| fatslob-:O said: Don't know why Gintama is there but out of all the mainstream shounen I prefer Naruto the most ... Bleach isn't exactly deep enough for me and I feel that One Piece detracts too much from it's main goal ... |
I actually really like One Piece because they can focus on the main goal while having all the members of the Straw Hat crew stay true to their convinctions. They don't portray themselves as heroes. They just help those that they feel deserve it while on their path towards the One Piece. They recognize that there will be powerful enemies even if they attempted to go straight for it, and they fight their way forward understanding that they need strength to continue. Every piece of the plot matters, and the characters are far, far better developed than basically any other shounen anime I have ever seen. Although everything they do is done towards taking another step towards the One Piece, removing obstacles of one kind or another, they don't put the action above everything else.
I would still rate going to rescue Robin from CP9 as one of the best things I've seen in anime. It was more dramatic and emotional than anything I had expected from the show up to that point, even considering Luffy's outrage against Arlong for what he done to Nami.
