Chapter 35 - Episode 75, 76, & 77
"Let's go! Let's go!" Kirishima chanted the moment school was over that Thursday. "It's here! It's now. We must see how it ends!"
To say he's excited is an understatement.
In the back of Izuku's mind, he wonders if he should tell him the differences in the manga from the anime, but he soon shook his head. He's already thirsty for revenge already. Best not to add on to it.
Skipping episode 75's opening, recap, and title card, they were greeted with the opposing forces staring each other down. Meanwhile, Zoro was posing for when he gets solidified... and he's serious.
Surprised snorts and a couple of facepalms came from the audience.
"At least he wants to go out in style. I have to admire that." Hizashi chuckled.
"I thought you were better than that, Roronoa." Aizawa sighed, shaking his head.
Nami thinks that Zoro should be more worried about his legs since the swordsman tried to escape... No, wait, correction: He tried to cut his legs off to fight, which Nami thought was stupider.
Vivi was more surprised that the two don't seem to sense the danger around them.
"I think they do. It's just that they trust Luffy and the others to save them." Izuku guessed.
"Exactly!" Kirishima encouraged.
Even as they were being covered by the wax haze, Zoro and Broggy weren't worried about all of this.
Miss Golden Week pointed out how unconcern they are, though Mr. 3 can see she's pretty much the same. He was frustrated that his captives aren't in fear, feeling mocked. That's when he realized that it was all because of Luffy, despite how unreliable he looks.
"He's definitely reliable." Ochako said.
"Agreed." Iida nodded.
"Yeah, you won't believe he'll do for his friends." Denki said to the candle man.
Mr. 5 believed that he can finish off Luffy off, but Mr. 3 disagreed since Luffy's here and alive, meaning that he's on another level compared to the explosive man. He ordered him to take care of the others. Mr. 3 will get Luffy.
"Huh, wax and rubber isn't a combination I have thought of." Momo said.
"Don't forget: Miss Golden Week haven't revealed what her abilities are." Izuku reminded her.
"And they have to work well with Mr. 3's wax powers, like Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine." Iida added on.
"But what goes well with wax?" Mina raised an eyebrow.
"Fire." Denki immediately said.
"I'm pretty sure Mr. 3's doing the flames himself." Todoroki pointed out. "Besides, I don't think that's a good combination."
Usopp told them to give up, but when Mr. 3 was about to attack, the sniper and Karoo immediately back away into hiding.
"Goddamn it." Katsuki facepalmed.
Mr. 3 binded Luffy's legs, surprising his friends. The agent was going to aim for his arms, but Luffy managed to dodge it, grabbing onto one of Broggy's horns and wrapping around it rapidly til the candle lock crashed into the pillar, breaking it.
Students cheered for the victory, though some managed a surprised shout when the dome landed on the wax cake.
"Okay, no one should be turning into wax statues, right?" Denki asked.
Luffy was happy that the mallet around his legs has broken off, but that was short lived when it was revealed that the dome is still spinning, moving faster than before.
"Oh come on!" Toru shouted in frustration, echoing everyone else's feelings.
Luffy asked why his friends didn't run from that dangerous thing, which the girls have to yell that they can't. Still, he wonders why would they tell him to break the pillar. Were they lying?
Vivi asked if it's really a good idea to trust their lives into Luffy's hands, but as Zoro pointed it out, they don't really have any other choice.
"Just put your trust into Luffy." Ojiro said with a nod. "I'm certain he'll do something."
Nami realized that her body is hardening more and more. Mr. 3 laughed, seeing that with the candles closer, their hardening speeds up.
Luffy was about to do something about this, but Mr. 3 threw a wax harpoon at him. Usopp tried to shoot an explosive at him, but Mr. 5 was able to defend his fellow agent but eating it, saying it was a rather bland tasting gunpowder.
"I fucking hate you so much." Katsuki growled.
Mina covered Denki's mouth and whispered, "Don't say anything unless you want to die."
Luffy's friends cried for him to save them, and he would had destroyed the wax pumpkin until Mr. 3 created a wax wall in front of the structure. The candle man was able to create a "Candle Lock" on one of Luffy's hands, which Luffy used to hit the newly created wax wall in front of Mr. 3. For a moment, it didn't seem to do anything until a crack formed and Luffy's punch came through, sending Mr. 3 across the battlefield.
"Okay, now we need to defeat Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine, and destroy that oversized candle!" Toru cheered.
Nami told Lufy to break them out... but he refused. He doesn't feel like saving them.
"Wait, what?" Toru flatly said.
"Miss Golden Week!" Izuku shouted just as the little girl appeared onscreen.
"Colors Trap."
After the eyecatches, it was revealed that Luffy was standing on a black symbol, feeling rather unmotivated to save his friends from their doom. Usopp would have done something if Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine weren't in front of him.
They revealed that the symbol is just paint, but that also means the pirates are goners.
"It's just paint?" Ochako said, confused.
"Well, Mr. 3's wax comes out as white, so Miss Golden Week must have painted those statues of Luffy and Nami." Izuku pointed out.
"But can her paint really make Luffy unable to help?" Iida asked.
"I mean, it's doing something to him." Denki shrugged.
"This feels like a bullshit Devil Fruit." Katsuki groaned.
An explosive kick sent Usopp and Karoo running with Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine after them.
With the others, Vivi could see this is Miss Golden Week's power as the little girl declared this as "Colors Trap: Uragiri no Kuro." She explained that if you touch the black paint, then you'll want to betray your friends no matter what they say.
Since Nami doesn't understand this, Vivi explained that Miss Golden Week is a 'realist painter' who can even create real colors of emotion, meaning her refined sense of color can manipulate people's minds through paint.
"So, she's not a Devil Fruit user, but a hypnotizing painter?" Denki said in confusion.
"I think it's a Devil Fruit power." Katsuki sighed.
"Hey, it's not like the first time the anime have used hypnotism." Ochako pouted.
