“In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war.”
There may be no universe summed up better in one sentence than Warhammer 40,000. A universe in the distant future engulfed in almost endless war and carnage as multiple entities vie for domination across the stars, though what that domination looks like depends on which entity it is.
For humanity, or the Imperium of Man, it is about spreading the word and power of the God-Emperor across the stars and burning out all heretics, non-believers, and filthy xenos until only the Imperium remains. They will achieve this through their various military wings such as the overwhelming firepower of the Imperial Guard, the dogmatic warriors of the Sisters of Battle, or one of the thousand chapters of Space Marines to tackle the most dangerous and important missions for the Imperium.
The Tyranids, by comparison, seek domination through simple digestion. These insectoid aliens exist simply to consume bio-mass on a galactic scale, evolve, and keep consuming until all is one with the Tyranid Swarm and its Hive Mind.
Orks just don’t know what domination is or even how to spell it. All they care about is going to fight a worthwhile WAAAHHH and a good crumpin’.
Those are just three of the many powers locked in never-ending combat with each other across the galaxy. A universe where to be a human is to be among untold trillions living a life a hard labor, crime, awaiting conscription to the Imperial Guard, becoming a Space Marine candidate, or a brutal death at the hands of one of the billions of monstrosities and destructive machines turning planets into graveyards.
It is a universe where there is no true hero to rally behind. Whichever force wins out, the galaxy will likely be worse for it.
And this is the universe that has grown to become a worldwide phenomenon since the tabletop game first hit store shelves in 1987.
The tabletop miniatures war game from Games Workshop has already carved out a sizeable fanbase for itself between the various sub-hobbies for the miniatures game and an expansive narrative universe told through various mediums already across the tabletop game, video games, books, and more.
Despite all this success, it still hasn’t been widely known across mainstream entertainment until the last few years. This was largely on the back of the long-awaited game Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, various animated shorts including one episode in Amazon’s video game-inspired series Secret Level, and Henry Cavill spearheading efforts with Amazon to adapt Warhammer 40,000 to live action.
Of all those, though, Secret Level’s Warhammer 40,000 episode was hailed as one of the best episodes of the series. Longtime fans also applauded the episode for being able to deliver an accurate representation of the universe to more dedicated fans while also introducing it in a way that is palatable to anyone discovering it.
It can be a lot for anyone to take in it at first due to the sheer contrast of styles among the universe’s central powers, alone. The Imperium has an overall Gothic aesthetic style to it, the Tau Empire draws more inspiration from mecha anime and manga such as Gundam, and the force of Chaos are generally some form of cosmic horror. Various sub-factions take this further, such as the original Space Marine Legions all being inspired by various human cultures such as Germanic, Mongolian, and Roman among others.
The rabbit hole only gets deeper as there between learning what else makes the races and their various sub-factions unique like their abilities and goals, the characters that perpetuate these groups, the various conflicts taking place, and much more.
On top of this, the Imperium’s tracking of history can be spotty at the best of times and outright wrong or completely non-existent at the worst. Certain major narrative events have established dates to help provide some sense of a timeline, but when and where various other events take place in-between those is another story.
Games Workshop has done this intentionally to avoid bogging down the universe too much in a dedicated timeline and provide flexibility when crafting new stories and adaptations. It could also be the key to adapting Warhammer 40,000 to live action going forward.
An issue the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Star Wars, or any of the various DC Cinematic Universe iterations have all run in to is maintaining an ever-growing canon across various mediums and ensuring there are no contradictions or issues.
Warhammer 40,000 doesn’t have this problem nearly as bad. Anytime sometime comes up in a new game, book, or short that contradicts an older piece of lore, Games Workshop may address it but is just as likely to leave it be for a time so as to get fans talking.
It allows Games Workshop and Amazon and whoever else Games Workshop partners the freedom to, effectively, set whatever new project they are working during general periods versus a very specific period. It also grants them the freedom to adapt Warhammer 40,000 to a variety of genres ranging from horror to war, political thrillers and spy duels and many more.
Warhammer 40,000 grants so much freedom for storytelling that Games Workshop can keep adapting the universe because if something is a disappointment, they can just ignore it and move on. If other things like video games and books don’t get bogged down in the nitty-gritty of Warhammer 40,000 expansive lore, shows and films won’t, either, save for anything directly related to said shows and films.
