Monkey D. Luffy’s journey to become King of the Pirates is ramping up in One Piece Season 2 as he and the other Straw Hat Pirates venture into the Grand Line. That also means the villains will be ramping up, and among the more prominent adversaries they’ll face include the criminal organization Baroque Works and Wapol, the tyrannical ruler of the Drum Kingdom. With less than a month to go until the Netflix subscription-exclusive second season premieres on the 2026 TV schedule, One Piece executive producer and co-showrunner Joe Tracz discussed how these baddies work as a “dark mirror” to the protagonists.
Baroque Works will be an antagonistic presence for most of Season 2, with some of its notable members include Lera Abova’s Miss All-Sunday, Charithra Chandran’s Miss Wednesday and David Dastmalchian’s Mr. 3. While speaking to SFX Magazine on CinemaBlend, Joe Tracz said he was “most excited” about bringing these bad guys into Season 2 because they’re “like Tarantino-style Kill Bill assassins with crazy superpowers,” and they do it all in style. He then added:
