One Piece: 10 Times Luffy Nearly Died By Linden Hicks Published Mar 24, 2022 One Piece's Luffy is known for being nearly impossible to harm, but he's faced down death more than a few times - here are some of the highlights. The fight between the Accino Family and the Straw Hats begin. Due to more of Sanji's blundering, he and Usopp find themselves captured by Salchow and Arbell. The formerly captured Straw Hats finally manage to get outside, no thanks to Zoro, where they once again encounter the Accinos. Moria takes advantage of Luffy's bewilderment at Oars and quickly escapes, though Luffy immediately starts chasing after him while Oars begins hunting down the other Straw Hats. Everyone starts partying and Luffy tries to feed Zoro, still knocked out from taking all of his pain, some rum but Chopper wont let him. Absalom orders all Zombie Generals to stop Oars who pummels them with his Gomu Gomu no Gatling, Sanji finally arrives at the wedding. Sanji uses Usopp's salt balls to find him and continue kicking him, literally exploding with anger, states that there is one last problem between them. From the top of the tower, lost in the fog, an enormous black sheet starts to come down. The Time of Oars' Resurrection. [11], Luffy finds a suit of armor and puts it on. This infuriated Luffy; he had only one thing in mind, and it was to make the Celestial Dragon pay for what he did. Oars comes crashing down destroying the bridge and taking Sanji and Usopp down with him to the lower bridge where Zoro and Franky are, where they attacked what they thought was a wall but is actually Oars. Moria steals shadows and puts them in corpses creating his zombie army. After beating the zombies, the Straw Hats learn that one of the Shichibukai, Gecko Moria, has been stealing people's shadows and using them to revive zombies. At the same time Brook parts ways from Franky and Robin after giving further crucial advice regarding the zombies so he can go forth to accomplish his own goal: defeating the zombie Ryuma and reclaiming his shadow from the samurai fencer. Unfortunately, the headwind catches them, prompting Franky to unveil the Soldier Dock Channel 0; a set of paddle wheels. While the zombies of Thriller Bark celebrate the start of the Night Attack, Absalom awakens the other General Zombies to handle the Straw Hats. The battle between Usopp and Perona continues; Usopp fires something at Perona's real body which seems to miss it, giving Perona the confidence to fight back again. Usopp, Chopper, Robin and Franky return to the Sunny, discovering their ship had been ransacked but Luffy, Zoro and Sanji returned to them without their shadows. Back at the Thousand Sunny, the remaining crew has been pulled to the shore and the ship caught in a giant web. Zoro, Franky and Brook see Oars' huge figure coming towards them and they quickly realize that it is Luffy's zombie. If Luffy's fruit wasn't special, he would be dead rn, and his journey would be over. Franky proceeds to pound it, but the armored knight keeps getting up. By this time, they are in a carriage with Hildon listening to Chopper talk about Hogback. Luffy asks once again if Brook wants to join the crew seeing he got his shadow back. After defeating the Straw Hats Oars goes in search of Nami, Luffy and Sogeking(he does not know its Usopp). As Sanji defeats Absalom, Luffy managed to get through Doppelman to land a hit on Moria. Meanwhile, without warning, out of the ground come hundreds of malformed zombies who immediately set their sights onto the terrified trio. The Man Called a Genius! Then, more shadows are forced into Luffy. Luffy: Age: 19 years old. He departs Thriller Bark, musing that Dragon's son has found a very loyal crew. Through most of Naruto, Naruto is trying to impose his will on others. Lola informs the Straw Hats the secret of the Vivre Card. Emerging from wreckage, Luffy uses all his strength to combine Gear 2 and Gear 3, launching his enlarged body into Moria with the strengths of both forms. They enter the chamber, where this enormous giant twenty times Moria's size rests. Everything he tried to do or help with only ended up worse. Meanwhile, Brook is fighting with Ryuma while thinking how every time he thinks about Laboon his heart squeezes in pain even though he does not have a heart, and that how Laboon will not recognize him without his afro. When everyone comes to, Luffy is perfectly fine, but Zoro is nowhere to be seen. Hogback, angered after the crushing, does indeed shout it out in anger, making the two zombies jump off instead. Luffy finds that he has been chasing Moria's shadow the whole time, while the real Moria has escaped! [28], She regains her posture somewhat, and charges forth again, but is held back by Robin, while Chopper goes forth for Hogback. Luffy finds that he has been chasing Moria's shadow the whole time, while the real Moria has escaped! Hot Full Throttle! Zoro, as usual, is lost after severing a blocking iceberg in half, and in an iceberg attack the rope attached to the Phoenix Pirate ship is severed leaving behind Luffy and Chopper. [3] Contents 1 Appearance 1.1 Before Death 1.2 Before the Timeskip 1.3 After the Timeskip 2 References 3 External Links In the end, his wound was like a burnt wound, that means his skin was scorched. While immediately hospitable, the doctor starts acting strange after it is mentioned that Brook has arrived on the island. Meanwhile, the wedding has progressed, and Absalom is about to kiss a still unconscious Nami. The unseen enemy then flees as the ship begins to be pulled closer to the island. Leftover Chivalry! "Sogeking" then purifies Kumashi and demands Usopp to fight on, till, at the end of his wits, Usopp discovers the reason of Perona's invulnerability-she is a host projection, while her real body is in her room.