"So, are you happy that we're going to be skipping some filler today?" Mina teased.

"Why do you have to say it like that?" Katsuki said, obviously annoyed.

"Because you have the biggest hate boner for filler ever." Denki snickered.

"That's because I don't want my time to be wasted on shit that's not important."

"Yeah, yeah, whatever you say." Kirishima rolled his eyes.


Moving onto episode 227 was quite an experience after skipping those filler episodes, especially when the recap section simply shown the Straw Hats are in some forest, looking around, but an interesting note was the weird groove running down their path, like a bicycle has passed by.

What's with that look? Aoyama wondered, feeling unease by the look on Robin's face.

Suddenly, they're in a large open space with a large rock and a tall man who seemed to be sleeping standing up, or at least he was until Chopper bumped into him.

The rest of the Straw Hats came to his side, but at the sight of the tall man caused Robin to go into shock.

"Robin!" "Robin?"

A slight chill went down their spines at her reaction, that she would be terrified just because of the man. It wasn't like Robin haven't been afraid before, but this was completely different than when she face to face with Enel. She seemed to be frozen into place by the very sight of this tall man.

Is... Is he someone from her past? Aoyama wondered, lowering his head a bit.

After skipping the title, people watched the crew from afar, Nami was confused by all this with the others already in their fighting stance.

Robin explained that this man is Navy Headquarters Admiral Aokiji; a title that has only three officers in that position. The others being Akainu and Kizaru, and the only one above them is Fleet Admiral Sengoku, top official in the Navy, and one of the three men called the World Government's ultimate powerhouse.

"Uh... well... that's a lot to take in." Denki wiped off pretend sweat from his forehead.

"I mean, the positions are correct," Izuku remembered looking up the ranking for the marines before. "But I didn't realize there weren't that many officers in those positions."

"Certainly shows that this Aokiji is someone they shouldn't be messing with." Aizawa said.

"Well, it's not like they're looking for him." Toshinori reminded him.

Usopp demanded that Aokiji go somewhere else to fight some bigger guy.

Then he noticed Nami, calling her a sexy lady with super big bazongas and asking her out. Of course, Sanji doesn't like this with Usopp annoyed.

Surprised barks of laughter came out from that, not expecting him to say that of all things.

"Does that mean we don't have to worry about him?" Toru hoped.

Honestly, Aokiji was here for a stroll, and well... there was something else about the crew, but he forgot what that was.

Usopp wasn't certain that he's an admiral at this point, and Aokiji reassured he is one; his motto is simply 'lazy justice.'

"Lazy justice?" Kirishima repeated in confusion. "What does that mean?"

"There are different types of justice?" Iida asked instead.

"Does he laze around until something big happens?" Sero could only guess.

"But what happens if something small happened becomes a big thing?" Toru wondered.

Aokiji had to lay down since all this standing is making him tired.

Ignoring Usopp's question about sleeping standing up, the admiral reassured that he has no intention of capturing them, and he was simply here to check the whereabouts of Nico Robin, who disappeared after the Alabasta incident, and just as he thought, she's with the Straw Hats, so he can report that to Headquarters.

"Wait, you thought she was with them." Iida said, puzzled.

With Robin on their side, then the total bounty amount on the crew has increased, a total he's too lazy to figure out.

"So, 239 million Beris." Momo concluded for herself.

"That's a big amount." Ochako almost drooled.

Luffy wanted to attack Aokiji, but Usopp and Sanji stopped him.

Soon, people came out of the forest, relieved that Aokiji is a marine. The Straw Hats thought this was an inhabited island, but Aokiji guessed that the people are passengers of a wreaked ship. He knows of a report of a passenger liner that went missing in this area.

"Well, it's nice to see the Straw Hats helping them out." Toshinori smiled, watching the crew patch the people up and giving them food as well.

Though Usopp called them amateurs for not being able to find food on this island, Nami was surprised that they were able to survive a shipwreck in the Grand Line, but one of the men mentioned that they're the only ones who made it to this island.

You see, on the way back from a gourmet tour to the gourmet town, Pucci, their ship collided with a huge frog that was doing the front crawl and shattered the boat to pieces.

"A huge frog?" "That must be one strong frog!" "Wait, are there salt water frogs?"

"No, mostly because frogs can't handle the high salt content." Tsuyu said.

"Didn't you work with the Oki Mariner Crew?" Denki asked.

"She's still human." Ochako pointed out.

"Then again, she does hibernate when it becomes too cold." Momo murmured to herself, mentally trying to figure out Tsuyu's quirk's limits.

Nami was confuse by this as Sanji pointed out that frogs normally do the breaststroke.

"Holy shit, frogs actually do swim the breaststroke!" Sero exclaimed, as if he've made an amazing discovery.

Luffy wants to see, and Aokiji pointed out that's simply Tokozuna.

"The frog has a name?" Tokoyami said, a little baffled.

"Of course the frog would have a name." Tsuyu said.

Anyway, the survivors were able to make it to this island, but they lived on the verge of starvation for a month, and rejoiced when they saw someone was coming until they saw it looked like Aokiji was riding a bike on the sea.