To solve this, Vivi used reverse psychology by saying that Luffy shouldn't move from the black circle and not to save them, which, in turn, made the rubber man walk off the symbol.
He would have saved them if Miss Golden Week haven't painted "Colors Trap: Warai no Kiiro" onto his back, causing Luffy to uncontrollably laugh.
"Goddamn it." Jiro complained.
Nami ordered Luffy to take off his vest, but he was too busy laughing to do so.
It just seems to be a huge mess as Karoo and Usop cam back with the other agents tailing them.
That was til Usopp ran into Luffy, causing the paint to get smudged.
"Quick! Do something!" Toru exclaimed.
Luffy was going to attack the wax statue, but Miss Golden Week painted "Colors Trap: Togyu no Aku," which caused the rubber man to aim for it instead.
"Someone just beat up the girl already!" Katsuki shouted.
This just wasn't Luffy's battle as Miss Golden Week mixed "Kanashimi no Ao" with the yellow paint on his back, creating "Nagomi no Midori." Here, Luffy was forced to sit down and have a picnic with her.
"This it the stupidest fight I've ever seen." Katsuki complained, slumping in his seat.
"How would you win against hypnotizing paint." Denki argued.
"Well, I would win because I'm not a dead brain idiot like Straw Hat over there." He glared at him. "I bet you can't fight against that shitty paint."
"Hey!"
"Calm down you two." Iida sighed, shaking his head.
Even with the frustrations over how much of an idiot Luffy is, Nami and Zoro were still able to argue, which made Vivi confuse about all of this.
As for Usopp and Karoo, they were still running away from Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine, trying their best to go back to the others.
Mr. 5 aand Miss Valentine soon realized that chasing them would get them nowhere, so Mr. 5 pulled out a gun, wishing he didn't have to use it on small fries. He claimed that it's a new South Blue model, it can fire continuously, and if he use it, the bullets are invisible.
"Bullshit! Invisible bullets?!" Katsuki loudly complained.
In his head, Usopp was able to make the connection that it was the paint that was making Luffy act so strange, but when the two got there, Zoro, Nami, Vivi, and Broggy were completely encased in wax as Luffy struggled against the paint's spell.
"To Be Continued."
"Next episode! They can't die here!" Toru shouted.
Moving onto episode 76, they skipped the opening and recap to see Mr. 5 blowing into the gun's bullet chamber. Just as Usopp shoot, Mr. 5 shot as well.
"Of fucking course, his breath is also explosive! What isn't explosive on this guy!?" Katsuki loudly complained.
"I think someone's jealous." Denki teasingly whispered.
After skipping the title, Usopp's star hit Luffy, setting him on fire. Miss Valentine laughed, thinking the sniper missed and hit his friend instead.
Usopp wondered where Mr. 5's bullets go, which is when the invisible bomb hits him.
"Usopp!" "Karoo!"
"Invisible bombs. That must be like one of the most dangerous things you can think of."Toru said as Katsuki let out an annoyed tsk.
Usopp and Karoo tried their best to stand. The sniper called out to Luffy, who came to his senses. Miss Valentine realized that Usopp's attack was meant to burn Luffy's clothes and the trap on it.
"Alright, save the others!" Ochako cheered.
Luffy was now angry, sick of the paint. He refuses to let anyone else die.
As that was happening, on the Going Merry, Sanji wondered where the others go.
"Oh, that's where you were." Iida said.
"Damn it, Sanji, your friends need your help." Jiro groaned.
Sanji decided to search for Vivi and Nami, riding on a sad, beaten up saber tooth tiger, but during the search, he happened upon a wax house.
"Maybe he can be useful there." Izuku sheepishly shrugged.
Mr. 5 tried to mock Luffy with his friends' death, but the rubber man is certain they're still alive.
Soon, Mr. 3 came along, coating himself in his own wax, which looked like a robot suit of armor. Usopp and Karoo were terrified while Luffy was more confused.
Mr. 3 claimed this armor has no flaws as Luffy thought it looked so cool.
"That's the dumbest thing I've ever seen." Mina said.
Luffy attacked, but with Miss Golden Week's paint decorating the armor, his punch did nothing.
Champ Fight! Oraga Hatake!" The battle suit's boxing gloves spun, lifting the dirt with the air.
In the air, Luffy tried to stamp down, but like his punch, it had no effect.
"Seriously, her paint can do that?!" Denki said in disbelief.
As Luffy continued on the fight, the wax haze was getting on Usopp and Karoo, but seeing it on his fingers, and the statue's flames, the sniper was able to realize something: that it turns into a mist means it can melt.
"Well, of course." Todoroki said.
"Would they get enough fire to do so?" Izuku wondered.
"I mean, they would need enough to break one of them out." Tokoyami nodded.
Usopp told Luffy this, which Miss Golden Week reconfirm it for them, much to Mr. 3's annoyance.
Still, even with that, Mr. 3 is certain they won't make it in time, being ever so cocky.
Usopp tried to launch fire at the statue, nut Mr. 5's invisible explosives stopped him from doing so, causing the sniper to collapse.
Luffy tried to attack, but Mr. 3 suddenly appeared behind him, slamming a punch on top of him.
"Jesus Christ," Hizashi said with wide eyes, sweating nervously.
Usopp crawled over to Karoo to have him take some rope, but Miss Valentine floated down to them. The bird ran away with the rope as fast as he could to the candlesticks.
As Mr. 5 shot at Karoo, Miss Valentine sat on Usopp's back and slowly increased her weight. Meanwhile, Luffy kept dodging Mr. 3's attacks until he was able to grab onto his wick hair.
"I don't know. That looks like a pretty small flame to me." Toru said.
Usopp told him to light Karoo's rope on fire, which was wrapped around the structure and is soaked with oil.
"Oh." Toru said, a bit embarrassed.
"What quick thinking!" Aoyama gave the sniper an applause.
