On to Fishman Island

Timeskip time! It’s one of the great staples of the shounen genre, but it’s one of those gambles that can go either way for your audience. Dragonball had (IMHO) a solid record for getting steadily better with each big skip it pulled, while the Naruto timeskip is effectively the cut-off point beyond which the series gradually lost all appeal for me. When it came to the One Piece timeskip, my usual source made sure to warn me to expect mixed results.

( But seriously folks, compared to Naruto, this one went off without a hitch )