Mugiwara Kaizoku-dan

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 Howdy dandy Monday, minna-san! I hope everyone is doing well. Spring is near, and cherry blossoms are blossoming like darling dears. Be sure to be safe from those awful pollen. Getting the sniffles is no fun. Well, with that said, let’s this show on the road, we got loads to tell so you know the drill. First off, last week’s chapter is getting intense. We first meet another Kaido’s goons who’s a head jailer name Solitaire that ate some monkey type zoan fruit. Anyway, she’s all getting upset after the guards are failing to capture an intruder that stole the keys to the cuffs. It was none other than Raizo who is on the mission. Meanwhile, Luffy took out another head jailer name Daifugo who is some type of scorpion zoan type. Everyone is in shocked to see that Luffy broke the iron rule of attacking any of Kaido’s goons. The prisoners can’t help but stay away from the situation. Old man Hyou gives gratitude to Luffy for sticking up for him. Hearing the commotion made another head jailer name Babanuki who ate some elephant type zoan fruit that turns his stomach into a canon. He got angry for Luffy’s defiance and shot him straight on. Poor Luffy took a hit. Suddenly, the All-Star Beast member, Queen, shows up doing his dance show and settle the situation. Seems he has crush on Komurasaki, and wasn’t aware of the news of her death. Anyway, he asked Babanuki to rank the terrible situations. So he ranks no.3: Eustass Kid escaped, no.2: keys to the cuffs are gone, and no.1: Luffy is on the run. All three situations made him go nuts about it and demanded them to get the situation fixed. Back at Ebisu town, Law, Ussop, and Franky are hiding out at Tonoyasu’s humble home as he welcomed them with a kind smile knowing that they are friends with Zoro. Apparently Zoro was chasing someone and ran off far who knows where. Sanji is elsewhere looking for the bathhouse to check out the girls. Meanwhile, Nami, Shinobu, and Robin are enjoying a relaxing time at a unisex bathhouse with men giving the old perverted look. Anyway, Shinobu explains that it will be difficult to gather 5000 members for the rebellion looks at a possibility of gather only 500 members. She goes one further saying that gathering more members would be easy if they had help from Hyogoro of the flowers. Apparently, she says that 20 years ago, Hyogoro was a big time yakuza gangster that ran the underworld of Wano and influence many yakuza leaders and villagers. People admired his chivalry attitude that even Lord Oden admired him as well. However, when Orochi took over Wano, he refused to serve him and disappeared. The leader of the Oniwaban, Fukurokujuu, was loyal to the Kozuki clan, but decided to serve Orochi instead. A traitor that Shinobu could not forgive and left the Oniwaban group. Now these days, Hyogoro is now a myth. At the end, back in prison, old man Hyou and Luffy are face to face with Queen. He makes a deal with Luffy that he would ask Kaido forgiveness and to join his crew, but good ol’ stubborn Luffy refused. Queen then tells old man Hyou that it’s a shame that back then Kaido and Orochi tried many times to convinced him to join their cause due to his reputation back. Old man Hyou is none other than the legendary Hyougoro of the flowers. Poor old man Hyou begs to forgive Luffy and instead punish him. Queen says came up with an idea to settle the situation. While Raizo is in a pinch to try to help Luffy, a voice from behind the cage calls out to him claiming to be a man name Kawamatsu. An old friend perhaps? Who is this Kawamatsu? What has Queen decide to punish both Luffy and Hyougoro? SO MUCH INTENSE! Don’t miss this week’s chapter! Episode will resume this week so don’t miss it. Now on with the goods. First, Tongari-san is a bit busy cuz this week is the anniversary so we’ll do the announcing in his place. First, on March 31st, it’s free entry day. You must some accompany of a friend, or group, or family. Single is not allowed to enter the park free if you don’t have a buddy to join you. Next, the tower are giving out free anniversary stickers. Sanji’s restaurant and Cafe Muigwara are giving stickers of Sanji and Robin if you dine there. Ticket and Tongari store are giving out stickers of Luffy and Nami. On the 4th floor, the Tongari carnival are giving out sticker of Zoro, the original medal coin maker will give out sticker of Ussop, Chopper’s Sunny tour will give Chopper’s sticker, if you dine at Franky’s cola bar, you’ll get Franky’s sticker, and if you play another mini game, you will receive Brook’s sticker. If you collect all the stickers, take your sticker to the ticket counter, you’ll get a sticker of Tongari-san himself. Speaking of Tongari-san, his birthday is this Wednesday. To celebrate, if you follow his Twitter page and leave a bday message, you’ll get a special anniversary bromide card. This is only on Wed. Also, these two medal coins are the new anniversary coins that has Luffy and Tongari-san. It’s 600 yen to have it customized. Next, all arcades will stock the new World Figure Colosseum of Sanji in Diable Jamble attack. It will be in color and b&w version. Wanna this prize? You have the power in your hands. Beat that devilish crane. Moving on, here are the new bday goods of Franky and Sabo. For Franky, stores are selling his artboard, letter cup, and bromide card set. For Sabo, stores will be selling his birthday button, art board, yummy sweet treat, and a wanted poster folder. Next, starting this Friday, Jump Shop will be holding a stamp rally. If you collect stamps from Straw Hat stores and Jump Shop, you’ll get a free prize. If you visit 3 or 12 Jump Stores, apparently, you’ll get an even more amazing prize. Details will be explained more. You can follow their Twitter page. Event will go on until Sept.30th. Next, Animate stores will be holding a special Jump event. From March 15th to April 4th, if you shop for goods, you’ll receive a free random bromide card of any anime. For OP, they’ll give out bromide cards of Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji from Wano chapter. Next, check out the cover of vol.20 of WCI that has the awesome Carrot in sulong mode. It will be released on April 3rd. Next, this summer, Log Collection will released new DVD package of Zou. On July 26th, Zou will be released. ON Aug.30th, Mink will be released. And on Sept.27th, will be released. Last, but not least, here are more designs of the Straw Hats in the upcoming movie, STAMPEDE. Phew! I think that’s everything. Also, we’ll leave upcoming episode titles. That’s all we got! Tune in next week for more news and goods. All righty, boys, let’s call it a night.

 Episode titles:

Ep.876: “The Man of Humanity and Justice! Jimbei, a Desperate Massive Ocean Current”-March 17th.

Ep.877: “Time for Farewell! Pudding’s One Last Request!”-March 24th.

Ep.878: “The World in Shock! The Fifth Emperor of the Sea Arrives!”-March 31st.

Ep.879: “To the Reverie! Gathering of the Straw Hat Allies!”-April 7th.

