One Piece at a Time

Welcome to the One Piece at a Time Podcast where I'm joined by Brandon Bovia to read and discuss 5 chapters of the One Piece manga every week. And the battles have truly begun! How well can the Worst Generation handle Big Mom and Kaido at the same time? What about things elsewhere in Kaido's stronghold? There's some great moments as cover Chapters 1001-1005 of One Piece! Preorder my bo...

Welcome to the One Piece at a Time Podcast where I'm joined by Brandon Bovia to read and discuss 5 chapters of the One Piece manga every week. And we've finally done it. We've reached Chapter 1000! So how does Oda celebrate this massive achievement? We give our thoughts on it all as we cover Chapters 996-1000 of One Piece! Preorder my book "A Communal History of Metroidvania Video...

Welcome to the One Piece at a Time Podcast where I'm joined by Brandon Bovia to read and discuss 5 chapters of the One Piece manga every week. And Chapter 1000 is close at hand. Where will the Straw Hats be at by that point with Kaido so far away, Queen wreaking havoc, and the Tobi Roppo causing trouble for everyone. There's still a lot to set up as we give our thoughts on Chapters 991-995...

Welcome to the One Piece at a Time Podcast where I'm joined by Brandon Bovia to read and discuss 5 chapters of the One Piece manga every week. And the raid has begun in full with the Akazaya Nine making their presence known and the Straw Hats coming together to make a statement. It's time to kick up the action in earnest, but is there enough story to keep us engaged? We give our thoughts a...

Welcome to the One Piece at a Time Podcast where I'm joined by Brandon Bovia to read and discuss 5 chapters of the One Piece manga every week. And now that our diversion into the live action show is over, we can return uninterrupted to the rest of Wano! So what's in store for us? Fights? Surprises? New characters? All three? We discuss it all as we cover Chapters 981-985 of One Piece! Preo...

Welcome to the One Piece at a Time Podcast where I'm joined by Brandon Bovia to read and discuss 5 chapters of the One Piece manga every week. And we have now watched the entirety of One Piece Live Action Season 2! How well did it adapt Laboon, Whiskey Peak, Little Garden, and Drum Island? What was improved over Season 1 and what still needs work? We cover it all as we dive deeper for our disc...

Welcome to the One Piece at a Time Podcast where I'm joined by Brandon Bovia to read and discuss 5 chapters of the One Piece manga every week. And Season 2 of the live action One Piece show has released! Like Season 1, we'll be giving our thoughts on Episode 1 this week before covering the season as a whole next time. How is this season looking so far? We discuss it all as we cover Season...

Welcome to the One Piece at a Time Podcast where I'm joined by Brandon Bovia to read and discuss 5 chapters of the One Piece manga every week. And thanks to "clever" planning and the reveal of Denjiro, the attack on Onigaishima is ready to proceed! But what exactly does this strike look like? And how will everyone divide to conquer? We discuss it all as we cover Chapters 976-980 of O...

Welcome to the One Piece at a Time Podcast where I'm joined by Brandon Bovia to read and discuss 5 chapters of the One Piece manga every week. And Oden's flashback comes to a close in a gut-wrenching way we all knew was coming but still hits. But it's the revelation after revelation after revelation that comes next that really clears the stage for the next phase of Wano. Get our though...

Welcome to the One Piece at a Time Podcast where I'm joined by Brandon Bovia to read and discuss 5 chapters of the One Piece manga every week. And we're back at the movies with Stampede! Does this cameo fest celebrating 20 years of One Piece stand on its own? Or are there inherent problems to trying to stuff in as much as possible as fast as possible with most of the Straw Hats being left...

Welcome to the One Piece at a Time Podcast where I'm joined by Brandon Bovia to read and discuss 5 chapters of the One Piece manga every week. And this is a big one, a MASSIVE one. So many aspects of the history of Roger are brought to light and it is glorious. It's almost as impressive as what comes after as there's still so much to talk about even when stepping away from the series&#...

Welcome to the One Piece at a Time Podcast where I'm joined by Brandon Bovia to read and discuss 5 chapters of the One Piece manga every week. And it's time to meet the legendary man that so many people in Wano idolized, Oden. How did this troublemaker become a shining light to his people? And how did Orochi take over? There's a lot to discover as we begin this meaty flashback! Get our...

