My favorite scene in Dressrosa is when Fujitora wishes he hadn’t blinded himself so he could see Luffy

I have an idea. Let's show the same flashback of king Riku cutting down his people, but then when we make the anime, let's show it 78 times.

4 series of JoJo: 116 episodes 1 arc of One Piece: 118 episodes Well I guess i can die now, I've seen everything.

Also the arrival of God Usopp and him acquiring Observation Haki while taking down Sugar twice haha

Dressrosa Arc 1 day= 2.5 yrs aired

I stopped watching one piece back in 2014. Now I started again. I feel so lucky about my choice. I can't even imagine going through dressrosa one week at a time.

God Usopp also unlock his haki that arc.

the best part of this arc: "Plus, there's this man who pissed me off the most today! It's all his fault. i hate him so much, the one who kills him will get 500 milion $b. God Usopp"

You missed Kaido's introduction in this arc. It's the single greatest character intro of One Piece, and you missed it. Sadness.

I feel like the reintroduction of sabo is like a trophy to Luffy for continuing his journey after Ace died. If he had stopped there, he never could've met again with his other brother. Besides he's a completely different character than Ace so I really don't see a problem with bringing him back into the story... besides that one plot hole you mentioned.

How was your year? Well I watched the Dressrosa arc every week in one piece. How was it? Idk it’s still not over

I think Matt Cohen of he One Piece Podcast said it the best "The first half of the arc was awesome, and the second half was awesome, when you put them together they become a very daunting arc" I couldn't agree more, however I think read as a whole makes things so much better. Honestly it's one of my favorites and I think people that still hate it from the weekly grind should really give it another chance.

dressrosa arc... can become its own anime .It has more episodes than so many anime series ffs lol

I always looked at it as Sabo wasnt the 2nd of rev army before the time skip. He was just a normal warrior in the army. But when he saw ace die in the news and his memories returned he spent the next two years rising the ranks. As well as that's around the time that Kuma disappeared. So I could see there being a big spot for him to fill.

No love for the epic duel between franky and senior pink????

#1 thing to take away from this arc.....Zoro looks damn good in a suit

Doflamingo is my favorite one piece villian, he's a puppetmaster both figuratively and literally. He had Dressrosa under his foot even more so than Crocodile had Alabasta, and while most villian back stories are there to make you feel sympathy, his kind just shows where his elitist attitude and thirst for power and respect come from. Lastly, he was one of the hardest paramecia fruit user to put down since Luffy :)

Grand line review. THERES THE “G”

Law a sad presence? He hold his own in a 1v2 against Doflamingo and Fujitora. A warlord and an admiral. What are you talking about about? XD

What i find interesting about this arc is it feels like a "what if Crocodile succeeded arc" Cause it has a ton of similarities to the alabasta arc and Crocodile and Donflamingo had close to the same goals but Donflamingo actually succeeded. Both were trying to over the country, frame the king and cause a rebellion but only Don succeeded of course. Plus both are or were obviously warlords doing this. So this does feel like a alternate version of alabasta where no one got there in time to save it.

So I've been waiting to share this data I personally collected! On re-read, I counted up every page of flashbacks for these totals (this is based on perspective; some flashbacks switch back and forth like with Law & Corazon) Kyros: 50 pages Law: 46 pages Corazon: 33 pages Doflamingo: 18 pages Rebecca: 13 pages Sabo: 7 pages Chin Jao: 7 pages Baby5: 7 pages Señor Pink: 6 pages Trebol: 4 pages Sengoku: 3 pages Violet: 2 pages Momonosuke: 2 pages Tsuru: 2 pages Chief Gancho: 1 page Leo: 1 page Buffalo: 1 page Bellamy: 1 page King Riku: 1 page Luffy: 1 page TOTAL FLASHBACKS: 206 pages, or over 10 chapters, or more than 1 full volume's worth, or, back when chapters were releasing every other week, about 5 months in real time

Bartolomeo is one of my favorites in this Arc 💯

I loved the Dressrosa Arc, risks were taken and most of them paid off. Yes, it was long, but it was such a compelling story that it kept me going. My biggest annoyance with the arc was how Rebecca was handled, when she was first introduced I thought that she would go on to do great things, and I was sorely disappointed. But she was a small part of a much larger story that overall went extremely well.

