After skipping episode 46's opening, they were met with the Going Merry in the dark as Luffy raised the anchor with Zoro bringing it ip. They were setting sail as Sanji and Usopp were on lookout.
Usopp complained to Sanji about shaking the ship, but Sanji just told him to go down and sleep if he's so scared. Of course, the sniper rejected the notion of being scared.
"You're totally not scared." Jiro chuckled, shaking her head.
Luffy called out to Sanji for breakfast as the sun came up, reflecting that the morning has come.
As Sanji and Nami greeted out their mornings, Luffy asked Zoro to play tag with him. When he heard tag, Usopp happily ran up to them, wanting to play too.
"What are you guys? Five?" Katsuki complained.
"Hey, they need to do something on the ship while they're sailing." Denki pouted.
As Nami smiled at them, Zoro thought the two were stupid and pathetic for playing tag at their age.
"Thank you!"
Zoro wanted to go to the kitchen for breakfast until Usopp claimed that the swordsman doesn't want to play because he doesn't like losing.
This has caused Zoro to get angry, chasing them around the ship.
There was laughter from the students, feeling rather relaxed at the situation they're in. Though Katsuki did let out an annoyed tick.
Nami continued to smile, remembering the first time she've met Luffy.
Soon, Sanji told them that breakfast's ready as everyone ran for the food. At the table, Nami openly wondered about what happened to Buggy.
"Yeah, we haven't seen him since that episode." Mina said.
"I'm surprised he's still alive." Katsuki sighed.
Luffy thought he's at the bottom of the ocean. Zoro doesn't believe so since he believes pirates that every pirate are pretty stubborn, pulling on Usopp's nose.
After Luffy steals Usopp's food, Sanji told him that his food is already gone as he give Nami a special yogurt dessert.
As the students laugh, Kirishima said, "Oh my god, Luffy has a bottomless stomach."
Through a transition of maps, we can see Buggy has finished his flashy raft.
"Oh god no..." Katsuki immediately frowned at the sight of the clown.
"Oh, a Buggy episode!" Toru clapped a little.
"Tell me this is filler!"
"Well, the sticky notes says it's canon, so no." Aizawa blandly said.
Katsuki could only let out an annoyed groan.
Buggy swears that he'll get his crew back together, and he will get his super flashy revenge on Luffy, no matter what.
As the mini clown pirate sailed out at sea, it seemed to be going well at first... Then it was revealed he was being attacked by piranhas.
The kids giggled and snickered, seeing Buggy try to paddle his way out of this.
Finally, the title card came up, "Chase Straw Hat! Little Buggy's Big Adventure."
"Oh god, it is a fucking Big Nose episode." Katsuki groaned.
"Oh, come on, I'm pretty sure it'll only last like 1-2 episodes." Kirishima said, patting his back for comfort.
"Don't touch me, shitty hair."
Buggy finally hit land as the piranhas continued to eat his raft. He heavily panted, only to run when he saw one of the fishes flop in front of him. He cursed the fish fo scaring him until he saw a yellow bird half his height, staring at him.
Of course, Buggy yelled at it for staring. The bird made a frightened noise, running off only a little bit away to stare at him again.
"Oh, come on, he's not hurting anyone." Ochako cooed as the girls and Koda found the animal to be adorable.
Buggy thought he was ridiculing him, though he also thought the bird got some guts too. So, he plans to eat him, pulling out a knife and fork out of nowhere.
"No, not the birdie!" Toru yelled out at him.
The bird ran away with Buggy chasing after him all over the place until it was revealed there was another chick in hiding.
"Bara Bara Ho!" Buggy punched the bird, pining it down with his fork and knife.
Buggy looked down on the little bird, telling him to stop flailing around.
...Then the mama bird appeared over him with her own knife and fork.
The kids laughed and cheered, seeing the clown try to run away from the giant bird.
The big, blue bird searched for Buggy until she noticed the very obvious trap Buggy set out. He plans on trapping the creature to eat it, but as the pirate snickered to himself, the bird picked up the covering and threw it down the hole, causing Buggy to run over in excitement only to be captured by her.
As the others continued on to laugh, Katsuki scoffed with a smile, "You couldn't have hid it better?"
