Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece has been airing for 25 years, and it is pretty clear that the Shonen series is immensely loved by fans, as each time the mangaka brings something new to the show. The show’s latest arc, the Egghead Island saga, resonates with the same idea, as Oda-Sensei is shaking things up.
The recent saga in the series is one of the final chapters in the Shonen series. As a result, the recent arc has not dropped the momentum from the Wano Country arc because it showcases The Straw Hats in action after a couple of episodes.
During this whole storyline, several iconic jaw-dropping fights took place, including the much-excited rematch between Gear 5 Luffy and Rob Lucci. That’s not all, because it all featured the Seraphims going all-out against Luffy and his crew, making fans bite their nails in anticipation. However, some fans are raising their fingers on social media for some shortcomings it featured in the current arc.
One Piece Raised The Bar to a New High With Its Egghead Island Arc
Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece is going stronger than ever, as the manga has managed to stay on top for 27 years. Even with all the modern anime titles like Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer, My Hero Academia, and so many more, none have come close to matching the popularity of the show.
The current saga, The Egghead Island Arc, explains that as it featured The Straw Hat Pirate Crew finally encountering the mad scientist, Dr. Vegapunk. However, all hell breaks loose because they were encountered by the Seraphims, CPO, Marines, and the Five-Elders.
The arc featured a ton of action, which made some fans believe that this arc is already one of the best arcs. Though it was a bold claim to make when the storyline commenced, as it continued, fans learned how right they were. Eiichiro Oda ensured that the stakes would be higher than ever, as it gives a glimpse of what is yet to come for the Future Pirate King and his loyal crew.
This storyline also featured the nail-biting rematch between Shanks and Eustass Kid, who were one-shot by the Captain of the Red Hair Pirates; Blackbeard vs. Trafalgar D. Law; and Garp launching an all-out attack to save Koby. Additionally, the backstory of Bartholomew Kuma is also revealed, which is nothing short of tragic as it gives its viewers a glimpse of the sorrowful life he led.
The majority of the viewers were delighted as the entire storyline took them on a rollercoaster of emotions. Hence, fans feel that this series is a great addition, not just to One Piece but also to the entire Shonen series as a whole.
Some Fans Are Dissatisfied With The Egghead Island Arc
Despite Oda-Sensei’s stellar work in the Egghead Island saga, which included the introduction of new characters, epic action sequences will send shivers down the spines of the fans.
Pew (@pewpiece), a reliable fan page of One Piece, asked the fans how they would rate this arc on a scale of 0 to 10. While fans loved the saga, hailing it as one of the best post-time skip arcs, some fans mentioned the downside of the storyline, which somewhat brought down the overall story.
9/10 easily
— 🥀𝕮𝖍𝖆 𝕽𝖚𝖓 🐍𝖝🐒 (@hancockdluffy3) August 16, 2024
Btw egg head> wano pic.twitter.com/m3B9FOIeT5
8/10 rn, earlier parts of Egghead Arc was frustrating with York mystery. But it picked up well, with kuma flashbacks and flights and reveals. But Vegapunk speech could have been short cause a lot of times it felt like we was repeating same things, not reaction but the speech
— OctoOtaku (@That_octpus_guy) August 16, 2024
9/10
— brunno (@bebrunno) August 16, 2024
It had it all, emotion, funny moments, plot twists, crazy reveals (elder powers!!), a lot of cool scenarios (egghead, the mother flame location, the islands that are hidden in the bottom of the sea), good fights.
Imo CP0 stall pages took 1 point from the arc.
7.5 or 8 as an arc
— Elite (@Almighty_RJE) August 16, 2024
Really didn’t like zoro and sanji in this arc, no real complaint they were just boring and my interest in both was at most agenda.
Vegapunk was better than expected and he might have been my favourite character in the arc behind luffy and kizaru
gotta re-read, but im giving it a solid 9/10 now
— PE$O PETE (@shiny_peso) August 16, 2024
between kumas backstory and the gorosei reveal, we got everything we love outta this arc from Oda
9/10, good story, pace, fights, INFORMATION, characters, and couldn’t push my admiral agenda but oh well😪
— 5’7 (@ShortestNgga) August 16, 2024
Though the entire arc has not been animated, the saga gets more intense as Kuma returns to give one of the most satisfying and deserving punches to Saint Jaygarcia Saturn of the Five Elders.
A buster call was announced on the island, and though the arc is not concluded yet, it appears that Elbaf island will be the next destination of Luffy and his crew.
One Piece can be streamed on Crunchyroll as of August 17th, 2024.
