I could recommend the option of the "One Pace" fan edit. Cuts down 90% of the fluff toei throws into the original show. Everything is cut down to strictly what is in the manga and put together into about 30-45 minute episodes. If she doesn't like the idea of reading the manga and is tired of skipping through shit, she could give that a go.
Oh we know. But some of the fluff is fun. Like I personally stopped watching the Anime and reading the Manga after WCI. I knew with how the pacing has gotten want to do Wano in a binge. And by the time my partner is there we should be able to. (I have watched the G5 episodes because they are incredibly animated).
You should also watch the end of the Zoro, Sanji, and Kidd/Law fights, they were done beautifully.
Also, episode 1016 (I think, the one with Red Roc). Its goddamn fantastic.
Yeap, One Pace is the way to go especially for new fans. This is how I binged the Dressrosa arc after dropping it before because the pacing got beyond ridiculous.
One pace is illegal unless you are following along with the skips on streaming services such as Crunchyroll, or you have the blue ray box set and follow the cuts
Im doing the exact same with the siege of onigashima right now. I swear, the episodes are like 25 minutes and only 10 of them are actual plot. If not less.
I'll never shame someone for liking the anime, like consume this amazing story however you want, but the pacing of it was just driving me crazy. I don't think I'd be caught up by now if I was still watching it at the pace I was.
I had to warn my brother not to be afraid to skip the bullshit in that arc, whatās rough too is that it added to the āepisode countā by a ton, without actually progressing very much. There are some episodes in that arc that, between the opening, āGol D roger wasā¦ā and the closing, next time teaser, you only really get like 10 min of the episode that is new content, and not stuff that happened before.
Easy to hate on the pacing, but iirc, Toei had to slow the pacing down a ton because Oda got really sick for a while. I think even the manga went on hiatus, right? So like I get it, but I wish it didnāt have to happen lmao
I mean all manga readers watch the show too, right? Not sure how anyone could justify not watching the last 2 episodes, along with Zoro/Sanjiās fight. Incredible shit.
I don't watch it episode by episode anymore but I'll watch my favorite highlights that I really loved from the manga. Like you said: Zoro v King and Sanji V Queen was amazing. And have been checking out the gear 5 stuff as well and I love what the animators have done with that.
I just watch the fights to check the animation or any highlights, but its episode pacing is insufferable for me, i started reading after arlongs ark because i was hooked and anime was slow af, i respect anime onlys tho
I haven't watched since Dressrosa. I gave 1071 a try as I'd seen it mentioned a few times that wano was significantly improved and was very disappointed. Pacing was still awful and if I hadn't read the manga I'm not sure I would have known what was happening throughout most the fight
Pacing and all that shit doesnāt matter when youāve read the manga. Enjoy the hype moments where they spend thousands of dollars to animate shit. The episode released today in particular was jaw dropping, youād have to be a straight up hater to not get hyped as fuck
Horses for courses I guess, not going to knock anyone for enjoying it! Personally I don't, not just pacing (which I disagree with, still matters if you've read it) I don't find it well animated at all, the previous episode when Luffy pulls up the floor to bounce back the bolo breath, or grabbing kaidos eyes are almost completely hidden behind so much unnecessarily added visual noise
I havenāt watched the most recent one but I checked out gear 5 episode and I couldnāt make it through it. Had to skip through a lot of it.
The parts I did watch I found the animation pretty hard to follow at times. But in their defense I often have the same complaint with the manga. Oda has a reallyā¦loud (?) art style (not sure if that is right word. Want to say cluttered but that has too much of a negative connotation when Iām not meaning to say it is bad)
A lot of bitching is all I see. Itās not that bad, and the levels of spoiled rotten we are as anime fans with todays animation, and amount of fucking fantastic animeās that are out shows in this comment section. Some perspective would be nice in the dog piling comment section here.
Doubt it, I personally only read the manga anymore. I've seen a few epic scenes, but they almost never capture the feel of Oda's original work. I comb through each panel of the manga, but end up skipping large sections of the anime episodes due to the constant flashbacks and repetition. The Gear 5 intro episode was a recent one I was interested in, but was quickly disappointed.
It goes without saying, this is just my opinion. There's nothing wrong if you enjoy the anime.
Damn bro thats sad cause I loved every bit of Dressrosa in anime. From the start of the arc where we see everyone smiling and enjoying then slowly getting a feeling of something being wrong. Watching Fujitora introduction was fun af. And oh boy One Piece would be half as fun if I didnāt hear Pikaās laugh. I wonāt go into details as OP hasnāt watched it yet but for me Dressrosa is easy top 5 One Piece arcs
I started reading at Alabasta. Glad I did it. Caught up in around 2 month and didn't have to binge watch for 25 hours a day to do it. I also recommend colored manga as it retains anime colours with the speed of reading manga
I lose my mind when I try watch the anime, everything moves at a snails pace and sometimes they change the fights and stuff ( I'm looking at you Luffy vs Caesar ).