Buggy was immediately served on a plate, screaming in terror as the big bird puts on a bib. He begged for his life til he was eaten...
...but he was spit out for tasting terribly, being sent into the sky.
Denki let out a low whistle, pretending to shield his eyes as if he's trying to see Buggy in the distance. "That's a pretty good range."
Back on the Going Merry, Luffy have discovered a hermit crab, wondering if he got onboard at Nami's village, or maybe at Usopp's.
"I believe... it's from Usopp's." Iida nodded.
"Certain there was a gag about it falling into the water." Momo agreed.
"Who the fuck cares about that?" Katsuki groaned.
In the sky, Buggy was seen flying across the sky like a rocket, screaming, which Luffy thought he recognized but chalked it up as his imagination.
Buggy have finally landed on another island, where a voice from above told him to leave.
"It's Gaimon!" Izuku cheerfully said.
"And they keep piling on the extras." Katsuki sighed.
The island's 'god' told Buggy to leave if he wants to live, though he mistook him for a weird creature, causing Buggy to get mad.
The 'island god' asked if he took another step on his land, then will he receive his divine punishment and meet his doom? Of course, Buggy doesn't know.
Soon, the strange animals came out as the 'island god' told him to not mess with them or die. This only caused Buggy to be interested, taking a step forward, and with that, Gaimon shot at him, luckily just hitting his hat.
"Oh Jesus!" Jiro's eyes widen in surprise with the others.
"Oh yeah, bush man is packing heat!" Sero exclaimed, not knowing if he should laugh at the ridiculous situation.
"If only he actually shot him, then I would have some respect for him." Katsuki said.
Buggy was able to grab Gaimon with his severed hand, pulling him out. At the sight of the bush man, Buggy looked rather confused, asking if he's a box and sheltered son.
At first, Gaimon claimed that he've been overly pampered as a little boy, but soon, he quickly corrected himself, saying to not do stupid gags.
"I mean, you're the one who kind of started it." Hizashi shrugged as the others snickered.
Gaimon told Buggy not to get cocky, preparing to fight anyone who messes with these animals.
Buggy himself was ready for a fight himself, and after the eyecatches passed, the two stared at each other as the animals eat fruits.
"Man, even the freaks of nature are bored of this." Katsuki complained.
"Are you just going to complain the whole time?" Jiro asked, annoyed.
"Until we get out of these clown episodes."
The two charged at each other. Buggy grabbed Gaimon's hair and ran forward until the bush man pulled out his gun and pulled the trigger, riddling his cape with holes. Buggy complained about flying weapons, but Gaimon pointed out his severed hand. The bush man continued to shoot at him, but Buggy threw his hand at Gaimon's, holding him back. Buggy jumped high in the air to stop on his face, but Gaimon bit his finger in return, causing the clown pirate to fall off. Gaimon copied Buggy's actions from before, but Buggy was able to "Bara Bara Kinkyuu Dasshutsu" his way out of that attack, causing Gaimon to hurt his feet.
But back to the animals, where the gorilla-hippo was spitting out seeds.
Now cut back to Buggy and Gaimon, where Buggy was punching his opponent in the face until Gaimon kicked him off and sent him flying into a tree. With his gun to Buggy's head, Gaimon said he've had enough.
"Ah, what a great battle between gods." Denki jokingly said.
"Alright, shoot him. Shoot him now." Katsuki tried to encourage the bush man.
"Do you really believe he would do that?" Mina raised an eyebrow.
"Just let me believe!"
Gaimon is willing to kill anyone who messes with the animals as they're this island's treasure, but Buggy told him that the real treasure refers to gold, silver, and jewels. Still, Gaimon believes he came to this island for the animals, but the clown didn't come here cause he wanted to. At this, the bush man realized he's not a poacher, but rather, Buggy calls himself a great pirate.
When Buggy mentions he's a pirate, Gaimon was proud to say he used to be one too, apologizing for what he've done.
"And you were this close to make me somewhat like you." Katsuki sighed.
"Somewhat?" Ochako raised an eyebrow.
At night, with the animals, the two were drinking Gaimon's unrefined sake, basically having their own little party with the animals.
