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Despite having a bit more often now, we're getting to some good parts. Former Whitebeard Commanders Marco & Izo have returned, with the latter revealed to be Kiku's brother. Plus we see Luffy (understandably) not trust Yamato and got into a scuffle. After some talk away from prying eyes, turns out Yamato is actually Kaido's daughter, is self-proclaimed to be Kozuki Oden (and is ashamed of his execution), and wants Luffy to help her reopen Wano to the world. And of course she also met or knows about Ace somehow. Hopefully before Kaido and his top dogs execute Momonosuke in a more brutal fashion. On a side note, Lola and her twin see their dad again.

OP will be on break next week. In the meantime, we see Zoro, Kidd, & Killer still struggle as they try to progress further into the keep. As Orochi is putting on a show to execute Momonosuke, Luffy engages with the 2 dino Smiles before him. Suddenly Yamato, Kaido's son, saves Luffy, and guess we'll find out whether it's for good reasons or part of a long con.

After breaks here and there, among other reasons, I finally caught up on new OP chapters. Seems the infiltration to Onigashima begins - until of course Luffy is the one to break cover, with Zoro, Kidd, & Killer joining the chaos as well. Though it was funny to see Big Mom and Chopper see each other again. Kaido's son Yamato has yet to be found, while the Flying Six roam about looking for him (including X Drake), until Luffy runs into 2 of them. And while Orochi hears of the intruders, of course he's livid to hear they came at all.

Jinbei joins up with the Straw Hats as they essentially kick down the doors & guards at the front gate of Onigashima. As they and their allies proceed, it seems that Kaido's son and a new terrifying group called The Flying Six are inbound as well. They're gonna be quite another Quirky Miniboss Squad, I just know it.

Guess it wasn't on break. Well then, Momonosuke accepts that he'll be kidnapped by Kanjuro either way & awaits for the others to eventually rescue him. And Jinbei finally comes back, now joining the Straw Hats as he promised.

OP is on break next week, but great progress has been made. Kyoshiro makes an appearance and shows his true colors as an ally to Kinemon, as well as saying all the men & weapons they saved up for the big day have not been destroyed. The Raid on Onigashima will proceed as planned! I will say the moment when Luffy, Kidd, & Law jumped onto one of the enemy ships & decimated it was a blast.

As the flashbacks come to an end, it turns out Kanjuro was a traitor and sold out the plan to Orochi. And just as things were about to get worse with Kaido's crew about to blast Kinemon and co, Luffy resurfaces with Law & Kidd in tow to strike back.

Very promising. I honestly thought the manga's final arc would never animated and have sorta made peace with that. Now this announcement has gotten me excited once more. I'm not sure if the anime can fix most of the problems with the Thousand Year Blood War, let alone give a proper ending to the series, but cross your fingers and let's wait it out.

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My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising. And I also went to an early screening for the new Pixar movie Onward.

Oden saved as much of his allies as he could from execution. Even so, Kaido straight up shoots Oden in the head and boils the body. And this may be the end of the flashbacks as we see what else happened to Wano prior to present day.

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Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn). While this is essentially the Harley Quinn movie, I had fun watching this.

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Oden's return didn't turn out so well. Orochi somehow bribed or threatened him into being a public idiot dancer for money for 5 years. And when some more of Oden's close friends get killed, he finally snapped. While and his allies march against Kaido, things can't end well for them...