I’m so tired of this trope :/.

Tbf one piece is basically 10 minutes (or less) per episode padded to 20 and with an opening.

I think everyone collectively agrees hiatus > padded content. I stopped watching around whole cake island because episodes we’re going a quarter chapter. I’m glad their finally starting to see this, I’m guessing the previous approach was starting to lose viewership or just not be as profitable as it used to be.

Eh, the manga is still gorgeous. Recommend checking it out if anyone’s disappointed.

the company assured fans that they are currently working to remove the leaked content from the internet.

Is this something fans actually want? I guess maybe to avoid spoilers but I couldn’t care less this got leaked. From what I’ve heard quality is pretty bad so I wasn’t gonna out of my way to search for it anyway.

Damage from digital piracy of Japanese music reached 22.4 billion to 92.2 billion yen ($142 million to $586 million at current rates) in 2022

2 things:

1. My streaming platform still doesn’t have a lot of older Japanese music. And they literally acquired a Japanese music publisher. (I use qobuz). If you’re concerned about losing money make your content more accessible instead of chasing those who’ve doing what you should be.

2. This is a common false equivalence. Piracy doesn’t lose you money. There’s no guarantee the people who pirate would pay for content if piracy wasn’t an option.

Didn’t they release the movie before the show back then. I vaguely remember episodes coming out after the movie. Although I’ve been out of the loop on this series for a bit.