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Jan 8, 2023 12:11 PM

#51

railgunned

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amazing animation, addicoinally this episode contains a lot of information. great episode overall

Jan 8, 2023 12:42 PM

#52

McStefo

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Nov 2020

Literally one piece, how can it not be 5/5, 10/1 and 100/100 :)

Jan 8, 2023 1:23 PM

#53

Eoussama

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2023 starting strong. Next week bout to be GASSSS.

Jan 8, 2023 1:52 PM

#54

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As King launches his attack, Imperial Flame, to attempt to take Zoro out of the fight before he can fully recover, Marco pushes past his physical limits and neutralizes King’s attempt with his Undying Thistle! Marco then mentions how on top of the red wall lived a race of people who could ignite themselves. King the “Wildfire” is a survivor of said race.

As Zoro’s wrappings are coming off, Marco makes the decision to pull out of the fight and let the stars take over the show, the two arms of the Straw Hat Pirates, led by none other than Straw Hat Luffy, AKA The Fifth Emperor, AKA The Next King of the Pirates, the greatest and most badass fictional concept to ever become a conceivable human thought! Zoro jumps in and makes a flashy entrance, taking out Queen’s attack with just one sword. Queen tries to blast him, but Sanji and Zoro fly together and launch their own counter attack, with each of them having this vibrant glow. Zoro’s attack was Three-Sword Style Purgatory: Onigiri and Sanji’s was Diable Mouton Mallet.

Zoro and Sanji start bickering toward one another as per usual. The animosity is still funny to see. But… they do agree on one thing. If they win this battle, it’ll give them a glimpse of Luffy becoming the King of the Pirates! With that in mind, there’s NO chance of them losing this.

Some random tries to interfere in Zoro and Sanji’s fight, but Kawamatsu is quickly able to take care of them. On the other end of things, Hyogoro makes sure none of the samurai dare to interfere with the fight either, because he understands that neither Zoro nor Sanji are in the mood for such nonsense.

Marco thinks back to a conversation he had with Whitebeard about what was on top of the red wall long before Marijoa, the Land of the Gods? I’m curious what they may be… Izo then comes to save Marco, and Marco asks him about his belief in god.

Back to the main show!

Queen describes himself as Plague, King as Wildfire, and Jack as Drought. Together they are the Three Calamities that protect. I’m thinking “NO ONE CARES”.

The fighting commences and Sanji mentions that his body feels funny after using the Raid Suit a few times. King attacks Sanji, but Zoro is able to save him. Zoro tells Sanji that he owes him, but we all know that Sanji would never accept that, so he simply returns the favor and fends off Queen’s attack. Queen asks Sanji if his burning leg is a machine, and he claims that Sanji is lying about being fully human. He mentions that humans can’t ignite themselves unless they’re a Lunarian, like King is. Sanji retorts by mentioning how his passion is hotter than fire.

The two clash and continue their conflict. Such amazing visuals. The color of the fire, Queen’s Haki. It’s all such a sight to see! Zoro and King clash, and Zoro learns more about King’s weaponry. It’s not a regular old blade. It has the ability to extend small parts out. That and King has spikes on his fists that can come out. Hyogoro notices that Zoro has Enma, and Kawamatsu thinks back to when Hiyori offered it to Zoro in exchange for him allowing Shusui to stay in the Land of Wano.

Hyogoro says that Zoro looks so much like the Daimyo of Ringo, Shimotsuki Ushimaru in his youth. Ushimaru was a descendant of the God of the Blade, Shimotsuki Ryuma, and a great swordsman. Kawamatsu says that the fact Zoro returned Shusui to the Land of Wano feels like fate. Also the fact that Ushimaru was also a one-eyed samurai AND they have similar swordplay. I would like to learn more about this guy…

Lastly, we focus on none other than the Fifth Emperor, he calls out for Momo so that he can get back to Onigashima and kick Kaido’s ass. Luffy sees Momo’s sudden growth and stairs with that BADASS smile of his. He exudes badassery everytime! It never ceases to amaze me!

I am looking forward to the future One Piece badassery!

