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At the Shabodome the crowd goes wild, as the news spread that ’Soul King’ Brook was a pirate on Strawhat’ Luffys side all along while he makes his daring escape with the Flying Fish riders, sent there by Shakky. We even get a good old fashioned bone pun out of the man as he escapes. There is pretty much nobody more fab in the One Piece universe than Brook right now.

Meanwhile, Sanji and Zoro receive the news from Franky where they are to assemble, and Sanji decides to catch up on two years of smack-talk abstinence.



And what do they here? Why, nothing less than the ruckus from grove 46, gathering point of the Fake!Hats, as they prepare to waste the little shit that DARED make a fool of the totally real Strawhat Luffy. Unfortunately the marines have other plans, having surrounded the group and order them to lay down their hands. Fake!Luffy, slightly more clever than he looks, orders Caribou and Coribou to use the scout as a hostage to get them to back off.

Caribou, a strong believer in honesty and the many virtues of man, has an alternative solution in mind.



Wholesale slaughter! Fake!Luffy starts regretting his decision to hire complete psychos as a battle seems imminent… only it’s not a battle for long, as the arrival of those pesky Pacifistas make it into a MASSACRE. The Pacifista wipe out the assembled pirates with not so much as a second glance, one-shotting the fabulously named Lip ”Service” Doughty which prompts the Fake!Hats to do the one smart thing they’ve done so far in the story- run.

Pity they weren’t smart enough to look WHERE they were running to. I’m just gonna let the following panels speak for themselves.





Yeah, Sentoumaru is wise to your copy-cat shenanigans. He asks the Pacifista what scum just stained his axe, and we receive the name ”Three Tounged” Demaro Black. Which is, I just have to point out, a WAY too bad-ass name for an impostor like him. The revelation that Demalo was a fake sends shock waves throughout the assembled pirates, prompting them to swear vengeance on he who tricked them most foul. Sentoumaru however is not interested in their bullshit and points out that they too were pretty fucking stupid for FALLING for such an obvious fake in the first place, and asks his Pacifista where the REAL Straw Hat is. Better hold on to your asses, ass-holders-



Luffy D. Monkey is officially back in business! The assembled pirates drop their collective weight in bricks upon this news, as the marines get ready to fight the REAL Strawhat… only problem with that plan?



When you fight the real Strawhat Luffy…



You should never bring a machine to a MAN-fight. Luffy then skedaddles as he’s got more important stuff to worry about when lo and behold, Zoro and Sanji run into him again! But the reunion is put on hold as a Pacifista appears before them! How will they get out of this predi-



Oh yeah I guess they could do THAT. The assembled pirates are now in legitimate risk of having their eyeballs pop out and MELT from the sheer concentrated awesome the reunited monster trio is capable of mustering as Zoro casually lets Luffy know he’s now number 9. Oh Zoro. You’re really going to hold on to being the first arrival as long as you can, huh? But never mind such childish nonsense, there’s a ship to go to! … But not before Rayleigh pops by for a brief visit, because apparently there can’t ever be enough awesome at one physical location in One Piece. Rayleigh and Luffy exchange pleasantries before Luffy raises his hand, calls out to the world…



And lays down the LAW.

This chapter, while phenomenal in showing us how far our heroes have gotten, is still not THE reunion chapter that I’m waiting for , but it is Odas style at work here- he’s going to close the book on the Fake!Hats and gives them a bit more time before their inglorious defeat, and I’m okay with that if it means I get to see monster trio kick amazing amounts of ass. Now surely NEXT chapter will be big damn reunion... hopefully.