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 Howdy minna-san! I hope everyone had a good weekend. Now on with the news. Gotta make this short cuz we’re a bit behind. First off, chapter resumes this week so don’t miss it. Next, last weekend’s episode seemed all hope was lost. Big Mom landed as everyone waits for the moment to see if the cake would satisfy or kill her. Every bite she took made her fly into heaven. Totland was saved from her rampage, but the Straw Hats are in a pickle with all the forces enclosing her even with the help of the Sun pirates. Germa is also holding up as well. At the end, all the fleets enclose the gang and fired away. Is the end of our heroes? Next time, the gang is saved by Wadatsumi, but Jinbei makes a hard decision for him that could save the gang. What will it be? Don’t miss it this weekend. Now on with the ends. First off, Tongari-san is on a hold up due to the awesome event going next week so we’re gonna tell the news in his place. First off, check out Sabo and Franky’s b-day goods. The store will be selling the buttons and acrylic key chains. If you purchase goods over 3000 yen, you’ll get a free b-day poster of the handsome revolutionary himself. At Franky’s cola bar, they’ll be selling his b-day dish of his super meat wrapped rice balls with some tasty veggies and a cheese star topping. Next, next week is the anniversary week. Next Saturday, the tower will have a live concert show with guest stars Kitadani Hiroshi-san, and Ohstuki Maki-san. Details of seeing the show is on the website. They’ll also be having live talk shows with the actors of the Straw Hats. Lottery tickets will be given out so it’s first come, first serve. They’ll also have a photo greet with the Straw Hats as well and mini show of Bon-chan & his newkama pals. Tickets for this will also be given out so if you want a ticket, be the early bird to get the worm. It will be given out on the 5th floor. Next, stores will be selling this new Japanese style of TTOP t-shirt that has Sunny in Hokusai’s art style both in adult and kids size. Next, figurines! This new World Figure Colosseum of Ussop will be at arcades this Thursday. Claim your prize! Next, Straw Hat stores will now accept reservations for this new POP Maximum figurine of Luffy in snakeman mode which will be released on Aug. If you make reservations for figurines, stores will give a random bromide figurine card of either Kid w/ Killer, Cavendish, Nami, Robin, Reiju, the marines, Whitebeard, or Hancock in nice background. It has also being announced that voice actor of Ace, Furukawa-san, is the official ambassador of the POP figurine that makes good observations on the figurines. Moving on, we mentioned last time that these wanted square buttons will be available online, but Straw Hat stores will have it as well. You can buy a box or individual package. All random. Next, Jump Stores and Straw Hats stores will accept reservations for the glass clock of Luffy. It will be released early June. They’ll also sell this neat watch of the Straw Hat jolly roger. Next, new YAKARA fragrances! This time, they’ll have different fragrances of the boys again such as Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Shanks, Ace, Marco, Law, Crocodile, Doflamingo, & Katakuri. It will be released this Saturday. Next, if you have child, you can order this Straw Hat holiday message card as birthday or graduation message. Next, Jump Stores will be selling these neat neck ties of Luffy in his gum gum pistol attack. It’s a great attire to liven up your work look. Next, the OP Luxury Ship event will have talking robo Choppers for entertainment and such. More news will be revealed. Taiwain will also have an anniversary event so tickets will be sold online. Jump Stores and Straw Hat stores are selling these luggage tags of the Straw Hats, Ace, Law, and Sabo great to decorate your luggage. Stores are also selling these cute thermometers as well. Next, here are more loads of Sanij’s birthday goods such as special Jump b-day button, art board, tote bag, postcard set, and new heroes collection buttons from East Blue to WCI. Stores are also selling this cute OP mascot folder that has Carue, Bepo, Sunny, Merry, and Laboon. Moving on, stores are selling this new folder of vol.92 cover of the Wano arc, colorful acrylic straps, box of chocolates (FYI: can be purchased individually), label stickers great for calendars or your Vivre Card folder, Wano Kingdom candy that comes with a free random sticker of either Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Sanji, or Chopper, and these new phone cases for iphone 7 or 8. Next, all book and anime stores are selling the new Vivre Card folder that has Sabo and other familiar faces, the new Vivre Card set vol.2 with Sabo on the cover, and the One Piece Party vol.5. Next, OP app game, Treasure Cruise, is having a short campaign where you can now get images of the Germa family including Sora. Last, but not least, MOVIE NEWS! Yes, it’s been announced that if you reserve tickets for adults or children, you’ll receive a free 4 set YAKARA buttons. Images will be released later. Reservations can be made online or at your local Seven Eleven stores. You can reserve until Aug.2nd. Well, that’s all we got for now. Tune in next week for more news and goods. Let’s call it a night boys.

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 Happy Monday, minna-san! Warm sun and blooming flower buds have arrived. Spring is almost here. I hope everyone is ready to ditch those heavy coats and toasty sweaters. With that said, let’s this show on the road. We got loads of fun to share. First off, last week’s episode intensity is increasing more. We first see Perospero and the rest of the siblings doing their thinking time as they figure how they can get to Wano and hope they can find their mom. At Kuri Wastelands, Big Mom is tagging along with Chopper and the gang heading to Udon as Kiku explains that it’s a long journey to reach the land.  At another hideout, Nami & the gang have finally reached to safe place to hide out for a while because of the scandal. Robin was able to find out most of the stuff she could figure out. Brook tells Robin he found poneglyph stone, but it’s not red like the one from Zou. The girls decided to go to a bathhouse to relax. At the capital, the entire country of Wano mourn for the death of Komurasaki and will be holding a funeral in her honor. Meanwhile, Sanji and the guys are hiding in some shelter and reading the news about Komurasaki and the scandal that the girls have caused. Back in prison, poor Luffy is getting spit on by a jerk gifter name Apalcaman who is half man, half apalca. He’s all bullying the poor captain and just spitting as he’s talking. Yuck! He’s all telling Luffy off that he’ll be punished if he had anything to do with Kid’s escape which that news spread out as well. At the end, Luffy notices as the poor old man Hyou, the prisoner he saved, was getting bullied again and the gifters are forcing to tell him how he got many kibidango. Old man Hyou refused to answer as he mentions a hero he looked up to back then name Hyougoro of the flowers. I guess you could say he was the samurai Robin Hood. Anyway, Luffy had enough of seeing him getting trashed around he rushed to his rescues as the other prisoners begged him to not interfere that would lead to death. At the gate, the fearsome top commander Queen arrived at prison. What in the world is he there for? Who is this Hyougorou of the flowers? Is Kyoshiro an ally or a foe? GAH! So many questions. No chapter this week so it’s a break until next week. Next, this past weekend’s episode was intense. Luffy and Sanji finally made it back to Sunny and the others. Everyone was happy, but not out of the woods. The Germa siblings are keeping the Big Mom pirates away from the gang while back at Chiffon’s island, they arrived and placed the cake on shore. They wait for Big Mom’s arrival to see this moment through hoping that the cake will stop her sugar rush. Back at sea, Judge passes by the gang as he asked Luffy if all this trouble to save Sanji was worth it. He gave no answer and instead thanked him for helping out. It made him angry to hear such answer. At the end, the gang are trapped by all the fleets when suddenly, Wadatsumi and Sun pirates arrived to help Jimbei and the others. Next time, the Sun pirates face the Big Mom pirates while Mama herself is about to enjoy the cake. Will it satisfy her? Or disgust her? Don’t miss it! Now on with the goods. Tongari-san couldn’t be here tonight since March is gonna be busy month, but we got his telegram. He mentions that yummy birthday menu to celebrate Sanji and Sabo’s birthday has been posted. First, they’ll have Sanji’s swirly sausage burger with a black burger to match his suit and yummy potato hearts with some ketchup. For beverage, they have have flambe shot’s orange tea with some whip cream and orange drizzle. You can also order a fountain drink that comes in a plastic bottle of Sanji which is yours for free. (FYI: no BD bromide card). For Sabo’s dish, they have his Night Fire Fist spicy carbonara shrimp ramen with fish cake of his hat. If you order any of these dishes, you’ll get a free BD bromide card. Next, stores will be selling these new pouches of Sunny, Heart pirates, Straw Hat pirates in orange, black, & red color. It will be available on March 12th. The store will also have new tower coins in color of the characters such as Luffy, Chopper, Zoro, Sanji, Ace, Law, & Sabo. It’s 600 yen. Next, Anime Japan will be selling these hamster buttons of the boys including Ace & Sabo for one day. Not sure if other local stores or Animate stores will have them in stock, but you can ask. But this is only sold at the event for now. Next, check out the new visual for the 20th anniversary event at the Umihotaru Passenger Ship in Yokohama. More details of events and goods will be announced later. Next, J-League has announced a collab with OP. They’re selling loads of neat buttons, t-shirts, and hand towel from popular soccer teams. If you live w/in the country, you can order it. Payment can be made by credit card or COD (cash on delivery). We’ll leave a link for those interested. Next, Ehime prefecture will be opening a temporary Mugiwara Store at the Emfiul Masaka mall. Limited ed. goods will be announced soon. It will open from March 21st to April 7th. Ehime is known for having tasty oranges. Nami goods will probably the original goods, but be on the look-out for the announcement. Next, this Saturday, stores will be selling new mugi mugi plushies. This time, East Blue Zoro, Ussop, along with a pair set of lil’ Zoro & Kuina. Very cute! Next, get groovy! Get funky! Oh, no one says that anymore right? How embarrassing. Ahem! Anyway, On March 27th, stores will be selling this 20th anniversary OP CD Best Album. It will have all the openings and endings. CD album will only have the songs, as for the special album will have Blu-ray DVD of the animation openings and endings. Relive all the songs from 20 years. Next, OP app game, Thousand Store, is having a short event of Skypiea Island. Level up & you’ll receive Gan Fall w/ Pierre & Eneru as players. Last, but not least, I hope everyone got a chance to see the new trailer of the new OP movie, Stampede. Last week, Oda-sensei & staff released new sketches of new bad guys: one is named Douglass Bullet who supposedly is a former member of the Gold Roger pirates, and the entertainment MC, Buena Festa. Trailer also released that Law, Smoker, Tashigi, and the Buggy pirates will be in the movie. SO HAPPY! I can’t wait to see them. Today, they have released new designs of the Straw Hats wearing some neat looks. For those who live in Japan, don’t forget this Friday all movie theaters will be selling tickets to the movie and buttons will be given free. Check your local theater form your area. Phew! I think we got everything. That’s all we got! Tune in next week for more news and goods. Boys! Job well done as always. Let’s call it a night.

