Skipping the episode 20's opening and recap, they were greeted with, "Famous Cook! Sanji on the Sea Restaurant!"
Kirishima gasped. "Are we going to get a new crew mate!?"
"Well, they do need a chef." Izuku said, nodding.
On a Marine ship, a pink haired man was pouring some wine for his lady, planning on taking her to the most wonderful restaurant in the world. While the woman is confused on how it's in the middle of the ocean, the two still toasted as the man wants to surprise her.
"Huh, it's been quite a while since we've seen the Marines." Iida commented on while Mineta drooled over the lady in red.
"Well, seeing they don't have the best reputation here in One Piece, it was probably for the best." Jiro said.
Back on the Going Merry, Zoro was reunited with Johnny as the man in blue was shock that he's on a pirate ship. Inside, Nami and Usopp were watching what's going on.
Over the edge, there was a smaller boat with a bleeding man, Yosaku. Johnny cried as Zoro patted him on the back in comfort. Yasaku is apparently sick, just full of life a few days ago until he keeps getting pale, then fainted. Johnny described his conditions of fallen teeth, opening old wounds, and bleeding as Nami came down.
As the pieces were being build in their heads, Denki said, "That sounds gnarly."
He explained that they were on a rocky island so Johnny could let Yosaku rest quietly, but then a cannonball exploded the island they were on.
Luffy and Usopp's jaws dropped, then bowed to apologize for what they've done. Johnny said apologies won't solve anything, wondering if Yosaku would die. Even Zoro started to sweat at the idea.
"No, I don't think I can handle another death!" Toru cried, hugging a box of tissues.
"We barely know the guy!" Katsuki shouted back at her.
Nami called them stupid and started to examine Yosaku, even pulling on his tongue and eye lid. Johnny grabbed her, thinking she's mocking his death, but instead of shouting at him, Nami commanded Luffy and Usopp to get limes from the storage.
As Luffy and Usopp squeeze lime juice into Yosaku's mouth, Nami explained he have scurvy and the cause was from having no fruits and vegetables in his diet. At this point, Usopp and Luffy were shoving the leftover limes into the hunter's mouth.
"Oh, I've heard of that from my internship with Captain Selkie. Ribbit." Tsuyu nodded along with Nami's explanation of scurvy.
"Oh yeah... Aren't they kind of like the marines from the anime?" Kirishima asked.
"Well, they're much nicer than the ones in One Piece. Ribbit."
"Wait, did you beat up pirates?" Denki quickly asked.
"I'm pretty sure pirates don't exist today. Not even villains who commit crimes at sea would call themselves pirates." Iida said.
Tsuyu remembered the battle with Innsmouth. "...Kind of? Well, if you count stowaways as pirates."
Denki let out a disappointed sigh.
Though Luffy and Usopp complimented her, Nami yelled at them for not knowing something so important.
Yosaku suddenly spew out limes, awake. Johnny and Yosaku started to dance around in a circle, celebrating Yosaku's recovery, but Nami yelled that there's no way for him to recover this quickly.
Over the laughter from their silly antics, Iida shouted, "She's correct! You should be resting!"
"Anime logic?" Kirishima shrugged, though he knew that isn't a satisfying answer for him.
Johnny and Yosaku formally introduced themselves as the pirate bounty hunter duo, former colleagues of 'Big Bro Zoro.' Zoro was glad to see them again, though the two never thought he would become a pirate. Zoro grabbed Johnny's hand, and before Yosaku could grab his, he turned pale, fainting onto the floor.
"I told you!" Iida scolded.
"Not that they can hear you." Jiro muttered.
Putting Yosaku to rest, the others realized they need to consider nutrients from a limited supply of food, which Luffy decided that they need a cook.
"Considering the title card mentions a 'famous cook,' it shouldn't be too much of a surprise." Todoroki said.
Johnny just so happened to know a place where they could get a cook. It's close to the Grand Line, and there are rumors of a hawk-eyed man, something Zoro is interested in.
"Hawk-eyed?" Tokoyami murmured, an image of Hawks popped up in his head.
They have to travel north-northeast, and they were greeted with a floating, fish-like restaurant. The Sea Restaurant, Baratie.
"Baratie... Sounds fancy." Toru claimed.
"Hm... a restaurant out at sea? It sounds impractical, honestly." Todoroki said.
"But hey, anyone who happened to wander out at sea will love this place." Ochako shrugged.
Luffy, Usopp, and Nami were impressed with the place, though Zoro doesn't seem to be much of a fan of it. Yosaku came out of resting, drooling at the restaurant until they heard bells and whistles ringing. They were shock by their sudden appearance as Johnny went into hiding with his partner.
The Marine man from before appeared, not recognizing their pirate flag as the hunter duo made sure to tell him that they're not pirates. The pink-haired man introduced himself as Iron Fist Fullbody, Lieutenant at the Navy Headquarters, and he demanded for the captain to come out and state their name.
"Goddamn it, Iron Fist Fullbody is a cool name." Kirishima cursed, feeling like the man's most likely a villain of this arc.
Luffy presented himself as the captain... and so did Usopp, much to Luffy's annoyance. Luffy told him that they just made their pirate flag the day before yesterday, with Usopp adding that he drew it.
"Goddamn it, Long Nose." Katsuki facepalmed.
"It is really a smart thing to tell him, a Marine, that you're really a pirate?" Iida wondered.
"Well, it's obvious they're pirates, so it would be tiring to keep denying it." Momo reasoned.
Fullbody's eyes went back to the bounty hunters, remembering them as a duo who'd go after 'small fish,' which the two were insulted by, especially when the lieutenant though they were finally caught by pirates, thinking it was funny.