"Alright, what kind of devil fruit do you have?" Kirishima asked, squinting his eyes in suspicion.

"Oh! What about the 'Water-Water Fruit?'" Toru suggested. "He could had used his quirk to allow his bike to ride on the water."

"But that wouldn't make much sense," Shoji said. "Considering that the weakness for all devil fruit users is water. If it does exist, would the 'Water-Water Fruit' negate that weakness?"

"Plus, if it does exist, it would make you the OPest person in One Piece since all of the world is, like, 95 percent water." Mina added.

"We can't rule it out though!" Toru argued.

Usopp thought that was ridiculous, but Aokiji mentioned that was, in fact, him.

Then, the survivors saw the pirate ship, which belongs to the Straw Hats, the... whatchamacallit... In turn, Luffy tried to fight the marine, only to be held back by Usopp and Sanji.

"Honestly, he seems to be a chill guy." Mina shrugged.

"Still, aren't you worry about Robin's reaction a moment ago?" Aoyama reminded them, feeling a bit nervous about the man.

"To be fair, there has to be a reason why she did." Izuku cautioned.

Before Aokiji heads back, he advise the survivors to depart right away, and there is an inhabited island not so far from where they are.

Luffy told them not to listen to him because he's a marine... only to realize that marines are the people's friends, and pirates are the bad guys.

"To be fair, it seemed rather mixed at this point." Momo said. "It's more like... a variety of grays here."

Usopp doubted Aokiji has a ship, and besides, the survivors doesn't have a Log Pose either, so how are they suppose to go to that island?

Well, Aokiji has his ways, and Robin could vouch for him.

"...Just what can he do?" Ojiro asked, and he could tell that Robin still feel uneasy about all this.

By the sea, the survivors were given food and water as Luffy and Aokiji seemed to hit it off despite before.

Luffy asked if he's going to swim while pulling the survivors and supplies.

Well, no. Instead, Aokiji went to the water, sticking his hand in. He didn't even flinched at the Sea King that popped out.

"Holy shit!" What are you doing?" Students became panicked at the sight.

But... he's not worried. Aizawa took note.

Luffy and Zoro were about to fight the monster, but that wasn't necessary.

"Ice Age..." From his touch, the water and the Sea King were frozen solid, revealing his devil fruit powers before them.

"Holy shit..." Students stated agape, though Todoroki looked fascinated.

"That was almost instantaneous." Izuku immediately wrote that down in his One Piece notebook, comparing him with what he knows of Todoroki's quirk, especially when Aokiji claimed the ice will last at least a week.

Hey, maybe he's your uncle. Mineta wanted to joke with Todoroki, not forgetting what he've said during the Drum Island arc, but seeing the starstruck look on his face made Mineta hold it back. At that point, it's a compliment.

Everyone was shock, as Aokiji causally walked away. Th survivors were grateful for the miracle, and left, thanking the Straw Hats for what they've done as well.

It seemed to be an okay time as Luffy and Usopp gotten cold while Chopper skated around on the ice, but the moment was ruined when Aokiji mentioned Luffy's gramps.

"Holy shit, not him too." Denki said. The others were shock, seeing the rubber man was drenched in sweat as if he's genuinely afraid, the same guy who faced against a false god.

"Wait, he has a grandpa?" Todoroki suddenly remembered when Izuku compared Garp to Luffy during the Koby episodes, but he found himself a bit distracted at the fact that Luffy seemed to afraid of his own grandfather, shock that even Luffy would have family issues.

"What's going on?" Mina said, distressed about the whole thing.

Aokiji mentioned that Luffy's gramps really helped him out a while back, and he did came here to have a look at him and Nico Robin.

...Maybe they should die now.

"Whoa, hey, we don't need to take extreme measures." Ochako panicked as the others nearly jump to their feet.

He believes the government is taking them too lightly, but when delving into their history, he could tell their group has a backbone. Though it's small right now, they're gather shrewd members, and it might become a problem in the future. While he've been dealing with outlaws for a long time, he worries how he'll turnout, and the very reason he even regard them as dangerous is Robin.

"But she was a child when she got her bounty," Tsuyu narrowed her eyes. "Do you really believe that a child had sunk six ships willingly?"

"If that's even true." Iida felt skeptical of the reason too, especially after seeing how afraid Robin is of Aokiji.

The marine pointed out that her bounty amount doesn't indicate her strength, just her danger she poses to the government.

"Then, is it something she knows?" Hizashi wondered. "She is an archaeologist."

"She was eight! There was 'dead' on her bounty even then." Kirishima stressed out. "What kind of information does she have that would consider dangerous?"

"Well, there is the fact that she seemed to be the only person in the world that could read the Poneglyph, which holds the secret of an ancient history." Aizawa said. "One of those secrets had lead her to a powerful weapon."

"But Robin wouldn't use it." Momo argued.

"But Crocodile would had." Toshinori reminded her, as Aoyama held his breath, forcing his eyes on the screen.

The marine knows that Robin survived as a child by betraying and using people, quick to switch sides. The Straw Hats are probably just he next hideout.