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 Happy Monday, minna-san! I hope everyone is ready for flowers and sunshine. Spring is coming soon. Be ready to feel the glee moment. Since the season of sunshine is approaching, more awesome stuff is coming up so you know the drill. First off, last week’s chapters was disastrous. Orochi is still infuriated with Komurasaki for slapping him and not allowing him to punish cute Otoko-chan. Looks like he ate a zoan type fruit known as the snake-snake fruit, model: nine-headed dragon snake. Anyway, he demanded the brave, lovely geisha to bow her to apologize and that he would lighten her punishment. Same answer: she refused. The anger grew; one of his heads attacked a party guest and then snatched her with his slimy mouth. Everyone was in panic to see her at his jaws. The Oniwaban ninjas then showed up in time. One the guests asked a ninja name Daikoku to save the courtesan, but he says that he’s in liberty to do what he wants. Poor Otoko-chan screams for her sister’s life. She begged Robin to save her, but she’s so busy protecting her. Then, other Oniwaban members ran as they were chased by Brook’s spirit and made poor Otoko-chan passed out. Meanwhile, Shinobu and Nami are inside the ceiling ready to save Robin, but were discovered by one of the Oniwaban members, Hanzo. He recognized Shinobu, but insulted her when he remembers her good looks. Hearing that made her upset and used her the “Killer-Man” jutsu to hit his precious below. (you should know what it is). She then made the ceiling collapse and injured Orochi. Komurasaki was freed, but then is confronted by the deviant Kyoshiro as he slashed her in one blow. Everyone freaked out to see her dead, even the girls and the ninjas. Orochi got enraged with Kyoshiro as he never commanded to kill her, but he reminded him that it was a mercy killing for rebelling against him. The guests were utterly shocked at his behavior, but ignored their criticism as he pulled out the time symbol that was handed out by Kinemon. EH? Could he be one of the samurai protectors of the Kozuki clan? Orochi shed tears to see the beautiful courtesan he loved dead at his feet. His rage grew even more as he chased Robin w/ Otoko-chan, but luckily, Nami came to the rescue and summoned Zeus to shock the shogun. At the end, the next day at Leftover town, Big Mom is a guest at O-Tsuru’s house enjoying some traditional sweets while Chopper and the others are trying to leave, but worried that her memory could come around. Only nine days until the rebellion. Can everyone still keep a low-profile until the time? Or will all their efforts of planning be wasted? What truth lies behind Kyoshiro and Komurasaki? Are they members of the Kozuki clan? GAH! So many questions! Don’t miss it this week! Next, this past weekend’s episode was a blast. Sanji’s siblings came to his aid as all the Big Mom pirates came on and on to kill Sanji and Luffy. At shore, just when Nami and the others are cornered, Judge and his fleet came to their aid and attacked all the tart ship fleets. Back in town, all the members urge to kill our heroes as Brulee tell everyone to not let Luffy escaped as she yelled to everyone that he defeated Katakuri. The news shocked them to hear that their strongest member of the family has been defeated. Hearing this news enraged all the members, especially Oven as he chased our heroes ready to burn them to death. However, his siblings all came to his rescues sending him off to shore one by one. At the end, Reiju to his aid as she looks at the boys for the last time and tells Sanji to move forward and cherish his friends. She sends him off and the boys finally reached Sunny. Next time, the gang are still in a pinch while Bege prepares to leave the cake for Big Mom to devour. A final miracle approaches as the Sun pirates will appear. Don’t miss it! Now on with the goods. First off, look who’s here! Tongari-san. Wanna know his real name? It’s Chou-rou! We’ll still call him by his pen name. Anyway, what brought you here, my friend? Tongari-san says that more fun stull is happening at the tower. First off, we got major birthdays coming up. Yup! A chef, a cyborg, and a revolution man. Yup, it’s none other than Sanji, Franky, and Sabo. The tower will be selling awesome goods of them. First, they have loads of Sanji b-day goods. First, they’ll have his birthday button acrylic key holder, and stickers. Next, more new café goods. They’re selling these coffee pouches excellent for a morning or any drink. There’s 5 bags. Next, these wonderful iphone cases for XS or X. Lastly, this wonderful t-shirt with many of his mottos written. If you buy goods over 3000 yen, you’ll receive his birthday poster, and if you visit the tower made a 1000 yen purchase, you’ll get a free bromide card of him. For Franky, for now, they have the button and acrylic key holder. Bromide card and poster image of him and Sabo (including his goods) will be posted soon. Next, more spring goods. They’ll be selling of course, acrylic figurine stands of all 12 characters, a colorful double side folder, coasters, a can of candy, a set of hand towels, & a tapestry. They’ll also be holding a stamp campaign. Rules are you must shop for goods over 1500 yen. Get a stamp first from the store downstairs, and same thing at the Tongari shop. You must shop at both stores in order to get the sticker. It will be in random package. Next, during the anniversary week, they’ll be having a photo greet of the Straw Hats and talk show event with the actors. Don’t forget that March 16 will be a live concert with the big stars, Kitadani Hiroshi-san & Otsuki Maki-san. Rules for live show will be announced soon. Also, Tongari’s birthday is also in March. It will be on the 13th. On that day, guests will be given a free flower greeting card so you can write a birthday message to the loveable Tongari-san. GUA! BOYS! We gotta celebrate BIG! Next, FIGURINES! FIGURINES! Loads of new ones! First, all arcades will be stocking this new Sweet Style Pirates of Nami wearing Chopper’s outfit in dark and pastel color. Think you got what it takes to win this? Shut it and beat that crane. Next, A bit early, but check out the Ichiban Kuji! Theme is the Wano arc. Prize A & B will be figurine of Luffytaro and Zorojuro. Prize C will be ukyo-e board image, & prize D will be a sakura glass cup. You’ll also get a chance to win another color version figurine of Luffytaro & Zorojuro. It will commence in July. Next, another early Ichiban Kuji. Title is The Greatest: 20th anniversary. From Prize A to E are figurines of Luffy, Zoro, Ace, Law, and Sabo.  Prize F to H are plates designs, glass cup of the Straw Hats, and colorful board frames. You’ll also get a chance to win either new color versions figurine of Luffy. It will be released on April 26th. Next, more birthday goods of Sanji & Franky. They’ll sell birthday buttons and acrylic figurine stand. If you purchase over 1000 yen, you’ll get two free mini posters. Moving on, next month, they’ll be selling these new awesome goods such as these neck straps of Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Chopper, Ace & Law, this cool jersey shirt of the Straw Hat jolly roger, and these square can badges of the wanted posters of the Straw Hats, the warlords Mihawk, Doflamingo, and Crocodile, Ace, Law, and Sabo. All will be released during March. No known date, but the anime shop, amiami, will have details. Next, Jump shops and Straw Hat stores will be selling birthday buttons of Sanji, Franky, and Sabo. A better image will be released soon. This is the best one I could find. Last, but not least, here is the new cover of vol.92 that has Luffy with Kid, Kaido as a dragon, the courtesan Komurasaki and her cute sis, Otoko-chan, and the gang with surprised faces. It will be released on March 4th. Well, that’s all we got for now. Oh, tragic news everyone. I forgot to mention it last time. Voice actor of Whitebeard, Arimoto Kinryuu-san, passed away last week due to his cancer in his stomach. It was a long battle, but the great oyaji has gone to the sky to enjoy sake with Roger. He passed on before his birthday. It truly is a sad news to bear, but we must honor his memory and carry on with the story like he would have want us. Well, that’s all we got. Tune in next week for more news and events. Special thanks to Tongari-san. We’ll be ready for your big day! Boys, let’s call it a night.