The woman by his side told him they should go, but Johnny threw bounty posters as proof they weren't small time bounty hunters. Nami noticed one of the posters on top of the others, one labelled 'Arlong.'
Since Fullbody thought they were an eyesore, he told his soldiers to sink them.
While Izuku made a note of Nami and the Arlong poster, Mina shouted, "Hey, I know they're technically villains, but they haven't even done anything wrong yet!"
"Another misuse of power?" Aizawa sighed.
The two were mad that Fullbody ignored them as Nami asked about the wanted posters, picking one of them up. Johnny gave her a simple explanation of their work, trying to avoid the nickname 'Big Sis.' Nami's eyes were shadowed, looking at the Arlong poster.
A few theories popped up in Izuku's head, but he was a little distracted by what happened next.
The Marines aimed a cannon at them, and when they shoot their cannon, causing a shockwave, Luffy stretched his arms out to the sides and used his legs to grab onto the railing.
"GOMU GOMU NO..." Luffy was hit directly by the blast, stretching his whole body beyond the ship. "PACHINKO!" Luffy's hand on the Going Merry's figurehead slipped, causing him to misalign and slingshotted the cannonball to a room on the Baratie's top deck.
"W-Well... that's going to put a damper on things." Toshinori sweatdropped.
"I guess it's going to take a while to get a cook for the crew." Jiro sighed.
"Maybe no one was hurt." Ochako tried to reassure, but...
After the eyecatches, in the room the cannonball hit, a man with a peg leg collapsed. His chefs tried to check on him, trying to see if this Head Chef Zeff is okay.
"And you jinxed it." Mina teased, which caused Ochako to pout, looking away.
While Fullybody is worry about his reservation. Zeff was surprisingly okay, besides his head bleeding. His chefs were worry for him, but Zeff told them to get back to work, putting on his tall chef's hat.
While the kids laughed at Zeff's hat and braided mustache, Aizawa rubber his forehead in frustration.
"A man could have been killed and you're worried about your reservation?"
Two chefs dragged Luffy into his room. Luffy bowed all the way to the floor, apologizing. Then he saw Zeff's peg leg, completely horrified, and Zeff kicked him in the face.
Fullbody and his lady entered the Baratie, customers looking at them.
Zeff told Luffy that he didn't caused his peg leg, but he still caused bruises all over Zeff's body. Luffy has to pay for his medical fees and the repair charges for the ship, but Luffy doesn't have money.
"Hey, you should blame this on the Marines. They're the ones who shoot the cannon first." Mina said, then she held up a finger. "And if you say they saw Luffy launch the cannonball, then they should have noticed the Marines starting it all."
Since he doesn't have any money, Zeff allowed him to have a job here to work it off... for a year. Of course, that isn't good for Luffy.
"A year?!" Several students shouted in shock.
"Well, I imagine getting services out to sea can be rather pricey." Iida reasoned.
"Or they could bring the restaurant to the services." Momo said, which Iida nodded along to.
"Still... they might not earn earn a lot than sailing out to sea. Possibly closing it down temporarily."
"...Don't bring logic to this." Denki sighed.
Nami, Usopp, and Zoro waited for Luffy while Johnny and Yosaku repaired the railing. Already, they could guess the situation while Nami suggested that he should have blamed the Navy.
"Exactly!" Mina shouted, standing up, but Kirishima brought her back down to her seat.
Back to the Baratie, a blond waiter was serving wine to Fullbody's table. The people there seem to know who Fullbody is as they stare in his direction, though Fullbody did use this to compliment on his date. The two clinked glasses, and when Fullbody sipped his wine, he started to specify what it is.
The waited slammed the wine bottle to the table as Fullbody asked he was right. Nope, he was wrong, much to the lieutenant's shock. After the blond man give him his spoon, he took a few steps away from them, but soon introduced himself as Sanji, the Sous Chef.
Fullbody could hear the customers whisper about him, laughing. His thoughts revealed that he requested to serve the specific wine when he made the reservation.
"Looks like we got our chef." Kirishima rubbed his hands together as Izuku reminded himself to leave a section open for Sanji in his One Piece notebook.
"Why would knowing all that wine stuff make you look cool?" Denki asked.
"It makes you look all smart and cultured." Hizashi answered.
"Glad he was taken down a peg though." Aizawa slightly smirked. "He was so smug about it too..."
Back to Luffy, the straw hat boy tried to bargain for one week, slowly increasing it when Zeff wouldn't budge. Since Luffy continued to speak so candidly, Zeff attacked him. Shifted onto his hands, Zeff performed rotating, powerful kicks to Luffy.
"B-Breakdancing?!" Mina's jaw dropped, along with some of the other students.
Meanwhile, Izuku stared at Zeff's kicks with a fascination, making sure to make notes.
Luffy still told no to Zeff, saying he waited ten years to become a pirate, so he didn't want to wait for another year. He've decided that he should let him off the hook in a week. Zeff suggested that since he wants to settle it quickly, he gave him another option: Cut off his leg.
"Well, I know the phrase 'it cost an arm and a leg' is a thing, but I don't think it should be taken literally." Hizashi let out a laugh as Aizawa rolled his eyes at him.
While Johnny and Yosaku celebrate fixing the railing with a dance, Nami, Usopp, and Zoro decided to finally check on Luffy.
Fullbody was still angry about being embarrassed in front of everyone, and when he saw a bug in the floor, he decided to take his petty revenge, stopping on it. Then Sanji started to flirt with the woman in red.
"Ugh, he's one of those guys." Jiro said in disgust, seeing that the woman backed away from him.