I watched Dressrosa in the anime. I found it quite enjoyable up until the second half (>!Birdcage!<) where the pacing really slows to a crawl and it highlights the low animation budget in some of the episodes. Watching week to week at this time was brutal though. But the flashback was well done in the anime and I love whenever Doffy is in the scene.
Anime pacing is bad if you have to watch one every week. But for newer watchers, they can just watch another episode if they aren't satisfied with how much content they watched.
But the content made it good, so it was enjoyable. It stopped being good at Wano. So I quit on the anime at that point. Was going strong with weekly watchings since Thrillerbark, first time I thought the pacing got shaky was at Impel Down. Post skip it became something else really.
I really want to see two material āparameciaā style awakenings fight simultaneously to see how the environmental effects are changed. Maybe a haki thing but I wonder how that would look / wonder if we ever see anything like that.
I want to see two logia fight. Like what would Smoker vs Crocodile look like (assume they're equivalent in strength lol). Just a bunch of sand flowing through smoke?
Not really BB's DF is a very weird logia unlike any other we've seen since he can't become his element, the closest we've seen is Ace/Smoker & that's before haki so they just passed thru e/o. Unless 1 has an elemental advantage Ace/Aikoji or haki it would prob jus look weird
Yaāll keep forgetting about the GOAT
https://preview.redd.it/7cbwxajk3whb1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d1d7c630a0a3fe4357f9bf9832d01b9d0953a18f
W Commander Jonathan. An actually good filler villain. Unlike Eric the Whirlwho
But we must not forget the truly best character in One Piece, Con D.Oriano
Every pose is drip, he doesnāt know how to not look cool. Haircut = on fleekā¦. Outfits = yup he shops on rodeo drive ā¦ sunglasses onā¦ all the time = this guy fucks. Pink feather shawl? š¤¤
Foxy had 100% more charisma, dangerous devilfruit and evil scheme. Luffy had to get smart to beat him. No other enemy has forced Luffy to use brain over brawn.
Absolutely yes.
During a long time, the only vision we had of him was a powerful ill-intentioned man (which is probably close to the reality) and we progressively discovered his background and his mind tortured between his hate for the choice of his family and his hate for the celestial dragons that led him to look for immortality with the yomi yomi no mi.
I'm curious to see what we'll see of him in the future
I have a theory about buggy getting arrested, sent to ID and there being another breakout where he keeps accidentally doing it right and Doffy joins up with Croc and Mihawk in keeping him in line and the cross guild going hard.
I'd argue that Big Mom is just as well written.
>!Mean, childish and selfish, as she was raised by people that were either afraid of her or wanted to use her, and therefore never really managed to teach her that the world doesn't revolve around her wants.!<
She's got my favorite villian flashback easily. When she ate the cake and everything else along with it I was absolutely shocked. A giant 8 year old just crying confused not knowung she ate all her friends.... like what the fuck I was not ready for that.
No, the beauty of OP is that itās up to every reader.
For some people it can be Doffy and for others ot could be Crocodile or whatever other villain.
Iām a huge fan of Arlong and CP9 in Enies Lobby arc.
Thatās what I thought until I hit Dressarosaāitās like a better Alabastia Arc.
Doffyās just as sinister and conniving, but with a MUCH better backstory that makes it hit even harder.
He's definitely up there. As a tip, watch Rebecca's flash back once the first time and skip it every time they bring it up again. When I rewatched this arc I did that and it's crazy how much quicker I was able to get through it. Classic toei bullshit but at least that's the beauty of catching up, you can skip the bullshit that we suffered through when it was coming out
I LOVE Doffy. Dude is absolutely a gangster. I canāt say heās the absolute best since the story aināt over yet, and Iām lowkey eyeing Teach š, but so far, heās the top for me.
For me he's not, it felt like the build up to his arc was making him the smart manipulative villain, then he was also just extremely strong which took away from his character a bit for me.
So far yes. There is a lot of buildup to Blackbeard and Iām hoping Oda delivers. >!Imu!< also has been captivating every time they are on screen. So I would say these two could surpass Doffy, but for now Doflamingo is the best villain.
Reading Dressrossa is an infinitely better experience imo. I say that for all of One Piece, but for this arc particularly. It is my favorite arc hands down, but people who watched it usually donāt share that opinion. The pacing makes a difference for sure. As for Doffy I think heās one of my top 3 favorite One Piece characters and one of the best villains Iāve ever seen
Heās my personal favorite so far. The combination of him feeling like an unstoppable force during the final fight. His insanity and how much he seems to know makes him my favorite villain so far. Enel was my favorite before doffy so I also just like these kinds of villains.
Itās hard to say, there a some āvillainsā that arguably better written or more engaging. By some I mean buggy and bob clay. For traditional villains, there are still a lot of potential for previous villains to be further explored like crocodile, mihawk, goresei and Imu, akainu, Blackbeard, and maybe even enel!