Luffy dragged Mr. 3's flame to the rope, causing a big explosion, and after the eyecatches, the aftermath was shown as a big fire engulfing the wax set and their friends.
As Mr. 3 screams in pain, Luffy hopes that his friends are alright.
"I hope so too." Ojiro nervously said.
Mr. 3 and Miss Golden Week ran away into the jungle as hot wax splattered the area.
Miss Valentine jumped in the air and was prepared to do her special attack until Vivi and Nami came out of the flames, knocking the agent off her course.
"Alright, you are forgiven for not showing Miss Valentine's panties." Mineta gave the show a thumbs up as his nose bleed from the fact that Nami is shirtless. A couple of the boys blushed at that fact as well.
Vivi can'r believe they're alive, but Mr. 5 won't back down from the mission.
"Hissatsu: Kayaku Boshi!"
Mr. 5 ate the ammo like before, but in actuality, it was a 'Tokusei Tabaso Boshi." At this, fire came out of Mr.5's mouth.
"Oh, can't handle the heat?" Katsuki smugly smirked.
With this, Mr. 5 decided to do a full-body explosion, grabbing onto Usopp, but from the flames came Zoro.
"Yaki Oni... Giri!" Zoro went through Mr. 5, setting him on fire.
Students cheered for Zoro's arrival, though Todoroki did have to mention," Ah, yes... grilled rice balls."
"Please stop taking away Zoro's professionalism." Tokoyami sighed.
Just as Mr. 5 collapsed, Broggy was released from his wax prison. He's alive, but he can't help but to look at Dorry's body.
"Don't worry. We'll get revenge for him." Kirishima determined.
Karoo and Luffy ran around in the jungle, looking for Mr. 3 and Miss Golden Week, but they came across a gallery of Mr. 3 wax statues. They could hear the agent mock them, tempting the two to find him.
Karoo was confuse, but Luffy seems to be concentrating as Mr. 3 threatened to stab them in the back when they're not looking.
Suddenly, Luffy stretched out his leg, finding the real Mr. 3 in one shot.
"Whoa, how did you do that!?" Mina exclaimed, amazed.
"A hunch."
"Huh, I thought it would be because the real one would be talking." Aizawa said.
"Yeah, that guy kept talking on and on again." Hizashi sighed. "You swear that he just loves the sound of his own voice."
With Mr.3 defeated, Karoo noticed Miss Golden Week in the crowd of Mr. 3s, and head straight for her.
In the wax house, Sanji was having his own tea party. Then he realized he shouldn't be drinking tea right now, and should be helping the others.
"Oh, you just noticed." Jiro snarked.
"You're too late. The situation have been fixed." Iida informed him.
Before he could leave, he heard a ringing coming from the picnic basket. In there, he've discovered a Transponder Snail.
"Oh, that's what they're called." Izuku commented on.
Sanji picked up the call. "Hey, thanks for calling. This is the Cafe le Crap. You want reservations?"
On the other side came a man's voice; one that told him to stop fooling around and just report. Sanji asked who he is speaking to.
"It's me, Mr. 0."
"To Be Continued."
Breaths were held at the reveal.
"Alright, I forgive you, Sanji." Jiro said.
Onto episode 77, they skipped the opening, recap, and title to see Broggy in tears, sadden by his friend's death.
"I know, it was such a tragedy." Kirishima sighed, a little teary eyed.
...Then Dorry woke up, pretty much to everyone's surprise. It seems that he've blackened out.
"...Well, that's pretty much bullshit." Katsuki complained.
"I don't care. I'm glad that he's alive!" Kirishima grinned widely.
Back with Sanji, the cook realized that mr. 0 is the name of the enemy boss and one of the Shichibukai. He was able to figure out that this is an enemy hideout and that Mr. 3 came here to kill Vivi.
At the silence, Mr. 0 asked if he eliminated Vivi and the Straw Hats yet. Sanji lied and said that the mission is complete, so no reason to go after them anymore. Mr. 0 is glad to hear that.
"Yes!" Ochako fist bumped the air. "No more agents after them."
Crocodile told him that the Unluckies are headed his way to confirm his mission is complete and to deliver a certain package; an Eternal Pose to the Alabasta Kingdom.
"...Until they come along." Momo said as Ochako visibly deflate at the news.
"I'm sure Love Cook can handle a fucking otter and a fucking vulture." Katsuki rolled his eyes.
"And once Sanji defeats them, they'll have a surefire way to Alabasta!" Izuku exclaimed.
He ordered 'Mr. 3' and Miss Golden Week to go to Alabasta, where they'll discuss details about their most important operation.
Then the Unluckies came along, taking out their weaponry.
Sanji tried to tell Crocodile that it was nothing, but it was difficult to maintain that when the duo attacked. He was definitely distracted by Miss Friday's bullets and Mr. 13's shell claws, but he easily defeated Mr. 13 with a kick, and Miss Friday by using his feet to grab onto her head and twist it until it snapped upside down.
Koda gasped at this, and it doesn't help when Katsuki said, "Yeah, that vulture is definitely dead." (Surprisingly enough, she's not.)
Crocodile demanded an answer for all that noise, and Sanji tried to explain it off as him finishing off Straw Hat. Crocodile saw through his lie as the flower in his hand evaporated, along with his drink.
Immediately, Izuku started to write in his notebook, though he was a bit reminded of a certain someone's quirk.
Sanji managed to patch it up, convincing Crocodile that they're dead.
Now with the giants, Dorry believes the reason he's alive is because their weapons are old and wore down. Usopp and Broggy were so happy that he's alive.
"I'm glad you're still here." Kirishima became teary eyed at the miracle.
Even with what has happened, the giants still managed to have that friendly rivalry, hitting each other.
After Crocodile made his orders to 'Mr. 3,' he hung up and ordered Miss All Sunday to send Mr. 2 to Little Garden to eliminate Mr. 3.
"Well, to be fair, 'Mr. 3' was being a little suspicious." Denki snickered.
