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Welcome back humans, to week three of the the blog that keeps on giving. Last week we discussed the Celestial Dragons, Marines, and the Revolutionary. But this week brings out more pirate and World Government information. So, on deck is going to be the Yonko. Yonko In One Piece , the Yonko (Four Emperors) are the most powerful pirate captains and hold enopugh power to keep the Marines and World Governement at bay. They even garner enough power to be able to wage war against the Marines and World Government if they feel it is needed. The Yonko include Shanks of the Red Hair Pirates, Kaido of the Beast Pirates, Charlotte Linlin of the Big Mom Pirates, and Marshall D. Teach of the Blackbeard Pirates. Each Yonko could make a strong case for the strongest of the sea, but they avoid each other for the most part because that could lead to heavy casualties on both sides. One of the things that each Yonko shares is that they have all met Luffy in some capacity. Out of four, only Shanks likes...

Back again this week talking about the fantastic world of One Piece . If you missed last week, the talk was all about the Straw Hat Pirates and their impact on myself. But this week brings us to a few different groups and organizations that differ from the protagonists. The first group that I am going to cover are the Celestial Dragons or World Nobles. Celestial Dragons: To give some context, the Celestial Dragons are at the top of the food chain in the World Government in the One Piece universe. Essentially, whatever wish they have has to be granted because they are the descendants of the people who founded the World Government. Many of them can be described as disconnected, vile human-beings that have no respect for the people that they preside over as they wear special suits and bubbles on their heads so that they do not breathe the same air as the common people. While many people do not agree with their actions, there is nothing that can be done against them due to the fact ...

Ever since high school, I have been a fan of One Piece, a Japanese manga, by Eiichiro Oda. In the next couple of weeks I will go over what makes me love the series and what the world is all about. To kick off this series of posts, I feel that there is no better way than to begin with the characters that helm the series known as the Straw Hat Pirates. For the most part, I will be looking to avoid spoilers as much as I can. So let's get this show on the road. Straw Hat Pirates: The crew is currently made up of ten members that all have different goals in mind, but the quality that stands out above the rest is their willingness to trust and stick with each other through the toughest of battles. These battles come often as they are technically criminals because of their choice to be pirates. As I have understood the series, I would say that freedom is a major quality that separates the pirates from a law abiding citizen. Specifically the Straw Hats will only thrust themselves...

Over the course of the past ten weeks or so, this blog has helped me to look at sports a different angle from the perspective of the reader and writer as some of the themes and events presented to me were new territories. One of the themes that I was interested to explore mire deeply was the perspective of women in sports and how segregated the sports world was and still is as women are still looked down upon despite many proving that they are credible sources. This was one of the more difficult topics to talk about because I felt that I had no idea what I was talking about and that this was not my place to pry on about a topic that I was ignorant on for the most part. Looking at the author's discussing these new waters helped me to find my own footing as the assignments created an opportunity to dive deeper and make interpretations based off of my own findings. The weekly blogs were the biggest contributor to developing a style on how to approach sports writing...

Playing a sport has many different meanings to people dependent on what their ulterior motive is for playing that sport. Whether they are pursuing the sport for the sake of a career, as an escape from reality, or simply for the sheer enjoyment that can be derived from being a part of something bigger. From my experience in sports, I would say that I was trying to escape from the real world in order to feel like I could belong to something larger. I would have a brief stint in baseball that would eventually become solely focused on the sport of hockey. That is not to say that I did not enjoy baseball, but hockey felt more free of constraint. By pursuing hockey for years I was able to not only learn about the outside world, but I was able to figure out more of what hockey had meant to me as a person. Hockey was not my first love because I was already in baseball and I did not know much of the games existence until my older brother had started to play. Even though this was only his fir...

The meaning behind man and how masculinity impacts society displays strengths and weaknesses that can lead to the leaders of the future or the protectors of the old text. Not all masculinity is necessarily bad for men to attribute themselves to. The idea of toxic masculinity is where the thoughts and actions begin to show the cracks in the form of elitism. The subject of man then becomes this figure that must be copied or one that claims to be a man must relinquish themselves from the exclusive club of the "true man". The article, Toxic Masculinity in Sports, by Lizz Darcy defines term as, "The difference between toxic masculinity and masculinity is that with toxic masculinity, men are shamed for behaviors seen as feminine or for not meeting the masculine ideal". This definition rings true for many activities that are seen as exclusive to men such as  sports. A hit against former Detroit Lions Wide-Receiver, Calvin Johnson, that subsequently knocks his he...

Throughout history man has been trying to define themselves whether it be through business ventures, ruling countries, or even sports, an activity associated heavily with the male audience. Men often put the label of masculinity onto sports especially because many believe that women either have no idea what they are doing or in terms of the more violent sports, they will not be able to handle the physicality. Many women that wish to partake in sports or any other activity that has this label of masculinity have thought of the idea as toxic. This toxicity not only leads to men limiting women, but also limiting themselves by issuing the labels in the first place.  In the article,  What We Mean When We Say, "Toxic Masculinity"  by Colleen Clemens, the author explains this phenomenon of "Toxic Masculinity" as this idea of limiting one's own viewpoint on how-to live-in society. The issue comes about because men perpetually committing violent acts such as mu...