User blog comment:Raptor of Love/How did you get into One Piece ?!/@comment-4493594-20111211110739

Gosh, that must have been... 2000 maybe. My best friend at that time was a huge fan of OP. When I came over she always wanted to finish watching the episode before playing something and when she went to my house she would only do so after watching the episode. Since it ran late in the afternoon we agreed that we'd meet earlier and watch the episode together.

If I remember correctly the first episodes I watched was Baratie arc, during Sanji's fight.