 I said the end of the last one, I was losing my voice, but I literally need to watch more. I'm hooked. The show does this, it just like makes all these little tiny plot points here and there and just throws a ton at your face. I get so invested, I just have to know what happens next and next and next. But I'm getting ahead of myself, ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the channel, my name is Jack the Buster, I. Shunobi. Today we have some 95 and 96 of our one piece watch through, and the last two, I couldn't even just begin to describe everything that happened. To summarize though, we met Luffy's brother, Ace, and he's part of the Whitebeard Pirates, he's a commander in the Whitebeard Pirates. Smoker's back, he's after Luffy. It's a whole thing, we still have to get VV2 Owabasta, like I said, there's a lot going on. We're gonna hop right into it, if you're new to the channel, drop us up and hit that big blue bell, you are not too late to hop on to the journey. And let's get started with episode 95 of One Piece. Luffy's brother, Ace. Dang, dude, he's a stupid amount of control over that, BANDA! I saw it, I don't think I didn't. That's a pretty dope title, Fire Fist. Are they actually gonna fight? I mean, Smoker is the only one to back down, but dude. Oh my gosh, they are! Just a tornado of smoke and fire! Oh, he does rise. Oh my gosh, that is so cool. Yeah, he recognized him. Couldn't have been that long since they saw each other. But out of all of Luffy's backstory, we never saw a brother named Ace. Oh, three years before him. I have a really, like, a weird feeling that the One Piece is gonna be something like a metaphorical and it's not a physical thing. There's no way it's just like some, like, gold treasure thing, I don't know. God dang, the scale of it. I wanna see what's going on inside there, it has to be crazy! Oh, Luffy's already split up again. Ay-ay-ay. You can't blame him, that's a spectacle. It's just a standoff, there's no point in fighting if it's not gonna lead to anything. In fact, it's helping Ace, cause Luffy's getting away. Also, Ace also has that D and the relates back to what Kareha said about the D in your middle name. I don't know, dude. It's getting way too convoluted. I like keeping me guessing though. Zero Malu, the city of green! That sounds lovely. God, alabaster's huge. Yep. Yep, they realized it. Yep. Yep. I mean, you guys could just leave. I think he can, I think he's... I guess he's the captain, never mind, that's shameless. Thor was so sick of it. Luffy just wandering off once again. Ay-ay-ay, dude. It feels like he's just getting worse and worse with this. He's got things shredded. Aw, that's a cool shot. Well, they bet on arm wrestle? Wait, so does he know that Luffy ate a double fruit? He said three years before he left. Yeah, he was younger then, so he wouldn't know. He's struggling. Aw. This is such a cute relationship. That is such a cool tattoo. Oh, he sent him a message. Oh, the guy that he told to tell... Okay, that's where I tell him. Oh, okay, so he's not here specifically to find Luffy. He just thought he'd say, hey. This is really cool. Oh, shoot. He wants to be his own sort of captain, I think. He knows how Luffy is. Can I meet him? Can I meet him? Wait, that's what the beard looks like? I thought it was just for the insignia. He doesn't want to help anyone else. He wants to be the king. Oh, this is Mr. Eleven. Oh, shoot. Who are these guys? Yeah. They're just, like, lower people in them? Oh, billions, that's what they're called. Dang. Disrespected. Wait, if they kill him, do they get to be, like, a number now? God dang, that dude is huge! No honor amongst thieves. God dang. That's the guy that overheard that he was there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, he has a name for himself. Oh, guys. I barely know Ace, and I know you can't win. Do you remember anything? Especially someone who wants to be king of the pirates. Oh, they're gonna get to fight these guys off together. That is so cute. It's got a bow and arrow. They all got big dreams. They really do check, like, every list or check every box in terms of a crew. And a reindeer. Aw. He's so nice. Musician. We've got you surrounded. Yeah, let's see how this goes. He looks so over it, dude. He's like, really? You wanna die? You know, I watched this man just, like, shoot out flames from his body and engulf the entire area. You could probably do it to you, too. I really like how you can kind of tell they have similar attributes, Ace and Luffy, despite the fact that, I mean, they're very different in their own ways, but I get that their brother, they actually live. I guess they're protecting themselves. That's fair. Yeah, that's fair. And the ship. Luffy would want them to protect the ship. They're not in as much of a rush right now since they realize that Alabast is more, like, sort of like a Cold War state, I think. That's kind of how I perceive it. There's skirmishes and pirates and whatnot, but it hasn't been