One Piece or Naruto?

Well, I have watched around 12 to 13 animes yet including some famous titles like Attack on Titan, Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayers, etc. Now, it's time to become a real anime fan, suggest me, which one of the following should I go with first? Naruto, or One Piece? And kindly give a brief reason too defining why should I go with it.

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amanlovesviolation2026-01-01 19:21

One piece anytime

jacob_h7072026-01-01 19:22

One piece

SeventhAscendant2026-01-01 19:23

One Piece if you re gonna read the manga, else Naruto for the anime. Better viewing experience imo

Alive_Fortune74232026-01-01 19:24

Naruto first. If you want to finish OP before Naruto you'll never watch Naruto.

sickanddestroyed2026-01-01 19:26

Wtf is a real anime fan?

mr_smfs2026-01-01 19:28

Uhh....a fan, who's real ig 🙄

Happy-Asparagus-67002026-01-18 10:22

😂😂🤣🤣

BambooGentleman2026-01-01 19:39

Well, it's one that isn't fake and only watches One Piece and Naruto. Wait...

Animatrix_Mak2026-01-01 19:26

Watch One piece it's only 1 season bro /s

Watch naruto, read one piece if you can. Although there's alot of fillers in naruto so you gotta have to keep that in mind

mr_smfs2026-01-01 19:29

Yeah, just one season 💀

timpkmn892026-01-01 19:26

You can start both of them

mr_smfs2026-01-01 19:30

I will finish em with my grand children than (am not even married yet)

Akuuntus2026-01-01 19:28

One piece is a better series, but the anime is kinda rough. Naruto has a better anime but the quality of the actual story isn't quite as high IMO.

But honestly they're both pretty different and different people will prefer one or the other. One Piece is more focused on building a huge living world with a lot of moving parts, Naruto is more about throwing a series of villains at the main cast.

BambooGentleman2026-01-01 19:45

Also, One Piece keeps iterating the same plot and refuses to move forward. The protagonists haven't seen actual character development in decades, nor has anyone of them made meaningful progress towards their own dream.

But I guess I shouldn't be too harsh, since canonically the story only lasted like two months and a 2 year time skip.

Akuuntus2026-01-01 19:49

I guess it depends on what you mean by "moving forward". There's been a ton of plot movement in the last couple of arcs, and really everything since the timeskip has been pretty clearly making progress towards the endgame... and really even before the timeskip most arcs made some clear progress.

BambooGentleman2026-01-01 23:58

Introducing new characters and raising new questions isn't progress. That's called stalling.

BlackHole19972026-01-01 19:28

I would say Naruto. Naruto is finished. You get the whole experience from start to finish. And you only have to watch 420 episodes. Look at Filler lists so you know what you can skip.

If you want to get the best experience, watch the Naruto Ocean Cut. It's improved the pacing of the show a lot!

If you want to start with One Piece, you should go with One Pace. It also improved the pacing a lot!

mr_smfs2026-01-01 19:33

So, missing fillers won't affect the main story experience? I mean, back stories of some characters , or any other detail about any character, etc?

TheNaCoinfl1p2026-01-01 19:39

No there is some insane filler episodes during the anime. I think at one point they were fighting a ninja bird at some point lol

Akuuntus2026-01-01 19:48

Filler in the context of an anime that's being adapted from a manga means stuff that's entirely non-canon and was added purely to waste time while waiting for the source material to catch up. It's skippable by definition.

BlackHole19972026-01-01 19:51

Filler in Naruto are 99% awful. They destroy characters and world building, the dialogue is stupid and there is unnecessary fan service.

There are only 2 good filler arcs and they are also in the Ocean Cut as specials:

- Naruto: Shippūden Episodes 144-151
- Naruto: Shippuden Episodes 349-361

Filler in One Piece are the worst, because you can't skip them. They just repeat a scene multiple times in an episode and show the animation again and again so they are not adapting the story faster than the manga. One Pace is the only way to enjoy it. There is a reason, why One Piece is now a seasonal anime.

