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One Piece is an adventure and world-building manga. The exploration of different islands and climates helps make it what it is.

You may like the Revolutionary Army a lot, but they have yet to be at the forefront of anything because there's no need for them to. Luffy's adventures are occurring in a separate capacity from theirs because there's been little reason for them to intertwine. But correct me if I'm wrong, didn't the revolutionaries play a big part in Dressrosa?

And nothing in the New World has deviated from Luffy's goal; he's on this path now because he knows that in order to become pirate king, he must establish himself as a Yonko. And one of the goals of this arc is to get one of the keys to finding an end island.

You may not like the world building that gets thrown into the mix, but that's what makes One Piece engaging for me.