While audiences still have a ways to wait for Henry Cavill’s series to premiere, if all goes right it could be the start of a long and prosperous run in live action for Warhammer 40,000.
In the years following Avengers: Endgame’s release, it has been an up-and-down road for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The massive franchise still churned out several successful films and shows, but there also seemed to be just as many disappointing releases critically, commercially, or both.
The last few years saw the releases of Eternals, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, and Secret Invasion, all three of which sit as three of the worst received releases in MCU history.
Despite the valley, the MCU appeared to have turn a corner with the release of Deadpool & Wolverine in 2024. The first outing in the MCU for the titular characters, which also doubled as the MCU debuts for actors Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, was generally well-received by fans and critics and also delivered at the box office. From there, the following year of releases have seen the MCU seemingly get back on track. Agatha All Along was a surprise hit on Disney+, viewers welcomed back Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio for Daredevil: Born Again, and the “one-two punch” of Thunderbolts* and The Fantastic Four: First Steps continued the strong critical resurgence in theaters.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Avengers: Doomsday, and Avengers: Secret Wars will look to continue the upward trend for the MCU in theaters but a question still remains – where will the MCU go next after Secret Wars?
While Marvel Studios’ head Kevin Feige has hinted at what the next MCU saga’s narrative arc will be, he has made it clear one group will be playing a big part regardless – mutants and the X-Men.
Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox in 2017 immediately had fans wondering how and when mutants would start making their presence known in the MCU. Despite mutants being such a central part of Marvel Comics, 20th Century Fox held a tight grip on the X-Men’s film and TV rights for years and blocked Marvel Studios from being able to use any related characters for years. The only exceptions were Wanda and Pietro Maximoff, better known as the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver. The two characters had such a long association with the Avengers in the comics that Marvel Studios was able to use the characters, though they had to retcon their origins from being mutants to gaining their powers from one of the Infinity Stones.
Scarlet Witch’s origin would be reworked further in the series WandaVision, though some of the changes brought the MCU iteration closer to her modern comics counterpart.
With the acquisition’s closing in 2019, it was now “jump ball” for when audiences would get their first hint at mutants in the MCU. The first reference appeared to catch many fans by surprise as Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, was confirmed as the first mutant in the MCU. Outside of her subsequent appearance in The Marvels, mutants remained a fairly quiet topic in the MCU until Deadpool & Wolverine It didn’t waste time sending audiences into the deep end of the mutant pool, either, with the powerful mutant psychic and Charles Xavier sister, Cassandra Nova, serving as the film’s central villain. Viewers were also treated to the big screen debut of the popular X-Man Gambit, portrayed by Channing Tatum in direct reference to Fox’s planned Gambit standalone film Tatum was set to star in before it was canceled.
A willingness to lead off with a villain like Cassandra Nova hints that Marvel Studios isn’t going to have any problem digging around X-Men’s dense history. Fans could be treated to some surprise “one-off” villains for a specific film or series while saving the bigger, more widely known characters for bigger projects.
I say all this to say this one thing – sometimes the obvious choice is the right one and mutants are the right direction for the MCU. Mutants and the X-Men has such an expansive history on the comic page that Marvel Studios could make multiple MCU Sagas mutant- or X-Men-centric for years before even having to think about potential resets to the universe.
Its possible that Marvel Studios may have already planted the first seeds of what’s to come for mutantkind in The Fantastic Four: First Steps.
Aside from finally bringing Marvel’s First Family into the MCU, First Steps didn’t waste time in setting some big narrative gears in motion for the team in the form of Franklin Richards. He is still a small child by the film’s post-credit scene, but the scope of his powers have already been teased with him bringing his mother, Susan Storm, back to life after the Fantastic Four’s climactic battle against Galactus. Some fans have even speculated the reason the Fantastic Four’s ship appears in Thunderbolts* own post-credit scene is because of Franklin’s potentially reality-altering powers.
Franklin isn’t just an important character for the Fantastic Four, he’s important to X-Men history as well. While his roots have since been retconned, he was originally considered one of the most powerful mutants to ever be born. This would lead to him having a central role in X-Men’s Onslaught comic arc in the 90s when he is kidnapped by Onslaught, a psychic entity created during a massive battle between Professor Xavier and Magneto and is the manifestation’s of both characters’ darkest thoughts and emotions. Onslaught sought to use Franklin’s powers to reshape reality before it was stopped by the combined efforts of the X-Men, Avengers, and Fantastic Four.
