S09 Episode 264
Landing Operations Start! Charge in, Straw Hats!
As the Straw Hats and their allies are about to reach Enies Lobby, Paulie sketches the island's terrain and explains that, to save Robin, the crew must reach her before she passes through the Gates of Justice (正義の門, Seigi no Mon). Since the Straw Hats are the only ones with any chance of matching the CP9 in combat, the Franky Family and the Galley-La foremen intend to be the first wave so the pirates can rush in on Rocketman. As Enies Lobby draws near, the gigantic Gates of Justice appears in the sky behind it. While his crewmates and allies gaze in awe, Luffy ignores the plan and strides past the first of the gates. On the other side of the island, in the Tower of Law (司法の塔, Shihō no Tō), Chief Spandam and other CP9 agent await the arrival of Rob Lucci's group and their prisoners.
24 mins · Sun, 21 May 2006
S09 Episode 265
Luffy Cuts Through! Big Showdown on the Judical Island!
Luffy easily gets past the second gate, while the Franky Family and the Galley-La foremen, following their initial plan, break the first gate's defenses. All goes smoothly at first, but by the time the Franky Family's main force reaches the second gate, the marines have the giants Oimo (オイモ) and Kashi (カーシー, Kāshī) to take up their posts. Overmatched in strength and size, the Franky Family send their largest fighters, the Kairiki Destroyers (怪力デストロイヤーズ, Kairiki Desutoroiyāzu). However, even these overly large humans can do little against the giants' power and are quickly defeated. On the other side of the gate, Luffy faces the collective might of Enies Lobby's 10,000 men.
24 mins · Sun, 4 Jun 2006
S09 Episode 266
Battle Against Giants! Open the Second Gate!
The Galley-La foremen and the leading members of the Franky Family arrive late at the second gate because they had to mount the Franky Family's king bulls (キングブル), sea dwelling animals that look like sea horses, on caterpillar tracks. Combining forces, they manage to pin down Kashi against a wall. Then, taunting Oimo, they goad him into accidentally knocking Kashi out. In the Tower of Law, Spandam receives an incomplete report about the number of people that Luffy took out, believing the enemy captain is not a threat. Lucci's party arrives and the CP9 celebrate their reunion with petty bickering and a contest of strength. Meanwhile, Luffy, defying resistance, makes his way towards the Courthouse Plaza.
24 mins · Sun, 11 Jun 2006
S09 Episode 267
Find a Way Out! Rocketman Takes Flight!
Robin and Franky are brought before Spandam, while Luffy blasts through waves of marines. The Galley-La foremen and the Franky Family eventually slip by Oimo and open the second gate. However, their joy is short-lived, as a group of marines closes the first gate behind them. To overcome the unanticipated obstacle, Zoro changes the plan. Yokozuna bends the island's outside fence downward. Using it as a ramp, the sea train jumps over both of the gates and crash lands into Oimo's back, finishing him off, and concluding everyone's arrival at the main island. As the marines' elite Law's Watch Dog Unit enters the now escalating fight.
24 mins · Sun, 18 Jun 2006
S09 Episode 268
Catch Up with Luffy! The Straw Hats' All-Out Battle
The Straw Hats struggle to catch up with Luffy, but get caught up in impeding each other's efforts; Sanji and Zoro indulge themselves in petty bickering and Nami injures her crewmates by testing her newly improved weapon. The streets appear empty, abandoned by the men who were fighting Luffy. Just then, the Law's Watch Dog Unit and a large group of other men step into their way. A fight seems inevitable until their allies, riding the king bulls, arrive. Paulie uses his ropes to pull the crew onto the back of one of the large animals. Then the Galley-La foremen replace Straw Hats' in battle to allow the rest of the group to escape.
24 mins · Sun, 25 Jun 2006
S09 Episode 269
Robin Betrayed! The Motive of the World Government!
Spandam tells Robin that her crew has come to save her and that he, despite the agreement between her and the CP9, plans on taking them prisoner. On the main road, the Straw Hats and the Franky Family proceed towards the Courthouse Plaza. Chopper talks with the king bull Sodom, who notes that Usopp did not make it onto his back. Meanwhile, frustrated with his inability to move forward, Luffy slingshots himself onto the courthouse. There, Blueno is awaiting his arrival.
24 mins · Sun, 25 Jun 2006
S09 Episode 270
Give Robin Back! Luffy vs. Blueno!
Oimo explains to Usopp about how he and Kāshī came to support the marines—the marines told them that they arrested their bosses: the giants Dorry and Broggy that Straw Hats met shortly after entering the Grand Line. Sodom the king bull incurs severe damage and urges the Straw Hats riding him to continue without him. Quickly, they board Sodom's brother Gomorrah and continue on. Atop of the courthouse, the fight between Blueno and Luffy begins with the latter's first punch appearing to less of an effect compared to their previous encounter.
24 mins · Sun, 2 Jul 2006
S09 Episode 271
Don’t Stop! Hoist the Counterattack Signal!
Kokoro and her granddaughter Chimeney contact the Straw Hats by means of Nami's portable transponder snail phone. They inform them of Luffy's location and instruct them on how to lower the courthouse's drawbridge. The Franky Family decides to lower it. Just then, the second of Enies Lobby's elite units enters the battle. One of the Guilty Jurymen throws his massive iron ball at Gomorrah, knocking him down. Luckily, Usopp turns the ties with Omoi and Kashi after revealing that truth of Dorry and Broggy have never been imprisoned. Gomorrah, arising again despite severe injury, tells those riding him to hold on as he plans to take them to their destination. Inside the Tower of Law, Kaku and Kalifa hesitatingly eat the devil fruits that Spandam has given them.
24 mins · Sun, 9 Jul 2006
S09 Episode 272
Almost to Luffy! Gather at the Courthouse Plaza!
Although Gomorrah was blinded, he continues on. Sanji and Zoro crush a building in the king bull's path and the party arrives at the courthouse. On the other side of the drawbridge, Spandam is brought a transponder snail phone with an urgent report. Confident that he will only be told of the Straw Hats' capture, he allows Robin and Franky to listen in, letting them know of their rescuers' success. In front of the courthouse, Zoro cuts open the building's immense stone door. The Franky Family split into three groups, two of which storm the drawbridge towers to reach the levelers at their tops. On the courthouse's roof, Luffy and Blueno fight on even terms until Luffy activates his newest technique, the Gear Second.
24 mins · Sun, 23 Jul 2006
S09 Episode 273
Everything Is to Protect My Friends! Second Gear Activated!
