As Luffy is sinking down in the water, everyone is reacting to the RUMOR that Luffy has been defeated! DO THESE GUYS NOT GET THAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT NONE OTHER THAN MONKEY D. LUFFY, AKA STRAW HAT LUFFY, AKA THE FIFTH EMPEROR, AKA THE NEXT KING OF THE PIRATES, THE GREATEST AND MOST BADASS FICTIONAL CONCEPT TO EVER BECOME A CONCEIVABLE HUMAN THOUGHT?! LUFFY CAN’T BE DEFEATED! THAT IDEA IS ABSOLUTELY LUDACRIS.
Despite what they have heard, Izo and Kawamatsu are still fighting. They charge at the enemies in their way and strike back. Izo jumps in the air with his pistols and uses a move called Slicing Rounds to take out the nobodies surrounding the bigger guy and then Kawamatsu combos by taking out the giant dude with Kappa Style: River of Retribution. Izo points out the simple fact that Luffy’s death hasn’t been confirmed (BECAUSE HE KNOWS LUFFY ISN’T DYING UNTIL HE BECOMES THE KING OF THE PIRATES).
Then we see Sanji jump into action as well. Sanji is upset that everyone really believes this GARBAGE narrative that Luffy is actually dead, because he knows that he doesn’t need to worry about the Straw Hat, AKA The Fifth Emperor, AKA The Next King of the Pirates.
On the other hand, Chopper is crying his eyes out while Queen tries to “encourage” him to keep fighting. Perospero capitalizes on Chopper’s UNJUSTIFIED despair and launches another Apocalyptic Candy Shower. While airborne, the arrows split apart and multiply, creating a shower of arrows (as the name implies). Before the arrows have a chance to hit, Queen has small teeth pop out of his regular teeth. But then… Sanji smashes into the scene with Diable Jambe. He’s up in the air above Queen and starts moving around so gracefully with his enflamed leg. He lands a clean strike on Queen that he calls Rotisserie Strike. As a result, Queen’s head starts spinning so quickly that he’s able to block all the incoming arrows from the Candy Shower attack from earlier, with Perospero standing there in utter AWE of what is currently going on. Queen goes right into Perospero and knocks him completely out of the battle. Sanji commends Chopper for his efforts and makes sure to ensure him that Luffy will be just fine. He is LUFFY after all. He hands Zoro over to Chopper and lets him know once Zoro has recovered they’ll have the strength of 10 men, Zoro wakes up momentarily to correct Sanji and tell him that they’ll have the strength of 2,000 MEN! That’s right Zoro, don’t let Sanji disrespect your strength! Sanji has decided to take out the trash that is known as Queen, and Marco comes to stand with him.
We get back to the fighting between Kaido and Kin’emon. Kaido has striked down Kin’emon and despite his injuries, Kin’emon gets back up. He tells Kaido to wait as he isn’t done yet. He struggles to walk towards Kaido and despite the fact that his sword has been shattered, he is determined to keep Kaido away from Momonosuke. So, Kin’emon takes his sword and stabs it into Kaido’s leg. Kaido himself is just standing there looking at him. As this is going on Kin’emon thinks back to his past with the Akazaya and Momonosuke.
The group sees their wanted posters shortly after traveling to the future with Toki’s power. Momonosuke sees the graves of Oden and the Akazaya (as the Akazaya are presumed dead). Kin’emon requests to Momonosuke to call him “Father” from now on, because he doesn’t want the enemy to know that Momo is the son of Oden. He wants to do his best to keep Momo safe, and Momo agrees to this request. Raizo points out that Kin’emon still refers to Momonosuke by “sama” and Momo refers to Kin’emon by his name. He laughs as he knows the adjustment will be difficult. Kin’emon, Raizo, and Momonosuke are in a hut together and Kin’emon is practicing trying to say Momonosuke’s name without adding “sama”. However, he fails to do so and Momonosuke tells him that he’s adding “sama” in an undertone. Momonosuke is having trouble to do, because he can't get used to calling Kin’emon by the name “Father”. The three end up laughing together.
One day it’s raining and Momo is sitting with Kin. Momo is crying and Kin’emon does his best to embrace him and comfort him. Kin’emon thinks back to when he and Momo met the Straw Hat Pirates back at Punk Hazard and we get back to his confrontation with Kaido.
Kaido tries to tell Kin’emon that it’s pointless to stall for time as the result will be the same. Kaido takes his sword and prepares to deal the final blow to Kin’emon, and he does just that. Kin’emon has been impaled by Kaido’s sword. Kaido says “It’s always hard to believe… that you’re defeated!” We then see Momo and Shinobu continuing to run together. Momo thinks back to a time in which he and Kin’emon were sparring together with wooden swords.
Momo is holding one of Bao Huang’s cyborg frogs in order to deliver a message to everyone. He tells Shinobu that he can hear Luffy’s voice. Luffy tells Momonosuke to give everyone a message. Momo informs everyone that Luffy is alive and that he’ll be back. Momo asks everyone to keep on fighting, to fight as long as they live. We see Luffy sinking down into the sea and hear Luffy tell Momo to tell them “I will surely… defeat Kaido!”
THAT’S RIGHT LUFFY! NO ONE IS STOPPING THE FIFTH EMPEROR ANYTIME SOON!
I’M SO HYPED FOR THE NEXT EPISODE! |