Tag Archive for 'One Piece'

Chapter 33 — Soundless Man

More delays, sorry.  Just busy at the moment.

Chapter 32 — Cruel Fortune

Original serialization:  Weekly Shounen Jump 1998, #16
Color pages:  page 1 (title page)
Siam throws Zoro’s swords down the slope, so Zoro rushes and slashes him, but only manages to cut his clothing.  It turns out Siam can bend his body like a cat, and so avoided the attack.
Siam pounces on Zoro to hold him down, while [...]

Chapter 31 — Truth

Original serialization:  Weekly Shounen Jump 1998, #15
Kaya wakes up from a nightmare about a crazed Usopp, and discovers Merry.  He’s still alive, and tells her the truth about Klahadore, and how Usopp was actually trying to save the village back then.  They decide that since Klahadore wants her fortune, she’ll go and talk to him.  [...]

Chapter 30 — GREAT!!!

Original serialization:  Weekly Shounen Jump 1998, #14
Kuro decides that his crew needs to be punished (killed) for being late.
Jango hypnotizes his men into being super strong, but Luffy also falls into the hypnosis.  He uses his Gum-Gum Gatling and easily defeats the other pirates.
He then pulls the sternpost off the Black Cat’s ship, but before [...]

Chapter 29 — Uphill Battle

Original serialization:  Weekly Shounen Jump 1998, #13
Usopp stands up to the Black Cat pirates, while the pirates discover the treasure on Nami’s ship.  Usopp tries to bargain with it, but the pirates obviously realize that they can take the treasure and still do whatever else they want.  Jango prepares to hypnotize Usopp, but Nami catches [...]

Chapter 28 — Crescent Moon

Original serialization:  Weekly Shounen Jump 1998, #12
Color pages:  1-4 (pages 2-3 were the title page)
Luffy and Zoro say they’re going to help Usopp.  He’s outnumbered, and pretty scared.  Usopp denies that he’s scared until his legs start shaking, but then admits that he’s scared, as anyone would be when going up against Captain Kuro’s pirates.  [...]

Chapter 27 — True Lies

Originally published in:  Weekly Shounen Jump 1998, #11
Merry, Kaya’s other butler, hands her some special eyeglasses, which she is planning on giving to Klahadore for his third year anniversary of having been at the mansion.

Meanwhile, the townspeole begin to chase Usopp for his ‘lying’, and back at the beach, Luffy has woken up and is [...]

Chapter 26 — Captain Kuro’s Plan

Original serialization:  Weekly Shounen Jump 1998, #10
In talking to Django, it’s revealed that Klahadore is actually Captain Kuro, a pirate!  Three years ago, he started a plan to come to this island, gain the trust of the people here, then have Kaya hypnotized by Django into willing her fortune to Klahadore, and having her killed [...]

Chapter 25 — Lies

Original serialization:  Weekly Shounen Jump 1998, #9
Color pages:  Page 1 (title page)
After Klahadore accuses Usopp of only wanting Kaya’s fortune, Usopp prepares to attack the butler again, but is stopped by Kaya, who doesn’t want any more violence.  Usopp leaves the mansion, and at the behest of Klahadore, says he’ll never come again.  Everyone else [...]

Chapter 24 — The Lie Rejecter

Original serialization:  Weekly Shounen Jump 1998, #8
Usopp’s pirates charge into the inn where Luffy and crew and Usopp went, thinking that their captain was eaten by Luffy and crew.  They explain that Usopp said it was “time to go”, and Usopp’s pirates say that he probably went to the mansion to tell lies.
At the mansion, [...]