User blog comment:JustSomeDude.../What Are Your One Piece Reading or Watching Habits?/@comment-96.240.62.11-20150114180749

- Technically my first exposure to One Piece happened around 2004 (rough estimate) when I first got into anime/manga and watched it and Naruto dubbed on Cartoon Network. I didn't think much of it at the time, though I remember thinking Zoro was really cool (an opinion reinforced when I discovered Shonen Jump magazines at my piano teacher's house, one of which included chapter 108).

- I started reading the manga in 2008 after a friend recommended it (repeatedly) the summer before college started. I caught up to the manga in 6 days (Sabaody Archipelago arc), then took another 3 weeks to catch up to the anime (Thriller Bark arc). I don't consider myself a follower of the series until this point.

- Since then I have kept up with the manga, using various scanslation sites. I will also read Japanese raw scans of the chapter if they're available. Whether I read the English scans or the raws first depends on which site uploads the entire chapter; I will wait for another source if there are missing pages. Usually the order of release is Mangahead > Mangapanda > Mangastream.

- I have always watched English-subtitled anime, first by finding fansubs on various websites, then by using Funimation and Crunchroll. Out of curiosity, I have watched a few Funimation dubbed episodes and found them to be pretty good, but I preferred the Japanese voices too much to continue watching the dub. I alternate between keeping up every week and letting episodes accumulate before marathoning them.

- Overall I prefer the manga, but I enjoy the anime for the voice acting, the animation, and the music. I felt several moments from the manga were made much better (or at least more visceral) in the anime due to these three factors (Nami's breakdown and asking Luffy for help in the Arlong Park arc being one of my favorite examples). In terms of which medium I prefer to buy, I selectively purchase Japanese-language manga based on which volumes contain specific scenes.

- I am not an editor (as in I do not have an account), but I have been browsing OP Wiki pages for at least 6 years and have recently been making small anonymous edits. I am considering making an account eventually.