Author: Matt Harris

I am an ex Royal Navy sailor who loves all things geek. I have a strong admiration of anime as well as western television shows and movies. From a young age I was into video games as well as TV shows, often spotted in front of a screen somewhere. My goal is to become a screenwriter/director one day and left the Royal Navy after 9 years to better pursue that dream of mine.

The Straw Hats have finally entered the Grand Line! However, it is anything but a smooth entrance. To get there, they must navigate Reverse Mountain, traversing terrifying, uphill river rapids through a graveyard of shipwrecks belonging to those who failed before them. They make it through, only to be instantly swallowed by a giant whale at the entry point of the Grand Line. Everyone is gulped down except for Luffy, who manages to zip away just in time. During the chaos, we get a quick name-drop of Dadan (the woman who looked after Luffy as a child, though she hasn’t…

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We are back on the high seas with the live-action adaptation of One Piece, and my god, they do not ease you in! Episode one, titled “The Beginning and the End,” kicks things off with the reveal of Miss All Sunday alongside Miss Valentine and Mr. 5. They are seen absolutely annihilating a Marine base to recover the corpse of Mr. 7, who was taken out by Zoro in the first season. Something very apparent from this scene was just how horrifying Miss All Sunday’s Devil Fruit ability is. She ate the Flower-Flower Fruit, which allows her to sprout limbs…

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