fortunately, this is the last time we can say that(at the time of this initial writing) for a completed arc. Kai will suffice here. Recommended way to watch: One Piece Kai(Episodes 76-79 Summit War Saga)

"2nd half" For the rest of the completed arcs the recommendations will be OnePace. However, I'll cover each arc and make some notes like I did for the "First half"

Fishman Island Saga Return to Sabaody arc (Chapters 598-602, Official Episodes 517-522) Recommended way to watch: One Pace

Fishman Island Arc (Chapters 603-653, Official Episodes 523-574) Notes: While I will still recommend One Pace as the way to watch this arc, One Pace hasn't done nearly as good a job on this arc as they have on others. The first 6 episodes are really well done. However, on the 7th episodes there's a noticeable decline in quality of editing. There's a repeating scene that wasn't cut out. A lot of filler was left in. Things just look sloppy compared to how One Pace usually get things done. I asked the One Pace team on their discord about it. Apparently, they initially did Fishman Island in a sloppy fashion and went back to re do it later. But they stopped after 6 episodes to work on other arcs. They have a plan to finish the redo after they finish some others arcs that they consider higher priority. Still beats the official anime though. Recommended way to watch: One Pace

Dressrosa Saga

Punk Hazard Arc (Chapters 654-699, Official Episodes 579-625) Notes: Fishman Island and Punk Hazard both have the same number of canon episodes and manga chapters. They will be the last two for the rest of the series not to have more canon anime episodes than manga chapters(likely including arcs that are yet to come). Recommended way to watch: One Pace

Dressrosa Arc (Chapters 700-801, Official Episodes 629-746) Note: The official anime butchered this arc. 117 canon episodes to adapt 101 manga chapters. That is an unprecedented level of inefficiency. I've heard so many people say that they stopped watching the anime at Dressrosa because the pacing is so bad that they lost interest. That's so disappointing to hear because I really liked Dressrosa as a manga reader. OnePace redeems it. It's still a long arc, it's adapting 101 chapters. But you're saving at least 10 hours and many as 23 hours by watching with One Pace instead of the Official anime. I think it would be absolute madness to watch the Official anime knowing that One Pace exists. Recommended way to watch: One Pace

Yonko saga Zou Arc (Chapters 802-822, Official Episodes 751-779) Recommended way to watch: One Pace

Whole Cake Island Arc (Chapters 823-902, Official Episodes 783-877) Recommended way to watch: One Pace

Reverie Arc (Chapters 903-908, Official Episodes 878-889) Recommended way to watch: One Pace

Wano Arc(Chapters 909-latest chapter, Official Episodes 890-current) Recommended way to watch: One Pace until you catch up. Then official anime/manga the rest of the way. Example with latest at time of initial writing of this guide: The latest One Pace Wano episode covers manga Ch 924 or official episode 916. So you would want to check episode 916(in case the OnePace ep only partially covered that episode) but you'd probably pick up from episode 917. Or you can just start at episode 924/925 in the manga.