Welcome to the One Piece at a Time Podcast where I'm joined by Brandon Bovia to read and discuss 5 chapters of the One Piece manga every week. And this week is just pure, unfiltered levels of, "What the heck is happening?!" From a brief look at the wider world, to bounty reveals, to the state of the plan, to finally learning more about Oden, there is so much to talk about. And talk w...

Welcome to the One Piece at a Time Podcast where I'm joined by Brandon Bovia to read and discuss 5 chapters of the One Piece manga every week. And this week we bring Act 2 of Wano to a close. Time is moving faster, preparations are being made, and both sides have info that could to devastating consequences for the other. There's so much to discover as the time of big battle draws ever clos...

Welcome to the One Piece at a Time Podcast where I'm joined by Brandon Bovia to read and discuss 5 chapters of the One Piece manga every week. And this week is all about Luffy's prison adventure as he must not only confront Big Mom, but begin to develop a more advanced version of Haki. More importantly, he needs to inspire others that rebelling against Kaido and Orochi is worth doing. It&#...

Welcome to the One Piece at a Time Podcast where I'm joined by Brandon Bovia to read and discuss 5 chapters of the One Piece manga every week. The plans are falling apart at the seams with a week still left before they're supposed to go into action. But a surprise reveal might bring it all back from the brink, even if it leads to sacrifice. It's another shift in the storytelling as we...

Welcome to the One Piece at a Time Podcast where I'm joined by Brandon Bovia to read and discuss 5 chapters of the One Piece manga every week. The Luffy training arc has begun! And it's so much more different than any other Shonen I've seen. But even that is a small portion of what's happening as things continue to shift and move in Wano. There's a lot of things being set up. H...

Welcome to the One Piece at a Time Podcast where I'm joined by Brandon Bovia to read and discuss 5 chapters of the One Piece manga every week. And this set likely establishes what we're in for going forward, at least in terms of the podcast. There weren't any crazy revelations but it's so packed with things happening that we can't help but talk about it all. Especially when the...

Welcome to the One Piece at a Time Podcast where I'm joined by Brandon Bovia to read and discuss 5 chapters of the One Piece manga every week. And we've hit episode 200! What kind of chapters do we have to celebrate? Well how about a surprisingly packed set with just a lot of stuff going on. That and a Oiran that is gorgeous and perhaps not as mysterious as Oda first tries to make her. Joi...

Welcome to the One Piece at a Time Podcast where I'm joined by Brandon Bovia to read and discuss 5 chapters of the One Piece manga every week. And after the appearance that everything will go smoothly in Wano, it's time to bring that idea crashing down. This is an Emperor they're challenging and a show of Kaido's strength is going to show just how hard their plan will be. But what...

Welcome to the One Piece at a Time Podcast where I'm joined by Brandon Bovia to read and discuss 5 chapters of the One Piece manga every week. Now that we've settled into Wano, it's time to warm up the action with some light sumo wrestling, light resistance, and inspiring hope in young Otama. But the set still has surprises in store as we discuss everything in Chapters 916-920 of One P...

Welcome to the One Piece at a Time Podcast where I'm joined by Brandon Bovia to read and discuss 5 chapters of the One Piece manga every week. But unfortunately we're missing this week due to illness. But we don't all of you to miss out so we're releasing one of our earliest bonus episodes from the Patreon. In it, Brandon and I rank all the Pre-Timeskip arcs in a Tier List. One Pie...

Welcome to the One Piece at a Time Podcast where I'm joined by Brandon Bovia to read and discuss 5 chapters of the One Piece manga every week. We've reached Wano proper, but how does it actually begin? It turns out as kind of a throwback to One Piece's origins which is refreshing after so long. New characters, new hijinks, but already an undercurrent of something not being quite right....

Welcome to the One Piece at a Time Podcast where I'm joined by Brandon Bovia to read and discuss 5 chapters of the One Piece manga every week. And everything is about to be recontextualized as the Reverie arc comes to an end. Who is this new power and what does it mean for the future? And what will Wano be like now that we've officially begun? Time to discuss it all as we cover Chapters 90...

Welcome to the One Piece at a Time Podcast where I'm joined by Brandon Bovia to read and discuss 5 chapters of the One Piece manga every week. And as Whole Cake draws to a close, we check in on the surprisingly bittersweet moments with Pudding and Brulee before diving into the fun reunion that is the Reverie. There's a lot of great world building to discuss as we cover Chapters 901-905 of...