But he passed by the . Episode 4: "Luffy's Past! The Red-Haired Shanks Appears!" He remembered watching that on a scratched DVD. Then the Alabasta episodes. The iconic moment when Vivi screams from the clock tower—Episode 126.

He landed on the Wikipedia page. It was beautiful—a vast, color-coded table of two decades of pirate adventure. He saw the columns: Episode number, title, direction, original air date.

He clicked a random link. **Episode 278: "Say You Want to Live!" — The Wikipedia summary hit him like a wave: "Robin finally declares her desire to live, causing Luffy to order Sogeking to burn the World Government flag." His eyes watered. Every time.