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We talk about who is truly the best of the best of the big 3 in anime. In this episode, we also cover the rise in social media sports shows and the threat they cause to main stream sports anchors.

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Santo, Lani, Random, and Radell settle it once and for all: which anime decade actually goes hardest? The BSS Battle Royale ranks the 90s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s, and the fights get heated (Prison School slander, Neon Genesis discourse, and a Gatama defense included). Plus: NFL is finally back and the sports talk kicks off the show, and the crew breaks down the Emmys, including Widow's Bay running away with 14 awards and Matt Rice's historic double win.

Timestamps (approximate, pending final edit verification):

00:00 Intro

Quickfire sports topics, NFL weekend recap

Emmys reaction: Widow's Bay sweep, The Pit, no actors of color winning

Anime Decade Battle Royale: ranking the 90s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s

Outro, announcements

BSS Battle Royale final ranking:

1. 2000s

2. 2010s

3. 90s

4. 2020s

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Myles, Radell, and Lani are back for the weekly One Piece live breakdown, and Chapter 1193 gave us more than we expected. Zoro finally gets the information he needs to put Sommers down, Luffy is pushing past fatigue with a brand new attack, Loki's lightning has officially dethroned Enel, and there is a mystery box sitting in the Owl Library that might be a poneglyph. We also get into whether rage is the actual key to Imu's demon flips, the Holy Knight weapons, and a cover story that has the Cross Guild heading to Impel Down.

Final ratings: 7, 8, 8.

Heads up: no chapter review next week, the manga is on break. Tuesday pod is still on at 9.

SPOILER WARNING: full Chapter 1193 spoilers begin at 13:23. Everything before that is spoiler free (housekeeping, the Hunter x Hunter debate, and a God Knights icebreaker). Cover story and Impel Down talk starts at 1:28:58.

TIMESTAMPS (approximate, pending verification against the final edit)

0:00 Intro, housekeeping, and no chapter next week

5:28 One v one: is Hunter x Hunter better than One Piece?

10:10 Icebreaker: have the God Knights actually done anything?

13:23 Chapter 1193 begins: King, the tanuki, and the opening page

14:07 Luffy and Loki's combo attack on the Adam Tree

15:00 Luffy's new attack and Loki dethroning Enel

19:27 Naruto tangent: Sasuke vs the Kage and Madara scaling

25:00 Would you be surprised if Loki dies in this arc?

27:37 The crew watching Usopp, and Shuri waking up

33:51 Why didn't Luffy pull this out against Kizaru?

38:34 Cut to the Owl Library: Brook, Shuri, and the lore questions

45:17 Biblo's box: poneglyph or road poneglyph?

48:22 Shout outs and the break announcement

50:08 Robin, Chopper, and why this poneglyph matters

54:56 Sanji vs Killingham and Jarul rallying Elbaf

58:12 Sanji fans vs Zoro fans: who finishes the fight?

1:03:48 Zoro vs Sommers and the invisible thorns

1:05:24 The steel heart: Loki and Harald already told Zoro how to win

1:10:31 Lani's verdict and the favorite character derail

1:19:24 Sommers' sword powered by fury: is rage behind every demon flip?

1:25:06 The Holy Knight weapons and who should actually be holding them

1:28:58 Cover story: Wano, Impel Down, and the Cross Guild

1:32:16 Chapter 1193 ratings

1:33:58 Martial King tangent: Arthur, Excalibur, and reincarnation

1:39:42 Outro and plugs

Drop your Chapter 1193 rating in the comments. Zoro or Sanji: who finishes their fight first?

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Random says Pablo Torre was right about Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers, and he goes off. Lonnie and Riddell break down every NFL Week 1 matchup. Then the crew drafts the definitive Top 10 Anime of the 90s, reacts to the new Lanterns episode, and asks the question that got half the comment section calling them anti-Black: does Zendaya actually deserve her Emmy nomination this year.

Spoiler warning: current-arc talk on Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, the newest One Piece chapter, and the latest Lanterns episode. Skip ahead using the timestamps below if you want to dodge those.

TIMESTAMPS (approximate, pending verification against final edit)
0:00 Cold open, community poll recap
7:09 PABLO TORRE WAS RIGHT: the full Kawhi Leonard breakdown
26:35 NFL Week 1 predictions, every game
1:07:47 Bleach episode talk
1:25:11 One Piece chapter reaction
1:26:18 BEST ANIME OF THE 90s: the full draft
1:46:47 Top 10 anime of the 90s: the final list
1:48:04 Lanterns episode reaction
2:01:02 Does Zendaya deserve her Emmy nomination?
2:17:52 Zendaya vs. the field, actress gauntlet
3:05:38 Is This BS: Bonkai member hot takes

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FULL SPOILERS. We break down One Piece Chapter 1192 panel by panel, plus the latest Hunter x Hunter chapter before we get into it. If you are not caught up, this is your exit at 02:00.

