Chapter 15 - Episode 24
After skipping the opening and the recap, they were greeted with, "Hawk Eye Mihawk! The Great Swordsman Zoro Falls at Sea!"
Tokoyami dryly gulps at the title card's implication.
When they were on dry land, Johnny and Yosaku explained how it happened.
On the Going Merry, Johnny and Yosaku noticed Nami was looking at the wanted posters, specifically the one of Arlong, who's apparently terrifyingly strong. He went quiet a while ago until he started to go wild recently. The reason why they even have his poster is because his bounty is hard to give up on.
Suddenly, Nami set a change of clothes on the railing, asking if they could turn around. The two hunters blushed, but turned around, all excited by a wink from her and a little tug on her shirt's collar.
Most of the boys blushed at Nami's teasing nature while Mineta and Denki drooled at the thought of Nami changing out of her clothes. Katsuki shook his head, saying, "They're going to get pushed off, aren't they?"
Johnny's heart soared at Nami's boldness while Yosaku wondered if they should take a peak. Just as they turned around, Nami pushed them right into the waters, and when they resurfaced, Nami told them, though hesitatingly, that this is business and that she was just joining forces, not an actual member. All the two could do is watch her sail away until they were sweep away from the galleon's splitting.
"Ugh, boys." Jiro groaned. "You would have deserved that if she was actually changing."
"I refuse to believe that Nami would actually abandon them!" Mina exclaimed.
"Her actions says otherwise." Katsuki said.
"I know she's greedy... but Nami couldn't have been willing to do it." Ochako felt conflicted over all of this.
Izuku could only theorized right now, remembering the Arlong poster. Despite what she've said before about her hatred for pirates, Nami could be working for him, but why? Is she that desperate for money? Is she actually willing in it?
The green-haired boy made himself keep this little theory to himself for now.
The hunters apologized for what have they done while Usopp and Zoro were furious at what Nami has done instead. Since they still have the hunters' boat, Luffy told Zoro and Usopp to follow Nami. Zoro said to let her go, but Luffy only wants Nami as his navigator, so the swordsman reluctantly accepted it. Luffy decided that he have to settle things here.
"You know, you could have still left during all that chaos." Katsuki said.
"But that would mean that we won't get Sanji as their cook." Mina pouted.
"I mean, he's a fucking simp. Straw Hat can get a different cook."
The minions were shocked by their ship's wreckage as Hawk Eye's coffin ship came into view. Before Zoro, Usopp, and the hunters could sail away, Zoro can't believe it's actually him, the man he's looking for, as the minions panicked. They were shock that such an ordinary looking human could do all this destruction by himself nor did he look like he have any special weapons until Zeff pointed out the big sword on Mihawk's back.
The chefs won't believe that Mihawk's sword could cut a ship that huge, but there is a reason why he's the world's greatest swordsman.
"Do you think he has a Devil Fruit?" Denki wondered.
"He has to. That was a big fucking ship!" Katsuki exclaimed.
Zoro wants to fight him to fulfill his promise. One of the underlings demanded why he's after them.
Mihawk's answer? Just killing time.
"Wait, seriously?" Ojiro's eyes widen. "That's it?"
"Well, if you're the world's strongest, what else can you do?" Hizashi jokingly said.
"Hey, I have... hobbies when I was ranked No. 1." Toshinori said, somewhat reluctantly.
The underling pulled out his guns in anger. Before the man shoot, Mihawk pulled out his black blade. Tilting his sword, the bullets bounced off the blade, missing him completely.
The audience were just as shock as the minions. Izuku made a note to himself to research reactions times, especially bullets.
The minion was shock as Zoro suddenly appeared behind them to tell them that Mihawk was able to avert it with the tip of his blade. As the swordsman approached the master, a man asked who he is, but another recognized his three swords.
Seeing that Mihawk's truly the strongest, Zoro challenged him, and though the master swordsman called him foolish, he smirked.
Taking out the Wado Ichimonji, Zoro's willing to fight as the underlings finally realized him as Roronoa Zoro of the Santoryu.
There were murmurs among the students, either out of excitement or worry.
It's too early... It's too early... Tokoyami knew Zoro isn't going to win. He's going to fail.
Usopp warned that Merry is getting out of their sights, but Luffy stared at Zoro and Mihawk. The master swordsman called Zoro weak, and in a flash, it seemed like Mihawk teleported to him. He told him that if he was a competent swordsman, Zoro would be able to see how far their skills actually are before they even fight. Mihawk asked if it was courage or ignorance that caused Zoro to fight against him. Zoro answered with 'ambition' and a promise to his friend instead.
The chefs wondered how this will turn out while the hunters were certain that Zoro will be victorious. Mihawk pulled out his cross necklace, revealing a hidden knife.
