King Of The What Now?

Just when you thought the Davy Back had concluded, Luffy agrees to 3 more rounds! We get 2 wacky games: Dodgeball and Red Light, Green Light, but then we get to the heart of these episodes: A Mano y Mano Captain versus Captain battle, and Luffy unlocks his inner wildness with a new outfit! We spend a lot of time head canon-ing our own ideas, but not before we give these episodes their proper respe...

We witness 2 more rounds of the Davy Back Fight, and then Luffy... saves a horse. Although this moment is filler, Joel defends it as an interesting reflection of Luffy's character. We also talk about a gamified devil fruit, and the use of time magic by the Straw Hats. Curtis notices that something feels off about that third match, and Joel gushes about that Zoro Sanji team up. ANTI MANNER... KICKA...

A new arc brings a new villain and a new form of pirate battle: The Davy Back fight! We talk about the new opening and closing songs for these episodes, as well as our impressions of how the Davy Back Fights might play out, and how well we think Chopper and Zoro handled their upsetting loss in the first round!

In this episode, we tackle a filler arc in its entirety in one episode! Plus, it's the longest, and potentially, greatest One Piece filler ever! We talk Robin being a clever woman, we talk Luffy and Zoro being sidelined, we talk Sanji reaching peak levels of being annoying, and we talk Chopper's career as an actor! We love Vice Admiral Jonathan, and we also welcome the strongest member of the Stra...

We close out the Skypeia arc with discussion of Eneru as a villain, our thoughts on Jaya/Skypeia as a whole, theories about space and Poseidon! Curtis is unhappy with the warrior giants we saw near the beginning of the series, and we also have tangents aplenty- some focused on mustaches.

Before we can see how the Skypeia arc will end, first it's time for some flash backs! However, we find Calgura and Montblanc Noland to be incredibly interesting. Actually, they're both pretty good looking people, and we agree that Calgura has "Big Bowser" energy. Ho boy, even 400 years ago we have ourselves a grand adventure!

There's a lot to discuss in this episode, and the Straw Hats are managing to just barely keep one step ahead of Eneru! Usopp and Nami show courage, Sanji demonstrates a plan, and then we spend some time talking about the time the Straw Hats were in a play. And to top it all off, we compare the cool factor of Zoro and Sanji

We take a break from Sky Island's climactic final battle to watch the sixth one piece movie, ostensibly centering on Zoro... Except it isn't, really. We discuss what worked well about this film, but mostly on where it fell flat. And, of course, we can't discuss non-canon material without once more trying to pitch our own versions of the movie or alternate realities we'd like to see.

Yes, it's time for the final, epic showdown between Luffy and Eneru! Except... it gets cut short, but not before we get TAAAAAKO HAAAANABI! Joel loses his mind, and Curtis briefly considers the possibility of Aisa being a super powerful witch. Conis has a super badass moment, and we also discuss Logias and their natural weaknesses.

The action is really picking up now! The Survival game enters its final round, Zoro and Wyper have gone absolutely crazy in Upper Yard, and Nami and Robin somehow finds themselves among a group of far more blood-thirsty and battle-tested warriors. But it's all okay, because Wyper seems to have KILLED Eneru? Incredible! Also, before his defeat, we see him ranting like a madman- he has entered his s...

This episode gives Robin her first canonical chance to shine as a Strawhat in combat, giving us a few hints as to this "void century" she's always hinting at. But mostly we just hate on Gedatsu, easily the most useless of Eneru's priests. We also go into which fights we've found the most entertaining thus far, being particularly grateful that the less fight-oriented members of the crew have been h...

This thrilling episode brings you a heated 3 way death battle in God's land! Eneru predicts that the fighters will be reduced to just 5 members in 3 hours time, and also he has GOAT PEOPLE under his command??? What nonsense is this! We also talk about the new opening and closing songs, and we discuss whether Buggy and Alvida are the Team Rocket of One Piece. Oh! And Zoro totally gets a long range...

The battle with Satori rages and reaches its conclusion. Plus, Nami makes a startling discovery about the so-called "vearth" up in Skypeia. What all could it mean?!? But more importantly than that, we have a mother-flippin' WOLF PARTY on our hands! Will Nami meet the wolf man of her dreams? What sort of things would we put in our surprise balls? How would the Straw Hats serve Luffy if he were best...