I hope this guide helps some people. If not, that's fine. I love thinking about and writing stuff about One Piece so it's no trouble for me. - You will have to download/torrent the episodes, so it's less convenient.Where to find it: This reddit post by EmigliorePros: Longer episodes, making binge watching easier. Good amount of filler removed. It's a pretty solid watch considering it was a 1 man project. Good alternative to main anime.Cons:- Only the "first half" of the series is covered though that was intentional as OnePace has the "2nd half" covered.- Also it's just a reddit post so it could be deleted or taken down easily.-Streaming through Google Drive seems a little unstable or you can torrent which isn't as convenient.- Doesn't seem to cut out filler as efficiently or effectively as OnePace. OnePace is a team effort and even has Quality Control. This is just 1 guy. And it kind of shows.Now let's go through each canon arc and saga with no spoilers(other than the arc/sage's name which would be a pretty minor spoiler that would give away very little, if nothing at all). The idea would be that a new watcher would start at the beginning and scroll down as they go through the series(provided they still like it) and an experienced watcher can scroll around for the specific arc they are looking for.Also should note that I'm not covering non canon filler arcs, specials or movies because they are not necessary for enjoying the series. My recommendation is that you should watch this non canon content if you are fully caught up, bored and are huge fan of the series. Some of it's good, but most of isn't as good as the canon series. Just my opinion.Man this is a lot bigger than I thought it would be but whatever. Let's begin:First, watch through all of One Piece Kai's content (except for their last episode. Don't watch that, stop at Kai's Episode 79)Then go to OnePace and start at "Return to Sabaody" and watch thru the latest content.The last OnePace episode will have a label showing which manga chapter or anime episode you're on. And you can go from there. (As of this initial writing that would be Ch 924 or episode 916, so you'd may want to check episode 916 but you'd probably pick up from 917. But that's just an example as things would obviously get updated).Notes: This is the arc the anime takes some of the biggest liberties with the manga's story(introducing earlier than that character is introduced in the manga, possibly for eye candy reasons. Also changes to bunch of details). I suspect this was because back in the late 90s, One Piece was still a relatively new series and didn't have the clout that is has today. As a result, it seemed like the OnePace team had some trouble editing it down to make it match the manga's story. The result is still watchable but a little weird to be honest.Official Anime / Kai. Though OnePace isn't too bad.Notes: This is the good old days of decently paced anime content.Any method is fine here imo. OnePace saves some minutes but I'm not sure if it's worth switching over.Notes: Similar feeling as the prior arc.Any method is fine here imo, but I'd lean towards OnePace.Notes:I think that is because the anime actually does a good job pacing this one. 12 episodes to adapt 27 chapters? That's actually really good.Official anime is the way to go. But One Pace Kai works well too if you want to watch long form episodes.It's no concern because these are the good days of the official anime being excellent overall imo. I'm honestly surprised that OnePace has decided to try to edit these down. I'll be keeping an eye on the results.Official anime is the way to go. But One Pace Kai works well too if you want to watch long form episodes.Notes: This isn't technically about Loguetown itself but official episodes 46 and 47 are from manga cover stories. They're not super important but they are technically not completely filler and fill some background on some side characters. So if you're watching the official anime, maybe don't skip those. But if you're not, maybe you should watch 46 and 47 before Loguetown? Though honestly if you don't, it's not big deal at all but a manga reader would be familiar with what happened and it's one of the few cover stories that actually get adapted into full anime episodes. It's your call really.As far Loguetown itself One Piece Kai(Kai's episode 10, the last episode of the East Blue saga) may be your best bet(since pretty much puts to 2 OnePace episode into 1. If not that, the One Pace will obvious work as well.. But if you consider what's said in the notes section, you may want to consider spending the extra hour to watch it in the official anime. But maybe I'm overthinking it, I think One Pace is the best option.

