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One Piece is good before episode 37 (iykyk) but that’s when it really picks up in quality imo. Romance Dawn (aka the entire first arc) of One Piece is a lot slower than the rest of the series.

Yeah, Heavensward and Shadowbringers are undoubtedly the best bits. Endwalker isn't far behind.

But then MMOs aren't typically played for the story anyway.

I would not watch 36 episodes or play 150 hours. But...

... don't dismiss something too quickly. I watched One Cut Of The Dead, and the gimmick of that movie was (I thought) that it was filmed in one take. But holy shit, bad acting, bad sfx, and super cheap production quality. Dropped it after twenty minutes.

And then I read fantastic reviews, thank god spoiler free. So I sat down again, started it, and somehow made it through the first thirty minutes. And holy fuck, it had a brilliant pay off! More than worth it to pay attention this half hour!

With anime I give them three episodes to get me hooked. For games I draw my personal line for 5 hours.

But not 36 episodes. Or 150 hours :)

Trails/Kiseki fan reporting in. It's the same thing with trying to get friends into the series (though the remake of the first game helps tremendously) but there's so many games and so much dialog and it's a massive commitment if you want to get through the series. But we have to say the story really only kicks in during the final chapter and the second game.

Still worth it.

Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Story and gameplay both get good around the end of chapter 3.

Kinda late to this thread, but OP is pretty decent for the first 300 episodes, of which I recommend you watch One Pace or read the Manga instead due to Funimation's absolute shit tier pacing and literal stall frame timing. Seriously you will waste a solid 1/3rd of the time on filler frames and static scenes because they want to make more episodes.

The writing itself is actually pretty smooth, and the filler content (not animation) actually fits so well you probably won't even notice its filler, because it really adds to the world building and story (and afaik is actually written by the manga author).

Everything after than, just disregard it as a Shonen franchising product designed to make money, like Pokemon.

Wat? FF14 is good like immediately.

I can’t tolerate anime noises for hours. Put the entire game in the trash. *gaham*