The Straw Hats storm the courthouse, where the remaining members of the Franky Family fight the three-headed judge Baskerville, and, aided by Yokozuna, block the building's entrance to cut off reinforcements. Above them, Luffy's Gear Second is put into action against Bluno, while his crew fight their way upstairs. On the main road, the giants have defeated the Law's Watch Dog Unit, and with Usopp and the Galley-La foremen are heading for the plaza. Luffy defeats Blueno, steps past his unconscious body, and cries out for Robin to hear that he has arrived.
24 mins · Sun, 30 Jul 2006
S09 Episode 274
Give Us Your Answer, Robin! The Straw Hats' Outcry!
Franky cannot understand why Robin refuses to be saved after Spandam broke his promise. While Luffy yells in the background, Franky decides to make Robin face him. He uses his remaining cola to inflate his buttocks and with a giant flatus shoots himself and Robin outside, onto the balcony, and into Luffy's sight, breaking his chains in the process. Luffy wants to slingshot himself over the waterfall to rescue Robin, but she tells him to stay and that only she wants to die. In front of the courthouse, Yokozuna succumbs to the jurymen's attacks. The marines are about to pour in as the giants arrive and assume control of the position. Kashi throws Usopp onto the courthouse where he joins the assembling Straw Hats. Gathering on the battlements, they face Robin and the CP9, while they wait for the drawbridge to be lowered.
24 mins · Sun, 6 Aug 2006
S09 Episode 275
Robin's Past! The Girl was Called a Devil!
Twenty years into the past, Robin is growing up on the island of Ohara. Her aunt, with whom she lives while her mother is away doing research, treats her poorly. Other children ostracize her. Studying in the world's greatest library, the Tree of Omniscience, in the hopes of being allowed to help the local archeologists in their forbidden research, Robin earns the rank of a scholar in archaeology at age eight. However, when she announces her intention to help, her request is denied because of her youth. Disappointed at being rejected again, she walks along the shore, where she stumbles on Jaguar D. Saulo, a giant and deserted vice-admiral of the navy. The two become friends and Saulo teaches her to laugh.
24 mins · Sun, 13 Aug 2006
S09 Episode 276
Fated Mother and Daughter! The Mother's Name is Olvia!
Saulo is shocked to learn that Robin is Nico Olvia's daughter and that he has been washed up on the shores of Ohara. Olvia, who returned to the island on a stolen navy ship, hurries to the Tree of Omniscience to warn her colleagues of a coming navy fleet. However, she is too late. The government ship that carried Spandam's father Spandaine and his men has already arrived. They frighten the island's population into boarding an evacuation ship, while the government soldiers arrest the scholars and search the library. Professor Clover, Robin's mentor, urges Robin to board the evacuation ship, but she refuses. As it becomes clear that the scholars will not be forgiven for their forbidden research, Clover asks to be allowed to speak to the heads of the government, known as the Five Elder Stars.
24 mins · Sun, 10 Sep 2006
S09 Episode 277
The Tragedy of Ohara! The Terror of the Buster Call!
Professor Clover is allowed to speak with one of the Elder Stars and reports of their research. He describes a civilization that existed hundreds of years ago and vanished at the time that the world government assumed power. He considers the collective evidence, which leads him to believe that the government tried to erase their former enemies from history. After stating that Ohara has learned too much, the Elder Star orders Spandaine to kill the professor and to give the order to destroy the island. Suddenly, the library is set aflame; while the scholars try to save the books, Robin admits to being an archeologist and unites with her mother. However, their union does not last long. Around them, cannon shots from the Buster Call's battleships start to hail down and Olvia sends her daughter off with Saulo to flee the island, while she joins the effort to save the library's knowledge.
24 mins · Sun, 24 Sep 2006
S09 Episode 278
Say You Want to Live! We Are Your Friends!!
Saulo fights the battleships, attempting to allow Robin to escape. She tries to board the evacuation ship, but per Spandaine's orders, she is denied access. Vize-Admiral Kuzan, later known as Admiral Aokiji, enters the scene to engage in battle with Saulo. While they fight, the evacuation ship is sunk by the fanatical Vice-Admiral Sakazuki, later known as Admiral Akainu. Saulo, on the verge of dying, instructs Robin to flee on his raft. Persuaded by Saulo's argument and Sakazuki's action, Kuzan helps Robin escape. From then on, Robin lives a life on the run, not being able to trust even the kindest of people, in a world that believes that her existence alone is a sin. In the present, Robin admits her greatest fear: to be seen as a burden by her crewmates and cast away, because being with her means having the world as their enemy. Finally knowing what kept her away, Sogeking, on Luffy's order, burns the government's flag, declaring war against the World Government itself.
24 mins · Sun, 24 Sep 2006
S09 Episode 279
Jump Towards the Falls! Luffy’s Feelings!
Luffy's backstory is shown.
24 mins · Sun, 1 Oct 2006
S09 Episode 280
A Man's Way of Life! Zoro's Deeds, Usopp's Dream
Zoro and Usopp's backstories are summarized.
24 mins · Sun, 8 Oct 2006
S09 Episode 281
Tears Which Weaved the Bonds of Friendship! Nami's Map of the World
Nami's backstory is summarized.
24 mins · Sun, 15 Oct 2006
S09 Episode 282
Partings Which Refine Men! Sanji and Chopper
The backstories of Sanji and Chopper are summarized.
24 mins · Sun, 22 Oct 2006
S09 Episode 283
All for the Sake of a Nakama! Robin in Darkness!
The reasons for Nico Robin's recent actions as well as her backstory are summarized.
24 mins · Sun, 29 Oct 2006
S09 Episode 284
The Blueprints Aren't Entrusted! Franky's Decision
Franky had hidden the blueprints for the ancient weapon Pluton within his body. He shows them to the CP9, explaining that they were only kept in existence so that an opposing force could be constructed in case the other ancient weapons still in existence were revived by Robin. Having realized that she is not the demon that rumors characterized her as, he bets the world's fate on the Straw Hats ability to rescue her and burns the blueprints. Enraged, Spandam throws Franky off the balcony. Kokoro runs Rocketman up the half-lowered drawbridge. The Straw Hats, informed via transponder snail phone, jump aboard. Hitting Franky on the way and carrying him along, the train jumps over the waterfall and crashes into the Tower of Justice.
24 mins · Sun, 5 Nov 2006
S09 Episode 285
Retrieve the 5 Keys! The Straw Hat Crew VS CP9
After emerging from the rubble caused by Rocket Man crashing into the Tower of Law, the Straw Hats and Franky are greeted by the blabbermouth CP9 agent Fukurou as he reveals that Spandam has given CP9 orders to execute the intruders. Also explaining that Spandam and Lucci are taking Robin to the Gates of Justice, Fukurou adds that he and four other CP9 members each possess a key that may unlock the sea stone handcuffs on Robin. As Luffy chases after Robin, the Straw Hats and Franky pursue the keys and each encounter a CP9 member. At the same time, Chimeney and her pet rabbit Gonbe accidentally find a secret passage and end up following Spandam and Lucci as they take Robin to the Gates of Justice.
