Thank you so much to Michael for commissioning this episode! These are the ones where Luffy is brought to Iva and receives treatment in the form of some kind of a hormone injection, which may save his life but it's not guaranteed, and even if it saves his life he's going to be nowhere near fighting shape. But then Bon Clay decides that what he's going to do is sacrifice his own health to save Luffy's life in the form of cheerleading. Thanks for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episo...
Nov 17, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Thank you very much to Dan for commissioning this episode! So these chapters are the ones in which we finally get to meet Talia's parents, and I'm so very delighted by them. Far from the austere and demanding parents we may have expected, they're effusive and kind and really welcoming to Hugh. Of course I have a tangent about personal temperature control. We also get a weird hint of what Heliothrax is up to, but no details, and I'm very eager to see what she's doing. Thank you so much for listen...
Nov 17, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Thank you very much to Gabby for commissioning this episode! We continue with the Impel Down arc, and I thought I couldn't love this any more but now we're getting to see the secret Queer hideout within Impel Down and I swear to god I am determined to take this storyline at face value and as if it is in good faith. Thank you again for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!
Nov 17, 2023•55 min
Thank you so much to Gabby for commissioning this episode! Okay look, I'm sorry to have to do this, but the Zorro Thirst Hour will be postponed for the moment. Taking its place will be the Sanji Drool Holiday Special. Thanks for listening!
Nov 16, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Thank you very much to Dan for commissioning this episode! These are the chapters where our friends get brought to a pretty wild fort made out of a tornado where they're going to hole up until it's time for battle, and it's called Fort Maelstrom. But mostly I want to talk about a certain non-binary sound mage who is giving me life. Thank you so much for listening, and I can't wait to see you with a new episode!
Nov 16, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Thank you very much to Michael for commissioning this episode! This absolutely fantastic arc continues, and I keep feeling guilty over the fact that I'm enjoying this arc so much when it's the only one we've seen so far where all Luffy's friends aren't even there. Nevertheless! I stand by it! Also, I'm continually delighted over how much I'm getting to see Bon Clay and how true a friend he's turning out to be. Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you all again soon with a new episode!...
Nov 16, 2023•59 min
Thank you so much to Gabby for commissioning this episode! This is the episode where Usopp is trying to get someone to believe the fact that there are pirates not even coming but already here! This is so tough to watch because there's a twist involved with Kobi and Helmeppo showing up to investigate the situation, and so you get nobody believing Usopp PLUS the fact that Helmeppo is derisive with the one person who does seem to believe Usopp. Thank you so much for listening, and I will see you so...
Nov 16, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Thank you very much to Dan for commissioning this episode! These are the chapters in which we're getting to see more of Valia and Havath, and it turns out that a lot of the upper echelon Havathi people do not have a realistic understanding of their situation so a meeting has been called to impress upon them the precarious nature of the situation by suggesting some drastic measures. Meanwhile, Hugh ends up in a dream that turns out to be quite a big deal. Thanks so much to you all for listening, ...
Nov 16, 2023•1 hr
Thank you very much to Michael for commissioning this episode! These episode are the ones where Boa manages to reach Ace and let him know that Luffy is on his way. Meanwhile, we've got a new monster that can only talk in types of noodles, which is so fucking weird but I also enjoy it which has resulted in me falling in love with yet ANOTHER enemy monster. I will never learn. Thanks for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Thank you to Gabby for commissioning this episode! This is when we finally get to meet Usopp for the first time, and I'm pretty well sold on this actor. But honestly, he's been a little eclipsed by captain Kuro. This is a bad guy that is actually pretty scary, and I'm looking forward to how things develop. Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Thank you very much to Dan for commissioning this episode! These chapters are packed with table-setting, and one of the more interesting developments is the weirdness between Hugh and Rhodes. The ex-bully hasn't apologized and it's unclear if he really feels shame, but I'm waiting for him to finally get up the balls to apologize. I think I might be waiting a while. Thanks for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Thank you so much to Cindy for commissioning this episode! This Season 1 finale is super satisfying in some ways, but I'm going to continue to hold a grudge again Tao even though I don't think Charlie would want that. Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!
Oct 31, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Thank you very much to Gabby for commissioning this episode! So this episode is the one where we get to really hang out with Buggy The Clown and I'm fucking DELIGHTED with this guy. So far this show is truly kicking ass. Thank you all so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!
Oct 31, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Thank you very much to Dan for commissioning this episode! In these chapters, we get to find out exactly what the hell is going on with Rhodes and it's a weird mixture of irritating, satisfying, and weirdly funny. Also our crew decides to bring him with them on the next leg of their mission! Thanks for listening, and I will see you all soon with a new episode.
Oct 31, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Thank you so much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! I am losing my mind over how well Phyro has anticipated the way that everyone was going to react to his attack, and how he's managed to find a way around all of their precautions. Despite all that, I have a hard time imagining the confrontation between him and Jia. Speaking of which, Jia's plan of taking down the Lyucu seems to have worked flawlessly but I'm feeling left kind of flat. What do you all think? Thanks for listening, and I wil...
Oct 25, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Thank you very much to Gabby for commissioning this episode! I'm so enjoying this plot, y'all. I can't tell you how delighted I am that we're getting Buggy involved in this story again and I can't wait to see some of our beloved old villains turn up. This is going to be a really wild ride, I can tell. Thank you so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!