Miss All Sunday thought that's a little aggressive, but she'll still follow his orders.
Back with Sanji, since Mr. 0 has hung up, the cook would had walked back to the ship, but he spotted something between the Unluckies; an Eternal Pose.
"Welp, that solves that problem." Mina grinned.
After the eyecatches, the giants were bandaged up, laughing at the predicament they went through, though Vivi was somber at the fact that she's the reason the agents came to the island. Nami won't let her be down as Luffy decided to have a rice cracker pasty. Vivi was able to smile at their shenanigans as Nami felt some bug bite her side.
"You should be careful," Iida said, raising a hand. "You don't know what prehistoric insect may have bitten you.
"What is she suppose to do? Her shirt have been burnt off." Shoji reminded him.
Zoro doesn't want to stay here for aa year for their Log. Since the giants want to do something for them, Luffy was hoping they could do something about that, but sadly, that's the only thing they can't do.
Then Sanji came along, absolutely happy to see the girls.
"Well, we have some good news for you." Hizashi clapped his hands together.
Usopp and Karoo were angry that the cook came after they needed his help. Meanwhile, Sanji was surprised by the giants, thinking one of them is Mr. 3. Nami asked how he knows about the agent, but Sanji saw her shirtless, giving her his jacket.
At Mineta's immediate disappointment, "Jiro jabbed, "Well, at least sone of you can be chivalrous."
Sanji explained his story, giving them some relief in the situation. He then asked if there's any other business they need to do here... and held out the Eternal Pose for Alabasta, much to everyone's jaw-dropping surprise.
The moment was temporarily celebrated with a rice cracker pasty, but they only have 3 crackers, though Nami acknowledged that they shouldn't be lounging around.
"Besides, a rice cracker party doesn't sound like fun." Toru said.
"With these guys around, I'm sure they could even do that." Denki grinned.
Sanji reminds Zoro of their hunting contest, which made the two giants remember something.
"...They were fighting for a hundred years because of a hunting contest, isn't it?" Aizawa sighed.
As the two groups gave out their thanks and goodbyes, the giants remembered that there's a monster in the western sea, which is where the Straw Hats are setting off to. With that, though their weapons are old, they're glad to do it for them.
On the Going Merry, Zoro and Sanji argued about who hast he bigger dinosaur. Nami told Sanji to just cut them up as Vivi suggest that they just call it a draw. Zoro refused, but from Nami's yelling, they have to go now.
"...Why do I have a feeling that it'll never get resolved?" Jiro wondered out loud.
"And the two will keep on arguing from then on?" Momo added.
"Exactly."
The ship sailed out to the western sea, where they saw the two giants at the entrance.
Up ahead, there's a monster that prevents people who came to this island from reaching the next one, and since they've fought desperately got the giants' pride, they can't let the monster destroy their friends' pride in turn.
"A final goodbye between men." Kirishima sniffled, wiping away a tear.
Upon the giants' request, the crew decided to move on ahead, no matter what. Even as a giant goldfish, an Island Eater, risen from the waters, the crew have to continue on ahead, straight into its mouth. Of course, Nami doesn't like it.
"I mean, the man gave you his rice cracker. You have to trust him." Denki said.
"And I'm sure this is the first time he've shared his food, so that must mean business." Toru added on.
"...Didn't Usopp made up a story about a giant goldfish before?" Izuku commented on.
It was a crazy idea, but the giants reminisce on their nostalgic adventures on the Island Eater's poop island-
"Okay, now I know that's a tale Usopp have made up." Izuku said.
"I guess his lies are becoming true." Aoyama smiled, amused.
-and the two slammed their weapons into the sea, unleashing a force that blew up a hole right through the giant goldfish, which sends the Going Merry right out of it and into the waters.
"To Be Continued."
Kirishima let out a loud cheer as a few students were in awe at the feat.
"That was one hell of an arc." Toshinori sighed, slumping against his seat.
"You can say that again." Aizawa agreed.
"But you got to wonder if the next arc will be as crazy as this one." Hizashi wondered.
Chapter 36 - Episode 78, 79, & 80
"And I'm quite amazed that Mr. 3 is able to continuously make so much wax without any danger to his body." Momo said on that Friday afternoon.
As students trickled in for today's One Piece watching, Sero shrugged at Momo's thoughts. "I mean, their powers come from magical fruits. Maybe we shouldn't think too hard on it."
"But that wouldn't be suspenseful if there's no rules to these powers." Jiro sighed.
"And there are limitations, like the whole 'no swimming' thing for the Devil Fruits users." Denki pointed out.
"Smoker does seem indestructible though." Ochako pouted.
"Yeah, Luffy would still be in trouble if he ran into him again. Ribbit." Tsuyu agreed.
"Can anyone defeat him?" Toru wondered.
"A giant fan." Denki joked, earning a few chuckles.
"I guess it could be a person with a powerful wind quirk could defeat him, but it's not like Smoker is only his Devil Fruit." Izuku commented on. "He can still... 'turn it off,' and use weaponry and attacks."
The students hummed in thought at that.
Skipping episode 78's opening, recap, and title card, they were greeted with the Going Merry flying out of the Island Eater, and the Straw Hat's reaction to this.
The waves crashed onto the giants as their weapons shattered into the sea, sending their last goodbyes to the Straw Hats.
The two happily laughed as the narrator tells the audience their tale of how their attacks were stopped by a little girl asking who caught the biggest creature.
"Oh my god, it was a hunting contest." Jiro said in disbelief.
"So the mountains were actually dinosaur bones." Izuku looks fascinated by the fact. "No wonder they looked so off to me."
At the sound of the volcano going off, the giants decided to continue on their fight.
"Goodbye, Dorry and Broggy! You two were some of the manliest characters I've ever seen." Kirishima waved them goodbye, using a tissue to wipe away his tears.
Sailing away in the sea, Luffy and Usopp were happily talking and singing about giants, but Nami seemed to exhausted already, asking Vivi to watch the compass for her.
