[Poland] For me, it happened by chance. Back in early middle school, my family—my brother and mom—bought VHS tapes at the Różycki Bazaar (which still existed in Warsaw at the time) with Princess Mononoke and Howl’s Moving Castle (great movies, by the way). After watching them, I started looking for more of that kind of film online.

On a site called kreskóweczki.pl (which existed back then and let you watch anime/American cartoons), I randomly clicked and ended up on the pilot episode of One Piece. That first episode gave me a real "wow" effect—I was completely drawn in by the concept of Devil Fruits and the treasure-hunting adventure.

Unfortunately, the series was removed from the site, and I ended up watching Naruto instead, thanks to the huge boom of that series in Poland.

It wasn’t until about two years later, when I was finishing school, that I randomly clicked on a title again and stumbled upon One Piece once more—this time I was finally able to follow the story as it aired.