"Honestly, this looks kind of fin." Hizashi whispered towards the other two teachers.
"We already have enough party animals around." Aizawa sighed.
Gaimon once again apologized about before, and Buggy doesn't really care; he likes the booze. The only things that interest him are treasure and alcohol, and Gaimon honestly likes him, finding him to be a 'real stout-hearted guy.'
Buggy asked why he's here, and Gaimon told him his story. The clown pirate is shock that he's been here for 20 years, but the bush man doesn't mind now that these animals are here. He likes his life, but Buggy prefers his pirate life instead.
Gaimon agrees, remembering the good old times, so Buggy asked him if he would like to join his crew. Gaimon cried at the offer, but refused since these weird creatures are his friends. He let out a laugh since Buggy reminds him of a certain young pirate who asked him the same thing, and he was certain that this young pirate and Buggy would be friends. Buggy himself can't believe there are good youngsters out there, remembering a certain someone. Still, Gaimon believes that there are all kinds of youngster out there.
"And they're all Luffy apparently." Denki joked.
Just for this night, they've decided to party, and in the next day, Gaimon had helped Buggy with his raft. The clown pirate once again asked if Gaimon wants to come, but he refused once more.
The two shook hands, and stared at each other as a piano plays. The two tearfully said their goodbyes as Buggy sailed out to the sea.
...Then a giant crab came out of the waters, breaking Buggy's raft and reminding Gaimon about the strange sea creatures.
"Oh, now you say something." Aizawa dryly said.
"Welp, Buggy's dead." Jiro causually said.
"Totally." Katsuki nodded, hoping that was absolutely true.
...it wasn't.
Out of nowhere, the heart-shaped ship and the beautiful woman from the last episode appeared, shoot the crab, and saved Buggy.
"Bullshit!"
While Koda silently mourned the loss of the giant crab, Mineta shouted in pure jealousy, "The lucky bastard!"
"He is lucky." Izuku's jaw dropped at how close Buggy was to dying.
Buggy thanked the woman, but soon she asked if he's Buggy the Clown. So, Buggy, in turn, asked who she is. Instead of answering, the woman claimed she's looking for a certain someone, showing Luffy's poster.
"And she's looking for Luffy?" Todorokoi asked curiously.
"...Is she a fan?" Denki guessed.
"Oh, come one, it definitely can't be that." Mina said.
Revenge for Alvida? Izuku mentally theorized, confident in it.
Buggy is confused that he's the one she's looking for, and once again, the woman didn't answered, and said their meal is ready.
Offscreen, the woman told Buggy her reason she saved him-
"Oh, come on! We want to know too!" Toru complained.
-and asked him to team up. Buggy agreed since they shared the same goal, toasting to their new friendship.
"Seriously, who's the lady? Because she's not ringing any bells." Kirishima asked.
"And I would had definitely remembered her." Mineta agreed.
"But apparently, she and Buggy share the same goal against Luffy, so he must have beaten her before." Ochako guessed.
"But she've never appeared on the anime before." Iida pointed.
"Maybe she's like a childhood rival." Mina suggested.
"Once again, I'm sure the anime would had shown that."
"And she looks older than Luffy." Ojiro added.
"Let's just watch the damn thing already!" Katsuki complained.
"I thought you hated this episode." Jiro said.
"I still do! I just want this to be over already."
At night, on the Going Merry, the boys were having a conversation in their sleep as Nami decided to go to sleep, saying goodnight to the picture of Bellemere.
The episode ends when the hermit crab fell into the ocean.
"To Be Continued."
"Hermit crab, nooooooo!" Toru over dramatically shouted.
"Do you think the boys have conversations in their sleep too?" Mina whispered towards the other girls.
Jiro let out a laugh as Momo said, "I'm sure we would had noticed."
"Maybe we should record just in case." Ochako joked.
Skipping episode 47's opening and recap, they were introduced with, "You've been waiting for it! The Return of Captain Buggy!"
"We weren't!" Katsuki shouted at the TV.
Buggy was looking through a pair of binoculars when the woman asked where he's headed to, which Buggy thought that meant she's getting rid of him. That earned him a bonk on the head.
He explained that he needs to find his crew. He wonders where they are and what they are doing now.