"You do seemed tired, Nami." Ochako worried.
"I mean, apparently, all that giant stuff happened in one day." Mineta shrugged. "Anyone would be exhausted after that."
"Or..." Iida trailed off, pursing his lips in thought. They really need to get Nami to a doctor.
Nami and Vivi were glad to be back on track to Alabasta, which leads to a memory of Igaram telling a younger Vivi that she's Alabasta's only hope and that she can't die no matter what.
Current Vivi tightened her grip on the Eternal Pose, determined to return to Alabasta alive.
I would say that he's being too hard on her, especially at a young age, but...Toshinori's eyes landed on Izuku's form, who carried a solemn expression.
Sanji told the princess to not push herself so much, presenting her some petit fours. I mean, she had him around.
Luffy, Usopp, and Karoo drooled at the sight of the sweets until Sanji yelled at them that their's are in the kitchen.
Nami managed to smile at the moment, but her vision blurred.
Iida nervously gulped as the students quietly murmured at Nami's situation.
Zoro was swinging his weights, chastising himself for not being able to cut the wax back there.
The girl let out surprised squeaks, blushing at the sight of Zoro's shirtless body.
As Mineta cursed Zoro to hell, Katsuki let out a low whistles. "Holy shit, those weights."
I hope they don't try to do that." Toshinori thought.
At Alabasta, Mr. 2's minion have told him that his ship, the Swanda, is ready to sail, though Bon Clay already knows that. He doesn't want to do this, trying to push the assessment on the minion, but they know they can't do it.
At the brief glimpses of Mr. 2, their reactions was mostly, "...What the fuck?"
"He's more powerful than Mr. 3?" Katsuki scowled as Mineta narrowed his eyes at the ballerina.
"I mean, looks can be deceiving." Izuku shrugged.
On the Going Merry, Vivi stared at the Eternal Pose until Nami asked for a break.
The navigator barely stood up, collapsing onto the ground.
"Nami!" Worried cries came out.
"I knew it." Iida's eyes turned to the floor.
Everyone came to Nami's side, and after the eyecatches, she was taken to bed as Sanji was worried, asking Vivi if Nami is alright.
As she placed a wet towel on Nami's forehead, she assumed that it must be the climate since that's one of the obstacles all sailors who enter the Grand Line run into. She can recount tales of tough pirates dying from this.
"Well, that could be that too." Iida doubted himself in the moment. "Vivi does know about the Grand Line more than any of them."
Vivi asked if there's anyone with any medical knowledge. Usopp and Luffy pointed to Nami.
There were a couple of snickers as Aizawa sighed, "Of course."
Luffy assumed that eating meat would make the sickness go away, which Sanji corrected that he can make some basic food meant for sick people but that's more 'nursing' territory. Besides, he normally puts 100 times more care for the girls' food than the guys. As a chef, he has no problem making a balanced meal, but he knows that there are different kinds of meals for sick people. He needs to know her symptoms.
Luffy just thought that he could eat all the food, but Sanji pointed out that she won't have the energy for that.
Seeing a couple of his students nod along to Sanji's explanation, Aizawa can't help but to think, Well, I guess it's important to gain that knowledge from somewhere. Just never expected it to be from here.
Vivi checked Nami's temperature, and saw that it was 40 degrees Celsius.
Students let out loud gawks at the news.
"40!?" Iida shouted in horror.
"Just a few more degrees and she'll be dead!" Momo gripped onto the couch cushions tightly.
Usopp hoped there would be doctors at Alabasta, and while she isn't too certain, Vivi could tell that Nami can't handle this for a week.
Luffy questioned if getting sick is really that bad. Sanji and Usopp don't know because they've never been sick.
A few snickers broke out.
Jiro turned to Denki. "Have you ever been sick before?"
"Of course I have!" Denki pouted.
Vivi yelled at them that it's, of course, bad. This could even be a life-threatening illness, much to the other Straw Hats' horror.
Vivi tried to make them calm down before her illness could get worst, but Nami refused. She admitted that there's a newspaper in her desk drawer as Zoro was setting their course.
The princess read the paper, which have said that 300, 000 royal soldiers have defected to the Resistance. It was originally a cold war, with 600, 000 royal soldiers and 400, 000 Resistance soldiers, but now there has been a sudden change. This paper was from three days ago.
Eyes widen at the news.
This is what Nami have been hiding from her. Izuku nervously thought.
Nami apologized as Luffy could see things are getting bad. Usopp pointed out that she needs to get to the doctor, but Nami tried to brush it off, walking outside.
"No, Nami!" Ochako shook her head. "It's obvious you're very sick."
"This is not the first time she's so self-sacrificing." Izuku sighed, thinking back to what happened in the Arlong Park Arc.
Luffy thought she was better, but Usopp told him that she's just acting tough.
In storage, Nami can be seen leading against a wall, panting heavily, as Vivi worried about her kingdom, and not being able to return safely is not enough. She wants to return as quickly as possible. A million people could die.
Students gulped at the idea, a chill running down their spines. They could recognize the burden she carries.
"But Nami..." Ochako quietly murmured.
Outside, as Zoro lifted his weights, Nami yelled at him for not using the Eternal Pose. Apparently, the swordsman have been following a big cloud instead.
A round of facepalms came from the audience.
"Okay, I know you haven't heard what they've said inside, but you need to take this a bit more seriously!" Mina complained.
"Where did you get the idea to follow a fucking cloud instead of the compass!?" Jiro shouted.
"No wonder why you get lost so often." Momo sighed, shaking her head.
Zoro told her to go back to bed, but Nami could see that she can't leave this job to him, but suddenly, Nami felt the air change, though, to Zoro, it's been nice weather this whole time.
Nami had Zoro order the others to come out, where the swordsman ordered them to take the seat and catch the port side wind. Nami could feel an immense wind coming their way.
Luffy felt her forehead, which burnt him, and told her to stay inside, so they could get a doctor, but Nami still stubbornly refused no matter what they say.