I lost my shit at the Sabo reveal. I know a good deal of people don't like him, but I really like Sabo for what he represents for the Revolutionary Army; you have someone who was born into a position of wealth and privilege but suffered despite that and ended up fighting against the system that put him there in the first place. I also like that he was present for the majority of the arc and helped Luffy, as opposed to Ace who left to go and search for Blackbeard after meeting up with him in Alabasta. NOT SAYING DRESSROSA IS AN ALABASTA CLONE!

“His string of arrogant mistakes” Ha I see what you did there

fun fact I started reading the manga weekly at the literal beginning of dressarosa. Dressrosa is the example of a arc really out staying it's welcome. I consider dressrosa better then alabasta and skypiea. but 101 chapters !!! cut the arc to 70-80 chapter at the max and this arc would be on par-with marineford and better then WCI. all that being said. dressrosa is a very good arc. it's strength's by far out weigh's it's flaws.. the arc highlight's is Fujitora introduction, law & doflamingo back stories, law vs fujitora and doflamingo. gear 4. luffy vs don chinjoa. zoro vs pica. senor pink back story. sabo re-introduction, DF awakenings. big mom's flag ship queen mama appearances. lol I think I made my point... dressarosa is a very ambitious arc. and I love it for that...

what about the development for my guy usopp

Meeting Sabo, Rosinante, fujitora, Bartolomeo and many more actually for me worth it...

Dressrossa = Alabasta s Thicc Little brother

Am I a fool if I called Doffy "Don Flamingo"

Robin didn’t even know that they were brothers so why would she tell Luffy about a brother she doesn’t know is related to him.

I was there from begning to start For a long time I thought we Won't see Another arc beside Dressrosa But Overall I enjoyed the arc it's top 8 imo

My personal favorite arc. Soooooo many amazing charakters,and fights,and storys and so much more.This video was perfect.I know the arc has it's flaws,but I don't care. It was fantastic. The only thing that I didn't like was the fact that Robin didn't got a fight. I think the Arc Reviews and Movie Reviews are your best videos. I hope you'll do the OVA and Episode of... Reviews after this.

I Actually Binge Watched this arc from start to finish while I was stuck in the hospital for a whole week, which is pretty much kept my sanity in check. Great Video as always GLR! Also, C P 0 YESSS!

Once again thanks for this video Just what I was waiting for

This is one of the BEST reviews I've ever seen! Your rewiews keep getting better and better! You sound and know EXACTLY what you are talking about! Keep up the great work!

Yay, one of my favorite arcs! I’ve been waiting for this

Sadly, the most dragged-on Arc in One Piece as of yet. (But my favorite part of this arc is the foreshadowing of when Luffy talking to Blackbeard through the snail phone)

This arc was so much fun for me. I like to listen to the arc review before I watch it so I can go back and compare my opinion with grandline. The two things I mainly disagree with are Rebecca and Law. I think you really have to take both of there situations into consideration in regards to the arc. I loved both of there stories and it is easy to forget that Rebecca is a 15yo girl who had her family ripped away and Law was going up against his mentors who knew so much about him. My favorite part of the arc was when Luffy turned to Bellamy and said, you've changed Bellamy. Great story telling, Oda is extremely gifted.

Forgot to mention this earlier, but it was also great to see the Straw Hats get significant raises on their bounties(sans Chopper lol) after this arc. Still believe Robin's is criminally low for her given her reputation.

Thank you for these reviews, it makes me want to rewatch arcs!

Keep these videos coming man! This shit actually entertaining my high as and that’s rare for me to say 💯

I love Robin, but post-timeskip, all she does is giggle at the Straw Hats' antics.