Imu is getting walked down. Luffy and Loki send stage two Imu flying across Elbaf, Imu dodges for the first time in the entire fight, and Luffy hops on Ragnir like a surfboard to crack the Shield of Emptiness clean open. Usopp finally steps up with a speech aimed straight at Gaban, and we argue about whether words are enough at this point in the arc.

Then it gets messy: who actually beats Luffy and Loki two versus one, why Akainu has the easiest win condition in the series, and the full final war death list. Nobody is safe.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro, Patreon, Bankai and Discord plugs

02:00 Hunter x Hunter: Hisoka vs the fourth prince

07:00 Is Hisoka a confirmed top tier now?

08:00 Are the Kakin princes overrated? Kurapika's future

12:00 Dark Continent threat levels

13:00 Who are we most intrigued by in Hunter x Hunter?

16:00 ONE PIECE 1192 STARTS: cover page and recap

17:00 Ocean Sovereignty sends Imu across Elbaf: scale check

18:00 Imu is bleeding: the time limit theory

19:00 IMU DODGES. That is a big deal

20:00 Gomu Gomu no Don Kraken breakdown

21:00 Sword of Nothingness, Sword of Chaos, Shield of Emptiness

23:00 Luffy's hands are bleeding: Cracker vs Katakuri vs Kaido

25:00 Gaban wants them to run. Big Us pulls up

26:00 Little Garden, Enies Lobby, Oimo and Kashi callbacks

28:00 Oda is answering the Gear 5 discourse directly

30:00 Is the speech enough? Usopp growth debate

35:00 Gaban is logically right. Luffy is the prover of wrongs

38:00 Loki charges up. Luffy rides the hammer

40:00 Gomu Gomu no Don Thor Bullet cracks the shield

41:00 Initial reactions: Luffy and Loki as a duo

42:00 Who beats Luffy and Loki 2v1? Shanks, Blackbeard, Mihawk, Akainu

44:00 Akainu has the easiest win condition in One Piece

50:00 Numbers matter, and Oda has proven it

52:00 Zoro and Sanji predictions: the Straw Hats lose Elbaf

55:00 Usopp is NOT dying. Stop it

57:00 Does the main cast ever die in shonen? Chainsaw Man, Bleach, Naruto

01:02 Oda keeps the crew away from the real threat on purpose

01:05 Does Vegapunk count as a death?

01:06 CHAPTER RATING: we are both low on this one

01:07 Are Oda's fights falling off?

01:10 Is One Piece really four years from ending?

01:11 The final war death list: who lives and who gets packed up

01:17 Blackbeard might survive this whole story

01:19 Shonen deaths done right and done wrong

01:22 Kid and Law: Kid is the ultimate potential merchant

01:26 Outro and BSS fantasy football draft

SPOILER WARNING

This episode contains full spoilers for One Piece Chapter 1192 and the most recent Hunter x Hunter chapter. One Piece spoilers begin at 16:00. Hunter x Hunter spoilers begin at 02:00. There is no spoiler free zone after the intro.

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⚠️ SPOILER WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for HBO's Lanterns through episode 3. Skip to 1:51:00 if you want to avoid it.

The crew breaks down the Daejon Love NFL catfish scandal, reacts to the NFL officially killing the Pro Bowl, covers Aaron Donald's shock un-retirement to join the Rams, talks through HBO's Lanterns, and then goes to war drafting the ten best anime of the 2000s (no order, just vibes, don't come for us). Closes out with a Drewski CTE skit debate, 2026 Emmy predictions, and NFL season hot takes.

TIMESTAMPS (approximate, verify against final edit)
0:00 Cold Open: Fake NFL Player Scam Preview
1:42 Intro and Show Business
4:05 Daejon Love: Fake NFL Player Scams Women
38:13 NFL Pro Bowl Is Officially Gone
44:37 Aaron Donald Un Retires, Joins the Rams
1:11:34 Lanterns (HBO) Spoiler Talk
1:51:00 Drafting the Best Anime of the 2000s
2:42:38 Drewski's CTE Skit, Too Far or Necessary Conversation?
2:54:35 2026 Emmy Predictions
3:07:12 NFL Hot Takes, Stafford's Legacy and Season Predictions

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Bleach Thousand-Year Blood War Episode 6 gave us Yhwach at his most unstoppable, and it was ugly for everybody. Orihime's sacrifice got rewound by the Almighty, Renji got chopped into actual pieces, Chad and Sado got one-shotted, Tensa Zangetsu got snapped, and Ichigo ended the episode screaming. The crew breaks down whether Yhwach has passed Aizen as the better final villain, why Ichigo having two Bankai actually makes sense, the Uryu vs Jugram plot hole that still does not work, and what four remaining episodes can realistically fix.

