Episode 868, “Cien Yaoi Petals” (with Marianne Bray)

Summary

The One Piece Podcast — Episode 868: “Cien Yaoi Petals” (with Marianne Bray)

Release Date: May 12, 2025
Hosts: Zach, Ed, Steve
Guest: Marianne Bray (voice actress for Flompe)

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Episode Overview

This episode dives into the weekly manga chapter recap for "One Piece" chapter 1148, titled "Ronya." The hosts are joined by voice actress Marianne Bray, known for voicing Flompe, who brings her energy and wit to a discussion heavy on both emotional stakes and classic One Piece humor. The episode features breakdowns of recent events in the manga, ongoing events in the One Piece fan community, and a rich analysis of character development, particularly focusing on Robin’s big moment and the moral conundrum facing Elbaf.

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Featured Sections

1. Catch-up and Banter

(01:00–13:06)

• Guest Introduction:

  • Marianne Bray is welcomed, best known for voicing Flompe. Recounts her last appearance during a boyfriend bracket episode where she advocated for Ace, “Cause he’s hot.”
  • Nostalgic jokes about character brackets and prior special episodes.

• Recent Adventures:

  • Steve recounts attending Universal Fan Fest, highlights One Piece-themed events: photo ops with Straw Hat cosplayers, special menu items like "Franky Barbacoa tacos."
  • Ed describes Boston's recent One Piece Day at Fenway Park, including Luffy throwing the first pitch and exclusive Red Sox x One Piece jerseys.
  • The group discusses cosplay trends ("Disney bounding" vs. "Universal bounding"), sports talk (old sports uniforms, the Mets’ 7 Train), and slow news week riffing, blending One Piece fandom with everyday life.

2. Manga Recap: Chapter 1148 – “Ronya”

(13:43–59:39)

Cover Story

(15:20–17:38)

• “Ogre Child Yamato’s Golden Harvest Surrogate Pilgrimage” shows Yamato delivering an Amigasa hat to Kawamatsu with familiar faces (Tama, Raizo, Ulti, etc.).
• Light teasing as Steve tries to remember the dog’s name (Speed).

Plot & Key Moments

(18:54–37:17)

• The Plight of Ronya:

  • Ronya, a child, is compelled to “walk the plank” (arrow) above a massive drop—a first for the pirate series, prompting jokes about pirate genre tropes.
  • Somber tension as the Elbaf villagers must choose between sacrificing children or their cultural history (burning the school and library).
  • Robin and Chopper hiding nearby; Robin is emotionally stirred by threats to the library.
  • Robin debuts a powerful new attack, "Cien Fleur: Crosspadia," giving Sommers (the antagonist) a sumo-style blow, leading into the classic “clutch” finisher. (“She’s just doing chiropractic work.” — Marianne, 26:51)
  • The crew cheers Robin’s “badass” moment; Nami’s pride is especially highlighted.

• Immortality Twist & Peril:

  • Even after Robin’s attacks, Sommers rises again due to immortality; Usopp quips, “What are we in, Thriller Bark?” (28:13)
  • Robin grapples with strategy, leveraging her knowledge of villains’ powers. She tricks Sommers, turns into flower petals mid-fall, and prioritizes saving the children.

• Ronya’s Courage & Sacrifice:

  • Ronya, standing on the edge, opts for self-sacrifice over the erasure of Elbaf’s cultural heritage, tearfully telling her chief:

    “I love the school… if we lose the school and library in order to stop me from falling… that would be really sad and make everyone upset. So I think I should fall instead.”
    — Ronya (32:52)

  • The Elbaf chief must make the wrenching decision to burn down the library, with Robin and Saul both deeply affected, echoing trauma from Ohara (“that’s her [Robin’s] library too” — Steve, 36:27).

• Climactic Rescue:

  • Sommers restrains Robin with thorns, poised to strike, but is attacked by Scopper Gabon, who slices off Sommers’ arm—his dramatic entrance solidifies hope for the crew and children:

    “Been a while, eh?” — Scopper Gabon (38:02)

  • The chapter ends on the standoff between Gabon and Sommers, with a break announced for next week.

Discussion and Reactions

(39:12–59:39)

• Marianne and the hosts praise Ronya’s emotional courage and the resonance with themes of history and sacrifice.
• All celebrate Robin’s action:

  “Overpowered and underutilized.” — Marianne (43:32)
  “Robin might be one of the most underrated characters in terms of physical ability.” — Steve (42:54)

• Analogies to current events (banned books, destruction of culture) are thoughtfully explored; the hosts note Oda’s increasing willingness to make explicit commentary on oppression and censorship.
• Speculation on how the children’s selflessness is shaping Elbaf’s next generation; references to similar past One Piece emotional beats (Toko and Yasuie, Ohara).
• Ed summarizes, “Probably the most I’ve enjoyed a chapter in a while: high stakes, little humor, but huge emotional payoff.”

3. Piece Together (Q&A, Fan Theories, and Jokes)

(61:12–83:33)

• Mother’s Day “MILF” Bracket:

  • Listeners prompt hosts to name top One Piece “MILFs”:
    • Marianne: “Recency bias, I say Ripley.”
    • Steve: “Big Mom’s the biggest MILF… she’s been milked on multiple occasions.” (63:56)
    • Also mentioned: Bell-mère, Olvia, Ginny, Toki.
  • The lack of living mothers highlighted:

    “As our friend Jill would point out, moms aren’t made to last in One Piece.” — Steve (63:03)

• Political Allegories in One Piece:

  • Fan question on whether One Piece is “political”; hosts snarkily reframe major arcs as “inoffensive” lessons (“Fish-Man Island is about boats being too big,” “Dressrosa’s about toy collecting,” etc.) while lampooning denials of obvious themes.

    “Water 7/Enies Lobby/Elbaf: delete your browsing history.” — Steve (67:22)

• Robin & Gabon Fan Praise:

  • Multiple listeners cheer Robin’s “clutch” and Gabon’s rescue. Fan: “Sweet baby angel Ronya… thank God for Gabon.”

• The Nature of the Elders’ Immortality:

  • Debate on how Gabon’s attack seemingly disrupts Sommers’ restoration; theories include Conqueror’s Haki, projections, or secret Roger Pirate knowledge.

• Giants’ Family Trees & Timeline:

  • Listener wonders about giants’ ages and children—does the math add up?
    • Marianne confirms: “Ripley’s wiki age is 80; makes sense she had a child at 60.”

• Will Big Mom Return?

  • Theorizing Big Mom’s fate post-Wano:

    “Her story’s been told… it might be like with Ace, we’ll see her in flashbacks, especially if there’s a Rocks flashback.” — Marianne

  • Steve: “If Saul is alive, I don’t even believe anyone’s dead till I see their skeleton… and even then, see Brook.”

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Notable Quotes & Timestamps

• On Robin’s attack / satisfying the fandom:

  “Robin might be one of the most underrated characters in terms of physical ability… Overpowered and underutilized.”
  — Steve and Marianne, (42:54, 43:32)

• On Ronya’s sacrifice:

  “I love the library too… if we lose the school and library… I think I should fall instead.”
  — Ronya, (32:52)

• Catharsis after Sommers gets ‘Robin’d’

  “Very cathartic… getting reminded of Robin’s powers—oh god, it’s been forever.”
  — Steve, (42:59)

• Political Commentary:

  “The Holy Knights of Liberty are banning books all over the place, burning down the libraries.”
  — Ed, (42:43)

• Meta on One Piece’s ‘political’ themes:

  “Water 7/Enies Lobby/Elbaf: delete your browsing history.”
  — Steve, (67:22)

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Episode Highlights & Tone

• Emotional Core:

  • The hosts are genuinely moved by the chapter, calling it “the most emotionally resonant in current events since Toko and Yasuie” or the Ohara flashback.
  • Robin’s role as both historian and action hero is celebrated.

• Humor & Nostalgia:

  • Constant in-jokes, retro anime references ("yaoi paddle", "glomp"), and playful banter about sports, cosplay, and conventions.
  • Quick-witted responses to audience questions keep the tone lively, even when tackling serious subjects.

• Community & Fandom:

  • The episode highlights the vibrancy and inclusiveness of the One Piece community, from convention stories to readers’ heartfelt questions.
  • Marianne’s guest read of Ronya’s lines draws special praise for emotive delivery.

• Meta & Reflection:

  • The team reflects on changes in fandom infrastructure (e.g., Skype closing; “Can’t believe One Piece outlasted Skype,” 87:18).

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 01:00–13:06 – Banter, guest introduction, Universal Fan Fest & Fenway Park
• 15:20–17:38 – Cover story discussion
• 18:54–37:17 – Manga recap: Elbaf's dilemma, Robin steps up, Ronya’s sacrifice, Gabon’s rescue
• 39:12–59:39 – Panel reactions, emotional and thematic analysis
• 61:12–83:33 – Piece Together Q&A
• 84:12–88:46 – Sign-off, social links, closing nostalgia

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Summary

Episode 868 of The One Piece Podcast delivers a heartfelt and engaging discussion of One Piece Chapter 1148, focusing on high stakes, emotional character work (especially Robin and Ronya), and the value of cultural history. The show balances serious analysis with irreverent humor and listener interaction, making it a must-listen for both diehard fans and casual readers. Notable moments include Robin’s long-awaited action sequence, Ronya’s emotional plea, and the surprise save by Scopper Gabon. The episode closes with witty banter and a reflection on the podcast’s own history—truly a classic community-driven installment.

Transcript

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[Zach]

It's. This is the One piece podcast, episode 868 for the week of Monday, May 12, 2025. My name is Zach.

[Ed]

And my name is Ed.

[Steve]

And my name is Steve.

[Zach]

And this week's esteemed guest, our only guest this week is voice actress for Flompe amongst many, many others. But I'm sure Flompe is the character everyone is thinking of, as they should. Marianne Prey. That's. How's it going, Marianne?

