Yeah, I’ve actually mulled over watching One Piece during the height of the lockdowns (because everybody got time back then), and well… the amount of stuff intimidated me.

Anyways, as I’ve said, I’d probably watch the first half of the anime as you’ve advised, or watch a handful of episodes of the anime, and go for the manga from there (might be faster that way as I can sneak in a manga reading session better) … IDK, we’ll see.