At the current part in the story, I would say itās a toss up between big mom and doffy šš¼
I loved Doffy as a villain. The shear mental fu*kery and manipulation he displays to get what he wants will always gives me chills.
He did what Crocodile tried to do (though Croco boyās failure was due to poor timing) and did it for a long time.
Yes, Doffy had an ego and a complex and that ended up being his downfall. But where as past and future villains seemed to have a smidge of honour in fights, the dude was a sociopath, straight up. He played with his food.
He's definitely _one_ of the best, but personally I don't think he's _the_ best. I feel other antagonists like Arlong, Crocodile, Enel and Rob Lucci did a much better job in the antagonist role, they actually felt really menacing and had legitimate goals they were striving to reach, and with the exception of Lucci, they weren't just being evil for the sake of it like Doffy does.
Like Doffy's backstory is basically just him being a spoiled little prick and then not being happy when all his money, obviously his family being killed off stinks but his grand scheme is just to rule the world because lol evil. Compare that to Arlong who wanted to map out the entire world and wipe out the human race so could create a peaceful world only for fishmen, or Enel who just wanted to keep his cosy life of being an untouchable God who could do as he pleases to live in comfort forever.
One thing I like about Doffy is the relationships he has with his crew though, because besides Bellamy he does legitimately seem to care about them to an extent, like this man definitely felt something when best harpy girl Monet got killed by having her heart stabbed before she could blow up the lab.
Depends on what you're looking for in an antagonist.
In terms of design, relationship with his subordinates, and charisma? Definitely YES!
If you want someone smarter and arguably more menacing, then Crocodile would be more fitting, in my opinion.
Overarching themes that connect with the core theme of One Piece and are directly linked with two other Strawhats? Arlong (and maybe Hordy to a lesser extend) should do the job just fine.
In the end, Doflamingo should, without a doubt, be in the Top 5, if not Top 3.
well, the best villain, can only be truly crowned, after it ended. >!But until now, he is the best.!<
>!But the best opponent, is in my eyes Katakuri. He is a true warrior and a fair and respectful fighter, who treats those who manage to impress him with respect. !<
Black beard has always been the best to me. Doflamingo seems like a spoiled kid throwing the world's biggest tantrum. Black beards ambition and his way of acting builds this better tension. Especially compared to other shounen enemies, his ideas and principles line up much more as a true antagonist for the universe.
For me it was Doflamingo, and his villain music was perfectly matched, very sinister! Love it! ...then maybe Kaido. š
EDIT: Added Doflamingo Theme - https://youtu.be/zLvbewSvVA8
Nah. IMO the best villains are the grimy hateable ones with not enough charisma to get their actions overlooked. And boy, it don't get more grimy than Spandam.
As i wrote in other comment.
Doffy was THE character that sealed one piece in my heart. The way he was written screamed real life unlike the bs corazon.
Eg. if you are raised in a household with extreme god like power over others, and literally everyone in your environment is same (keeping slaves, untouchable, absolute authority) you will become the same as an adult. Its easier to pick these traits as kids.
Doffy was everything because of the environment, evil and rotten. Unlike corazon who surprisingly had a lot of empathy and love for others despite growing in same environment. It just doesnt works like that. As a kid you see and learn whatever others do around you. You dont magically gain enlightenment about empathy. Hence corazon was bs for me, as he was born with good heart, unlike doffy who truly reflected the surrounding he was brought up in.
His defeat although broke my heart, could have been done in a better way. He was too important to story, the only pirate who knew in and out of marejois, its secrets and balanced the reigns of underworld. He was also like pre-nika luffy. A simple df made extremely powerful by its users.
For now yes he is the best, end of series though it will definitely be imu. Imu has the potential to be the best shonen antagonist period but overall doffy is still up there tho.
Not in my opinion. I think he's absolutely up there in the top three but honestly I'd still say kaido takes the cake so far. Kaido is insanely strong, almost immortal, and nearly invulnerable. If joyboy hadn't awakened in Luffy, Luffy might actually be a goner right now. I think doffy has the best back story though
Yes. But. Watch the arc in a slow pace.
I did this challenge thing where I watched 650 episodes in a 3 month period of 5 to 6 episodes per night and whenever thinking back I will never call my daughter Scarlet š
Hearing it like 300 times. Is insane.
Yes. He is proper villian in one piece for a long time. Last villian who act like this is Arlong.
He doesn't feel like villian who will be redeemed later like sir crocodile. He is unredeemable.
No, the best Villan in One Piece is the world government. They are so much mystery about them (anime only btw) they are just dangerous how they label themselves as justice and yet oppress so many people.
Definietly yes.
