One Piece Weekly Jump Chapter 517 Bathing - Page 1 - CP9's Off-Duty Report, Vol. 24 "CP9 Leaves St. Poplar" - Page 2 - Women: Open the gaaaate!!! (grunkk) The Snake Princess has returned!!! Welcome home!! Welcome home, Kuja Pirates!! Wait'll you see our haul!! Zahahahaha!! Kyaaa! Ran-sama! Daisy-sama!! (Note: Ran is the Japanese term for orchid.) - Page 3 - Women: They're so cool!! I'll be one of them, someday. Kyaaaaaa!! The Gorgon Sisters!! Snake Princesssss!!! Her beauty knows no bounds!! Marigold-samaaaa!! Sandersonia-sama!! Welcome home, my lady. Your palanquin is ready. Hancock: And nothing is amiss? Women: None, my queen... - Page 4 - Woman: What a haul! Iron ore, gunpowder, booze and crops from the north!! Ran: We took down two trading ships and a pirate ship. We also took a load from some central men just before our return. Nyon: Are there nyo books, Ran? Ran: Grandmother Nyon! The central men did provide us a newspaper. You may have it. [Kuja Palace, Amazon Lily] Women: Welcome home! Welcome home, Snake Princess. Hancock: What is this, Enishida? (Note: Enishida is the Japanese name for broom shrubs.) - Page 5 - Enishida: Oh, this? It is a clay effigy the children of the village created for you. They even painted it with color. It must have been very hard work. We took great pains to transport it to the palace without breaking apart. Very sweet... Hancock: So they made me... ...using mud and clay. Horrid thing! It ruins the ambience of the room. Enishida: Ohh! Princess!! Hancock: Do not put these filthy disgraces into MY castle! Dispose of that mess and clean the floor! And Enishida! Enishida: Y-yes, my lady?! - Page 6 - Hancock: I did not see our warriors in the port. Enishida: No, my lady... A fearfully aggressive ape appeared in the jungle... They went to eliminate the beast! Have no fear, they will soon return. I apologize that they were not present. Hancock: An "ape"? Very well... Snake: (nyoik nyoik) Enishida: Shall I prepare a drink? Hancock: Baijiu... Enishida: Right away, princess. Nyon: Perhaps I'LL have a drink, as well!! - Page 7 - Hancock: Old Nyon! This is MY room. Why are you here? Women: G-Grandmother Nyon!! Where did you come from?! Nyon: I can come from anywhere! Hancock: Toss her out! Nyon: Wait, girl!! Hancock: ...What? Nyon: Your pardons, I meant "Snake Princess"... The boat of the central men is moored out at sea... - Page 8 - Nyon: Did they nyot come to meet you? Did they nyot come to escort you, as the summons from central decreed? Hancock: Yes. They called me to war... Nyon: Then why did you nyot go?! Get thee hence!!! As long as you participate, you can uphold your agreement. With your might, dying is nyot a possibility. Hancock: But... I am afraid... Nyon: Hawawa! Like a little pup... No! Snap out of it!! Enishida: Grandmother Nyon... - Page 9 - Nyon: You do nyot understand! This island is protected by your "Seven Armed Seas" title. In ages past, the Calm Belt acted as a powerful barrier that kept us from externyal enyemies. But no longer. With the nyew boating technology of the central men, they have become able to reach us whenever they please. Because you are a Seven Armed Sea, the Kuja can live on piracy, and they will nyot invade our isle. If you lose your title, and we return to a simple pillaging nyation, it will lead to catastrophe!!! We have children and elderly on this island!! Hancock: You are just scared, that is all. Nyon: My life is ancient. The end will come anytime soon... But look deep into the crystal ball, and your future will come clear. - Page 10 - Ball: Go forth Women: Wicked thing!!! Throw her out!!! Right away!! Nyon: Wait, Snake Princess!! Hancock: Who do you think you are? Your time has ended, old hag... You have not been empress of Amazon Lily in three generations, Gloriosa!! If my personal whims should bring about an end to the nation... ...all will be forgiven. And rightfully so... ...for I am beautiful!! Women: It's the