One Piece
	 Volume 24 : A Man's Dream
	  Chapter 218
	   Why the Log Pose is Round

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Hatchan's Ocean Floor Stroll Vol.32 "Now Open!!  The Legendary Takoyaki Stand"

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<<Robin: Here,
	Make him drink that...
	It can neutralize Crocodile's poison...
	If he's made of rubber,
	maybe he can survive buried under here.

<<<<Miss All-Sunday: It doesn't say.
	The only thing written here is HISTORY.

<<<<Crocodile: What?

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<<Cobra: WHY
	DID YOU LIE?

<<Robin: You knew...?
	What a naughty man...

<<Cobra: There is no history of this country on that stone...!!  It should have been
	everything about that "weapon" you wanted...!!
	...and its LOCATION...
	If you had told Crocodile that...
	In that instant
	this country would have been his.  Am I wrong?

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<<Robin: I'm not interested...
	In whether people or countries live...  or die...
	I couldn't care less.
	Besides, I never felt like handing Crocodile any "weapons".

<<Cobra: I don't understand...
	Then why did you come here?

<<Robin: "Hopes" and...
	"Expectations" are two different things.
	What I wanted was...
	the "Rio Poneglyph".

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<<Robin: Out of all the Poneglyphs around the world, it's the one stone
	that tells the "True History"...!!!

<<Cobra: "True History"...?
	...what do you mean...?!

<<Robin: It's okay...  I've spent...
	20 years searching, and this Poneglyph is the only information I found.
	...this was my last hope.
	And...  it was a failure.
	...I'm perfectly fine dying like this...
	I'm tired of the life I lived to get here...
	When all I want to know is "history"...

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<<Robin: THERE ARE TOO MANY ENEMIES...  IN MY DREAM.

<<Cobra: ...then...  I ask you...!!!
	The HISTORY THAT CANNOT BE TOLD...  can be found...?!!
	And that's what the Poneglyphs are?!!
	{Then why have we...}

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<<Robin: HUH?!!

<<Luffy: Okay.
	Let's get outta here.

<<Cobra: Impossible...

<<Robin: W...  wait a minute!!  There's no reason for me to keep living...!!!
	PUT ME DOWN AND GO!!!

<<Luffy: WHY SHOULD I LISTEN TO WHAT YOU TELL ME TO DO...?!!

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Robin: You kept me alive when I wished for death...
	That is your crime...
	I have no place to go or to return to.
	So let me stay on this ship.

Luffy: Oh, I get it.  I guess there's no choice, then.
	Okay.

All: LUFFY!!!!

Luffy: Don't worry!!
	She's not a bad guy!!!

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Robin: I was an archeologist at age 8,
	then my head was put on bounty.

Usopp: Archeologist?!

Robin: That was my family's heritage.
	The next 20 years I spent hiding from the governments.
	A child can't live out on the ocean by herself...
	So I protected myself by working for various villains and scoundrels.
	That's why I'm good at moving around behind the scenes, see?
	It comes in handy.

Usopp: Hmmm, you seem pretty confident then...
	What is your speciality?

Robin: ASSASSINATION.

Usopp: Luffy!!!  The hiring interview has determined this woman to be TOO DANGEROUS!!!

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Luffy: Gwah!!

Chopper: Oof!!

Usopp: ARE YOU LISTENING?!!

Nami: Pathetic.  Look how easily they're handled.
	I know what's going on!!  She was just the vice president of a criminal organization,
	Crocodile's partner, remember?!!  Even if Luffy can be fooled,
	I won't be...  try any funny business with me and I'll drive you off the ship!!

Robin: Haha...  fine...  I'll keep that in mind.

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Robin: By the way, I brought some of Crocodile's jewels.

Nami: OOOH!  I LOVE YOU!!

Usopp + Zoro: WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA.

Usopp: Nami's down!!

Zoro: She's a wicked one, all right.

Sanji: Ahhh, love!
	Love is in the air!  My burnt, blackened body is but
	driftwood floating in its stream...
	Your beauty called lightning strikes me
	and sends me like driftwood down the rapids...
	HERE'S A SNACK.

Robin: Thank you.

Zoro: And THAT is...  well, THAT.

Usopp: Yes, THAT was a lost cause from the start.

