Thank you so much to Kyle for commissioning this episode!

I'm really excited to be getting into this book, especially since we get some hopefulness with Thera coming out of her catatonic state and finding out that her children are alive and that Toof and Radia aren't the traitors they seemed to be.

I'm really worried about Jia and Tiphan Huto though.

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Thank you Florian for commissioning this episode!

This is one of my favorite groupings of episodes of this show so far, and I think I can safely say that Enies Lobby is my favorite arc. There's lots of fighting, lots of jokes, and lots of weird up on weird.

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Thank you very much to Dan for commissioning this episode!

These chapters are ones in which our friends face one foe after another. First there are actual pirates, then there's a massive sandstorm, and then they have training where one of them gets pelted with MORE crystals while the others are served up as bait for a Sunmaw.

It's been a busy couple of days!

Thanks so much to you all for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to Joanna for commissioning this episode!

In these chapters we get some major forward movement as Detective Turner witnesses his prime suspect teleporting in and out of a prison, and poor Alex once again gets attacked within an inch of her life and has to be brought back from the brink of death. Meanwhile, I'm sitting here trying to figure out what the hell is going on with Darlington.

Thanks so much to you all for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you so much to Bernadette for commissioning this episode!

These are the ones where the Straw Hats finally manage to cross the divide without the drawbridge thanks to some help from Kokoro and the Rocketman. Then we find out about the keys to Robin's manacles and how they've all been spread out so that the team gets distracted while she's taken down to the Gates Of Justice.

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Thank you to Dan for commissioning this episode!

We're getting into Book 2 and hitting the road on a SandShip across the desolate wasteland of the Endless Erg! Where are we going? It's a secret! Why are we going there? Also a secret! But there's one thing for certain: Hugh will have a lot of bruises when we arrive.

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Thank you to Gabriela for commissioning AND guesting on this episode!

This pair of episodes was a total game-changer in terms of how I feel about Robin, and Gabriela and I debate the pros and cons of putting this information earlier in the arc so that I cared about about the team rescuing Robin more. I guess that either way it wound up working out that Franky was captured along with her because that kept me invested, but I'm delighted with the major reveals that happen here which have me rooting for Robin a lot harder than before.

Thanks so much to you all for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to Dan for commissioning this episode!

It's already the end of the first book, and we get quite a twist! I have mixed feelings about it, but overall feel it was successful despite the potential for some more fleshed-out foreshadowing, and I'm very interested in seeing what will come of Hugh's strange new affinities.

Thank you all so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you to the One Piece Crew for commissioning this episode!

This is the one where we finally get to see some of Robin's past and where she grew up, how she was raised, and how she learned so much about archaeology and the ponoglyphs. We also meet a new giant!

Thank you all so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!

Thank you very much to Dan for commissioning this episode!

These chapters are the ones where our friends head INTO THE LABYRINTH, if you can believe it! I should have seen this coming, but I was not keeping track of how much book there was to go so I didn't realize we were coming on the dealine!

I am genuinely worried for Hugh here, and I really thought Godric might be dead. I was freaking out a little, y'all!

Thanks for listening, and I will see you next week!