User blog comment:JustSomeDude.../Dressrosa - The Greatest Filler Arc!/@comment-2226235-20140422175258/@comment-1595565-20140422192414

You can't really blame them. They caught up too fast since Oda didn't really give them much of a window for filler. If I were Toei, I'd have milked the Breed arc for all its worth and then crammed another arc or two in there.