Nobody can convince me an anime needs 1000+ episodes to tell its story. That's not worldbuilding, that's a refusal to edit.

The pacing is the real villain. Scenes that take 30 seconds to read in the manga somehow become full episodes. Reaction shots, recaps inside the episode you're currently watching, a narrator describing the punch you just saw with your own eyes. It's padding all the way down.

And the fandom's defense is always the same: "it gets good after episode 300." Brother. THREE HUNDRED. No show in history should require a 100-episode internship before it gets good. If your pitch is "just push through the bad part," you've already lost.

Meanwhile movies and short series out here delivering complete stories with actual endings in under 2 hours. Beginning, middle, end, remember those?

"It's about the journey" yeah, a journey with no arrival date. At this point finishing One Piece is a retirement plan, not a watchlist item.

One Piece fans, tell me why I'm wrong without saying "trust the process." You can't. 🍰