'One Piece' Anime Series Episode 719 Review: Rated Satisfactory; Interesting Event but Weak Direction Fails to Generate Enthusiasm?

The anime series of Eiichiro Oda's "One Piece" episode 719 is titled "A Decisive Battle in Midair! Zoro's New Special Secret Technique Blasts!" It has been streamed on Nov. 22, 2015 via Crunchyroll and FUNimation.

Looking at the reviews given to "One Piece" anime series, it looks like episode 719 has not fully met the expectation of its critics. Anime News Network says that "A Decisive Battle in Midair! Zoro's New Special Secret Technique Blasts!" was the finale of Zoro and Pica's fight. This battle has been taken so long "way back towards the halfway point of Dressrosa."

It has also been noted that "One Piece" episode 719 was also the "finale of all the one-on-one match-ups between the Doflamingo crew and the Colosseum fighters."

But with everything that has transpired in episode 719 of "One Piece-" the finale fights, flashback, and other confrontations, ANN has rated the episode with B+. Why? The critic says that while there are pretty interesting events that happened, it has been noted that the weak direction of the anime fails to "inspire the enthusiasm manga readers had a few months back."

Similarly, the critic from Fandom Post gives the same rating. According to the review, the previous episode of "One Piece" anime is rather fun compared to Episode 719. This is because the critic was impressed to see "Pica getting a chance to step up even more than he had previous with his abilities and scale."

However, the critic says that episode 719 of "One Piece" has also great focus and has kept the momentum going, particularly Pica being dealt accordingly by Zorro. Report also mentions that this arc is solid and engaging. The character of Zorro is deemed as the "best cornerstone of the series with its main cast since practically the beginning of the show and this kind of episode just reinforces what a good part of it is." Pica's character is also being praised because it has been played out well and he's one great opponent too.

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