There was a flashback of Buggy's crew being chased out by the townspeople. Cabaji and Mohji made the crew do role calls until they realized that their captain isn't here, just his body parts, crying for their loss.
"Huh, surprised they even care." Denki said.
"To be fair, what else can they even do?" Jiro questioned.
"Be normal citizens? Form an actual circus?"
"Look at them! Do you really think they could be normal people?" Katsuki rolled his eyes.
"Besides, they're honestly criminals." Iida added.
Mohji, Richie, and Cabaji laid on the ship's floor, wondering what could had happened to their captain, but Cabaji thought they should be thinking about the future of the Buggy Pirates. Mohji blames everything on Nami while Cabaji wants revenge on Zoro.
"Ha! I would like to see you try!" Katsuki dared the acrobat.
On the Going Merry, Zoro sneezed as Luffy told him that he's gonna catch a cold if he sleeps outside on the deck. Zoro claims he get battle wounds but never got sick, which made Luffy realize that he doesn't get stuff like headaches.
"Well, I did heard that idiots don't get sick." Jiro said, glancing at Denki for a moment.
Zoro concluded that someone must be talking about how great of a swordsman he is, but then Nami sneezed, believing that someone must be talking about her behind her back. She told herself that it's hard being this beautiful, wondering who's talking about her.
"How humble." Aizawa sarcastically said.
Soon, an explosion happened because Usopp accidentally let out a green liquid drip into the pink mixture. A map fall onto his face, which transitioned to the Buggy Pirates crying at their captain's funeral.
"I'm pretty sure those body parts would be oozing blood if that's the case." Jiro bluntly said.
"Ew! Gross!" Toru cringed in disgust.
"I mean, it's true." Tokoyami nodded.
"Wait, how happen to the Devil Fruit when the user dies?" Izuku murmured, already having a couple of theories.
Cabaji tried to declare himself as the new captain of the Buggy Pirates in his honor, but Mohji protested, saying he should be the new captain instead.
Soon, they've decided that they'll have a challenge of strength to see who'll be the captain. The others already set up a wrestling ring while Richie hides, though he did cheer them on.
Katsuki sighs in annoyance while Ochako said with a smile, "This will be fun."
The battle begins with Mohji wrapped his whip around Cabaji's middle to spin him around, but the acrobat used this to his advantage by stabbing his sword into the ground. This caused a big dust storm.
Mohji was distracted in the moment until he saw Cabaji jump in the air, preparing to stab him. Mohji threw his whip into the air and when they made contact, everything turned black and white. The other pirates and Richie stared.
During the pause, Katsuki asked in great hope, "Did one of them actually die?"
The light faded. Both of their weapons, broke into many pieces. Cabaji thought this meant that Mohji wants to continued on with bare fists, and the animal trainer went along with it.
"Goddamn it." Katsuki groaned. "You know, One Piece, you shouldn't be afraid to kill of extras."
"What about Chouchou's owner, Kaya's parents, Usopp's mom, Kuina, and Bellemere?" Iida listed off.
"Literally all of them died in flashbacks. We need someone to die in right now."
"Do we?" Ochako sighed.
The crew cheered on their fight, which stretched out onto the night, where the crew slept, all except for the two opponents.
"You have to admit, they have quite the dedication." Toshinori smiled a bit.
The two fought and fought, even though they could barely talk. Soon, they punched each other at the same time, knocking each other out.
"So... co-captains?" Denki suggested.
"Well, no one has fallen yet." Jiro said.
Richie was having a dream of being the captain of his own crew until they were met with a fire breathing dragon, which the lion was able to defeat.
In the real world, Richie sleepwalked into knocking Cabaji and Mohji, and in the morning, the lion was happily made to be the new captain of the Buggy Pirates.
As a few students laughed, Jiro causally said, "Huh, that was easy."
"He is a giant lion." Momo lightly giggled.
After the eyecatches, the Buggy Pirates were already surrounded by people from the Kumate Tribe, and they want to hurt them.
"It hasn't even been a minute, and they're already in trouble." Aizawa dryly said.
"I can't tell if I should laugh or not." Toshinori blinked.
In pretty much an instant, the Buggy Pirates were defeated.
