King Of The What Now?

Chatting with the Hosts starts at 2:42 Gyllian Flynn’s Gone Girl- a very well written psychological thriller. Kat did not care for the movie adaptation, but it does exist if you prefer a movie to a book. Is It Wrong To Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?- Not Joel's favorite, but he did appreciate one particularly memorable scene near the end of the first season. Paramecia Cast- we were invited on as guests for an episode with these fine folks! Give them a listen if you're hungry for more One Piece content. Even better, they're discussing the latest chapters so you need not fear spoilers! JoJo Part 6: Stone Ocean. We're still early on in the reading, but it hasn't quite gripped us yet. New Shonen Jump manga! Guardian of the Witch, Mashle: Magic and Muscles, Moriking, and Bone Collector. Joel would really highly recommend Mashle and Moriking. Between recording this episode and uploading it, Guardian of the Witch was prematurely cancelled- so we'll also plug Magu-chan: God of Destruction, which only has one chapter at

It's the first episode of season 5, and boy do we have a lot to cover! It contains our first ever commissioned piece of music- which has become our first musical outro,   Chatting with the Hosts starts at 00:06:14.5: Mashin Sentai Kiramager- heck yeah, it's good! Unfortunately there aren't any legal streaming services through which one can watch this show in the United States. Joel especially enjoys the use of gems- he's always been a sucker for that motif. Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story - The first season of a spin-off series of Madoka Magica, based on a phone game. We liked some of the strange rumor-based powers, but found there were a few too many characters introduced in too short a period for us to completely love it.   The Full Spectrum  Podcast - A podcast with 3 nerdy hosts, livestreaming every Tuesday around 7:00 PM CDT. They talk a lot of games and tokusatsu, and we love hanging out with them! Scott Pilgrim Comic Books - They're great. Please read Scott Pilgrim, and

With everything that is happening right now, we just wanted to inject some humor into the world. Stay safe, fellow adventurers, from both the COVID19 pandemic, as well as from any danger arising in your area related to the protests against police brutality. Black Lives Matter, and the best way we'll make it through this is together, watching each others' backs.

Chatting with the hosts starts at 3:24 We've been enjoying the latest season of Pretty Cure: Healin' Good Precure! We love it, we love the designs and the adorable animal fairies. Also we recommend Galavant, a musical satire of the knight's journey.  Main episode starts at 8:06 This episode covers a lot of ground! Er... Sea. We learn about the Four Emperors, some government secrets, the New World, Revolutionaries, and some guy named Dr. Vegapunk! Tune in as we attempt to unpack all of that. Although we do speculate a little about what the other emperors may be like. Oh! And Franky joins the crew! And builds the new ship for the crew. And Usopp apologizes and rejoins the crew. Oh, and we have new bounties for the crew. We also talk at length about Blackbeard and, surprisingly Shanks. What's Blackbeard planning? How does his fruit work? What does his battle with Ace mean for the world?

Chatting with the Hosts Starts at 2:49. Haikyuu – Kat really likes it. Joel is lukewarm, so far, but they'll continue to watch No Game No Life – too much fanservice for some, but good world building. It's interesting to see how the heroes win their battles. The Overly Cautious Hero – Isekai parody series. It's laugh out loud good! Main episode starts up at 11:42 We bid goodbye to Merry, the Straw Hat crew's faithful ship with a tearful funeral procession, and we look back at Enies Lobby, including the battles, what makes it so great, and we speculate how Lucci and Crocodile would battle each other. We also take a casual stroll down memory lane with the 8th movie, which is literally just the final battle in Alabasta. We talk Mr. 2's power, pell's sacrifice, and oh yeah, we briefly talk about Subs and Dubs. On that note, we suggest watching Explanation Point's videos on how translations can subtly change a character. He's also broached the subject in regards to Elsa in the original Frozen.