But this is just one of the possible directions the MCU could go with mutants following Secret Wars and there are already rumors circulating online about where else the MCU may go with the introduction of mutants. One unconfirmed rumor suggested Mr. Sinister may be one of the first major mutant villains the MCU will have to contend with and opens the door to various other possibilities in its own right, namely the introduction of Apocalypse to the MCU due to Sinister serving Apocalypse at multiple points in the comics.
There is also Magneto, the Phoenix Force, Nate Grey, and more just waiting for Marvel Studios to dig in to and bring to theaters and streaming in the coming years.
It has been a roller coaster of a few years for the video game industry. One the hand, the industry was hit hard by the aftermath of several major acquisitions, thousands of layoffs, and many lackluster releases. On the other, multiple new, high-profile independent studios have emerged across the globe and there appears to be renewed effort to fill the gap between the major $70 releases and smaller indie titles, especially at a time when there appears to be a growing dissatisfaction in tentpole, AAA-style games.
2024 seemed to encapsulate this idea the most due to an overall lack of enticing AAA releases, with a few noted failures among them such as Concord.
It hasn’t been the case in 2025 thanks to a much more loaded release calendar with titles including Doom: The Dark Ages, The Outer Worlds 2, Borderlands 4, and Monster Hunter Wilds among others. One that, I believe, sits head and shoulder above them, though, and truly embodies what AAA games can be when done right – Ghost of Yotei.
The sequel to 2020’s Ghost of Tsushima, Ghost of Yotei is the second entry in the series from longtime PlayStation developer Sucker Punch Productions. Yotei takes places over 300 years after the first game on the island of Ezo, modern day Hokkaido, in the regions surrounding Mt. Yotei. The new setting also means a new protagonist in Atsu, a mercenary who has returned to Ezo seeking vengeance for her family’s murder at the hands of the “Yotei Six.”
Like the first game, Ghost of Yotei thematically and aesthetically borrows heavily from Japanese samurai cinema, especially the works of Akira Kurosawa. It can be seen in the world design with the striking color contrasts and felt in the music and dialogue over the game’s estimated 60-hour playtime to complete it.
The visuals, in particular, are so striking that it has made me do something I don’t typically do – take screenshots. The landscapes combined with the changing weather and time of day have resulted in some of the most eye-catching images I have ever seen in a game.
When people have to take a moment to make sure a landscape shot from a game isn’t a real landscape, it really does say something about that game’s visuals.
Aesthetic is only one half of the equation, though, and while Ghost of Yotei has plenty of style, does it have substance.
The answer – yes.
As of this writing, I am still playing Ghost of Yotei and have not yet completed the main plot. However, I feel I can still say with full confidence that this is one of the most engrossing narratives I have experienced in a game in quite a while. Atsu, portrayed wonderfully by Erica Ishii, is exactly the type believable, sympathetic, and flawed protagonist players would hope to see in a game that doubles as a love letter to samurai cinema. The characters she meets and interacts with most often feel like real people who players can buy following someone like Atsu during her journey for revenge.
It has, admittedly, been hard to stay on that narrative because of the wealth of things to do.
Sucker Punch has managed to design the various sub-plots, side quests, and random encounters in a way that feel genuinely rewarding and worth doing. It is a feeling that can get lost in some games due to simple “copy-and-paste” mechanics design with little thought or time given to making these activities worthwhile.
All this comes together to form one of my personal favorite games of the year and a reminder of what happens when a studio is able to make a AAA game the right way.
In the roughly six years of All Elite Wrestling’s existence, the wrestling industry has been through a lot as a whole. AEW was no exception with plenty of highs and lows in the company’s young history, but one thing remained constant – great in-ring action. The action reflected an almost all-star roster of wrestlers from all over the world to make AEW “where the best wrestle.”
AEW in 2025 may exemplify that idea better than any as the promotion has experienced a massive bounce-back in quality, especially on their weekly TV shows, thanks to one of the deepest and most talented roster assembled in wrestling today.
It got me thinking on a very simple question – is AEW’s 2025 roster the greatest ever assembled in wrestling history?
And, to be blunt, I think there is an argument to be had at the very least. The main event scene is as good a place to start as any and a photo that became a sensation among wrestling fans.
