Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-6500074-20130829103240/@comment-209421-20140109024545

Immersible wrote: It seems nowadays its becoming somewhat of a trend though...=.='

I'd hate to think Monty's creativity ends therein relying on timeskips like typical mainstream shonen-anime to advance. There are many ways to express growth without having to rely on something so convenient. I think the audience would prefer seeing the characters grow themselves anyway rather than have them change off-screen.

More likely it's because NOTHING IS GOING ON. A lot of mangas and anime cuts out the lengthy scenes where nothing happens. Once we get into the festival and tournament, I'd expect FAR less in the way of subtle flashbacks because there'd be interesting things going on in a short period of time. Nobody likes watching everyday life, after all. Too boring.

As was stated, if he has to do a long time-skip, One Piece did it the best, so that's the level we have to hope for. Granted, Oda set it up perfectly, but it was one of the best uses of a timeskip in recent days.