Chatting with the host starts at 2:35 Joel and Kathryn have started Tokusatsu. Though they're lukewarm on Kamen Rider Ex Aid, they love Ressha Sentai ToQger. So all aboard as they gush about that! We also talk The Subtle Knife, the second book in the His Dark Materials Trilogy. Joel also talks about his love for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency, as young Joeseph Joestar has and always will be his favorite Joestar. Also, some exciting news, Joel is attempting to learn to draw! Follow his second account Joel_Can't_Draw if you want to see his creations Main episode starts at 20:53 These episodes are an emotional rollercoaster for all involved! Gasp in surprise as we learn Kokoro is a mermaid, gasp in horror as one of Zoro's swords is destroyed, and whoop as Usopp- former heart of the crew- shows us why he's so good and Luffy finishes his battle! We also ponder if Zoro is cheating by using the three sword style, as well as what makes Lucci the most special CP9 agent.

Chatting With the Hosts starts at 9:13 What sort of shows are we planning on watching? Kathryn is interested in Haikyuu, as she has never gotten into sports, and Joel wants to start Gintama, having heard great things. We also talk about Cautious Hero, which plays off of the tropes of Isekai ("Trapped in Another World") genre, and Madoka Magica, which plays off of the tropes of the magical girl genre. Main episode starts at 13:51 We start off with a discussion of Jipang, and the surprise appearance of best Davey Back themed villain Foxy! We also discuss what a satisfying arc in this world might be, and a certain former Warlord of the sea is mentioned. We also discuss romance- as in, who we ship with Robin. Lucci is, of course, a hot topic of discussion, and his martial arts seem to be doing more and more impossible things. But also, Luffy is inflating at an alarming rate! Don't worry, it's all part of his plan, probably.

Chatting With the Hosts starts at 3:48 We talk Promare, The Magicians, Parks and Rec, and Ressha Sentai ToQger The main episode begins at 22:23 This episode is Zoro and Sanji loving hours, and they bust out new techniques! We discuss who had the cooler power up scene, and how Zoro's Asura technique works. We also see Luffy's Second Gear technique and Lucci officially enters his leopard form. Things are really heating up now!

Chatting With the Hosts starts at 2:26 We talk the stunningly beautiful Tale of Princess Kaguya, the film Lupin the III and the Castle of Caligrosto, the intense feelings inspired by Anohana and the Flower We Saw that Day, and Joel talks a bit about Black Clover again. The main episode begins at 12:44 This episode mainly focuses on Kalifa and Nami, and we discuss new powers on both sides of the battlefield! We discuss whether the power of soap and the power of being slippery are at all related, and we celebrate Nami coming into her own weather witch powers! Also featured is Chopper's Monster Point and a discussion of where it will pop up in the future, as well as the philosophy of justice. Eventually we use it to hate on Spandam some more  

Chatting with the hosts starts at 2:04 We talk Hazbin Hotel, and are absolutely in love with Alastor the Radio Demon. Joel has continued to watch Black Clover and loves 2 new characters: Mereoleona Vermillion and Zora Ideale. We also discuss plans to be more focused and get more running done! Regular episode resumes at 20:39 The Succinct Summary Rap is at 21:22 - 22:31 Franky gets a lot of focus this episode, given his was the main fight and also because his fuel affects his personality, apparently?? Chopper uses the forbidden technique despite his sensei's warnings, and we suspect Kalifa is trying to woo Nami. Plus, Usopp becomes a sword, and we wonder who really should have been handcuffed together for maximum hilarity. Also, who (besides Spandam) is the stupidest member of CP9?

We have a mega sized episode to finish out 12 days of KotWN bonus episode! We talk about previous bonus episodes, we talk about Christmas and how some of its ideas might lend themselves to the One Piece world, and we talk about looking ahead to future episodes and our New Years Resolutions! But perhaps most importantly is our charity fundraiser to help find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes. Donation page is here Talking about past episodes starts at 4:27 Talking about One Piece Christmas starts at 21:12 Talking about future episodes or specials starts at 1:03:47 Talking about tips for New Years Resolution starts at 1:22:29 A few other discussion points brought up: Passion is what's important to us as we podcast. We'll be focusing on series that get us excited moving forward, and we'll look for it in any guests we invite on in the future. Pokemon is one of our favorite series and it is highly probable that it will come up on the show again. Same with author Brandon Sanderson. Who is the Grinch of the OP universe?

