My thoughts so far on the anime and my likes and dislikes.

It hasn't been that long since I started watching One Piece around late July or early August. As I started to like it heaps, I've watched like a lot of episodes, between 6 to 12 a day to be very honest, though I've had a few breaks with TAFE, watching a new anime called Toriko, reading some manga, planning and making videos. Now that I've watched the whole 516 episodes and now up to date with the upcoming episode 517, I've been thinking about writing up what I thought about the series and my likes and dislikes on it. So now, onto the topic.

My Likes:

• Amazing storyline and setting
• There's a lot of character development as the story continues on. (e.g. who they are, what they do, why, etc)
• Nicely drawn characters, especially their sense of clothing and appearance
• A lot of personality behind the characters, and a lot of humour from a lot of characters and their own unique and hilarious laughs, especially the bad guys.
• A lot of powerful characters, especially Luffy, Zoro, Sanji and the rest of the Strawhats.
• Great music openings and endings
• Most of the scenes in the anime are bloody hilarious that make you want to laugh even before they happen, and the fight scenes are well done, enjoyable to watch, and it gives you the feel of a Dragon Ball Z like fight. Speaking of DBZ, Luffy is partially based on Son Goku.

My Dislikes:

• Some of the characters are weird looking. (though that's not a big issue.)
• There are filler episodes that waste time and prevent you from getting into the main plot and issue of the storyline, although most of them are enjoyable to watch.
• As of from 279 to 518, there hasn't been any ending songs.
• Because of the huge amount of episodes, watching the series is time consuming.

Conclusion

There are a lot of anime series that are very awesome, but One Piece may be one of the best ever. I really can't think of anymore words to describe and think of one Piece. You just have to watch it see for yourself! Amazing storyline, awesome design and drawings, amazing humour, awesome scenes, very adventurous as expected of being a pirate travelling around the world and a huge roster of amazing characters with awesome personality. And I had to say the words "amazing" and "awesome" like 3 times to describe One Piece.

If you are a big fan of anime such as Naruto, Bleach, Dragon Ball, and more, do check out One Piece and trust me, your mind will be blown away =)

On my B'day and the aftermath =)

Last Sunday and last Monday were two good days. This was when on Sunday, I went over to my cousin's house up in Sydney with my dad, and was able to get every episode of One Piece up-to-date and other anime onto my external hard drive as well. Then at Monday midnight was when I got a lot of Happy B'day comments from a lot of friends, and then in the daytime, I went into the City to shop around before I went back home. While I was there, I was looking for some One Piece figurines and merchandise to buy, though I already knew what I was going to buy. I didn't go around a lot to search for anime stores, but I bought some figurines, similar to the mafia one I bought from before at the same store, Fever. Only this time, I not only bought Zoro, but Nami and Robin as well for a total of $20 bucks.

This is the recent photo that I have taken, only this time, I've got 5 now, and watching an episode as well lol So the characters in order are from left to right (though you may know by the appearance): Zoro, Robin, Luffy, Nami and Sanji.

When I got back home, I was very happy that I was able to get two things: Every One Piece episode up-to-date, and a few more OP mafia figurines as decorations. I just need Usopp and Chopper to finsh the collection, but that can wait, as long as they're still sold at the same store. The recent photos will be taken and uploaded soon. Also, I've been watching a lot of episodes recently, and have got around up to 334 or 335, and I must say that I'm loving the series so far. Heck, I like it better and more enjoyable than Naruto.

The story is great as I mentioned earlier, and also, to quote my cousin, One Piece is better, because there's always gonna be more new characters depending on how the story continues, no matter how far you get up in the manga, or the anime, and also the world in One Piece is very big with many different places. Naruto on the other hand is always with the same old characters, same place, different plots, in fact, a lot a filler arcs that are boring compared to the fillers within One Piece that can be time wasting, but very enjoyable and fun to watch.

Characterwise, I like One Piece better, because they can be funny, even in the serious moments. Luffy, for instance, can be a complete idiot, but he's always positive and humorous no matter what the situation is. Other characters like Zoro, Sanji and more are very impressive in their own way of doing things. I say "in their own way", because it's not about who they are, but what the characters do defines who they are (Batman Begins reference), and in my opinion, that's what One Piece has.

That's all for today and more thoughts will be coming soon. Stay tuned =)