"Let's go! Let's go!" Kirishima chanted the moment school was over that Thursday. "It's here! It's now. We must see how it ends!"
To say he's excited is an understatement.
In the back of Izuku's mind, he wonders if he should tell him the differences in the manga from the anime, but he soon shook his head. He's already thirsty for revenge already. Best not to add on to it.
Skipping episode 75's opening, recap, and title card, they were greeted with the opposing forces staring each other down. Meanwhile, Zoro was posing for when he gets solidified... and he's serious.
Surprised snorts and a couple of facepalms came from the audience.
"At least he wants to go out in style. I have to admire that." Hizashi chuckled.
"I thought you were better than that, Roronoa." Aizawa sighed, shaking his head.
Nami thinks that Zoro should be more worried about his legs since the swordsman tried to escape... No, wait, correction: He tried to cut his legs off to fight, which Nami thought was stupider.
Vivi was more surprised that the two don't seem to sense the danger around them.
"I think they do. It's just that they trust Luffy and the others to save them." Izuku guessed.
"Exactly!" Kirishima encouraged.
Even as they were being covered by the wax haze, Zoro and Broggy weren't worried about all of this.
Miss Golden Week pointed out how unconcern they are, though Mr. 3 can see she's pretty much the same. He was frustrated that his captives aren't in fear, feeling mocked. That's when he realized that it was all because of Luffy, despite how unreliable he looks.
"He's definitely reliable." Ochako said.
"Agreed." Iida nodded.
"Yeah, you won't believe he'll do for his friends." Denki said to the candle man.
Mr. 5 believed that he can finish off Luffy off, but Mr. 3 disagreed since Luffy's here and alive, meaning that he's on another level compared to the explosive man. He ordered him to take care of the others. Mr. 3 will get Luffy.
"Huh, wax and rubber isn't a combination I have thought of." Momo said.
"Don't forget: Miss Golden Week haven't revealed what her abilities are." Izuku reminded her.
"And they have to work well with Mr. 3's wax powers, like Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine." Iida added on.
"But what goes well with wax?" Mina raised an eyebrow.
"Fire." Denki immediately said.
"I'm pretty sure Mr. 3's doing the flames himself." Todoroki pointed out. "Besides, I don't think that's a good combination."
Usopp told them to give up, but when Mr. 3 was about to attack, the sniper and Karoo immediately back away into hiding.
"Goddamn it." Katsuki facepalmed.
Mr. 3 binded Luffy's legs, surprising his friends. The agent was going to aim for his arms, but Luffy managed to dodge it, grabbing onto one of Broggy's horns and wrapping around it rapidly til the candle lock crashed into the pillar, breaking it.
Students cheered for the victory, though some managed a surprised shout when the dome landed on the wax cake.
"Okay, no one should be turning into wax statues, right?" Denki asked.
Luffy was happy that the mallet around his legs has broken off, but that was short lived when it was revealed that the dome is still spinning, moving faster than before.
"Oh come on!" Toru shouted in frustration, echoing everyone else's feelings.
Luffy asked why his friends didn't run from that dangerous thing, which the girls have to yell that they can't. Still, he wonders why would they tell him to break the pillar. Were they lying?
Vivi asked if it's really a good idea to trust their lives into Luffy's hands, but as Zoro pointed it out, they don't really have any other choice.
"Just put your trust into Luffy." Ojiro said with a nod. "I'm certain he'll do something."
Nami realized that her body is hardening more and more. Mr. 3 laughed, seeing that with the candles closer, their hardening speeds up.
Luffy was about to do something about this, but Mr. 3 threw a wax harpoon at him. Usopp tried to shoot an explosive at him, but Mr. 5 was able to defend his fellow agent but eating it, saying it was a rather bland tasting gunpowder.
"I fucking hate you so much." Katsuki growled.
Mina covered Denki's mouth and whispered, "Don't say anything unless you want to die."
Luffy's friends cried for him to save them, and he would had destroyed the wax pumpkin until Mr. 3 created a wax wall in front of the structure. The candle man was able to create a "Candle Lock" on one of Luffy's hands, which Luffy used to hit the newly created wax wall in front of Mr. 3. For a moment, it didn't seem to do anything until a crack formed and Luffy's punch came through, sending Mr. 3 across the battlefield.
"Okay, now we need to defeat Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine, and destroy that oversized candle!" Toru cheered.
Nami told Lufy to break them out... but he refused. He doesn't feel like saving them.
"Wait, what?" Toru flatly said.