"Well, she was just using that croc before." Katsuki didn't deny it. In fact, it made sense to him.

"She seemed like she was having fun when we were having that adventure in Skypiea." Mina pouted.

I believe she did. Aoyama wanted to say, but he felt like he can't trust himself with those words.

Sanji was furious at his notion of Robin using them, quickly stopped by Usopp.

The marine doesn't have a grudge against Robin. They're somehow connected and he did let her go once a long time ago. It's just that the crew will regret taking her in. I mean, all the organizations she was with were all annihilated, except for her.

"They were?" Ojiro questioned.

"Crocodile was taken down by Luffy." Izuku said.

"But the Straw Hats are different." Kirishima was quick to defend them.

Luffy didn't care about her past, and Usopp pointed out that if they didn't, they wouldn't be friends with ruffians. Of course, Nami hit him since that list includes her.

Aoyama felt a sense of relief, hearing the other crew member come to Robin's defense. Still... Is it truly going to last?

Aokiji could see that Robin has done a really good job of convincing them, and at that, Robin was quick to attack, telling him to get to the point already.

"Treinta Fleurs!" Arms spouted out, holding the marine back. "Clutch!" Bending him backwards caused him to turn into ice and shattered.

"Holy shit!" For a moment, Denki almost believed in Chopper's words of the marine dying, but soon, Aokiji started to rise up from the ice, almost like a zombie.

"Well, I can't do that." Todoroki chimed in.

Usopp and Chopper were panicking as Aokiji come to, simply saying that wasn't nice.

Tearing some grass out and blowing air from his mouth, the man made himself an 'ice saber.'

"I also can't do that." Todoroki added that to the list.

Aokiji swung his saber at Robin, but it was blocked by Zoro's blade, allowing Sanji to kick the saber away.

Seeing the two smile at each other gave Jiro some hope, "Come on, this has to get better for them."

Just as Luffy run in for an attack, Aokiji grabbed Zoro and Sanji.

Once Luffy punched, ice formed around their limbs, practically burning them immobile.

The class winced and cringed at the scene, continuing to feel shivers as if it's happening to them.

"Seeing them like this kind of reminds you that Todoroki can do the same." Mina let out a nervous chuckle.

"But I only use them against villains." Todoroki reminded her.

"But right now, it looks really painful." Mineta butted in.

The three wring in pain, practically immobilized.

Chopper was able to warn them to get treated or else their limbs will become gangrenous if they get frostbite. Usopp himself could barely move, frozen in fear.

"Stop standing there!" Katsuki ordered.

"This is a very tense situation!" Aoyama criticized the explosive boy.

Robin tried to refuse, only for Aokiji to embrace her, surrounding her form in ice.

"Robin!" Students screamed out in shock, seeing her body transform into an ice sculpture.

"To Be Continued"

"How are they suppose to defeat an ice dude who can just repair himself?!" Kirishima panicked.

"Fire?" Toru guessed.

"Does it look like Ace's around?" Katsuki snarked.

"I'm just thinking of the possibilities here."

"Though they have to save themselves from the ice first." Todoroki said.


Over onto episode 228, skipping the opening, recap, and title, the class could see that Luffy was furious, but Aokiji claimed that she'll still live if they defrost her carefully. Right now, she is fragile though, like...

There were sharp gasps when they saw Aokiji bring his fist down, but there were inklings of relief when the next scene has shown Luffy had saved Robin. Before Aokiji could step on the frozen woman, Usopp came in and scooped her away, celebrating with Nami and Chopper.

"Oh thank god." Hizashi managed out a laugh.

He was able to do something. Aoyama felt relief at that.

Luffy quickly ordered Usopp and Chopper to get back to the ship and treat Robin, which they followed.

Still, Aokiji believes that it's better for the world if she wasn't saved.

"And let her get killed?!" Ochako felt furious at his words.

"How could you be so cruel?!" Iida shouted back at him.

"What's so dangerous with the information she knows?" Momo could only wonder.

Nami was quick at her attempt of an attack, though Aokiji caught her Clima Takt in his hand. Still, to his face, she reminded him that a pirate group is a collection of people like that. He agreed, but he toss her aside.

"Nami!"

Sanji and Zoro tried to attack, but were stopped by Luffy, deciding to fight Aokiji himself, just the two of them.

"What can you do? He was able to freeze your arm." Ojiro was quick to say.

"He must have thought of something, right?" Sero hoped.

Aokiji agreed, but since he doesn't have a ship to take him back in, then he'll kill him.

"Y-You don't know Luffy like we do. He'll always get back up." Mina defended.

But there will be a day where he won't. Toshinori paled.

On the Going Merry, Usopp was worried that Robin can't breathe, and Chopper suspects that she's in a state of suspended animation. He warned against warming Robin rapidly since she will break, so they have to splash her with water. When Usopp had doubts, Chopper cried since he've never seen a human who got completely frozen and he's the doctor of the ship.

"This is tough on everyone!" Jiro snapped at Usopp. "Don't need to yell at Chopper like that."

"Look, it's not everyday you have to save a person who've been frozen over." Sero attempted to defend.

"But the water is a good start." Todoroki nodded his head.

