Season 3, Episode 3 of Open Dojo. Santo and Myles run a triple header: NBA 2K27 first impressions, the GTA 6 extended gameplay trailer, a full anime "best user of this power" bracket, and a live record label draft where the crew goes head to head with the chat.

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SPOILER WARNING

This episode contains spoilers for Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War, One Piece, Naruto, Hunter x Hunter (current manga arc), Solo Leveling, Black Clover, and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime. The anime power bracket starts at 01:02:58. If you want to skip anime spoilers entirely, jump ahead to the music draft at 02:03:25.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Welcome to Open Dojo, Season 3 Episode 3

00:05 Super Chat hot take: could Bulma actually lock in and fight in Dragon Ball Z

00:11 NBA 2K27 first impressions: overtuned blocks, broken layups, and the shooting problem

00:26 Is every playstyle finally viable in 2K27

00:30 GTA 6 extended gameplay trailer reaction: what hit and what did not

00:45 Phantom Blade Zero, Wolverine, and the crowded Game of the Year race

00:45 Is GTA 6 actually the best game ever, or just the biggest

00:46 Rockstar immersion, story length, and the 80 hour debate

00:53 What The Witcher 3 taught everybody about open worlds

00:59 In memoriam and condolences

01:02 ANIME SEGMENT: who is the best user of each power

01:02 Systems: Sung Jinwoo vs Rimuru vs Ainz

01:11 Poison: Akame vs Mayuri vs Magellan

01:17 Gravity: Dante vs Fujitora vs Pain

01:25 Super Strength: Mash vs Saitama vs Yujiro

01:31 Lightning: Enel vs Laxus vs Killua

01:34 Fire: Escanor vs Yamamoto vs Ozai

01:38 Sand: Gaara vs Ganju vs Crocodile

01:40 Future Sight: Nighteye vs Katakuri vs Yhwach

01:40 Telekinesis: Saiki K vs Mob vs Tatsumaki

01:43 Illusions: Mystogan vs Aizen vs Itachi

01:51 FINAL VOTE: who is the best power user in anime

02:03 MUSIC SEGMENT: BSS vs The Field record label draft

02:04 The rules: two legends, two current, two female artists, two any

02:06 What actually counts as a legend, and why Drake and Taylor Swift do not

02:27 Filling out the roster: Coldplay, BTS, Bad Bunny and the international play

02:41 Last legend pick: Stevie Wonder, Earth Wind and Fire, or the Beatles

02:43 Concert talk: Bad Bunny, K-pop shows and the light stick chaos

02:46 The Anime of the Year bet: Bleach vs Black Clover for Continuing

02:49 The NFL killed the Pro Bowl and the crew is fine with it

02:55 Trial update segment

03:01 Coming next Dojo: Hunter x Hunter vs Jujutsu Kaisen

03:04 Why the current Hunter x Hunter arc is peak fiction

WHAT WE COVERED

The 2K conversation goes deep on why blocks and layups feel broken in 2K27, whether the shooting is inconsistent or people just have not adjusted, and what the my era mode actually does well. The GTA 6 talk splits the room: everyone agrees it looks incredible, nobody agrees on whether it can top Red Dead Redemption 2 or whether "best game ever" was ever on the table.

Then the anime bracket. Ten power categories, one winner each, then a final vote to crown the single best user of a power in anime. Rimuru edges out Ainz, Magellan takes poison, Pain survives Dante, Yamamoto burns down the fire category, Aizen takes illusions, and the final round comes down to a real fight between Saitama and Yhwach.

The music segment closes it out with a record label draft: two legends, two current artists, two female artists, and two of anything, BSS versus the chat. Michael Jackson goes first overall. Somebody takes Justin Bieber over Future on purpose.

WHO IS ON THIS EPISODE

Hosts: Santo and Myles

With the chat and call in crew: Gabe, Loki, Kai, Kent, Random, Sauce, Action Fiend and Jaden

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