King Of The What Now?

We cover a whole filler arc, the Ocean's Dream Arc, and we struggle to find anything nice to say about it, honestly. Joel's disbelief can no longer be suspended, and Curtis accidentally stumbles upon a great new segment: "Buggy Time!" We also later stumble upon the idea of a One Piece centered talk show. In fact, perhaps we should combine those two ideas into one. Buggy Time airing on Primetime television this Winter! Plus, could Robin and Chopper be the ultimate shonen duo?

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 respect.

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 COUUURSE!

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 Straw Hat pirates aboard the crew: Condoriano!

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.