"I'm no beast that goes all out when hunting a rabbit. Even if you're a swordsman who's earned a bit of a name for himself, this sea, the East Blue, is the weakest among the four seas. Unfortunately, I don't carry any smaller sharp instrument than this one."
Anger stirred within Katsuki, trying his best not to use his quirk. "Okay, fucking kill him, Zoro! That's just plain insulting!"
"But there's no way that Zoro would become the world's greatest swordsman right now." Tokoyami murmured, sweating nervously.
Zoro refused to be made fun of, already charging after with all three swords.
"Oni... Giri!" With that tiny knife, Mihawk was able to stop that attack, much to everyone's shock.
Zoro could barely even move his swords, revealing their abilities are truly far apart.
"Fuck... No way... No way! He can't be able to do that!" Katsuki gaped at the screen, listening to the shock gasps of the others. Against his will, his mind reminded him of the practical exams' first half and the disaster it became. He told himself that Zoro is a main character, he can live through this.
"He's really that strong?" "That should be impossible!"
"He's the world's strongest for a reason." Toshinori breathed out, impressed with Mihawk's skill.
Zoro repeatedly swung at Mihawk with reckless abandonment, but the man barely moved his knife. After the eyecatches, Mihawk smoothly dodged Zoro's attacks. When he reach the railing, he jumped off of it, and continued on dodging and blocking Zoro's attacks until one clash have caused a shockwave.
Krieg's underlings were shock that Mihawk is even more of a monster than Zoro himself. Zoro was determined to not lose like this, but a memory of Kuina have caused him to fall. With a single karate chop to the back of his head, Zoro's past appeared.
Seeing his past once again have caused the audience to tear up again, wishing that Zoro could win this battle, but seeing how the battle is going for Zoro, that's unlikely.
Zoro tried to swing at Mihawk once again, but he fell instead, breathing heavily. Mihawk asked what does he desire, calling him weak once again.
Yosaku and Johnny wants to attack the master swordsman for insulting Zoro, but Luffy grabbed them and pinned them down, telling them to not intervene.
"Don't interrupt a battle between men!" Kirishima shouted.
"Yeah, he practically saved you from dying instantly." Katsuki said.
Zoro stood up, determined to not lose. Mihawk stared at him as the sun shined down on the battle field, making the world seem black and white.
"Tora..." Luffy's words echoed. Words of the world's greatest swordsman being perfect for the King of the Pirates's crew. "Gari!" Before Zoro could go any further, Mihawk stabbed him in the chest, around where his heart is.
Horrified screams and cries run through the living room.
"He's dead!" "Oh my god!" "Holy shit!" "This can't be happening!" "He can't die already!" "No! No! No!" "Please don't let him die!"
Over the panicking students, the teachers stared wide eyed at the scene until Aizawa was able to notice something.
"Wait, Zoro's alive. Mihawk only stabbed him above his heart."
That only calmed down a couple of his hysterical students. Some of the others were still crying, trying to wipe away their tears, or panting heavily, trying to calm themselves down.
"He's... He's alive, of course. Zoro's a main character." Katsuki slowly let out deep breathes, pretending he wasn't crying before.
"He can still achieve his dream." Izuku let out a hopeful sigh, wiping away his tears with a tissue.
Mihawk asked why Zoro isn't withdrawing, even when the master swordsman nearly stabbed him in the heart. Zoro told him that if he took a step back, he felt like he would be breaking his promise and he'll never take it back. He would rather die than be defeated.
"Zoro, please don't say that after all of that." Mina sniffled.
"But... if that's he feels, we can't tell him otherwise." Kirishima breathed out.
Mihawk is impressed with Zoro. Withdrawing his knife, he asked for him to state his name. Forming his swords into a triangle, Zoro declared his name, and Mihawk said he'll remember it, taking out his large, black blade. Mihawk considers Zoro as strong now, allowing himself to use the world's strongest black sword, the sword that sliced Krieg's ship.
Johnny told Zoro to stop as the green-haired swordsman decided to use his secret technique. He rotates his hand swords rapidly, running as Mihawk lunged after him.
"Sanzen Sekai!" The two clashed... and Zoro's hand blades shattered as blood scattered across from his chest.
Zoro lost.
"Zoro!" There were still some adrenaline running through the kids from the first shock as strings of curses rung through the room.
Tear strained faces couldn't believe what they're seeing.
Zoro finally understood the power of the world's strongest, and he's going to embrace it, arms spread out. Even Mihawk was shock by such a thing, but as Zoro said, "Scars on the back are a swordsman's shame..."
With a single slash of Mihawk's black blade, a curtain of blood decorated Zoro's chest from shoulder to hip. Zoro's friends screamed out to him as the green-haired swordsman fell to the sea.
"Zoro, you suicidal maniac!" Jiro shouted over the cries of the others, and yet...