“Attack for the Next Generation”
Three stars had been front and center in AEW all through 2025, leading the charge as the company began its resurgence.
First was Swerve Strickland, who has made AEW his home since 2022 following his release from WWE in November 2021. The Mogul went from tag gold with Keith Lee to singles star, taking some time to find his footing before crossing paths with another in the photo above. From there, Swerve ascended to become a world champion in April 2024 and solidified himself as one of the true faces of AEW with bloody wars against the likes of Jon Moxley and going toe-to-toe with Bryan Danielson, wrestler-to-wrestler.
Then there was the ‘Aerial Assassin,’ ‘The Commonwealth Kingpin,’ or the ‘Billy GOAT’ Will Ospreay. The Essex-native already made his presence in AEW known while still with New Japan Pro-Wrestling when the two promotions began their partnership. After stealing the show at the first two Forbidden Door events and battling Chris Jericho at Wembley Stadium for All In: London 2023, Ospreay officially signed with AEW in November 2023 and began as a full-time roster member in March 2024. It became clear to everyone watching that Ospreay was going to be one of the top guys in AEW for a very long time.
Finally, we have the longest-tenured AEW star of the three and a legitimate day one guy – ‘Hangman’ Adam Page. What can be said about the now-two time AEW Men’s World Champion that hasn’t already been said about the “anxious millennial cowboy?” The story of ‘Hangman’ Page is almost the story of AEW, going through many ups-and-downs by forces outside and within. However, one thing was made perfectly clear after winning his second world title at All In: Texas 2025 – Page truly is AEW’s main character and the company’s current ace.
The photo above was taken the day of Forbidden Door 2025, which saw all three compete in wildly different matches. Page defended his title from longtime rival Maxwell Jacob Friedman, or MJF for short, while Swerve challenged Kazuchika Okada for the AEW Unified Championship and Will Ospreay teamed with Kenny Omega, Darby Allin, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and Kota Ibushi to battle Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Gabe Kidd, and the Young Bucks in a Lights Out Steel Cage match. By then end of the night, though, only one of the three would be able to wrestle at the next episode of Dynamite.
Swerve and Ospreay both left Forbidden Door needing to go under the knife to address long-standing injuries. Swerve underwent surgery to fix a torn meniscus he had been dealing with since 2019. While Ospreay hoped to avoid surgery, he ultimately got it to address two herniated discs he was dealing with for nearly a year and were starting to press on his spine. Both surgeries were ultimately successful, but the two still have a ways to go until they are ready to be back in the ring.
Injuries aside, these three helped set the standard for 2025 by which the rest of the men’s roster would be judged against. Despite these lofty standards, it doesn’t appear to have been a problem.
Heading in to 2025, AEW already had one of the deepest and most-talented rosters in the modern wrestling industry. Jay White, Kenny Omega, MJF, Konosuke Takeshita, Kazuchika Okada, Mark Briscoe, Bandido, Brody King, The Hurt Syndicate, FTR, and Adam Copeland were among just a few of the names that populated this proverbial all star roster of talent spread over generations and coming from all over the world. AEW would go on to add names like Josh Alexander, Kevin Knight, ‘Speedball’ Mike Bailey, Hechicero, Ace Austin, and El Clon, better known by his former name Arez, and even brought back Andrade el Idolo after he was fired from WWE heading into the final months of 2025.
The depth is such that even Ring of Honor has benefitted, with Bandido having a banner year as RoH Men’s World Champion including two potential match of the year candidates during his reign. Rush and Sammy Guevara found each other on Ring of Honor and have given the two the best footing they’ve had under the AEW umbrella in a long time. Shane Taylor Promotions looks poised to close out the year strong, as well, as Lee Moriarty continues his record-setting reign as Pure Champion and Shane Taylor and the Infantry won the RoH Six-Man Tag Team Championship at Death Before Dishonor in August.
Somehow, in spite of several notable injuries, the roster is in such a good position that the TNT, World Tag Team, and World Trios titles have all received “shots in the arm” and look to end the year in stronger places than they were in at the start of the year.
Then there is the women’s roster, which has had one of the strongest years in the company’s history. Two women stood at centerstage for much of the year to help wave the flag of women’s wrestling – Mercedes Mone and ‘Timeless’ Toni Storm.
Who Run The World?