[Marianne]

Hi. I'm doing well. Floppe is the best character, so, you know, it's understandable that that's the one you would think of.

[Zach]

How have you been? I feel like it's been a while, right?

[Marianne]

It has. It has been a minute. I don't remember I've been. I don't remember the last time I was on here, but that's okay. What is time? I don't know. Life.

[Zach]

Sorry, I didn't mean for that to get to pontificate there. You were last on Super Soaker. Is that really the last one? Our previous boyfriend. Bracket. I think if.

[Steve]

I was gonna say could have sworn.

[Marianne]

It was a Bracket episode. Yeah, that's right. I was arguing for why Ace is the best boyfriend.

[Zach]

Yeah, I don't. Well, I'm not gonna. No spoilers. You could listen to episode 844. I think that's the last one.

[Marianne]

It's. Cause he's hot.

[Ed]

Yeah. Ladies love the freckles.

[Marianne]

Yeah.

[Zach]

Is that what it is?

[Ed]

They're cute. They show character.

[Marianne]

It's true.

[Zach]

That's true. Yeah.

[Steve]

Shows you've been out in the sun.

[Zach]

Or who have very pale skin and it just happens.

[Steve]

But we're in a post daddy bracket world now. If you haven't. You didn't listen to last week's episode.

[Marianne]

Oh, dear. No, I need to. Clearly.

[Zach]

Yeah. Oh, wow, Marianne, you missed that. Yeah, that's. We'll talk more about that later.

[Ed]

I don't even know what to happen. What was going on in the last episode because there wasn't a chapter. But it sounded like everyone had a good time based on the reaction to it.

[Zach]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Steve]

So, yeah, I think as Vero would describe it, it was a bunch of Italians yelling at each other. So there's a preview.

[Zach]

Yeah, that was a very good description of it. So if you're Italian, you'll fit right in. If you're not, it'll be like going to an Olive Garden, which I assume is the most authentic place an Italian could go.

[Ed]

Can't talk with your hands on a podcast.

[Zach]

You can. It just doesn't have the same.

[Steve]

It just your audible hand smacks of the mic.

[Marianne]

Yeah, yeah. You have to hit the mic multiple times. So they know that's the. That way they know.

[Zach]

Thank you, Marianne, for the. Anyway, so our Italian cast, that's last week. Big thanks to all of them for doing that. Check us out on Patreon, as I [e-mail] One Piece podcast. And before we get started with the 1148 recap, Steve, you were at Universal Studios recently, I think with.

[Steve]

Did you say current? Oh, I thought you said you're at Universal Studios.

[Zach]

Oh, currently recording live.

[Steve]

I'm on the Mummy Ride at the moment.

[Zach]

Don't ruin the illusion for fans. Yeah.

[Ed]

So how even a bunch of 10 year olds dressed as Mario?

[Steve]

More like. More like adults dressed as Mario.

[Zach]

Yeah, I know.

[Steve]

I go to Universal a lot.

[Ed]

Yeah. I just remember the last time I was in. I was staying at the hotel in North Hollywood when I went for the concert a few couple years, a couple summers ago. And every time, every day I'd go down for breakfast and there would be a kid dressed in Mario.

[Steve]

For going to Universal, I was almost gonna. I almost thought you were gonna say you could see the giant minion from your window.

[Zach]

I only know that from John Mulaney's show. And that's as far as that goes.

[Steve]

I have to check that out. Yeah, it was the second weekend I went the second weekend of the event. It's only going through the 18th, so there's only one more weekend. Check it out. But went with you know, was there with some friends. Jill and Dennis from the podcast were there as well.

[Ed]

Ah, cosplay.

[Steve]

What was that?

[Ed]

Well, when I hear Jill and Dennis, I think cosplay.

[Steve]

Dennis did like casual cosplay.

[Zach]

Cool.

[Steve]

Or what did the Disney people call it?

[Marianne]

Disney bounding.

[Steve]

Something Disney bounding. Thank you. They were universal bounding.

[Ed]

And speaking of weekend events, last Saturday. So like eight days ago, as we're recording this, it was one piece day at Fenway Park. Friend of the show, Val, went. He sent me a video of Luffy throwing out the first pitch. Looked like a good time. He got the one piece Red Sox jersey. Looked nice.

[Steve]

Nice.

[Ed]

Yeah, yeah.

[Steve]

They. I. I don't know, I'm like. Even though, like, my, my.

[Ed]

It's amazing that Japan discovered a US city that isn't Los Angeles or New York.

[Zach]

Yeah.

[Steve]

They.

[Ed]

The New York Times or every, you know, Los Angeles sports team, USC or the Rams or whatever, I think they looked at.

[Steve]

Okay, like, who are the rivals of the city? My dad's a huge Red Sox fan. I'm kind of like, I don't care anymore. But like, I grew up liking the Yankees and like the Mets. At some point I was like, you like sports?

[Zach]

Yeah.

[Ed]

I actually watched the Mets game yesterday because they were playing the Cubs and it was on national TV and they were wearing their 7 train purple uniforms.

[Steve]

Oh, okay. I think I caught. There was a game. There was a Dodgers and Diamondbacks game on Friday. Guys, I just noticed, I don't know, the Diamondbacks were wearing these like, purple and teal uniforms. And I'm like, that's a good fit.

[Ed]

Yeah, those are throwbacks to like the 2001 when they won the World Series.

[Steve]

Not even. There was something else. But they remind me of the Hornets, the NBA team, you know, back when. I still think, like, NBA teams have the same logos they did back in the 90s and they don't anymore. It's all like, modern now. It's not cool. Bring back 90s.

[Zach]

Yeah, that's your catchphrase, Steve. Bring back 90s. That's your motto.

[Steve]

But yeah, remember, the 90s was the.

[Ed]

Mets were wearing these gray uniforms with all these like, purple undershirts and accents for the. Because that's the color of the seven train.

[Zach]

Yeah, the seven.

[Steve]

It is.

[Zach]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Steve]

The good old seven train.

[Zach]

Yeah.

[Ed]

Which I. I rode when I was in New York last May.

[Marianne]

Is that like the C train?

[Zach]

No, it's a different one.

[Ed]

It's.

[Zach]

It's the one.

[Ed]

It's the train from Manhattan to the.

[Zach]

Game that's he's right. Yeah, it's true.

[Steve]

If he wants a good dim sum. Well, I guess not.

[Zach]

That's the one that goes now to the, to the Javits.

[Steve]

Yeah. Except on the weekend where they have an anime convention.

[Zach]

Yeah. No, obviously not during anime convention. And.

[Ed]

Yeah. Hudson Yards to Flushing.

[Zach]

Yeah.

[Steve]

Yeah. But every time I'm there for Anime nyc, it does not run.

[Zach]

No. Because they know you're there and they don't want you on the train. They. They're too sophisticated. You know, with all their.

[Steve]

Can you tell it was a slow news week.

[Zach]

So, Steve, what happened at Universal Fan Fest?

[Steve]

Oh, yeah, it's. I think if you're in the area and you're on, you know, if you're still debating whether to go, I would say I think it's a good time. I think they have enough, like, unique events and walkthroughs there that are pretty cool in terms of the One Piece stuff. It's, you know, photo meet and greets with the straw hats. I think if you, if you stick around late enough, they eventually just do one with the entire crew. So I did that. And they have like, you know, you know, theme food. It's, you know, temper your expectations. It's theme park food, but I don't think it's terrible.

[Zach]

They use.

[Ed]

It's not out of Sanji's cookbook, is it?

[Steve]

No, but they use the Cocina, the little Mexican food spot in there, as, as, as the One Piece restaurant. And they kind of just do Mexican themed food based on that. But the, the Frankie Barbacoa tacos are pretty good.

[Zach]

I'll say.

[Steve]

Barbacoa desserts. Barbacoa, barbacola. I think that. Oh, that's probably why they did it.

[Zach]

I was going to say that would be a really missed opportunity.

[Steve]

I would, I would say, yeah.

[Ed]

Like, I have seen people braise beef in soda before. Could be good.

[Zach]

Yeah.

[Steve]

Clean your toilet with Coca Cola or start to be used for many things.

[Zach]

Or start like a civilization in a petri dish. That was that episode, right? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Thank you, everyone.

[Steve]

Simpsons. I think I. I think if you like theme parks and I think you like One Piece, I'd say, like, if you're like a Back to the Future fan or a D and D fan, I'd say go, because I think those installments there are the best things to do by far. But the One Piece stuff was pretty cool. I embarrassingly yelled at someone trying to make content asking the Sanji character, who is better, Nami or Niko. And I just was so frustrated.

[Zach]

Oh, Nico.

[Steve]

Yo, My favorite straw hat. Niko. From now on, we're talking about Niko today.

[Zach]

From now on, we're only referring to.

[Steve]

Her, not my shining moment. But I was still kind of just like.

[Zach]

They can't see your face, but it's the Steve face that I get sometimes.

[Steve]

We're calling Monkey today. But I'll just say in conclusion. I'd say, like, yeah, if you like theme parks. You know, it's kind of like from at least, like, when I went, it wasn't too busy. I think probably the Ren Faire is also, like, competing with attendance right now, but.

[Zach]

Yeah, go check it out.

[Steve]

It's fun.

[Zach]

Yeah.

[Ed]

How hot is it in Southern California right now?

[Steve]

Well, it went from being like, 68 degrees to being like 98 degrees, and now it's gonna drop back down to the upper 60s. Weather's weird right now. It's.

[Zach]

And it always will be. So we have our manga recap. Steve, are we doing an anime recap tonight? Oh, no, we're not. There's a recap.

[Steve]

No, it's a recap. Sam and I did a double recap last week.

[Zach]

Last week? I can't recap a recap.

[Ed]

And the manga recap is chapter 1148 runya.