Zoro: So we are the fortress.

Usopp: What a troublesome crew we have!!!

Luffy: Usooooopp!!

Usopp: WHAT?!!

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Luffy: CHOPPER.

Usopp: PFFFFFFFT!!!

Robin: ...it's nice.
	...is it always this active here?

Zoro: ...yeah, pretty much.

Robin: OH.

Zoro: {What is she plotting...?!!}

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Robin: By the way, navigator...  is the Log Pose alright?

Nami: Yes, Miss Robin!  Straight to west-northwest!

Zoro: ...hey...  you took all the jewels, didn't you...

Luffy: SANJI, AREN'T SNACKS READY YET?!!

Sanji: Wait a damn minute!!

Luffy: Hey Nami, you think there'll be snow at the next island?

Nami: ...you want MORE snow?

Robin: ...according to the Log in Alabasta, the next one is an Autumn Island.

Luffy: Autumn!!  I like autumn too!!!

Zoro: Huh?
	Rain?

Sanji: This ain't rain...

Usopp: Hail...?

Someone: No.
	Something's falling from...
	Huh?

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[Everything that humans can imagine]

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[is possible in reality.
	-Physicist Willie Gallon]

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Luffy: FROM THE SKY-

Nami: A GALLEON...?!!

Sanji: WHY?!

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All: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!
	HOLD ON!!  GRAB ONTO THE SHIP!!!

Nami: WHAT?!  WHAT THE?!!  WHAT THE?!!!

Usopp: A DREAM!!!  YES, THIS IS A DREAM!!!

Chopper: A dream??!
	Thank God!!!

Sanji: Look out, there's more stuff falling!!!

Nami: GRAB THE RUDDER!!!

Zoro: THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK IN THESE WAVES!!!

Sanji: Luffy!!!  Protect the ship, she's not gonna take anymore!!!

Luffy: OKAY!!  Huh?  Usopp??

Usopp: Nothing to worry about.  I'll just calm down and close my eyes.
	Then sloooowly open the lids.
	See?  It's just a quiet morning.

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Usopp: GYAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!
	AAAAAAH, SKELETONS!!

Nami: Don't throw it over here, you jerk!!!

Sanji: HERE COMES ANOTHER ONE!!!

Usopp: SKELETONS!!!

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Luffy: Why...  why did a ship fall from the sky...?!

Sanji: So bizarre...!!

Zoro: There's nothin' up in the sky...

Nami: AH!!!

Sanji: What is it, Nami-san?!!

Nami: What are we going to do?!
	The "Log Pose" is...!!!
	BROKEN!!  It's pointing straight up and won't move...!!!

Robin: ...that's not it.
	...an island with a much stronger magnetic power
	is changing it to a new "log"...!!
	...if it's pointing up to the sky...

Nami: What...?

Robin: THE "LOG"
	HAS BEEN STOLEN BY A "SKY ISLAND"...!!!

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SBS Corner

D: It takes while for time to pass in manga, doesn't it?  Since it's a weekly thing.  So, should we wait like 2 more years for Luffy's 
	birthday?
O: No, no, no.  He has a birthday every year, just like everyone else.  It's just that, in Luffy's case, every year is his 17th birthday.
	Doesn't that make you jealous?

D: Hold on hold on Oda-sensei, on the 2nd panel of page 215, chapter 216 "Vivi's Adventure" in Volume 23, I see 3 in the middle of the 
	bystanders, 3.  He's just walkin' around!  What in the WORLD is the meaning of this?!  Didn't he die?!  Give me an answer in a 
	75-letter reply, right now!!  (punctuation doesn't count)					   
O: That's him all right.  What?  You want to know why he's there, in 75 letters?  Fine, here's why. BECAUSE...  aaah!!  Crap, one letter 
	short.

D: Nice to meet you today, Oda-sensei.  Now, here is my question to you.  Who is it that takes those photo-like pictures for the Marines
	wanted posters?
O: (him ->) Name: Attach.  Nickname: Attachan.  He's extremely quick and can sneak into any place he wants.
	He is called "Flaming Attachan" because he yells "Fire!!" whenever he hits the shutter.

Caption: Marine Photography Branch Captain "Flaming Attachan".

Attachan: FIRE!!

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