She could hear the other girls making similar comments on that, though Jiro did hear Toru say, "Darn, he was kind of cute."
Fullbody got his attention back with a slam of his hand on the table, complaining about the bug in his soup as he believe that this will make the restaurant's reputation drop. Sanji simply claimed that he doesn't know much about bugs, giving everyone else a laugh.
At first, the pink-haired man clawed at the table until he broke the table in half with his fist. Sanji touched the soup, telling him that it was still edible if he took out the bug, but Fullbody stomped on his hand, telling him he's a paying customer.
"Despite what the saying says, the customers can still be... unreasonable. "Toshinori sighed.
"Though a bug touched soup is gross." Sato stick his tongue out in disgust while Hizashi shivered at the idea.
His date tried to stop him, but the pink-haired man shoved her to the floor. This broke the camel's back as Sanji asked if money will satisfy his hunger, and soon he attacked Fullbody, similarly to Zeff's skills.
While Mineta complained about no panty shots, Izuku's eyes widen. He knew if Sanji is going to be the new crew mate, then Izuku knew he's going to get a lot of material for new techniques.
A big smile appeared on his face.
Zeff was able to beat Luffy down, telling him he can't survive in this world by keep saying 'no.' Despite his beat down, Luffy refused to back down.
Luffy's friends finally arrived to the restaurant, just in time to see Sanji holding a beaten Fullbody by the head as the other chefs came down from the stairs.
"Don't... waste food. At sea, provoking a cook is the same as committing suicide. Remember that."
After a shot of Luffy's struggling face, "To Be Continued" appeared.
"Sanji's so cool." Kirishima was in awe.
"Still, didn't like what he did to that lady." Jiro sighed, shaking her head.
"It wasn't that bad. He just offered some wine." Mineta argued, which caused her to stab her earjack into his ear.
"Oh, already having ideas?" Ochako asked Izuku, though she was met with a couple of murmurs.
After skipping the opening and recap of episode 21, they were greeted with, "Unwelcome Customer! Sanji's Food and Gin's Debt."
A man was going to the restaurant's washroom until he heard another man shouting about customer service and pleasant greetings, which contrasted with calling them 'bastard' and 'crooks.' In the washroom, a buff looking man in blue was hyping himself, making faces in the mirror.
Through the laughter, Katsuki let out a baffled "What the..."
Even though the buff man seems harmless so far, Todoroki felt a surge of hatred for the character, like with Richie before. He doesn't know why this happened. Is it the voice?
Exiting out the washroom, he happily greeted the frighten man (calling him a 'crook') and left on his merry way, but as soon as he saw Sanji manhandling Fullbody, he scolded Sanji for beating up a customer, though Sanji didn't care. Fullbody didn't treat the food with respect.
Sanji let Fullbody go, and the lieutenant declared that he will shut down the restaurant by contacting the government. Sanji threatened to finish him off, but he was held back by the other chefs.
"Yeah, fuck him!" Katsuki shouted. "I would be pissed off too if he shits on my food."
"Seems like he shares your anger issues too." Jiro causally said, which of course, Katsuki shouted back at her, "What was that?!"
Suddenly, Luffy and Zeff came straight through the ceiling, startling everyone. Before another fight could start between the two, the chefs called for Zeff's attention. Zeff shouted at Sanji for going through another rampage in the restaurant, then kicked him in the face.
Fullbody seemed smug at the situation... until Zeff told him to get out and also kicked him in the face. The lieutenant was horrified at the place, comparing them to a bunch of pirates.
Sanji and Patty, the buff man, seemed to be about to fight, but Zeff told them to do it in the kitchen.
"I mean, they are acting rather unprofessional in front of the customers." Iida stated the understatement of the year, reasoning Fullbody's comparison.
"But the shithead started all of this! He tried to ruin the restaurant's reputation just because he was embarrassed." Mina complained.
"I'm just shock that the Baratie wasn't shut down a long time ago if this is a common occurrence." Momo whispered.
Through the shock, Fullbody was able to notice his soldier calling out to him at the entrance, telling him that they got trouble from the Pirate Krieg's underling, who escaped.
They captured him to get a lead on the Krieg Pirates three days ago. Fullbody couldn't believe it since their prisoner was close to starving.
The customers were in a panic, claiming that the Krieg Pirates are the strongest in the East Blue.
"East Blue?" Denki looked rather puzzled.
"The strongest pirates?" Sero said with interest.
"If the underling was able to escape despite being near starved, then what is the captain is like?" Momo wondered.
Before the Marine soldier could say anymore, he was suddenly shot, collapsing to the floor. The customers ran as the others stared at the man entering.
The man was relatively lanky, causally sitting at one of the tables as if he didn't just shot a man, and out a leg up on the table. He demanded that they give him food, covered in blood.
A few students shivered, seeing his eyes were surrounded by dark rings.
"Well, brave of you to assume they'll just give you food." Aizawa said, not taken back by his appearance.
"Seeing how the chefs act, it's probably best he try to find a different restaurant." Hizashi joked.
Patty greeted him, but the man still demanded for food. Fullbody believed the guy is going to get killed as Patty asked or the money. The man aimed his gun at Patty's head, but the chef didn't even flinched, and since he didn't have money, Patty crushed him under his fists. Chefs and customers alike cheered.
Patty heard the man's stomach grumble, but the pirate tried to pass it off as a fart, still demanding food. As Patty shouted him to beat it, Sanji went to the kitchen and started to cook.
"Wait, what is he doing?" Ochako's eyes widen.
"Cooking, duh." Denki said like it was obvious.
"Okay then, why is he cooking right now?"
