User blog comment:Imhungry4444/Punk Hazard in Retrospect/@comment-4899461-20130221175651

PH is by far the best 1st arc in any saga. The best part is how it started off with such a mystery, and ended with the crew headed for BIG things and lots of trouble.

There are two things I really like about where they're going at the end of this arc:

1) The Straw Hats are on the offensive for once. Instead of running around to save someone or something, they're going ahead with an offensive plan. They've moved beyond merely protecting their friends.

2) Law is being an incredible badass right now. His plan fucks with the world balance on levels not seen since Blackbeard brought about the War. The fact that someone who was a rookie two years ago is doing this is nearly unfathomable. From what I've seen, he's grown more than Luffy over the last two years.