One Piece Volume 39 : Struggle Chapter 369 Ramen Kenpo (Note: Kenpo (also spelled Kempo) is literally the "way of the fist," a kind of catch-all term for any type of empty-handed martial arts form, such as karate.) - Pages 26 & 27 - Chapter 369 - Ramen Kenpo - Page 28 - - Page 29 - Califa: The two rear cars have been unhitched?! What in the world are you doing?! Agent: I'm very sorry, Ma'am!! Even the very powerful fighter Captain T-Bone has been stranded in those cars! Califa: So what is the current status? Agent: Right now there are five cars left! All the soldiers have been defeated, so there is only Wanze in Car 4, Nero in Car 3, And everyone here in Car 2. Car 1: Nico Robin Car 2: (CP9) Lucci, Kaku, Blueno, Califa - Corgi Car 3: (CP9) Nero Car 4: (CP7) Wanze Car 5: - Page 30 - Lucci: It looks like the enemy aren't complete fools... But if there's anything disadvantageous to us, it's that Franky is loose. Our only job here is to escort Franky and Nico Robin to Enies Lobby. As long as we can fulfill that mission, none of our losses are significant. Califa: Have you seen the enemy? Agent: Well, it's the two we had captured... One of whom was wearing a bizarre mask, And a blond man in a suit whom I've never seen before... Kaku: He's probably one of the Straw Hat crew along with the long-nose fellow. Their objective is to retrieve Nico Robin, and Franky's being employed to help them. - Page 31 - Blueno: Shall I watch over Nico Robin, Lucci? Lucci: ...that won't be necessary. Just focus on capturing Franky once more. It will be entirely impossible for them to ever take Nico Robin back. - Page 32 - Sanji: You gonna try and stop us? Wanze: You bet!!! Sassassassaa!!! We use this train as a convoy!! I'm here to protect the train, in the case of an attack such as this!!! If you wanna free the prisoner, you've got to beat my "Ramen Kenpo" first!!! - Page 33 - Soge King: R... Ramen Kenpo?!! Wanze: W... Wamen Kempoo?!! Soge King: That asshole!!! He's imitating me!!! Sanji: Don't get upset, that's just what he wants you to do!!! Wanze: Sassassaaa!!! How do you like my Idiot Impersonations? Franky: Hold still for a moment!! - Page 34 - Franky: What?! I grazed his head with that shot, but he hasn't shown a bit of surprise! Wanze: M... my heart practically flew out of my throat. Franky: SO YOU *WERE* SHOCKED?!! Quit makin' that stupid face!!! That's it, I'm takin' this joker out!!! Sanji: Wait, wait!!! You guys are too easy to provoke. This is just wasting time!!! I'll take care of him right now!!! The one thing that pisses me off about you is that you call yourself a "cook"!!! I'm talking to YOU!!! - Page 35 - Sanji: RRRAAA!!! Others: Now YOU'RE getting provoked!!! Soge King: But look!! He easily avoided Sanji's kick!! How can he still look so confident?!! Wanze: Nearly died that time. Franky: So you WERE shocked?! Soge King: Stop it, we already did that one!!! Sanji: Look, just leave him to me. You guys go to the next car!! - Page 36 - Wanze: Ohhhh noooo youuuu doooon't!!! "Alloy Flour," knead!!! (knead knead) Soge King: More ramen?!! Wanze: "RAMEN BEAAM"!!! Soge King: Huh?! WHOAAAA!!! Franky: Look out!!! We'll be pincushions!!! - Page 37 - Sanji: Knock it off!!! Wanze: Choiyaa!!! Franky: We'll go over the roof!! Soge King: Yes. Well!! Best of luck, young Sanji!!! Wanze: Sassassassa!! They got away!!! But not for long!! Because in the next car is... - Page 38 - Wanze: "Nero"!! The newest member of the assassins of justice, CP9!!! They'll die, you know!! Nero LOVES killing!!! Sassassaa!!! Sanji: "Flanchet" "Shot"!!! (Flank Shot) Wanze: Choiya!!! Sanji: How many times do I have to tell you... I'm in a hurry!! Wanze: Well then, here I go!!! Ramen Kenpo, "Men-kiri" (Noodle Slicing) - Page 39 - Wanze: "FIRE SKATE"!!! (Note: The kanji for this say "flaming knife.") - Page 40 - Wanze: ...ugh!!! Guoaahhhh!!! Th... the moment you blocked me... I got kicked like 10 times! Sanji: 12 times. Wanze: ...do you have like, superhuman strength?! Sanji: No, you're just all talk. Wanze: Hey, wait! Not even my own dad ever told me, "You're all talk"!! How dare you talk to me that way! I'm WANZE!!! (Note: The "not even my own dad" line is a send-off of an oft-parodied Gundam quote in which a character says "Not even my own dad hit me" after being smacked.) Wanze: I'll admit it, you're good... even if you subtract the fact that I was so mesmerized by your freakish curly eyebrow that I became too dizzy to fight!! Sanji: Don't tell me MY face looks freakish!! - Page 41 - Wanze: OK, hey-hey!! Let me show you why I was chosen to be a part of this convoy guard!!! Ramen Kenpo "Secret Technique"!!! Strengthen the noodles!! Strengthen and prepare the noodles!! Sanji: What the hell is that?! Wanze: It's the incredible, edible combat suit!! The "Men's Formal Suit"!!! (Note: The pun here is on "men," which is the Japanese word for noodle.) - Page 42 - Wanze: Sassasaa!! The secret to Ramen Kenpo is the ability to control the noodles at will!!! Sanji: Don't play with your damn food. Wanze: Speed!! Power!! Special Abilities!! All of them have just been greatly amplified by my new suit!!! Sanji: Stop talking and show me what you've got!! And get ready to eat those noodles!! Franky: So? Who the hell are you? - Page 43 - Nero: Guarding Car 3 is... The "Four Forms"-wielding newest member of CP9, "Nero the Sea Weasel"!!! Shau! [CP9] [Nero the Sea Weasel] (Note: The instinct is to say sea otter in this case, but the Japanese have different words for otter and weasel. In fact, "itachi" can mean weasel, skunk, mink, or ermine. So many choices...) Nero: But wait a minute... I can't kill you. You're the prisoner... Franky: Hey buddy, what you doin' up on the roof? You could have waited inside the car. - Page 44 - Nero: But I don't know that. You might have just jumped straight past me up ahead. Shau!! Franky: Well, better safe than sorry. By the way, what's that behind you? Nero: Bwaa...!! That was filthy!!! Franky: Uhahaha!! Just how I like it! I'm the boss of all the thugs in town!!! - Page 45 - Robin: Wha... Long Nose-kun?!! - Page 46 - SBS Corner D: Oda Eiichiro-sama. Good day. Please forgive me for visiting you in my swimsuit... wait, huh?! Oda-san?! What in the whorld are you whearing?! Er, I mean, wearing?! Kyaaaa!! Nooooo!! Tmp tmp tmp (as she is leaving) Start the SBS!! P.N. Roronoa Robin O: Hey, hi there folks. You just caught me getting caught with my pants down (so to speak) by a rather Parisian reader, whilst I was wearing a swan-shaped baby toilet on my head and a ballerina outfit, salvaging some carbonara, and now my corner has been started without me. Well, let's get going!! D: If you got poked in the butt with a Shigan, what would happen? by Pacchon III O: You'd die. D: Does Nami wear a "New Bra" or "No Bra"? P.N. Tasshii O: No bra, I hope. D: Oda-sensei, hello!! Umm, where does Pauly's rope come from? And where did he come up with the names for moves like Rope Action "Half Knot"? They're not just random, are they? Tell us! by Buta-chan O: Pauly's ropes come shooting out of the bottom of his sleeves. Apparently, there's a whole bunch of rope hidden in the lining of his coat! And his move names aren't random! Sailboating requires a whole bunch of different knots, and mistying a single one could spell the difference between life and death! So he uses the names of all the different knots (over 200) for the names of his special attacks!! But when he can't think of a snazzy knot that suits the situation... he'll make it up! - Chapter 369 End -