Through the pirate's beating, Fullbody decided to finally run off with his soldier, planning to never come back here. As Patty was cheered on, the chef happily told them to continue on their meals, and he carried the man off to the back of the restaurant, telling him to never come back.
"I would say that he should watch over him, but the man didn't really pick up a fight." Toshinori said.
The pirate shakily tried to stand up, but failed as Luffy watches from the balcony. He asked if the man is hungry, and like before, he stubbornly said no, despite his stomach still grumbling. Then Sanji came in with seafood fried rice and a glass of water for him.
Sanji causally smoke his cigarette and told him to eat it. Though he gulped at the sight, the pirate refused to take his charity, but to Sanji, anyone who's hungry is a customer. When the man continued to refuse his offer, Sanji told him that he understands how a hungry person feels more than anyone.
"You can die for your pride if you want, but if you eat and survive, don't you think there's a future for you?"
Finally, the man understood and started to eat, practically shoveling all the food into his mouth, crying. He apologized and gave his thanks to Sanji, calling his food delicious.
There were a couple of smiles from the crowd, along with a few comments of wanting fried rice now.
"Huh, he's kind of a softie." Mina playfully chimed in.
"Sanji's a lot nicer than I thought. Still didn't like that womanizing bit though." Jiro said, narrowing her eyes.
Sanji smiled widely, somewhat smug. Luffy laughed and asked Sanji to be a cook on his crew.
After the eyecatches, Sanji asked Luffy some questions like is he a pirate, or why did he shoot a cannonball into the restaurant? Of course Luffy told him it was in self defense, a stray shot. Sanji told him to not fo anything stupid, especially since the owner used to be a cook in a famous pirate group and this restaurant is his treasure. It just happened that the cooks here came to the restaurant out of admiration and were also hot-headed like pirates, though that's perfect since pirates would come and go. In fact, there are some customers who come here to see the fights, and that caused the waiters to run away. That might be the reason why Zeff wanted Luffy to work here for a year.
"Huh, dinner and a show." Hizashi joked.
"I don't want to worry about things getting out of hand." Aizawa groaned.
"Still, it's impressive that there are people who want to work with Zeff, despite his... demeanor." Iida said.
"Hey, if you want something, toughen up." Katsuki advised.
"And he must be really good at cooking." Kirishima added.
Luffy asked Sanji to join his crew. Sanji refused, saying there's a reason why he's working at the restaurant, but Luffy refused his refusal. He's a good cook, so he wants them to be pirates together.
"That's not how it works." Aizawa shook his head.
"But he's really persistent." Hizashi shrugged.
The two begin to argue, but the man interrupted to tell them that he's Gin of the Krieg Pirates. Gin asked Luffy if he have any goals. When Luffy told him about One Piece and going to the Grand Line, Gin could tell he have few members since he's looking for a cook, which Luffy said that Sanji's his fifth one, much to the cook's protest.
Since Luffy is a nice guy, Gin decided to give him a warning and that's the Grand Line is the place to avoid. Luffy asked if he knew something about the Grand Line, Gin shivered and shake, claiming that's exactly why he fears it: he know nothing about it.
"Well, it's normal to have fear of the unknown." Tokoyami nodded, reassuring the pirate.
"And the Grand Line is called the Pirate Graveyard." Momo added on.
Luffy asked who Krieg is.
Cut to the chefs cooking in the kitchen. One chef asked Patty about the guy he've beaten up earlier, telling him that was one of the Krieg Pirates. Patty knew as the chef explained that 'Don Krieg' is the strongest and most evil pirate in this part of the ocean. The man in sunglasses added that Don Krieg is the don of a pirate fleet that controls the captains of 50 pirate ships, and he's no less than a monster. When Patty asked what's the big deal, the chef explained that his force has more than 5000 pirates. If Gin told Don Krieg what happened here, the restaurant would probably be crushed.
"50 ships and 5000 pirates?!" Denki's jaw dropped. "That's a lot of people to order over."
"Especially since they don't seem to have much advanced technology." Iida added. "This Don Krieg must have quite the presence, or at least loyal minions to help him."
Patty asked the man if he should have treated Gin, finding that'll be rude to the other customers as he believe that will ruin the reputation of Baratie's fighting cooks. Soon, the two started to fight as the other chefs eagerly watch and cheer until Zeff told them to go back to work.
"God, they really want to fight." Jiro let out a laugh.
"Surprised that they can get any work done." Momo said.
"Considering the owner..." Todoroki trailed off.
"Well, the owner didn't want them to fight in the kitchen, so he does have some standards." Izuku reasoned.
"Didn't he told Sanji and Patty to take their fight in the kitchen before?"
"...Okay, you may be right."
Back to Luffy, Sanji, and Gin, Luffy told Gin that he still plan on going to the Grand Line as Gin decided to sail back to his captain, giving his thanks to Sanji. He felt like he owes him his life for what he've done, and asked if it's okay if he came back for it. Sanji told him he can come back anytime.
Then Zeff, from the balcony, told Luffy to go back to work. Sanji told Gin, through Gin is worry that Sanji will get yelled at because he fed him for free.
Right in front of Zeff, Sanji took the empty dishes and toss them into the sea, proclaiming that there's no proof now, much to Gin's shock.
There were appreciated smiles among the crowd, even Iida, who would had scolded Sanji for littering.
Aizawa shook his head, smiling just a bit. "That's not going to work every time."
Sanji told Gin to not get caught as the man sail out to sea, bowing to Sanji's kindness. Zeff told Luffy and Sanji to get back to work already.
In the kitchen, Luffy announced himself as the chore boy for them, though no one reacted at all. Honestly, while the other chefs work, Luffy was just sitting in his chair, picking his nose until the chefs got angry at him for doing nothing.