24 mins · Sun, 12 Nov 2006
S09 Episode 286
Power of the Devil Fruit! Kaku and Jabura Transform
As Luffy decides to make his way to the Gates of Justice to catch up to Robin and her captors, Nami and Sanji have their respective encounters with Kumadori and Kalifa while Franky runs into Fukurou. While Zoro engages Kaku in an intense sword fight, Usopp's attempt to steal a key from the sleeping CP9 agent Jabra fails as the assassin wakes up and reveals himself to have the power of the Dog Dog Fruit Model: Wolf. At the same time, Kaku reveals to Zoro his newly gained Devil Fruit power: the Ox-Ox Fruit Model: Giraffe. But after causing himself and Zoro to fall to the floor where Usopp and Jabra are, Kaku finds himself being ridiculed for his appearance. After Usopp accidentally placed a one half of a pair of sea-stone handcuffs on Zoro, he ends up provoking Kaku into using a Tempest Kick in his man beast form to vertically cut the building in half. The attack subsides and Zoro finds himself accidentally handcuffed to Usopp.
24 mins · Sun, 19 Nov 2006
S09 Episode 287
I Won't Kick Even If It Costs Me My Life! Sanji's Chivalry!
Finding themselves handcuffed after Kaku's man beast enhanced Tempest Kick damaged the Tower of Law, Zoro and Usopp learn that each of the keys are numbered. But as neither Kaku nor Jabura have the key needed to free their prey from their seastone handcuffs, the two CP9 members are forced to resume the fight. Chopper arrives at that time and is sent off to obtain the Number 2 key from one of the other assassins. Chopper comes across Nami as she attempted to flee Kumadori after stealing the Number 3 key, knocking the CP9 operative out. Soon after, Nami and Chopper find a round and glossy Sanji hitting the ground from a few floors up. After Nami realizes his opponent was Kalifa, Sanji admits to have done his best in trying to get her key but could not bring himself to harm a woman. Despite scolding him for being too easy, Nami decides to take over and fight Kalifa while leaving Sanji in Chopper's care.
24 mins · Sun, 26 Nov 2006
S09 Episode 288
Fukurou's Miscalculation! My Cola is the Water of Life!
As Nami reaches Kalifa while Chopper holds Kumadori at bay, Luffy is saved from drowning by Chimeney and Gonbe as they show him to the underground passage leading to the Gates of Justice. Luffy, not having the key to access it, activates his Gear Third to break through the gate leading to the passage. Meanwhile, low on reserves as he is down to the last drop of cola, Franky gets into a fist fight with Fukuro as their scuffle takes them to the kitchen. At the same time, having lost his Rumble Ball boost, Chopper is knocked into the room by Kumadori whom he manages to lock in the giant fridge to Franky's annoyance. After a momentarily spat between him and Franky before watching the cyborg get pummeled by Fukuro, followed a few misfires with other beverages, Chopper manages to give Franky the three cola bottles he needs to turn the tide as the cyborg knocks Fukuro outside the tower.
24 mins · Sun, 3 Dec 2006
S09 Episode 289
Zoro Busts Out a New Technique! The Sword's Name is Sniperking?
Refreshed after having placed three full bottles of cola in his stomach compartment, Franky turns the tide in his battle with Fukurou as they take their battle outside and in the sea current with Chopper watching before seeing a bloated Kumadori emerging from the fridge. With Fukuro attempting to keep him from escaping the current leading to the waterfall surrounding Enies Lobby's main island, Franky barely saves himself by grabbing Fukurou's leg and forces him to moon walk back up to the ground to resume their fight. But a furious Fukuro instead attempts to kill Franky by crushing him against the Tower of Law, only for Franky to holds onto his opponent with his dividable legs and stop the momentum with his air pressure cannon before using the latter to propel his opponent to the ground. Back inside the Tower of Law, after Usopp attempts to have Kaku and Jabra fight each other, Zoro reveals his own plan by having Usopp cling onto his arm and holding one of his swords.
24 mins · Sun, 10 Dec 2006
S09 Episode 290
Uncontrollable! Chopper's Forbidden Rumble!
Chopper's breather concludes as Kumadori frees himself from the fridge, apparently after he finished eating its contents. At first, he is fat, but he digests all the food immediately and is slim again. Fascinated, Chopper asks how he did it. Kumadori willingly explains. Afterwards, the two resume their fight where it had stopped. Chopper quickly realizes that he cannot break through Kumadori's body-hardening technique without the effect of his Rumble Ball drug. Having used a first while rescuing Nami, he dares not use a second out of fear of its side effects. Nevertheless, he takes it. Chopper charges repeatedly, but his transformations are erratic and difficult to control. By the time he assumes the correct form, he is too weak and is struck down. Left with one choice, he steps into the forbidden realm of taking a third Rumble Ball.
24 mins · Sun, 17 Dec 2006
S09 Episode 291
Boss Luffy Returns! Is It a Dream or Reality? Lottery Ruckus!
In the Edo period-based alternate reality Grand Jipangu, the small girl Rika takes an ill person, whom everyone calls Tot-san (which means "father" in Japanese), to her house to nurse him back to health. Organized crime boss Buggy the Clown and one of the town's highest officials scheme to get rid of Detective Luffy. Mistaking Rika to be the daughter of Tot-san, Buggy kidnaps her to collect Tot-san's debt. When Luffy comes to rescue her, the high official attempts to exile him for attacking an innocent citizen. Instead, he himself is stripped of his position for joining forces with criminals by the shogun's daughter Vivi.
24 mins · Sun, 24 Dec 2006
S09 Episode 292
A Big Rice Cake Tossing Race at the Castle! Red Nose's Plot!
It is the seventh day of the new year in Grand Jipangu. Nami, Sanji, and Chopper are on their way to the shogun's castle, delivering a large quantity of rice cakes to be thrown from the castle. Most of the townspeople have gathered there, hoping to catch the one cake containing a precious jewel. Buggy and his henchmen have made several plans to seize the cakes, including the one with the jewel, before they reach their destination. Although his plans fail, Buggy manages to take Princess Vivi hostage. However, Detective Luffy shows up in time to thwart his efforts. In the end, the cakes are safe and everyone eats until they are satisfied.
24 mins · Sun, 7 Jan 2007
S09 Episode 293
Bubble Master Kalifa! The Soap Trap Closes in on Nami!
Having taken three Rumble Balls, Chopper transforms into an oversized and purely instinct driven version of himself. Kumadori goes all out to defeat his enemy, but in the end cannot succeed. In Kalifa's room, Nami lies helplessly on the ground, watching her opponent casually bathing. Slowly, the strength returns to her limbs while Kalfi redresses. Shortly into their fight, Nami discovers the essence of Kalifa's new ability. Being a soap woman, she can create a foam that washes away anything, even a person's strength. Chopper goes on a rampage and, with Franky on his heels, climbs the tower's outside walls. Having crossed the underground passage, Luffy finally catches up to Lucci.
