User blog comment:Strawhat1/Anime time skip on October 2nd – good or bad???/@comment-3279487-20110823130506/@comment-3279487-20110823153717

From vol 25 to vol 29 and from vol 40 to current are all in HQ, I can give it to you if you want. Well reading the WHOLE One Piece from the start is a bit hard, but seriously, just read some chapters of the best part. You will appreciate the anime even better. If you never read the manga you really miss something, not always the anime is better (and not always the manga is). Of course it's your choice, but you have nothing to lose.