One Piece Volume 49 : Nightmare Luffy Chapter 474 Gotta Do It!!! - Page 69 - Ener's Space Conquest, The End "All Recharged! Ener's Army Is Ready to Fight!!" - Page 70 - Luffy: Hey, wait up, Moria's shadow!! Don't leave me behind! Shadow: (zooom) Luffy: Where the hell AM I?! Noooo! Shadow: (zooom) Luffy: Crap! Crap! I'm supposed to be getting everyone's shadows back!! But it's hard without a shadow, myself!! What happens without one, again? When the sun comes up... something bad happens!! I think it was... The sunlight melts me!! I gotta hurry, before it rises! Man, I never thought this would happen!! (aaahhh) - Page 71 - Zoro: Come!! I am your opponent!! Odz: Okay. Rahhhhh!!! Zoro: I can really feel the difference between this black blade "Shusui," and its predecessor, "Yubashiri"... This one's much heavier! Usopp: Look out, Zoro!!! Zoro: With this weight, I could... - Page 72 - Chopper: Holy crap!! He deflected that punch just with the swords!!! Odz: Whoa. Zoro: Three Sword Style! "One-Hundred-and-Eight"... "Pound Cannon"!!! - Page 73 - Zoro: It's huge!! Odz: (zip!!) You're pretty good for a little shrimp! That would have hurt if I'd taken it. Zoro: It was so big, it sucked the other two slashes into it!! There's too much rampant destruction in the bite of the blade. Proof that I've yet to master it... Its power is several times greater... But it's no easy blade to control. You've given me a great boon... Swordsman Ryuma...!! - Page 74 - Odz: I'm gonna SQUASH you, little man!!! Usopp: Whoa!! Don't do anything crazy, Zoro!! I mean, even if you DO manage to beat him... It only gives us back Luffy's shadow, nothing else!! We don't even know where you and Sanji's shadows are!! But if Luffy beats Moria, EVERYONE'S comes back at once!! There's no need to get yourself hurt or worse fighting an undead giant zombie!! Just trust in Luffy and help keep it occupied!! Zoro: I trust him plenty enough. But even Luffy has his weaknesses!! - Page 75 - Zoro: And that's "tricks"... Invisible men, spiritual bodies, rulers of shadows. This place is chock-full of people whose powers are to confuse and deceive you. We can't even assume the enemy will let Luffy face him head-on. Robin: That's a very good point. Franky: Hmm... Zoro: If he gives Luffy the slip and morning comes, Neither he, nor I, nor the cook can fight worth a damn any longer!!! So as long as we can at LEAST get Luffy back to normal before daybreak, we'll still stand a chance!!!! - Page 76 - Franky: I wouldn't say we got even a half-hour left until then... But the fog in this place is outrageous... How many places will the sun actually burn through? Sanji: Nearly morning. So the mist is the only thing keeping us alive... Pre-dawn or not, I'm finally starting to feel the danger of the situation... Crew: Whoa, what's that?!! The whole place is rumbling!!! - Page 77 - Zombies: Eeyaaagh! Wussat?!! The ship's caught in anudder slipstream!! Lookit the sky!! I can see the night sky!! The mist's thinnin' out!!! Whuss goin' on?!! Have we just slipped out the Florian Triangle?! Musta been coz Odz was messin' wif the rudder!! Why'd he hafta go and do that?!! Shadow: (zooom) Zombies: Moria-samaaaa!! We've got bad news!!! The Thriller Bark ship has finally left the misty waters!! All because of Odz!! - Pages 78 & 79 - Shadow: (zooom) Zombies: Moria-samaaaa! Shadow: (slurrp) Moria: And what of it? We're pirates. We sail where we please. And shut up... We have an unusual guest among us. Now then, "Despot" Kuma!!! As the single member of the Seven Armed Seas who actually follows the government's orders, no doubt they treasure your presence... But I don't! I don't know what the hell you're plotting. Kuma: If you went on a trip, where would you go? Moria: Stop that, already!! Don't think I don't know what your powers are!! Are you here to fight me?! Speak your business... Why are you here? Kuma: I have a matter to report. - Page 80 - Kuma: The replacement for the position formerly occupied by Crocodile... ...has been decided. Moria: Kishishishi. Well, get on with it, then. Who is it, and where's he from? Plenty of pirates around to choose from. Kuma: The successor's name is Marshall D. Teach. The man commonly known as "Blackbeard." He has already caused a stir in the world at large, but I suppose that wouldn't reach the sea of mists... Moria: Blackbeard? Never heard of 'im. Kuma: He escaped from Whitebeard's crew. He has earned his position through sheer prowess. Moria: What's his former bounty? Kuma: Zero... Moria: Aha, an "unknown quantity," then. Surprised the government settled for him. Kishishishi... - Page 81 - Moria: Well, good to know the hole's been filled. And thus the balance of the world is maintained and all that crap, am I right? Kuma: No, I feel quite the opposite, in fact... But that doesn't matter. More importantly, the government has another point of concern at this time. Since the events of Enies Lobby, they have kept a firm eye on the actions of the Straw Hat Crew. The possibility is high that they would be waylaid HERE, on the way from Water Seven to Fishman Island... Can you see what the government is concerned about? The World Government is afraid that another of the Seven Armed Seas... Will fall at Straw Hat's hand. - Page 82 - Moria: The HELL did you just say?!! Worried for ME?!! Worried for the man who took their worthless position, just to help neutralize worthless pirates?!! Kuma: If you require it, I am willing to assist you. Moria: WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE TALKING TO?!! Bats: (scree scree!!)