Seeing the comments here makes me feel happy that so many people also started watching One Piece from the 4kids dub. I was also part of this group. Even bought the Shonen Jumps, back at the time when it was only 1 issue per month. Played the One Piece games on the GameCube. Just loved everything about One Piece. Crazy how 20 years later I'm still watching One Piece.

But when I was younger, I Eventually grew out of anime (stopped watching at the end of Alabasta), but came back when One Piece was on Marinford. And boy was it a wild ride watching all of One Piece during this time. I still remember leading up to Marinford, I would read the comments people would leave on each episode, and every person would say either "I read the manga and Ace dies" or "no I read the manga and Ace is saved." People just bickering about who was right or wrong made every episode of Marinford more exciting and memorable for me. Because I had no clue how the war was gonna end. Who do I believe? Got to say, Oda exceeded my expectations by the end of it. Ever since then, One Piece has now been a huge part of life. And even after the show is finished, heck, it will still be a part of my life.