[25]. In the Wano Country arc, Luffy managed to awaken his Devil Fruit . Zoro decides to test his new sword which he acquired from Ryuma. Franky discovers these zombies fend off their weakness to fire with buckets of water. However, they discover Luffy has been taken captive by the zombies and is being transported by a chain to the tower. Ofc it would take him years to be able to learn how to properly throw a punch, he's a child lol. His shoulders sagged, his hand left the doorknob to grab the blond's shoulder. The captain contracted an illness and attempted to leave the Grand Line through the Calm Belt with the other infected crew, leaving Brook in charge of the remaining pirates. The Straw Hats take a vacation at Spa Island, but while there, encounter Foxy and his crew, who are pursuing two small girls: Lina and her older sister Sayo. Robin starts to lift Chopper and Hogback up, Chopper preparing to throw Hogback down to the ground from a dangerous height. Finding themselves deep inside the waterless moat, out of the shadows a frightening three-headed stitched up dog suddenly appears. Perona's Wonder Garden. Nami's Lightning Attack of Friendship!! Puzzle finally overcomes his depression and resolves to follow Luffy, Chopper, and Jiro to Lovely Land to recover the pirate flags. She finds that the vault is empty but forces two chipmunk zombies to tell her where the treasure is. He attacks the survivors with a strange move that sends several people flying backwards, before turning his attention to Zoro. Just then, Brook appears having leaped up from the courtyard. Chopper, however, does not fight her, saying, what would her family think if they knew about this. To get revenge, Moria joined the Seven Warlords of the Sea to build an army of zombies using his Kage Kage no Mi powers and began stealing shadows from Marines, pirates, and civilians in the process. The Hard Fights of the Straw Hat Crew! Back on the Thousand Sunny, Perona and other zombies are scavenging the ship for treasure when Hildon shows up and informs her that Luffy has been captured and their master is planning to bring out Zombie 900. Brook tells them after Hogback gathers bodies, he fixes them up, but to bring them to the life he needs Moria's help. Brook Protects his Afro, A Man's Oath Never Dies!! [14], Back on the bridge, Robin and Franky are cornered by the generals. He uses this on a Zombie-Hippo which was sneaking up, breaking his arm, but he then reveals that he stuck Perona's arm to the wall; he makes her faint and therefore wins the battle by first firing hundreds of little moving fake cockroaches onto her, and then smacking her over the head with an inflatable ten-ton hammer. Oars uses Gomu Gomu no Pistol at Nami. Early in the story of One Piece, Luffy usually will enter a fight impulsively and lose from lack of preparation. All the Straw Hats are shocked by this, except for Zoro, who is sleeping, and Robin, who knew Luffy would accept him no matter what, but they nevertheless welcome him to the crew. Moria explains that he enabled Oars to stretch by stretching his shadow, thereby forcing his body to stretch along with it in order to ensure that the body and shadow are the same shape. He accidently used it in movie seven for the first time. Lola also gives them a Vivre Card to her mother to help in the New World. Perona, Kumashi, Absalom, and Dr. Hogback with Cindry arrive in a massive room and sitting on the throne is Gecko Moria. Robin uses her Devil Fruit powers to slap Tararan in the eyes when he brings his hands to his eyes, he gets the web in them. Moria reveals his desire to be Pirate King. [38] The Rolling Pirates arrive and tend to the wounded Straw Hats while Nightmare Luffy unleashes a barrage of attacks against Oars and Moria, at one point slashing through Oars with a sword, hitting Moria in the face with a Gomu Gomu no Pistol, and seemingly finishing them off with Gomu Gomu no Storm. Defeat Absalom!! Although she passes it off, a pair of huge eyes stare at the opposite crew.[50]. Luffy, Sanji, Usopp, Robin, and Chopper are taking the upper bridge to where Moria is when Luffy and Sanji get hit with the negative ghosts. Usopp fires Oil Stars to make one of Oars' feet slip. The two pirate crews resolve to get Luffy his shadow back before dawn so he can still fight even if they run out of time. Robin quickly restrains Cindry though, and Chopper captures Hogback easily. Kick Down the False Ceremony, Perverted Connection? As mentioned on the linked question, Luffy got his scar because his chest got burnt by Akainu's magma fist. Brook gives the two a bag of salt and runs off.[16]. While the rest of the crew only want to escape their entrapment, Robin explains that they are confined within a large wall which encircles the entire island. The Phoenix Pirate, Puzzle, awakes after Chopper's treatment only to reveal some harsh realities on the awaiting crew. With a little help from Lil, the two stolen flags are finally recovered, and the crew manages to get it back on the ship before Luffy returns. Suddenly, he and the rest of the crew hear an ominous song resounding throughout the fog and discover a ghost ship that has suddenly appeared behind them with a skeleton singing Binks' Sake.