As Luffy (badly) washes the dishes, he listen to the others talk about Sanji, finding it annoying that he's the sous chef and yet he's unprofessional with his flirting, but it can't be helped since he's been here the longest.
"What's the difference between 'chef' and 'sous chef?'" Denki whispered as if he's asking for an answer on a test in class.
"Chef is a professional cook while a sous chef is basically the second in command in the kitchen." Katsuki quickly defined.
"Sanji's been around the longest? He looks like he's the youngest out of all of them though." Iida pointed out, but no one could give him a clear answer or guess.
Some theorized he might be still here for the Head Chef title as Luffy kept breaking the dishes, which of course, he got a scolding for. Since he can't clean the dishes, he was told to sweep instead, and as Luffy was about to leave, he grabbed a piece of mean from a customer's food. Once again, he got yelled at. It doesn't help that Luffy also grabbed a hot wok, burning his hand and caused several more dishes to break.
Over the laughter, Jiro said, "God, it's probably best that Luffy wanted to be a pirate because I can't imagine him as anything else."
"If he actually stayed there for a year, the place would be wreaked before he could ever repay that debt." Kirishima said, amused.
Luffy was told to take the customers' order instead. As he went to the dining area downstairs, Luffy could see that his friends are having a meal as they made fun of the situation. Luffy got angry at them for getting food without him.
While Zoro laugh, Luffy picked his nose and dropped the booger into his drink.
"Ew! Gross! Luffy!" Toru shouted in disgust as most of the students were grossed out, but there were a couple of chuckles and snickers from the more immature ones.
Usopp and Nami laughed to themselves, seeing Luffy's prank. The glass of water gets closer and closer to Zoro's mouth... until he shoved the drink down into Luffy's throat.
There were laughter from all around the class, and from Usopp and Nami too.
The customers stared at the four's antics as Sanji was bothered by how loud they are, though he was interested when he saw Nami. Already, he was on one knee, offering Nami a rose and flowery words.
"...Oh, so he's a simp." Denki said as if he just understood what just happened, which caused a few more chuckles from the others.
"Not sure if that's better than being a womanizer." Jiro rubbed her chin in thought.
Zeff came in when Sanji mentions an 'blockage,' and asked why he doesn't become a pirate with them, saying he's no longer needed at the restaurant.
"Wait, he doesn't want Sanji here?" Izuku questioned.
"Why doesn't he just fire him?" Ochako asked.
"Well, they're all stubborn, especially Sanji, so I don't think he would let Zeff do that." Jiro guessed.
On an island, Gin was talking to his captain, Don Krieg, telling him of how he survived, and Gin wants to take him to the Baratie.
"I... don't have a good feeling about this." Toshinori admitted with a hint of nervousness in his voice.
After skipping the opening and recap of episode 22, they were greeted with, "The Strongest Pirate Fleet! Commodore Don Krieg."
Sanji confronted Zeff, telling him he's the sous chef. Zeff told him that he gets into trouble with customers, gets overly 'excited' every time he sees a girl, and can't cook a meal.
"The first two are true, but not the third one." Iida said.
"I think he's just saying that to get Sanji out of there." Izuku guessed. "But why though?"
"It could be possible that Zeff wants Sanji out of the restaurant because he wants him to gain experience outside of the place." Aizawa explained. "Sure, you can stay in one place as a hero, but you'll have more experience if you expand your locations."
Sanji didn't back down without a fight, but Zeff thrown Sanji to the pirates' table when Sanji grabbed his collar. Nami, Usopp, and Zoro grabbed their food away just in time. Even with that, Sanji's still determined to work here until the day Zeff dies.
Luffy told him he has permission to be a pirate, but of of course, Sanji refused as he set the table up. Without missing a beat, Sanji served Nami a fruit macedonia and a drink, but nothing for the guys, besides some tea.
"Ooo... that looks good." Toru swooned.
"Don't be fooled by that." Jiro sighed. "Besides, don't give him hope."
Turning towards Mineta, the grape boy looks like he's... reconsidering some things.
"I mean, it's kind of cute." Mina whispered, itching for some romance in this show. Jiro only rolled her eyes at that.
Sanji was practically wrapped around Nami's finger as she said the food is delicious but a bit expensive. Sanji was quick to say it was free, being rewarded with a hug. Sanji immediately told the guys their food aren't.
"Yeah... I'm just not meant to be a simp." Mineta said, then shivered when he remembered his time with Mt. Lady. "It's just not worth it for a hug."
"We wouldn't date you if you were." The girls nearly chorused at the same time.
"...What's a 'simp?'" Aizawa whispered to his friend.
Hizashi let out a snort. "That's what you get for not being on social media much."
"Never mind then."
Luffy let out a laugh, enjoying his cup of tea until Sanji kicked him in the head, and dragged him around, telling him to bring customers moist hand-towels.
It faded to black until it came back to the Baratie on a foggy day. Usopp complained that it's been four days since Luffy have been working here. He asked when they can leave, wondering if Luffy actually has to work here for a year. Nami doesn't see the problem because she gets the free food.
Luffy was shown carrying out comically large amount of garbage until Usopp called out to him to leave soon, but Luffy just told them to wait, planning on talking to the owner again.
"I'm surprised someone like him haven't ran away." Sero said.
"Well, he does want Sanji as his chef," Izuku reasoned. "And we both know how stubborn he is."
Luffy suddenly turned around as if he sensed something, and in the fog, he could see him, Don Krieg.
Soon, the customers noticed him too and his ship in the fog. The ship easily towers over the Baratie as it approached. Customers and chefs alike panicked, except for Zeff and Sanji.