princess' extreme-looking-down pose!! She's looking down so far, she's paradoxically looking UP!! - Page 11 - Hancock: You once stood at the pinnacle of this country, yet you betrayed your people and set out to sea!! You left us behind!! It was only the benevolence of the previous empress that allowed you re-entry when you returned. Nyon: That's why I have been living humbly in a tiny corner of the village!! Urrrh...!! Hancock: Then you should have stayed in your corner. You have stepped far beyond your bounds in defying your empress!! Women: Snake Princess!!! Hancock: And yet, I am impressed by your zeal. You have won! Nyon: Then you understand, my girl? Dialogue is nyot to be frowned upon!! Thank you, child! Will you go, then?! - Page 12 - Hancock: I was lying. Stuff it, cow. Begone!!! Nyon: Oooohhhh!!! Damn you, snake girl!! Women: Snake Princess!!! How could you do that to such an old woman?! Hancock: On accident... Women: Oh, yes, of course, of course! Nyon: Hiyah!!! Woman: Grandmother Nyon?! Nyon: I may be ancient, but nyot decrepit! A warrior of Kuja I remain!! - Page 13 - Bell: (clang clang clang clang!!) Women: It is tiiiiime!! For the Snake Princess' baaaaaath!!! Everyone out of the palace!! Snake Princess' bathing tiiiiiime! B-but I just started eating... Too bad! Better hurry! Everyone outside!! It's bathing time... Get ready for that palace-folk foot traffic! - Page 14 - Women: None shall be permitted entrance to the palace!! For the next two hours! Girl: Why do they always make such a big deal when the Snake Princess takes a bath? Does she not want people to see her so bad? Ran: How old are you, sweetie? Girl: Eight. Ran: I can tell you, then. Girl: The secret... of the Gorgon Sisters? Ran: That's right! Long ago, there were monsters called gorgons in the central waters. A terrible monster that turned any who gazed into its eyes to stone. During their adventures, the Snake Princess and her sisters... - Page 15 - Ran: ...ran across and defeated that horrid gorgon. But with its dying breath, it placed a deadly curse upon the three. Its huge eyes were carved into the sisters' backs. If they were to shed their clothes and expose the eyes... ...all the people in the area would turn to stone and die. Girl: Gasp! Ran: Therefore, the Gorgon Sisters never remove their clothes in the presence of others. That's why we form this ring when they are bathing. To keep others away. Girl: I see now! Ran: It was a curse they received for fighting bravely and valiantly, so it is also a symbol of pride for the Kuja warriors. Understand? Girl: Yeah, I get it! I KNEW the Snake Princess was really special. - Page 16 - [Jungle of the Isle of Women] Kikyo: Where has he gone?! Sweetpea: He climbed up the cliffs!! Margaret: He didn't get back into the village, did he? The man was looking for a ship! Luffy: Well, what now? Can't waste time, or they'll find me again. She said there was a pirate ship, right? Well, as long as I can borrow that... ...but no. Without Nami, I'd be drifting out of control. The best idea is to get a RIDE on a ship. I'll just ask if they'll take me to the Sabaody Islands! - Page 17 - Luffy: But that means I'll need to meet with someone important. And the important people always live in the tallest buildings, so... Man, my brain is overheating! I'll try asking in the tallest building here! It's a plan! Yaaah! ...aaaahhh! Women: To the village!! The Snake Princess has doubtless returned by now!! If the man is spotted, all hell will break loose!! - Page 18 - Luffy: (crak krkk) Daaah! Not sturdy enough!! (cruncch!!) Women: What's that?! The castle tower's roof has collapsed!! But the Snake Princess is bathing within!! Luffy: Bwaaah! Waterrr!! Yeoww!! Wait, it's HOT!! I'b dyigggg!! I'b dwowdig!! Hep... - Page 19 - Luffy: Oh. My feet are touching the ground. Zehh, zehh. Weird! Is this a bath? Hancock: A... man?! (splosh) Luffy: Huh? Hey, your back. Haven't I seen that... Hancock: You SAW. - Chapter 517 End -