Rookie Pirate Radio – A One Piece Podcast

This week, Jon Negroni and Travis Hymas  discuss the latest chapter of the  One Piece  manga, titled “Ginny," and honestly can someone absorb our pain bubbles?! We chat about  One Piece 1097 in our usual overload of detail, speculation, and free-wheeling analysis. We dive into all kinds of theories about Jewelry Bonney's parent(s), Dragon's Navy revelation, and the amount of darkness Oda will send...

This week, Jon Negroni  and Travis Hymas  discuss the latest chapter of the  One Piece  manga, titled “Kumachi,” which we could hardly...bear. We chat about  One Piece  1096 in our usual overload of detail, speculation, and free-wheeling analysis. As you may have heard, this is the Avengers: Endgame of One Piece chapters. We see the Rocks pirates crew in its (almost) full glory. Additionally, we s...

This week, Jon Negroni  and Travis Hymas  discuss the latest chapter of the  One Piece  manga, titled “Better Off Dead In This World." Stand aside My Chemical Romance... We chat about  One Piece  1095 in our usual overload of detail, speculation, and free-wheeling analysis. As predicted, the Kuma flashback is finally here, plus some other correct predictions and new theories for Bonney, Jinny, Luf...

This week, Jon Negroni and Travis Hymas  discuss the latest chapter of the  One Piece  manga, titled "Five Elders, Warrior God of Science and Defense, Saint Jaygarcia Saturn." Did you get all that? One Piece 1094 is currently available to read for free on  Viz . We want your feedback! If you have any questions, corrections, or your own theories and speculation, please leave us a comment below. You...

This week on Rookie Pirate Radio,  Jon Negroni  (me) and  Travis Hymas discuss the anime and manga Boruto , especially now that its follow-up manga Boruto: Two Blue Vortex is already a couple chapters into its run. Originally a spinoff sequel series aimed at younger fans of Naruto , Boruto has a notorious reputation for being an inconsistent mess among some of the fandom and an overhyped underdog...

This week, Jon Negroni  and Travis Hymas  discuss the latest chapter of the One Piece manga, titled “Luffy vs. Kizaru.” But is this maybe, really, a fight between One Piece and every other Shonen manga in the shadow of Dragon Ball? We chat about One Piece 1093 in our usual overload of detail, speculation, and free-wheeling analysis. Additionally, at 00:55:20 we do a quick check-in on Jujutsu Kaise...

This week, Jon Negroni and Travis Hymas  discuss the latest chapter of the One Piece manga, titled “Kuma the Tyrant's Holy Land Rampage,” and you better believe we're going to rampage on some massive theories we've been saving up for quite some time. Additionally, we end the show with a quick check-in on the latest episode of the One Piece anime, plus some manga we've been getting into while waiti...

This week on Rookie Pirate Radio, Jon Negroni  (me) and  Travis Hymas  discuss  One Piece Season 1 with special guest Katey Stoetzel , who's watching the series from the perspective of someone who has never read or watched One Piece before. So you can bet we keep this one spoiler-free within everything revealed in the actual One Piece live-action series thus far. You can start watching the  One Pi...

This week, Jon Negroni  and Travis Hymas discuss the latest chapter of the One Piece manga, titled “Sentomaru," and we're going to need OUR strongest defense, at least when it comes to defending our wacky theories. We chat about One Piece 1091 in our usual overload of detail, speculation, and free-wheeling analysis. Additionally, we end the show with a quick check-in on what we’ve been watching an...

Netflix’s  One Piece  live-action series is finally here, and we're finally talking about it! This week on Rookie Pirate Radio, Jon Negroni  (me) and  Travis Hymas recap One Piece Season 1 Episode 1, titled "Romance Dawn." And if you're a total newbie to the crew, don't worry, we keep our discussion spoiler-free and focused in on the episode itself. We chat about the casting, costumes, action sequ...

This week, Jon Negroni  and Travis Hymas  discuss the latest chapter of the One Piece manga, titled “Kizaru.” Truly a, uh, admiral-ble choice. We chat about One Piece 1090 in our usual overload of detail, speculation, and free-wheeling analysis. Additionally, we end the show with a quick check-in on what we've been reading manga-wise and light-novel-wise outside of One Piece lately. One Piece 1090...

This week on Rookie Pirate Radio, Jon Negroni  and Travis Hymas  discuss the latest chapter of the One Piece manga, titled “Hostage Situation." In which we discover that Oda has been holding our expectations hostage. We chat about One Piece 1089 in our usual overload of detail, speculation, and free-wheeling analysis. Plus we end the show with a discussion of the Gear 5th reveal in the anime (epis...