SPOILER WARNING: Full spoilers for Bleach TYBW "The Calamity" Episode 6 and the end of the Bleach manga start at 01:47. Skip ahead to 01:47 to jump past the cold open, or come back after you have watched.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Cold Open: Was Episode 5 the Greatest Bleach Episode Ever

01:47 Episode 6 Begins: Yhwach Rewinds Orihime's Sacrifice

02:34 The Almighty Returned and Yhwach Got Lucky

04:05 Is Yhwach a Top Tier Final Villain Now (The Aizen Comparison)

05:27 Renji Got Turned Into Sashimi

06:58 Is This the Worst Ichigo Has Ever Been

08:14 Ranking Ichigo's Lowest Points: Ulquiorra, Aizen, Ginjo and Tsukishima

08:41 We Pause the Frame: Renji Is In Actual Pieces

10:31 Can Orihime or Anyone Save Renji

13:00 Ichigo Calls Ichibei: Is He About to Become the Soul King

14:50 Confirmed: Ichigo Has Two Bankai

15:32 Tensa Zangetsu Breaks: Anime Execution vs the Manga

17:06 Why We Are Satisfied With Ichigo's Final Transformation

17:59 Uryu vs Jugram: Antithesis vs The Balance

19:11 The Plot Hole: Why Did Yhwach Take The Balance Back

20:34 New Content Cannot Fix Bad Manga Plot Points

21:21 Chat Theory: Blood Chains Bankai as a Resurreccion

23:04 Renji Being Sashimi Breaks the Ending

24:26 Where Did the Silver Arrow Even Come From

27:19 Four Episodes Left: Pacing Predictions

29:50 New Character Theories: The Light Novel Noble, Kenpachi in Jail

31:29 Should Aizen Get a Bankai

32:41 The Light Novel Soul King Candidate

33:35 Bleach Brave Souls Tangent

35:28 Hell Arc Comeback Hype and Kubo vs His Editor

37:09 Bleach Could Be Top 3 in Shonen Jump Right Now

37:55 Final Takes: Will Kubo Stick the Landing

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Season 3, Episode 3 of Open Dojo. Santo and Myles run a triple header: NBA 2K27 first impressions, the GTA 6 extended gameplay trailer, a full anime "best user of this power" bracket, and a live record label draft where the crew goes head to head with the chat.

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This episode contains spoilers for Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War, One Piece, Naruto, Hunter x Hunter (current manga arc), Solo Leveling, Black Clover, and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime. The anime power bracket starts at 01:02:58. If you want to skip anime spoilers entirely, jump ahead to the music draft at 02:03:25.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Welcome to Open Dojo, Season 3 Episode 3

00:05 Super Chat hot take: could Bulma actually lock in and fight in Dragon Ball Z

00:11 NBA 2K27 first impressions: overtuned blocks, broken layups, and the shooting problem

00:26 Is every playstyle finally viable in 2K27

00:30 GTA 6 extended gameplay trailer reaction: what hit and what did not

00:45 Phantom Blade Zero, Wolverine, and the crowded Game of the Year race

00:45 Is GTA 6 actually the best game ever, or just the biggest

00:46 Rockstar immersion, story length, and the 80 hour debate

00:53 What The Witcher 3 taught everybody about open worlds

00:59 In memoriam and condolences

01:02 ANIME SEGMENT: who is the best user of each power

01:02 Systems: Sung Jinwoo vs Rimuru vs Ainz

01:11 Poison: Akame vs Mayuri vs Magellan

01:17 Gravity: Dante vs Fujitora vs Pain

01:25 Super Strength: Mash vs Saitama vs Yujiro

01:31 Lightning: Enel vs Laxus vs Killua

01:34 Fire: Escanor vs Yamamoto vs Ozai

01:38 Sand: Gaara vs Ganju vs Crocodile

01:40 Future Sight: Nighteye vs Katakuri vs Yhwach

01:40 Telekinesis: Saiki K vs Mob vs Tatsumaki

01:43 Illusions: Mystogan vs Aizen vs Itachi

01:51 FINAL VOTE: who is the best power user in anime

02:03 MUSIC SEGMENT: BSS vs The Field record label draft

02:04 The rules: two legends, two current, two female artists, two any

02:06 What actually counts as a legend, and why Drake and Taylor Swift do not

02:27 Filling out the roster: Coldplay, BTS, Bad Bunny and the international play