"...And they were beaten already. It's almost impressive how bad they are at this." Katsuki sighed.
With Buggy and the mystery lady, Buggy have located his ship, where the two have discovered Buggy's grave, though the pirate clown thought the mystery lady was making fun of his nose.
After that bit, the two discovered Cabaji and Mohji on the ground, and the two minions cried at the sight of their captain, pulling him into a hug.
"Well, at least they still care about him." Ochako shrugged.
Buggy asked the two what's going on. They tried to recount what happened, but they couldn't remember after the point they were beaten up. The mystery lady could though.
She recognize that the ones who've done this was the Kumate Tribute, and if they want to save their crew, they better hurry up because the tribe is famous for having a 'very special' taste in food.
"Oh, of course they're cannibals!" Jiro shouted when they've transitioned to the Buggy Pirates, where they are being boiled into a stew.
"They can't just catch a break." Izuku pitied, shaking his head.
The tribe were going to cook the pirates alive, but some of the people didn't know what to do with Buggy's body parts, mistaking them for ingredients. Before one of them could take out a bite out of a limb, Buggy's limbs reformed together and flied towards the sky, landing straight back down to beat them up.
With a flurry of punches and a kick, Buggy's body sent the fat one flying into the giant pot, spilling his crew out.
On top of a mountain, they saw their captain as he flashily reassembled with his body.
"What are you? A mecha?" Katsuki raised an eyebrow.
"Hey, that's kind of cool." Denki pointed out.
Buggy have unleashed his Buggy Ball, and with Cabaji and Mohji by his side, they were able to defeat the tribe, though Buggy did thanked them for watching over them while he's gone.
After a series of flashy attacks, the rest of the crew ran back to their captain, crying, happy to see them again.
"That's just plain sad. They're worthless without him." Katsuki sighed.
"But at least the circus's all back together again." Jiro said.
Buggy remembered his time as Mini Buggy, growing angry. He declared that all their problems and difficulties started because of that 'shitty Straw Hat guy.'
"Hey, I thought you had a good time with Gaimon." Toru said.
"I mean, it didn't started out as 'good.'" Ojiro pointed out.
"Okay, that's true."
Soon, the Buggy Pirates noticed the beautiful mystery lady, wanting to know her. Their captain was going to introduce them to her, but he realized that he've never got her name, asking what it is.
Before she could answer, we transition to the Buggy Pirates sailing out to sea.
"Oh come on!" Mineta shouted in frustration. "You're not going to give us her name?!"
"I guess the anime really wants her identity to be a surprise." Izuku theorized.
"But who is she? And why is she so important?" Iida could only question the situation.
"It must be a big surprise." Hizashi shrugged.
One of his crew mates asked what they are going to do now, and Buggy declared that his goal is to get Luffy's head.
"As if you could get it." Kirishima laughed it off.
On the Going Merry, Zoro woke up from his nap, and he've noticed an island in the distance. Luffy asked what island is that. Usopp reminded him that's where Loguetown is. Sanji wants to get food there and Zoro hopes to find a weapons store while Usopp wants to check out some places too.
In that serious tone, Luffy did remember the town's significance as the town Gold Roger was born and executed.
"To Be Continued."
"That was kind of fun." Izuku shrugged.
"But absolutely pointless." Katsuki quickly voiced.
"Come on, we've learned a tiny bit more about the mystery lady." Mineta chimed in.
"Of course that's important to you."
"We still have 9 episodes ahead of us." Momo mentioned, hoping that would cheer him up a bit.
"Yeah, yeah."
AN: You know, I'm kind of sad that they don't animate the cover stories into their own episodes anymore. I honestly thought they were pretty fun, and I would had loved it if they animated the one about Baroque Works, (especially) Enel, or CP9. Wonder why they stopped those.
By the way, there's apparently going to be a live action One Piece series on Netflix, and I wonder how everyone feels about that, especially since the casting for the first five Straw Hats has been released. Honestly, I don't have many hopes for it, but that's only because I've seen too many bad live action animes to trust them anymore. That doesn't mean that I hope it fails; I honestly do hope that I'm wrong and it's actually pretty good.
On another note, anyone excited for the 1000th episode of One Piece? I certainly am.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