(scree scree!!) Moria: You think I would lose to a tiny crew of inexperienced, fresh-faced pirates?!! Kuma: Nothing is certain in combat. Who among us could have guessed that Rob Lucci would fall with Enies Lobby? - Page 83 - Moria: What are you sayin'... That the government is so scared of these runts, they need to throw TWO of us at them?!! Kuma: I am only passing on a report. I have received no such orders... Moria: Then you can "only" sit back and WATCH!! And pass on a message to those hothouse clods for me!!! These "Straw Hats" you've been so terrified of... ...are already zombie warriors in Gecko Moria's thrall!!! Crew: What a disaster...!! That thick fog was our only remaining hope!! Who could have plotted for the fog to clear RIGHT at the moment we need it most?! The morning sun will sear right through us! - Page 84 - Moria: Kishishishi!! An unexpectedly clear, crisp night sky... Dawn must be approaching soon... What are you doing waiting around, people? Usopp: It's... MORIA!!! That's Moria!!! But why here?!! Where's Luffy?! Sanji: Wait, Usopp. What do you mean, that's Moria? Usopp: There he is! Look, right there!! In his stomach!! Inside Odz's stomach!! Franky: Inside his stomach?? Sanji: Oh... I see him!!! Where's Luffy, then?! Did he give him the slip, like we were afraid? Moria: Kishishi. Franky: That, or else... Chopper: No! Luffy wouldn't fall to him!! - Page 85 - Odz: Whoa, is that a cockpit?! My tummy has a cockpit in it?!! Moria: Kishishishi... Odz: Wow, that's so sweet!! I'm like a giant robot!! Suddenly I'm all excited!!! Moria: Kishishishi. All right, people. I'm giving you a chance to fight me. Defeat me, and I will release all the shadows. Come at me all together!!! Just know that you cannot get to me unless you beat Odz first!!! Usopp: ...That's not fair, dammit!! Chopper: We can't purify Odz unless we beat Moria, but Moria's hiding inside Odz!!! Sanji: Well, this makes our targets that much simpler. Zoro: Just gotta do it!!! - Page 86 - Zoro: If a pinch of salt didn't work, find us a mountain of the stuff, Usopp!!! We'll have to purify Odz's body with that!!! We'll do our best to weaken him in the meantime!! Usopp: Okay, got it!! There was a kitchen in that first mansion!! I'm sure they've got a hefty supply of salt!! Moria: Salt, huh? Well, make sure he can't get it!! Crush the hallway to the mansion, with the longnose in it!! Odz: Yes, master. Usopp: Huh? - Page 87 - Sanji: Oh, damn! Usopp!!! Crap!! Now that Moria's here, it means Odz has a brain giving him commands!! Chopper: Usopp, answer me!! Brook: He is well!!! (stomp!) Forgive me my lateness!! I thought you might have needed a good quantity of salt, so I've brought it!!! Crew: BROOK!!! - Page 88 - SBS Corner D: Wouldn't Franky be cold dressed the way he is, in Chopper's movie (Blooming in Winter, the Miraculous Sakura)? P.N. Freezing Water Swimming Club Tani O: Hmm. You thought that, based on the images in the movie? I was wondering about this when I heard the anime staff's setting plan. It does seem cold, but do you use that as a chance for humor, or let it slide? After mulling it over, I had my answer. It doesn't matter if he's cold or not; he's FRANKY!! It's how WEIRD he is that's important!! So here's my answer: "Yes, that outfit's chilly." * Even cyborgs get cold. D: Question! "Whitebeard Edward Newgate," "Blackbeard Marshall D. Teach," "4th Squad Commander Thatch." These three all appear to be based off the real-life 18th century Caribbean pirate, Edward Teach (or sometimes Edward Thatch), aka "Blackbeard." Can you tell us more about this figure? P.N. G-on King O: All three, yes. As a matter of fact, Whitebeard and Thatch just take his name, but Blackbeard himself is completely modeled after the man. The real-life pirate called Blackbeard had many names, and one of them was "Thatch." He also went by "Drummond" and "Thache." He would braid his very long black beard and light smoking wicks hanging from his hat, and with the six pistols and three swords he bore, must have been the very figure of the Devil in battle. Countless stories exist of him shooting his own crew to teach them a lesson, and so on. There are legends that he hid a great treasure, but it has never been found. Now's your chance! Blackbeard: Avast, ye swabs!! - Chapter 474 End -