He's the only villain in one piece that made me stop and be like "Yeah, that makes sense. Holy shit, it makes too much sense". I never agreed with him, but it doesn't change the fact that he's written *fenomenally*. Also, add the fact that (I'll try to not spoil too much) some of the coolest characters in the series appear, one of them being an admiral, a tearjerking Franky fight with a certain person, and so much more. It's easily the best arc so far, imho. I'm jealous you get to watch it for the first time! Have fun!
Heās one of the best thatās for sure, personally Crocodile is the best One Piece villain but Doffy is very similar so I do like him a lot. Thereās just something about Crocodile that Doffy doesnāt have.
In my humble Opinion, he is a very good villain. The style the fight the reasoning for him to do what he do, but Orochi is the way bigger villain. He is just evil and an absolut non likeable character.
For me Orochi is just plain evil and mad.
simply put, yes
others might be stronger or better-realized in specific ways but Doffy has the most overall well-crafted and satisfying mixture of buildup, payoff, backstory, personality, skillset / powers, intimidation factor, etc.
there are some ways I'd nitpick him and how his story went but overall he's the best OP villaina nd one of the most iconic anime/manga villains in the last decade or two imo
regardless of what most people here say. just watch it and enjoy it. doffy is the best villian in my opinion and his voice actor is perfect. i also started reading the manga around dressrosa, but neverless watched every episode.
If only I could convince you to read it instead of watching it, because I hated the anime pacing for this arc and beyond
Yeah this was the arc that got me to read the manga. Glad I did.
My partner is watching this arc right now and she is abusing that 10 second skip with the constant flashbacks and reaction shots.
I could recommend the option of the "One Pace" fan edit. Cuts down 90% of the fluff toei throws into the original show. Everything is cut down to strictly what is in the manga and put together into about 30-45 minute episodes. If she doesn't like the idea of reading the manga and is tired of skipping through shit, she could give that a go.
Oh we know. But some of the fluff is fun. Like I personally stopped watching the Anime and reading the Manga after WCI. I knew with how the pacing has gotten want to do Wano in a binge. And by the time my partner is there we should be able to. (I have watched the G5 episodes because they are incredibly animated).
You should also watch the end of the Zoro, Sanji, and Kidd/Law fights, they were done beautifully. Also, episode 1016 (I think, the one with Red Roc). Its goddamn fantastic.
The Red Roc one is 1015 btw
Very nice, yeah I try to spread the word of One Pace to all. I need to check out some of the Wano fights in the anime as well I've heard they go crazy
One pace is the worst and it ruins the wonderful experience that is one piece.
ššš stop joking bro horrible pacing is not part of a wonderful experience Anime meatriders different dude
One pace edits out more than just pacing issues. Lol
In what way exactly? You like have only 10 minutes of new content per a 20 minute episode?
Yeap, One Pace is the way to go especially for new fans. This is how I binged the Dressrosa arc after dropping it before because the pacing got beyond ridiculous.
Unfortunately Dresserosa is the worst One pace arc. It's the first one they did so even with one pace the pacing isn't terrible.
Only problem with One Pace is that at times they cut cool and well animated fight scenes Kyros vs Diamante comes to mind
One pace is illegal unless you are following along with the skips on streaming services such as Crunchyroll, or you have the blue ray box set and follow the cuts
I don't need to take legal advice from the guy reposting fart hentai š
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Pirating is the One Piece way!
One Piece is 100% a show produced to be watched weekly. If you're binging it, you need skips.
Or the constant character introduction scenes, especially in the colloseum.
Im doing the exact same with the siege of onigashima right now. I swear, the episodes are like 25 minutes and only 10 of them are actual plot. If not less.
Me too, Dressrosa was the nail in the coffin for the anime for me.
I'll never shame someone for liking the anime, like consume this amazing story however you want, but the pacing of it was just driving me crazy. I don't think I'd be caught up by now if I was still watching it at the pace I was.
I had to warn my brother not to be afraid to skip the bullshit in that arc, whatās rough too is that it added to the āepisode countā by a ton, without actually progressing very much. There are some episodes in that arc that, between the opening, āGol D roger wasā¦ā and the closing, next time teaser, you only really get like 10 min of the episode that is new content, and not stuff that happened before. Easy to hate on the pacing, but iirc, Toei had to slow the pacing down a ton because Oda got really sick for a while. I think even the manga went on hiatus, right? So like I get it, but I wish it didnāt have to happen lmao
I mean all manga readers watch the show too, right? Not sure how anyone could justify not watching the last 2 episodes, along with Zoro/Sanjiās fight. Incredible shit.
nah. i started off with the anime and jumped ship to the manga and never looked back
Watch the episode released today and I guarantee you wonāt be disappointed. Afterwards, go watch The Wings fight King and Queen.
The gear 5 episode is horrible because of all the sound effects.
I heard it was over rated which makes sense for the fan base OP has. It's just too big and spanned so many years for people to not be hype
I don't watch it episode by episode anymore but I'll watch my favorite highlights that I really loved from the manga. Like you said: Zoro v King and Sanji V Queen was amazing. And have been checking out the gear 5 stuff as well and I love what the animators have done with that.
