The crew is ready to depart Ennies Lobby and head back to Water 7, but they did hit a stop on the way back to say goodbye to a much beloved crew member. Upon returning to Water 7, a certain marine has something to say bout the Straw Hats presence. Luffy's family gets a little light shed on it while Oda also establishes the 4 emperors system in the world of One Piece!

Next Week: Episodes 315-316, 320-322

Episodes 317-319 are filler

Finally the crew is reuniting on the bridge thanks to some heroics by Granny Kokuro!! The marines are wrapping up their Buster Call after completely destroying Ennies Lobby. All thats left is taking out the straw hats and getting Nico Robin back into custody. While the crew fends off the Marines, Luffy continues to battle against Rob Lucci. All that's needed now is an escape!

Next Week: Episodes 310-314

The final fights continue to dwindle down at Ennies Lobby while the Marines arrive just in time for things to get a little crazy. Chimney and Gombey continue to be the stars of the show from the background. The crew is slowly re-convening even with Rob Lucci doing his best to trap them while taking on Luffy. In the meantime, our favorite straw hat boy continues to surprise us with new fighting styles. Go big or go home.

Next Week: Episodes 305-309

Who else is slid into this week like Sanji slid into the fight with Jabra? Pretty much all fighting, but Nami and Sanji are dealing some top tier scenes this week. Not only that, but a certain child and companion almost come in with the MVPiece for the 2nd week in a row. ALMOST. Only 2 CP9 agents left going into next week! We are getting closer and closer to the climax of the Water 7 Arc!

Next Week: 299-302, 304

Episode 303 is filler

The trio is back this week as we finally dig into the main fighting events. On the match card this week, we have Franky taking on the Chapa Papa himself, Fukuro-und and Find Out. Windego Chopper finally shows himself to take on Kumudori, and Nami steps up to the plate to take on the sexy secretary herself, Kalifa!!! Let's talk about it :)

Next Week: Episodes 294-298

We are back this week with possibly one of the best pair of episodes to date included in this set of 5 episodes. While there is great moments, there is also one of the most blah episodes in this set. We are adopting a range of emotions to go over everything that has happening. Robin's backstory gets finished up and Granny Kokuro comes flying in for ANOTHER clutch moment. It's time. The build up is complete. The stage is set. While the matchups are kind of set, we have a wild card in Chopper that could shake this up in a lot of ways!

Next Week: Episodes 287-290, 293

Episodes 291 and 292 are filler.

Luffy whips out some fancy footwork to quickly wrap up his battle with Blueno from the Bar. The question now is how did he do it?...2nd Gear is here, with a capital 2. Finally we are diving in to Robin's backstory and the legendary incident at Ohara. Make sure to tune in next week as we wrap up Ohara and see how Luffy and the straw hats proceed in rescuing there much loved crew mate!

Next Week: 277-278, 284-286

Episodes 279-283 are filler. It is not a special filler arc. It is just flashbacks showing how each crew member joined. No need to watch unless you would like a refresher or you are just jumping in somewhere without seeing each crew member's origins

This episode only got better. The slower episodes do not hold us back from having a great time!!! This might be one of the more off the rails episodes we have done and it was a ton of fun. The straw hats are getting closer and closer to their destination, in the mean time our gigantic fish friends have fallen. One of them rises again to claim the prize!!

Next Week: Episodes 272-276

The crew has finally landed on Ennies Lobby! It is time to saddle up and beat some Marine ass. Behind the aggressive Straw Hat Luffy, Galley La has the head start to pave the way for the rest of the straw hat pirates. In the mean time, we also meet the rest of CP9. It is obvious which half is the CIA half and which half is Team Rocket. The rest of the straw hats charge in next week!

Next Week: Episodes 267-271

WE ARE BACK after a brief break last week bringing you some very interesting episodes. Big thank you to our friend Garrett for joining us again. The straw hats continue to head toward Ennies Lobby to save their friend Robin. Many obstacles appear in front of them but they have yet to be slowed down. Usopp heads out with his tail between his legs, but luckily one of his friends tags in and takes the episodes by storm!!!!

Next Week: Episodes 262-266

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