10x354 - I Swear to Go See Him! Brook and the Cape of Promise

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Travel across the oceans of the world

Bellow a battle cry

Once your heart feels refreshed, let the signal to set sail ring out

We've left the established course

Right now, we're rowing straight toward

The borderline between the sky and the ocean

In the dark depths of the ocean, adventure holds its breath

Don't you have a good time just imagining it?

Travel across the oceans of the world

Bellow a battle cry

Once your heart feels refreshed, let the signal to set sail ring out

"That feeling" I get when embarking

Is something I hope to remember always

If I can, I won't be afraid of anything

With our pulses racing, let's go on a trip now

Shy hearts engrave the rhythm of adventure

Snatch up the treasure here and there

While laughing out loud

As we dash by like a noisy party

Make some waves...

Life is "Adventurous"

Be aware it's "Dangerous"

Who's gonna be "One of us"

And a trip goes on because

We da pirate of the "Mass"

To the West, To the East

Gotta find my way, Sail away

All the way to "One piece"!!

Stuff a dream into your empty chest

And spread your wings

If the wind blowing through them dyes your heart

Let's press forward

Snatch up the treasure here and there

While laughing out loud

As we dash by like a noisy party

Make some waves...

Wealth, fame, power...

Gold Roger, the King of the Pirates,

once attained everything this world has to offer.

The words he uttered just before his death

drove people around the world to the seas.

My treasure? If you want it, you can have it!

Find it! I left everything this world has to offer there!

And so men rushed onto the Grand Line in pursuit of romanticism!

The world has truly entered a Great Pirate Era!

They were merciless.

Wha--? M-M-Marriage?!

Don't be stupid! I won't let that happen!

He's got guts to marry Nami...

And there is a giant version of me?

That's how you make a zombie?

So we need to find a zombie in sandals, Luffy's giant, and the cook's dogguin.

Our shadows will come back if we throw salt in their mouths, right?

But honestly, I'm amazed you discovered that weakness.

All of our info came from that bag of bones,

from how to defeat the zombies to how to rescue you guys.

He...

He's a real man!

Didn't you say, "I got so lonely that I wanted to die"?

If I were you, I would have taken my own life ages ago.

You're doing all of this because you want to keep a promise...

What exactly did you promise your crewmates?

It's quite simple.

Long ago, we left a member of my crew behind at a certain location.

It was unavoidable, yet sad.

When we set sail, we vehemently swore that we would return.

But then we were annihilated on these seas,

preventing us from keeping our promise.

I believe it has been... fifty years now since the day we died.

Fifty years?! Hey, that was ages ago!

I wasn't even born yet!

Sorry, but I doubt he's been waiting that long!

What right do I have to decide whether or not he's still waiting?

We swore to reunite with my crewmate off some capes. His name is...

...Laboon!

I doubt he will forgive us for irresponsibly dying on him...

We made a selfish promise

and died under a distant sky where our voices couldn't reach him.

"I'm sorry we died" could never cut it!

We gave our word as men that we would return!

And that's why he's still alive...

Laboon...

Seriously?

It's him...

Yeah.

Oh, yeah. Chopper wasn't there for this, huh?

We know him.

We know that whale.

"I Swear to Go See Him!! Brook and the Cape of Promise!"

You know him?!

Why? How'd you meet?

Twin Capes is at the entrance to the Grand Line.

A freakishly huge whale was there...

Nami-san! I see a mountain up ahead!

A mountain?! That can't be!

But it's really there!

Who cares?! Go!!

Hm?

Oh, crap!!

It's not a mountain!!

It's a black wall!!

No, it's not!!

Then what is it?!

I-I-It's a whale!!

Wh-Wh-What're we gonna do?!

--Shall we fight? --Idiot! There's no way we can fight that!

B-B-But our path is blocked! What're we gonna do?!

Oh, yeah! I've got an idea!

Luffy...? Hey, what're you doing?!

It doesn't work! The ship doesn't turn!

--Dammit! --Don't give up!

Is this it...?!

Cannon?!

All right! Did it stop?

Ah... We're screwed...

This might be it...

My special seat...!

Let's get out of here before it's too late!!

What the heck is going on?!

Did he not notice the cannon attack because his body's too big?!

Or is he just slow?!

Who knows?! Anyway, let's get out of here now!

Ahhh! My ears hurt!

Paddle! Just paddle!!

We have to get away from him!

Luffy...?

You...! What the hell did you do to my special seat?!

Dumbass!!

Wh-What?

--Luffy! --Luffy!

I'm not gonna die!!

Thanks to Luffy's silliness, we got swallowed whole.

Th... The whale ate you?!

And that was Laboon, right?

Right. There was an ancient lighthouse keeper who lived inside the whale.

What?!