[Zach]

Yeah, so we're gonna get into that momentarily.

[Steve]

I should say Sam should watch the recap anime episode because Carrot co stars with Chopper. So there's your little. There's your little treat, Carrot fans who are still disgruntled over her not joining the crew.

[Marianne]

Me? I'm disgruntled.

[Zach]

Oh, there they are. There's the carrot fan.

[Ed]

Well, how about that? I'm fairly well gruntled now.

[Zach]

Since Ed.

[Steve]

Is gruntled like he found Waldo in a Where's Waldo book.

[Zach]

Look, a carrot fan.

[Steve]

A carrot fan.

[Ed]

Or you did one of those magic eyes.

[Zach]

Yeah, that's what I need. Let's get into the manga recap, please.

[Steve]

I see the sailboat and a carrot fan.

[Ed]

It's a schooner.

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[Ed]

And just to start, there's no one piece feature on the COVID of JUMP this week, so we don't have that to talk about. And as usual, Viz has not published the author comments for this week's JUMP yet on their blog, so if anything interesting is said, we'll talk about it next week or the week after that, whenever the manga recap is back.

[Zach]

So what's going on in the COVID story this week?

[Ed]

Sure, It's Ogre Child Yamato's Golden Harvest Surrogate Pilgrimage Volume 33. Onward to Hakumai to deliver an Amigasa hat from Otama to Kawamatsu or AKA Kappamatsu.

[Zach]

And none of that is in English.

[Ed]

And we see Tama riding on speed in the background. Raizo is there, obviously Ulti is Still there. And Yamato is waving sort of the. The hat to take back to Kawamatsu.

[Zach]

And page one also, of course, in tow. Pei Pei.

[Steve]

Oh, and the dog's there. Don't tell me.

[Zach]

Don't tell me. Oh, come on. You know this.

[Steve]

Come on.

[Zach]

Come on, Steve. You know this.

[Steve]

I'm challenging myself.

[Zach]

Sorry. The Italian rubbed off on me for this week for some reason. Okay, well, we can't just sit here and wait for you to do that.

[Steve]

What's the dog's name?

[Zach]

Oh, I don't know. Yeah.

[Marianne]

Or however the heck it says.

[Zach]

I knew it, Ralph.

[Steve]

I know because I knew, like, there was, like, two different ways of pronouncing it.

[Zach]

Okay, now that we've gotten that trivia out of the way, any comments on this? Besides that? We have Yamato's new followers in tow here.

[Steve]

Ulti being very respectful.

[Marianne]

Yeah. That's a change for her.

[Zach]

Yeah, well, they've turned over a new leaf, so that's good.

[Ed]

I do like how page one is just sort of lurking behind Yamato's back like that. He's.

[Zach]

He just has that look like most allosauruses.

[Steve]

I should check and see if allosaurus has lurked. No, no, no, no.

[Zach]

If.

[Steve]

The. Because they noticed that, like, Ulti and page one have.

[Zach]

Oh, that sun symbol. Yeah.

[Marianne]

Thick, like, Kozaki sun thing.

[Steve]

I was wondering. It was curious to the, you know, Odin's crew back in the day.

[Zach]

Oh. If they had a similar. That's a good question. Yeah. While he looks that up. Do we.

[Steve]

Yeah. The Akazaya Nine.

[Zach]

The Akazaya Nine. Yeah. Was that. Were you looking up the name of the Akazaya nine? Yeah.

[Steve]

It's been a while.

[Zach]

Oh, wow.

[Marianne]

Yamato. Akazaya nine.

[Zach]

Steve, I thought. Exactly. But, Steve, I thought you were the one who read the manga. Like.

[Ed]

No, I gotta say, Tama is still being very cute in the background.

[Marianne]

I don't think she's. I don't think she's capable of not being cute. So true.

[Zach]

She tries, but she's also.

[Steve]

Akazaya 9 had moons. I'm sorry? They had moons on their thing.

[Zach]

Yeah, well, now we're. Now we're following the sun, which, I mean, we've talked about here. Yeah. Yeah. So it's been 33 volumes of this. I'm trying to remember who Yamato is delivering the sword to, who he's supposed to bring that to.

[Steve]

I was saying it was 33 volumes of ELBAF, and I.

[Zach]

No, I'm not.

[Steve]

I was gonna see my Life flash before me.

[Zach]

I mean, possible, but unlikely. It'd be 300 something chapters. I don't think that's happening. Anyway, I could hear our audience yelling the answer, but unfortunately I can't make it out here in the past. So. Yeah, any. Any other comments? Otherwise we can move on. Okay, we'll take that as a no. Ed, what's going on in the first two pages here?

[Ed]

Sure, we're sort of back where we were with. With Ronya. And we hear, Ah, my legs are moving on their own. And we hear, Ronye. Um, Ronye, where you going? You're gonna fall, Ronya. And that's Ylva calling after her. And then Ronye continues. What's going on? It's weird, huh? But I'm fine, Ylva. Don't worry. I'll be fine. I know it. No big Rania. No. And she's about to fall off the arrow.

[Steve]

It's been 1148 chapters. It took this long for someone to finally walk the plank in a pirate manga.

[Zach]

Did we talk about this, like, the last episode we were on? Like, that's pretty weird. Like, we predicted that. I'm gonna take the credit where it's due. Um, yeah, go ahead. Yeah.

[Ed]

And Ronya is sort of out of breath now, sort of huffing and puffing. And then I guess this is Ilva again yelling, come back, Ronye. That's the underworld down there. Maybe this one is Gunko saying to Summers. The first one is all set up to plummet Summers.

[Zach]

Then he says, good, patch it so that all of Elbaf could hear.

[Ed]

And he continues. Now, if we don't hear your decision within 30 seconds, the first one of your kids gets pushed off Beardhill. Jarl, you need to give the orders to your schoolteacher. Tell her to light the school and library on fire. It's so cruel, Chief. Jarl, that library holds the words of people across thousands of years of history. What do you mean? Obviously lives come first.

[Zach]

We go to the next page. The conditions. We got a bunch of schmucks. What do we call the Elbaf rabble here? I'll let Steve think of something clever.

[Ed]

The yell Babel.

[Zach]

Okay, I'll take it. So here are the El Babble. The conditions.

[Ed]

Our Greek chorus.

[Zach]

Well, Viking, like Viking chorus or something. The. I know there's again I hear people in the future telling me better puns. But you know, we'll have to wait. The conditions ain't the real issue. This is a massive turning point for help. I've read history books. Will we Bend the knee to them or not. And another guy with a very funny. I don't know, I really like this design. Very just prototypical Viking here saying, you want to let our children die just to prove a point. And hideous guy in front. What is going on with his face, saying, is there anyone around here? You have to stop this preposterous game. First person calling it a game, by the way, since Shamrock did, I guess. Meanwhile in the briar patch. Meanwhile in the beard, in the briar patch. Inside of Saul's facial or back hair or something. I'm not quite sure we have. Whispering Robin and Chopper. Robin said, you stay here. Chopper being like, what we shouldn't fight without knowing for certain what their powers to do. But what are you going to do? And Robin just says, look, I can't hold back the emotions that are running through me. Feel you there, Robin. As Nami ask the thousand dollar question here. You're going to kill children? Are you literally insane? And he laughs. Did I ask for the opinion of insects? And why you? I don't know who's saying that specifically, but I assume it's Usopp. We go to the next page. Here's Ripley, who is obsessed with Frankie seemingly once again, she's been walking around holding him like an action figure this whole arc. Why not continue that trend thing? I'll go to Frankie.

[Steve]

Except not anymore.

[Zach]

Yeah, because Frankie is, I guess, fending people off as they all head toward to save the children, presumably. We have to. We have to. What is it?

[Ed]

Children?

[Zach]

Won't someone think of the children? And everyone takes up weapons. We have some cool designs generally, including Dorian Brogy here, who you may know from previous chapters of One Piece. And they all hurry to Branch Route 8. And yeah, you just see everyone heading there. On the bottom panel we see some of the. The Nightmare Sleep Nids. Sorry, There it is heading through around ELBAF toward Branch 8, which we all remember that diagram from last week. So we're seeing it from a different view here. But yes, Steve.

[Steve]

And Somers goes on, you know, laying down the, the, the deal here, saying it's like, you know, previously, like, you got to burn down the school in the library. You are forbidden from removing a single book from them. You see, what we want to want to burn down is your culture and your history. And that's like, those are. That's trigger. That's trigger words for Robin right here. Because she's like, no, that's it. And she summons the CN floors as we see all these arms Forming one giant arm. And she unleashes her attack. CN floors Crosspadia. Boom. Palms him right in the jaw.

[Ed]

It gives him the sumo strike.

[Steve]

Yeah, very satisfying here.

[Ed]

Yeah. Snaps his. Snaps his head back like a PEZ dispenser.

[Zach]

I did not realize. I did not realize it was a flower. Which makes sense because they all are, but there you go. They're also called billy buttons. That's weird.

[Steve]

That would be a little less badass.

[Zach]

Billy Button Billy.

[Ed]

Like the bird from Strong World.

[Zach]

Yeah, sure, just like that. Gonna give you a billy button.

[Steve]

Summers hits the ground with a sick thud. And our tied up straw hats are like, oh, hey, Robin's all right. But Jinbe, you know, ever so mature here says, like, be careful. We don't know what makes them tick. And Robin says, I'm aware of that. As we see Chopper still sneaking in Saul's hair here. But we see a shot of Somers here as some more arms spring upon him and wrap around his neck. And we hear Robin say, quattro mano. And someone's like, I know you. You're Nico. You're just Nico.

[Zach]

Yeah. Niko you're. No other name. Just Nico.

[Steve]

Nico Ro. And before you could even finish saying putting her name in his filthy mouth, here, we get a clutch and. God, I haven't. When's the last time we've seen one of these?