Tokoyami didn't think of Zoro as foolish for literally embracing death. In fact, he thought of him as... 'manly,' as Kirishima would say.
Sanji stared at the swordsman, revealing that he though Zoro was crazy for not giving up his ambition. Krieg's underlings were terrified of this display of the Grand Line's power. Johnny and Yosaku swam as Luffy launched himself to Mihawk, revealing his Devil Fruit powers to everyone.
When Luffy made it to the wreckage Mihawk stands on, the master swordsman told him he didn't kill Zoro. The hunting duo were able to get Zoro and bring him to their ship as Usopp brought him medicine.
The master swordsman proclaimed himself as 'Dracule Mihawk' and he believes that it's too early for Zoro to die. He wants Zoro to learn more about himself, the world itself, and to become stronger. Mihawk wants Zoro to try to surpass him.
As the adrenaline died down, the students could feel the importance of these words, especially from Dracule Mihawk himself to Zoro.
"Zoro still has a chance." Izuku whispered, feeling this sense of... joy that Zoro could live another day, that he's getting encouragement from the world's greatest swordsman himself to achieve his title.
Dracule asked Luff what his goal is, and of course, it's to be King of the Pirates, which the master swordsman even says that's harder than surpassing him. Luffy wouldn't know, sticking his tongue out childishly until he heard Zoro was alive.
With the Wado Ichimonji raised up high, Zoro called out to Luffy. "Did I worry you? You need no less than the world's greatest swordsman, right?" When he coughed up blood, Johnny and Yosaku told him to stop talking, but Zoro continued on for everyone to hear.
"I... I will not be defeated ever again!" Zoro declared, tears running down his face. "Until the day I defeat him and become a master swordsman... I'll never... be defeated! Got any problem with that... King of the Pirates!"
Lufffy let out a laugh, saying no, while Mihawk could see they're a good team, hoping to see them again.
"Goddamn it, Zoro." Kirishima cried, though it wasn't out of horrified sadness, it was out of happiness. "...You're so manly..."
Izuku nodded in agreement, eyes glued to the screen.
Before Mihawk could go back to his little boat, Don Krieg confronted him, wondering why he didn't take his life. Honestly, Mihawk was going to, but he had enough fun here, so now he wants some rest. Krieg refused that while his minions didn't want the master swordsman to stay any longer.
"Yeah... You're dead. Just plain dead." Katsuki causally said to Krieg. "I'm pretty sure you're just suicidal now."
Krieg took out his guns and tried to shoot him down, but in the explosion, Mihawk escaped while Luffy launched himself back to the Baratie. As the smoke cleared, Luffy told Usopp to bring back Nami as Usopp threw his straw hat back to him, certain that all of them, including Sanji, will reunite together and go to the Grand Line.
So Krieg and his pirates still plan on taking the Baratie while Luffy asked if he could stop doing chores if he could drive them all away. Zeff said sure.
"To Be Continued."
"God, that was a lot more... intense than I thought." Jiro sighed, wiping away her imaginary sweat off her forehead.
"I really thought Zoro died there!" Toru exclaimed. "Like... that little knife..."
"Just be glad he's survived... somehow." Todoroki said, staring at the screen.
Aizawa looked at his class, glad that they've calmed down from that... scene. Though recognizing how emotional One Piece could be, he felt like it won't last for long.
Chapter 16 - Episode 25 & 26
After skipping the opening and recap of the episode, they were greeted with, "The Deadly Foot Technique Bursts Forth! Sanji vs. the Invincible Pearl."
Izuku smiled brightly while Katsuki let out a disappointed grunt.
"Really? ANOTHER EXTRA?!" Katsuki complained while Izuku readied his One Piece notebook. "Why does he have fight that?! Just let Curlicue fight Headband already."
Luffy was getting fired up for a fight as Zeff acknowledged that if he does work here for a year, the Baratie will always be a mess. Zeff asked if Luffy was serious about being the King of the Pirates, and when he said yeah, Zeff admitted that he's the first one in a long time who said it so clearly. Since he heard Zeff was an incredibly strong pirate, Luffy asked if he was also going to aim for King of the Pirates too, but Zeff have forgotten, more satisfy with being the owner of this restaurant.
Krieg declared that the Grand Line will be nothing if they take the restaurant since it'll be more effective on surprise attacks than pretending to be a Marine ship or raising a white flag.
"I mean... he's right. It's a rather silly-looking ship, so no one would really suspect a thing." Momo said.
"But I doubt that sneaks attacks will make him the Pirate King." Kirishima shook his head.
One of the underlings tried to question what will happen if they meet someone like Mihawk, but Krieg shot him down, refusing to believe that Mihawk was just an ordinary human. He must have a Devil Fruit, something the Grand Line is crawling with.
"Oh, I want to see more Devil Fruits too!" Ochako excitedly exclaimed.