"Oh, Nami, I know the crew isn't that great without you around, but I'm sure you can have a couple of days off, at least." Toru tried to persuade her. "I'm sure Sanji can do the navigating for a while."
Nami ordered everyone to get into position. She can tell that this is a little different than a storm.
After they were set on the right course, Vivi came out for a request: she wants to go to Alabasta as fast as possible. Nami promised they would as the crew stared at the princess down, hard.
...But Vivi wants to go find an island with a doctor on it right away.
A sigh of relief washed over the audience, glad that Vivi isn't going to be selfish.
Usopp asked if she's sure about that, but she still pushed for a doctor first, impressing everyone else.
Nami apologized as she collapsed into Vivi's arm.
Suddenly, Luffy screamed, pointing at the giant cyclone.
"Holy shit!" Eyes went wide at the sight.
"That must be what Nami have sensed!" Izuku exclaimed.
They've realized their ship was heading for they cyclone's direction, and they would had be directly hit if they kept going straight.
Lightning struck the waters as Vivi remembered that Grand Line cyclones are said to be impossible to predict. She realized that Nami seemed to detecting the weather with her body. She've never seen a navigator like that before.
"That's honestly amazing." Toru said, sleeves waving around.
As they've sailed away from the cyclone, they've declared their need for a doctor.
As it snowed, Nami was put to bed as Sanji and Karoo panicked for her health while Vivi took care of her.
Outside, Luffy shouted at Zoro if he found any doctors yet. From the crow's nest, Zoro found something, asking if people can stand on the ocean, much to Luffy and Usopp's confusion.
But the two looked, seeing a bizarrely dressed man standing on the water.
"To Be Continued."
"...What the fuck." Katsuki could only say to that.
"Checkered Jesus?" Mina raised an eyebrow.
Onto episode 79, they've skipped the opening, recap, and title card to see Vivi, Sanji, and Karoo watching over Nami while Luffy, Usopp, and Zoro were met with the man standing on the ocean, who was casually saying hi to them. Luffy and Usopp tried to be casual too, but this was getting kind of awkward for them.
"Seriously, what's your deal here, dude?" Jiro questioned.
A man demanded for increased buoyancy as a giant ship risen where the checkered man stood, violently shaking the Going Merry.
The metal plating of the giant ship came down, revealing itself to them.
"Goddamn, that's like a billion times bigger than the Going Merry!" Denki shouted in shock as the audience stared, gapping at the hippo ship.
The three could see it's a pirate ship by the flag as someone laughed and bragged about his ship. Sanji quickly ran to the upper deck at the sound to see a metal mouthed man eating meat from a knife. The cook lit a fire for a cigarette, asking what's going on.
Luffy casually answered that they're being attacked as they're already held up by gunpoint.
"We haven't even reached an island yet, and they're already being attacked." Sero said, exasperated by all of this.
The metal mouthed man thought they were strange, eating his knife like it was nothing, which even Luffy winced at the sight.
"And they're the strange ones?" Aizawa raised an eyebrow as Kirishima visibly bristled at the metal mouth man.
The Straw Hats stared in disbelief at him.
The fat man wanted to go to the Drum Kingdom, so he asked if they have a pose. Of course they don't since the Straw Hats have never even heard of the place, and Luffy really wants him to leave.
Since they don't have a pose, the man decided to take their treasure and the ship. Then he took a huge chunk out of them Merry because he was hungry.
"Merry, no!"
"Oh god! Why can't they meet normal people for once?" Hizashi exclaimed, feeling bad for the Straw Hats.
"And how is wood tasty?" Denki can't help but to question this.
Luffy attempted to stop the fat man, Wapol, which the guards tried to shoot at him for. Zoro and Sanji took this as a sign to fight them as Usopp tried his best to dodge the bullets.
Hearing the gunshots, Vivi ordered Karoo to watch over Nami, but the three were easily able to handle themselves against the guards.
Luffy tried to stop Wapol, but with the man's Baku Baku no Mi, he've eaten Luffy as the rubber man stretched out his arms.
"Okay, so far this is one of the anime's weirder quirks." Jiro proclaimed.
"It gives the user a really big mouth and the ability to eat stuff like wood." Denki noted, tilting his head in confusion.
Just as Vivi entered the scene, Luffy's outstretched arms were able to send Wapol flying out into the sky, much to the big mouthed man's crew's shock and horror.
His crew left to save him while demanding the Straw Hats remember them in the future.
"...They're so going to be the villains of the arc, aren't they?" Katsuki said, obviously disappointed.
"Most likely yes." Iida nodded, getting an annoyed groan from the boy.
The Straw Hats stared at the retreating ship, looking rather annoyed. Though Sanji hoped they would never see Wapol again, Vivi seemed to remember him from somewhere.
After the eyecatches, several days earlier, Smoker received an intercepted signal.
"Oh, hey, good to see you again, buddy." Denki casually said as the others perked up at the sight of the man.
Tashigi was admiring a Ryo-Wazamono sword, Kashu, when Smoker yelled for her.
When the call registered in her head, Tashigi ran down the stairs, sword in hand, but she tripped, sending the weapon flying and nearly impaling her face by an inch.
While there were a couple of laughs here and there, there were definitely also some sharp inhales at that.
Tashigi was taken back by the sword, but she soon noticed the black Transponder Snail, a listening device
From the device, they could hear a conversation between two men. Through the static, they were able to understand four keywords: Princess Vivi, Straw Hat, 'orders via letter,' and Mr. 0.
Tashigi wondered if Mr. 0 is connected to the suspicious swordsman, Mr. 11, they've caught in Runess. Smoker agreed with possibility, but Mr. 11 denied it.
The agent gave it away when Smoker mentioned a letter found in Mr. 11's pocket, which was a lie.
"Oldest trick in the book." Aizawa slightly smirked as a couple of students chuckled.