24 mins · Sun, 14 Jan 2007
S09 Episode 294
Resounding Bad News! The Buster Call Invoked!
At the Courthouse Plaza, the marines defeat Oimo and Kāshī and capture the Straw Hats' allies in the courthouse. Almost on the Bridge of Hesitation, which leads through the Gates of Justice, Spandam tries to contact the CP9 members at the tower to know what is going on with the pirates. But he learns too late that he accidentally invoked a Buster Call, causing ten battleships and five vice-admirals to be dispatched to Enies Lobby from the nearby navy headquarters. As Robin attempts to reason with him of what will happen to Enies Lobby once the Buster Call is invoked, Spandam makes another mistake by informing the whole island of the coming threat while admitting that he does not care if the 10,000 navy soldiers under him are obliterated in process. This causes the navy soldiers to leave their prisoners and flee to the coast. With the Buster Call underway, the CP9 operatives decide to end their respective matches quickly while Luffy begins his fight against Lucci.
24 mins · Sun, 21 Jan 2007
S09 Episode 295
Five Namis? Nami Strikes Back With Mirages
Lucci and Luffy begin their mutually anticipated duel while Kalifa manages to subject Nami to her Golden Time attack to completely smooth her into a weakling. But before Kailfa could deliver the death blow, Nami uses her Mirage Tempo to distract her before Chopper crashes through the wall. After attacking both the CP9 operative and an astonished Nami due to his inability to tell friend from foe in his Monster Point form, Chopper proceeds to rip Kalifa's bathtub out of its foundation and throws it down stairs where Sanji is. While Nami is deeply worried about Chopper, she realizes she needs to focus o Kalifa while learning her opponent's effects can be washed off with water. Kalifa attempts to stop Nami from reaching the torn up water pipes, only for Nami to use her Rain Tempo to restore herself. Now having scouted out Kalifa's abilities, Nami takes their fight to its climax by creating four illusionary doubles of herself.
24 mins · Sun, 28 Jan 2007
S09 Episode 296
Nami's Decision! Fire at the Out-Of-Control Chopper!
The fight between Nami and Kalifa climaxes when the former unveils her Fata Morgana ability and the latter makes a final attempt to take Nami and her illusion clones out by sweeping the room with a tidal wave of bubbles. But Nami's victory has been ensured as Kalifa is struck by a horizontal lightning bolt. Franky, who had followed Chopper in climbing up the walls of the Tower of Law, arrives as Nami is about to retrieve the Number Two key from Kalifa's person. After discussing Chopper's Monster Point form, they conceive a plan to save Chopper as they find him in the room where the still handcuffed Zoro and Usopp are holding their own against Kaku and Jabra. After Franky uses his air pressure cannon to blast Chopper outside into the seawater, Nami uses Kalifa's key to free Zoro and Usopp from their shackles.
24 mins · Sun, 4 Feb 2007
S09 Episode 297
Hunter Sanji Makes An Entrence? Elegy for a Lying Wolf!
After pulling the unconscious Chopper out of the sea once he returned to his usual form, making his peace with the reindeer, Franky ponders on how he can cross the wild waters to reach the Bridge of Hesitation. Chimeney and Gonbe appear outside the secret passage and lead him to Kokoro and the tunnel. Pass the room where Luffy is fighting Lucci, Spandam uses Funkfreed to stop Robin's attempted escape and proceeds to drag her by her hair to the Gates of Justice. In the last remaining fight at the Tower of Law, Zoro and Kaku exchange heavy blows while Jabra overwhelms Usopp and Nami and is about to kill the former. But having been restored to normal after being exposed to the water in Kalifa's bathtub, Sanji steps in to deal with Jabra while explaining the current situation and telling Usopp to find and save Robin.
24 mins · Sun, 11 Feb 2007
S09 Episode 298
Fiery Kicks! Sanji's Full Course of Foot Techniques!
As Sanji takes over fighting Jabra, Nami drags Usopp from the fight to go after Robin. But while Nami intended to go down stairs, Usopp has a better idea. Meanwhile, Sanji starts exchanging blows with Jabra, who sends him flying into the hallway. Continuing their fight there, Jabra attempts to trick Sanji into lowering his guard by offering him his key with a made-up story of being Robin's long-lost brother. But Sanji sees through the trick and kicks Jabra before getting the key as he eventually overwhelmed by Jabra going all out by revealing he is the only CP9 operative who can move after using the Iron Body skill. But Sanji responded by making his foot red hot to unveil his newest technique: Diable Jambe, whose intense heat bypasses Jabra's defenses and leads to his defeat in a fierce mid-air final clash.
24 mins · Sun, 25 Feb 2007
S09 Episode 299
Fierce Sword Attacks! Zoro vs. Kaku, Powerful Sword Fighting Showdown!
Spandam drags Robin along the Bridge of Hesitation while down stairs in the room where Luffy is fighting Lucci, while Franky arrives and offers his help. But Luffy insists that Franky save Robin. Reminded of himself when he was young and tried to stop the sea train from carrying away his mentor, Franky agrees as Luffy attempts to ensure the cyborg's escape by restraining Lucci to no avail. At the same time, in the Tower of Law, Kaku shows Zoro the many tricks he can perform with his body that is now equipped with devil fruit powers, discovering new techniques in the process. But Zoro expresses that Kaku's skills are not enough to defeat him.
24 mins · Sun, 4 Mar 2007
S09 Episode 300
Demon God Zoro! An Incarnation Of Asura Born From Fighting Spirit!
After being relentlessly attacked, while hearing Kaku insulting Robin, Zoro's resulting rage manifested itself in a dark aura that Kaku thought to be a demon. Both swordsmen decide to finish this fight, with Zoro the victor as he unveils his new sword-style: Demon Aura Nine-Sword Style Asura. After giving Kaku the message from Paulie that he and Lucci are fired, Zoro takes the Number Five key as Sanji arrives. Meanwhile, as a fearful Robin makes a final attempt to keep herself from dragged across the Bridge of Hesitation by biting into the bridge's rim, Luffy attempts to hold Lucci long enough for Franky to make his way towards Robin. When Lucci assumes his beast-man form, Luffy activates Second Gear to give Franky the needed time to escape as he and the CP9 agent face each other.
24 mins · Sun, 11 Mar 2007
S09 Episode 301
Spandam Frightened! The Hero on the Tower of Law!