"It might give us some ideas if these Devil Fruits are similar to our quirks." Iida nodded in agreement.
Though he says the 'straw hat brat' will be a mere pirate once he enters the Grand Line, Krieg believes Zeff will have methods of confronting monsters in his logbook, maybe even information on the One Piece. A brief flashback of Zeff's pirate past appeared.
"Now you're just getting cocky." Aizawa said as Hizashi and some of the other students laughed at Zeff's old ship.
"We get it! You like cooking. The chef's hat and utensils on that duck is just plain overkill." Hizashi wiped away a tear.
Patty and the chef in sunglasses jumped into what seems to another boat, prepared to fight them, but they have no idea how to work it.
Sanji recognized that the restaurant will be a battlefield. Soon snapshots of a ship being turned over by the harsh waves, one of them including a young Sanji being taken by the sea.
Over the shots of a young Sanji's shock expression and a strange, stone island, Zeff's wish was laid out, that he wants a restaurant in the middle of the sea as his final purpose in life.
"Huh, he kind of look like my little brother. Ribbit." Tsuyu said with a finger to her lip. Maybe it was because they both have a long bang covering an eye?
"Are we going to get Sanji's backstory?" Jiro asked.
"Make some more tissues." Denki whispered to Momo as the other students seemed to be steeling themselves for another sad backstory.
Sanji told one of the chefs to open up the 'fins.' The chef didn't want to give the pirates a foothold, a battlefield, and if it did, Zeff will complain, so the man ran off.
As Krieg's minions ran towards them, Luffy launched with a "GOMU GOMU NO ROCKET!" The minions were absolutely terrified as luffy spread out his stretched arms, attack them. "GOMU GOMU NO... OGAMA!"
The underlings fell into the water as Luffy grabbed onto a broken post.
"Wait, isn't that identical to 'Gomu Gomu no Kama?'" Izuku murmured to himself, but he soon realized something. "Wait, Luffy's at a disadvantage! He's surrounded by water. He can't swim."
Everyone's eyes widen at this revelation.
"Well, we have to hope that Luffy can avoid the ocean somehow." Toshinori said, worry for the straw hat boy's safety.
The chefs sing Luffy's praises as the minions and Sanji can't believe what's going on. Then Zeff told Sanji to watch Luffy's fight carefully.
Luffy called Krieg an ungrateful jerk for attacking them when they fed him. Krieg just laughs at him for standing on such small land, knowing the Devil Fruit powers are useless in the sea.
The chefs from before called out to Sanji, warning him about the fins. From under the water, it was shown that the restaurant have these green, rounded parts that extended up to the surface, transforming into 'fins' or rather a battle deck.
"Huh, they conveniently have these." Katsuki raised an eyebrow.
"Well, they did have pirate fights in the Baratie before. They could have fought crews before and must have this built just in case." Todoroki reasoned.
"Still, I can't believe they would still have customers if that's the case." Iida shook his head.
"I mean, there tend to be civilians who want to watch heroes beat up bad guys. It's probably something like that." Hizashi tried to explain.
This just makes Krieg want it more, but the chefs won't let him take it, of course. The restaurant's fish head came out, revealing it was actually a battle weapon, driven bu Patty and the chef in sunglasses, called the 'Mackerel Head I.'
"The restaurant keeps getting cooler and cooler." Denki was in awe.
"I bet Hatsume would love to see the Baratie." Izuku murmured, kind of wishing they invited her along for the ride.
Paddling as fast as they could, the Mackerel Head I shot its cannon as the wreckage. The chefs cheered for Patty and Carne as the two aim for Krieg.
The blast should have made a dent in Krieg's armor, but it did absolutely nothing. With his hand, Krieg was able to block the blast. Then when the Mackerel Head I bump into him, Krieg was able to lift the battle ship with one hand and threw it at the ship, frustrated with their 'games.'
"He's that strong?!" Ochako shouted.
"There's no fucking way he could just block that!" Katsuki complained.
Sanji cooly took out his cigarette, and jumped high into the air. With a single kick, he was able to cause the Mackerel Head I to crash into the fin instead.
"That thing must weigh like a ton!" Denki's jaw dropped as the other students, like Ojiro and Izuku, were in awe with Sanji's leg strength.
After the eyecatches, everyone was impressed with Sanji's strength, though Patty and Carne yelled at him for trying to kill them. Soon, the other chefs tried to fight Krieg's pirates, but they were defeated rather easily. Patty and Carne scolded them, but these pirates are truly strong. Still, they were determined to keep the Baratie.
Patty and Carne explained their past of trying to find jobs in the culinary field, but always got fired for causing a scuffle (for 300 restaurants). A flashback was shown of a younger Patty and Carne wanting a job from Zeff, a man who didn't care if they were rogues or prisoners. He just wanted them to serve people food.
