User blog comment:Hawkinz340/ I love One Piece, but.../@comment-1940096-20141007180948/@comment-972068-20141008045533

I think the reason why those arcs have an excuse isn't necessarily because they're long, but because they don't feel slow. In just about every chapter or episode, something was happening, even if it was fluff/filler. So even though Alabasta/Skypeia were long, they didn't feel long.