"Miss Golden Week!" Izuku shouted just as the little girl appeared onscreen.
"Colors Trap."
After the eyecatches, it was revealed that Luffy was standing on a black symbol, feeling rather unmotivated to save his friends from their doom. Usopp would have done something if Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine weren't in front of him.
They revealed that the symbol is just paint, but that also means the pirates are goners.
"It's just paint?" Ochako said, confused.
"Well, Mr. 3's wax comes out as white, so Miss Golden Week must have painted those statues of Luffy and Nami." Izuku pointed out.
"But can her paint really make Luffy unable to help?" Iida asked.
"I mean, it's doing something to him." Denki shrugged.
"This feels like a bullshit Devil Fruit." Katsuki groaned.
An explosive kick sent Usopp and Karoo running with Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine after them.
With the others, Vivi could see this is Miss Golden Week's power as the little girl declared this as "Colors Trap: Uragiri no Kuro." She explained that if you touch the black paint, then you'll want to betray your friends no matter what they say.
Since Nami doesn't understand this, Vivi explained that Miss Golden Week is a 'realist painter' who can even create real colors of emotion, meaning her refined sense of color can manipulate people's minds through paint.
"So, she's not a Devil Fruit user, but a hypnotizing painter?" Denki said in confusion.
"I think it's a Devil Fruit power." Katsuki sighed.
"Hey, it's not like the first time the anime have used hypnotism." Ochako pouted.
To solve this, Vivi used reverse psychology by saying that Luffy shouldn't move from the black circle and not to save them, which, in turn, made the rubber man walk off the symbol.
He would have saved them if Miss Golden Week haven't painted "Colors Trap: Warai no Kiiro" onto his back, causing Luffy to uncontrollably laugh.
"Goddamn it." Jiro complained.
Nami ordered Luffy to take off his vest, but he was too busy laughing to do so.
It just seems to be a huge mess as Karoo and Usop cam back with the other agents tailing them.
That was til Usopp ran into Luffy, causing the paint to get smudged.
"Quick! Do something!" Toru exclaimed.
Luffy was going to attack the wax statue, but Miss Golden Week painted "Colors Trap: Togyu no Aku," which caused the rubber man to aim for it instead.
"Someone just beat up the girl already!" Katsuki shouted.
This just wasn't Luffy's battle as Miss Golden Week mixed "Kanashimi no Ao" with the yellow paint on his back, creating "Nagomi no Midori." Here, Luffy was forced to sit down and have a picnic with her.
"This it the stupidest fight I've ever seen." Katsuki complained, slumping in his seat.
"How would you win against hypnotizing paint." Denki argued.
"Well, I would win because I'm not a dead brain idiot like Straw Hat over there." He glared at him. "I bet you can't fight against that shitty paint."
"Hey!"
"Calm down you two." Iida sighed, shaking his head.
Even with the frustrations over how much of an idiot Luffy is, Nami and Zoro were still able to argue, which made Vivi confuse about all of this.
As for Usopp and Karoo, they were still running away from Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine, trying their best to go back to the others.
Mr. 5 aand Miss Valentine soon realized that chasing them would get them nowhere, so Mr. 5 pulled out a gun, wishing he didn't have to use it on small fries. He claimed that it's a new South Blue model, it can fire continuously, and if he use it, the bullets are invisible.
"Bullshit! Invisible bullets?!" Katsuki loudly complained.
In his head, Usopp was able to make the connection that it was the paint that was making Luffy act so strange, but when the two got there, Zoro, Nami, Vivi, and Broggy were completely encased in wax as Luffy struggled against the paint's spell.
"To Be Continued."
"Next episode! They can't die here!" Toru shouted.
Moving onto episode 76, they skipped the opening and recap to see Mr. 5 blowing into the gun's bullet chamber. Just as Usopp shoot, Mr. 5 shot as well.
"Of fucking course, his breath is also explosive! What isn't explosive on this guy!?" Katsuki loudly complained.
"I think someone's jealous." Denki teasingly whispered.
After skipping the title, Usopp's star hit Luffy, setting him on fire. Miss Valentine laughed, thinking the sniper missed and hit his friend instead.
Usopp wondered where Mr. 5's bullets go, which is when the invisible bomb hits him.
"Usopp!" "Karoo!"
"Invisible bombs. That must be like one of the most dangerous things you can think of."Toru said as Katsuki let out an annoyed tsk.
Usopp and Karoo tried their best to stand. The sniper called out to Luffy, who came to his senses. Miss Valentine realized that Usopp's attack was meant to burn Luffy's clothes and the trap on it.