overthrown yet. This cannot end well for you guys. That's a big bounty, yeah. Two and one. Yeah, go for it. Let's see. You guys really want to die? Oh, this cannot end well. They gave you the... I mean, he can let you guys slide for way too long, either way. He doesn't even using fire, just disrespecting him. Like, somebody in the Grand Line has devil root powers. That's a 30 million bounty, really? Crazy. Oh, you're fighting a little too emotionally here, bud. Oh! Just caught the buggy. Aw, seeing them work together is so cute. He buggyed him. He really buggyed him. Bye. Yeah, you guys don't want to smoke, I'm sorry. Really? Don't let him scare you? He just knocked him to the next continent. Are you sure? Guys, you can't be serious. Just light them all on fire, Ace. I'm sorry. I thought they were going to a cove. Is that actually them? Oh, yeah, that is them. That's stupid face. Oh, there he goes. So convenient, man. But he just left Ace without saying bye. He's not even going to say see you later or anything? Yeah, are you not bringing him? Well, I guess he doesn't need to bring him. How did Ace even get here if he's part of an entire crew? He's like a commander of an entire crew. Raw strength still beats him. Let's see. I'm shocked. I would say he's a little bit more normal than Luffy, but in retrospect, now the falling asleep while eating is very appropriate. What? How did he get here? Did he actually jump from land? They kind of did. He has such good manners. What a homie. Oh, there's a ship. This sensible man. Yeah. Aw, he met the whole crew. Oh, my. Is it time for Ace to flex a little bit more? You guys can't be serious, man. You want to die so bad. Why? Let's see it. Yeah, wait, what is that? Oh, that's his bow. He went to them and then just jumped on more. That makes way more sense. He's in that tiny little boat? Oh, no. Oh, no. He's about to roll all of them, isn't he? Look, that's like Mihawk levels. He's like, actually. He's like, Mihawk just sliced their ship. He sort of just punched through all of them. I thought he was strong, but that's kind of built a little different. Just a little bit. Yes, they're a crew. Surely, yeah. Luffy's the hostage-taking type. Smoker's just so done with all of it. I'm very curious as to what Smoker actually thinks about that. Yeah, given government approval. Oh, okay. Okay. That's what I was saying. It's conflicting. So he does still prioritizing Luffy, but it is a little bit different because he does hate the warlords. I'm not shocked that he does hate them. He said pirate's a pirate. Okay, if Ace joined, they would be absurdly overpowered. This group would be stupid overpowered. They can. He's part of the- He said he wants to see white beard become king of the pirates. Oh, he's chasing black beard. Okay. Yeah, we've heard of him. Oh, that's his division. What's that? Why would he do that? Thanks, so he's hunting down black beard. Oh, that makes things spicy. Yeah, the plot does thicken. I feel really good with Ace with us. I'm going to be honest. I feel safe. Love cook. I still can't get over the fact of how stupidly strong he is, man. Like I said, as soon as I saw him do that, he was like flashbacked in my mind to be hoc slicing all those ships. All right, episode 96, not wasting any time. I guess I said cold war in the last one, but yeah, it's still civil war. I think it's just not as dire as Vivian thought originally. I was picturing them like against the ropes. It seems like kind of getting to that point. There's Cobra. I'm really trying to figure him out if he's like a good guy or not. The nice music is playing. At least you can admit it. At least he's trying to be there for his people. Like what's his plan though? It's the sand. He's thinking of Vivi. Doesn't know how close she is. For all he knows that she could be dead. She's close. He's on her way. And she supposedly has a plan. God, children. Ace is just amused. Somebody actually wants to help Sanji? Psychotic. Like a messenger. Let him know that she's coming. Hell yeah. I mean that's just in case they get caught along the way. It's very smart. Aw. You got this. I believe if anything happens to him, I will lose my mind. Yeah, be safe. Bye little buddy. Look at him go. He's such a team player. I'm gonna miss that bird till we meet again. Yeah, that's true actually. Why does he want to take over? That's a very good perspective. I didn't really think about that. It's not really the pirate's life. I've always thought it was kind of sketchy too. It always didn't really seem like everything was as it seems. What is crocodile up to? And his power kind of has to do with Sanji. So it's probably like location based. It has to be because it's the desert. Why would he pick here out of anywhere? I think that's why it gave us a little tease of his power and how the sand all swarmed around. What? Oh no, are they gonna run into Garu? What an interesting guy. Mr. Crocodile, good perspective. As they're talking about how there's something deeper going on. You're