They were shock to see that only Zoro, Nami, and Sanji came, but they have to treat their frozen parts first, though the shower room has been taken over by Robin, so Zoro and Sanji jumped to the sea instead.

Chopper ordered for them to come to the ship while rubbing the affected parts once the ice is a low enough temperature.

"Well, the salt in the sea could help..." Todoroki murmured to himself as the other students grew more worried, so did the teachers, though they waited on baited breath.

With Nami helping Robin, Usopp came out, shocked to see Zoro and Sanji here. He asked about Luffy and Aokiji was furious to learn that the two left Luffy in that duel. Still, it was captain's orders.

Usopp thought that was heartless.

Students squeaked in surprise when Sanji slammed the sniper against the wall, defending Luffy's choice, but Zoro told him to stop, reminding them of the crisis they're in. They have to be prepare for anything that happens.

Are they really? Toshinori thought. It felt too soon for the day Luffy fails to protect everyone, but at the same time, it felt possible to him.

Ice burned Luffy's skin as Aokiji commented that he's an odd one.

Luffy sprinted ahead, dodging the marine's cold touch and was able to kick him into the air.

There were a few relieved gawks at this as Izuku immediately recognized the move Luffy's making, the same one he used against Crocodile.

From twisting his ballooned body and blowing himself into the air, Luffy unleashed his "Gomu Gomu no Storm" at the marine.

It's not going to work. Izuku paled once he saw the ice break only for the man to reform around luffy like an embrace.

"Ice Time..."

"No!" "Shit!" "Stop!" Panic risen at the sight of the captain encased in ice just like Robin.

It blurred white until it was shown that among the ice ridden battlefield was Aokiji and the frozen Luffy. The marine could tell that he was tricked.

"W-What do you mean?" Momo asked. Aokiji was at a big advantage; unless Luffy breaks out of that ice, the marine could just kill him if he wants to, and he could.

Aokiji could tell that he did this to get them alone, or else he'll be the bad guy for attacking his crew, or... did he honestly believe he could defeat him?

Izuku wanted to believe that Luffy could as he've always done before with the big bads of the past arcs, but in the state he's in, there doesn't seem to be a chance he could.

Did he really do all of this to save his crew? Hizashi thought, believing it could be either one.

There's some word of advice Aokiji wants to give to him: In the future, Nico Robin will grow too much for him to handle, that she will become a burden for them.

Aoyama shivered, then almost jumped when Mina slammed her fist into her lap, "How dare you! She's no way a burden!"

Aoyama wanted to believe her, watching the Straw Hats try to recover Robin. But what if... there's a moment where it does become too much? Where her past comes up and it'll become too much for them to bear and take? Will you still be by her side then?

Aokiji approached him, raising his foot near his face... and ice shattered.

Students screamed in horror at the ice scattered across the ground. Tears brimmed and hearts stopped until it was revealed to be broken ice next to Luffy.

Still, they weren't at ease at Aokiji's reminder that he could just kill him so easily, but the marines owe him one for suppressing Crocodile.

Wide eyes watched him walk off. Aokiji seemed to wanted to talk more, but decided not to when it's about Smoker.

So, Smoker told him. Iida thought, realizing how how lucky Luffy is in this moment.

For a moment, the class felt themselves relax when Zoro and Sanji came in to rescue Luffy. There was even a laugh or two when the two complained about talking at the same time.

Getting on his bike, Aokiji figured their next destination would be Water Seven, the city of water. He recognized that they're getting closer to their Headquarters.

"Already?" Tokoyami griped.

In the waters, Aokiji biked himself onto the waters, creating ice under him, apologizing to the passing by sea animal.

"H-Hey, maybe you can do that." Denki said to Todoroki, trying ease the tension around them, but it didn't help much.

As the eyecatches passed by, Iida asked, "Did... Did that really happen?" Eyes turned to him. "Was Luffy really that close to death?" No one could answer him, knowing that Luffy could had died if he wasn't the one to defeat Crocodile. While it was great that there are some people who knew of Luffy's heroism, it was lucky that Aokiji knew of it at all, and that he cared about it.

Coming out, Chopper informed the rest of the crew that Robin and Luffy's hearts started beating. The crew cheered, though Izuku whispered to himself, rather horrified, "They started beating?"

"Well, a person can live without their heart beating for a few minutes." Aizawa informed, though it was still a little worrisome to hear.

Chopper stopped Sanji and Usopp from coming in since they're making such a racket, but it was when Sanji called him 'doctor' that made Chopper so delighted.

Ease came to the class, watching the Straw Hats relax and lounge around for today since their captain is out of commission. Usopp himself felt drained, wondering if strong guys are coming after them. He's disappointed that all he did is get flustered.

"Then you need to do better, Long Nose." Katsuki narrowed his eyes, though Zoro suggested that he rest instead.

"Hey, they all tried their best." Jiro argued.

"He was the one who saved Robin." Aoyama was quick to defend the sniper, earning a grunt from the explosive boy.

Delightful music played as the crew can be seen sleeping, all except for Robin.