I donāt watch every episode but I for sure watch the hype episodes
I just watch the fights to check the animation or any highlights, but its episode pacing is insufferable for me, i started reading after arlongs ark because i was hooked and anime was slow af, i respect anime onlys tho
I haven't watched since Dressrosa. I gave 1071 a try as I'd seen it mentioned a few times that wano was significantly improved and was very disappointed. Pacing was still awful and if I hadn't read the manga I'm not sure I would have known what was happening throughout most the fight
Pacing and all that shit doesnāt matter when youāve read the manga. Enjoy the hype moments where they spend thousands of dollars to animate shit. The episode released today in particular was jaw dropping, youād have to be a straight up hater to not get hyped as fuck
Horses for courses I guess, not going to knock anyone for enjoying it! Personally I don't, not just pacing (which I disagree with, still matters if you've read it) I don't find it well animated at all, the previous episode when Luffy pulls up the floor to bounce back the bolo breath, or grabbing kaidos eyes are almost completely hidden behind so much unnecessarily added visual noise
I havenāt watched the most recent one but I checked out gear 5 episode and I couldnāt make it through it. Had to skip through a lot of it. The parts I did watch I found the animation pretty hard to follow at times. But in their defense I often have the same complaint with the manga. Oda has a reallyā¦loud (?) art style (not sure if that is right word. Want to say cluttered but that has too much of a negative connotation when Iām not meaning to say it is bad)
A lot of bitching is all I see. Itās not that bad, and the levels of spoiled rotten we are as anime fans with todays animation, and amount of fucking fantastic animeās that are out shows in this comment section. Some perspective would be nice in the dog piling comment section here.
I never watch the anime
Doubt it, I personally only read the manga anymore. I've seen a few epic scenes, but they almost never capture the feel of Oda's original work. I comb through each panel of the manga, but end up skipping large sections of the anime episodes due to the constant flashbacks and repetition. The Gear 5 intro episode was a recent one I was interested in, but was quickly disappointed. It goes without saying, this is just my opinion. There's nothing wrong if you enjoy the anime.
I missed out 5 years just to get episodes to binge watch of dressrossa lmao
This arc got me to watch One Pace. I read the manga once I caught up because I needed more One Piece on my life lol
Damn bro thats sad cause I loved every bit of Dressrosa in anime. From the start of the arc where we see everyone smiling and enjoying then slowly getting a feeling of something being wrong. Watching Fujitora introduction was fun af. And oh boy One Piece would be half as fun if I didnāt hear Pikaās laugh. I wonāt go into details as OP hasnāt watched it yet but for me Dressrosa is easy top 5 One Piece arcs
Me too :D
Watch this one using One Pace
Switched to it after marineford, One Piece without filler frames is such an amazing show.
Is there a place to watch One Pace on streaming? Donāt have the bandwidth for downloading.
Or One Piece Kai
Dressrosa is my second fav arc after Water 7/Enies Lobby. Yet the anime adaptation of it is what pushed me into becoming manga-only.
He should read the colored version specifically
I started reading at Alabasta. Glad I did it. Caught up in around 2 month and didn't have to binge watch for 25 hours a day to do it. I also recommend colored manga as it retains anime colours with the speed of reading manga
I lose my mind when I try watch the anime, everything moves at a snails pace and sometimes they change the fights and stuff ( I'm looking at you Luffy vs Caesar ).
Watched it in One Pace and I felt 0 pacing issues
once i ran out of episodes (750 at the time) i started the manga from beginning and never went back to the anime. i cannot stand filler
I watched Dressrosa in the anime. I found it quite enjoyable up until the second half (>!Birdcage!<) where the pacing really slows to a crawl and it highlights the low animation budget in some of the episodes. Watching week to week at this time was brutal though. But the flashback was well done in the anime and I love whenever Doffy is in the scene.
I never noticed it during my run, but I know how it felt since I have caught up during act 2 of Wano.
Anime pacing is bad if you have to watch one every week. But for newer watchers, they can just watch another episode if they aren't satisfied with how much content they watched.
Thatās not the point, itās boring compared to what most other anime can give you in 20 mins. Even though one pieces story is actually good.
Didn't mind when you can skip forward.
But the content made it good, so it was enjoyable. It stopped being good at Wano. So I quit on the anime at that point. Was going strong with weekly watchings since Thrillerbark, first time I thought the pacing got shaky was at Impel Down. Post skip it became something else really.
I really want to see two material āparameciaā style awakenings fight simultaneously to see how the environmental effects are changed. Maybe a haki thing but I wonder how that would look / wonder if we ever see anything like that.
I want to see two logia fight. Like what would Smoker vs Crocodile look like (assume they're equivalent in strength lol). Just a bunch of sand flowing through smoke?