Great review! I'm new to the channel and love one piece so this is amazing. Especially for things I've missed or different points of view.

most of my relationships haven't even lasted as long as the Dressrosa arc. to all of those who faithfully tuned in every week for it while it was coming out, y'all have the patience of saints

The thing with One Piece that Dress Rosa is a prime example of is that even if you don't enjoy/care for a specific arc (this one due to length), it still remains as a key piece in the chain of events to come. Just about every island has something "integral" to the story. Hell, if they didn't go to Skypea, a place cut off from the rest of the world and has no relation, they wouldn't have had the money for Franky to steal that got them the Thousand Sunny. As one example, that is.

Great job with this this video, must have been hard to capture everything that worked (and didn't) from this arc, unlike dressrosa I love the length of the video. I would love to watch you review various arcs from various anime. Keep up the good work.

I just realised something 50 weeks in a year 1 episode a week 100 episodes equals 100 weeks This arc was {in one piece world} 1day They spent 2 years on 1 arc wow

My favorite thing by far about Dressrosa that definitely does not need a mention is the most hard boiled clash between Franky and Senior Pink. Taking turns being attacked without defending till a victor is met was truly astonishing

Dressrosa was such an amazing arc. So many fight scenes, flashbacks and funny scenes including Nico Robin receiving a face fault expression 😱 (like this at 0:29). When I first saw Robin’s jaw dropping face, I was like “That’s so NOT Robin!”; I thought it was an out-of-character moment but I could be wrong. Maybe it was a little seed of increased character development. 😄 Robin’s face fault expression was seen like three times. Robin’s usually the silently relaxed and friendly woman. But she is still by far the most stoic and silent member of the Straw Hat crew. She still has her moments of coldness, mostly for comedy purposes, but she now fits the silent and intelligent character archetype more than stoic and closed loner archetype that she had before (Robin’s faith and feelings changed after the Enies Lobby arc) which is currently ocuppied by Trafalgar Law.

great vid! also the people in your discord are hilarious.

Dressrosa WAS the darkest time for the anime That title now goes to The Reverie

5:12: Lookin good Cavendish! As always!

I'm gonna high key disagree with you about Sabo he's not pointless he fullfills the theme of carryin on a person's will with Ace and controversial opinion but I think Sabo is a better character than Ace and I don't think Sabo has any true potholes the amnesia makes sense Ace would not have concerned himself with the revolutionaries AND it makes sense that Sabo would want it to be him to reveal himself to Luffy not Robin so yeah I love Sabo

"Luffy went to the pound and got a new older brother"! XD That shouldn't make me laugh, I love Sabo, how dare you! :P

I think Dressrosa is a bit of a necessary evil. I think it will help Oda shape future arcs like Wano and Elbaf. Oda tested certain limits with Dressrosa, and I think proof of that is how much concise Whole Cake Island is compared to Dressrosa even though it was our first direct confrontation with a Yonko.

I love this arc, Fijitora was such a cool presence through the whole thing he is by far my favorite (not main)character

"string of arrogant mistakes"

This Arc is so massive that you finally caught back up to me. And I've been pulling like 3-7 episodes a day!

I was hoping that this arc review was longer. Very excited.

While i never considered Dresrossa an Alabasta clone, it's is clearly an updated and more action packed version of Alabasta, with the major question of "What if Crocodile actually won on taking the throne, but not Pluton?". There's also the overall aspect of Marines doing their own Justice (Fujitora did the same that Smoker did by not being involved with the major fight), and the main villain being part of a much bigger organization, except that instead of just being an organization done by Doffy, it's an organization linked to the biggest names in One Piece. I stated in a comment from last week's review that the whole New World narrative has a lot of vibes of using similar stuff from the "first half" of the story, and while Dressrosa clearly follows stuff from Alabasta, and other arcs share similarities in narrative, i would never see them as clones.

You should have mentioned Burgess donning the devil fruit design bag when he went to kill Sabo. It's evidence that Black Beard brought fruit under that covering and he didn't engage in cannibalism on White Beard.

If they had just given sabo a different name to coincide the memory loss it would’ve plugged a lot of the “how did they not know” questions

am i the only one who didnt notice dressrossas length because i binged it ?