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 Happy 2019! We are deeply, deeply sorry for the long hiatus. Flu season is getting around, and the crew are still sick, plus I’ve been majorly busy with loads of work now that spring is coming and job hunting season/ visa renewal season for me. But to make up for the long absence, the crew gathered everything everyone missed even while being sick so I will lay out everything. First off, the chapter will resume this week I think as last time, it was left where Zoro gets acquainted with his new friend, Yasu as he brought him to a town of smiles and suffrage, Ebisu town. Everyone was all smile despite the hunger, pain, and illness going around, they still keep a big happy face. Zoro thought it was strange, but understood the hardship they are w/standing. One of the villagers mentioned to Yasu that a Robin-hood hero pass by the village again. Supposedly, this hero brings them food and water to ease the hunger of the villagers. Who could this stranger be? They call him ox-free. Back at Onigashima, MAJOR trouble stirred up! Big Mom showed up to get Zeus back, and brought her whole crew with them. It was chaos! They steer the mother ship towards the water fall almost reaching to the top, but King, one of the big honchos, used his devil fruit, the dragon-dragon fruit, pteranodon style. He turned into a dinosaur, pterodactyl. Anyway, King knock the ship down as Big Mom sinks into the ocean. At the end, Sanji, Franky, Ussop, and Law are heading for the hills to avoid getting caught. Law tells the guys that if they caught, they must not reveal their plans, and to not pick a fight as it would ruined their chance to fight for real. Sanji then hears screaming from the village, and it was none other than Page. Demanding for Sanji to show up, he destroys the soba stand, and hurting the villagers. Suddenly, Sanji kicks Page to the curb. He tells the guys to go on ahead as he pulls out the weapon that Niji left for him back at WCI. Sanji then pulls out his weapon and BAM! The dark knight, Soba Mask, appears! Black suit, family hair do, shades, rocket shoes, I mean the whole enchilada. Apparently, this new suit really is useful and beating Page. At the end, a surprise got washed up ashore. Chopper takes a stroll with Tama, Kiku, and Momo and they spot Big Mom. However, when she woke up, she doesn’t know her where she is nor who she is. EH?! AMNESIA? Will it last? What’s gonna happen if regains her memory? Big time yonkou will clash! What fate will hold for the kingdome of Wano?! GAH! So many mysteries and questions! Guess we’ll have to leave it up to the big man. Let’s be surprised. Also, if you want to read official manga, please use official websites. Do not go around revealing spoilers on any media such as FB, TW, or any other to everyone who are patiently waiting for the official released. It’s rude and messed up. Be considerate. Next, totally behind on the anime, but we’ll wrap it up in one. We finally see Luffy catching up to Katakuri’s level and getting the respect after finding out that Flampe pulled a dirty trick and put that brat in her place. This past weekend’s episode was a major throw down! We finally see Luffy’ new awesome gear 4th move, SNAKE MAN, which it increased his speed of his attacks. Katakuri however was still one step ahead thanks to his awesome observation haki. Both warriors are going all out majorly. The guys pulled their final move into a huge impact of haki!! Meanwhile, Sanji and Pudding wait in an alley. Pudding hesitates to say goodbye to Sanji, but approached him for a final request. At the end, the fight is over. The victor is…none other than our fellow rubber champ, Luffy-kun! Katakuri stands up and asked him if he will beat Big Mom. He vowed to come back and do so. Katakuri finally passed out defeated for the first time. At the end, Luffy leaves his hat on his face as show of his respect and Pekoms shows up. It’s 5 until 1 am. Next time, Pekoms helps Luffy by awakening his sulong form, but will it save our hero? DON’T MISS IT! Thank you, Katakuri for putting up a major fight. We hope to see you down the road. Now on with the goods! First, we received a telegram from Tongari-san as he caught the flu, but will get better in no time. He says that in March, the tower will be celebrating its 4th anniversary, and loads of fun events will be happening. The anniversary week will start from March 13th to the 16th. There will be a special live performance from Kitadani Hiroshi and Ostuki Maki. Details of events and special live will be announced soon. Moreover, check out the new theme for the 4th anniversary. It’s an Alice in Wonderland theme. They’ll be selling new buttons of the Straw Hats including, Ace, Sabo, and Law. The tower will also be having a stamp rally event so more details will be announced soon. The spring event and buttons will be available on March 1st. Next, the tower is celebrating the beautiful Nico Robin’s birthday. Her bday is on Feb.6th. To celebrate, the stores will be selling Robin’s birthday button and key chain, another bday button, art board, tote bag, & postcard set. Also, they’ll be giving out a bromide card if you visit the park, & a free poster if you purchase over 3000 yen. The café will be serving her Flower-Flower Soybean milk pudding. It will come w/ an edible flower w/ a bit of drizzled berry sauce. Delish! The café will also celebrate Vivi’s birthday. They’ll serve her royal white curry udon noodle with some blue jelly and an edible flower. If you order either, you’ll receive a free birthday card. Also, if there are those in the mood to celebrate Valentine, the café will be serving this limited time Mr. Prince’s aka Sanji’s Love choco banana waffle served a glasses sweet crisp shape. Available until Feb.14th. Anyone have a sweet tooth? Well, now you can buy your own character chocolate piece. Deco chocolate are selling cubes of any of your favorite characters. You can make your own box of chocos. You pick a box, pick the characters, and done! You’re ready to check out. You can buy 3, 5, 10 pieces for one box. It’s a perfect gift for friends, family, or if you are the lovey dovey type, it would be a great Valentine or White day gift or some other special occasion. If you want to buy a whole box of one character, that is possible too. I bought one box.  Next, the store is also selling these limited ed. café goods of Sanji such as a button set, a can of candy, a box of waffle cookies w/ a free random sticker, and an acrylic key holder. It’s still in stock.  Last, but not least, the store is still selling the New Year gift pack that comes with an acrylic stand, long towel, and button set. Next, FIGURINES! Majorly awesome new ones! First, if you are in the arcade, be sure to win yourself these World Figure Colosseum Treasure Cruise figurines of Luffy, Nami, and Zoro in their cowboy look. They’ll also be stocking this awesome Grandista figurine of Sanji as well so get those coins ready to beat the crane. Next, stores will be selling this awesome new Figure Arts Zero figurine of Luffy in Snake Man mode. It will be released in May. POP will also release figurine of Luffy in Snake Man mode as well. It will be released in August. They’ll also be accepting reservations for this new POP figurine of Hina. It will be released in July. Last, but not least, this adorable POP figurine of Chopper ver. OT. It will be released in May. Next, new stuff! First, the popular brand, Graff Art are selling these cute goods of East Blue such as acrylic key holders (6 random), pass cases, a pouch, 3 memo pads, and a pencil case. Next, the stores will also be celebrating Robin’s b-day. To celebrate, they’ll sell her bday button and acrylic stand. If you purchase over 1000 yen, you’ll get a free mini poster of her. Next, a new flower pot of Chopper will be sold soon. It will come an engraved box with Chopper in it. It’s a perfect for friend or someone. Next, this year, Mugi Mugi will be having new plushies from East Blue. This month, they’ll be selling mugi mugi of Shanks, Luffy, and Coby. Very adorbs! Next, in March, they’ll be selling memo pad stands of Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Nami, & Keita-san. Next, new phone covers with all the Straw Hats individually or in group. Next, this week, stores will be these cute tote bags in gold and silver color. Possible to make an ita bag. Stores are also selling these new smartphone pocket of the gang, and these awesome plastic gold & silver tote purses with the OP logo on it. Next, anyone likes Valentine? More luck. The stores will be selling imprinted Valentine and White day cookies. Girls are now in stock. Great gifts. Looks so colorful to eat. They’re also selling these JUMP stickers available at JUMP Shops and Mugi stores according to its location: Tokyo, Osaka, & Fukuoka w/ differ designs. Stores are still selling these New Year goodie bags. Both bags have hand towels & Luffy mugi mugi mini pillow. Red bag will have button set of Luffy, Sanji, & Katakuri. Blue bag will have button set of Luffy, Zoro, & Law. Get them while they last. They’re also selling these adorable New Year mugi mugi of Luffy & Chopper in their kimono, these neat socks of Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, & Chopper, this adorable mugi mugi purse perfect to store them, and hat with the anniversary design on the inside. Next, the Hello! OP exhibition will be holding it in Fukuoka region from April 20th to May 12th. They’re selling new goods such as a ticket mini folder, mini art stands, new mug of Nami, Sabo, & Shanks, folder, poster, tote bag, motto long towels of Luffy & Zoro, t-shirt, and a goodie bag. Next, big events happening: Hong Kong will host a marathon; registration is full, and a big shiop event going in Yokohama bay to celebrate 20th anniversary of the anime. They’ll have an OP café. More details will be announced later. More new stuff at the stores. They’ll be selling these adorable winter designs of Chopper’s hometown mascots including hiking bear. They’ll have masking tapes, pen, and a small notebook I think. It will be in pink or blue color. Next, stores will be selling these mini RUN! RUN! acrylic mini stands of the Straw Hats, Law, Ace, & Sabo in kid and adult versions. Adult versions will be available on Feb.16th. They’re also selling these mini stickers, new vivre cards of Robin, Shirahoshi, Blackbeard, and Hordy Jones. Coming very soon, these new acrylic straps and big & small pixel stickers of many various characters and t-shirts of Katakuri & Zoro. Next, stores are selling these new adorable Chopper goods such as this t-shirt, small pillows, shiny folder, and acrylic stands wearing differ hats from various characters. They’ll also be selling this Zoro sleeping mask and various new hand towels and long towels. Next, YO HO HO HO! Music! Coming soon, new stores will be selling this golden album of OP Music Material of BGM. It will be available on Feb.22nd. Next, month, they’ll be selling the OP 20th anniversary Best Album of all the songs throughout the 20 years including the hit song, WE ARE! It will be available on March 27th. If you haven’t purchased, be sure to purchase of the new single of V6 for OP’s theme, SUPER POWERS! This CD will have the songs with its animation cover of the boys w/ the Straw Hats. Other CD will have songs and DVD with the MV making. Next, if you haven’t purchased it, be sure to get your copy of the new OP magazine vol.5. It will have Zoro’s wanted poster. Also, the Kumamoto x Tokyo Girls Collection will be accepting votes for a postcard to be included in the next issue which will be available on May 24th. It will have Nami’s wanted poster. Also, Tsuruya dept. store will be having the collaboration of OP with TGC. They’ll have a café selling delish dishes of the girls, desserts, and drinks. They’ll be giving out free random coaster of the Straw Hats if you purchase a drink. For goods, they’ll be selling a folder, acrylic straps & buttons of Nami, Robin, Chopper, Hancock, Perona, Tashigi, and Big Mom, postcards, a tote bag, and acrylic stands of Nami, Robin, and Hancock. Next, new info for the upcoming OP movie, STAMPEDE! On March 1st, all movie theaters in Japan will be selling advanced tickets to the movie, and if you purchase it, you’ll be given a free 10 button set of the gang’s new look including a new jolly roger. Its limited time so be sure to check out your local theater at a town near you. YOWZA! Finally, here’s the new DVD cover of vol.18 of WCI that has the awesome Katakuri. You can find on the JP site of amazon. Phew! That is whole thing we cover for the January and this month’s news. We are truly sorry for falling behind. We won’t make a bad habit of it. We promise. That’s all we got. Be sure to tune in for more news next time. Boys! Job damn well done! Let’s call it a night.

