i agree it did start to loose pase during that time but i will say post time skip it get back to good old one piece

Is there anything crucial between the Marineford war arc and the timeskip? Or can I just jump into the timeskip?

well marine ford is where ace Dies and it where Luffy Gets his X Scare but it mainly post War arc that you need to watch cause few episode at the beginig and the flashback between Ace and luffy as kids

so i was look for pony one piece characters when i found this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hif15r-Boyo

I already know Ace dies AFTER LIKE TWO HUNDRED EPISODES OF LUFFY RUNNING TOWARDS THE STAIRS FUUUUUUCK. And how Luffy got his scar (although not why).

So what episode do I need to pick up the series from, after Akainu punches a hole in Luffy?

yea i say about there

I remember a bit after that, Shanks turns up, and he's seen as insanely powerful despite the ridiculous powers that have come into the series since his debut and he just has his crappy dagger things, so I guess I'll jump in at episode 490.

go for it cause i can say this marine ford war arc is a good luffy story with out his crew but there are better arcs out there

One Piece is by far the greatest manga series ever and one of the best anime series ever!!

I do wish Viz would hurry up and catch up already as I haven't bothered to even start reading the Punk Hazard volumes since they won't be done with that arc for another year at this point.

My favorite characters are easily Robin and Franky while Crocodile is my favorite villain in the show. My favorite arcs so far are a toss up between Water 7 and Alabasta. My least favorite arc, which I hate in both manga and especially anime form is the Foxy arc. My god that thing sucks ass and takes forever. It is completely pointless. The only thing that saves it from being unreadable/unwatchable is Luffy with the afro.

BTW, I've discovered the truth about the world ending, or rather, the rapture. The rapture will occur when One Piece ends because everyone's minds will be blown. And it will be that only those that follow One Piece will move on to heavenly bliss while everyone else will remain here on Earth for the great apocalypse. :-D

Anyway, I also do wish Funimation would just announce that they have the rights to the entire series already so we no longer have to deal with long ass breaks between seasons again.

Can someone paraphrase the Luffy Ace flashback that comes after the Marineford arc, for me? Because I've seen the majority of it, and it's like twenty episodes long, so if I don't have to watch the whole thing again, I probably won't as that is like a weeks worth of viewing for me now I'm a full time worker.