Having loosened Robin's tooth grip on the bridge's rim, Spandam ties a rope around her waist and pulls her further along; during this, he constantly insults her and proudly tells her that Spandaine, the man who had caused her so much suffering, is his father. A stream of tears runs down her cheeks as her time runs out. Just then, and seemingly out of nowhere, an explosive projectile hits the back of Spandam's head. A stream of projectiles falls on the marines gathered around him. Outside the range of normal guns, Sogeking is shooting at them, standing on top of the Tower of Justice.
24 mins · Sun, 18 Mar 2007
S09 Episode 302
Robin Freed! Luffy vs. Lucci, Showdown Between Leaders!
Unable to go back across the Bridge of Hesitation as one of the naval ships blasts the top floors of the Tower of Law into the waterfall, Robin and Franky decide to capture the ship Spandam had intended to use to bring the former to navy headquarters with Spandam having all men emerge to subdue the two by any means. Meanwhile, Lucci learns the double-edged nature of Luffy's Second Gear as he tells the youth that the Buster Call is about to begin. Anticipating that the other Straw Hats would take the underground passage, Lucci tears a hole into a wall of the underwater chamber to flood the passageway as the Buster Call on Enies Lobby commences.
24 mins · Sun, 25 Mar 2007
S09 Episode 303
Boss Luffy is the Culprit? Track Down the Missing Great Cherry Tree!
It is springtime in Grand Jipangu. One day remains until the yearly town festival, in which everyone gathers to have a picnic under the 1000-year-old sakura tree. Unfortunately, one of the town's children is sick and cannot attend. Luffy tries to think of a way to show him the tree in its bloom, but does not come up with a solution. When the tree disappears the next day, Luffy becomes the prime suspect. Robin investigates. The truth is that Buggy and his men stole the tree and brought it aboard the ship of Foxy the Silver Fox. She tips off Luffy, Usopp, and Sanji about the tree's location, who go there to retrieve it.
24 mins · Sun, 1 Apr 2007
S09 Episode 304
I Can't Protect Anyone Unless I Win! Third Gear Activated
The Buster Call ships have reached Enies Lobby, passing to Bridge of Hesitation to spare Robin as she is traumatized by the onslaught she is forced to witness a second time in her life. At the same time, as Zoro and Sanji carry a wounded Usopp through the underground passage, Nami, Kokoro, Chimeney, and Gonbe are ahead of them before they are forced to turn back as a consequence of the flooding caused by Lucci. Luffy and Lucci take their fight to the next floor above the sea level to resume their fight with the latter having the greater advantage after Luffy's Second Gear ended. Though Lucci offers Luffy a chance to run away and save his friends, the pirate knows not to trust the CP9 agent as he reveals his other trump card: Gear Third. Luffy blows air into his arm to have it grow before using it to hit Lucci as the Buster Call ships witness a giant fist punching out of the pillar.
24 mins · Sun, 8 Apr 2007
S09 Episode 305
The Terrifying Past! Dark Justice and Rob Lucci
Fifteen years into the past, a 13-year-old Rob Lucci, as emissary of the world government, is sent into a country at war with pirates. Five hundred of their soldiers have been taken hostage and the pirates' captain demands the throne in exchange for the men's life. The country's king is close to giving in when Lucci arrives. However, Lucci has not come to offer help, but to take matters into his hands. He goes to the pirates and allows them to capture him. They lock him up with the five hundred soldiers. Lucci kills them all, in the name of justice, because for a soldier it is a sin to be weak. Afterwards, he kills the pirates' captain and ends the country's crisis.
24 mins · Sun, 15 Apr 2007
S09 Episode 306
A Mysterious Mermaid Appears? As Consciousness Fades Away...
After fighting Lucci in Gear Third for a minute, Luffy is left to cope with the technique's side effect of his body shrinking to a fraction of its original size for around the same time. At the other end of the Bridge of Hesitation, Franky takes on Funkfreed, Spandam's sword infused with the powers of a devil fruit, which allow it to partly or completely turn into an elephant. At the islands entry, the two giants arrive, carrying the Galley-La foremen and the Franky Family on their shoulders. Instead of finding a means of escape, however, they are greeted by the cannon muzzles of three of the Buster Call's battleships. Equally desperate is the situation in the underground passage, where the group has been caught in the flooding-in water. Just as they are about to give up hope, a mermaid comes to their rescue.
24 mins · Sun, 22 Apr 2007
S09 Episode 307
Cannon Fire Sinks the Island! Franky's Lamentation!
Franky and Robin are throwing the last remaining marines off their commandeered convoy ship when Kokoro, in mermaid form, jumps out of the water and on board, carrying the whole group from the underground passage. A moment of happiness arises as they reunite with Robin, but does not last long. The battleships have set the whole island aflame and via loudspeaker a voice announces the destruction of the group of escapees at the main gate. With no more targets left, the fleet turns its attention toward the Bridge of Hesitation, where the Straw Hats are forced to wait for their captain's arrival.
24 mins · Sun, 29 Apr 2007
S09 Episode 308
Wait for Luffy! Mortal Combat on the Bridge of Hesitation!
The fight between Luffy and Lucci reaches its climax as the CP9 assassin makes use of his most powerful technique: the Six Kings Gun. The Bridge of Hesitation is surrounded by battleships that use their cannonfire to sever the bridge's first pillar, where Luffy is fighting, from the rest. Having cut off the Straw Hats' captain's retreat, the marines send their two hundred captains and commanders to recapture Robin while killing off the Straw Hats. During the fight, with Chopper still unable to move and Sanji nowhere to be seen, Robin joins her friends in fighting the Marine's strongest fighters. Meanwhile, after enduring punishing blows from Lucci, Luffy is at his limit and finally falls to the ground with Ussop horrified by the sight.
24 mins · Sun, 6 May 2007
S09 Episode 309
Fists Full of Emotion! Luffy Unleashes Gatling with All His Might!
While the Straw Hats struggle to hold their own against those among Buster Call's fighting elite who have Devil Fruit powers, an unmasked Usopp sees Luffy lying in the dust in front of Lucci. Usopp cries out to him, telling him to get back up. But when Luffy is unable to move, Usopp resorts to provoking Lucci to face him. Presuming Luffy to be defeated, Lucci decides to take Usopp's suggestion with the intention of slaughtering the entire Straw Hat crew before returning to finish Luffy off. But Luffy, spurred by Usopp's words, gets back to his feet with a promise not to fall until he wins. Luffy then activates his Second Gear, engaging Lucci in a final fist fight. Though Lucci hits him with his Six Kings Gun, Luffy keeps standing as he deliver a barrage of blows strong enough to break through Lucci's Iron Body technique. Lucci's defeat is soon made public with a grinning Luffy collapsing to the floor.
24 mins · Sun, 13 May 2007
S09 Episode 310
From the Sea, a Friend Arrives! The Straw Hats Share the Strongest Bond!