YES I WAS WAITING FOR SO LONG FOR THIS

Dude honestly thank god for what you said about Sabo. I've always felt the exact same haha. I always knew he was alive and it was just a matter of when he would appear, and I ended up being kind of disappointed in his character basically just feeling like a reskin of Ace. But who knows maybe eventually that will change.

wow! what a great review! It really made appreciate the arc more. My main issue with the arc was woth how the villan was defeated.

Not gonna lie I think the anime did make me hate dressrosa a lot more than it would if I had read the manga.

Great channel for OP arc reviews

This was the arc that made me stop religiously reading One Piece for so many years. One Piece was my personal obsession, and I never really stopped obsessing over it, but I legit couldn't bring myself to read Dressrosa. I dropped the manga around 20 chapters in. There were just so many characters and so many new plot points that it got way too overwhelming, even for a hardcore OP fan like me. I still followed most of the major events thanks to the Wiki and friends and stuff, but for a long time I just didn't read it. Until finally, during the Wano Arc, I said "screw it" and binged everything starting from the beginning of Dressrosa. And I gotta say...it was still rough. Until near the end of Dressrosa, it was still so slow for me. I had a hard time compelling myself to continue. I feel really bad about missing some things like the Law/Corazion flashback, which was excellent, but most of the early-mid arc I just read slowly. As soon as it was all over though and I got to Zou, it was like the pacing just instantly skyrocketed. I was so invested and didn't slow down from there (except for the Luffy vs. Katakuri fight which I felt lasted too long). Needless to say Dressrosa might be my least favorite arc. It had really great worldbuilding, but no other arc has ever made me drop One Piece. I vow that I will never drop One Piece again!! That alright, King of the Pirates?!

I'm glad I only caught up to One Piece when Dressrosa was just getting into Law's flashback, I avoided having my opinion muddied by most of the weekly wait but got to experience the disgusting cliffhanger of Gear 4th for maximum hype. Very comfortable, compact review that still covered everything important about the arc.

Nice review as always keep the awesome job

Do you think you can cover the filler arcs when you finish with canon content? I'd be interested in what you have to say about them, though I'd understand why you'd choose not to.

Yes! One of my favorite arcs is next! *GORONYAAAAAGO!* I loved that it was probably the most justice the anime had done to an entire arc in a long time if not ever.

I am happy that Oda didn't follow your advice and decided to tell señor pink's backstory.

Guys what episode did start this arc can some one said?

Could u pls talk about Cavendish in ur next One Piece 101? Awesome Video btw

Oh, THIS freaking arc... Being an anime only watcher, I nearly dropped the series.

This arc was good. I was definitely tired of it by the end though. It definitely had the best character development of any other arcs. It's villains were amazing too. It also had some of the best battles to go with the character development. However, I hope that Oda never does an arc this long again. One of my biggest fears is Oda not being able to finish the series. Edit: I am in love with how much time and development my baby Law had. :P Edit: Also, it annoys me that Robin hasn't gotten battles either. That's more of a whole series issue though. For being one of the most powerful Straw Hats she doesn't see a lot of battles outside of being support. However, Robin tanks a lot of damage. She seems to be getting hurt a lot in the post-timeskip arcs. What with that gruesome shoulder wound from Monet and the damage the spiked balls did to her back.

I completely skipped kyros background. I understood it without even watching.

Doflamingo's backstory is awesome because it doesn't set you up to make you feel sorry for him. And his arrogance and twisted nature DOES make you think. Doflamingo is a bad man but regardless of his status as a tenryuubito he was always destined for greatness. I kind of wonder if his family weren't thrown out would he still be this powerful guy. With the unlimited power of a celestial dragon this guy would just be too terrifying.

I cannot believe I missed the Sabo plotholes. I felt weird about it anyway but still. Wow.