[Ed]

They get the full spandam.

[Zach]

Yeah. She's so satisfied. Yeah. This is like.

[Ed]

Yeah, I now he's definitely a PEZ dispenser.

[Steve]

Trying to think what else like, this is like here. But I feel like. Yeah, like, speaking of spondom, I like what? Feel like I haven't seen one of these. Maybe. Remember Hammond?

[Marianne]

Yes.

[Ed]

Oh, yeah, the eel guy from Fishman Island.

[Steve]

Yeah, that was like one of the last.

[Marianne]

I think Robin's just doing chiropractic work again.

[Zach]

Yeah, yeah. I'm sure she's being generous.

[Steve]

Further putting into question if this is actually helping people or not. But I'll say, like, this was so satisfying to see because, like, oh, God, it's been forever. And it was used at a good time.

[Zach]

Yeah, that was great. I was very happy to see.

[Steve]

Well deserved.

[Zach]

And I love that these two pages mirror each other with just Robin kicking his ass. It's very nice. She deserves that. I'm sorry, Nico. Anyway, no, everyone cheers for Robin here. As is appropriate. Brooke is like extra mummified here in arrows, presumably for reasons I assume, but.

[Ed]

Nami just sort of went back with her legs up, like, yes, Queen.

[Zach]

That's what she's saying. Yes. That's still a thing people say, right? Anyway, Summers is flomping over. Not flompaying over, but flomping. Dang it. And who. This was her remembering from earlier, right. That they're immortal. You can't beat them.

[Steve]

I think this is Saul.

[Zach]

Saul. Right. And here comes Summers up from the dead saying, ahem. As I was saying, you've got 20 seconds until the kid falls. And Usopp's like, damn it, he's a zombie too. What are we in Thriller? Bark and even. We get a herg.

[Steve]

Try putting him in the ground, Rob.

[Zach]

Yeah, that's true. Luffy knew how to get him.

[Ed]

Get him a body bag. Yeah.

[Zach]

So what is this called in wrestling? I assume there's a move Steve here the Robin's doing.

[Steve]

Let me take a look here again. Well, this is just. Well, in the anime con scene in the early 2000s, we used to call this a glomp.

[Zach]

Oh, God.

[Marianne]

Oh my God.

[Ed]

Bear hug.

[Zach]

Yeah, either of those.

[Steve]

CN Floor Glomp.

[Zach]

I'll write it down, but I don't like it.

[Steve]

CN Floor yaoi paddle.

[Zach]

Any other early aughts references you want to get in here?

[Steve]

No, there's some stuff that's better left in the past.

[Zach]

Both of those are. Are better left in the past. And here they go off the. Off the tree. Hey, what's all this about? Are you in love with me or something?

[Ed]

What's all this then?

[Zach]

Yeah, suddenly he's like a cockney. I can't do that. I can't even try and do that. I. I do like that. This continues his really ridiculous, poetic, kind of like Persona that he puts on Summers. So I did. I did get a little laugh out of that. Anyway. What you jumped off? You got a death wish? I'm down for love, but not lovers Leap die as you have Brooke saying, robin, what are doing? Is she going down with him? Jim B. Everyone very confused. And Robin says, I'm well aware that you're immortal and have thorn based powers. I've read the entry on you. But as long as I remove those invisible thorns, we can save the children. And he's like, oh, yeah. So you've decided knocking people low will put the kids outside of my range of powers. You're clever. And he turns a little thornier here, Marianne.

[Marianne]

And then as we see in their not so loving embrace, Robin looks very impaled. But he notices something's wrong. He says, huh? And she turns into flower petals as she does. And he goes, ah. She disappeared. The conniving vixen set me up.

[Ed]

In the words of Marion Barry, mayor of Washington D.C. yes.

[Marianne]

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, aka the pile of everyone being tied up, Nami is fangirling over her bestie, as she should, saying, robin, that was so cool. You were amazing. Robin has realized though, that even the knife can't cut through this. The bandage is wrapping around them. So we have to.

[Zach]

I forgot how good your Stephanie Young impression is.

[Marianne]

So then we have Usopp going. So we can't undo it. We can't undo these without deactivating that woman's powers. And then we hear a 10 seconds left. His voice says, robin, time to speak up. Ja Rule. Or Ja Rule. Ja Rule. I don't know how to say his name. I'm going to say all these names wrong.

[Zach]

Ja Rule. Although Ja Rule is a good way to say it. Yeah.

[Ed]

There's a lot of soft Js in this episode.

[Zach]

Yeah.

[Marianne]

And as we look at it, we see Summers dangling from a mighty thorny vine, hanging down. He's kind of emulating what's her face in that one Spider man movie who didn't turn out so well.

[Steve]

Gwen Stacy.

[Marianne]

Yeah, that's the one. Thanks. Says, make sure he hears the kid's voice, Gunko. So she. She pesters the little girl and she says, say something. And then we have our poor little baby girl. She's standing on the edge of the arrow looking nervous. And she says, chief Dahl. What? What I want to say is. And all the kids are yelling, Ronja. Or Ranja. Ranja. Ronja.

[Zach]

Yeah, the J is almost always a Y, I think.

[Marianne]

Think Ronya. Ronya. Yeah, that one. Ronya. She says, I love this school. It's where my friends are. And the. All the adults are going, run. That's my daughter. Oh no. And Chief Jeruul is just like, oh, man, what do I do about this?

[Zach]

Sorry, I don't mean to the. So the gap.

[Ed]

Got a sword in my head.

[Zach]

I have enough going on in my life.

[Marianne]

Gaftuns in the family.

[Zach]

Yeah, exactly. Yeah, we mentioned last week too, that.

[Marianne]

It'S like it's just the weird scorpion hair.

[Zach]

Gotta have weird scorpion here.

[Marianne]

Maybe they're related to that one scorpion dude in Wano. Probably not. Anyway, she continues, she says, I love the library too. As the warriors go, we're coming to save you. The books tell you all about places all around the world. The teachers at school taught me this lesson. And Nami looks upset. I do too. Nami, I'm upset for you. You mustn't cause trouble for other people. You mustn't do things that make them upset. If we lose the school and library in order to stop me from falling off the branch, that would be really sad and make everyone upset as their teacher cries. So I think I should fall instead. Don't worry, chief drawer. I'll be alright. And then we see a big sprite of her. And she's crying but smiling at the same time. I'm a lucky girl. I met. Everything will turn out fine. And we hear him count down again. 2. 1. And then the chief yells, anji. Any set fire to the school.

[Zach]

That one's. That one's Anji. I think Anji. I think that one is.

[Marianne]

I don't know how to pronounce any of these.

[Zach]

No, me neither. So I'm really the wrong person.

[Steve]

It's a country full of people where we're not sure what the name.

[Zach]

Just like Wano.

[Marianne]

Yay.

[Zach]

Yeah.

[Steve]

We didn't even know how to spell Elbaf.

[Marianne]

Ebola. Like.

[Zach]

Oh yeah, I guess that's it. Steve.

[Steve]

And Yarrow calls, makes the call. Burn down the library. And we see this nice shot of the library here with the owl. I forgot the owl's name.

[Marianne]

Haven't heard from Archimedes Dino, but he's a hoot. Sorry, I'm done.

[Steve]

I'm sure he'll have a lot to say about being burned down. I think he'll give a hoot about all that. Probably get out of there. But yeah. Angie's crying like this is, you know, this is rough here.

[Zach]

Biblo. And we made the Lord of the Rings references to Mary Ann's I'm sure delight at the time.

[Steve]

There we go.

[Zach]

Biblo Baggins, I think we said a few times.

[Steve]

Yeah, but we heard Angie begrudgingly saying yes sir. And we zoom in on Saul who has blood running down his face. But that's not the drip we hear. The drip is from a single tear running down his eye. And Robin also sheds a tear here.

[Ed]

But I mean that's her library too.

[Steve]

Yeah, and that. But then she succumbs to a different type of pain here as we see thorns wrap around her body. And Somers is back with a giant spiked bat. And he says, gee, I like that look on you, Nico. Robin and I think this is the crew responding. Don't you dare. And they're urging her to run away. But then from off in the distance we see a little bit of dust clouds here. Some running and some quick hopping around. And slice sommer's left. Left arm here is cut right off.

[Ed]

Yeah, it looks like he was holding the bat with her. His spike vine thing with both hands. Now he's down in hand.

[Zach]

Mm.

[Steve]

And he responds like Revolver Ocelot. And. And he's no Namekian. That is apparently. It's not coming back. And this is really cool. Oh, no, actually, it's his. Sorry. I think Oda made a mistake here.

[Zach]

It's his right because his arm is.

[Steve]

Missing throughout the rest of this. Yeah, I think. Yeah. Oda messed up here.

[Zach]

Or maybe it's a secret world where.

[Ed]

Things in that lower panel, he's still holding it with his left hand.

[Steve]

Yeah. Stop theory crafting. It's just an art mistake.

[Zach]

I know, I know, I know, I know. Yeah, no, they messed up.

[Steve]

But we hear. Been a while, eh? And I wasn't aware that Somers was capable of crapping his pants, but he definitely looks like it as he yells out, scupper, Gabon. Slice one right across the chest as Gabon does that cool samurai tropey thing running right past him. And.

[Zach]

But with an axe.

[Steve]

Yeah, but with an axe. And. And he's looking fierce. And this chapter comes to a conclusion.

[Zach]

The two old guys facing off here.

[Ed]

Yeah. And what?

[Steve]

No.

[Ed]

End a chapter. Next chapter in 14 days. I saw in the app.

[Zach]

Yeah.

[Steve]

Another break.

[Zach]

Yeah, there is another break this week.

[Ed]

Yeah, this is just an odor break. There will be other series that come out next week.