As everyone is in awe of Luffy defeating Rob Lucci, it revealed by Transponder Snail loudspeakers that the Franky Family and Galley-La foremen faked their deaths while having found a means of escape. The Straw Hats are not so fortunate as the Marine admirals' forces renew their attack as their battleships destroy the stolen convoy ship, Sanji reappearing to save Chopper, Kokoro, Chimeney, and Gonbe. The Buster Call ships then destroy what remained of the Bridge of Hesitation to force the pirates onto the middle pillar before redirecting fire at the pillar where Luffy is to blast him to bits while he is unable to move. Things seem hopeless until Usopp once more hears a voice calling out for him and the rest of the Straw Hats to jump into the ocean. Despite many thinking Usopp had gone mad, the others start to hear it too with Robin using her Devil Fruit powers to toss Luffy out of the pillar as everything jumps to the source of the mysterious voice: the Going Merry.
24 mins · Sun, 20 May 2007
S09 Episode 311
Everyone Makes a Great Escape! The Road to Victory is for the Pirates!
Despite appearing to have sunk at Water 7, the Going Merry somehow made it to Enies Lobby with the Straw Hats have little time to speculate how their ship arrived as a livid Spandam, revealed to have survived being crushed by Funkfreed, orders the Buster Call battleships to destroy Robin and the Straw Hats. Though the battleships have already taken aim at the tiny ship that has snuck in between them at a near point-blank range, it turned out Sanji used his crew to fight with the Marine's elite to control the room for the Gates of Justice and closed it to restore the whirlpools. This results with the battleships' aim and maneuverability disabled as the Straw Hats go on the defense while Nami plans their escape route. After Robin uses her Devil Fruit powers to break Spandam's spine, the Straw Hats succeed with their escape with the Buster Call fleet utterly defeated.
24 mins · Sun, 27 May 2007
S09 Episode 312
Thank You, Merry! Snow Falls over the Parting Sea!
With Enies Lobby and the Buster Call fleet out of sight, Usopp having resumed his Sniper King guise while everyone was still puzzled over how the Going Merry reach them, the Straw Hats meet up with Iceberg on the Galley-La company ship. By then, then Going Merry finally begins to break apart and Luffy begs the shipwrights to repair the beloved ship. But Iceburg, having heard the mysterious voice, reveals that he found the Going Merry during Aqua Lagoona and did everything in his power to fix it at the ship's behest. Iceberg convincing Luffy to let the Going Merry go, the captain giving his ship a proper burial by setting it ablaze as he and the other Straw Hats, reminiscing about their time with the Going Merry, watching their ship sink to the bottom of the sea.
24 mins · Sun, 3 Jun 2007
S09 Episode 313
Peace Interrupted! A Navy Vice Admiral with a Fist of Love!
Two days later and back in Water 7, Franky hears that "the item" has arrived. He had used the money, which he had stolen from the Straw Hats, to buy a large piece of precious wood. Using the wood, he plans to build a "dream ship" and offers to give it to the Straw Hats. The promise of a new ship and the recovery of their lost possessions from a group of Galley-La workers brightens the Straw Hat's outlook. However, another cloud darkens the horizon, as a group of marines, led by Vice-Admiral Garp, break into their quarters.
24 mins · Sun, 10 Jun 2007
S09 Episode 314
The Strongest Family? Luffy's Father Revealed!
While Garp is revealed to be Luffy's grandfather, his harsh upbringing methods explaining the pirate's endurance while criticizing his grandson's choice to become a pirate, Zoro attempts to attack the navy soldiers until he and Luffy end up facing Garp's two personal attendants who are revealed to be old acquaintances they have met at the start of their journey: Coby who has achieved his dream and Captain Morgan's son Helmeppo. While he and his soldiers proceed to repair the wall he destroyed, Garp makes things more astonishing by revealing that Luffy was saved from Captain Smoker in Loguetown by Monkey D. Dragon. Although Luffy does not know of him, and everyone else too dumbfounded by this mind-blowing revelation while Garp asks everyone to forget what he said, Robin explains to Luffy that Dragon is the leader of a rebel faction usurping the World Government and is among the government's most wanted criminals.
24 mins · Sun, 17 Jun 2007
S09 Episode 315
Its Name Is The New World! The Fate of the Grand Line!
Garp takes his leave to let Luffy alone with Coby and Helmeppo so that they can chat. Afterwards, Coby thanks Luffy and Zoro for the opportunity to meet them again and promises to become stronger, so he might one day capture them. Once he and Helmeppo depart, the Straw Hats start a party at the Galley-La's company pool. During that party, Aokiji approaches Robin while staying out of sight. He explains to her that Saulo was his best friend and that he had only let her go to honor his wishes. He admits that he had decided to put an end to Robin's existence, always on the run, and the danger it meant for the world, but that her and the Straw Hats' actions have shown him that she has found her place.
24 mins · Sun, 24 Jun 2007
S09 Episode 316
Shanks Makes a Move! The Linchpin to the Reckless Era!
A fleet of navy ships could not keep the "Red-Haired" Shanks and Whitebeard from meeting. Those unprepared to bear his presence fall unconscious to the ground as Shanks walks over the planks of Whitebeard's ship, carrying a large bottle of booze. While they drink, they reminisce about old times and wounds, which begin aching again. Shanks asks his peer to stop his subordinate Portgas D. Ace from pursuing Blackbeard. Whitebeard refuses. The two draw their weapons and fight.
24 mins · Sun, 1 Jul 2007
S09 Episode 317
The Girl in Search of Her Yagara! Great Search in the City of Water!
While searching for supplies, Luffy and Chopper are approached by a girl named Abi to search for her lost yagara bull Bluefin, who had appeared to her in a dream. During Aqua Laguna, Abi's family had left their 100-year-old yagara bull at home and they find him gone when their came back. With the exception of Abi, everyone believes that Bluefin is dead. Though Robin used her Devil Fruit powers to help them, the search all over the city with no success. The group come across a yagara who, as Chopper translated, heard Bluefin coming to someone's aid during Aqua Laguna. After finding a piece of his scarf, they track him into the underwater passages of the city. But it turned out that Bluefin had died during the storm and reached out to Abi to find peace while she cares for the newborn yagara he gave his life for to save.
24 mins · Sun, 8 Jul 2007
S09 Episode 318
Mothers are Strong! Zoro's Hectic Household Chores!
As the others look for supplies, Zoro strolls the city in search of a replacement katana despite lacking money to afford a new sword. There, he is picked up by Michael and Hoichael, two idle boys from the backstreets he met while Garp was in Water Seven. The two attempt to help him find a sword shop while calling him their "big brother" to his dismay before meeting their foster-mother who takes him to their home to help in the chores. Eventually, after forced to wear a tight-fitting shirt, Zoro manages to escape but attempts to hide from his crew out of pride. Eventually, Zoro is found by Hoichael and learns the foster mother and her "children" have been abducted by a loan shark he saw attempting to collect interest from a fulfilled debt. After Zoro rescues the family, the foster mother allows him to return to "his family" before chasing after him to give him back his shirt.
