One Piece 1098 is here, and we’re ready to talk about it on Rookie Pirate Radio, a podcast dedicated to the world of anime and manga. This week, Jon Negroni (me) and Travis Hymas discuss the latest chapter of the One Piece manga, titled “Bonney’s Birth,” and it’s just too bad Oda didn’t release this chapter on Father’s Day…
We chat about One Piece 1098 in our usual overload of detail, speculation, and free-wheeling analysis. This week, Oda is going full grim-dark on us with one of the most harrowing, emotional backstories yet, but with some gems of relief and happiness along the way. Since we have a break next week, we spend some extra time theorizing on what we think might happen next. What cured Bonney’s Sapphire Scales? Why does Kuma become a warlord? And toward the end we have an interesting theory about that pain bubble on Egghead still lingering around presumably.
One Piece 1098 is currently available to read for free on Viz.
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Extra Credits
Our intro music is a remix version of “Overtaken” from the One Piece anime, cut together by Jon Negroni. Our podcast artwork is by Jon Negroni. Travis Hymas is the Anime & Manga editor of InBetweenDrafts, and Jon Negroni is the Film Editor of InBetweenDrafts. Our recap of One Piece 1098 is based on the English translation of the manga, courtesy of Viz. In case you didn’t know already, Eiichiro Oda is the creator of One Piece. Plus, we’re not just a One Piece podcast by the way! If you have a manga or anime you’d like us to cover or mention on the show, definitely reach out.
