Josh, Astrid, and Reid are back covering One Piece volumes 6-8, meeting Sanji, Zeff, Don Krieg, and Dracule Mihawk in the Baratie Arc. We cover boys-will-be-boys masculinity in Nami's absence, how "power scaling" works in One piece, and the role of shounen fight scenes in One Piece vs. its contemporaries.

READING FOR NEXT EPISODE! 

For the manga-to-anime route, Read ch69-ch 75, then watch Ep 34, 35, 36, 37 

The full reading is just the rest of vol 8 + all vol 9. Enjoy!

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