i just watched episode 439 of one piece and fell in love with it all over again! iva-chan is such a character, and really, one that you could expect only from oda-sensei. (s)he was pretty much the only reason i picked up watching the anime again, as i usually only read the manga, and i wasn't disappointed. this particular episode had exceptional animation, a little non-canon snippet that had me rolling, and a heart-wrenching flashback at the end.
i'm so happy that even after 400+ episodes and more than 500 chapters, one piece can still make me laugh.
...which is more than i can say for any of the other manga i'm reading as i'm beginning to