I gotta say I got into it because of the characters as well. I'm almost all caught up with the K-F fansubs, and these episodes have been holding me over in the filler era of Bleach and Naruto. I just started the Skypiea arc. I actually first saw this show dubbed as well, and while I didn't hate it, the dub certainly left much to be desired. The only good thing was that opening theme they used for the dub. The subbed episodes crack me up, even when they leave me with a "What the fuck just happened?!" feeling. Great show, I hope I never see a filler of it.(although I probably have, but I didn't recognize it)