[Zach]

Okay, so we still got Akane. Yeah. This is. This is what a chapter. I do want to say, Steve. This is the fight between the old guy with the Kirinichi bond and the old guy with the margarita that. Hold it. It's the match.

[Steve]

The battle of the boos.

[Zach]

Battle of the boos. Here it is.

[Steve]

Well, Somers more and more strikes me as like those, like those new age hippie guys. It just turns out they're just like. They're just. They're just racist assholes.

[Zach]

Yeah, a lot of boomers.

[Ed]

This is the battle of love, isn't it? Battle of lovers.

[Zach]

I guess. I don't like it. I don't like.

[Steve]

Somewhere. What were those teddy bears again?

[Zach]

Build a bear.

[Ed]

Care Bears.

[Marianne]

Tickle Me Elmo.

[Steve]

Not Care Bears.

[Zach]

That's not a bear.

[Steve]

He's not a bear. No, this is like a battle. This is a battle between, like, the Grateful Dead and Jimmy Buffett.

[Zach]

Yes.

[Ed]

Okay.

[Zach]

Yeah, there we go. We're getting it. I think we're getting it. Poor Jimmy Buffett fans. Or wait.

[Ed]

Yeah, Summers definitely has a head sticker on his Cadillac.

[Zach]

I was Gonna say Grateful Dead because I forgot the margaritas. Marianne, what did you think of this week's chapter?

[Marianne]

I was quite fond of it. I love this sweet little girl. She made me cry when I read it.

[Ed]

I'm really glad we had you on the episode to do that Ronye stuff. That's. She's very cute, despite being in distress.

[Marianne]

I mean, it's the baby and the tooth gap. It's really what does it. But yeah, no, I thought it was a great episode. I'm excited for next week. Getting to see old man fighting, but also Robin actually getting to kick ass and take names because she doesn't get enough of that. And any more Robin fighting that can happen anywhere in one piece, I am here for. So I think it was a good balance of, like, ooh, we get some really awesome moments. And then also, like, oh, tug at the heartstrings.

[Zach]

Any other thoughts? I know this was a kind of concise one.

[Marianne]

Yeah, it kind of. It felt like it went wry really quick, so.

[Ed]

I mean, Ronye is still in peril at the end of the chapter.

[Marianne]

That's true.

[Ed]

So.

[Marianne]

We shall see what happens if.

[Ed]

She'S falling to the underworld. It would be funny if, like, Loki came up and saved her.

[Zach]

Well, no, she'd fall on Loki's belly because he ate so much.

[Marianne]

That's true. What are the chances?

[Steve]

Zack deserves, like, a hundred bucks if that winds up happening, because I could totally see that happening.

[Zach]

We have a Patreon. Send it there. Everybody listening?

[Ed]

Yeah, Zach, if you win that one, you get to host an episode of the podcast.

[Marianne]

Yes, that would be low key. Pretty cool.

[Zach]

Oh, no. Oh, you made me spill my tea. I hated. What's the opposite of a spit take. It's like a drool take because it was so. That's such a bad pun.

[Marianne]

You're welcome.

[Zach]

Damn it. Steve, what did you think of this week's chapter of One Piece?

[Steve]

I really love this chapter, I got to say. Like, this storyline is. Is getting a little too poignant in our current climate here, and I guess we're just going to have to live vicariously through this manga for now. But, yeah, just this whole theme of just these. These downright despicable people in charge of this government. Wiping out a culture, erasing history.

[Ed]

The Holy Knights of Liberty are banning books all over the place, burning down the libraries.

[Zach]

The Holy Knights of Jesus Christ.

[Steve]

Take us seriously.

[Ed]

We demand to be taken seriously.

[Steve]

It's rough right now, and I don't know, I think the fact that I got to see Robin fucking Give this guy. The business was very cathartic, especially because I think we've talked about this a bunch of times. We know Robin. Robin might be one of the most underrated characters just in terms of physical ability, because she has such an amazing devil fruit power that has not been capitalized on in a long time.

[Ed]

She's a little overpowered, but it's great.

[Steve]

Yeah, I want to see it.

[Marianne]

Overpowered and underutilized.

[Steve]

Yes, absolutely. But, wow. Just the circumstances in this are just dire, and I don't necessarily know that I was confident. I'm like, nah, this little girl will get saved. Don't worry. But just seeing this little girl about to fall to her death.

[Zach]

Yes.

[Ed]

How are the Duke Boys gonna get themselves out of this one?

[Steve]

Quite well, hopefully. A car with a better flag on.

[Zach]

It.

[Steve]

Leaps in to save the day.

[Ed]

The Dukes of Elbaf.

[Marianne]

Luffy can just, like, summon a cloud net in Gear five and just scoop her up.

[Steve]

Like, it's the. It's like the Kintone or the Nimbus.

[Marianne]

Or they're, like, doing the little, you know, like, the fishing thing in, like, Japanese festivals and stuff. Just scoop.

[Steve]

Oh, yeah.

[Ed]

Oh, the paper. The paper scoop thing.

[Zach]

Yeah, yeah.

[Steve]

But just very dire circumstances here, so I definitely. I think, like, truly, like, we're really starting to feel the stakes of this arc, and, I mean, we have been for the last few chapters, but it's feeling serious.

[Ed]

It really sort of really seeing the point of the Holy Knights, like, they're. They're just. You know, they are sort of the government personified, and they take orders basically directly from Emu, and this is what they want.

[Steve]

Yeah, I. I'm. They feel very inspired by the. Zach could probably chime in on this. They feel very inspired by the Inquisitors from Star Wars.

[Zach]

Yeah. Yeah, I get why you're saying that. I think. I think they're more threatening. I don't know. The Inquisitors at Star wars, never really super threatening.

[Ed]

Emu doesn't want to see. Want people to see how they took power, you know? Got to burn all of Emu's fraud log.

[Zach]

Yeah, but, Zach, they had.

[Steve]

They had spinny lightsabers.

[Zach]

Yeah, that's. That also sucks. Fascists have spinny lightsabers, too.

[Steve]

But I think ODA did a really good job conveying, like, spatial awareness in this chapter. Like, you know, you see just, like, all that negative space at the bottom of page two. Like, that just conveys, like. Oh, that's just like. That's a huge drop to the bottom there. And I think for the most part, showing where all the characters are. So, like, nothing was too confusing, I would say. When Gabon was running in, I had no idea exactly where that's coming from, but I guess that's a branch underneath the main branch that they're on.

[Zach]

Hey, he fast, I think.

[Steve]

Just super fast, I think. Just, like, the paneling and the layout in this chapter was really well done. I think the pacing was really good.

[Ed]

Yeah, don't run too fast, old man. You might break a hip.

[Steve]

I don't know. He's gonna break.

[Zach]

He's breaking a rib cage. I think someone else's.

[Steve]

But Yarrow having to make the call, though, like that. Like, that point, it hit hard because I did not know, like, obviously I did not know how this chapter was gonna end, so I was just like, oh, shit, it's getting pretty bad here. And, like, it was only, like, the last page here was where it was like, okay, someone's coming to the rescue. Like, I didn't think anyone was coming to the rescue before. So, you know, this is. This. This gives me some hope here, but just very cathartic, this chapter. It was short, but it, you know, it hit hard. And just getting reminded of, like, Robin's powers because even with. When she tackles him for a second, I. I forgot of the. The double thing. And when she was impaled, that's when I kind of. I'm like, wait a second. But see, like, as soon as she.

[Marianne]

Jumped off the cliff, I was like, ah, okay.

[Steve]

And the one last thing I'll point out is I think both Steven and I both saw when Sommers was still hanging by a thread or by a vine. It reminded me of Usopp and skypiea with the Usopp.

[Zach]

Ah.

[Steve]

I believe it was called.

[Ed]

Oh, yeah.

[Steve]

But really, really funny imagery there. Like, Summers is such a piece of shit, but at least, like, he's still kind of goofy. Like, I want him to die, but at least he's entertaining.

[Ed]

Yes, I want him to die and die in a funny way.

[Steve]

Yes.

[Ed]

Like Wiley Coyote.

[Steve]

Great chapter. Really good chapter.

[Zach]

Yeah. Like, Wile E. Coyote is a good. It's a good visual for how I want that to go. Ed, what did you think?

[Ed]

I really had a lot of fun with this chapter. It's. As you were saying, it's very sort of showing the goals of the government and the whole Unites, in particular, what they're trying to destroy here. And also sort of demoralize the people of Elbaf by putting them into an impossible position. And Ronye being so selfless of, like, maybe I. Maybe I should fall. And, like, I would be so sad if the library and the school were gone. That's where my friends are, and that's where I learn stuff, you know, And Robin, in particular, being affected by this because, as I said, that's also her library, that they tried to destroy it once and they saved it once. Gotta find a way to do it again. And seeing her, like, give him the sumo strike in the face and as I said, turning him into a PEZ dispenser. Feels good to look at. But thank you, Marianne, for being on this episode and doing Ronya justice. That was a. It's a desperate situation. That's what the anime episode will be called.

[Zach]

Desperate Situation. Ronya Hovers above sky in Peril. Yeah, go ahead. Sorry.

[Steve]

A real Dai Pinchy.

[Ed]

Yeah, no, that's. I mean, this is. I still sometimes have a hard time following the art. Like, where you were saying about where Gabon was running in from.

[Zach]

I think it's supposed to be vague. Like, I'll give Oda that, you know, credit there.

[Ed]

I think he's kind of doing like a little skywalk.

[Zach]

Yeah.

[Ed]

Coming in from somewhere. But, yeah, this is probably the most. I've enjoyed a chapter in some time, and there wasn't even a lot of humor in it, but I loved seeing Nami, like, sort of with her feet up, like, cheering Robin on.

[Marianne]

That's her homegirl, her kicking ass.

[Zach]

Yeah.

[Ed]

Love to see Robin kicking ass.

[Zach]

Yes.

