Episode 885, “Therapy Session” (SGS #26)

The One Piece Podcast

Maji Media

Tv Reviews, Animation & Manga, Leisure, Tv & Film

4.7 • 609 Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2025

⏱️ 193 minutes

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Summary

This Lunarian Life? Wait Wait, Don't Haki? A Whiskey Peak Companion? Nope - it's Greg & Stephen joining forces for a new edition of their “interesting and completely useless” recurring segment: the SGS! During every manga break, Greg and Stephen come together to discuss the latest news and events in the series; This week, the duo discusses One Piece Chapters 1157 through 1160, plus they take your questions! We also have a double Anime Recap of Episode 1142 “Come in, World - Vegapunk’s Message” and Episode 1143 “Vegapunk’s Secret Plan - A Tense Worldwide Broadcast“ with Sam and Steve! SUBSCRIBE TO US ON PATREON! We’ve opened up a BRAND NEW “Sticker of the Month Club” tier on Patreon that entitles you to a patron-exclusive sticker of one of our amazing episode images every month! You also get access to ad-free episodes and our 800+ episode archive, our exclusive series 4’ced to Watch 4Kids with Steve & Alex, our full-length film OPPJapan, exclusive episodes with our special guests and a lot more. 00:00:00 Introduction00:15:26 Manga Recap with Stephen & Greg: Chapter 1157 - 1160;01:33:08 Anime Recap: Episodes 1142/1143;02:05:00 SGS: Chapter 1157 - 1160;03:08:35 To Be Continued…! Stephen Paul ROLE: Very Special Guest and Translator of One Piece in Shonen Jump and MangaPlus, How’s it Going, Stephen? CREW SINCE 2010 | FIRST APPEARANCE: Episode 112 Stephen is a veteran professional translator who has worked on hit series like Akane-banashi, Show-ha Shoten, Saint Young Men, Vinland Saga, Durarara!!, Soul Eater, Yotsuba, and of course, One Piece. He has been responsible for the translations of VIZ’s One Piece manga since early 2012 and will probably never stop. On the podcast, he sheds light on little-known or otherwise unexplainable references behind the series, as well as in-depth background on translation choices. Don’t challenge him to wordplay unless you want a pun of bricks dropped on your head. When not podcasting you may also find him with his wife and cat Simba. You can find our oomfie on Twitter at @translatosaurus. Greg Werner ROLE: Our Man in Japan CREW SINCE 2009 | FIRST APPEARANCE: Episode 29 Greg brings us news and perspectives from One Piece’s homeland, and his unique insight about the series. Greg has been a One Piece fan since nearly the beginning of its run, starting thegrandline.com where he meticulously documented the beginnings of the series. In Japan, Greg has become a One Piece celebrity, winning a major televised competition against One Piece’s manga editors. Today, Greg writes columns on the official One Piece website, one-piece.com and teaches students in Japan, and is intimately involved with the series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm
0:02.0	I'm going to be.
0:04.0	I'm going to be.
0:06.0	The This is the One Piece podcast, episode 885 for the week of Monday, September 22nd, 2025.
0:44.3	My name is Stephen.
0:45.9	And my name is Greg.
0:47.7	And Simba is hanging out right at the foot of my chair right now.
0:52.0	It is SGS Week, which means that, you know, in the style of
0:58.8	Oda's SBS segments, this is our special off week podcast when the manga is off, where Greg here,
1:07.0	a column is for V-Jump, One Piece.com, and series advisor for Netflix's One Piece series,
1:13.0	and me, Steven, translator for One Piece manga in Shonin' Jump and Manga Plus,
1:17.6	break down the latest events and chapters and share our expertise.
1:23.5	But before we get to all that, of course, we do have to catch up.
1:26.6	It's been a couple weeks.
1:28.2	So what's new in the life of Greg?
1:33.8	Let's see.
1:35.1	What do I choose?
1:37.4	All right.
1:38.7	I hit a new max on my bench.
1:42.7	Oh, nice.
1:43.3	I'm extremely excited about that.
1:45.0	That's been about six months trying to budge from, what was it?
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