"Wait, Sanji worked for him when he was a child?" Iida said, a hint of shock in his voice. "So that explains why Sanji's been there the longest despite being the youngest in comparison."
"Was he Zeff's son this entire time?" Todoroki asked.
Well, at least there's a little more proof to that. Izuku thought with a sigh.
Because Zeff let them work here for so long, they can allow the Krieg Pirates to take the Baratie. Patty and Carne charged after the minions and were able to beat them, but soon a large man with a pearl hat approached them from the waters and somehow was able to knock them down with a flick of his hand.
This is 'Pearl-san, the Invincible Shield of the Krieg Pirates,'
"This fucking anime and the shitty character designs!" Katsuki groaned over the laughter of the others.
"Hey, there are worst character designs than this." Kirishima said with a shrug.
Pearl bragged about his killer punch, and Sanji and Zeff glared at him. One of the pirates tried to take Patty's knife, but even the barely conscious, Patty didn't let go. Sanji kicked the pirate in the face, causing the man to be sent flying into his fellow underlings and the knife to be thrown into the air.
As the underlings were knocked into Pearl's armored body, Sanji was able to catch the knife, telling them that the kitchen knife is a cook's soul and should not be held by amateurs.
"Showing off?" Aizawa sighed as his students cheered and ahed over Sanji.
"Hey, you got to be showy in anime." Hizashi said with a bit of a smirk.
Sanji gave the knife back to Patty, telling him he'll take care of them. The minions refused to be beaten by just a cook, but faster than a blink of an eye, Sanji was able to beat them with his rotating kicks, telling them he's more than a mere cook.
Pearl thought it was rather impudent that Sanji only used kicks, wondering if there's a reason why for that. Sanji claimed that to cooks, hands are the most important, so he can't have them hurt in battle.
"That's dedication. I understand trying to protect a certain part of your body while fighting, but deliberately not using my hands just because I would be too worry about them being too damaged for something like... playing an instrument?" Denki seemed uncertain.
"Well, it's kind of too late to switch styles now, but at least I can use my jacks." Jiro tried to think of herself in this situation like this.
"Of course, I usually use my quirk on villains," Hizashi said. "But I do know hand to hand combat when that doesn't work."
"While Sanji have very impressive skills in kicks, he should have more if that option is down." Aizawa added.
Pearl thought it would be impossible for Sanji to take him down, convinced that he's invincible man since he came out of 61 battles unharmed, not even a single drop of blood fell. He's proud to call himself a refined shield man and gentleman, which Luffy thought of as a unfunny gag.
"I couldn't agree more." Katsuki groaned, wishing that the fat man just be defeated already.
"The guy didn't even reach a hundred." Jiro said, unimpressed.
Krieg attacked Luffy with a spiked frail on a chain, effectively breaking the pole and send Luffy flying towards the Baratie.
Pearl bragged that he has never had a scratch landed on him... until Luffy hit the back of his head and blood dripped down Pearl's nose.
There were snickers around the room, waiting for the fat man's reaction.
Immediately, his crew told him not to worry, that a nosebleed doesn't count as a battle wound, but it was too late, Pearl banged his shields together like cymbals, calling Luffy and Sanji dangerous. The he bursted into flames.
Sanji and Luffy were confused as one of the Krieg Pirates explained that when Pearl gets upset, he sets himself on fire.
Sero let out a loud laugh, along with the others. "That's the biggest exaggeration I've ever seen! Like, does he actually believe that he's safe just because he set himself on fire?"
"Hm... his flames must be around 1400 to 1600 Celsius to be that color." Todoroki muttered, watching the white colored flames.
"Wait, is that a common occurrence if they know that Pearl sets himself on fire when upset?" Izuku asked.
"Wait, do you think that he just combust every time he gets upset? Like if someone took the last piece of chocolate, does he try to burn down the ship?" Denki joked.
"Fire Pearl... Daitokuten!" Pearl's flames spread everywhere... including his team mates as they try to put themselves out. Pearl was still convinced he was invincible as Krieg called him an idiot for trying to burn down the ship they're after.
As Luffy ran around, on fire, Sanji refused to let the restaurant burn and tried to attack Pearl, despite the chefs' protests and Pearl's flames. Everyone was shock that Sanji didn't ran away from the fire, but as Sanji claimed that he would be unfit to be a cook if he was afraid of fire.
"He's so manly!" Kirishima cheered with the others.
Sanji was able to make Pearl fall with a single kick. Everyone was horrified by the attack, especially Pearl as he bleed more. He released more of his fire pearls towards the restaurant, heading towards Zeff.
The chefs told him to get out of the way, but swinging his peg leg, Zeff was able to extinguished the pearls' flames disappeared.
Izuku's eyes widen, then he smiled, writing down in his One Piece notebook. "Hm... there's a lot more use to kicks than I thought."