In Nami's journal, she summarized that Luffy and Robin needed to rest for four days, so the ship has to be anchored. After that, they sailed, and this is their third morning out at sea; partly spring with occasional bouts of summer.

There was a collective sigh, seeing the mood before them was much more pleasant.

"Oh, that looks so good." Sero commented on, seeing Sanji's potato paille served to Nami.

Students were able to laugh at Sanji's lovestruck reaction, from the cigarettes up his nose to Zoro's insult of 'dartboard eyebrows.' Chopper and Usopp happily clapped as Luffy reenacted his moment being frozen with a bag of flour.

"He's... He's okay with that?" Momo looked baffled, with Nami agreeing.

"I guess it's behind him now." Toshinori figured, though he was baffled as well with how causal Luffy is treating it. "It's half a week from where they are."

"Well, Luffy himself is not a serious person, though I like to believe it must have affected him in someway. He's just not showing it to his friends." Hizashi figured with Aizawa nodding along.

Luffy wanted the potato dish, though Sanji was momentarily distracted with Zoro. Still, he made more of the paille, commenting how he's the same old Luffy.

I... guess he is. Izuku thought. He doesn't deny that Luffy's personality has been the same since the anime's beginnings; it's just that he seemed to be... growing in a way, though Izuku wasn't too sure how to describe it or what aspects it's in.

The scene before him felt causal from the crew eating paille to Usopp's lies to him enjoying Chopper calling him 'captain.'

Then, Robin came in, letting everyone welcome her. Chopper asked how she's feeling, and she's feeling a lot better thanks to him, which caused Chopper to happily dance.

"Yeah, dance your little heart out!" Mina giggled, as the girls and Koda cooed at him spinning on his top hat.

Nami reminded her to take it easy with Sanji happily serving her coffee ("Oh shit, it's the real fancy stuff.").

Out at sea, Zoro noticed something in the waters: a frog doing the front crawl.

"It's that frog!" Sato's jaw dropped. "The one broke those guys' ship!"

"His name is Yokozuna." Tsuyu reminded him.

For a moment, the crew were distracted by the delicious paille until Zoro warned them of the frog doing the front crawl. Usopp wasn't too sure if he believes in something so ridiculous... then he saw it himself.

"Thank god it's something funny." Denki snickered as the ship followed after Yokozuna.

When Nami saw they changed the ships's course, she demanded why, and Luffy's explanation was that they found a huge frog, and he wants to roast it whole and eat it.

There was a horrified look on Tsuyu's face, causing the others to laugh.

Through the binoculars, Nami not only saw the front crawling frog but also a lighthouse, though the Log Pose isn't pointing to that place.

Luffy wants to know where the frog is heading. Nami refused to tell, but Robin was the one to tell that the frog's heading for the lighthouse while Sanji gave instructions on how to cook frogs.

Tsuyu gasped. "Sanji, how could you?!"

As students giggled and laughed, Denki teased, "What? Afraid that we'll cook you and eat ya up?"

The frog girl shook her head quickly. "Of course not,"

Anyway, they have to follow the captain's orders, and chase after that frog. As the frog jumped high into the air, they changed their course until they were suddenly stuck.

"Are those... buoy strings?" Toshinori wondered.

"I'm surprise you even know what those are." Aizawa said.

Sanji asked if the girls were okay, and they were . He was relieved until they heard ringing.

"Is... Is that a train?" Iida asked, the chugging of a train was heard.

"At sea?" Shoji raised an eyebrow.

"It sounds close too." Izuku noted.

"Are we closer to land than we thought?" Shoji asked.

Nami was confused, seeing the blinking red lights as smoke billowed out. She demanded that they turn around.

"To Be Continued."

"Why is there a train in the ocean?! Like an actual sea train?" Jiro asked with wide eyes.

"Well, there' only one way to find out." Hizashi shrugged.


Onto episode 229, skipping the opening, recap, and title had let the class see that a train was speeding after them until Nami shouted to the crew to move. Just as they managed to slip out, feeling the breeze as the train pass by.

There was a collective sigh of relief, some of the class slumping in their seats.

The guys were confuse by this lump of iron, though Nami could tell that its shape couldn't travel on sea.

"Wait, they don't know what a train is?" Sero was confuse.

"Well, none of the islands they've came across had trains." Iida reasoned.

Despite the speeding train heading towards him and Luffy's warning, the giant frog stood in its path, only to be sent flying.

"Yokozuna, no!" Toru cried out as Tsuyu gasped.

The Straw Hats were baffled by the strange 'ship.'

Soon, a little girl with green, braided hair came out of the station, and once she saw them, she warned her grandma of the pirates.

"Don't worry, they're good people." Ochako hoped the little girl, Chimney, would leave that soon.

Her grandma, drunk as a sailor, stubbled out, asking for the Transponder Snail, but fell to the floor.

"...Is she suppose to be the conductor?" Izuku gaped.

The Straw Hats were worried about getting into trouble as the grandma gotten the Transponder Snail... and forgotten why she's calling.

"Who hired her?" Aizawa could only wonder.

After being given paille, Chimney introduced herself, their cat Gonbe ("But he looks like a rabbit-" "Let him be a cat if he wants to."), and her grandma Kokoro.