going into the desert! Yeah, that's dude. I can't with Sanji man. He's laying on the ground. He's such a baby. Are those turtle walruses? Or turtle seals? Ah yes, Kung Fu...Dugongs? He kind of sounds like... Oh, I was like he sounds like Chopper, but it was Chopper translating. That makes way more sense. This is the first opponent that was up his 100... Oh my god. At least he was courageous and confident. If you lose, you... Pupil? Oh no. Oh no. It's like his children now. Oh no! He just has them at his disposal. Yes! We have an army! This is so dumb dude. I love it. Is he actually taking them? He is? But they love him. Like ripping their parent away? Alright, Luffy, stay here. I don't think they... I was going to say they don't want that, but apparently they do. They'll take it over their instructor. Just gave them a bunch of food. Maybe they can defend the ship. They look very useful and nice. No, he does not. I don't know. It was kind of like an army. That was a great idea. Did he just want to die in the desert? He's like, you're telling me, bud. He's like, he's your brother. Is this the city? Or is it a town on the way? He's like, I don't see much green. I feel like this was crocodiles doing. He can manipulate sand so well. The trees look kind of... Not just dead, but like I said, that corrupted kind of look to him. Aw, that's so sad. Actually, that was mentioned already. How bad the drought was. I don't think it's that simple. Oh, no. Is it like the government or something? I was going to say either that or you also need rain water. Okay, that's where it rained more. I feel like that's what it's going to have to do with the dance powder, too. Because it would always rain there, yeah. I think this crocodile showed up. It started to go south. Oh, those guys were Baroque works. Oh, that's... Isn't that dance powder? Wait. Wait, it wasn't a miracle. He was artificially doing it, I think. And then people found out. Wait, so wouldn't Cobra actually be in the wrong if that's what was happening? Because then he could have given it to other towns and stuff. Yeah. It would prevent war, but then people just die because it's a drought. But they thought he had been using the powder. But the guys carrying that thing when it fell were Baroque works, so it was like... I think it was like a sort of a plate to frame Cobra for doing that. Yeah. Okay, I see. Oh, they planted more. Dang, that was a coup then. Holy. Oh, my gosh. Dang, Crocodile just slowly destroyed this place and then acts as the hero. I see. Yeah. But also, it still traces back like what does Crocodile want with this place? Being a pirate. Pirates don't settle down like that. It goes deeper. Can I imagine why? If they lost all their sources of water and everything? I mean, even if there wasn't an opposition, nothing would be able to thrive. What is that? Sounds more ghastly than anything. Oh, it's kind of spooky. Oh, dude, that's creepy. Oh, a nato just formed. Dude, what? That is so creepy. No, that's way more than just the wind on buildings. Oofy saw something. That was much more... Wait, is that a guy? Is he dead? Oh, he's totally dead. Oh, yeah, he might be dead. Ah, dude, that's a rough life. Oh, Oofy's got the serious look in his eyes. Not really, but he's actually listening. I feel bad for ever thinking that Crocodile was even remotely good and that Cobra was in the wrong. But yeah, it was just weird how it was presented. Oh, Oofy's pissed. He's like, proud? Dang, dude, he is pissed. Gonna bury him? Dude! Are you ready? Yeah! That's what I'm talking about, baby. You got a mission. Oh, how? Are you gonna do try to expose them? I do not think talking to him is gonna work, but we can give it a shot. Oh, they've witnessed firsthand the destruction of Crocodile. Boy, this arc is starting to really ramp up. We didn't really know what was going on in Alabast this entire time. It was building up Alabast and us getting here. But I was picturing just people fighting constantly. It's not more than that though when I like it. It's a lot deeper in terms of how people perceive these sort of, not politicians, but leaders. And we're getting a good idea of, I guess it's starting to sort of tease what Crocodile is up to and how he's doing all this, how he's pulling all the strings that we've heard about. And it's starting to gather everyone in the same place to this one city where I feel like it's really all gonna go down and Luffy's been getting ready for this the entire time he's been wanting to fight Crocodile. Just because he knows he's really strong. So at this point he has even more of a reason because he's fighting for his friend Vivi and we know that drives him. But I love how we have Ace along for the ride. He's kind of this, like I said, wild card that's very powerful and like bringing up just a family relation to Luffy is really cool to me. Guys, that's been it for episode 95-96 of our One Piece Watch. Do drop a sub if you're new to the channel. I'll catch you guys in the next one. Peace, base.