‘Timeless’ Toni Storm has been a mainstay at the top of AEW’s women’s division since becoming ‘Timeless’ in 2023 after the end of her second AEW Women’s World Title reign. She has been a constant source of “cinema” on AEW TV during that time, with her mentorship of and later rivalry with Mariah May being central for much of it. She would entertain crowds with her antics before getting into bloody wars in the ring, typically with the title on the line.
By contrast, Mercedes’ time in AEW has been one of the former-Sasha Banks chasing and making history in and out of the company. Mercedes officially debuted with AEW in March 2024 after making a cameo appearance at All In 2023 and months of rumors around her future. Since then, she has toured the world wrestling for AEW and various other promotions, ranging from major international promotions like CMLL in Mexico to random, small independent promotions across Europe. As of writing, she is poised to break Jade Cargill’s record as the longest-reigning TBS Champion in AEW history and is one title away from tying Ultimo Dragon’s ten simultaneous title reigns but has made it clear she wants to break that record.
The two would ultimately meet at All In: Texas for the AEW Women’s World Championship in one of the four biggest matches featured on the show. In what was a shock to no one, the two had an incredible match that ended with Toni retaining her world title and giving Mercedes her first loss in AEW.
Also on All In: Texas were the men’s and women’s Casino Gauntlet matches where the winners won a guaranteed world title match.
While most enjoyed the men’s, the women’s gauntlet match was met with widely positive feedback and helped reflect how far the division had come since AEW began in 2019. The women’s division had been a constant source of criticism in those early years for the relative lack of screen time afforded to the women and placement on the shows.
However, there were still bright spots in the division as Riho became AEW’s first Women’s World Champion and, along with Emi Sakura and future-world champion Hikaru Shida, give many Western viewers their first taste of joshi wrestling. Britt Baker, Kris Statlander, Penelope Ford, Nyla Rose, and few other independent standouts who hadn’t been signed by WWE also helped the division find its footing in those early days
The division would improve even more with the addition of talents like Toni Storm, Mercedes Mone, Athena, Thunder Rosa, Ruby Soho, Willow Nightingale, Jamie Hayter, Megan Bayne, Thekla, Deonna Purrazzo, and Alex Windsor. AEW was also able to cultivate a number of young talent such as Julia Hart, Skye Blue, Red Velvet, Billie Starkz, and Anna Jay who have become standout homegrown stars.
And there has been plenty of other accolades for the women’s division to celebrate beyond Toni and Mercedes’ accomplishments.
Athena has continued her record-setting, 1,000+ day reign as RoH Women’s World Champion while also winning the Casino Gauntlet in her home state of Texas and challenging for the AEW Women’s World Title at Forbidden Door. New champions are also set to be crowned as AEW has officially announced Women’s World Tag Team Championships, which the fans have demanded for some time, and the RoH Women’s Pure Championship.
2025 will also see the first women’s Blood and Guts match take place in Greensboro, North Carolina, though no teams have been announced at the time of writing.
Measuring Up
Looking at the roster in 2025, I personally believe this may be the single greatest roster of talent ever assembled in the history of professional wrestling. This isn’t meant as a slight against other truly great rosters such as Jim Crockett Promotion’s rosters during the 1980s, the famous “SmackDown Six” era, and NXT Black and Gold’s prime from late 2016 to early 2020, all of which were also populated with future hall of fame talent that would take being a booker or promoter of historically abysmal proportions to not draw crowds with.
Instead, it just appears to be a case of AEW coming along at the right in wrestling and proving it is here to stay that led to this wealth of talent. When one faction can have names like Kyle Fletcher, Konosuke Takeshita, Kazuchika Okada, and Andrade el Idolo, alone, it gives you an idea of just how deep the well of talent is in AEW.
It is a roster that truly embodies global wrestling and what it has to offer fans in 2025. On one show, a fan can see Jon Moxley and Darby Allin try to destroy each other in a wild no-DQ match, Bandido and Hechicero showcase true lucha libre, a Toni Storm promo which has taken on a life of its own, the best in Japanese joshi and puroreso, and technicians putting on a mat classic, and none of it feels out of place.