 TGC: http://www.tsuruya-dept.co.jp/tgc/cafe/index.html

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 Happy Rowdy Monday, minna-san! I hope everyone had a good 3 day weekend. Did you get Christmas shopping done? Hope none of you didn’t have a spout on Black Friday. Those are the worst. Well, we got something better for you all that beats the goods from your place. Enough said, let’s get through this. We got a haul of stuff to share with you. First off, last week’s chapter resumed and it start off with Moria who we finally see after a long-time absent raiding at an island that’s been occupied by Blackbeard. He was there to rescue Absalom who he shows up happy to see him however, it was a phase. Suddenly, Shiryu of the rain appears out of nowhere that came to a shock that he has the power of Absalom’s devil fruit, the clear-clear fruit. What in the world?! Then Caterina Devon, the most devious female pirate, also makes her entrance showing of her devil fruit as well, the dog-dog fruit, model nine-tails. She tells Moria that Absalom is dead, and Shiryu ate his fruit so all that’s left is his corpse. Meanwhile, Blackbeard is laying off enjoying his booze and fame spouting that another war will soon happen. Meanwhile, back at Wano kingdom, Duke and Shutenmaro fight off, but Kinemon finally put a stop to the fight. Kinemon asks Shutenmarou to join his rebellion against Kaido, but refused due to the fact that he lost faith in the Kozuki clan for being absent for a long time. Back at the mountain, adorable little Tama-chan finally recuperated from her injuries thanks to Chopper and the goat mink doctor. She says she only remembers that Speed was badly hurt and afterwards it was blank. Anyway, she’s all better now, but the danger is not over. At the end, back at Onigashima, Jack confronts his scolding from his two vicious brothers and also Kaido’s ALL-STAR BEAST top commanders, King and Queen. They’re appearance is terrifying like demons that represent wrath and sloth. Anyway, Jack was getting scolded for not trying hard enough to break the spirits of Luffy and Kid. GUA! These two guys are really really really scary looking. Oda-sensei really gave deep thought to come up with their appearance to be chilling. With these two big monsters in charge, will the gang be able to come up with a plan to infiltrate the island w/ them around? Guess we’ll see this week. Don’t miss it! Next, this past weekend’s episode was turning up. We start off with Luffy continuing his fight w/ the tough cookie Katakuri as he is getting irritated by his unbreakable spirit. Back at the sea, Sanji and the chefs are finishing icing the cake, but as he was observing, Bege was trying to add poison to the cake. It made Sanji angry as he kicked off the poison & yells at him that he won’t let him damage the cake, but Bege claims he is not gonna stop to murder Big Mom. Sanji tells him that the taste of the cake alone is gonna put Big Mom out of this world and pass out from the heavenly taste. Bege continues to refuse to see his reason, and Sanji put a spoonful of the cake in his mouth and passed out from heavenly taste. On the other side, Carrot continues to destroy Daifuku’s ship fleet, but her sulong was tiring her out. Just as she was about to meet her end, good ol’ Brook came to her rescue and took her back to the ship. At the end, Big Mom’s appearance change as she got thinner due to her hunger pangs. She then calls forth Promtheus and Zeus as they appear and she lit herself on fire and landed on Sunny. Next time, Big Mom starts to destroy Sunny as the gang must do their best to save each other. Will the gang be able to save Sunny? Don’t miss it! Now on with goods! First off, Tongari-san couldn’t show up due to his cold so he sent us a telegram. First off, the tower is getting into the Christmas spirit and preparing to celebrate the loveable doctor of the seven seas, Chopper. His bday is on Christmas Eve. To celebrate, the tower will sell his adorable birthday button and keychain. The café will serve Chopper’s Cherry Blossom waffle that has sakura petals served with waffles top with cherry and peach jelly with some blue yogurt. If you order his scrumptious dish, you’ll receive his birthday card. Next, the tower will also be preparing to welcome the New Year and on Jan.1st, entrance will be free to all adult and children, but if you want to watch the live show, you have to purchase the ticket. Next, the tower will be selling the fashion brand #FR2 clothing and goods now. They’ll see sweaters, t-shirts, straps, caps, tote bag, long towel, and sticker set with Sanji and Smoker in it. Next, on the third floor, Tongari store will sell these awesome maracas that will be good for the live music show of Brook and Bon-chan. They’ll have orange, blue, pink, and purple color. Next, the tower will also sell this colorful stamp book that has jolly rogers all over good to collect stamps from anyplace you visit. Last but not least, the live show, Dazzle, will be coming back for another will return for one more week of show. It will go from Jan.10th-25th. Ticket reservation will be later announced. Next, FIGURINES! FIGURINES! Last week, they released Q-Posket of Nami and Hancock and King of Artist figurine of Chopper in monster point mode. Next month, they’ll release new Q-Posket figurines of Hancock, Shirahoshi, and Rebecca. Next, don’t forget that you have until this Sunday to vote for your fave BWFC figurine from Dragon Ball and OP to see who will be the victor. Next, all stores will also be celebrating Chopper’s birthday. They’ll sell an acrylic figurine stand and button that will include a happy biday cover. If you buys gods over 1000 yen, you’ll receive a free mini poster of him. Moving on, next month, they’ll sell new cable bites, and this time they’ll have Law and Sabo. Store still sell cable bites of Luffy, Chopper, Sanji, Zoro, and Ace. Next, stores will be selling another #FR2 t-shirt and this time, it will have Crocodile. Also, they’ll also be selling more acrylic figurines Christmas stands of Luffy and Chopper to be included to the acrylic tree. Next, stores are selling new greeting cards including a Christmas card that has Luffy & Chopper. The stores are also greeting cards from hats of Luffy, Ace, Chopper, Sabo, & Law. Great for birthdays, thank yous, etc. A new Mugi Colle goods will be in stock next month. They’ll sell these cute small plates of Luffy, Nami, Zoro, Sanji, and Chopper. It will also sell a small tote purse with a tea can flavor of Luffy. Next, Katakuri’s bday was yesterday and the stores are selling his bday goods such as his postcard set, folder, and towel. Also, stores are finally selling Oto Utage goods from this past summer such as t-shirts, buttons, pen set, & folder set. Only things they don’t have are the tote bag and maraca egg. Next, stores are also selling new jewelry such as these bronze chain, bracelet, and