I was trying some arc runs of akainu, and it got me wondering how people felt about runs being done out of order. It could save a little bit of time, but I know it wouldn't be possible for people who had a new save file. I tried it on Luffy's, and I got a new time and I'm not sure how much that contributed to it. Maybe it's just me being too worried about it but I would like to see how other people felt about it.

I would say that a non fresh save file for individual arcs would be fine. Not only for speedrunning sake (as having to get a fresh file to certain arcs every time would be a hassle). Of course I'm just a moderator, but I see 0 issues with this proposal and support this decision. I would mostly worry about people skipping over certain maps on accident (or intentionally) so it would make moderation harder, though I still support the idea.