At what episodes start the dressrosa arc

8:51 Chapter 794 Franky tells Sabo that regaining his memory must have taken some time to come back. Sabo replies "It was Ace that told me everything... at least I believe so. He said to me -You are Sabo! A brother of mine and Luffy's!!!-" I tought they met before Ace death. Am I interpreting this incorrectly?

woo almost up to date

I started watching One Piece when the Anime was in Zou and as someone who was able to marathon through all of Dressrosa in just a few days, it really just blew me away. It's easily one of my favourite arcs in the entire story, tied with EniesLobby/Water7 and Impel Down. While these arcs may feel as though they take forever when read or watched weekly, another thing to remember is that they will be around forever for people to enjoy without having to endure two years. Since I was able to marathon episodes 1-760+ in a very short time, everything feels painfully slow now but I'm really excited to go back and watch each future arc in its entirety when they finish :)

You can also compare the executives' powers of the Doflamingo family to the Baroque Works agents in Alabasta. They are very similar. Also both arcs had fighting princesses. Also the revolutionaries(Sabo) show up also in Alabasta(with Koza). But that’s pretty much it.

This is the ark that I took a 3 year break from one piece and anime in general. Came back this year to One Piece and Im loving Whole Cake Island. Can't decide whether I like Water 7 more or Whole cake island as my fav Arc.

Where do you get the anime?

This Arc was the Nail in coffin for the anime for me it drove me crazy with how long it was and what didn't make it better was that it would take about 7 minutes of the anime for actual episode to start but I did watch all of the Anime for Dressrosa and I was just glad it ended after that I just stuck to the Manga so I didn't have to listen to several minutes of what happened last time. But I am currently rewatching the anime and I'm at Enis lobby.

Ngl when i started one piece i was hella hyped for dressrosa, i was rewarded with one of my favorite arcs

Sabo was supposed to be 'dead' to Luffy back then. Hence the other members of the SH crew didn't know about Sabo' existence since Luffy did not talk about his 'dead' brother Sabo. The reason why Nico Robin didn't tell Luffy about Sabo's existence might be because Luffy did not tell his crew about him at all since he's 'dead'. As proven by how he often talks about Ace since he's alive instead of Sabo who's dead. Moreover it is most likely that Sabo did not tell Nico Robin about his relationship with Luffy and Ace. Which is why Nico Robin did not tell Luffy about Sabo. One more thing........it could be because of plot convenience.

9:20 - ok, gotta address some of this. it's completely possible Ace never knew about that, he wasn't like luffy but he was pretty easy going too (And we have his cover story to show that) he believed sabo to be dead, seeing someone named sabo shouldn't make him go "someone named sabo? it must be my dead brother!" he also knew sabo wanted to be a pirate, not a revolutionary. did Garp even meet sabo? Didn't Robin (or someone else) say that Sabo asked to not tell luffy? am i remembering this wrong?

If you think about it Oda unknowingly had us all experience a taste of what it feels like to be in the hyperbolic time chamber with this arc...

About Law in Dressrosa: I think that was good for he's character to know he's downsides too. Because it made him more human plus one can't be badass all the time. Although it hurts to have to see him get hurt so much as he did.

The biggest reason why I put dressrose as my number two most favorite arc in one piece isn’t because of the character, or the fights, but rather that I got into One Piece at the start of dressrosa. So I expected the quality of storytelling to take that long with every future arc and I got rewarded for it.

Sabo is freaking awesome I’m so glad we got him. Rebecca was a cool character your really under selling her she went undefeated in the coliseum without ever getting hurt and without ever hurting anyone that’s crazy to think about she was actually strong af but of course not quite on executive level which makes sense for a 16 year old girl. Senor pinks back story was important it was the whole reason why he was dressed like that and made us all respect him. Why you hating on the tontotta? Lol Leo was a beast. Other than that agree with ya. Cool vid

Well robin wasn’t told about sabo being luffy’s brother she probably knew of sabo just not his relation

An easy way to fix the sabo problem could be that we was put under a long term under cover mission maybe in dress rosa and that the revolutionary army both kept information about events surrounding his brothers and forced him to stay on mission. So is the life and irony of the revolutionary army that fights for freedom for all but has to sacrifice their own

Tbh Sabo should’ve been at the war with Luffy Luffy and Sabo should’ve both reacted to Ace’s death at the same time, since that would be way more impactful. as if there were two Luffy’s next to each other, considering the fact that when Sabo reacted to Ace’s death on a news paper he reacted just like Luffy did, being in shock and fainting in screaming and in tears.