necklace. If you want to purchase, please tell the cashier. Next, stores including the tower are also selling the Christmas buttons of Luffy and Chopper. Moving on, in February, stores will be selling this sleeping mask of Zoro that will be released in February. Next, the temporary store in Moriyama city in Shiga prefecture will be opened until Dec.2nd. The gang and I went there this past weekend and it was neat. They’re selling magnet in bling package, acrylic figurines stands, rice crispy treat cans of Chopper in with chocolate, vanilla, & strawberry flavor and will it come with free magnet of Chopper with a random design, rice crackers of Straw Hats and New World that will come with a free random of any of the characters, and this blanket case. If you buy goods over 3000, you’ll get a free random postcard of any of the characters. If you want to be updated of what’s out-of-stock, check on their Twitter page of under the username Marui. Next, let’s get groovy! Boy band group, Tohoshinki is having their Tomorrow music tour, and they’ll have collab goods of OP. They’ll sell acrylic figurines of Ace, Zoro, Luffy, and Chopper in two versions, and one conjoint figurine with Ace & Zoro. They’ll also sell rubber key straps, a fluffy wristband, and this cool sweater. Reservations will start this week. We’ll leave a link if you’re interested. Last, but not least, as you all now, last week, the cover of vol.91 has been released that all the gang together with little O-Tama chan in the center titled Adventure in the Samurai Country from chap.911 to 921 when Shutenmarou makes his appearance. It will be released next Tuesday. Also, this Friday, Kumamoto prefecture will released its first ever bronze statue of Luffy to commemorate the earthquake incident. Many people will be swarming to see this awesome statue. Oda-sensei left a heartfelt & cheerful message. Of course it’s in his native tongue, but be sure to check it out their official Twitter. Phew! I think we covered most of everything. That’s all we got. Tune in next week for more news and goods. We’ll let you know when Tongari-san is better. Boys! Job well done! Lights out!

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 Happy Monday, folks! I hope everyone had a good weekend. It’s getting chilly lately so be sure to stay covered, drink warm beverages, and stay flu-free as much as possible. You’ve been told, so heed our friendly advice. Now let’s on with the news of the week. We have much to cover. First off, we apologize that we misinformed you about the chapter that wasn’t shown last week, but will resume this week. Let’s what the boys will talk helm to stand up to Kaido, or accept their utter defeat. Next, this past weekend’s episode was phenomenal. We finally see cute Carrot in her sulong mode and boy, did she look so majestic. But her looks was not the only thing impressive, her beastly strength took down Daifuku and the rest of the fleet. They were no match for her. At the end, Luffy went back to Mirror World for round 2 to fight Katakuri again. Will he succeed? Next time, Carrot continues to attack the fleet with the help of Brook, but the gang are face to face with Big Mom with a very scary look. Will they survive? Don’t miss it this weekend! Now on with the goods. Look who came to drop by! Yup, our shinning tower mascot, Tongari-san. What’s the buzz, my friend? Tongari-san says that the tower is about to get funky! First, don’t forget this week is the start of the Brook and Bon-chan’s live music. Schedule is already posted, and also, the mystery game of Brook’s Missing Score will also commence. You’ll be given a kit and you can choose your level of the game. Follow the clues and write them down, and you’ll be given a free prize. Next, guess whose birthday is approaching next month? He’s cuddly, funny, and fluffy. Yup, it’s none other than Dr. Tony Tony Chopper. His b-day is on Christmas Eve. The tower will give away his birthday bromide card if you visit the tower and purchase goods over 1000 yen. Next, here are the new birthday buttons for December that also have Chopper and Gold Roger. Moving on, check out the awesome winter theme diner goods. They’ll sell these color buttons, acrylic figurine stands, neat dinner sticker set, tote bags that comes with a free button, colorful bling pack of coaster records, and a folder. All will be available this Friday until Feb.23rd so if you’re taking a tour, be sure to stop by the tower. Next, check out the new colored P.O.P Maximum figurine of Zoro in 3 thousand world attack mode. He will be available in May. You can order it online or if you reserved at your local Straw Hat store. You must reside w/in the country if you want to pick it up in person. Next, more winter goods coming soon. First, the store will sell this new goods of the Straw Hats in snow forest with a red bear that is from one of the chapter colorspread. They’ll sell an awesome hoody sweater, a blanket, a cup with spoon, and an adorable pouch of the red bear. They’ll be released next month. Next, Bandai store will sell these neat handcrafted hat charms of Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Chopper, Ace, Law, and Sabo. If you order from Bandai, it will be released in late Dec. If you order from Premium Bandai, it will be released in January. Next, here are some upcoming goods that will be sold at Jump Fest. If you line up for the official Jump goods, you can buy these set key chain and straps of Luffy and Zoro. Next, Cospa will sell these new straps of Jinbei, Katakuri, and Chopper. You can also wait for the Straw Hat stores to sell them as well. Next, Straw Hat stores have now stock to sell the Christmas acrylic tree of the Straw Hats. It was released last year, and they will also sell the acrylic figurines of Luffy and Chopper. Next, Jump stores will be selling Christmas buttons of various anime and the OP Christmas button has Luffy & Chopper. Also, if you like to have goods gift wrapped, you can receive a free Christmas tag from your favorite anime characters, and Luffy is included. It’s a great gift for friends. Next, the new upcoming game of OP, World Seeker, has been announced that it will be released on March 14th. You will also get a chance to get Luffy in his army and beach mode to use it in the game if you preorder it. Next, OP app game of Thousand Storm, will have a short campaign where you can now use Ussop and Chopper as playable characters. Just earn enough points and level up. Last, but not least, app game of Treasure Cruise is also having a short campaign of World Crash where you can get free images of Ace, Sabo, Luffy, Blackbeard, Akainu, or Jinbei. Just level up and earn it. Phew! I think we covered everything. Well, that’s all we got for now. Tune in next week for more news and goods. Special thanks to Tongari-san. You always liven up the place. We’ll leave links for Tower events and other goods. Well done, boys.