[Ed]

Yeah. Zach, how about you? Any final thoughts?

[Zach]

I was. I was gonna say, Ed, I think last time you said you really enjoyed it for the. I think you said it was the same thing. Like, I think the last. This last run. I can't. With the breaks. I'm not like 100.

[Ed]

Ever since we got. Ever since we left Lok. Really.

[Zach]

Yeah. Yeah. I. I mean, some of the Loki stuff is good, don't get me wrong. But. Yeah, I think the stuff once, like, the Holy Knights, I think, have kind of been unleashing their chaos. I think all the pieces that Oda set up have been really interesting to. To, like, see what he is. How he's executing on. On everything. This chapter was outstanding. I. I mean, I think that's been the general consensus. I'm. I was even, like, tearing up listening to Marianne read through it again. There's. I mean, I don't have to say that, you know, I. I think the parent child thing, you know, I get. But also, like. I mean, even before I was a parent, you know, like, the that's what.

[Ed]

An awful is Rania Jarl's granddaughter or is. Or granddaughter's granddaughter.

[Zach]

I think granddaughter's grandd. Yeah, I think it's like. Or I think they all are. To be fair. I. I think it was Ilva actually. But yeah, when you're. When it's One thing about family tree is that when it branches out enough, everyone's. You know, if you live 500 years, you're gonna have a lot of great, great, great grandkids. It's just gonna happen.

[Steve]

That's gotta be a real pain in the ass to organize at Thanksgiving.

[Zach]

I don't know.

[Marianne]

Pretty great.

[Zach]

I'm sorry, that was.

[Marianne]

Wow, I'm full of bad puns tonight. It's fine.

[Steve]

Yeah, I gotta go to your great great grandmother's house for Thanksgiving. Oh, I hate going to great great great grandmother's house for Thanksgiving.

[Zach]

I think you'd have a nickname at that point.

[Steve]

No, no, no. I said your great great grandmother, not your great great great grandmother.

[Zach]

Oh, I love my great great grandmother. Oh, oh, oh, great.

[Marianne]

Okay.

[Steve]

I love Gammy. She's great.

[Ed]

In my case, it's like got to pick up grandma to go to Thanksgiving or the Mother's Day barbecue or whatever. And at a certain point, usually around when people start turning like 90 years old, they're just like don't really want to do anything. They don't want to go anywhere.

[Zach]

That's weird. I hit that way earlier than 90.

[Steve]

I'm 36 years old and I don't want to do anything.

[Zach]

I think I hit that in my 20s if you know what teens. Yeah, no, but, but, but I think ODA hasn't done like something this like emotionally resonant to me in like the current, current day events. Kuma, you know, aside since that's about to air in the. In the anime soon. But it's. It's been a little bit. Even the Kuma stuff was a little.

[Ed]

While ago at this point or what Toko and Yasuye.

[Zach]

Yeah, good one. Yeah. That is probably the. That's the most recent present day like emotional gut wrenching moment. And, and this feels similar. Not that we even know the father of this. It doesn't really matter who they are specifically. But the fact that I think Oda really adds so much dimension to this girl in such a short amount of time. Like in just the pages Marianne did basically.

[Ed]

Or just a little girl likes her brain.

[Marianne]

It's her willingness to like sacrifice herself for, you know, their history. That is kind of. But she's still you know, she's, she's being brave, but she's still upset about it and that.

[Zach]

Well, yeah, yeah. I mean, she's eight or something, right? Or nine. They're very young. Or I'm sorry, they're 20. Forget the but, but seriously though, like it's. I, I think it's just like terrifyingly like sad because it's like, you know, someone who doesn't fully grasp the situation. And I'm not talking about Jarl, who also has a sword through his brain and doesn't fully grasp the situation. I, I keep thinking of how you don't give the 500 year old man with a sword through his head decision making ability, but, you know, here we are.

[Ed]

You don't negotiate with terrorists.

[Zach]

Yeah. Or yeah, don't negotiate with 500 half millennia old men with.

[Ed]

Oh, that's.

[Steve]

Before you stray too far from what you were saying, Zack.

[Zach]

Sorry.

[Steve]

Kind of. No, I just want to realize I should commend these children here, mainly Ronya is, you know, because part of like one of the, you know, the plot points of Elbaf right now is like, oh, like the kids don't want to be warriors anymore. It's like, oh, is, is Elbaf going soft? And I think what, and Runya is.

[Ed]

Foolhardy and confident enough to be a pirate or a warrior.

[Zach]

Mm.

[Steve]

Well, I just want to like commend it's like, yeah, like maybe these kids aren't being trained to be warriors, but at least this is still very brave of them to do so. I, I like to think that like it's not completely lost on this generation just yet and like they could be strong in other ways and just goes to show just like how important their culture and history is that if a child is willing to sacrifice themselves, like it really does a good job just showing like what's on the line here and how important it is and what the stakes are.

[Ed]

Maybe Saul was a good teacher after all.

[Steve]

Maybe.

[Zach]

I don't think anyone doubted Saul was a good teacher. Yeah, no, I 100% agree with Steve. I mean, you know, I think a person's metal gets tested at moments of hardship and a person's character so, you know, does make sense that this comes out at this moment. It feels very.

[Ed]

Or like when Luffy was getting beaten by Blue Jam and poor Chemi with the spiked gloves.

[Zach]

Yeah, I mean, I, I mean more like I, I, yeah, I, I guess like I, I think just more that like in hardship, you know, you could call them as, as Steve said you could. You know, call them weak or weak minded or weak willed, but they're obviously not when it comes to.

[Marianne]

Yeah, especially for children because that's like, generally children are understandably very selfish because they haven't learned not to be. So the fact that don't I know it's right. The fact that she's saying such a selfless thing at, you know, equivocably, you know, eight or nine years old, is huge.

[Zach]

Yeah. But it all feels very real, which is. Yeah, I mean, considering it's one piece, but considering a Thorn man is hanging from the side of a giant tree with a kingdom of giants above and that she's hanging off the plank of an arrow, given all that, I, yeah, I think what I really enjoyed about this chapter is how real the emotions really come, come through. Like everything with Robin. I feel that. So you kind of have these like two competing emotions. Like the, of course you don't want to let these children die, but also, fuck, you do not want the libraries to burn down. So like, as a reader, you know, I think it is a very difficult balancing act because you're just angry at this person for putting you in this situation. And it's a, it's a helplessness, which is, I think, why the ending and, and certainly Robin's panels are so cathartic. I'm just hoping it goes somewhere that it continues to be cathartic. But I mean, we've been talking about how this arc is set up for doom and gloom since we had the party up front, since we had, you know, all the good stuff up front, all the exposition, and now we're, now we're getting some doomsday stuff. So. Yeah, I, I just want to again give my flower, the flowers to Robin, pun intended. I, I, I agree with Steve. The fact that we kind of like haven't seen her powers on display like this. I think Oda used to his advantage here in that as a reader, you forget she does these things. And I think that really helped the chapter. And once again, the reason I've been really enjoying Elbaf in particular is the Straw Hats are really stars of this story in a way that they really have not been in a very long time. And I think pretty consistently this chapter obviously included Nami, Robin, even Jinbe and Chopper a little bit and yeah, a little bit Chopper. I mean, but Jimbe actually, you know, there's the Mr. Level headed there. Yeah, no, I, I think they really are the shining stars of this chapter, besides Ronya, who also, of course and Scopper I guess next. Next time. Any other comments? No.

[Ed]

One piece is good.

[Zach]

You heard it here. Controversial take. I look forward to your comments refuting as such. Bye when we move on and do some peace together.

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Speed slow after 35 gigabytes of network's busy taxes and fees extra. See mintmobile.com this is the Piece Together segment where we take your questions, comments, theories and give them a glomp. No, you know, I don't like that, but I guess that's what we're going with.

[Steve]

What's worse, saying glomp or surprise hug.

[Zach]

Ooh, surprise hug is worse, I think because that gives it an air of it's okay when it's glomp is just one syllable.

[Steve]

You just get it out there. It's already out. It's like, okay, all right, I said it. It's done. Surprise hug is. You know, it's like that.

[Zach]

What is it? Is it the Patton Oswalt bit about.

[Steve]

How.

[Zach]

Sanitized swear words sound way worse than the actual thing?

[Marianne]

I think glomp sounds more consensual. Yeah, you know, surprise hog.

[Zach]

Surprise hog is not consensual in the name.

[Marianne]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Zach]

Steve, what's our first segment?

[Steve]

Our first segment is Deuce Pierce, by the way.

[Zach]

Yeah, Ed had to take off. That's why you're not hearing him say it. But thanks again for him for coming on. Do I have to read this question? I think I do because of Patreon.

[Steve]

Well, now you do.

[Zach]

Yeah. Hey, Opp, since today is Mother's dad, I think day is I think Mother's Day. And to provide equal opportunity. Well, there's a reason he's gonna have this on the brain since today is mother's dad. And to provide equal opportunity for the female characters for the boyfriend bracket DILF Edition episode last week. Who is your favorite MILF in one piece and what female character would have great potential? Don't be misogynist and avoid answering the question. You need to glorify the women on this podcast as well. Well, you know what? I'm an equal opportunist. I don't glorify anyone. That's my cop out answer.

[Marianne]

Wow.

[Steve]

Okay.

[Zach]

No, but seriously, I don't know if you.

[Steve]

Well, this won't take as long because as our friend Jill will point out, moms aren't made to last in one piece.

[Marianne]

I will recency bias and say Ripley.

[Steve]

Oh, Ripley's up there.

[Zach]

Yeah. That's not even. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Marianne]

There aren't a lot that are still with us.

[Steve]

Ginny is up there.

[Marianne]

Yeah.

[Zach]

Oh, Bellemere.

[Steve]

Bellamyre.

[Zach]

Yeah.