"Alright, save the others!" Ochako cheered.
Luffy was now angry, sick of the paint. He refuses to let anyone else die.
As that was happening, on the Going Merry, Sanji wondered where the others go.
"Oh, that's where you were." Iida said.
"Damn it, Sanji, your friends need your help." Jiro groaned.
Sanji decided to search for Vivi and Nami, riding on a sad, beaten up saber tooth tiger, but during the search, he happened upon a wax house.
"Maybe he can be useful there." Izuku sheepishly shrugged.
Mr. 5 tried to mock Luffy with his friends' death, but the rubber man is certain they're still alive.
Soon, Mr. 3 came along, coating himself in his own wax, which looked like a robot suit of armor. Usopp and Karoo were terrified while Luffy was more confused.
Mr. 3 claimed this armor has no flaws as Luffy thought it looked so cool.
"That's the dumbest thing I've ever seen." Mina said.
Luffy attacked, but with Miss Golden Week's paint decorating the armor, his punch did nothing.
Champ Fight! Oraga Hatake!" The battle suit's boxing gloves spun, lifting the dirt with the air.
In the air, Luffy tried to stamp down, but like his punch, it had no effect.
"Seriously, her paint can do that?!" Denki said in disbelief.
As Luffy continued on the fight, the wax haze was getting on Usopp and Karoo, but seeing it on his fingers, and the statue's flames, the sniper was able to realize something: that it turns into a mist means it can melt.
"Well, of course." Todoroki said.
"Would they get enough fire to do so?" Izuku wondered.
"I mean, they would need enough to break one of them out." Tokoyami nodded.
Usopp told Luffy this, which Miss Golden Week reconfirm it for them, much to Mr. 3's annoyance.
Still, even with that, Mr. 3 is certain they won't make it in time, being ever so cocky.
Usopp tried to launch fire at the statue, nut Mr. 5's invisible explosives stopped him from doing so, causing the sniper to collapse.
Luffy tried to attack, but Mr. 3 suddenly appeared behind him, slamming a punch on top of him.
"Jesus Christ," Hizashi said with wide eyes, sweating nervously.
Usopp crawled over to Karoo to have him take some rope, but Miss Valentine floated down to them. The bird ran away with the rope as fast as he could to the candlesticks.
As Mr. 5 shot at Karoo, Miss Valentine sat on Usopp's back and slowly increased her weight. Meanwhile, Luffy kept dodging Mr. 3's attacks until he was able to grab onto his wick hair.
"I don't know. That looks like a pretty small flame to me." Toru said.
Usopp told him to light Karoo's rope on fire, which was wrapped around the structure and is soaked with oil.
"Oh." Toru said, a bit embarrassed.
"What quick thinking!" Aoyama gave the sniper an applause.
Luffy dragged Mr. 3's flame to the rope, causing a big explosion, and after the eyecatches, the aftermath was shown as a big fire engulfing the wax set and their friends.
As Mr. 3 screams in pain, Luffy hopes that his friends are alright.
"I hope so too." Ojiro nervously said.
Mr. 3 and Miss Golden Week ran away into the jungle as hot wax splattered the area.
Miss Valentine jumped in the air and was prepared to do her special attack until Vivi and Nami came out of the flames, knocking the agent off her course.
"Alright, you are forgiven for not showing Miss Valentine's panties." Mineta gave the show a thumbs up as his nose bleed from the fact that Nami is shirtless. A couple of the boys blushed at that fact as well.
Vivi can'r believe they're alive, but Mr. 5 won't back down from the mission.
"Hissatsu: Kayaku Boshi!"
Mr. 5 ate the ammo like before, but in actuality, it was a 'Tokusei Tabaso Boshi." At this, fire came out of Mr.5's mouth.
"Oh, can't handle the heat?" Katsuki smugly smirked.
With this, Mr. 5 decided to do a full-body explosion, grabbing onto Usopp, but from the flames came Zoro.
"Yaki Oni... Giri!" Zoro went through Mr. 5, setting him on fire.
Students cheered for Zoro's arrival, though Todoroki did have to mention," Ah, yes... grilled rice balls."
"Please stop taking away Zoro's professionalism." Tokoyami sighed.
Just as Mr. 5 collapsed, Broggy was released from his wax prison. He's alive, but he can't help but to look at Dorry's body.
"Don't worry. We'll get revenge for him." Kirishima determined.