 Figurine: http://megatreshop.shop40.makeshop.jp/shopdetail/000000000648/

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 Super, Happy Monday, minna-san! I hope everyone had a good weekend. The weather is getting chilly lately so keep yourselves warm. With that said, let’s on with this week’s news. We have loads to cover. First, last week’s chapter was ferocious! We last see poor Luffy lying in utter, bloody defeat from Kaido’s attack. Law was about to rescue him, but Hawking shot with him a sea stone nail bullet and rendered him helpless to use his devil fruit power. Kaido then noticed Luffy glaring at him even though he was unconscious. He then ordered his goons to lock him in jail. Just as they were about to, Luffy released his haki and knocked out the goons. Kaido was surprised to know he also has it. He then left to continue to his beer time. Back in the forest, Law was able to escape barely with his injury, and worries for his crew. However, he doesn’t want to leave Luffy. Back in Leftover Town, Kinemon went to check on his wife, O-Tsuru. She was tending to the poor villagers that were injured from Shuntenmaro’s attack. Back in the ruins, everyone was safe from Kaido’s attack. They all fell down from a deep hole thanks to Shino’s mature-mature fruit that has the ability to make anything rot. O-Kiku was then ready to let the gang know about the situation. Back at shore, it looks like Duke and his followers found Tama. Yay! She’s gonna be saved. So back in town, everyone was receiving news about Luffy’s revolt against Kaido. Franky, Ussop, and Robin read the newspaper and made hilarious “WHA?!” panic face. Zoro also got the wind of his situation while he was eating his onigiri on a boat. The next day at Rabbit Bowl, Kaido’s goons are all abusing the poor villagers working them to death and feeding them poisoned food from their devil fruit factory. At the end, the goons brought Luffy with his head bandaged all over. As he was being escorted to jail, someone shot a fish bone into one of goons. We finally see a familiar face we haven’t seen in a while, Eustass Kid. He looked all beat up. So the goons threw Luffy in jail as both swear that they will get their payback against Kaido. Suddenly, a masked lady shows up before them. Who is this stranger? How will the plan proceed? Act I ends. Let’s see how act II goes. Next, this past weekend’s episode was joyful, but still not out of the woods. We start off with Sanji pushing the cake onto Bege’s ship, and Chiffon finally reunites with her beloved family. However, Oven wasn’t gonna let them have their celebration as he heats up the ocean to melt the ship. Just as they were about to perish from the heat, Mr. Pound came to the rescues and hit Oven from behind. He then see Chiffon from a distance as he feels guilt for not being there for her and Lola during the times Big Mom abused back then. Even felt regret for not being able to hold them when Big Mom turned him away as she birth them. As his final moment, he congratulates Chiffon on his new family, and Oven killed them. At the end, Luffy returns to Mirror world for round 2 with his fight against Katakuri. Next time, the time has come, Carrot finally transforms into her sulong mode. Will she be sane? Guess we’ll see. Don’t miss it this week! Now on with the goods. Look who came to visit! Yup! Our fellow tower mascot, Tongari-san. Take it away, my friend! What you got for us? Tongari-san says that more awesome shopping goods are available at the tower. First off, let’s give a bday shout out to the one and only marimo swordsman, Zoro! Happy bday, you clunkhead. The tower has some neat birthday goodies of Zoro. First, they’re now selling this key holder of him. Next week, they’ll sell Bepo’s key holder as well. Next, the Tongari store have restocked of selling these plush ticket holder of Carue, Merry, Sunny, Chopper, and Bepo. Next, store downstairs are selling these bday goods of Zoro such as this key holder, a denim pouch and tote bag, and this B&W t-shirts. Next, all arcades will be stocking this neat Glitter & Glamour Venus figurine of Vivi in her bikini. Get your coins ready. Beat that crane! Next, more bday goods of Zoro are available at all Straw Hat stores, Jump Store, and the tower. They’re selling this Heroes collection buttons of Zoro in 10 designs from the beginning to Dressrosa. They’re also selling this bromide card set, a mini tote bag, an art board, a black tote bag, a long sleeve shirt, hand towel, and a folder. Next, this week, the store will be selling this edible snack that has the wanted poster of the Straw Hats, Ace, Law, and Hancock. Good for gifts to your friends or family. Next, new mochi mochi hamster plush. This time, it’s Ace and Marco. Adorable fellas. It will be released on Feb.9th at Straw Hat stores, and general release will be on Feb.23rd. You can order it online, but if you prefer to buy it in person, then you can head to Animate or Straw Hat stores. Next, stores are also selling this bromide card set of the Wano series. Next week, stores will be selling the second Memorial square badge. The 2nd theme is pride. It will be released on Nov.23rd. Next, new updated for the Kumamoto event. On Nov.30th, Kumamoto prefecture will finally release the first ever statue of Luffy to commemorate the rebuild from the earthquake. Also, next spring, Ginza will have a Tokyo Girls Collection collab goods. More events will be coming later so we’ll keep you updated on it. Moving on, the fashion brand store, #FR2, have an OP collab. They’re selling neat, but pricey goods of Sanji and Smoker that says “NO SMOKING.” They’re selling hoody sweaters, long sleeve shirts, jacket, t-shirts, a cap, long towel, tote bags, a strap, smart phone ring holder, and a sticker set. Not sure if this is some kind of awareness, but if you don’t like smoking, this is a good away to raise awareness. Ha ha ha ha! You can find the store in Harajuku that’s 5 min from Meiji Jingu-mae st. It will only be available until Nov.23rd. No online order. Next, OP game app, Thousand Storm, will have a short event where you can now use Crocodile and Mr.1 from Impel Down version as playable characters. Just win enough points and pass levels, and you’ll receive them. Next, on Jan.25th, they’ll release character albums of the Straw Hats of their solo songs. It’s available at the Straw Hat stores or Avex online. More details will be released later on. Next, here’s the new DVD cover of vol.16 of WCI that has Nami in her party dress. It will be released on Dec.2nd. Last, but not least, here’s the cast celebrating the return of Pudding’s seiyuu, Miyuki-san. She’s finally ready to get back up on her feet to continue her role as Pudidng. She was gone for a bit due to her maternity leave, and of course, she had baby boy. Congrats! We hope he grows up health and happy. Look who’s also there. Katakuri’s seiyuu, Sugita-san. GUA! So rare to see him in person. Phew! I think we covered everything. Well, that’s all we got for now. Tune in next week for more news and goods. Special thanks to Tongari-san. Thanks for dropping by. Oh, one more thing. We’ll leave the schedule of the next episodes. Once again, congrats to Miyuki-san for her return and the birth of her son. Boys, job well done. Let’s get some shut eye.

