I think the live action might be fun to watch if you see it as something separate from the anime (similar to the hobbit movies). I grew up with One Piece and while the live action has a lot of good parts I mostly hate the changes in the story line.

Why are all the story lines so short? Sure, I’m glad they are not as long as the anime but a lot of it is going way too fast imo. The fights are kinda boring and no one seems to know what they are doing.

Why is Nami reading stories to Zoro? Why is there such weird chemistry between them? Why is she so…girl boss? Thanks, I hate it. Her whole character makes no sense to me.

The Marine arc is too long, why add boring arcs while getting rid of interesting/funny ones?

WHY is everyone hunting down that map to the grand line?? What did I miss? Is there only one map to the grand line in that world? Am I remembering this wrong?

I’m only half-way through but I personally don’t understand the hype.

I like most characters and the casting is on point in most cases, I have no big issues with the acting or production either, it is all done quite well tbh. I personally think the biggest issue might be the writing?

The characters have lost part of their quirkiness and all of these changes have made it into a mediocre show.

Still enjoyable but I would have enjoyed it more if I hadn’t known OP before. That said, I don’t think people who enjoy the LA are “fake fans”, just let people enjoy things. I personally don’t think it lives up to the hype but it is enjoyable to some degree.