I'm almost 500 episodes in and it still hasn't super clicked with me, but my friends are watching at the same time and the fight scenes are dope so that's enough for me lmao.

That’s impressive you’ve made it that far without it fully clicking yet. I enjoyed several of the fights. I felt the anime peaked at Arlong Park for me. Sky Island completely killed the experience for me. I stopped at the beginning of Water 7, which others told me was great, but I got burned out.