24 mins · Sun, 15 Jul 2007
S09 Episode 319
Sanji's Shock! Mysterious Old Man and His Super Yummy Cooking!
Sanji is buying groceries in the company of Chimeney and Gonbe. For lunch, they lead him to the small floating restaurant of a drunken old man. He is asleep and not easily woken, so Sanji decides to prepare something himself. While he is cooking, the old man wakes up and immediately recognizes Sanji's way of handling the carving knife, for he knew Sanji's mentor, "Red-Leg" Zeff. He insists that Sanji taste some of his cooking. Sanji is amazed by the flavor, but cannot figure out how the old man made it. Intent on discovering the secret, he searches the city for seasonings that might have been used. Perchance he gets to eat an onigiri made by the old man and realizes that he uses a special salt. The salt was created by Aqua Laguna. As the storm floods the lower parts of the city, it covers the buildings with sea water. In the following sunny days, particularly tasty residual salt is left on the rooftops.
24 mins · Sun, 22 Jul 2007
S09 Episode 320
Everyone Finally Has A Bounty! A Pirate Group Worth Over Six Hundred Million!
While the Gallery-La foremen take a break after the Franky Family provide a meal for the workers, Franky and Iceburg continue working throughout the night to build the new ship for the Straw Hats. Meahwhile, having spend his time practicing scenarios to rejoin the Straw Hats, Usopp first attempt fails. The next day, the Straw Hats learn the ship is finished and were about to head to the shore when the Franky Family arrive with bad news. It turned out all Straw Hat members have a bounty, with Franky also included. As the Franky Family fear their leader might end up getting captured again, they plea with Luffy to take Franky with him by any means.
24 mins · Sun, 19 Aug 2007
S09 Episode 321
The King of Animals that Overlooks the Sea! The Dream Ship Magnificently Completed!
When the Straw Hats arrive at the coast, Iceburg shows them the ship, but Franky cannot be found. Iceburg gives his opinion: Franky is hiding because if he were asked face to face to join the crew, he would not be able to refuse; he wants to go but thinks of staying in Water 7 as his responsibility. On the other side of the island, Franky's men literally take the matter into their own hands: they steal Franky's beloved jammer-style swimsuit and attempt to lure him to the Straw Hats by passing it back and forth to each other. Midway, Sanji and Zoro seize him, put him into the Franky Family's shoot-anything-cannon, and have him shot in front of the new ship.
24 mins · Sun, 26 Aug 2007
S09 Episode 322
Goodbye My Dear Underlings! Franky Departs!
Luffy tells Franky that, if he wants his swimsuit back, he will have to join his crew. However, this does not persuade him. To weaken his resolve, Robin uses her ability to grab Franky's testicles and pulls on them. Iceburg tells him that he only wants to stay in Water 7 because he has not forgiven himself. Franky's followers bring him his luggage. He rejects it, telling them to stay out of his affairs. During this series of events, Franky cries, apparently from the pain inflicted by Robin, who had stopped some time ago. Sanji and Zoro arrive in a hurry, reporting that Garp has returned and is on his way to capture them. Luffy then returns the swimsuit to Franky, who subsequently agrees to join the crew.
24 mins · Sun, 2 Sep 2007
S09 Episode 323
Departing the City of Water! Usopp Mans Up and Brings Closure to the Duel!
With Franky now a member of the Straw Hats, the crew set sail to evade Garp as he returned to Water 7 direct orders from Fleet-Admiral Sengoku. When Franky notices that Usopp had not yet returned to them, Luffy explains to Franky that Sanji saw Usopp practicing ways to return to the group a few days prior. Luffy is then convinced by Zoro, who threatens to leave the crew at the time, that the only way they can welcome back Usopp is his first words are an apology. But as Usopp runs to the dock, his window of opportunity is slowly closing as the Straw Hats attempt to fend off the barrage of cannonballs personally thrown by Garp. When Usopp arrives, he attempts to rejoin the crew as if nothing happened with his words falling on deaf ears. It was only after Usopp realizes his faults and begs for forgiveness that a tearful Luffy reaches out and pulls him aboard.
24 mins · Sun, 9 Sep 2007
S09 Episode 324
Wanted Posters Make It Around the World! Celebrations in Their Hometowns as the Ship Moves Forward!
Because the crew and ship are complete again, the Straw Hats can intensify their efforts to escape. They name their new ship Thousand Sunny, and Franky goes to the engine room to activate one of its special abilities. Luffy says goodbye to his grandfather and Coby. Enraged by his grandson's audacity, Garp pulls out a gigantic iron ball and throws it at him and his ship. At the last second, the Sunny's emergency acceleration device activates and blasts the ship a kilometer away and outside Garp's reach. Meanwhile, the crew's wanted posters and news of their deeds at Enies Lobby circulate around the world.
24 mins · Sun, 16 Sep 2007
S09 Episode 325
The Most Heinous Power! Blackbeard's Darkness Attacks Ace!
Three days earlier before the Thousand Sunny's maiden voyage, on an island near Water 7, Blackbeard receives the news of the Straw Hats' devastation of Enies Lobby and decides to pursue them. However, his plans are interrupted by Ace, who has come to avenge Blackbeard's murder of a crewmate. Ordering his men back after attempting to convince Ace to join his crew, Blackbeard justifies his actions because his crewmate eat a Devil Fruit whose powers he long sought for. Blackbeard then proceeds to destroy the village by revealing the power he have obtained from killing his friend: The Dark-Dark Fruit. Blackbeard than overwhelms Ace who making him another offer to join his crew. But Ace refuses and the two use their strongest attacks on each other. With the island is devastated and Ace defeated, the event would influence the changes that will come.
24 mins · Sun, 23 Sep 2007
S09 Episode 326
The Mysterious Band of Pirates! Sunny and the Dangerous Trap!
After departing Water 7, the Straw Hats find a drifting ship with hungry and sick fishermen. All things seem great until the drifting fishermen have something else in mind and set a trap for the Straw Hats.
24 mins · Sun, 14 Oct 2007
S09 Episode 327
Sunny in a Pinch! Roar, Secret Superspeed Mecha!
