After finishing the Alabasta arc, you're clear to watch the first 6 one piece movies. They're all self-contained adventures that don't tie into the canon story.
As a fan I'd say they're all worth watching, just for the experience. But imo the best of the bunch would be Dead End Adventure (movie 4) and ESPECIALLY Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island (movie 6) .
Movie 4 is more of a personal recommendation of mine since I love it so dang much. But if you can only choose one to watch, definitely go for Movie 6. To this day it's unanimously considered one of - if not - THE best One Piece film.
100Rainy
2023-01-23 11:05:49 +0000 UTC
i do want to react to the movies for sure!! is there a particular point when they should be watched?
Katy
2023-01-23 10:26:55 +0000 UTC
Have you ever considered watching some of the One Piece movies? Idk just how far ahead you are irl, but there's a pretty long stretch of filler coming up soon. You might decide to watch all of it like last time, which would be great
But if for some reason you don't, one of the earlier OP movies could serve as a fun break before getting into the next big arc/saga. There's about one or two of them that are really worth watching if you get the chance, which is why I'm bringing it up
100Rainy
2023-01-23 06:42:14 +0000 UTC
Mr. 4 being a fourth batter is clever. Nicely done, Oda. Combining baseball with a whack-a-mole carnival game is exactly the sort of absurdist joke ability that I enjoy so much about One Piece. Ya love to see it.
Also naming the dog-gun Lassoo (like Lassie) lol
*Footnote for our overseas friends who aren't familiar with baseball:
The position of fourth-at-bat is typically reserved by coaches for the strongest batters or hardest hitters, the ones that hit home runs. This is because after the first three batters have gone up, it's very probable that all three bases are loaded, so they'd want someone with a higher chance at hitting a home run and getting all four runs.