Jan 8, 2023 3:07 PM

#55

ArtimesGamer

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This episde was pretty great but I do want to mention one thing they sort of miss conveyed. Marco was supposed to say

"ITS TIME FOR THE STARS TO TAKE THE STAGE"

Reffering of course to the straw hats, specifically Sanji and Zoro who were currently ready to fight King and Queen. Instead the translation read as "here comes the star". Not only does it not sound as good, but they gave all the faime to zoro alone. One can even say that this might be backed by someone with a zoro agenda or a huge fan of zoro. But sanji should recieve the credit as much as zoro. They are the two wings of the Pirate king and this is the way Oda wrote it in the manga.

Jan 8, 2023 3:25 PM

#56

jooehkaei

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Animation was great! Voice actors is best shit ever what i was what the fuck is going on here man when opening started banging and romero lukaku was naked in goal and then shakaboom the end

Jan 8, 2023 5:11 PM

#57

0EIXT

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May 2018

Awesome! Zoro and sanji animation!!! sick!

Jan 8, 2023 5:50 PM

#58

Chip_master123

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Dec 2022

very good really good animation

Jan 8, 2023 9:03 PM

#59

M144f

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Jan 2023

من اجمل الحلقات من ناحية الرسم و التحريك وشخصيات تستحق تقيم 10/10

Jan 8, 2023 9:26 PM

#60

Hypnuclear

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I'll be surprised if Momo's adult voice isn't the same as his child voice.

Jan 8, 2023 10:34 PM

#61

WolfWood37

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dragynfaerie said:
Are they saying Zorro's family is from Wano? We really have no family bg on Zorro.

That's a bingo...

Jan 9, 2023 12:43 AM

#62

removed-user

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Amazing Anime

Amazing Ep Zoro and Sanji animation are just on the top

Jan 9, 2023 4:22 AM

#63

s4meh4d4

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Dec 2022

Great animation! Loved seeing Zoro and Sanji working together!

Jan 9, 2023 4:55 AM

#64

kyo_04

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Dec 2020

When I look back and realize how much years we've been blessed with One piece And this arc is finally getting animated (especially what comes next) I'm getting teary lol.

Waiting for that new banger too!

Jan 9, 2023 5:03 AM

#65

Akahashii

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Dec 2022

Episode was so hyped and good. Nice way to start the year.

Jan 9, 2023 8:43 AM

#66

LelouchRouge

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Aug 2021

zoro owned this epi and the animation done by toei just got much better than b4 in 2023

Jan 9, 2023 11:54 AM

#67

dragynfaerie

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WolfWood37 said:

dragynfaerie said:
Are they saying Zorro's family is from Wano? We really have no family bg on Zorro.

That's a bingo...

Thanks! Makes 100% perfect sense when you think about it.

Jan 9, 2023 1:17 PM

#68

Coziel

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Jan 2023

Very good. Zoro and Sanji fighting together it is just perfect!

Jan 9, 2023 1:48 PM

#69

JacksonDruker

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Oct 2020

animation was top notch

Jan 9, 2023 8:24 PM

#70

Rogerhunter

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Ushimaru Shimotsuki is NOT the Father of Zoro

Jan 9, 2023 9:57 PM

#71

SavathunsBwater

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Dec 2021

Early_Morning said:
Jesus Christ didn't Toei say they were going to tone down those annoying flying aura scenes? The Zoro and Sanji scene where they charged up their attacks would've been perfect if Toei hadn't given in to that DBZ-looking nonsense AGAIN.

And I really really hate Marco in this arc. Him constantly stepping in to stop Queen and King is becoming way too predictable.

youll get over it lol

Jan 9, 2023 10:12 PM

#72

panch0666

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Oct 2021

Zoro n Sanji combo was great! Manga was better tho

Jan 9, 2023 11:58 PM

#73

yonkoakagami4

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Jan 2023

animation was dope toei did great start of year

Jan 10, 2023 1:58 AM

#74

Patlichan

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Jun 2019

Cool episode, loved the scene with Sanji & Zoro combined attack

Jan 10, 2023 4:53 AM

#75

ShiFu_

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Apr 2020

well animated. they have some urge to fill the episode and choke really hard with it, which is annoying but nonetheless i enjoyed it.