This week on the show, Jon, Travis, and Ally reveal the new summer anime that has been bringing them the most joy. We also discuss what we've been watching in general and clash over a few choice hot takes. But OK, here's a list of (most of) the anime and manga we mentioned, you're welcome: Recommendations ! Horimiya: The Missing Pieces , Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2, Zom 100: Buc...

This week, Jon Negroni  and Travis Hymas discuss the latest chapter of the One Piece manga, titled “Final Lesson.” And one lesson we'll keep learning over and over again is to never assume our predictions are correct...Definitely stick around for our anime check-in at 00:57:20 to hear about the latest stuff we've been watching, both new and old. From yet another random trash rom-com that Jon wants...

Netflix's One Piece live action series is only a little over a month away — set your log post to August 31, even though that's not how log poses work. But to tie us over, we finally have a full trailer to dissect and overanalyze, with cameos and bounty poster easter eggs galore. For a special bonus episode of Rookie Pirate Radio, Jon Negroni  (me) and  Travis Hymas discuss the trailer's many revel...

This week, Jon Negroni  and Travis Hymas  discuss the latest chapter of the One Piece manga, titled “Battleship Bags.” And we're going to have bags under our eyes from crying so much over the ending...  We chat about One Piece 1087 in our usual overload of detail, speculation, and wild analysis. It's a more straightforward chapter than usual, so we cover the major fights, flashback scenes, and wha...

Who is the best One Piece villain? This week on the show, Jon Negroni  and Travis Hymas set out to answer that question and then some with a full tier list for every major One Piece villain in the story thus far. Fair warning, we do spoil the One Piece manga all the way up to the latest chapter at the time of this recording ( 1086 ). Also, we establish a few ground rules at the outset, like what s...

This week on Rookie Pirate Radio, Allyson Johnson joins   Jon Negroni  (me) and  Travis Hymas to discuss  Skip and Loafer , a new slice-of-life high school anime that just concluded its first season on Crunchyroll. Based on the manga written and illustrated by Misaki Takamatsu and produced by P.A. Works (also known for Buddy Daddies ), Skip and Loafer has been a nominal, wholesome favorite this pa...

Pride month is about to end, so we invited special guest Kate Sanchez of But Why Tho? to join Travis Hymas and Ally Johnson for a discussion on all things Boys Love (BL) and general queer romances you can find in manga and anime across all kinds of genres. Our panel covers a lot of the false preconceptions people have about Boys Love, particularly when it comes to official translations and its pop...

The One Piece live action series will be available to stream on Netflix starting August 31, but until then, we have a whole new teaser trailer to watch 3 billion times. So this week on Rookie Pirate Radio,  Jon Negroni  (me) and  Travis Hymas sit down to break down the trailer for the upcoming One Piece live action series in plenty of detail. We discuss the character designs, casting, visual effec...

Regular cohost Travis Hymas has been out sick, so we invited special guest Syv to jump onto Rookie Pirate Radio for a double manga recap and breakdown of what might come next in the One Piece manga. Definitely check out Syv's YouTube channel, where you can find loads of videos covering One Piece theories and manga recaps, right here. This week on the show, we cover One Piece 1085 and 1086, titled...

This week, Jon Negroni and Travis Hymas  discuss the latest chapter of the One Piece manga, titled “The Attempted Murder of a Celestial Dragon.”  We chat about One Piece 1084 in our usual overload of detail, speculation, and wild analysis. This time covering the major revelations around a new character from the Void Century. Imu is on the move, and so many theories have poured out of the One Piece...

This week, Jon Negroni  and Travis Hymas  discuss the latest chapter of the One Piece manga, titled “The Truth of that Day.” We chat about One Piece 1083 in our usual overload of detail, speculation, and wild analysis. This time covering Sabo's explanation of what happened during the Reverie, with revelations surely to come next week. Why is King Cobra confronting the Five Elders? Does Bonney find...

One Piece 1082  is here, and we’re ready to talk about it on Rookie Pirate Radio, a podcast dedicated to the world of anime and manga. This week,  Jon Negroni  (me) and  Travis Hymas  discuss the latest chapter of the One Piece manga, titled “Let's Go and Take it!” We chat about One Piece 1082 in our usual overload of detail and speculation, covering some interesting revelations and motivations re...

This week on Rookie Pirate Radio, Jon Negroni  (me) and  Travis Hymas  discuss our top 5 One Piece arcs from Romance Dawn to Wano. You will not see at least one of these lists coming, and in addition to explaining what these arcs mean to us and why we consider them the best, we also chat about the differences between arcs and sagas. Plus we dive into how we believe Eiichiro Oda uses this type of s...