This bonus episode takes a wider look at shonen battle anime, of which One Piece is just a single (and arguably best) series. We talk Dragon Ball Z, Naruto, Fairy Tail, History's Strongest Disciple, Bleach, My Hero. We discuss the tropes we enjoy from these series, as well as what makes the best rival and antagonist characters. So take off those training weights, prepare the forbidden technique your master warned you against using recklessly, and let's head into battle with someone who has our exact same abilities but even stronger, and better hair!

Join us for our first ever guest appearance from none other than the internet's Grant, host of both the Super Sentai Podcast as well as the Blade Licking Thieves podcast. We don't have a specific topic of conversation, so we chat about lots of things: Tokusatsu, isekai anime trends, Evangelion (which is, definitively, not a mecha anime), Fruits Basket as well as Full Moon Wo Sagashite. We're thrilled by his positivity, and we discuss what it means to be an oldtaku. Other series we discuss or recommendations from our hosts: Deadly Seven Sins Season 2 Kakuranger Gigguk's Evangelion Abridged Kamen Rider Build Madoka Magica Puella

In the last bonus episode with Curtis, we tackle the 4 novella science fiction series The Murderbot Chronicles by Martha Wells. It stars an introverted security bot (sec unit) that discovers it may care more about its human companions than it had once believed. And corporations are too big to fail and are putting the lives of their employees at risk. It's a story of directly exploring emotions, and we love it. Also, we talk about the difference of fantasy and science fiction

It's time to power up with this SUPER episode that finally gives Joel what he's wanted all along: canonical Gogeta! Kat's out sick so it's up to Joel and Curtis to power up and face this challenge. The Dragon Ball Super folks attempt to make Broly more interesting in his canonical debut, Freeza is back for shenanigans, and, you know, we have an action packed movie that's 70% movie and 5000% Hype. HIIII-YAAAAAAAAAH!!

Gosh do we have a lot to talk about, which makes sense considering we're covering 2 movies, wow! We discuss Thanos as a villain, whether or not Thor is an interesting character, and how we might integrate One Piece into various elements of the MCU. The youtube video mentioned can be found here

If you enjoyed our discussion of the first season of the Expanse, then gosh do we have good news for you! This season includes more space Zombies and increased stakes as tension continues to climb! Sadly, it does not seem that Miller and Holden have developed super powers from the radiation... yet.

Chatting with the Hosts starts at 2:41 We briefly discuss our plans for NaNoWriMo (sadly, neither of your hosts made much progress this year) We're making progress on reading Paul Kreuger's Steel Crow Saga The final season of Bojack Horseman has started, and we're looking forward to the closure it may bring for the characters, and the depiction of self-improvement as work. Briefly mentioned is the His Dark Materials Trilogy, which is both a book series and a TV show on HBO Regular Episode Starts at 12:52.5 We suffer through some flashback episodes in this one, folks. However, as if in reward for our suffering, we also get 5 utterly bizarre omakes, so at least it's not completely treading water. Then, we get to the real fun as Luffy and crew crash into the Tower of Law! We discover the secret of Funkfried the elephant, and Kaku's devil fruit ability. It's a regular menagerie over here!

This episode will take you to Whole New Worlds, so please, Be Our Guest, and remember, you Ain't Never Had a Podcast Like Us. Actually, we make far fewer Disney puns in this episode, but we do discuss Kingdom Hearts 3, and once more Joel is the closest to a well-read fan, while Curtis has played without following the story too closely and Kat has never played but enjoys the story. Lot of fanfiction moments in this episode, folks!

For this episode, we're bringing you discussion of not 1, but 3 rom-com shows with different levels of comedy and fan-service. Though To-Love-Ru almost killed us, we found a way to persevere. THe other 2 series: The World God Only Knows and Ouran High School Host club. In addition to discussing what we liked or didn't from each series, we bring in discussion of One Piece. What would their host-club personalities be like?