Throughout the internet people always says that one piece is too much to spending your precious time on it. Bullshit. You don't have to start from a specific part and all that thing about "how to start watching/reading (a long-time show) that people are too lazy to just sit down and enjoy watching". You may have seen this kind of videos all across the youtube. Same thing anytime. People don't have "time" and come up with this shortcut to everything. Shut up and watch from the very start, from chapter 1. And that's it. Stop making excuses and begin doing it. As any person on the planet already said, the world building is the REAL THING here. Unlike people think, one piece doesn't waste one single chapter to improve its world building. Just keep going. Chapter 1 to 1000. Oda doesn't loses any time to show us, how the world are much bigger than we thought. While Luffy is in an island, messing around, the world's moving. People making war, agreements being made, falling kingdoms, groups betraying each other, all sorts of things. And all of that impacts on Luffy's journey in some way. As his actions too. All come together. It's so beautiful to see strawhat's relationship growing as the story unfolds. And there's the two greatest things about the show. So catchy. If you wanna do it right, start from the beginning. Take it from me. Besides the boring beginning, and everyone says that, it's a really gorgeous journey. When you notice how far did you get, then you'll find out how the story have grow up. Quit talking and begin doing. You'll have the most beautiful time of your life. I can't put in words the importance of this series to me and to many other people out there. Is a thing that you must see for yourself. See to believe, you know. And don't mind the fandom, they all sucks in any piece of entertainment.