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AWARRHHHH this is such a good question because honestly I have multiple that I can never choose between LOL

My favorite pre-timeskip arc is definitely Water 7 (I consider Water 7 and Enies Lobby one Big arc so. Enies Lobby is included in this), I loved how the stakes were so high because they were so personal. Like sure every arc in One Piece gets personal in some form or another, but wow, Usopp vs Luffy is going on, Robin has been kidnapped, the rest of the crew are kinda at each other's throats because of how much is going on, but they manage to overcome it, save Robin, declare war on the entire world and get the FUCKKK outta dodge, all with a new SUUUPER crew member AND a new ship??? that arc is RELENTLESS. But close second is Impel Down; another arc where the stakes are super personal for Luffy, PLUS Iva is one of my top favorite characters so the arc where they're getting so much time to shine is bound to be a fave of mine :D (and Buggy. Buggy is one of the highlights of any arc he's in for me, he is so fucking funny)

Post timeskip is more tricky to choose a favorite fsr, but I THINK my fave is Dressrosa ...I sped through that arc like nobody's business, I was incredibly invested!!! Doffy captivated my heart and soul he's so rotten and disgusting I love him LOL -- but y'know what I feel like is really underrated?? Zou !!! I feel like I never really see people talk about it, maybe because it's mostly lore-dumps and flashbacks, but like...it's GOOD lore-dumps and flashbacks LOL (plus i'm kind of a furry so I love seeing Anthros).

Wano deserves its own blurb tho because I finished it somewhat recently so it's still pretty fresh in my brain...as a general one piece fan, Wano was everything I was expecting it to be and even more. I feel like I put it on a bit of a pedestal because that's the arc I feel like I had heard the MOST about before I started watching the series for myself, so I had pretty high expectations for it. And it completely blew them out of the water. The Onigashima pacing is a bit rough at points, but the animation? The writing? The fights? YAMATO??!! Love it... and as a ZORO FAN Wano was even BETTER he was fucking killing it out there...I was squealing like a little girl over certain parts!!!! Egghead was pretty great too, loved finally seeing Bonney, and the Kuma backstory...? Probably my favorite of the backstories aside from Law and Sanji, like wow. Wowowowowowowowow.

I'm all caught up and waiting on new eps every week now!! So far I'm LOVING elbaph (loki for the straw hats 2026) and i'm honestly about to start reading the manga from where the anime has left off so that I can keep up and get the fuller picture without waiting on the show lol