Luffy introduced himself as "King of the Pirates" ("Of course."), and Nami asked about the 'steamship.'

Chimney reassured that they've never seen something like this as this is the only place you'll find it: a sea train called the "Puffing Tom."

"Puffing Tom? Kind of funny name." Kirishima mentioned, a little smile to his lips.

Chimney explained how it works, saying that it takes passengers from one island to another, including ships and mail.

Sanji figured that's what they ran ashore on, and Chimney claimed it's dangerous to be inside like that. Usopp argued the signal should face the other way, though Luffy thought the frog wouldn't understand and it wasn't nice to send him flying. Chimney figured out that they're talking about Yokozuna, and she knows he won't die from that, He's the source of all their headaches at this shift station.

"He's a common occurrence?" Mineta raised an eyebrow.

Yokozuna always tries to defeat the sea train for strength contests, so he'll show up again.

Luffy thought the frog had guts, but he's the one to keep breaking the rail guard so many times. Still, Luffy decided not to eat him since he's a fighter.

"Yeah, that's right!" Kirishima agreed.

"Well, I'm just glad he's not going to eat him." Tsuyu shrugged.

"But why does he want to fight the train to begin with?" Iida wondered.

Kokoro asked where they're going so they could take the train, like Spring Queen, St. Poplar, or Pucci, etc. If they work for the Government, they can take a separate, special trail.

"Yeah... they definitely don't work for the Government." Jiro said.

Hearing Pucci reminded Usopp of the survivors from before, Robin was reminded of Aokiji, while Luffy wanted to go to Pucci, but Nami stopped him.

Aoyama slightly winced. "She can't forget about him." Of course, she can't...

Nami decided that they should follow the Log Pose since they already have a ship. When Chimney asked where it's pointing, Nami answered that it's east of here, and Kokoro could see it must be Water Seven, which the sea train came from.

She claimed it's called, the 'City of Water,' and it's a nice place. More importantly, it's well known for its shipyard; their technology is No. 1 in the world! In fact, it's a hangout for the world's best shipwrights.

Several students brightened at that.

"That must mean they can fix Merry!" Toru happily exclaimed.

With that, Luffy had decided, hoping to get a shipwright as a crew mate.

"That's even better!" Mina practically beamed.

Kokoro gave them a simple map of the island, and a reference letter. They just need to give it to a guy named Iceberg, and ask him to fix their ship.

"Oh, maybe he'll be our new crew mate." Ochako guessed.

"No way, that's way too predictable." Jiro shook her head.

They say their goodbyes, though Chimney and Kokoro will come back to Water Seven soon, with a reminder that the log will take a week to store.

So, they sailed to the city of meat- er, water.

"Hopefully, this will be more fun than the last arc." Kirishima said, mostly for Katsuki's sake.

"Though that Aokiji definitely seems... ominous..." Mina looked nervous about the ice man.

"But will he appear in this arc?" Denki tried to look playful, though Aoyama looked down at the floor, hands curled on his lap.

After the eyecatches, the Straw Hats were discussing what their shipwright is going to be. Sanji wanted an incredibly pretty woman-

"Agreed?" Mineta quickly nodded, and of course, Tsuyu tongue slapped him.

-but Luffy wanted them to be a five meters tall guy, though Usopp argued. he wouldn't fit on the ship while Zoro cared about their skills instead (while being crazy enough to want to be on a pirate ship). Chopper is just happy to get a new friend out of this.

"Oh, hey, maybe we can bet on who's going to be the new crew mate." Toru was eager to carry on this light mood.

"Gambling's illegal in Japan." Iida was quick to say.

"Don't worry, we're not going to put money on it." Sero waved it off.

"...But you're still going to bet on who it is."

"Well, we got to see the candidates first." Jiro shrugged.

Nami was happy about the map... until she looked at said map, which was basically resembles a child's drawing, or at leas something Luffy would draw.

Speaking of Luffy, he drew a picture of the guy they're looking for.

"Blue hair, off colored nose, and large forearms." Todoroki listed out the noticeable traits of the drawing. "Alright, that must be the next shipwright."

Several students barked out a laugh at that.

"I doubt out shipwright sill look like that, especially if he could be 5 meters tall." Momo slowly shook her head, as Jiro blinked at her in bewilderment at the last detail.

"I'm surprise you didn't mention the black, soulless eyes." Izuku murmured, resisting a sigh.

"Maybe they're actually sunglasses." Ochako lightly giggled.

Usopp and Sanji certainly didn't like his picture, but Robin happily looked over the scene as Nami distributes their allowance for the trip.

Later on, Usopp can be seen hugging the ship's mast, reminscing of the repairs he've done, but was delighted to thing that the Going Merry will be actually repaired. Still, Sanji noted how Merry took quite a beating since they've entered the Grand Line with the deck squeaking and leakage at the bottom of the ship. They have to do something or else they'll be in danger.

A few students winced at that fact, remembering the conversation they had during the Skypiea arc.

Luffy wasn't worried since they have tons of money now, so they can repair and power Merry up.