[2]. Moria continues to take this with indifference while Brook asks to fight alongside the crew. As they were dying, they sang Binks's Booze one last time, recording it in a Tone Dial in the hopes that Brook would revive with his Devil Fruit power and deliver the shell to Laboon. [4], Chopper explains that Hogback is a famous doctor that went missing many years ago. [2] Leaving the ghost ship with them, Brook goes back with them to the ship and ends up having dinner with the crew. Zoro, meanwhile, encounters the Don. With the fog clear, there's only 20 minutes before daylight begins. Leaving the graveyard, they encounter an old man who, like Brook, is missing his shadow. The fight between Brook and Ryuma continues with Ryuma wondering what he should cut off next with his special arrow notch slash. Brook's Hard Struggle - The Difficult Path to Becoming a True Crewmate? Franky underestimates Kuma's ability and is taken out by one hit from Kuma. He then proceeds to kick the hell out of Absalom who tries to escape by turning invisible. Meanwhile, Nami, Usopp, and Chopper arrive on shore (crashing the Mini Merry II into a moat in the process) and try to figure out where they are. Franky suggests they try out the Soldier Dock system while they decide what to do, claiming they'd need a smaller ship to make it to shore. Back at the wedding, the shaking has caused Absalom to miss kissing Nami and it is revealed that a strange ocean current is causing it thanks to Oars moving the rudder. Zoro acknowledges Ryuma's skill as a swordsman and says he wishes he could have met Ryuma before he died. "I'll make them recognize me by becoming Hokage!" "I'll find Sasuke and fight him and make him come back to the village!" And various instances of talk no jutsu. With that, Gecko Moria begins to remove Luffy's shadow[15] while Nami, Usopp, and Chopper watch in horror from Kumashi. Nami arrives and joins the battle, but Oars demonstrates that he can somehow stretch his limbs, which the crew realizes is Moria's doing. Luffy and his crew then learn from the old man that Thriller Bark is actually the world's largest pirate ship. [42], At the last second the shadows return to the crew, and they are saved. After being stripped of his armor, Luffy had his shadow stolen by Moria through the use of the power of the Devil Fruit Moria ate, the Kage Kage no Mi. After seeming to agree he goes outside to relay their request. Meanwhile, Robin and Chopper are fighting Hogback, but are restrained by Jigoro and Inuppe, until the two (bearing Zoro's and Sanji's shadow and their personality traits) begin to fight when Hogback orders them to kill anyone who gets in their way. Perona sends more ghosts through him, but they have no effect as Usopp states he is already negative, thoroughly shocking Perona. Kuma asks if Perona works for Moria, which she denies and says she was just leaving, Kuma asks her where she would like to go to which she answers a creepy old castle and then tries to attack Kuma, who makes her disappear, literally. Oars' moving around the island causes many disturbances and he interrupts just as Chopper is about to throw Hogback to the ground. This implies that the memories a shadow receives are reciprocated back to their original hosts once the two are reunited. Usopp shoots Brook's salt into Oars' mouth with Kuwagata, but Moria's shadow catches it and throws it out, breaking the bag and preventing them from using it again. Hogback, frustrated with Absalom holding a wedding with the General Zombies as guests, becomes the second commander of the zombie forces. However, the ones who had their shadows stolen start to vanish. Ussop joined to follow his dreams. Moria then challenges them saying that if they can defeat him, he will return all their shadows. Sanji awakes and tries to take his place instead, but Zoro knocks him out. However, as they fall; Robin reveals the ability to fly for five seconds by using her powers to form large wings. Thinking quickly; Franky smashes the bridge. He orders Cindry to free him, yelling that her only positive feature is her face, being afraid that Oars, who is coming closer, will crush him. They then encounter Perona in her room where she reveals she has the powers of the Horo Horo no Mi and are all hit with her negative spirits and fall to the ground. Bartholomew Kuma reveals his Devil Fruit powers, the Nikyu Nikyu no Mi. Short answer: Thriller Bark starts in episode 337 and ends in episode 381. Getting her mouth free Nami shouts out to Usopp and Chopper. This infuriated Luffy; he had only one thing in mind, and it was to make the Celestial Dragon pay for what he did. Gear 5 is actually based on the true nature of Luffy's Devil Fruit, the real name of which is the Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Nika. After Lina reveals that she has searched all over the ship, Luffy decides to destroy the ship in order to find Sayo. Chopper tells Hogback that he had once respected him, but did not anymore after realizing the true nature of his experiments. Activating the mechanism Franky reveals a Going Merry-themed paddle boat named Mini Merry II. He even shows her Nami's wanted poster. Brook explains how his shadow was stolen, and sadly he cannot leave the foggy Florian Triangle with the Straw Hats for the sun would disintegrate him. After Oars runs off with a new pirate hat from his destruction, the remainder of the crew end up in Perona's room where she uses her negative powers on them. Kuma reveals that he has eaten the Nikyu Nikyu no Mi, which enables him to repel attacks and air at the speed of light. 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