Hello everyone! This is my guide to watching One Piece in it's entirety in the best way possible. My name is Chris and I've been a huge fan of One Piece for most of my life. I personally consider it to be the best fictional series of any kind of all time(though I know most other fans wouldn't go that far). I know a ton about the series, including many random characters and details that many forget(which I can't blame them for, there's a lot of remember.)One may wonder why and if such a guide is needed. I believe it is could definitely be useful. This guide can help a long time fan looking to effectively rewatch the series or a newcomer who wants to watch the entire series for the first time.While not as popular in the west(especially in United States) as some other anime/manga series, One Piece (written by the brilliant Eiichiro Oda) is one of the most successful anime/manga series of all time. As a One Piece fan myself, I absolutely recommend the series to anyone.That said, one common issue for new fans is the series length. As of the initial writing of this guide, we're at 977 manga chapters(average chapter being about 17 pages or so) and 929 official episodes (roughly 20 minutes or so). The anime started a little over 20 years ago and the manga 2-3 prior to that. It's a very long story. I consider it to be an amazing journey that's worth it. But many people start a series in a rush to to finish it for whatever reason and the length can be intimidating.I recommend that you don't rush to catch up as the series isn't supposed to be ending anytime soon(though there's talk that the goal is for it to wrap up in 5 years or so, which still more than enough time to catch up).Manga chapters are quicker to go through than anime episodes(even for slow readers). And the manga is author Eiichiro Oda's original story, so you can be firmly set in the canon.However, there's some stigma(especially in the west) against reading manga(too nerdy or otaku-ish). Also a lot of people just don't like reading in general, can't enjoy a series in a print format and/or just prefer to enjoy a series with motion and sound. So naturally a lot of people gravitate more towards anime.This isn't a shot at Toei Animation(studio in charge of making the anime), which has done some really good things. There's a lot of amazing music and they generally do a great job conveying the emotional scenes. But the big problem is that the pacing gets really bad. You can tell that even without watchig the series as it takes(as of this initial writing of the guide)(nearly 1:1 ratio! Yikes!). For comparison, My Hero Academia(another popular anime/manga series) has taken 88 episodes to adapt 190 manga chapters.Unlike Naruto(another legendary series that once rivaled One Piece in popularity and was more popular in the west than OP), One Piece hasn't had many large filler arcs. So in order to slow things down issue One Piece has a lot of what I call "canon-filler" which is them slowing things down to extend the length of a canon scene. This includes repetitive unnecessary flashbacks(a complaint I had with Naruto as well), unnecessary flashing to every characters face way too often, characters doing things slowly, etc. Now some of these "canon-filler" scenes fill implied logical gaps or provide context that's needed and are good but too many of them are really unnecessary. Also a lot of episodes have really long "review" scenes of the previous episode. It's really obvious that they are wasting time to fill a time slot.The reason why does Toei does this is another discussion(and it's not as simple as blaming Toei for being greedy; there are many outside factors that force them to do it like this). But regardless of the reason, it makes it harder for people to watch and enjoy the series. It's already to hard for most newcomers to watch a 929+ episode series. But bad pacing can cause many who try to lose interest mid way. People losing interest mid way is inevitable but it gets exacerbated by the pacing issue. I've read online and have had friends who actually like the series but couldn't get through it all due to the pacing. And then you hear people rationalizing skipping arcs and all kinds of crap like that.Where to find it: Manga Plus app, Viz website, ordering physical manga volumes.Pros: The official translation is overall the best and most reliable translation of the series.Cons: There's some bizarre and incorrect naming in the official, most notably with one of the main characters (Zoro being incorrectly called Zolo, this annoys a lot of fans. Particularly because Viz refuses to fix it for consistency reasons). Also you'll have to pay if you want all the chapters.Where to find it: Various random manga websites. Google it.Pros: It's free and relatively easy to find. Some fan translations are pretty solid. And there's no "Zolo"s.Cons: There are some really horrible Google translate level translations out there. A lot of the best fan translation sites have been taken down. So you might have to be diligent to find a reliable site.Where to find it: Funimation, Crunchyroll, Netflix(I think it's moved to Netflix after being on Hulu for a while). And of course random sketchy anime sites(most notably 9anime, kissanime and watchcartoon).Pros: It'll obviously be the most up to date anime adaptation of the story.Cons:-Pacing as we mentioned above. Some filler episodes and arcs. But a lot of intentional slowing down of the canon arcs.- For those who enjoy the dub over subbed, the dub only covers about half of the series. And only gets slowly worked on. So english speaking fans have to follow with the subbed version.(It's not an issue for me but I know it's an issue for some fans).Also there are huge spoilers in episode titles.Where to find it: onepace.net (they also have a Discord)Pros:Watching an arc in One Pace vs watching in the official anime will save tons of time. Here's a spreadsheet that breaks down the numbers of the time saved by One Pace by arc. For most arcs they cover. For a couple of the larger arcs, as 20+ hours of time can be saved by using OnePace. I wrote a post on reddit about a particular lengthy arc and how much time OnePace saves. In my honest opinion there's really no logical reason to watch the main anime when for an arc covered by OnePace.Sort of pro/sort of con: In their more recent arc edits, they have made decision to leave some non-canon scenes for various reasons(consistency in music or it's a quality filler scene that adds context). They still cut out a lot of filler and it still saves a ton of time but that should be noted. This could be considered a pro as they tried to strike a balance.Cons:- I'm not a huge fan of their covering of some of Romance Dawn(the first arc). They had to do what they did in order to follow the manga's story.- Naturally the official anime will be ahead in the story of OnePace as OnePace is an edit of the official anime.- Their website has gone down a few times in the past due to technical issue(they don't accept donations at the moment which has had them in the clear legally so far). There's the option to torrent the episodes if the website is down or gets taken down but obviously that's not as convenient. The website has been up and functional for a while now, so hopefully that an issue that stays in the past.