"Oh yeah, the gold. That had to be more than enough to repair Merry." Ochako smiled, giving the others a sense of relief.

Then Zoro saw the island in the distance, using the wind to take them there, but there was something that amazed the crew.

"Whoa..."

The class stared in wonder at the island before them, looking more advance compared to the other islands they've seen.

"It looks so beautiful!" Momo exclaimed in amazement.

"It's like a giant fountain!" Toru spread out the sleeves of her shirt.

Chopper wondered where the water's coming from, and Robin was amazed how the water goes through the canals and falls into the sea. Luffy wanted to race on the water slides.

The girls and Koda awed at Chopper's imagination scene, though he did start to cry at the idea. Zoro had to point out the two can't even swim.

Still, he's curious about the numbers on the gates, though Luffy thought they're entrances for the five meter tall shipwrights.

"No way." Ojiro sighed.

"But what are they for?" Toru asked.

"Maybe they make giant ships." Mina suggested.

"Wait, are those stairs or slides?" Kirishima wondered.

They've found the Blue Station for the sea train, but they were having difficulty finding the harbor til a man in a little boat advise to take the backstreets since they're pirates.

"Oh, wow, that was nice of him." Toshinori said, surprised by the causality of it.

In the backstreets, the crew were able to see the city that was submerged in the sea.

"Oh, like Venice." Momo admired.

"Don't you mean Venezia?" Katsuki said.

"Only if you're from Italy." Hazashi shrugged.

Robin clarified that the city was designed with the base being submerged, seeing that the pillars are built higher.

"So, what came first? The island? Or the water?" Denki asked.

"...The island?" Ojiro raised an eyebrow.

Luffy wanted to dock so badly, but a man warned them that pirate ships shouldn't come in here, asking if they're here to plunder. Usopp wondered if people normally ask that here.

"In this beautiful city?" Momo looked worried at that.

"Maybe some wannabe big shots thought they have a chance with this place." Jiro could only guess.

Hearing that they want to repair their ship, the man happily told them of a cape they could anchor their ship.

"The people here are really nice, like much more nicer than I thought. "Mina felt like she had to point out.

"And to pirates." Tokoyami added on.

The cape was rather dull looking, so their ship would be safe from wondering eyes.

To stop, Zoro furled the sails, but when he pulled on the rope, Merry's mast broke.

The Straw Hats and the class screamed in shock.

There were worried looks on the others' face, but Denki made sure to remind them that, "Good thing we're on an island with a bunch of shipwrights."

Toru quickly added on, "Right, they can give Merry a new sail and all that." Some nodded along, hoping that was the case.

Zoro was shocked by how rickety the Going Merry had begun. Nami herself wondered why the people on the island aren't afraid of pirates. Well, Zoro suggested that it's because pirates are just another customer to their shipyard.

Momo nodded. "That does make sense."

Robin guessed it's because they have strong bodyguards to deal with pirates.

"That's a good guess too." Shoji agreed.

Usopp was worried until Sanji pointed out that they're customers to them.

Luffy and Usopp were about to run off when Nami ordered them to come with her. First, they have to take the reference to Iceberg, ask him for the ship's repairs, and also find a place to cash in their gold.

"Oh yeah," Sero remembered.

"I bet they're going to get tons of money for the ship." Ochako grinned, eyes sparkling at the possible amount.

"They have to get plenty of upgrades for Merry as well." Iida nodded.

The three wagoned their gold out of there, making Chopper wish that he had the chance to go with them. Well, luckily for him, Robin offered to go out with him, much to his delight.

The girls and Koda awed at Chopper's attitude.

Usopp asked why aren't they going to the money-changing shop first. Luffy's answer was to go to the shipyard, though the shiper feels nervous about walking around with this much gold.

Luffy thought the value will be the same, but Usopp pointed out that the gold will attract people's attention. What if they run into bad thieves? Luffy claimed that they are thieves.

"I mean, not to the people you 'stole' from." Hizashi snickered.

"To be fair, carrying around a bag of gold id much more flashier than a bag of money... in comparison." Aoyama agreed.

"Well, thieves will still either one." Denki shrugged.

Nami agreed with Usopp since they can all carry it. Luffy realized that she has a problem with him carrying it, and she and Usopp agreed.

"Agree." "Sorry, Luffy." "Yup." "You're good at fighting, at least."

Luffy thought he wouldn't be able to recover from such an insult until the three discovered the only entrance to the city: A rental bull shop.

"Bull?" Several students repeated in confusion, sharing the same sentiments as the Straw Hats.

"Like the animal?" Shoji questioned.

"What other bull is there besides bullshit?" Katsuki said.

"Why would you need to rent bulls in a water based city?" Ojiro wondered.

"And is it necessary to enter the city by renting one?" Momo added on.

Luffy decided to have them rent out bulls, but Nami and Usopp wanted to ask questions first.

Meeting the shopkeeper, he was able to get them two Yagara bulls for them to rent out, though Luffy wanted them nice and toasty.

"I doubt they're for eating if you're only renting them." Aizawa pointed out.

