Will there be a better arc that EL/W7

[Fuuji Genichiro]

Seriously, the arc had everything.

• Character development at maximum levels.
• Minor antagonist became a nakama
• Allies became overpowered enemies
• Diable Jambre and the Gears (powerups)
• Trains on water and fighting bullfrogs
• Beautiful Mermaids
• Rob Lucci
• Ties to Gold Roger
• Garp/Coby+Helmeppo Appearance
• Buster Calls
• Robin Crying
• Sogeking!
  
• Going Merry death
• Naked Franky
• And that fight!

Surely many more details that i simply can't list.

Will another OP arc ever reach this eternal height?

 

[costicla]

Yeah, it was called Impel Down/Marineford. Two, if you want to get technical. Plus, the final arc will (or saga) will probably be better than everything before it.

 

[I Am Atomic]

The closest one I could think of and probably the best arc in the NW, Wano!

1. Kaido has the red ponyglyph - Wano Kingdom are the ones who made the ponyglyphs (Robin do your job).
2. Kaido allied with the Shogun and executed Daimyo Kozuki Oden (Roger's crewmate) for refusing to give out the details of the 'true history' he learned during his time with Roger Pirates.
3. Land of Samurai's. So strong that even the marines avoid that place. Zoro will love it.
4. Momonosuke, can control Zushina. Will get a explanation for that.
5. Oda himself stated that he has no idea how Luffy is going to beat Kaido because Kaido is too strong.
6. Oda has been itching to write this arc for a long time since he loves the history of Feudal Japan and all. The arc is going to be one of the best.
7. Luffy might get a power up, since he stands no chance against Kaido
8. Zoro might fight a Calamity or the Shogun. Either way, it will be his hardest fight yet and we will probably see Asura.
9. Sanji might fight a Calamity and see his full power
10. The rest of SH's has to give it their all as well since Kaido has more than 500 DF users.
11. How does the artificial DF work? And how come pleasures take no pain/smiles when taking damage?

Yeah, this should be an epic arc. After Kaido's introduction I have been pumped like crazy. Compared to that a fat lady in pink dress is nothing.

• Beautiful Mermaids
• Naked Franky

Well I agree that these were unique and I hope it stays unique

Talking about beautiful mermaids, we have one. Shirahoshi - The Poseidon. Caribou was captured by Drake who might have leaked the info about Shirahoshi being a Ancient Weapon. 2 scenarios i see from this:
1. Shirahoshi is already kidnapped. Another reason for luffy to beat Kaido
2. During the battle, Kaido tells SH's that he plan to kidnap Shirahoshi and use her power (description should be said brutally). Same effect as above.

 

[Fuuji Genichiro]

Yeah, it was called Impel Down/Marineford.

Wasn't as good as a story arc. At best it was a good exhibition of how under powered luffy is. Notice that luffy did nothing but attempt to rescue+escape. Nothing but running from people all massively more powerful than him. Granted it was a great character display, but story wise it wasn't on the same emotionally compulsive caliber of the EL arc.
Ace being arrogant and getting himself killed was more of a bad than a good ending for me imo.

 

[costicla]

Wasn't as good as a story arc. At best it was a good exhibition of how under powered luffy is. Notice that luffy did nothing but attempt to rescue+escape. Nothing but running from people all massively more powerful than him. Granted it was a great character display, but story wise it wasn't on the same emotionally compulsive caliber of the EL arc.
Ace being arrogant and getting himself killed was more of a bad than a good ending for me imo.

The arc was better for me because this is actually the first time that we see Luffy mentally broken. Yeah, he got beat before and saw just how powerful the top people are, but this is the first time he really lost somebody that close to him. then then end, when Jimbei reminded Luffy than he isn`t alone, he still has his crew, that was a stronger emotional moment for me, which made the arc even better.

 

[Fuuji Genichiro]

The arc was better for me because this is actually the first time that we see Luffy mentally broken. Yeah, he got beat before and saw just how powerful the top people are, but this is the first time he really lost somebody that close to him. then then end, when Jimbei reminded Luffy than he isn`t alone, he still has his crew, that was a stronger emotional moment for me, which made the arc even better.

Merry death was better. Ace dying was completely his own fault, so i has less sympathy for him personally. Merry on the other hand carried the ship on for dozens of miles in conditions where it should have sunk, created the whole usopp/sogeking saga, took a beating from franky and still found it's way to enies lobby to save the straw hats.