Karoo and Luffy ran around in the jungle, looking for Mr. 3 and Miss Golden Week, but they came across a gallery of Mr. 3 wax statues. They could hear the agent mock them, tempting the two to find him.
Karoo was confuse, but Luffy seems to be concentrating as Mr. 3 threatened to stab them in the back when they're not looking.
Suddenly, Luffy stretched out his leg, finding the real Mr. 3 in one shot.
"Whoa, how did you do that!?" Mina exclaimed, amazed.
"A hunch."
"Huh, I thought it would be because the real one would be talking." Aizawa said.
"Yeah, that guy kept talking on and on again." Hizashi sighed. "You swear that he just loves the sound of his own voice."
With Mr.3 defeated, Karoo noticed Miss Golden Week in the crowd of Mr. 3s, and head straight for her.
In the wax house, Sanji was having his own tea party. Then he realized he shouldn't be drinking tea right now, and should be helping the others.
"Oh, you just noticed." Jiro snarked.
"You're too late. The situation have been fixed." Iida informed him.
Before he could leave, he heard a ringing coming from the picnic basket. In there, he've discovered a Transponder Snail.
"Oh, that's what they're called." Izuku commented on.
Sanji picked up the call. "Hey, thanks for calling. This is the Cafe le Crap. You want reservations?"
On the other side came a man's voice; one that told him to stop fooling around and just report. Sanji asked who he is speaking to.
"It's me, Mr. 0."
"To Be Continued."
Breaths were held at the reveal.
"Alright, I forgive you, Sanji." Jiro said.
Onto episode 77, they skipped the opening, recap, and title to see Broggy in tears, sadden by his friend's death.
"I know, it was such a tragedy." Kirishima sighed, a little teary eyed.
...Then Dorry woke up, pretty much to everyone's surprise. It seems that he've blackened out.
"...Well, that's pretty much bullshit." Katsuki complained.
"I don't care. I'm glad that he's alive!" Kirishima grinned widely.
Back with Sanji, the cook realized that mr. 0 is the name of the enemy boss and one of the Shichibukai. He was able to figure out that this is an enemy hideout and that Mr. 3 came here to kill Vivi.
At the silence, Mr. 0 asked if he eliminated Vivi and the Straw Hats yet. Sanji lied and said that the mission is complete, so no reason to go after them anymore. Mr. 0 is glad to hear that.
"Yes!" Ochako fist bumped the air. "No more agents after them."
Crocodile told him that the Unluckies are headed his way to confirm his mission is complete and to deliver a certain package; an Eternal Pose to the Alabasta Kingdom.
"...Until they come along." Momo said as Ochako visibly deflate at the news.
"I'm sure Love Cook can handle a fucking otter and a fucking vulture." Katsuki rolled his eyes.
"And once Sanji defeats them, they'll have a surefire way to Alabasta!" Izuku exclaimed.
He ordered 'Mr. 3' and Miss Golden Week to go to Alabasta, where they'll discuss details about their most important operation.
Then the Unluckies came along, taking out their weaponry.
Sanji tried to tell Crocodile that it was nothing, but it was difficult to maintain that when the duo attacked. He was definitely distracted by Miss Friday's bullets and Mr. 13's shell claws, but he easily defeated Mr. 13 with a kick, and Miss Friday by using his feet to grab onto her head and twist it until it snapped upside down.
Koda gasped at this, and it doesn't help when Katsuki said, "Yeah, that vulture is definitely dead." (Surprisingly enough, she's not.)
Crocodile demanded an answer for all that noise, and Sanji tried to explain it off as him finishing off Straw Hat. Crocodile saw through his lie as the flower in his hand evaporated, along with his drink.
Immediately, Izuku started to write in his notebook, though he was a bit reminded of a certain someone's quirk.
Sanji managed to patch it up, convincing Crocodile that they're dead.
Now with the giants, Dorry believes the reason he's alive is because their weapons are old and wore down. Usopp and Broggy were so happy that he's alive.
"I'm glad you're still here." Kirishima became teary eyed at the miracle.
Even with what has happened, the giants still managed to have that friendly rivalry, hitting each other.
After Crocodile made his orders to 'Mr. 3,' he hung up and ordered Miss All Sunday to send Mr. 2 to Little Garden to eliminate Mr. 3.
"Well, to be fair, 'Mr. 3' was being a little suspicious." Denki snickered.
Miss All Sunday thought that's a little aggressive, but she'll still follow his orders.
Back with Sanji, since Mr. 0 has hung up, the cook would had walked back to the ship, but he spotted something between the Unluckies; an Eternal Pose.