Oct 24, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! In these chapters, I'm getting my hopes up that Phyro is not actually attacking Pan the way that everyone is expecting, but I'm not sure whether I'm just seeing what I want to see. Also there's a whole thing with Thera getting reunited with her children, and me feeling kind of let down that we don't actually get to see that moment. Idk, I'm side-eyeing you Mr. Liu. Thanks for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!...
Oct 24, 2023•57 min
Thank you very much to Dan for commissioning this episode! It's the final episode of coverage of Tongue Eater, and we're getting into the setup for what's coming instead of resolving things...which MAKES SENSE! But I thought I was going to get closure on one or two things at least, but we don't. Bierce is making us wait. That jerk. Thanks so much for listening, and I will see you soon with the start of Last Echo Of The Lord Of Bells!
Oct 24, 2023•58 min
Thank you so much to Gabby for commissioning this episode! I hope y'all are ready for me to just spend eight episodes talking about how hot Zorro is. Setting that aside, however, I'm really enjoying this interpretation of One Piece! Thank you all so much for listening, and I will see you soon with the next one!
Oct 24, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Thank you very much to Dan for commissioning this episode! The final book in the series! WOOT! We start things out with out friends trying to move through Anastis with absolutely no attempt at camouflage....which works out about as well as one might expect. This ends with Rhodes! Of all people! Coming to their rescue. Also, Alustin is....not having second thoughts, exactly, but he's at least having a harder time with turning off his conscience it seems like. Not ENOUGH of a hard time, though, be...
Oct 24, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Thank you so much to Cindy for commissioning this episode! This is the one where things finally come to a head between Harry and...well, Harry and a lot of people, frankly. There's also another bully in the mix, though, and that's Ben. I truly hate that what he says gets to Charlie, because it's laughable that he's making SUCH a huge effort to let Charlie know he "doesn't care". If he didn't, we wouldn't be here, Ben! Ugh I hate him. Anyway, I'm dying to watch the finale and have to wait absolut...
Oct 04, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! These chapters are the ones in which it looks like Phyro maybe is going to war against Jia??? I'm not sure what to think is happening here, but that certainly seems to be the case. Meanwhile, we get to see the havoc that Jia's engineered berries wreak among the Lyucu, and I have trouble feeling as bad as I expected to feel about the whole thing. Thank so much to you all for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!...
Oct 04, 2023•1 hr 9 min
Thank you very much to Dan for commissioning this episode! These chapters of Tongue Eater are the ones where a battle between the Librarians Errant and Havath erupts unexpectedly when they're ambushed during a negotiation. I'm so torn here because I'm not really rooting for either side, but I also don't want either of them to lose...and of course, there's the looming threat of the Tongue Eater which continues to eat away (or should I say "lick" away, heh) at Alustin's mind. Thanks for listening,...
Oct 04, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Thank you so much to Cindy for commissioning this episode! This episode deals a lot in Nick starting to reach out a little bit in his understanding of his own sexuality, both in terms of online research and in terms of opening up to those around him who are queer. By the end of this episode he seems to have come to the conclusion that he's bisexual, although that may change at any time because it seems like he's really just feeling things out still. Meanwhile, he's telling some folks that he's i...
Sep 27, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Thank you very much to Kyle for commissioning this episode! This is the section where we learn what Kinri's new name is now that he's become a member of Rufizo Mender's monastery devoted to repairing and renewing instead of war and destruction. Brother Thasé-teki is getting involved in the daily life and chores, trying to find his place, and hits on an idea for "printing" books automatically. Meanwhile, Théra's facing the fact that her plan has utterly fallen apart and decides to flee to a place...
Sep 26, 2023•1 hr
Thank you very much to Dan for commissioning this episode! These chapters see our friends getting settled in this strange tree world, training to get used to their new affinities and how they overlap, and also running into some issues with poor Hugh's lung condition. It turns out that their great efforts at making a space that's safe to live in are very amateurish in comparison to the great housing already available! Who knew? Thanks so much to you all for listening, and I will see you soon with...
Sep 26, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Thank you so much to Cindy for commissioning this episode! This is the one where Charlie's having a birthday and invites Nick to spend time with him and his friends at the Bowling Alley/Arcade. Despite the fact that I've been really frustrated with Tao at several points in the series so far, I have to admit that he's doing his best here to be a good friend and I have a hard time faulting him for the way he handles things. Thank you so much to everyone listening, and I will see you soon with a ne...
Sep 26, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Thank you to Florian for commissioning this episode! These are the ones in which we begin our break-in of Impel Down and find out that Buggy The Clown is here! His crew has reluctantly decided to abandon him now that Alvida has taken control of things, and Buggy is taking matters into his own hands. Unsuccessfully. Luffy, meanwhile, is just trying to figure out where in this massive building his brother is being kept prisoner. Thank you all so much for listening, and I will see you soon with a n...
Sep 26, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Thank you very much to Dan for commissioning this episode! These are the chapters where we find out why everyone in Kemetrias treats Hugh & Co. so oddly when they read the official papers the group is carrying, and it turns out that the reason is a lot less threatening than I predicted. Meanwhile, the crew continues onward into a new land with absolutely gargantuan trees and flowers...as well as some really dangerous air quality. Thank you so much to everyone for listening, and I will see yo...
Sep 26, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Thank you so much to Elyn for commissioning this episode! This is the episode I only watched once because I couldn't handle it again. Thanks so much to you all for listening, and I will see you soon with a new episode!
Sep 18, 2023•1 hr 16 min