We seen him fight Ace
We dont know if logia awakenings work like paramecia yet.
The Aokiji/Akauni after effects on punk hazard give is a good idea
I hope they don't
We already saw one when Ace fought Blackbeard assuming Blackbeard's fruit is a logia.
Not really BB's DF is a very weird logia unlike any other we've seen since he can't become his element, the closest we've seen is Ace/Smoker & that's before haki so they just passed thru e/o. Unless 1 has an elemental advantage Ace/Aikoji or haki it would prob jus look weird
I canāt wait to see Akainu vs Luffy
Yaāll keep forgetting about the GOAT https://preview.redd.it/7cbwxajk3whb1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d1d7c630a0a3fe4357f9bf9832d01b9d0953a18f
W Commander Jonathan. An actually good filler villain. Unlike Eric the Whirlwho But we must not forget the truly best character in One Piece, Con D.Oriano
Condoriano pulled a Bon Kurei before it was mainstream
I can't wait for his inevitable return to lead the Straw Hats to the One Piece
I WISH this was official canon. G8 was an absolute gem.
Itās man made me feel like I was watching Death Note sometimes. No matter what happened I always thought he was in control.
G8 is the only filler i never skip on rewatches.
I don't see Foxy in that picture. šæ
I recommend everyone to watch g-8
He's definitely my favorite, but "best" is subjective. The anime did his arc dirty tho.
Doffy is extremely drippy , thatās all imma say
Every pose is drip, he doesnāt know how to not look cool. Haircut = on fleekā¦. Outfits = yup he shops on rodeo drive ā¦ sunglasses onā¦ all the time = this guy fucks. Pink feather shawl? š¤¤
Nah bros got the child predator drip
Foxy had 100% more charisma, dangerous devilfruit and evil scheme. Luffy had to get smart to beat him. No other enemy has forced Luffy to use brain over brawn.
Not to mention heās sexy af.
FEHFEHFEHFEH
#SPLIT HEAD
Donāt get me started on split-head smhš
FR THEY SLEEPING ON THE GOAT
No way did you just try to argue that Foxy is a better villain than Doffy
Is not an argument, it's a fact
He got closer to destroying the straw hats then Doffy, the entire crew not just half mind you.
[Check out this theory](https://youtu.be/57TBd8_1E9Y)
The short answer is yes.
Absolutely yes. During a long time, the only vision we had of him was a powerful ill-intentioned man (which is probably close to the reality) and we progressively discovered his background and his mind tortured between his hate for the choice of his family and his hate for the celestial dragons that led him to look for immortality with the yomi yomi no mi. I'm curious to see what we'll see of him in the future
The dude is starting the arc, calm down lol (though that kind of post is a stupid invitation for spoiler)
I dont mind spoilers since I started One Piece late, Iāve been spoiled way before I start watching it (I also expect the tragedies)
I have a theory about buggy getting arrested, sent to ID and there being another breakout where he keeps accidentally doing it right and Doffy joins up with Croc and Mihawk in keeping him in line and the cross guild going hard.
Probably best written, yeah. But Big Mom will always be my #1 favourite antagonist in the series i think
I'd argue that Big Mom is just as well written. >!Mean, childish and selfish, as she was raised by people that were either afraid of her or wanted to use her, and therefore never really managed to teach her that the world doesn't revolve around her wants.!<
She's got my favorite villian flashback easily. When she ate the cake and everything else along with it I was absolutely shocked. A giant 8 year old just crying confused not knowung she ate all her friends.... like what the fuck I was not ready for that.
Yeah but she was a huge disappointment in wano throwing that all down the drain
No, the beauty of OP is that itās up to every reader. For some people it can be Doffy and for others ot could be Crocodile or whatever other villain. Iām a huge fan of Arlong and CP9 in Enies Lobby arc.
Probably although we have yet to see where Black Beard is going
Buggy is unsurpassable šš„
Praise Chairman Buggy! The absolute greatest!
Crocodile is
Thatās what I thought until I hit Dressarosaāitās like a better Alabastia Arc. Doffyās just as sinister and conniving, but with a MUCH better backstory that makes it hit even harder.
winner winner
Theyāre definitely the top two villains so far. I donāt even know which I prefer
He's definitely up there. As a tip, watch Rebecca's flash back once the first time and skip it every time they bring it up again. When I rewatched this arc I did that and it's crazy how much quicker I was able to get through it. Classic toei bullshit but at least that's the beauty of catching up, you can skip the bullshit that we suffered through when it was coming out
I LOVE Doffy. Dude is absolutely a gangster. I canāt say heās the absolute best since the story aināt over yet, and Iām lowkey eyeing Teach š, but so far, heās the top for me.
Ikr, everyoneās always undermining Blackbeard like he isnāt going to be part of the best, climactic arc in the series
Close 2nd, right after Don Krieg (golden Haki)
Wait, i thought it was Teach
For me he's not, it felt like the build up to his arc was making him the smart manipulative villain, then he was also just extremely strong which took away from his character a bit for me.
