Thank you Max for commissioning this episode!
I hadn't expected for things to get theological in this show, and the focus on a church and priest in this episode surprised me. There's also a faithful follower who gets a very unpleasant dose of reality after believing for a long time that her dead fiance can be brought back to life, and I honestly feel really bad for her.
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Thank you to Gabriela for commissioning this episode!
I don't know how I forgot to mention this on the show, but I feel the need to acknowledge it here; Luffy keeps looking at this random piece of paper that Ace gave him, and eventually Nami sews it inside his hat to guarantee that he won't lose it. I'm dying to know what the hell that paper is about!
Also this is the section where we learn that Yuba has been destroyed and there's one lone old man remaining.
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Thank you so much to Andy for commissioning this episode!
These chapters are the ones where we get to check back in with Mercy, Orthos, and Ziel. I was so relieved to see them, and also really pleased to see that they all seem like they're going to be basically okay. Well, other than Orthos still being absolutely HUGE.
Also, Lindon finds out about the Sect Of Twin Stars and doesn't react at all how I'd expected.
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Thank you so much to Max for commissioning this episode!
So we're getting into it now, and I'm taken by surprise when we get into the story behind what happened to Ed and Al. Turns out that Ed was the one at fault for sure, although most of what actually happens regarding to the rebound was not what I was expecting. I'm so freaked out by this weird parallel world and the being that Ed spoke to. And WHAT the fuck was in the circle?
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Thank you so much to Gabriela for not only commissioning this episode and joining me on the recording!
The main reason that Gabriela decided to come and chat for this episode was because this is the HUNDREDTH episode of One Piece! And because I've committed to watching the "filler" episodes, I've watched all 100 episodes faithfully so it makes sense that the One Piece crew (which is what I call the folks who commission this show) would want to check in on how I'm responding to the show so far.
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Thank you so much to Max for commissioning this episode!
I'm so excited to finally be starting this series, and despite warnings that the first episode isn't that great, I really enjoyed it and was pleasantly surprised at how immediately engaged I was by the plot and the universe. However, I have a LOT of questions about what happened to Ed and Al.
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Thank you very much to Bernadette for commissioning this episode!
In these episodes, we are at Alabasta and there are a series of hilarious creatures that Vivi had forgotten to warn everyone about, which just gets progressively funnier and funnier. Also, we have more insight into Vivi's father and the plot against him.
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Thank you very much to Andy for commissioning this episode!
I'm so very excited to be starting the most recent book in the Cradle series by Will Wight, Reaper! It's delightful to be back with our team, although I am very concerned by the fact that we still haven't seen Mercy, Orthos, or Ziel. I'm sure they're all fine, right? RIGHT?
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Thank you to Yama for commissioning this episode!
In this chapter, there's a totally bizarre turn of events in which the Hesper, which I think we were all anticipating would be complicated and difficult to reach, winds up walking right up to our people with no fanfare whatsoever. TWIST!
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Thank you to Joanna for commissioning this episode!
These chapters there are a bunch of critical moments being reached, but I personally am a LITTLE distracted by the fact that Nikolai has been fucking CONNED and turns out that this shit is NOT meant to free him. I AM SO MAD RIGHT NOW.
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