Ace being killed felt more like a 'no shit sherlock', Imagine thousands of people sacrificing their lives for you and you retain the arrogance to try fight an admiral because of some damn words. Ace in all honestly had a few chapters total of panel time up to that point. Going merry crossed the red line, traveled to and from skypia and has always been "the escape driver" when shit hit the fan. Merry saving them one more time was a great way to go out. Especially after that feeling of defying all odds and surviving the predicament.

 

[hokageji]

Beautiful Mermaids

Wait whaaaaa

Naked Franky

Wait waaaaaa, actually, Robin crushing them!!

I think W7 and EL were great arcs, special but the best part was Going Merry's funeral/cremation . It is something that cannot be explained to others with words, you just have to watch it..

I think Dressrosa was an amazing arc, as good or probably better than ELW7 arcs. We saw character development at a whole new level. So many minor characters we will never see again, and those got back stories too like Senor Pink.... We may never see this character again. Doflamingo's flashback rivals that o

Things I liked from Dressrosa:
Bird-Cage
God Usopp
Zoro beating Pica
New admiral revealed
Dwarfs and Mountblanc connection
Law being a D
Luffy's Gear 4
Usopp developing Haki

 

[I Am Atomic]

Things I liked from Dressrosa:
Bird-Cage
God Usopp
Zoro beating Pica
New admiral revealed
Dwarfs and Mountblanc connection
Law being a D
Luffy's Gear 4
Usopp developing Haki

The following post written is me bitching about why I did not like Dressrosa arc. Feel free to ignore it since it is insignificant.

Things I hate about Dressrosa arc:
1. Apart from Joker, his pirate crew members were an utter disappointment. Most of them were 1-shot and were not even close to Joker in terms of strength. It would have been ok if they were shown to be weak at first but when Pica was introduced he said that he alone was capable of taking down Fujitora (Marines), SH+Law and the Colosseum fighters. That was from someone who got 1-shot by Zoro. Similarly the others were 1-shot: Machvise, Gladius, Dellinger, Diamante, Trebol (1-shot by a severed arm), Lao G etc....
2. Hyped up Don Chinjao. User of King's haki+CoA. Got his pointy head bend. Was hype when it was stated that Garp the Fist fisted his pointy head to a blunt head. Luffy used Elephant Thor Gun on the blunt head (significantly weaker than pointy head) to defeat Chinjao. Lao G does it easily. Credits to G, but Sai 1-shot him. What happened to the power scale? I would have been happy if Sai beat Lao G after a brutal battle but no.
3. Birdcage is indestructible. Even Fujitora couldn't do anything about it. However, since it was Joker's trump card I could accept it. But why does it interfere with communication? Makes no sense.
4. Luffy taking a beating from Bellamy. Took about 2 chapters to get that shit done.
5. Rebecca. Hate that character in general. Her lunch box is the reason Luffy decided to beat Joker? WTH! What about the plan you made with Tra-guy, Luffy? And most IMPORTANT REASON WHY I HATE HER is because Robin got injured because of her.

Don't get me wrong, I do like Dressrosa. Doflamingo is probably the best Villain ever to exist. He has been introduced in Jaya, took about 11 years before his DF was revealed and also his astonishing past. His design is my favourite (2nd is Kaido). I Love how he acts like a Flamingo.

 

[costicla]

Merry death was better. Ace dying was completely his own fault, so i has less sympathy for him personally. Merry on the other hand carried the ship on for dozens of miles in conditions where it should have sunk, created the whole usopp/sogeking saga, took a beating from franky and still found it's way to enies lobby to save the straw hats.

Ace being killed felt more like a 'no shit sherlock', Imagine thousands of people sacrificing their lives for you and you retain the arrogance to try fight an admiral because of some damn words. Ace in all honestly had a few chapters total of panel time up to that point. Going merry crossed the red line, traveled to and from skypia and has always been "the escape driver" when shit hit the fan. Merry saving them one more time was a great way to go out. Especially after that feeling of defying all odds and surviving the predicament.

Again, why I liked the arc more was because of the effect it had in Luffy. I really didn`t care much for Ace, since we hardly knew him (and yeah, it was his own fault that he got killed), what I liked about the arc was that Luffy finally realises he needs to get stronger if he doesn`t want to loose anyone again, which actually started in W7/Enies Lobby.