The shopkeeper was shock to hear that they followed logs to get here, so that mean they have no idea what bulls are. He explained that they're fish that help them travel around the canals by letting the boats ride on their backs.

"So, they're like sea horses?" Denki said as Koda looked bright eyed at the Yagaras.

Settling their boats in the water, the shopkeeper told them to have a look at the fish pen, and it'll be 2000 Beries for two two-passenger Yagara bulls.

"Huh, I guess they're cute." Jiro said. She let out a small laugh when one of the bulls licked Luffy's face.

The shopkeep allowed two out, answering Luffy's questions. In turn, the man asked what's in the bag. He didn't believe it to be gold until Luffy showed him.

Students laughed at the man's surprised reaction, with a couple of shaking heads at Luffy's carefree action.

Nami told Luffy not to do that, especially when the shopkeeper ask for one- no, five million Beries.

"Just because they have the money doesn't mean you can inflate the prices." Ochako pouted.

"They didn't even exchange it for Beries yet." Iida shook his head.

Giving him the correct amount, Nami asked about the money-changing shop around here, and the shopkeeper said that there is, but with that gold, they don't have enough money to exchange, so they should go to the downtown area of the shipbuilding island.

Once he gave them a map, before the could leave, Luffy asked about the shipyard, and the man claimed it's the world's No. 1 shipyard.

"Oh! Maybe Merry can get repaired real soon!" Toru hoped.

"The upgrades are definitely going to happen." Sero grinned.

"Maybe better cannons? Stronger rudders?" Izuku theorized.

"Oh, they could give the interior a makeup." Mina said.

"They have to give the kitchen an improvement if that's the case." Sato agreed.

The three were excited, dashing to the shipyard.

"To Be Continued."

"This arc could be a fun one after all." Kirishima hoped.

"We're, like, barely into the arc." Tsuyu reminded him.

"And there's still Aokiji. He could still reappear at any moment." Tokoyami added on.

Aoyama gulped. "With how Robin reacted, I hope he doesn't."

"Yeah, that was freaky." Denki agreed, arms stretched behind his back. "He was was kind of terrifying."

"His ice abilities are honestly impressive." Todoroki nodded. "He could reform after getting attack with his ice."

"What id you attack til he's nothing." Sero theorized.

"That's murder." Iida blankly said.

"And I doubt you would be strong of fast enough to do so." Izuku added on.

As the kids talked about the episodes they've seen, Hizashi asked his fellow teachers, "Do you really think that the ship will be repaired?"

Toshinori frowned, keeping his voice low. "Honestly, no."

Aizawa nodded in agreement. The ship itself was shown to be pretty much in shambles. He doesn't know when that event will happen, but he does know it will happen.


I'm sure it'll be fun. Mirio convinced himself.

The watch party was tomorrow, and the Big Three had prepared as much as they could for it, like snacks. They even made sure to let Eri choose what they're going to watch, for Amajiki's sake, and it was, in fact, One Piece.

"I could had sworn she would like Glitter Squad." Mirio could remembered the embarrassed look on his old friend's face, trying to hide behind his phone.

Still, he was glad that Eri had chosen One Piece. While it sounded silly, when Mirio saw the straw hat boy's smile, he felt like it would be a good show, and he's sure it will; it's just... could Eri handle it?

He did his best to do his research while trying not to spoil himself. He knows it's more for teens, but little kids had watched it too. At the same time, Eri wasn't like most little kids. She's more... sensitive than other kids, but there was a part of him that felt bad about taking away Eri's first choice in anime. He even made sure to point towards the remake of the anime since it has a shorter episode count, but she wanted to watch the original.

"I... I wanted everyone to stay around longer... even if it's a little bit." Thinking back on that always brought a smile to his face, and he doesn't want to take away Eri's if this goes wrong.

For now, he plans to continue this, but Mirio will stop the whole party if something really upsets Eri, and made sure to tell her this. He won't even watch it without Eri so she wouldn't get left behind. He just wants this to go well, and he really hopes so, especially when they have some new guests coming over.


AN: Welp, I didn't expect this to happen, at least this soon. One Piece is going to have a remake; for the East Blue saga, but if it's popular enough, they might make more. I expected a remake to happen, but I thought it would happen after some time the original One Piece anime is finished (so, probably within 20 years). Still, I'm glad that this is happening since i kind of want to see what One Piece is like as a seasonal anime (if that's the plan), though the original will always have a place in my heart. I just think it's kind of funny that there's going to be four different One Piece related things running: the manga, the original anime, the remake, and the live action. Though I find it sad that the original voice actors aren't going to be voicing the remake since they're old and can't travel between the different studios, or at least that's what I heard. How do you feel about all of this?

By the way, sorry I haven't updated lately; I was really busy with the holidays and was basically exhausted afterward until now. (Late Happy Holidays, by the way.)

May Update: So... this took way longer than it should. I just accidentally clicked off without saving the chapter, and lost motivation to do any writing until now. I really want to apologize for disappointing everyone by not updating sooner, and I am not sure if there's going to be another update soon because a while ago, I'm force to move out of my childhood home and have to live basically on the other side of the country for money reasons. I'll try my best to keep this updated, but apologies just in case.