And new talent will only continue to filter in, as well, especially on the women’s side with the additions of the Women’s World Tag and RoH Women’s Pure titles. While I could sit here and provide a laundry list of names I’d want to see in the division, especially with new gold on the way, it wouldn’t be fair to anyone I’d leave out simply for space or even just forgetting their name. I can say that as of late it seems AEW may have eyes on some names I have been beating the drum for in recent months which has gotten me even more excited for what’s to come.
Get Used To It
AEW is here to stay, that is something that has become crystal clear over the last year. While numbers haven’t been made public, Tony Khan and reports from outlets such as Fightful have indicated AEW and WBD were very happy with AEW finally making it to HBO Max with simulcast for its weekly TV and more recently pay-per-view after the success of All Out.
Even if it won’t be number one over WWE, which honestly may never happen given just how big WWE has become, it doesn’t mean AEW will be any less of an enticing destination for wrestlers wanting to prove they have what it takes “where the best wrestle.” It almost guarantees anyone one the independents or working internationally who pride themselves on their ability between the ropes will likely end up in AEW. More importantly for the talent, it means another place to make good money and make a full-time living in an industry where it can be very tough to do so.
AEW hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down, either, as many independent standouts and a few notable former-WWE names have popped up across AEW and RoH TV over the course of 2025. Adam Priest, Aleah James, Lacey Lane, Jordan Oliver, Alex Zayne, and Man Like DeReiss are just a few of those names who have gotten a look at in that time and whenever names a brought back consistently, it is usually a good sign for their future. And considering some of the names, it could be a very good sign for AEW’s future as well.
Have you ever had a cloud hanging over your head when it comes to shows or movies? That one that you keep telling yourself “I’ll get to it eventually” but the longer you put it off, the more it bites at you?
THAT…….was One Piece for me.
So to tip my age a bit, One Piece is something I have been aware of since I was a kid. I was still in elementary school when anime first crossed the Pacific and began airing with English dubbing on TV in the States. Despite my exposure to anime thanks to Cartoon Network’s original Toonami blocks, I ended up missing One Piece at the time.
Anime would weave in and out of my life, with it coming back in recent years thanks in small part to the Covid-19 pandemic. I would binge what was available of Attack on Titan, Seven Deadly Sins, one of Gundam’s many series, and revisiting childhood classics like Dragon Ball Z and Cowboy Bebop. I eventually started One Piece, getting well over 100 episodes in before just falling off as the world opened back up.
Then came Netflix’s live action adaptation of One Piece in 2023, a series that was already being met with skepticism in the wake of the live action Cowboy Bebop series’ poor reception. Fan concerns ended up being proven wrong as 2023’s One Piece was a huge hit with fans and critics who applauded the work in bringing such a vibrant and crazy world to life. Despite this, I still wouldn’t pick the anime back up.
Cut to early 2025 and I finally decide to pick One Piece back up and continue my journey with the Straw Hat pirates. I knew it would likely take a good amount of time to catch up on well over 1100 episodes. Two months and almost nothing but One Piece later, I was fully caught up and felt stupid for waiting so long to watch this series.
I finally understood the hype around this incredible world of pirates, devil fruits, and so much more created by Eiichiro Oda. It led me down a rabbit hole in the following months as I dug further and further into One Piece, from the state of the Straw Hats’ journey to massive revelations about Rocks D. Xebec and just how big his impact on the world actually was. The more I learned, the more I needed to know.
The hardest thing to believe is that this sprawling story was originally envisioned as a five-year project that would lead to the Straw Hats battling the Yonko, or Four Emperors, who were intended to be the series’ original main villains. Considering how long it took to even get out of the East Blue at the start of One Piece, I don’t know if there was ever a possibility of that happening.
Outside of the world, itself, One Piece also shows how far anime has come artistically since it premiered in 1999. The series has always followed Oda’s vision faithfully, but it is like night and day watching clips of a fights from those first 100 to visual feasts that were the fights on Egghead between Gear 5 Luffy against Admiral Kizaru or Zoro’s duel with Rob Lucci. It is hard to believe it is the same series, even more so with special projects like Fan Letter or the work put into one of the films.
At the very least, I was happy to finally give One Piece my time when I did because it now means I’ll be able to enjoy its run to the end with everyone else. Oda has already confirmed One Piece has entered its Final Saga and fans will get to see what fate has in store for Luffy and his crew. And with everything already going on in the manga, Oda isn’t playing subtle when it comes to telling fans just how much more insane the state of One Piece will get as it nears the end.
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