Though the fishermen attempt to retreat, the Straw Hats' refused to let them leave when they assumed they kidnapped Chopper. But Chopper assures his crew that he alright and requests tending to the patient Jiro took him to. Jiro explains the patient is Puzzle and that the fishermen were actually the Phoenix Pirates and that their ship ended in its current state after an encounter in the New World. The Straw Hats then find themselves surrounded by a fleet of Marine ships, unaware that they were optical illusions and use the Soldier Dock System to escape with the Phoenix Pirates in tow. Later hearing that the Straw Hats have entered the glacial field as planned, the Accino family proceeds to collect the bounty on the Straw Hats in honor of their leader Don Accino for his birthday.
24 mins · Sun, 21 Oct 2007
S09 Episode 328
The Dream Sinking in the New World! The Disillusioned Pirate, Puzzle!
Trapped by moving icebergs, the Straw Hats try to figure a way out while avoiding being crushed. Puzzle awakes after Chopper's treatment only to reveal some harsh realities on the awaiting crew as he considers his dream to become king of the pirates over. Later, Zoro ending up lost as he cut a iceberg blocking their way, an iceberg attack strands Luffy and Chopper on the Phoenix Pirates' ship while the Thousand Sunny is trapped by ice as it is found by Arbell, Salchow, Hockera, and Lil of the Accino family. Though they expected an easy catch, the Accino family members are shocked to see the Thousand Sunny using its Coup de Burst to escape. But Arbell convinces Lil to use her flying fish to snatch the Straw Hats' jolly roger to keep them from fully escaping out of pride.
24 mins · Sun, 28 Oct 2007
S09 Episode 329
The Assassins Attack! The Great Battle on Ice Begins!
Using the Shark Submarine, Nami and Franky find out that penguins are moving the icebergs before they are attacked with Usopp and Sanji knocked off the Thousand Sunny into an ice cavern. Though Nami and Franky evaded the penguins, they are confronted by Hockera while Usopp and Sanji encounter Arbelle and her husband Salchow. At the same time, as Robin encounters Lil, Luffy and Chopper and the Phoenix Pirates are attacked by Brindo who is after the bounty on both Luffy and Puzzle. Meanwhile, Zoro stumbles upon Lovely Land, the Accino Family's HQ.
24 mins · Sun, 4 Nov 2007
S09 Episode 330
The Staw Hat’s Hard Battles! A Pirate Soul Risking It All for the Flag!
Brindo reveals his family possesses the Straw Hat flag, provoking Luffy to follow him to Lovely Land. But Puzzle captures Brindo and binds him with his chains to the mast. Elsewhere, while Usopp provoked Salchow by knocking out Arbelle with Sanji equally irate, Franky managed to beat Hockera with what cola he has left. However, after Franky returns to the Shark Submarine, the freezing pucks froze the sub solid as Hockera proceeds to take his captives to Lovely Land. As Lil accepts Robin's request to be led to Lovely Land, Zoro is aimlessly wandering inside the place as Don Accino demands progress from his eldest son Canpacino.
24 mins · Sun, 11 Nov 2007
S09 Episode 331
Hot Full Throttle! The Twin’s Magnetic Power Drawing Near!
Due to Sanji's ideals, he and Usopp ended up captured by Albelle and Salchow. Meanwhile, Brindo tricks Luffy and company to summon his elder twin brother Canpacino to the Phoenix Pirates' ship and free him. Due to their 'brotherly love' making them human magnets, Canpachino and Brindo use their unique fighting style to separate Luffy from the others. As the events occurred, Zoro encounters Don Accino and the two knock back a few drinks together before the Straw Hats' jolly roger is delivered. Accino admits that Zoro's 120 million bounty is quite a hard thing to pass up...
24 mins · Sun, 18 Nov 2007
S09 Episode 332
Mansion of Great Chaos! The Enraged Don and the Captured Crew!
When Zoro attempts to reclaim the Straw Hats' flag, he provoked Don Accino as he reveals the power of the Heat Heat Fruit: the ability to melt anything within his aura of heat. Luckily, before a fight could ensue, Hockera, Albelle, and Salchow manage to activate a trapdoor that sends Zoro to where the other imprisoned Straw Hats are placed save Robin. Elsewhere, Brindo and Canpacino are forced to cease their fight with Luffy when they received a call of their father being in a bad mode. As Luffy, Chopper and Jiro resolve to reach Lovely Land to reclaim their crews' flags with Puzzle following from afar, the rest of the Straw Hats are freed with indirect assistance from Robin and attempt to find their jolly roger to save face.
24 mins · Sun, 25 Nov 2007
S09 Episode 333
The Return of the Phoenix! The Dream of the Pirate Flag Sworn to a Friend!
Seeing that Luffy had arrived on Lovely Island, and Zoro running off to find Don Accino's chambers, Nami, Sanji, Usopp and Franky decide to distract Luffy while Robin finds their flag. But while Robin ends up being lured into a trap by Lil as part of the girl's plan to coerce her into remaining with her, Hokera is taken out by Franky after being outwitted by Chopper and Jiro while Albelle and Slachow are taken out by Nami and Sanji. Puzzle, having regained his confidence, battles Canpacino while Luffy defeats Brindo prior to Accino emerging from his home.
24 mins · Sun, 2 Dec 2007
S09 Episode 334
The Red Hot Decisive Battle! Luffy vs. The Scorching Don!
The Heat Heat Fruit gives Accino all sorts of powers, from throwing blasts of heat, heating his skin to extreme temperatures, to even being able to fly by blowing steam out his nose. Meanwhile, Puzzle defeats Canpacino, the rest of the Straw Hats search for their flag, and Robin and Lil reconcile with one another. Outside, the fight really heats up when Luffy activates Second Gear, but Accino isn't going to fall so easily.
24 mins · Sun, 9 Dec 2007
S09 Episode 335
Waiting in the New World! Farewell to the Brave Pirates!
After a grueling struggle, Luffy finally defeats Don Accino with a red-hot Bazooka. With a little help from Lil, the two stolen flags are finally recovered, and the crew manages to get it back on the ship before Luffy returns. The defeated Accino Family sail away with the Don in tow and finally have a belated birthday celebration, while Albelle makes up with her sister. The Phoenix Pirates go to battle with Canpaccino and the remaining grunts, Puzzle promising to meet the Straw Hats again in the New World.
24 mins · Sun, 16 Dec 2007
S09 Episode 336
Chopperman to the Rescue! Protect the TV Station by the Shore!
Chopper Man and Namifia are low on money. Dr. Usodabada constructs a plan to bring down Chopper Man while collecting fame for himself and a new crew to replace his non helpful duo: Sanjilops and Zorogilla. His plan is to take over the TV Station and televise his demands. Not that anyone really cares except Chopper Man, who only wants to join for the rare Air Force C-Max Collectors item. After a wrestling match between the two, which ended in Chopper Man's victory, and even a mecha battle, which again Chopper Man won, the evil Doctor is sent flying, and Chopper Man reaches celebrity status.
24 mins · Sun, 23 Dec 2007