Though his friends warned him about the giant galleon, Luffy joined Saji's side, wondering if Gin came back to repay his kindness. Sanji doesn't believe so, feeling something's off.
"Well, yeah, a giant ship is right in front of you!" Denki exclaimed.
"Come on, Gin. Don't betray Sanji." Mina could only hope that Gin isn't going to become the bad guy in this arc.
The galleon came into view as the fog disappeared, showing how wreaked it truly is from the ripped sail to to the broken figurehead. It was as if they went through a tornado.
The customers were terrified and the chefs checked on what's going on as the Don Krieg approached the entrance. The doors opened up as it revealed the man Don Krieg, the man that was always described as the most powerful man in the East Blue.
Don Krieg... was being carried by Gin, weakly begging for food and water. He's even willing to pay.
"He's... a lot less threatening than he's hyped up to be." Katsuki sounded rather disappointed by that.
"Wouldn't all villains seem less threatening if they were begging for food?" Ochako pointed out.
Everyone was shock that he've shown no dignity or force, questioning if that was even the real Don Krieg here. Luffy saw Sanji head up to the kitchen. Don Krieg collapsed even with Gin supporting him. Gin begged the others to help his captain, but even when he said Krieg'll starve to death, the customers gave them looks of disgust while Patty laughed. Even if they have money, Patty said they'll contact the Marines instead since he's at his weakest now.
"Can't you feed him at least a little?" Kirishima gripped his pants tightly. "I know they went on about him being the strongest and the most evil dude ever, but you can't let him die like that."
"I've heard starvation is the one of the worst ways to die." Iida added, making their opinion of the situation worst.
"If an infamous villain, like really infamous, came up to you, begging for food, would you really want them to survive?" Katsuki asked.
"Well, it's different if they're right in front of you than in some prompt you're telling."
"Come on! What about you guys? You have to agree, right?"
Students and teachers alike tried to envision themselves in such a situation. That the worst villain they've ever met came up to them practically dying, begging for food despite what they've done in the past. For certain villains, the likelihood of this happening is very slim, but if it did happened...
No one could answer him, leaving with a pissed off Katsuki.
The customers and chefs didn't want to give him a single thing, even when Krieg bowed down all the way to the floor as he promised not to attack. Although Gin told him not to beg, Krieg continued on, asking for even the leftovers.
If he begged like that, would I actually save him? Toshinori tried to envision Krieg's place with him. For lesser villains, he would, but if it was him, Toshinori found himself freezing. I mean, no one would blame him if he left him to die for what he have done to everyone, to him, but...
Sanji came down and kicked Patty down into the brick pole. With a big bowl of fried rice and a bottle of alcohol, Sanji served the captain food. Krieg gave him his thanks, shoveling the food into his mouth with his hands.
The chef in the sunglasses yelled at him for giving Krieg food, telling him how the man started when Krieg was in prison, pretended to be a Marine soldier and took over a ship by killing a senior officer. That's how he declared himself as a pirate.
There were frightened squeals when they saw Krieg's silhouette stabbed his sword through a man's body.
"You couldn't have said that earlier, you fucking extra!?" Katsuki shouted.
Krieg would pretend to be the Navy, so he could enter harbors, and attack towns and passenger ships. He would even raise white flags and attack enemy ships. He's well known for playing dirty.
"Goddamn it, he played us!" Mina shouted, angry that Krieg gained their pity before.
But he did give us something to think. Iida though, not too sure how to think about this new prompt.
Krieg slammed the bottle to the floor, gaining everyone's attention. He struck Sanji down with his arm.
After the eyecatches, it was shown that that Krieg's attack practically thrown Sanji across the room. The customers screamed, running away.
"A-Already? He recovered that quickly?" Izuku said in shock.
Gin told him that's not what they agreed on, but Krieg grabbed his shoulder, held him up, and crushed him with a single squeeze.
Despite seeing the customers run away, Zoro suggested they see what's going on, much to Usopp's protests. Looking at Krieg's ship itself, Zoro felt like there was almost no sign of anyone of that ship.
Back inside Krieg glared down at the remaining people and declared he'll take the Baratie itself since his old one is a wreak. He demanded everyone to get off this ship.
"Are you seriously going to take everything after what they've done for you?!" Mina gapped at the man.
"I don't think floating restaurants are a normal thing here." Ochako said.
Don Krieg pointed to his ship, saying that his 100 underlings are also weak with hunger and have severe injuries. He wants them to prepare 100 meals and water for them. There's already some who starved to death.
The sunglasses chef didn't want to do it, but Krieg doesn't want to be defied, frightening the other chefs. Gin apologized for all of this while Patty yelled at him for starting all of this.
Still, Sanji stood up and started to walk towards the kitchen, planning to prepare all their meals.
"Really?!" Katsuki shouted at the blond.
"I know they're villains, but they're starving! That's like the worst way to die." Denki exclaimed.
"They can eat after they're captured!"
"What if it's too late?" Iida shouted back.
Sanji was held back by the other chefs holding weaponry that resembles giant utensils.
Jiro let out a laugh as Hizashi sweatdropped, "I know you're really dedicated to being chefs, but... are the utensil weapons really necessary?"
"The spoons could be actually woks." Toshinori shrugged.
"Since when did woks have long staffs, especially where they're working at?" Aizawa deadpanned.
The chefs didn't want Sanji to go in the kitchen. Sanji spread out his arms and told them to go ahead. He acknowledge that Krieg is a rogue, but he doesn't care. He's a cook, and if someone's hungry, he'll feed them.