Smoker recalled Vivi as the name of Alabasta's missing princess. Tashigi questioned the connection between the mysterious organization and the Straw Hats with Alabasta's coup. The captain admits that he doesn't know, but it's the only clue to Straw Hat's whereabouts they have now.
So, they have to pay a visit to Alabasta.
"Well, I can see you're still obsess with Luffy." Izuku sighed with a smile.
"Hey, at least it setting up a rematch between the two." Ochako shrugged.
As the sun sets, Nami was sweating as Luffy questioned if Vivi and Sanji are sure she's not just hungry. He believes she should eat enough meat for 100 people.
Luffy tried to make her laugh by tying up his face up, but since she didn't laugh, he could tell that this is serious.
...Then he asked if they should dump water on her to cool her fever down, much to Vivi and Sanji's great annoyance.
"We seriously need a doctor here." Ojiro sighed at the situation.
For tonight, they've decided to stop the ship since they can't navigate without Nami's instructions.
That night, Nami woke up and saw her friends around her. Though Usopp surprised him with a sleepy outburst, Nami still managed to smile as Sanji was on lookout duty.
A couple of the students smiled at the scene, happy to see Nami is in a place where she's safe and with friends.
The sun started to rise as Sanji was woken up by Usopp repairing the ship.
Later, Zoro was walking down to Nami's room to see Luffy there, absolutely surprised with how Luffy attempted to make Nami laugh.
A few laughed at the little scene as Hizashi sighed, "Laughter is the best medicine."
Although, I guess it does show how worried Luffy is for her. Toshinori thought.
Outside, Sanji realized how cool and calm the area has become, which Usopp thought was another strange thing the Grand Line does. Vivi corrected him, saying that it's probably proof that an island is nearby.
"Oh, finally." Mina let out a sigh of relief at the news, which was echoed by some of the others.
It's probably a winter island, and as Vivi explained, there are four basic types of islands in the Grand Line based on a season, which each one has four seasons of its own. That means there are at least 6 seasonal levels. Of course, there are many exceptions and unknown climates.
Usopp understands that as the reason why the seas between the islands have such unstable weather. That's why stable weather means an island is nearby.
"Oh..." Several students said, understanding the material in a way.
"I'm not a meteorologist, but that does make some sense." Iida nodded.
With his binoculars, Sanji has found an island, which Luffy was absolutely excited about, telling Nami that she can get better now. Zoro told him that he can cover for him, which Luffy took as a great chance to get a look of the island.
He was so glad to see a snow island, but Sanji reminded him that they're not here to have an adventure.
"Luffy, how aren't you cold?" Denki shivered.
Usopp frightened himself with the idea of snow monsters on the islands, suggesting that maybe people aren't living on the island. i mean, his chronic 'Can't-Go-to-the-Island' disease is acting up!
Sanji simply suggest that they get ready for land.
The audience ooohed and awed at the winter wonderland the island is, even with its strange, tall mountains.
"Why are they so... flat on top." Toru wondered.
Usopp asked Luffy if he's cold at all since it's -10 Celsius right now.
Then Luffy felt cold.
"I wonder if being rubber took away made him more numb to the cold." Izuku murmured.
Vivi suggest that they stop at the waterfall of melted snow while Zoro asked who's going to people hunt. Luffy, Sanji, and Usopp wanted to go, but they were held up by gunpoint from the people of the island.
"Again?!" Sero shouted.
"Whoa, hey, I know they're pirates, but they're the good kind, I swear." Mina held her hands up in surrender.
A man dressed in green told them to leave. When the crew asked for a doctor, the people won't believe it, and when Sanji talked, one of them shot at his feet.
Sanji wanted to fight, but Vivi blocked his path. At the sudden movement, the man shot right at her.
"To Be Continued."
"Whoa, hey!" "Vivi!" "No!" The audience panicked at the development.
"They just wanted a doctor." Toru argued.
"But it's not like pirates are naturally good people." Aizawa sighed.
"Yeah, but the Straw Hats didn't do anything bad to them."
"Hey, calm down." Ojiro told her.
"It isn't fair!"
"We know that." Momo sighed.
Onto episode 80, they skipped the opening, recap, and title card to see Vivi on the floor. At Luffy's angry outburst, the people aimed their guns. The Straw Hat would had fought them if Vivi haven't grabbed onto Luffy, telling them to stop.
She bowed on her hands and knees, begging the people for a doctor. Luffy stared in shock as Vivi told him that he isn't fit to be captain since they can't fix this by being reckless.
"Whoa, son't being Luffy's captain status into this!" Kirishima exclaimed, pointing a finger at her. "He's a great captain."
"But we're in a desperate situation." Iida grimaced. "I don't completely agree with what she said, but she's right when it comes to Nami's needs. We need a doctor."
Luffy stared at her bleeding wound. He apologized to the people, following Vivi's actions.
Seeing this, the man in green decided to allow them in their village. Luffy was amazed by Vivi.
Trudging through the show, the man warned them that their only doctor is a witch.
"Of course." Aizawa sighed. "Nothing can be normal in the One Piece world."
Sanji asked about the island, and the man in green claimed that this land still doesn't have a name. When Vivi asked if that really does happen, the man didn't answered.
"Did it have something to do with pirates?" Toru guessed.
Suddenly, Usopp screamed when a bear was approaching them, telling everyone to pretend to be dead.
In actuality, it's a Hiking Bear, and they pose no danger. Just don't forget to bow.
"Well, that was random." Denki snickered.
On the Going Merry, Zoro was happy about his ankle repairs as Karoo shivered in his blanket. The swordsman decided to train, using the waterfall, instead of watching the boat.
"Roronoa Zoro, you need to watch the ship!" Iida scolded the swordsman, doing his arm chops.
The man in green introduced the crew to their village, Big Horn, which Luffy thought the animals around are strange.
Vivi heard the man in green, Dalton, thank everyone for the help, and asked the ones who aren't guards to return back to their work, but one of them asked if he'll be alright by himself with the pirates. Dalton believes the Straw Hats are no threat, and the people decided to trust on his word.