"You still need to account on the fact that this is anime. It could be just exaggeration." Iida said.
With his flail, Krieg plans on taking out the fins before the restaurant burns down, and the metal ball was heading towards Sanji and Pearl, who were still surrounded by the flames. It looks like it'll hit them, but Luffy came through the flames and performed a Gomu Gomu no Bazooka on the flail, launching it back to Krieg.
The metal ball hit a wooden mass, which fallen right on top of Pearl's head, making him faint.
The students winced.
"I hope he can still breathe." Ochako said, cringing at how blue in the face Pearl became.
"Really? That's how he's taken down?" Katsuki complained, disappointed in how it ended.
When Krieg said that with all of this, he could only count on himself, this seems to send Gin into action.
Gin was able to attack Zeff to the groundm holding a gun to his head. Krieg commanded him to shoot him and the restaurant will be his.
"To Be Continued."
"Gin, no! Don't betray him!" Mina shouted.
After skipping episode 26's opening, they were greeted with, "Zeff and Sanji's Dream! The Illusion, All Blue!"
"All Blue... Huh, since when did All Might became the ocean?" Aizawa said, dryly.
Everyone stared at him.
"...Did you made a pun?" Hizashi tried to cover up a snort.
"So what?"
Luffy was horrified as Gin was almost surprise at how easy it was to take Zeff down. Gin would blow Zeff's brains out, but he asked Sanji to leave the ship without a fight. He doesn't want to kill him.
"Gin, you don't need to do this. I'm sure Luffy and Sanji can beat Krieg down." Mina tried to convinced him, though there is no way for him to hear her.
Even with the gun against Zeff's head, Sanji refused to leave, much to Gin's shock. Sanji insulted Zeff for not setting a good example for the fighting chefs while Zeff doesn't want to hear a lecture from a 'little brat.' Sanji became furious at the nickname, not wanting to be treated like a child.
"I'm pretty sure this is not the best time to want approval from your dad." Todoroki said, shaking his head.
The other chefs thought Sanji might have forsaken the owner, but the blond asked Gin to point the gun at him instead. Luffy called him stupid, saying he'll die, as Gin was shocked by his request.
Suddenly, Pearl was revealed to be conscious, telling he can kill him in a 'refined' way.
"Goddamn it! Stay down, you fucking extra! We don't need you." Katsuki shouted.
"Cho Tennen Pearl... Present!" Pearl used his shield to punch Sanji. Blood was scattered as Sanji crashed into the restaurant's wall.
When Luffy ask why he isn't dodging, Sanji know if he did, Gin would pull the trigger. Even knowing everyone would be saved if he abandon the place, Sanji refused, knowing that this restaurant is the old man's treasure. He've took everything away from him before...
There was a quick glimpse of that stone island... and the shiny glint of a knife.
Students jumped at the sight of the knife, but they weren't completely frighten... They were confuse.
"He... took away everything?" Izuku's eyes widen at such a thing.
While Sanji did threaten to finish off Fullbody before, he wasn't murderous... right?
"His power..." There were images of blood and chains in a storm and a younger looking Zeff swimming passed by.
"His dream..." Zeff's eyes were shadowed.
Sanji was able to stand up, declaring that he doesn't want the old man to lose anything else.
Patty told him to watch out, but it was too late.
"Pearl... Close!" Pearl slammed his shields into Sanji's head. Ribbons of blood came out of his mouth as he fell to his knees.
"Shit, Sanji!" Jiro shouted over the horrified gasps of the audience.
As Sanji collapse down to the ground, there were brief glimpses of a storm, a wild Zeff, chefs, and the blue seas. A young boy's voice excitedly told them about the All Blue, a legendary sea.
The ocean sent them to a normal-looking ship on a sunny day. A chef was telling a young Sanji that the All Blue is just a legend, though he admits that seafaring cooks do dream about it at one point.
"It's little Sanji." Toru gasped, gushing at how cute he is with the other girls.
"Shit! It's a flashback!" Kirishima hardened his body, as if that would harden his heart.
Aizawa's hair flown up in waves, using his quirk on him. "Don't do that."
Young Sanji hoped to see the All Blue someday, but the chefs teased him about what kind of place is the All Blue even is. Of course, Sanji got angry at them.
The All Blue is a sea where all the fishes from the East Blue, West Blue, North Blue, and South Blue live. To seafaring cooks, that's an irresistible paradise.
That's Sanji's dream.
"A sea where all the fishes in world live." Denki said as Koda looks fascinated in such a thing.
"Think of all the sushi you can eat." Toru awed.
With that sea, cooks would love a chance to show their skills, and it would be worth risking your life looking for it... if it did exists. The other chefs don't believe the All Blue could exist, believing it's just some lie a daydreamer thought up. Then they told Sanji to collect the plates.