[Steve]

Bellmir. Yeah, it's much. I have to admit, it's much easier when female. Female characters mostly share a similar silhouette. It's just name mother here.

[Zach]

To be fair, though, a lot of these mothers don't like. I feel like there's a little more variety. Like, this is the milf.

[Steve]

I mean, well, Big Mom. Big Mom's the biggest milf.

[Marianne]

That's true.

[Zach]

And she's milked a lot.

[Marianne]

Yep.

[Steve]

She's been milked on multiple occasions.

[Zach]

Oh, no. I don't know if that's how that.

[Marianne]

Anyway, next question.

[Steve]

That's the kind of milfin that you wake up 5am and do you know, it's like, get started.

[Marianne]

Boy howdy.

[Zach]

This podcast really went south quick. Can you think of anything?

[Marianne]

So many men on Big Mom. Anyway, Olvia.

[Steve]

Are you an Olvia fan?

[Zach]

I mean, Olvia is just Robin.

[Marianne]

Yeah.

[Zach]

With different color.

[Steve]

Costume B Robin.

[Zach]

Costume B Robin. It's the. Yeah, the alternate skinned. What is it on, like a video? I know how these things.

[Steve]

No, I don't. I think, like, her hair is slightly different, though.

[Marianne]

Oh. To hime. Maybe she's not really milfy, though. I mean, she's mom, but she's, you know, I don't know.

[Zach]

I mean, she's more inspiring. So the I stands for inspiring, which I assume.

[Marianne]

I'm just trying to think of mothers in one piece and there are not very many that are coming to mind who have more than like 2 seconds of screen time.

[Steve]

There's the MILF that you always think is going to be doing something more. It's toki you know, one of your favorites.

[Zach]

The next question is from Plaid the Impaler or Sway. Hello, my fellow weed whackers. What a cool chapter for Robin and Gabon Both. They both definitely came in clutch there, huh? I get it. Hey, yeah, there was a dot, dot, dot before it intended. I still don't see why people in one piece see one piece as political. It's so silly. The world government wants them to burn down the library and destroy their history and culture. What's political about that? What other seemingly political stuff in the series is just people being silly? For instance, maybe Usopp shot down that flag because he thinks Flag Day is boring. By the way, that would still be political. That's true. Have a great week and rest in peace. Skype. Skype, Skype. Okay, maybe next week we should do our voicemail episode. By the way, since they're not gonna come in anymore.

[Steve]

Go ahead.

[Marianne]

I mean, all of. All of Fishman island is definitely not political at all.

[Zach]

True.

[Marianne]

It's just about some fish people and how they don't like humans and how the humans don't like the fish.

[Zach]

No, I think this is how we should answer this question, which is, I think what he's asking or they are asking. How can we make up a justification for something that clearly was written to be political as not.

[Marianne]

Oh, okay, okay, okay.

[Zach]

So, like, Fishman island is really just a story about how you shouldn't build your boats too big because they could fall on your island and destroy them. Yeah, it's really an innocent story about boats.

[Steve]

See, Dressrosa. It was all about toy collecting.

[Zach]

Yeah. You shouldn't do too much of it because you lose your own identity and.

[Marianne]

How you have to be careful with your toys or you will break them.

[Steve]

And sure, they're gonna put tariffs on all those toys, but let's not make it political.

[Zach]

It's not about that.

[Marianne]

Yeah. Also, sometimes your birds need to fly free and don't put cages on them.

[Zach]

Was the bird cage really political?

[Marianne]

I know I'm not making sure that.

[Zach]

One may have just been stupid. Sorry. I hate the birdcage with the passion.

[Steve]

See water 7 lobby, ELBAF. The main takeaway here is delete your browsing history.

[Marianne]

Yeah.

[Zach]

What? That one I don't get. It's okay. I'm fine. Next question comes From Straw Hat Pirate 9. Who says? First, I want to say how much I love last week's episodes. The rankings were hilarious and on point. Now to this week's chapter. Yeah, Robin, if it wasn't for the stupid Immortal bullshit. That damn thorn rope. She would have. And that damn thorn rope. She would have won that. I love Ronya so much. Sweet baby angel. Thank God for Gabon. I like the look. I like that look on you, Sommer. Such a satisfying ending to the chapter. I think Steve put that well. We finally see as I'm crapping my pants face.

[Marianne]

Pants are brown. That's why they're brown. I don't know.

[Steve]

I think they're gonna be. I think.

[Zach]

Well, I think color yet for some.

[Steve]

What's shanks dad again? Chicken fingers. Yeah. Garland.

[Zach]

Oh, Figgerland.

[Marianne]

Figureland.

[Steve]

Garlic chicken fingers. Yeah, I think he's in black, so.

[Marianne]

Okay. Okay.

[Zach]

It's not too late to draw garlic chicken fingers with a moon shape. Yes, it is. Next one comes from Sailor Karna who says. Hey, Opp. What a chapter. Ronia is definitely the MVP of the arc. Wow. Already. I can't wait to see where things go from here. I totally cried while reading and now I'm in my feelings. Feelings are good. Just general statement. Yeah. No, I think I forget if this might have been a thing Greg talked about. Just like the setting up the next generation after Luffy. I think this arc is doing a really superb job in a way that previous arcs haven't done a ton of. Like wano is an exception. I mean, there are sometimes kids in arcs that you could see in the future, but this one is like. It's a focus in a way it usually isn't.

[Marianne]

Yeah.

[Zach]

All right. Here we go. I get to read this.xx nico robin351_xx parenthetical cram. The terror bank. Ahoy opp. That's. It's not all written out, but I said the punctuation. Ahoy opp. Banger chapter. As always. As a. As the 351st Nico Robin fan in the world, I was popping off this week. And as a fan of the dilves with a V. Interesting. I will talk about that conjugation later. I was also happy to see Gabon too. What an awesome chapter. No question here. Just want to say I had a blast this week. Love the podcast and hope you all have an amazing week. Thank you. Xxnico Robin351xx Cram next comes from Remove arm patch. I get it. You see, what we want to burn down is your culture and history. The world government's constant goal of destroying a people until they really die by being forgotten is so despicable. And it's thrown into even worse light by the fascist administration in the United States trying to Erase the contributions of queer people and people of color. I would love to see Robin slap certain genocidal shitheads with a giant vine of arms and break them apart in Minecraft specific. Again, I have to read these anyway. How the heck did Gabon negate the regeneration? We know it's not any type of hockey, as Luffy wasn't able to permanently damage any of the elders. At first I thought Scopper would be as strong as Rayleigh, but he really seems to have some special knowledge that we haven't seen out of any other former Roger Pirate. Did he learn how to disproperly dismember fascists on Laugh Tale? Maybe that's what was so funny. Oh, that's how you do it. That was easy.

[Marianne]

Maybe so. I don't know. Quick, quick theory that popped in my brain because they all are sort of summoned like devils or whatever. Maybe he's just spraying some holy water on that ax of his and that just cuts him clean.

[Zach]

I still. I still think that they are. Maybe not completely, but they're somewhat projections. Like they're not. Their full body is not there and that's how they're able to survive. And we know from the end of Egghead that if you pummel them enough, it makes it very difficult to regenerate. And we know that Conqueror's Haki sent four of the five elders back to their. Back to their house on Mary Geo. So could be one of those things.

[Marianne]

Yeah, Maybe he's like imbued Conqueror's hockey into his ax somehow.

[Zach]

Maybe. Yeah. Steve, any thoughts? No. Hmm.

[Steve]

Yeah, it's just interesting because I feel like it's. I don't think that. Well, it's obviously not a devil fruit thing because Gunko could do the same thing.

[Zach]

Huh.

[Steve]

I have no idea on this. It's gotta be maybe, you know something? Maybe the Roger Pirates like uncovered that we have not realized yet because now it's like everyone and their mother could do hockey now. So what's the next thing above that?

[Marianne]

So it's whatever in that egg that was on their ship to copy the answer. It's the egg.

[Zach]

Does anyone here do a good strong pad impression?

[Marianne]

No.

[Zach]

No. Okay, cool.

[Marianne]

But I was thinking about the teen girl squad getting arrowed. But anyway, I like it.

[Zach]

But I was gonna say we're up to emails. This one's from Ben Wilde, who says. Hey, podcast, I have two questions for you. First, Harald fine hair was the first king of Norway. Could this be an inspiration for the giants? King Harald? You know what? Yes, we're definitively answering that question here. Because we have that kind of authority. Right, Steve? Right. That's right, Zach. Okay. Thank you, Steve. Second, at what age. This is a good question. At what age do giants start having kids? Jarl has a great great granddaughter, so by my math, 40 would be the earliest. But that seems young, given that Colin is 20 and looks to be 10. This is a good question. I don't know how this works. And how old was Ripley when. So she's six. Is she in her 60s? So she would have been 40.

[Ed]

So.

[Zach]

But if it. So it's Hat. If it's half, then she would have been 20. That kind of makes sense. So is it just like half of.

[Marianne]

Yeah, she's. She's 80 now. Says the wiki. Yeah. Okay.

[Zach]

All right. She was an older woman. So that means she's currently maybe 40. Like in human terms.

[Marianne]

Right.

[Zach]

Which makes sense. Meaning she would have had. Yeah, 20. Does. That's. No, no. 60. She. She gave birth at 60, which would be 30, which is also reasonable. Yeah, Maybe too reasonable for one piece. I don't know. Maybe. Okay, that's it for emails. Let me see if we. I should have checked this before. I didn't put a thing out for the. What do you call it? Blue Sky. I apologize. Oh, hey. We have a bunch on the subreddit Archipelago. Amiibo Hunter Triple Zero says so with Oda adding the Mini to the Gear four attacks in a way to concentrate the hockey and energy without needing a full transformation. It made me go back to chapter 1127 and check out the Group Attack there. Are we going to see Mini added to the volumes for Luffy's attack in 1127? I think that was. Was that the one where they made all the quote unquote mistakes that were. We were being all. I don't remember. I should check that.