In this episode Luffy, Usopp and Sanji attempt to fight an opponent who appears to be psychic?? We speculate about a viable strategy to defeat this opponent, and Curtis is asked to predict how similar the other 3 priests will be to Satori. We also cleverly deduce Eneru is nothing more than a rogue AI controlling an orbital satellite, and we talk about Straw Hat crew member fusions.

We've made it to the skies in this episode, a place that has masked warriors, a sky knight and his terrifying bird-horse, and... angels? Worry not folks, we're fairly  certain the crew didn't die on the trip up the knock up stream, but you never know. Plus, the straw hat crew are already criminals on the sky island? That totally changes... nothing for the crew, really. Oh, and did we mention god m...

We have so much to talk about this episode. "Pirate Santa" is revealed to be none other than Marshal D. Teach, AKA Blackbeard! A villainous D? Say it ain't so! And all those other Jaya weirdos are all part of his crew! We talk Whitebeard's first appearance, we talk Blackbeard's crew and their aesthetic, we talk about the Shichibukai/Seven Warlords, the Gorosei/Five Elder Stars, and Fleet Admiral S...

Before we can continue our journey towards the Sky Island, we first must embark on the fourth One Piece movie! We see a glimmer of hope lost in the writing, pacing, and characterization, but we have fun imagining what this movie could have been in an alternate reality. So get ready to listen to us spend too much time talking about furnaces, and just bashing pretty much everything in this movie exc...

We've managed to escape the terror filled waters that is the Filler Ocean, and get to meet a bunch of brand new characters for our 50th episode! We've got Pirate Santa, someone who calls himself Bellamy the Hyena, a luchador, you name it! Plus, we play some extra exciting trivia games with Curtis. Thank you for joining us for 50 episodes. Truly, our listeners were our greatest treasure this whole...

Before the real season 3 content can start, our podcasters first must endure one final trial of filler. We have robot suits, time travel, and a rainbow mist, and we have more criticisms than we do praise. Plus, we discover filler names are hard to remember, Plus we talk a little more about Kingdom Hearts.

Look, the actual anime had a plot with an old man and some goats. The goats were cute and Zenny is fine- neither great nor awful. So once again, we get distracted by other topics! We discuss the series "best girl" so far, we get distracted by Kingdom Hearts for a fair bit, and then focus on who Coby's rival could be, as well as reflecting on Luffy's personality and whether it's a good fit for the...

We could dwell on 5 less-than-stellar filler episodes to end the Alabasta saga, or we could discuss the bigger narrative picture. We discuss the importance of children in One Piece, we speculate about future crew members and the state of the Warlords of the Sea, and Vivi's role in the series going forward. Lastly, if you wish to donate to Joel's Bridgade and help us in our fight against Type 1 Dia...

It is, sadly, time to depart from Alabasta, but not before Mr. 2 Bon Clay makes a surprising return! Curtis speculates about future Warlords of the Sea the crew may encounter, and the marines get a lot of focus. Tashigi gets some character growth and Smoker's best friend Hina shows up, along with 2 familiar faces! Get ready folks, Season 2 is quickly coming to an end!

Yes, that's right, the vile Bastard Man (TM) has been bested! Not only that, but we get some major developments. We talk about Tashigi and Smoker's sense of justice, and how their viewpoints might be changing. We discuss Robin's past briefly and then focus on the tantalizing mystery of the poneglyphs. And it's pretty much unanimous that the final Luffy/Crocodile showdown was the best one yet!

The battle for Alabasta continues, and we get a major level-up moment for Zoro, and our favorite rubber man is back on the front line! We discuss Crocodile's showboating nature, the tragedy of Kohza's rebellion, what it means to be a swordsman, and the lengths to which Nami will go to protect Princess Vivi.

The battles for Alabasta are underway, and we have a good time discussing a new intro that reveals... SPOILERS?? What kind of a world is this! Sanji, Chopper, and Usopp get their moments to shine, and we find out that the Alabasta Palace is 4000 years old (incredible!). Curtis thinks he knows what Pluton is, and it might lead to skeleton rave parties. Glowsticks not included in this episode