About this episode
This week our journey shows us Nami's past. We meet her mother figure Bellemere who is a former Marine who discovered Nami and Nojiko on a battlefield. After rescuing the girls, she takes them to her home in Cocoyashi Village and begins raising her daughters until the Arlong Pirates show up and start demanding tributes be paid for people's survival. Sacrificing herself to save her daughters, Bellemere loses her life, and Nami joins the Arlong Pirates to buy back her village. In the present Arlong betrays Namis trust and has the Marines steal her treasure. Unable to hold back her tears, Nami finally asks for Luffy's help. Thus begins the Walk to Arlong Park. We’d like to thank 3:33 and AyoBudd for making our 4Kids parody opening. You can find them at https://open.spotify.com/artist/3zSZALQMT4bAcPa2wCzEth . Future Episode art will be done by Dillon when he’s done with school. Or by the aforementioned host's partner who’d rather remain unnamed. Please follow the podcast @ OneJourneyPod on twitter: https://twitter.com/OneJourneyPod Try to be spoiler free if you follow us there. Shoot us an email @ onejourneypod@gmail.com Be like Derek Follow host Solomon @ KingSolomander on Twitter and BlueSky: https://twitter.com/KingSolomander https://bsky.app/profile/kingsolomander.bsky.social or @ sidequestfirst on twitch for the occasional stream vod: https://www.twitch.tv/sidequestfirst Most of us are still new to podcasting so give us time to find our footing. Thank you for listening and please let us know how we’re doing or any tips you have.