 Nov.18th: “Sulong – Carrot’s Mysterious Transformation”

Nov.25th: “Breakthrough – The Straw Hat Crew’s Big Naval Battle!”

Dec.2nd: No episode.

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 Happy Autumn Monday, minna-san! I hope everyone had a safe, fun Halloween. It’s time to make way for Christmas so count down those days. Well enough of that! Let’s get down to business. We got loads of stuff to share with you. First off, last week’s chapter was MAJORLY SCARY! We start off with Luffy knocking down the snot out of Kaidou. He then turned back to his human self. Luffy then sees Speed on the ground injured asking about how she got hurt and Tama’s fate. She tells him that when Kaidou showed up, he saw them together and knocked them out with poor Tama getting hurt. Hearing about this made Luffy angry and blames himself for not taking her back to her home. So the two big time pirates finally confront face to face. Kaidou finally see’s Luffy in the flesh and finally duke it out. Their fight was destroying Leftover town and Shuntemarou runs away. At the end, Luffy was able to get into gear 4th, but Kaidou used his heavy club and hit poor Luffy so hard he was knocked on the ground with severe injuries. GUA! OH NO! What will become of our hero? Is this the end? Will all the plans be snuffed out and ruined? Don’t miss this week! Seriously! DON’T MISS IT! Next, this past weekend’s episode was emotional and romantic. We first see poor Chiffon at the mercy of Oven baiting Bege to come rescue his lovely wife, but the damsel in distress tells the boys to run away and leave her. Everyone was crying for her self-sacrifice. Meanwhile, Nami and the others are getting ready to fight Big Mom’s fleet again, and Carrot is staring off into the sky wondering for the full moon. Moving on, Luffy is on escaping from one mirror to another to avoid fighting more goons and to regain his haki. Back at Chocolat town, Oven goes on with taunting Bege to surrender himself, and Pudding tries to persuade to spare her, but he ignores her plea.  Just when things were getting hopeless, Bege finally rescues his sweetheart and runs his ship on land while swearing to his son that his way will always triumphs. Chiffon was moved with tears to see his true love going all the way to rescue her. Sanji then was able to kick the cake onto the ship. At the end, Luffy was able to find a quiet place to rest with Brulee. He’s determined to defeat Katakuri. Next time, the lovers reunite, but not out of the woods with Oven angry and determined to take down the traitors. Will they escape his fiery wrath with the cake intact? Don’t miss it this week! Now on with the news! First off, look who’s here today! Yup, it’s our mascot pal, Tongari-san! Take it away, pal! What’s going at the tower? Tongari-san says that more awesome stuff is coming up. First off, there will be awesome performance from our loving okama, Bon-chan, and the Soul King himself, Brook. They will be singing and dancing to lift everyone’s spirits up. That’s not all. There will be a mystery game event. The title is “Missing Score.” The gist of this game is to find Brook’s missing music score and you must solve puzzles to reveal the answer. Details will announced later on. Next, new tower coins are available at the store and they have all the Straw Hats. It’s 200 yen for the coin maker. Instruction are in English as well so it shouldn’t be a problem. Next, store is selling this new pop-up umbrella in black with gold color jolly rogers decorated all over. Next, FIGURINES! FIGURINES! NEW ONES! First, this Thursday, this awesome World Figure Colosseum of Marco will be in stock at all arcades. Get that game-face in check! Win! Beat the crane! Next, this Figure Arts Zero of Zoro and POP bikini figurine of Nami will be released in March. Both can be reserved online or you can go to Straw Hat stores to reserve one. Also, be sure to cast your vote for your favorite figurine of DBZ & OP for this year’s Branpresto World Figure Colesseum. It will go on until Dec.2nd. You also get a chance to enter the lottery to win all the figurine set. Just enter your email and full name. We’ll leave a link. It’s also in English as well. Next, here are some awesome goods only available at the Straw Hat store in Oita and Moriyama. They’re selling acrylic figurines, zipper case (I think that’s what it is), Chopper’s rice crispy treats in chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry flavor that comes with random magnet of four Chopper designs, magnets of the Straw Hats and other characters in random package, and Straw Hats and Grand Line rice crackers with a random free sticker. The store in Oita will be open until Nov.11th, and the store in Moriyama will be open from Nov.23rd to Dec.2nd. Next, Chara Letter will sell this special Christmas letter from Luffy that will come with a sticker and Christmas card with Luffy and Chopper. It’s a great gift for a child. We’ll leave a link if you’re interested in ordering. Only domestic mail. No international mail. Moving on, next summer, there will be an OP Cosplay Grand Prix in Nagoya next year. Entries will start on Jan.7th until March 30th. You must register your info and photo of your cosplay. Next step is judges will do screening and may email you for additional photos or such. No smut or any kind please or it will disqualify you. In May, an email will be sent to selected individual and Aug.3rd will be finals. We’ll leave a link. Hope to see many from overseas. Next, a new event will occur at all Straw Hats stores. This new even will involve new WCI bromide cards. Starting Dec.1st, the stores will be giving away special bromide wedding scenes of Sanji & Pudding. The blue special is that you must purchase from the store in Tokyo Tower and use that receipt to go to any Straw Hat store to receive a special wedding bromide card. The pink special is opposite. Purchase from any Straw Hat store and take that receipt to Tokyo Tower to get your card. If you want to get your free card, be sure to not throw away your receipt. Next, Nippon Ham is having another campaign. Purchase any Nippon Ham product with any of the Straw Hats. When you purchase your groceries, take a pic of your receipt, Nippon Ham from your LINE app, send the pic, and you’ll get a chance to win either a rare special meat slice of Luffy or this awesome blue speaker decorated with the Straw Hats. Only applies those who live w/in Japan. Next, this Friday, Tokyu Hand store and Straw Hat stores will be having a Jump goods special event, and they’ll sell original goods of Jump series such as this special bromide card set of Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji. Next, Fuji TV shop have more new goods of movie crew theme such as this big button, an acrylic figurine set, pencil board, acrylic key holders, a jacket, a candy can, a t-shirt, an art board, pass cases, tote bag, and continuing goods of buttons, note pads, and folders. Store is located in Odaiba. Next, Straw Hat store and book shops are selling these new booster pack of Vivre Card of Nami and Akainu. Next month, they’ll release booster pack of Chopper and Ace. Last, but not least, last week, the adorable captain, Mayumi-chan aka Luffy, injured her leg, but with that brave face, it didn’t stop her from getting her task done. To cheer her up, the cast signed her foot cast with a smile. Now that’s how you keep a strong face, with friends. Get well, captain! Think we covered everything. That was a load of info. Well, that’s all we got for now. Tune in next week for more news and goods. Special thanks to Tongari-san. Our humble home is always open for you, my friend. All right, boys. Job well done. Let’s call it a night.

 Cosplay Grand Prix: http://worldcosplaysummit.jp/opcosplayking/

X-mas letter:  https://charaletter.com/onepiece/xmas/

Nippon Ham: https://nhg-onepiece2018.com/