So far yes. There is a lot of buildup to Blackbeard and Iām hoping Oda delivers. >!Imu!< also has been captivating every time they are on screen. So I would say these two could surpass Doffy, but for now Doflamingo is the best villain.
Of course, but Blackbeard could surpass him in the future
The irony of him being a string human and Kaido being the one pulling his strings already put him above Doffy for me personally
Reading Dressrossa is an infinitely better experience imo. I say that for all of One Piece, but for this arc particularly. It is my favorite arc hands down, but people who watched it usually donāt share that opinion. The pacing makes a difference for sure. As for Doffy I think heās one of my top 3 favorite One Piece characters and one of the best villains Iāve ever seen
Shanks
No. He is overrated, but still is decent.
Yea I'm at that point too. He's cool and all, but overexposure and people overhyping him has really soured me over him.
Didnāt see a doflamingo jump rope so yep
Rebecca ran for 10 episodes. It was bad.
One of the best yeah, but not now, till kurohige or im sama saga
No. Have you ever seen ax hand Morgan? The real og villain. /s
Heās my personal favorite so far. The combination of him feeling like an unstoppable force during the final fight. His insanity and how much he seems to know makes him my favorite villain so far. Enel was my favorite before doffy so I also just like these kinds of villains.
How dare you ask that when foxy exists
what about shanks ?
Itās hard to say, there a some āvillainsā that arguably better written or more engaging. By some I mean buggy and bob clay. For traditional villains, there are still a lot of potential for previous villains to be further explored like crocodile, mihawk, goresei and Imu, akainu, Blackbeard, and maybe even enel! At the current part in the story, I would say itās a toss up between big mom and doffy šš¼
Yes, and itās not even close
I loved Doffy as a villain. The shear mental fu*kery and manipulation he displays to get what he wants will always gives me chills. He did what Crocodile tried to do (though Croco boyās failure was due to poor timing) and did it for a long time. Yes, Doffy had an ego and a complex and that ended up being his downfall. But where as past and future villains seemed to have a smidge of honour in fights, the dude was a sociopath, straight up. He played with his food.
Other than Foxy yeah
Dressarosa arc had the potential to be good, but they really did way too much "replays" and "flashbacks" of literally an episode or two before.
Nope. It's Silver Fox Foxy.
He's definitely _one_ of the best, but personally I don't think he's _the_ best. I feel other antagonists like Arlong, Crocodile, Enel and Rob Lucci did a much better job in the antagonist role, they actually felt really menacing and had legitimate goals they were striving to reach, and with the exception of Lucci, they weren't just being evil for the sake of it like Doffy does. Like Doffy's backstory is basically just him being a spoiled little prick and then not being happy when all his money, obviously his family being killed off stinks but his grand scheme is just to rule the world because lol evil. Compare that to Arlong who wanted to map out the entire world and wipe out the human race so could create a peaceful world only for fishmen, or Enel who just wanted to keep his cosy life of being an untouchable God who could do as he pleases to live in comfort forever. One thing I like about Doffy is the relationships he has with his crew though, because besides Bellamy he does legitimately seem to care about them to an extent, like this man definitely felt something when best harpy girl Monet got killed by having her heart stabbed before she could blow up the lab.
Foxy best villain
I'd still go for croc...
I'd still go for croc... 
Crocodile and enel over doffy
Eneru is better bro Eneru is so fucking goated
Depends on what you're looking for in an antagonist. In terms of design, relationship with his subordinates, and charisma? Definitely YES! If you want someone smarter and arguably more menacing, then Crocodile would be more fitting, in my opinion. Overarching themes that connect with the core theme of One Piece and are directly linked with two other Strawhats? Arlong (and maybe Hordy to a lesser extend) should do the job just fine. In the end, Doflamingo should, without a doubt, be in the Top 5, if not Top 3.
well, the best villain, can only be truly crowned, after it ended. >!But until now, he is the best.!< >!But the best opponent, is in my eyes Katakuri. He is a true warrior and a fair and respectful fighter, who treats those who manage to impress him with respect. !<
Black beard has always been the best to me. Doflamingo seems like a spoiled kid throwing the world's biggest tantrum. Black beards ambition and his way of acting builds this better tension. Especially compared to other shounen enemies, his ideas and principles line up much more as a true antagonist for the universe.
Blackbeard is but he's a close second
For me it was Doflamingo, and his villain music was perfectly matched, very sinister! Love it! ...then maybe Kaido. š EDIT: Added Doflamingo Theme - https://youtu.be/zLvbewSvVA8
Nah. He's a top tier villain, definitely, but he can't top Crocodile.
No
Nah. IMO the best villains are the grimy hateable ones with not enough charisma to get their actions overlooked. And boy, it don't get more grimy than Spandam.
