I think the Arabasta arc is still among the best One Piece has to offer. One of the reasons is because the author went really far with it... a bit too far and that's exactly why it's so good. It was all about preventing a war and in and in stories like this it usually ends just right as it's about to fully escalate. But it actually did escalate, people of the country did actually end up fighting each other and killing each other. The villain had countermeasure after countermeasure every step along the way and by the end Vivi pretty much broke, started yelling telling everyone to stop because there was absolutely nothing else she could think of doing.
It's most certainly not the only time something big is at stake in this series... but I do think the storytelling surrounding it is excellent.
Also Koza should've died. He'll end up marrying Vivi at this rate and no one's allowed to marry her other than me.
OnePieceMan
2023-08-24 10:18:28 +0000 UTC
The new world symphony is so good and fits so well, it is kinda mad that the anime never used it again after this. Or even any other piece of classical music.
Jongoe
2022-09-29 20:08:47 +0000 UTC
I forgot how epic the ost in 126 was! Coats in op are crazy idk how they stay on lol