The Going Merry: A One Piece Review Podcast

Hody continues his overthrow of fishman island and finally gathers in the plaza along with the New Fishman Pirates and the subdued royal family. Prior to the beginning of the execution, he reveals some big news! Our favorite mermaid princess somehow already knew and seems to be holding strong in spite of the tragedy unfolding before her eyes.

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We continue with the recent history of fishman island and witness the tragic tales of 2 legends in Fisher Tiger and Queen Otohime. Coming back out, we are reminded why we love this crew so much. Now that everyone except for a single minor character is aware of what's going on, it's time to take care of business. Jinbe got dust in his eye.

Next Week: Episodes 548-552

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After a little bit of a distraction in town with Shirahoshi, Luffy finally reunites with Jinbe! While it feels like a happy gathering at first, the tone darkens due to Nami and Jinbe's mutual connection to Arlong. To give further background to why Arlong was in the East Blue as well as on the rising tension at fishman island, Jinbe tells the group about 2 huge role models for Fishman Island. Fisher Tiger and Queen Otohime both ...

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

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

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

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

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

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After reviewing the longest arc thus far, it is time to wrap up the Sabaody Arc. We get some final glances of the crew prior to the 2 year time skip and Rayleigh drops some major knowledge on Luffy that completely changes the power scaling in One Piece going forward. The hosts get into a large conversation over who, of the many valid options, will get Captain of the Arc. Finally, we are wrapping up the arc with out classic characte...

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

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

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

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Our flashback continues as Luffy, Ace, and Sabo continue to get to know eachother and wreak all the havoc possible. A couple special visitors appear that has the Going Merry crew feeling all sorts of emotions. Amanda wanted to know last week how Sabo is dressed so fancily and she gets her answer this week, though it does come with more turmoil than she was expecting. A central character makes his appearance..or doesnt...depending o...

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

As Marineford wraps up we get visits from MULTIPLE unexpected guests. Jinbe and the whitebeard fleet are still in an all out retreat as the marines continue their massacre. Derek FINALLY gets to reveal a couple large One Piece theories that he subscribes to. I encourage viewers to check out the youtube by Ohara that Derek references. Very very well done breakdown of the theory:

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We are back with some killer moments from Whitebeard. Portgas D. Ace is finally free, but the success is short lived thanks to Admiral Akainu. Pirates are sent reeling as the battle that continues on. It is time to retreat, but the Marines are continuing to force pressure.

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Longest title in the history of our pdcast...just had to make me do it Moria. Still a pain in my ars. We are back this week and Luffy is making massive strides in the eyes of the Marines and some of the strongest pirates in the world. Ace's execution is almost carried out twice, but he is saved by both Crocodile and Luffy himself, though the race toward the platform continues. Whitebeard still is one of the strongest men on the...

Im pretty sure we reviewed the right episodes. Somebody check back to last weeks recordings and take a gander. Regardless, Luffy continues to run toward Ace going nowhere fast. Boa and Jinbe still coming in clutch while Marco tosses his hat into the ring of making a difference. Whitebeard takes a shot in the dark while Vista makes his presence felt as a swordsman. Admiral Akainu continues to show how ruthless he is as a leader and ...

Luffy has finally arrived to the Battle of Marineford and he makes his presence known early. Whitebeard senses something fishy and orders a majority of his forces to stick back outside the bay while his main crew pushes the marines back. Luffy runs into a few foes from the past, but thanks to recent allies, he doesnt have to worry about them at the current point in time. The race to save Ace continues. Can our straw hat get there b...