The Straw Hats get deeper and deeper into the trouble for no reason. In the meantime, Luffy and Megalo are taking Shirahoshi out for a spin around town. Hody and Vander Decken are stepping in as antagonists, but there step is proving to be a pretty small ineffective one.

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Next Week: Episodes 537-541

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Anyone's Comic Book Podcast: Ms. Marvel: No Normal w/ Amanda

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Varian Vendetta Podcast: Into the Twilight Zone w/ King

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The crew has arrived at fishman island but they are once again split up. Tension is brewing with the New Fishman Pirates and the straw hats dont even realize it! King Neptune formally invites the crew for a banquet at the palace. The bigger question is if the event will stay pleasant with Luffy bugging the princess and the 3 princes learning of Madam Shyarly's premonition that Luffy will bring about the destruction of Fishman Island.

Next Week: Episodes 527-531

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Variant Vendetta Podcast: Incredible Hulk

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Finally all back together, the crew departs Sabaody and set sail for fishman island. With all kind of monsters, fish, other pirates, and even water pressure attempting to do them in, the crew is handling obstacle after obstacle with flying colors. They arrive at fishman island but it remains to be seen if they will have a warm welcome or not. We also get to review the much loved Fan Letter Episode this week!!!

Next Week: Episodes 527-531

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Anyone's Comic Book Podcast: War of the Realms w/ Annabelle

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The Variant Vendetta Podcast: 2001 A Space Odyssey

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We are back and the crew has finally reunited! Maybe? Im not really for sure. Kinda? Idk something happened. People are here with the correct names of the crew. New designs and new abilities have us hooked and ready to be reeled into Fishman Island. Luffy demonstrates quickly that he isnt the same man that he was 2 years ago. This is blowin my mind. I gotta get outta here.

Next Week: Episodes 522-526 and THE FAN LETTER EPISODE

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The Variant Vendetta Podcast: Childhood Cartoon Tier List w/ Derek

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Anyone's Comic Book Podcast: The Sentry

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After reviewing the longest arc thus far, it is time to wrap up the Sabaody Arc. We get some final glances of the crew prior to the 2 year time skip and Rayleigh drops some major knowledge on Luffy that completely changes the power scaling in One Piece going forward. The hosts get into a large conversation over who, of the many valid options, will get Captain of the Arc. Finally, we are wrapping up the arc with out classic character rankings. You can find the tiermaker on Tiermaker.com and search "The Going Merry". The Paramount War Character rankings will appear. Send us your tier list and also make sure to join our discord!

Next Week: Episodes 517-521

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Anyone's Comic Book Podcast: The Last Ronin with Garrett

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Variant Vendetta Podcast: Iron Man

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The crew is back this week in its entirety. Luffy makes a shocking return to Marineford and makes a statement. What kind of statement? That is in the eye of the beholder, but Vivi seems to have it figured out pretty well. Derek gets excited about some foreshadowing and Garrett gets bit by a fish. Amanda and Whitney use some amazing detective skills to figure out exactly how Luffy is contacting the clue. Now it is just figuring out what comes next. I guess we will just have to be patient until next week.

Next Week: Episodes 514-516

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Anyone's Comic Book Podcast: Journey Into Mystery with Bianca

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Big thank you to Annabelle from the Variant Vendetta podcast for joining us this week as we come out of the flashback with a great group of episodes. Windmill Village reacts to the loss of Ace while Luffy himself struggles to deal with it. Luckily, he has some strong and caring people around him even if they havent known eachother the longest. We finally get the chance to check in with the rest of the crew as well after an extended period of time at Marineford. Speaking of Marineford...Luffy is going back?...uhhh what?..

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Our flashback to the Goa Kingdom continues as Sabo is taken back to his family and fights the morals of the inner city. An unexpected ally shows up and helps save countless lives. More loss that Luffy dealt with 10 years ago takes us back to present day where Luffy continues to struggle comprehending Ace's death.

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Our flashback continues as Luffy, Ace, and Sabo continue to get to know eachother and wreak all the havoc possible. A couple special visitors appear that has the Going Merry crew feeling all sorts of emotions. Amanda wanted to know last week how Sabo is dressed so fancily and she gets her answer this week, though it does come with more turmoil than she was expecting. A central character makes his appearance..or doesnt...depending on your point of view. Is he really central?...In other news, a celestial dragon is inbound to pay a visit to Goa Kingdom. That always means great things are on the horizon.

Next Week: Episodes 500-504https://linktr.ee/goingmerrypod

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Marineford ends in an unexpected and anti-climactic fashion. The marines claim victory, but should it really feel like a victory?Do the citizens of the world actually have reason to celebrate? What will the fallout be after this result? Boa takes Luffy, Jinbe and the Heart Pirates back to Amazon Lily where our favorite straw hat boy finally wakes up and must face the brutal truth. In the mean time, we get to flash back to see how Luffy and Ace truly met.

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