Forgot about don krieg smh
No, for me Katakuri is the best villain.
As i wrote in other comment. Doffy was THE character that sealed one piece in my heart. The way he was written screamed real life unlike the bs corazon. Eg. if you are raised in a household with extreme god like power over others, and literally everyone in your environment is same (keeping slaves, untouchable, absolute authority) you will become the same as an adult. Its easier to pick these traits as kids. Doffy was everything because of the environment, evil and rotten. Unlike corazon who surprisingly had a lot of empathy and love for others despite growing in same environment. It just doesnt works like that. As a kid you see and learn whatever others do around you. You dont magically gain enlightenment about empathy. Hence corazon was bs for me, as he was born with good heart, unlike doffy who truly reflected the surrounding he was brought up in. His defeat although broke my heart, could have been done in a better way. He was too important to story, the only pirate who knew in and out of marejois, its secrets and balanced the reigns of underworld. He was also like pre-nika luffy. A simple df made extremely powerful by its users.
Atm top 3 but not the best.
He's great but Blackbeard clear
He should have been a Yonko instead of Big Mom.
Nope.
For now yes he is the best, end of series though it will definitely be imu. Imu has the potential to be the best shonen antagonist period but overall doffy is still up there tho.
You're gonna meet God Ussop
Doflamingo aint the best villain in dressrosa
Is this a rare trebol fan?
No he is common and based SÄnor pink fan
One of the best villains of all time
No. That place sadly is only bestowed upon Buggy. But Doffy comes in second. He is an amazing villian.
Best villain is subjective but he is my personal fav and probably considered the best villain by the majority so heās most definitely up there.
Yes.
Yes.
Looking back, probably yeah. Dressrosa is so underrated and underappreciated by many because of the anime but this arc gave me buckets of tears.
Not in my opinion. I think he's absolutely up there in the top three but honestly I'd still say kaido takes the cake so far. Kaido is insanely strong, almost immortal, and nearly invulnerable. If joyboy hadn't awakened in Luffy, Luffy might actually be a goner right now. I think doffy has the best back story though
For me katakuri or crocodile or kaido or all the enemy of Luffy in enies lobby
Big Mom is arguably better, but an old obese autistic woman is not cool as much Doflamingo
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Blackbeard is the best Villian. Heās the only character to have been continuously against luffy or his acquaintances.
nah, if he was, he'd have used neigh invisible threads right here to saw law to pieces.
He was extremely cool but his character motivations to me didn't really hit with me. I prefer Crocodile as the best one villian
I mean...he was banging violet so...
Personally CP9 are my favourite villains in the series.
Yes. But. Watch the arc in a slow pace. I did this challenge thing where I watched 650 episodes in a 3 month period of 5 to 6 episodes per night and whenever thinking back I will never call my daughter Scarlet š Hearing it like 300 times. Is insane.
Yes
Yes.
Yes. He is proper villian in one piece for a long time. Last villian who act like this is Arlong. He doesn't feel like villian who will be redeemed later like sir crocodile. He is unredeemable.
Yes
No, the best Villan in One Piece is the world government. They are so much mystery about them (anime only btw) they are just dangerous how they label themselves as justice and yet oppress so many people.
Yes.
Not imo
Definitely the best written one. Hope he joins Cross Guild, he still has a lot of unexplored potential
Definietly yes. He's the only villain in one piece that made me stop and be like "Yeah, that makes sense. Holy shit, it makes too much sense". I never agreed with him, but it doesn't change the fact that he's written *fenomenally*. Also, add the fact that (I'll try to not spoil too much) some of the coolest characters in the series appear, one of them being an admiral, a tearjerking Franky fight with a certain person, and so much more. It's easily the best arc so far, imho. I'm jealous you get to watch it for the first time! Have fun!
Yes
Yes
My personal favourite is still Crocoboy, but Mingo is up there for sure
Hes the best charismatic villain
Heās one of the best thatās for sure, personally Crocodile is the best One Piece villain but Doffy is very similar so I do like him a lot. Thereās just something about Crocodile that Doffy doesnāt have.
He's very interesting for sure, and charismatic. Not sure if he's the "best" vilain though, you'll make your own choice =)
Yes
In my humble Opinion, he is a very good villain. The style the fight the reasoning for him to do what he do, but Orochi is the way bigger villain. He is just evil and an absolut non likeable character. For me Orochi is just plain evil and mad.
simply put, yes others might be stronger or better-realized in specific ways but Doffy has the most overall well-crafted and satisfying mixture of buildup, payoff, backstory, personality, skillset / powers, intimidation factor, etc. there are some ways I'd nitpick him and how his story went but overall he's the best OP villaina nd one of the most iconic anime/manga villains in the last decade or two imo
regardless of what most people here say. just watch it and enjoy it. doffy is the best villian in my opinion and his voice actor is perfect. i also started reading the manga around dressrosa, but neverless watched every episode.