Suddenly, Patty attacked him from behind, scolding Sanji for all he've done. Patty plans on protecting the restaurant. From a compartment under the stairs, Patty took out a weapon: A bazooka.
"...Is that a lobster bazooka?" Toshinori stared at the weaponry, dumbfounded.
"Once again, a little too dedicated to being a sea chef." Hizashi joked.
"Shokuatari Meatball!" A powerful explosive was shot into Don Krieg, causing a big cloud of soot and dust.
"That was... a much more awesome explosion than I thought." Katsuki was in awe... temporarily.
Through that smoke, Krieg is still alive, now furious. Guns revealed under his armor, and he shot at the chefs. Taking off his gloves, he revealed diamond covered knuckles.
He declared himself to be stronger, showing off his armor and weapons.
"Well... I heard that golden armor is actually weak, so there!" Denki had a smug look on his face as if he came up with a clever comeback.
Zeff passed by Luffy, and right in front of Krieg was a giant bag of food, much to everyone's shock.
Upon hearing Zeff's name, Krieg trembled.
"To Be Continued."
"Wait, was Zeff actually an infamous pirate in the past?" Todoroki theorized.
"What else could he be shock about?" Sero shrugged.
"If that was the case, then Fullbody would had probably recognize him." Iida pointed out.
"I mean, it must have been a long time since Zeff was a pirate and maybe he became kind of a legend among other pirates." Izuku suggested.
After skipping episode 23's opening and recap, they were greeted with, "Protect Baratie! The Great Pirate, Red Foot Zeff!"
"Red Foot Zeff." Izuku repeated the name, feeling like he should get extra prepared.
Zeff was called crazy by the other chefs, but the man didn't care, calling Don Krieg a 'defeated warrior of the Grand Line.' The others were shock by the East Blue Ruler couldn't sail in the Grand Line, even with his fleet.
Krieg recognized the older man as 'Red Foot Zeff,' a pirate who was both cook and captain of his own crew. He was well known as a master of kicks who never used his hands in battle, legs that could crush bedrock and left footprints on steel. 'Red Foot' refers to the blood that splattered on his feet when he attack his enemies.
Even when he shivered with the others at such imagery, Izuku found himself fascinated with the man's strong kicks. Maybe with some fine tuning, Izuku could improve on his own kicks.
Although, since Zeff lost a leg, that means he's unable to fight. Zeff didn't care. He cared more about cooking. Zeff asked what Krieg wants with him.
All Krieg wants is a logbook filled with Zeff's time in the Grand Line. Zeff admitted to having it, but he have no desire to give it to the armored captain. That logbook represents Zeff's crewmen he've traveled with.
Because Zeff isn't willing to give it up, Krieg will just take it from him by force.
"Ha! I like to see you try!" Ochako shouted, hands cupping her mouth.
Even though he failed to go through the Grand Line, Krieg still considered himself the strongest, determined he could successfully do it if he had the information. That's why he wants that logbook. With that information, he was sure he'll be on top of the Great Pirate Era.
Luffy approached him and jabbed a finger in his direction. "I'm the one who's gonna be King of the Pirates!"
"Oh Luffy..." Jiro shook her head. "Of all times to say that."
"Well, it's basically his catchphrase now." Denki shrugged. "He got to say it at least a few times."
Everyone was appalled by the declaration, but Luffy won't back off. Krieg told him that isn't a game, furious at how confident he is.
Krieg had a fleet of 5000 men wiped out in just seven days. Gin was reeling from the memories of those seas.
"Seven days!?" Plenty of students were just as shock as the chefs onscreen.
"It took seven days?" Izuku's jaw dropped at such a feat.
"How is Luffy going to survive in the Grand Line if Krieg couldn't do it with 5000 people?" Kirishima wondered out loud.
"I'm going to destroy the fucking DVDs if he's somehow getting a thousand extras before going there!" Katsuki exclaimed.
Since Luffy's not going to let it go, Krieg is going to crush him, and Luffy isn't afraid of him.
Seeing Krieg's hidden guns have frightened the other chefs, but not Luffy. Zoro and Usopp asked if Luffy need a helping hand, suddenly appearing on the stairs, though Usopp's knees are shaking. Luffy just told them to watch.
Krieg laughed at his crew members, at how small they are, but he hidden away his weaponry, planning on giving the underlings the food. He told those who don't want to die to escape now, and promised those who stayed will be killed.
"There's no way Luffy will let that guy beat him." Sato said.
"Yeah, Krieg needs more than punches and bullets to defeat Luffy. In fact, he can't defeat him with just that." Iida analyzed.
"He'll probably have more weaponry that that. Either that, or maybe it'll be an endurance test of sorts." Izuku specialized.
On the Going Merry, Johnny and Yosaku were wondering if the others were okay since it gotten quiet, and asked Nami if they should go in, but on the other side of the ship, Nami was quiet herself, staring at a poster. Johnny tried to call out to her again, but Yosaku tumbled and crashed into him. If the little chu, pink heart, and their reactions were anything to imply...
"Oh, come on!" Mina and Minata shouted at the same time, angry that the first kiss of the anime was a joke and not something that was romantic or sexy.
The two looked at each other. Mineta winked as Mina shuttered, horrified that she've done something similar to him.
Even over the retching, Nami didn't turn around. When Johnny called out to her again, Nami finally turned around, hiding the poster behind her back. The two men looked at each other in suspicion.
It's the Arlong poster, isn't it? Izuku thought as he could only give guesses to their connection.
Gin trembled on the floor, apologizing to Sanji once again, but Zeff told him that isn't needed. Patty was mad that the owner seemed to be taking Sanji's side. Zeff told them to shut up, asking what it's like to be on the brink of starvation. How scary it is... How hard it is...
