The Davy Back Fight was pretty bad in the anime. I loved it in the manga, but in the anime it was horrible. They'd make up new contests that wasn't in the manga for the sake of extending it. It sucked.
Also, I disagree with Water 7. I think as a whole, Water 7 is the height of One Piece anime.
I was hoping they'd do Impel Down similar justice but that wasn't the case. Hopefully they do Marineford justice. Sabondy was great too, I admit.
Water 7 had some slow episodes but overall it was pretty good. Its the beginning of Enies Lobby, specifically, that was animated and paced poorly.
agreed
Definitely the first flashback in the series I found to be disappointing, even if it was still enjoyable.
It would have been better if we got the flashback between Impel Down and Marineford, I agree.
I hold out a completely hopeless wish that after the anime comes back from its goddamn
Clip Show(s), it'll just start doing Luffy's flashback rather than start Marineford, or at least throw it in later when Ace's flashback happens. Its never going to happen, especially because it leaves Luffy with nothing to flashback to post-Marineford, but I still think it would make the arc better.
Sometimes I wonder how Marineford would have went down had the author not been juggling the manga, the anime, the Strong World movie and a new baby all at the same time. Perhaps then it wouldn't have been so bogged down by the short chapters, frequent breaks and the most contentless One Piece chapter ever (the short one with only doublepages).