"Welp, that solves that problem." Mina grinned.
After the eyecatches, the giants were bandaged up, laughing at the predicament they went through, though Vivi was somber at the fact that she's the reason the agents came to the island. Nami won't let her be down as Luffy decided to have a rice cracker pasty. Vivi was able to smile at their shenanigans as Nami felt some bug bite her side.
"You should be careful," Iida said, raising a hand. "You don't know what prehistoric insect may have bitten you.
"What is she suppose to do? Her shirt have been burnt off." Shoji reminded him.
Zoro doesn't want to stay here for aa year for their Log. Since the giants want to do something for them, Luffy was hoping they could do something about that, but sadly, that's the only thing they can't do.
Then Sanji came along, absolutely happy to see the girls.
"Well, we have some good news for you." Hizashi clapped his hands together.
Usopp and Karoo were angry that the cook came after they needed his help. Meanwhile, Sanji was surprised by the giants, thinking one of them is Mr. 3. Nami asked how he knows about the agent, but Sanji saw her shirtless, giving her his jacket.
At Mineta's immediate disappointment, "Jiro jabbed, "Well, at least sone of you can be chivalrous."
Sanji explained his story, giving them some relief in the situation. He then asked if there's any other business they need to do here... and held out the Eternal Pose for Alabasta, much to everyone's jaw-dropping surprise.
The moment was temporarily celebrated with a rice cracker pasty, but they only have 3 crackers, though Nami acknowledged that they shouldn't be lounging around.
"Besides, a rice cracker party doesn't sound like fun." Toru said.
"With these guys around, I'm sure they could even do that." Denki grinned.
Sanji reminds Zoro of their hunting contest, which made the two giants remember something.
"...They were fighting for a hundred years because of a hunting contest, isn't it?" Aizawa sighed.
As the two groups gave out their thanks and goodbyes, the giants remembered that there's a monster in the western sea, which is where the Straw Hats are setting off to. With that, though their weapons are old, they're glad to do it for them.
On the Going Merry, Zoro and Sanji argued about who hast he bigger dinosaur. Nami told Sanji to just cut them up as Vivi suggest that they just call it a draw. Zoro refused, but from Nami's yelling, they have to go now.
"...Why do I have a feeling that it'll never get resolved?" Jiro wondered out loud.
"And the two will keep on arguing from then on?" Momo added.
"Exactly."
The ship sailed out to the western sea, where they saw the two giants at the entrance.
Up ahead, there's a monster that prevents people who came to this island from reaching the next one, and since they've fought desperately got the giants' pride, they can't let the monster destroy their friends' pride in turn.
"A final goodbye between men." Kirishima sniffled, wiping away a tear.
Upon the giants' request, the crew decided to move on ahead, no matter what. Even as a giant goldfish, an Island Eater, risen from the waters, the crew have to continue on ahead, straight into its mouth. Of course, Nami doesn't like it.
"I mean, the man gave you his rice cracker. You have to trust him." Denki said.
"And I'm sure this is the first time he've shared his food, so that must mean business." Toru added on.
"...Didn't Usopp made up a story about a giant goldfish before?" Izuku commented on.
It was a crazy idea, but the giants reminisce on their nostalgic adventures on the Island Eater's poop island-
"Okay, now I know that's a tale Usopp have made up." Izuku said.
"I guess his lies are becoming true." Aoyama smiled, amused.
-and the two slammed their weapons into the sea, unleashing a force that blew up a hole right through the giant goldfish, which sends the Going Merry right out of it and into the waters.
"To Be Continued."
Kirishima let out a loud cheer as a few students were in awe at the feat.
"That was one hell of an arc." Toshinori sighed, slumping against his seat.
"You can say that again." Aizawa agreed.
"But you got to wonder if the next arc will be as crazy as this one." Hizashi wondered.
Fun Fact #9: Since someone mentioned it, I want to point out that, for the english dub, Crocodile and All for One have the same voice actor, John Swasey.
AN: Speaking of voice acting and actors, I remember there was someone (don't remember who) that mentioned that they envisioned characters' voices differently, especially since they've listened to both the english sub and dub of One Piece. That got me thinking. When you're reading fanfics, do you envision their voice sounding more like their english voice or their Japanese voice or something else. In all honesty, I usually think of their Japanese version because that's my preference (which is weird because I prefer the english dub for video games, and it gets difficult to choose when I play video games based off of anime), and there's a reason why I can't wait for certain characters to react to a certain someone from the Jaya Arc.