The chefs were confuse, realizing that Sanji knows that feeling. Zeff told them to run, but the chefs didn't back down, refusing to run.
In the sight of their confidence, Gin can't believe what they're doing. Sanji told him though he'll feed people, they're now dealing with full bellied plunders, and he'll have no qualms in killing even Gin if they tried to take over the Baratie. Gin gulped.
"Why do you have to be so terrifying all of a sudden?" Toru shivered, reaching for a pillow.
"Starvation can be one hell of a motivator." Katsuki said gravely.
Luffy said that Sanji's kind of cool, but Usopp just wanted to get out of here. Though Zoro told him to calm down since he considers Krieg a wreak with injuries. Luffy asked Gin why they haven't learn anything when they were in the Grand Line.
Gin's eyes grew wide, recalling the seventh say of the voyage to the best of his abilities. It felt like a dream or a nightmare, he couldn't tell, but he remembered that the 50 ships fleet... was wiped out by one man. Everyone was shocked by that.
"O-One man..." Tokoyami breathed out, both impressed yet terrified at such a thing.
"That can't be possible..." Iida gaped.
After the eyecatches, as Krieg brought food to his minions, Gin recalled that day. The man sunk ship after ship, and they were lucky that the storm came before the main ship could be destroyed. Gin can't remembered the rest. It was too dreadful to accept it as reality, but he describes the man's eyes as 'sharp, hawk-like eyes whose glare alone gives one the chill of death.'
Zoro lend over the railing, shock by what he've said. Zeff pointed out that must be Hawk Eye. If the eyes weren't enough, then his actions did. At Zoro's shaking, Luffy asked if he knows him. Zoro told him that Hawk Eye is the man he's looking for, the reason he went out to sea.
Sanji asked Gin if he held a grudge, they've done nothing. Though Zeff guessed that they must have disturbed his nap. Gin was worked up at such a reason and Zeff told him that's just an example of what kind of place the Grand Line.
"That it's so petty over a nap that it would destroy an entire fleet?" Katsuki was appalled by such a thing.
"I think you're the last person to say such a thing." Jiro murmured.
"If Hawk Eye is the man Zoro's looking for, does that mean he's the world's strongest swordsman?" Tokoyami seem to brighten up with a small smile.
Zoro would describe the Grand Line as 'anything can happen.' Usopp told Luffy they shouldn't go there, but it was too late. Luffy is way too excited to go there. Through Usopp's crying, Zoro could now see that his goal is in the Grand Line too.
Sanji told them they were stupid, saying they would most likely die. Still, Zoro didn't care what he said, devoted to become the world's strongest swordsman, besides it's his decision. Luffy and Usopp (obviously a lie though) joined in too. Still, Sanji believed that to be nonsense as Zeff looked at hime with a slight smile.
"Come on, don't you have a dream?" Ochako pouted.
"I guess his dream is the Baratie." Toshinori shrugged.
"But there must be a reason why Sanji joins them." Izuku said.
Patty told them to take this more seriously since they're facing Don Krieg. As Krieg's crew shoveled as much as they could, they shouted for joy. When Krieg said they'll go back to the Grand Line, the crew were terrified. Though when he shot a man for asking a question, they forced themselves to cheer.
"Man, how do these guys became a crew?" Denki wondered. "Like Krieg's willing to murder them if they ask a question!"
"Companionship? Desperation?" Jiro guessed.
A candle burning a green flame came into view as Krieg declared that they'll take over the restaurant, making sure to aim for the cooks. Soon, a man hiding his face approached.
"T-That can't be- Already?!" Tokoyami felt himself panic.
Krieg's minions charged to the Baratie to attack. The chefs and the others readied themselves, but... yellow eyes came into view.
A long strike appeared on Krieg's ship. Once the man put his sword back into his stealth, the galleon split right in half.
"It's him! It has to be him!" Katsuki shouted over the the loud, amazed awes of the others.
Everyone was in shock as the underlings failed to hang onto the sinking ship. Krieg couldn't believe it was actually cut in half as the resulting collapse caused the Baratie to be roughly rocked by the waves. Zeff told the chefs to raise the anchor so they wouldn't be swallowed.
Everyone else ran outside while Zoro worried about Nami, Johnny, and Yosaku, but in the waters, the two hunters swam to them. Zoro asked about the ship and Nami, but... Nami took everything, including the ship.
"What?!" came from the chorus of students.
"Nami, how could you?!" Ochako shouted, feeling horribly betrayed by the redhead's sudden actions.
"I know you're a thief who steals from pirates, but I thought we could trust you!" Kirishima cried.
Through the fog, Zeff could see the man in the coffin shaped boat. The man who followed Krieg and his crew, the man who single handedly sliced his ship, the man... Hawk Eye.
"To Be Continued."
Once the conclusion came to the end, students murmured among themselves, mostly about Sanji's possibly joining, Nami's betrayal, and Hawk Eye's sudden appearance.
"It... It's too early for Zoro to become the world's strongest," Tokoyami knew there was over a thousand episodes, so Zoro's goal can't be over so soon. "And there's no way for Zoro to run away from a battle from Hawk Eye."
"...I guess Zoro's going to learn a lesson today." Aizawa said.
Tokoyami gulped, thinking of sharp, yellow eyes that contrasted with familiar, softer, golden-brown ones.
Fun Fact #3: Endeavor's Japanese voice actor, Tetsu Inada, also have voiced Patty.
AN: ...So, sorry for the long wait. I was taking a little break (along with being busy with life), and hopefully this four episodes chapter will make you forgive me for the wait. Anyway, I hoped you enjoy this chapter.