Vivi realized that these people aren't the land's security force, but they're actually ordinary citizens."
"Well, that explains a lot." Hizashi sighed. "How they acted back there was real amateur work."
"But what did happened to the guards?" Toshinori questioned.
One of the citizens approached him about the election in two days, saying that everyone's going to vote for him, but Dalton refused, thinking himself as a sinful man.
"I mean, you seen to be doing a great job running the place so far." Jiro said. "What have you done to think so?"
In Dalton's place, Nami rested in a bed as Dalton introduced himself as captain of this island's security squad, asking them to forgive their heavy-handed welcome. He soon asked Vivi if they've met before, but Vivi dodged the question by asking about the witch.
Hearing that Nami's temperature is 42 Celsius, Dalton was shock to hear the details. Sanji asked where this witch is, and the captain pointed him to the moutains-
Wait, the window was blocked by Usopp and Luffy's snowmen.
A few snickered at the two.
Dalton explained that mountains are known as the Drum Rockies, and on top of the tallest one in the middle was a castle with no king. That's where their only doctor, Dr. Kureha, lives.
Sanji asked why she's at such a far away place, telling him to call her out right away, but there's no way to contact her.
"Really?!" Ochako shouted in frustration.
"It's incredibly irresponsibly to live so far away, even if she is a witch." Iida agreed.
Dalton claimed she's a very skiled doctor, but she's also a nearly 140 years old hag. Also, she likes pickled plums.
"140?!" Nearly everyone shouted.
"She's older than Recovery Girl!" Toshinori exclaimed.
When asked about the people who get sick or injured, Dalton said that she comes down when she feels like it, and when she does treat patients, she takes anything from their house as payment before leaving. Luffy thought she sounded like a pirate.
Vivi asked how does this doctor get down the mountain. Dalton told them rumors of people seeing her riding on a sleigh through the sky on moonlit nights, which is the reason why she's called a witch. Some also saw her with a strange creature they'd never seen before.
"So, wait, are you saying that we're dealing with evil Santa Claus the witch pirate?" Denki asked.
"...I guess so?" Hizashi shrugged, no knowing what to do with such a sentence.
Usopp panicked at the idea of meeting the two, and Dalton admitted that he prefers to stay away from her too. All they have to do is wait for her to come down.
"We can't wait for that! Nami could die when she does." Toru worried.
Luffy lightly slapped Nami awake to tell her the news, but the others thought it would only make her illness worst, arguing with him on the situation.
Nami just want to get over this fast. She wants to hurry up for Vivi, so she's counting on her captain.
After the eyecatches, the others tried to warn him of what to come, but Sanji decided to come along as well with Usopp and Vivi prepping Luffy. The two wanted to stay in the village.
Dalton can't stop them, so he told them to climb up from the other side since there are Lapins (fierce, carnivorous rabbits) on this course.
"Carnivorous rabbits?!" Ochako exclaimed as Koda's eyes widen.
"I think there's a hare that's a carnivore... and a cannibal." Koda quietly said.
"What the fuck, mother nature." Denki's jaw dropped.
Sanji believed he could simply kick them, which Dalton was flabbergasted by.
Soon, the two pirates ran off, making the others worry about Nami's strength on the whole thing.
Dalton was about to enter his home when he saw Usopp and Vivi are still waiting outside, so he decided to join them.
"Aw, you shouldn't." Mina smiled, waving a hand.
As they wait, Dalton told them that they did have some incredibly skilled doctors a long time ago; in fact, they were known as an advanced medical nation, but their country was destroyed just a few months ago by a bunch of pirates. There were only five of them, with their captain named Blackbeard.
"Wait, really?!" Toru exclaimed.
"Five pirates affected the whole country like that!?" Izuku's eyes widen.
"Well, I guess Blackbeard's in here now." Hizashi said, familiar with the name from history.
There were people who said that it might have been a good thing since their old monarchy was horrible. The country's former name was the Drum Kingdom, and the horrible king's name was Wapol, someone Usopp and Vivi definitely remembers.
"Goddamn it, I knew that guy is going to be involved with this arc!" Katsuki complained.
With Luffy, Nami, and Sanji, they tried to pick up the speed, but something was following them.
"No, not the killer rabbits!" Sero shouted.
As they talked about rumors about the snow countries, they casually dodged the Lapins and whatever else is in their way til Sanji finally decided to kick the little bunny away.
As Koda let out a horrified gasp, Sero said, "Okay, they're doing much better than I thought."
"But I feel like they just bullied the baby bunny." Toru said.
The two trudged through the snow until the giant Lapins appeared.
"I knew it." Toru said.
Dalton can't believe Usopp and Vivi know Wapol, and Vivi mentioned that when she was very young, her father took her to a monarch meeting where she've met him. When Dalton asked who she is, Vivi dodged the question by saying that they've met him yesterday when Wapol called himself a pirate. Dalton believed he's using that as camouflage, trying to return to this island.
Vivi thought that Wapol's army must have been kicked out because they were no match for the Blackbeard Pirates, but as Dalton recalled, they didn't even try to fight. In fact, the moment Wapol learned how strong the pirates were, he abandoned the country and flee out to sea. That's what threw the entire nation into despair.
"That's awful!" Momo exclaimed, hands over her mouth.
"How could he leave the country to fend for itself?" Iida asked in disgust, which Vivi felt the same.
Dalton agreed, but he's at least glad that Wapol's tyranny is finally over. The remaining people had come together to try to create a new country, thought what they fear the most is Wapol's return.
Back to the Lapins situation, the three were attacked by these giant rabbits, dodging their attacks. Sanji realized that there are the Lapins Dalton was talking about, shocked that there were so many of them.
Meanwhile, Wapol and his crew has found their kingdom.
"To Be Continued."
"Well, this is going to be one hell of an event." Jiro sighed.