Happy-Asparagus-67002026-01-18 10:21

like the KaKashi filer it was OP

the-big-dingo2026-01-01 19:30

Neither of them tbh .

You can watch 30 other amazing shows in the time it will take to watch Naruto.

One piece is even longer

Watching them doesn’t make you a “ real anime fan”

BambooGentleman2026-01-01 19:46

You don't understand. We older fans have suffered through watching Naruto, Bleach and One Piece so the newer generation has to do it too, as a rite of passage. Afterwards we all laugh how awful these anime are. /j

Happy-Asparagus-67002026-01-18 10:19

I don’t understand if u mean the older animes are good or are u saying tha they are bad… also not imp if the newer gen has do it it’s that they should cz tbh both of these are really good

Happy-Asparagus-67002026-01-17 10:19

just saying in my opinion it’s really good to take that time and watch the OG animes, yes u can watch 30 other anime’s but tbh Naruto shows really good emotion that I have never seen in ANY other anime and one piece is really good too, but even tho if u can’t take time watching a anime then i don’t think u have actually watched any good animes. to be very honest I don’t think thr are anime’s that I like better than both of these….

the-big-dingo2026-01-17 15:49

I didn’t ask for your opinion 15 days later

Happy-Asparagus-67002026-01-18 10:18

I’m jus sayin.. ur choice if u wanna watch it or not I mean it’s really good but idk ur choice 👍

CostaRica922026-01-01 19:31

Both are worth a watch.

Naruto is finished in its own. While I personally did not like the ending the ride along is still great to follow. Also you might have a different opinion. It has a lot of memorable moments and characters and a great soundtrack. It has a more typical approach shonen power ups. Best to look up which episodes are filler arcs to skip.

One Piece is one of my favorite stories ever. It starts with more single adventures but quickly turns into a story that spreads across its whole world. The world is unique and intriguing.
This one is still ongoing and due to the anime being released weekly up until the end of 2025 the pacing of the anime gets rough in the second halve because they could not catch up to the manga. So it's better as a manga. But there is "One pace" as a fan project that fixes this issue.
It's one of the most sold book series in general by this point and you don't get that level by being bad.
Note however that the fan service increases to unpleasant levels in the second halve, it's worse in the anime.

If I had to pick I would always go for One Piece. I believe it will go down as one of the best stories ever created.

MusubiKazesaru2026-01-01 19:32

I prefer Naruto. It has better music, better character work, and cooler fights. Better animation too for the most part.

HonkHonkMTHRFKR2026-01-01 19:32

I recommend the English dub of Naruto.

I grew up with both and you will get through Naruto much quicker and won’t be as bored in the middle.

Save one piece for after because it’s a much longer journey.

Watching one piece feels like a drag at times and I guarantee you won’t finish it, but you might actually finish Naruto

Organic-Acadia36022026-01-01 19:38

One piece. Naruto is popular series I couldn’t get into.

BambooGentleman2026-01-01 19:38

It's okay. You can skip those. Naruto is better, though, simply because it had the decency to have an ending.

GI_jim_bob2026-01-01 19:40

Naruto has better animation and better world building but the story gets convoluted the longer the show goes on.

One Piece has a better overall story and more likeable characters but has a habit of dragging on in some arcs.

I prefer Naruto because the world seems more believable and you can feel the growth of the MC through other characters.

But really both Animes are massively popular because they are great to watch, so you can't go wrong with either.

LegendaryZXT2026-01-01 19:47

I would recommend neither and day Hunter x Hunter. I thank it’s the best version of that story. That and Full Metal Alchemist.

WarD_ddy_082026-01-01 19:55

I would recommend u to go for One Piece, bro, it has everything that has every genre u need.

Objective-Snow9872026-01-01 20:38

Naruto because it is already finished and have less épisodes

abandoned_idol2026-01-01 20:51

I'd encourage you to watch 200+ non-battle shounen anime.

You're really missing out. Anime is more than just battles.