History YMMV / OnePieceSkypieaArc

* ArcFatigue: While there's a few minor details here and there that play a role down the line, Skypiea ends up feeling like a really long FillerArc for some people due to its isolation from the rest of the overall story.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: One criticism some have pointed out as to why the arc felt like {{Filler}} is that it missed out on adding a new member unique to Skypiea to the Straw Hat crew. Some wishing that it should have been one of the Shandia Warriors, like Wyper or Raki.

* VindicatedByHistory: In the years since the story arc came out, while it was never considered outright bad, it was considered slow, filler-ish, and a bit too disconnected from the rest of the story, since the events of the Skypiea arc hardly factored into the subsequent story arcs. However, since the Marineford War and the New World Sagas began to reincorporate elements from the Skypiea arc, people have begun to look back at Skypiea with newfound appreciation as now they can see just how important it is to the overall narrative.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: One criticism some have pointed out as to why the arc felt like {{Filler}} is that it missed out on adding a new member unique to Skypiea to the Straw Hat crew. Some wishing that it should have been one of the Shandia Warriors, like Wyper or Raki.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacters: One criticism some have pointed out as to why the arc felt like {{Filler}} is that it missed out on adding a new member unique to Skypiea to the Straw Hat crew. Some wishing that it should have been one of the Shandia Warriors, like Wyper or Raki.

* VindicatedByHistory: In the years since the story arc came out, while it was never considered outright bad, it was considered slow, filler-ish, and a bit too disconnected from the rest of the story, since the events of the Skypeia arc hardly factored into the subsequent story arcs. However, since the Marineford War and the New World Sagas began to reincorporate elements from the Skypeia arc, people have begun to look back at Skypeia with newfound appreciation as now they can see just how important it is to the overall narrative.

* HilariousInHindsight: Eneru, a character who fancies himself a God, is stated by Oda to be based on the rapper Eminem... who would, quite a few years after Skypiea, release a single titled "Rap God".

* HilariousInHindsight: Enel, a character who fancies himself a God, is stated by Oda to be based on the rapper Eminem... who would, quite a few years after Skypiea, release a single titled "Rap God".

* FranchiseOriginalSin: Long side-character flashbacks that don't involve a Straw Hat {{Backstory}} started here with the Noland flashback that went on for 7 chapters. It didn't seem like much of an issue at first, but once later {{Story Arc}}s, like Fishman Island, Dressrosa, and Wano started doing similar side-character flashbacks that go on for weeks, it became a much more noticeable pacing issue.

* AssPull: Pagaya turning out in the end to have survived Eneru's lightning strike is often called out as one. Especially when compared to other Skypiean characters, Pagaya is just a normal civilian with no special powers.

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