"I mean, there is a reason why aquariums don't dump all the sea creatures together." Iida said.
"To prevent all of them from eating each other?" Toru guessed.
"...That too."
Later the chefs were eating the customers' leftovers while Sanji threw his away, telling them to stop doing that and that he threw away the food that looked rotten. The chefs told them he'll never be a good chef if he does that since they're seafaring chefs and the sea is an unpredictable place, so it's best not to waste food.
"They're not wrong. If I live out at sea, I would like to save as much food as possible. Ribbit." Tsuyu said.
"And as long as they're not reusing the leftovers for the customers, it seems fine." Momo nodded.
"But you'll never know if someone just sneezed on it." Jiro shivered in disgust.
"He wasted a perfectly good steak!" Ochako complained.
Suddenly, their customers were running away, screaming in terror. They were being ransacked by pirates.
The Cook Pirates' ship came to them, the ship of Red Foot Zeff, and they've came back from the Grand Line.
Young Sanji ran up to the surface. Zeff and his crew laughed at the frightened cruise crew, and Zeff allowed his pirates to steal from them and the passenders.
"It's... It's so jarring seeing Zeff like this... like an actual pirate." Kirishima said, a little unnerved by the display.
"Well, it's like what Nami have said before. Luffy's the exception." Aizawa reminded him.
Sanji didn't want to be killed, especially to bastards-
"You're too young for such language!" Iida shouted.
I hate to tell you, but... Izuku thought, looking at Katsuki for a moment.
-like them. With two knives in his hands, Sanji tried to attack, but the pirates brush him off while the chefs were worried for his safety, telling him not to fight back.
Zeff told his crew to kill him since he seems to have a death wish. Young Sanji would rather try to kill them first. Zeff kicked him into the wall, but Sanji was able to move, though barely.
"God, how did they work together in the future?" Jiro gaped at the revelation. "Well, then again, they're kind of murderous to each other in the present too."
Sanji was able to crawl Zeff and bit down on his leg, telling him he will find the All Blue someday. Zeff stared him down as his crew laughed at his dream. With a swing of his leg, Zeff send Sanji to the ground.
One of Zeff's underlings warned him that the storm is bigger than they thought, and Zeff have his crew take the treasure on their ship. As the pirates pass by him, Sanji could only try his best.
Suddenly, a big wave washed over the cruise ship, and send the young boy overboard. In a flash, Zeff used his kick to break down the mast and sink down with it.
"What is he doing?!" Momo's eyes widen in shock at the man's actions.
No one could give her an answer. Everyone could only gawk at what he've done, that he wants to save Sanji.
Soon, a huge tidal wave washed over both the ships. Zeff swam and swam deeper into the ocean, trying to find Sanji but he was distracted by the sinking ships. As Sanji slowly goes down and down, Zeff found his foot stuck between the rubble.
He didn't want Sanji to drown. Seeing an anchor, Zeff wrapped the chain around his leg. The anchor stabbed into the ship, and the colliding boats caused them to pull on the chain.
Blood was thrown into the air as Zeff was able to swim to Sanji and catch him.
Everyone, teachers and students alike, turned pale at the implication.
"He... couldn't have. Have he?" Aizawa breathed out, his body shaking.
After the eyecatches, it was revealed Sanji was safe, but he was stuck on a stone island with Zeff and they were the only ones who washed up there. This rocky mountain with no fruits or animals, and while there are fish in the sea, there was no way for them to come up after going down.
Sanji threatened to kill him, but Zeff didn't take it too seriously. Instead he told them they have to wait for rescue or shrivel up like skeletons.
Students let out frightened squeals at the image of a skeleton Sanji.
"D-Don't scare us like that!" Mina shouted, wrapping her arms around herself.
...Sanji knows what it is like to starve. Izuku remembered what Zeff have said about Sanji before, and can't help but to nervously gulp. Are we going to see that?
Zeff told Sanji that small bag is his while the bigger one is Zeff's. They have food in them and it have at least five days worth of food for Sanji, but Sanji complained that Zeff's portions are three times as large as his. Zeff claimed that it's because he's an adult so his stomach is larger than his and that he should be grateful he's even sharing his food.
"He is right..." Iida reluctantly said.
"But he have so much food!" Kirishima complained.
"Maybe he'll share?" Sero hoped.
As the sun sets, Sanji was told to stay on his own side of his island and to let Zeff know if he sees a ship. Until then, they won't be in contact since that'll be a waste of energy. Sanji was still mad about what that old man have done and plans on not telling him. He was confident that he could see a ship or two in five days, but divided up his food for 20 days just in case.
As it turned into the night, young Sanji made a mark in the ground, confident that he won't die.
25 days days have passed if the tally marks were anything to go by, and Sanji have to eat a moldy loaf of bread.