Jan 10, 2023 5:06 AM

#76

inxivity

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Jun 2022

it was good ep but luffy only woke up at the last it was kinda bad

Jan 10, 2023 8:11 AM

#77

shashlikiobani

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Oct 2021

sanji footjob is the best

Jan 10, 2023 8:25 AM

#78

GokuDripInvestor

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May 2021

WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Jan 10, 2023 8:38 AM

#79

Gnafprox2

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Sep 2022

efsane moruq harika inanılmazz müqqo

Jan 10, 2023 10:05 AM

#80

SouthpawMarto

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Jun 2022

The wings of the pirate king!!!

Jan 10, 2023 10:30 AM

#81

demetrioWTF

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Dec 2022

This dynamic duo is lit

Jan 10, 2023 10:48 AM

#82

JayeshgamerX

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May 2021

best of all time....peak fiction is just getting started

Jan 10, 2023 11:54 AM

#83

cristinas4n

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Nov 2021

SO FCKING AMAZING EPISODE!!!

Jan 10, 2023 5:59 PM

#84

Hqvist

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Apr 2021

sick zoro wawawawawawaaw

Jan 10, 2023 10:51 PM

#85

Aarav0089

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Dec 2022

zoro entry was on next level :)

Jan 10, 2023 11:51 PM

#86

nickehhhhhh

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It's finally back, and back in some style!

I'm Bruneian and I like anime. And Manchester United. And fat cats.

Jan 11, 2023 4:48 PM

#87

fddj

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Dec 2019

Momo became the fucking dragon finally!
Zoro daiymo of Ringo, do you ringo?

Jan 11, 2023 10:52 PM

#88

MegamiRem

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Oct 2017

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Pure Zoro hype baby.

Jan 12, 2023 4:47 AM

#89

Almelikie

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Feb 2021

Zoro's back is so cold!

Abdullah

Jan 14, 2023 10:43 AM

#90

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Zoro 🔥🔥 entry

Jan 14, 2023 10:57 AM

#91

Saurabh3301

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Jul 2022

it's masterpeice not one peice

Jan 15, 2023 2:07 AM

#92

Atem007

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Sep 2014

This episode was fire!!

Jan 15, 2023 11:39 AM

#93

JoestarJoestar

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akagmi_no_shanks said:
wft toei kinda ruined the where marco says "here comes stars " instead of "here comes stars to take stage " and only only showing zoro. they did dirty on sanji. and wth toei never understand that dbz aura doesn't look good in one piece.
I love the episode but they did dirty on sanji i kinda feel.

I HATE this so much. I see now why sometimes manga fans are seen as annoying by anime-only's as OP is the 1st manga I've properly read well ahead B4 the anime but wtf man.
The anime keep's ruining manga scenes to make Zoro look cool. I don't particularly have anything against him, I actually like him but I hate how Toei ruins important scenes to fit this narrative.
In the anime Zoro completely tanked that entire Kaido/Big Mom combo attack while in the anime he only blocked it for a fraction of a second so that Law could teleport anyone away.
Now they have Marco changing the Stars line to Star. Also the portrayal of Sanji here to comedic relief and competing with Zoro ruins the whole scene for me.
I am reading the whole OP Manga again and now I can't wait to re-read Wano to remove this filthy, Zoro wanking propaganda, garbage from my memory

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Jan 15, 2023 12:57 PM

#94

SamuraiNinja1

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Seems like Zoro might be related to Ryuma and the daimyo of Ringo. Cool Momo is finally older now and there's gonna be his new dragon form.

Jan 15, 2023 1:46 PM

#95

akagmi_no_shanks

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JoestarJoestar said:

Now what we can say🙄

Jan 16, 2023 4:44 PM

#96

1Konochi

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Animation is on fire, so it was worth the wait.

Jan 24, 2023 2:29 AM

#97

PrimeX

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Well Sanji's already done with his family being what they are, I think it's time we look at Zoro's family though in this case more like ancestors

Jan 24, 2023 2:30 PM

#98

PrOxAnto

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Oh hell yeah, loved the combi attack from Sanji and Zoro :D
Would love to klnow more about Ryuma.
We also got some more information regarding some other characters.

Jan 27, 2023 4:53 PM

#99

Angel_Of_Mercy

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Beautiful visual effects and fights. Sanji vs Queen and Zoro vs King. And their fights are just beginning !!!

Jan 29, 2023 4:23 AM

#100

Abdelati1998

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Jan 2023

What's a great episode this should be the great debute of year fire fire fire

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