

Episode 596 came out today, and I am having a hard time placing this in the
manga's time-line.

Around which chapter would the anime be right now? And would watching the
anime spoil the manga for me?


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How far along is the anime compared with the manga?


One Piece Anime is quite far behind the manga right now (about 50-75
chapters).

The manga is now in the Wano Arc, while the previous Punk Hazard arc just
started in the anime (as of this answer).


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It is really far behind. Probably in term of year, it could take more than a
year (approx. 52 eps) for the anime to catch up with the manga.

In addition anime have **filler** episode sometimes between an arc, so it
could be left more behind.


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If you want to start reading the manga from where the anime is right now, the
last thing you see in the anime is Luffy grabbing Caesar (episode 597), which
corresponds to Chapter 670, page 19.

![Luffy grabbing Caesar](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Qu1lr.jpg)

The last manga chapter right now is Chapter 709 (710 will be coming out either
today or tomorrow), so the anime is about 40 chapters behind the anime.

If you translate it into arcs, the anime right now is in the [Punk Hazard
Arc](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Punk_Hazard_Arc) and the manga is in the
[Dressrosa Arc](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Dressrosa_Arc).


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