02:41 Last legend pick: Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind and Fire, or the Beatles

02:43 Concert talk: Bad Bunny, K-pop shows and the light stick chaos

02:46 The Anime of the Year bet: Bleach vs Black Clover for Continuing

02:49 The NFL killed the Pro Bowl and the crew is fine with it

02:55 Trial update segment

03:01 Coming next Dojo: Hunter x Hunter vs Jujutsu Kaisen

03:04 Why the current Hunter x Hunter arc is peak fiction

WHAT WE COVERED

The 2K conversation goes deep on why blocks and layups feel broken in 2K27, whether the shooting is inconsistent or people just have not adjusted, and what the my era mode actually does well. The GTA 6 talk splits the room: everyone agrees it looks incredible, nobody agrees on whether it can top Red Dead Redemption 2 or whether "best game ever" was ever on the table.

Then the anime bracket. Ten power categories, one winner each, then a final vote to crown the single best user of a power in anime. Rimuru edges out Ainz, Magellan takes poison, Pain survives Dante, Yamamoto burns down the fire category, Aizen takes illusions, and the final round comes down to a real fight between Saitama and Yhwach.

The music segment closes it out with a record label draft: two legends, two current artists, two female artists, and two of anything, BSS versus the chat. Michael Jackson goes first overall. Somebody takes Justin Bieber over Future on purpose.

WHO IS ON THIS EPISODE

Hosts: Santo and Myles

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Everything BSS: https://linktr.ee/blacksenseisocietySPOILER WARNING: Bleach Thousand Year Blood War spoilers start at 7:24 and run through the games. One Piece God Valley manga spoilers start at 2:02:28. Skip to 1:38:04 for the 2010s decade draft if you want a mostly spoiler light segment.The crew is back and this one goes long. We open on the Bleach conversation everybody is arguing about: did Orihime have the most talked about moment of the cour, or was it Ichigo? Then we get into whether Rukia actually contributed anything in the final stretch and why Toshiro still cannot escape the slander.After that it is three warm up games. An Orihime gauntlet where we run her against Noelle, Yoruichi, Saber and more. A full Ichigo transformation tier list where democracy loses badly. And a live 1 through 10 ranking of Dragon Ball Z, One Piece, Naruto, Bleach, Jujutsu Kaisen, My Hero Academia, Demon Slayer, Black Clover, Solo Leveling and Hunter x Hunter.Main event is the 2010s anime draft. Ten spots, one decade, and a lot of casualties.Then the take that split the room: is the One Piece God Valley movie going to be in the GOAT anime movie conversation with Spirited Away, Akira and Princess Mononoke? Radell says the story is already there. Random says quality of execution is a different bar. It gets loud.TIMESTAMPS (approximate, verify against the final edit)00:00 Cold open filibuster and Caleb Williams over Joe Burrow05:52 Welcome and what is on the docket07:24 Bleach TYBW: Orihime or Ichigo for best moment of the cour09:04 France is building a Dragon Ball theme park14:34 Did Rukia actually do anything and the Toshiro slander continues17:37 Community poll results18:52 The 49ers owner situation and an Ochocinco tangent31:37 Warm up games begin31:45 Game 1: strongest female character gauntlet, Orihime edition41:45 Game 2: Ichigo transformation tier list1:05:01 Game 3: ranking 10 anime from 1 to 101:38:04 Main topic: drafting the top 10 anime of the 2010s1:55:43 The final 2010s top 10 list1:56:11 BSS Presents: Is This BS?2:02:28 Is the God Valley movie in the GOAT anime movie conversation?2:20:00 One Piece vs Studio Ghibli: bigger IP or better films?2:35:00 Plugs: Witcher 3 remaster, Crimson Desert story update, Open Dojo Friday2:44:16 OutroDrop your 2010s top 10 in the comments and tell us what we got wrong.HOSTED BYRadellSantoMylesLaniTyRandomJoin the Bankai membership and the Patreon for extra content and community games.Business and booking: [email protected] piece god valley movie, god valley movie reaction, one piece god valley, bleach thousand year blood war, orihime inoue, ichigo transformation tier list, bleach tybw reaction, best anime of the 2010s, 2010s anime ranking, anime tier list, anime podcast, black anime podcast, one piece vs studio ghibli, best anime movie of all time, jujutsu kaisen ranking, demon slayer ranking, solo leveling, hunter x hunter, attack on titan 2010s, anime debate podcastonepiecegodvalleybleachtybworihimeanimeanimepodcastonepiecemoviestudioghiblitierlistanimedebateblacksenseisociety