[Steve]

I don't recall. Was this. Is this referring to Luffy, Zoro and Sanji taking down the Big Cat? The Big In.

[Zach]

That's what I think. 11:27. Are we the. I guess we would be like 20 something chapters into Elpath? I think that's right. That was a mistake though, that they already fixed. I think in 111. I think they changed it to gear four from gear or like mini gear four or. No, it was mini. It was originally gear two. I think that was gear three to three. Whatever it was. Yeah, yeah. Whatever it was, they fixed it. Darashishi says. Hey Opp. I'm so excited to see that we got our last straw Hat member in this chapter. That's welcome. Oh, wait, am I. Oh, I'm seven months old. That's why these 838, not 868, so.

[Steve]

To say I'm like, wow, that's a.

[Zach]

Lot the wrong thing. But hey, we got a question from the same exact person. Amiibo Hunter Triple Zero says. Feel free to cut that out, Delaney. The ones before. Or if you would like to embarrass me, you could keep them in. Only the viewers, the listeners will know if I've been embarrassed or not. Even I know I'm amiibo Hunter Triple Zero says, even though mothers are the antithesis of adventures. Happy Mother's Day to any mom on the OPP crew this week. And I hope everyone celebrated the women in their lives today. My question with Wano having ended years ago at this point, with no mention since, do you think we will see Big mom return? And in what capacity do you think she will make an impact in the story in the future, if at all? I can't think of any relevant reason to bring her back, really. But ODA is the master of tying together threads years apart. Curious to what all your thoughts are.

[Marianne]

Well, Flompe's got to come back and join the straw hats. So obviously the rest of the Big mom crew has to come back as well.

[Steve]

Exactly. That's what I was gonna say. I.

[Zach]

Okay, Steve.

[Steve]

I was just saying, like, if Saul is alive at this point, I don't know. I don't believe anyone's dead till I see their skeleton. And even so, we've been like, proven that a skeleton is, well, zombies. A skeleton isn't deaths because of Brook. I don't know. I just.

[Zach]

That book.

[Steve]

Yeah. We saw them fall in lava. I don't know. We see a lot of things in this story. I could see kind of like a reaction, kind of like I got around the world kind of reaction. I wouldn't be surprised if, like, you know, we saw her in that capacity. Because we don't know too much about the fallout with the Big mom pirates after Wano either. So who's to say?

[Zach]

Well, except the pudding with Blackbeard and Kuzan and all that.

[Steve]

Yeah. And I guess, like the stuff that took place in Whole Cake island in the COVID story when she got kidnapped.

[Zach]

I mean, it's definitely interesting to see, like, Vacuum of Power, like, how that's treated in the one.

[Steve]

I. I could see. I could see her being alive and reacting to things, but I just think as like a factor she's out. I think it's Just she's not gonna team up or anything, but I don't know. I could be wrong. That's just me guessing because I just think I'm like, there's nothing left to really accomplish with that story.

[Marianne]

Her story has been told already, so there's not really anything to add.

[Zach]

Am I the only one who would love to see more of her story?

[Marianne]

I mean, the rocks.

[Zach]

I think that I wouldn't, but the rocks, definitely.

[Steve]

One thing. I'll double back on that a little bit. I wouldn't be surprised if we find out a little bit more about Big Mom's history with the giants. Or I'm wondering, like, is her flashback. That's all you need to know. Because I would love to see, like, some, like, fallout from, like, Big mom running. Running wild and killing Yorl.

[Zach]

Well, I think that would be in the rocks flashback, which I still.

[Steve]

Oh, yeah. Like, we'll still see her in that.

[Marianne]

And we might. We might get something about. Oh, gosh, not. Not Chiffon. Her sister.

[Zach]

Lola.

[Marianne]

Lola who was supposed to marry Loki. Right? Yeah, I think. And then she is Lola.

[Steve]

She's a loop house.

[Marianne]

So we might see.

[Zach]

She is yet to veto.

[Marianne]

That's true. But we might see, like, flashbacks in regards to that whole story, which would be more giants and Big mom related.

[Zach]

But it might be like an ace thing where we see Big Mom a lot in flashbacks.

[Steve]

Going forward, I'm curious, I think in terms of present day Big mom alive, I just don't see. There's nothing. Yeah, there's nothing left to do there. But I don't know. Saul's alive.

[Zach]

If anyone could do it. Yeah, if anyone could do it, Oda, like, I wouldn't be like, it's not like a pel level. Like, I would be angry about that at all because I love Big mom and I think she could still contribute a lot to the story. If he had an idea as to how or. Or why.

[Steve]

You know, I.

[Zach]

If anyone is still alive after being thrown into a lava pit, Big mom would be at the top.

[Steve]

Anakin Skywalker almost got thrown into a lava pit.

[Zach]

He crawled out of a lava pit.

[Steve]

We go by the movies. He was just like, on the. On the. On the. On the bank of one, like, predicting the end of one piece of. Sanji decides to, like, marry pudding. Maybe Big mom will come back and she could just be Big mom in law.

[Zach]

Sanji does deserve a Big mom in law. She's just like, this place is filthy. Why did you like this guy? Oh, you could have done better.

[Steve]

You could have married a giant.

[Zach]

You could have married a giant pudding.

[Steve]

It'd be really cute if, like big mom, like awful person, great grandma though, spoils those kids.

[Zach]

It's like Kaido. It's like Kaido somehow was a good dad with Yamato, with the one thing that he used the right pronouns but nothing else. Just you have one good characteristic.

[Steve]

It's the least he could do.

[Zach]

It's very well, yeah. I mean, he did lock him in a dungeon.

[Marianne]

He's just grounding him. Extreme grounding.

[Zach]

For years.

[Marianne]

Yeah. With no food, you know, or.

[Zach]

Yeah, yeah, no food or, you know, trying to starve them to death. Anyway, Kaido's parenting aside, I think we. Yeah, Kaido wasn't on the rankings last week. Interesting. Let's move on to the final segment here and round off.

[Marianne]

When did making plans get this complicated? It's time to streamline with WhatsApp, the secure messaging app that brings the whole group together. Use polls to settle dinner plans, send event invites and pin messages so no one forgets mom 60th and never miss a meme or milestone. All protected with end to end encryption. It's time for WhatsApp message privately with everyone. Learn [e-mail].

[Zach]

This has been the One Piece podcast episode 868. Thank you all for coming on the show today. Thanks to Ed Marianne. Big thanks for thanks for coming on. Where could people find you?

[Marianne]

I am on the app formerly known as Twitter, bluesky and Instagram under the handle Ariane D. Hobbit, where I post, you know, cat memes, Lord of the Rings stuff, whatever nonsense I'm thinking of at the time. Also, if you watch anime on Crunchyroll, you've probably heard me. Most recently I was in the Hundred Girlfriends who really really really really really Love you. So check that out if you like silly harem shows that don't take themselves seriously in the slightest.

[Zach]

I don't like anything Steve. Where could people find you?

[Steve]

You could find me on my website steveyerko.com social media Steve Yurko is my handle on most. Listen to me on 4Kids flashback. Listen to me on Prozd, plays games over on YouTube. You could see me at Momocon helping out with Sangwon again and also be hanging out with Vero too. So if you're going to be at momocon, catch me. There might be cosplaying. I heard about it might be happening on that.

[Zach]

Is this the first time at a con?

[Steve]

Yes.

[Zach]

Or I was going to say in general.

[Steve]

No. I did dress up as Saitama on a Halloween.

[Zach]

Oh, that's good. That's excellent. Although you're too tall, I feel like Saitama feels short. Cool.

[Steve]

Continue to just shut me out of being whoever I want to be, you know?

[Zach]

No, no.

[Steve]

You should be. We could dress up as whoever we want. How dare you, Steve.

[Zach]

I'm just here to shut down everything for you.

[Steve]

Way to be. It's just Ableist.

[Marianne]

Is that heightist?

[Zach]

It's more Steveist.

[Steve]

Yeah, why don't you burn down the Elbaf library too, while you add if you don't like tall people.

[Zach]

Wow.

[Marianne]

Dang, this got dark.

[Zach]

Yeah. Yeah, I guess I have to now. Anyway, joking aside, you could contact us and follow [e-mail], one Piece podcast, wherever you you get your social media or subscribe to us wherever you get your podcasts. Whether it be Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, the other ones. I don't know, there's a lot, but you could find us. Just search the One Piece podcast. It's the one with the. Anyway, we will be back next week, either with an SGS or maybe that fabled voicemail episode. I'm gonna have to think of a new round off thing to do because Skype is dead. Officially. I am. I don't know if that phone number still is gonna exist. I'm trying to.

[Steve]

I can't believe One Piece outlasted Skype.

[Marianne]

I can.

[Zach]

Yeah, that. That actually is the least surprising part of this. What am I talking about? I can't believe we outlasted Skype. That part is more surprising.

[Steve]

Yeah, maybe that.

[Zach]

Yeah. Well, salute the 16 years we had Skype. Just about 16 as the. It was the mainstay of our podcast for at least 10 of those. So, yeah, pretty crazy. Crazy times. I'll get over it eventually. Thank you, Microsoft, for sucking. Anyway, we'll be back next week doing something, and we'll be back the week after that with our chapter 1149 coverage. I think that's it, though. Am I missing anything, Steve? Because my round off got all messed up and I don't remember how we did do this.

[Steve]

Now, I was about to jokingly say, call anytime, but I realized the whole point of the conversation was we can't say that anymore.

[Zach]

Yeah. Anyway, Maji, we'll see you next week, everyone. My name is Zach.

[Steve]

And my name is Steve.

[Zach]

Goodbye, everyone.

[Marianne]

Bye.

[Zach]

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