A sickening feeling twisted in their guts, seeing the blond boy so dirtied and weak. He was a big contrast to the man he is in the present. It was a shock that he could recover from this.
As he eat, Sanji remembers what the chefs from the cruise ship have said about wasting food and his actions. He started to cry, hearing his stomach grumble, but in a cruel twist of fate, when Sanji tried to wipe away his tears, he've dropped his last piece of food into the water. He could only stare, trying to reach out for it.
"You don't know what you have until it's gone." Tokoyami quietly murmured, listening to the others' sniffles.
Iida tightly gripped his pants, recognizing that they can't survive long without food, especially without a good, reliable source of water. Sure, there's rain water, but the weather can be unpredictable.
The tally marks kept on increasing as Sanji endured the harsh weather, staring out at the empty sea until the marks stopped at 47.
Sanji was nothing but a bag of skin and bones.
Momo tried to cover up a cry. That sickening feeling worsen at the pit of their stomaches, remembering little times where they might have wasted food in some way. They seem so small to them back then...
"He's... He's just a little kid. Ribbit." Tsuyu let her tears flow. She can't help but to imagine her little brother in Sanji's place because of the little resemblance.
"It... can happen." Izuku quietly said, remembering Eri and her struggles. He knows well that not all kids are going to have good childhoods. It still doesn't mean it isn't painful to watch.
In his mind, Sanji wondered if Zeff died. With all his strength, he was able to crawl over the rock hill, and discovered Zeff's still alive and he still have food.
Sanji shown his knife, desperate to have it, desperate to live.
"Sanji, no!" Toru cried out, hearing the sharp, surprised hisses of the others.
"The old man still have food, and Curlicue is starving. Of course he's going to be murderous!" Katsuki exclaimed.
Sanji sneaked over to Zeff, but the man could hear his footsteps, asking if he saw a ship. Without missing a beat, Sanji told him that he's gonna steal his food and stabbed his knife into the bag, ripping a big hole in it.
...But there was no food. Instead, treasure came out as Sanji stared.
A silence came over the room until Izuku whispered, "Did... Did he gave all his food to Sanji?"
Sanji dropped his knife, falling to his knees. Zeff causally reminded him that they shouldn't make contact until they saw a ship, but Sanji dipped his shaky hands into the gold and jewels, shock and confuse.
"It's odd that we can't eat when we have money."
Sanji grabbed onto his coat, demanding what's going on. Then he saw what's under that coat: Zeff, looking even thinner than even Sanji, enough to show bone, and instead of two, he have only one leg.
Silent gulps rung through the room as they became horrified by what the man have done, especially for someone who he seemed to hate before, and yet, this same man became Sanji's hero in that moment.
Sanji asked what what happened to his leg, but memories of what Zeff have done before popped up in his head, realizing that wasn't a dream.
The young boy cried, asking why the man gave him all his food. They both knew that without that leg, Zeff can't be a pirate anymore. Sanji kept asking why he's being so kind to him, and the reason... it was because Sanji had the same dream as Zeff. To find the All Blue.
"All of that... because they have the same dream." Izuku's eyes widen at the realization, feeling tears run down his face.
Sanji was confuse, remembering his men said that it doesn't exist, but Zeff surely does believe it, certain that it'll be in the Grand Line. Though Zeff can't be a pirate anymore, he believes Sanji has the chance to go and find it.
Zeff collapsed to the ground, and Sanji was desperate for him to not die on him, but as he lay the, Zeff wondered about how many people have died out at sea, and explained that there are times where he couldn't eat and wished for a restaurant in the middle of the ocean. If he was able to make it out alive, he wants to build a restaurant like that as his final purpose in life, and Sanji wants to help him. Even with Zeff calling him a weak brat, Sanji wants to become strong, crying.
Then he noticed something in the distance: a boat.
"Oh God, finally." Jiro clutched the tissue in her hand, smiling in relief.
With all his might, Sanji screamed out to the ship, specifically to help out the old man as he wave around his arms.
The memory faded into the present; Sanji laying on the ground as he explained that Zeff gave up his leg so he could live, much to everyone's shock. He feels like he can't repay his kindness unless he risk his life for him, he wants the restaurant to last as long as possible.
"Sanji, I know he saved your life..." Ochako started. "But do you really need to throw away your life because you feel guilty?"
While Pearl admires Sanji's 'refineness,' he still wants the Baratie to become their pirate ship, but Luffy stretched his legs high in the sky and stomped down on the fin, despite Sanji's warning.
"GOMU GOMU NO... ONO!"
The blast have caused the fin to break and the ocean to splash around them as a wooden plank hit the screen with "To Be Continued."
"Luffy, what are you doing?! You could have destroy the Baratie, or worst, have Zeff killed!" Iida scolded.
"What is your plan now, Luffy?" Izuku murmured, eyes fixated on the screen.