Flower pops!

He had been treating Laboon from the inside.

The lighthouse keeper was treating him?

Supposedly he used to be the medic on a pirate ship.

Yeah? But why did he need treatment? Was he sick?

He was continually bashing his head

against the Red Line, which is like a wall dividing our world.

He's been waiting fifty years for some pirates who promised to come for him

after they traveled around the world.

But fifty years...? Those pirates sure are making him wait a long time...

Idiot! This is the Grand Line.

They're dead.

No matter how long he waits, they won't come back.

Yeah, it's true that fifty years ago the Grand Line was an uncharted sea

more terrible and chaotic than it is now.

Why are you talking so hopeless?! You don't know that for sure yet!

They might come back! It's a very touching story!

A whale continues to believe in the promise with his friends... Right, pops?!

Yeah... But reality is cruel.

I confirmed it using reliable information. They ran away... from the Grand Line.

Can't be... Don't tell me... they left without him?!

Even if they are alive, they'll probably never come back here.

Seasons. Weather. Current. Wind direction.

They are all random. Common sense is useless in the Grand Line.

The terror of the Grand Line takes over weak minds in an instant.

They abandoned this whale?! When he's been waiting for fifty years...?!

That's cruel!

If you know that, why haven't you told him?

That whale can understand what people say, right?

I did tell him... everything.

Listen to me, Laboon! They're not gonna...

I understand you don't wanna accept it.

But you somehow have to accept it...

Laboon!

Laboon!

It's since then that he started howling at Reverse Mountain

and that he started slamming his body against the Red Line...

It's as if he's insisting that they'll come back from the other side of that wall any time now...

What a whale...

When there's no point in waiting...

He refuses my words because if he accepts them, it means that there is no point in waiting.

He's afraid of that more than anything.

He's from the West Blue. There's no way of going back there now.

That's why those pirates he came here with are his only buddies and hope.

Look at the scars on his forehead!

If he continues to hit his head hard like that, he'll die without doubt.

It's a strange relationship, but I've been with him for long years.

I can't just stand by and watch him die now.

Hmph!

--Huh? --What's that idiot doing?

When we looked away for a second...

Is he pretending he's mountain climbing or something?

Gum-Gum...

...Flower Arrangement!

Isn't that a mast?

Yep. It's from our ship.

It's the main mast... Hey! Don't break the ship!

What the hell are you doing?!

Wha...?! Hey, kid!

Don't worry. He doesn't die even when he's crushed!

Ha! Dummy!

What does he think he's doing?!

Luffy! What the hell are you trying to do?!

It's a draw!

I'm strong, aren't I?

You wanna defeat me, don't you?!

Our fight isn't over yet! So we have to fight again.

Your buddies're dead, but I'm your rival forever.

We definitely have to fight again in order to decide who is stronger.

After going around the Grand Line, we'll come back to see you again.

When I come back, let's fight again!

Hmmm. This is good.

This is the symbol of our promise to fight again.

Until we come back, don't remove that mark by hitting your head. Got that?!

All right!

See ya, flower pops! Thanks for the log pose!

Yeah. Have a safe trip!

See ya, whale! I'm leaving now!

To Whisky Peak...

...full speed ahead!!

Yeah!!

Luffy got him to stop k*lling himself by hitting his head on the wall,

so he's still alive...

Even now, he's waiting for his crewmates back at those capes.

It's an unbelievable story.

Both sides have been keeping their promise for fifty years!

I had no idea one of the people Laboon has been waiting for...

...was that skeleton!

I, too, have grown stronger during these past five years!

We share the same thought patterns!

I see you still hold your afro dear.

You cannot possibly hope to defend such a large weakness.

Silence!

Laboon, do you still remember us?

My heart grows tight whenever I think about you.

Although I don't have a heart anymore!

We were not strong enough to face the harsh cruelty of the Grand Line!

All of our friends have died!

As for me, I lost everything along with my crewmates, including my face and body...

Even if we were to meet again, you probably wouldn't recognize me

now that I've been reduced to a skeleton!

Don't! Don't!

Don't hurt my afro!

I have nothing left...

But I want to protect this hair, which everyone said resembled you!

Seeing them like this, they look just alike!

Brook's hair really resembles Laboon!

Hey, Brother!

I will protect the last remnant of who I was!

I swear I will go see you!

So I'd like you to keep waiting...

...at the capes...

...where we made our promise.

I love that bag of bones and that whale, dammit!

Shuddup!

Now I'm getting excited!

He's a musician, a talking skeleton, has an afro, goes "Yo-h* h*!"

and was Laboon's pal!

He's coming aboard our ship, even if I have to drag him.

He's joining our crew! Any objections, guys?

If there were, would you change your mind?

I wanna help him see Laboon again!

You've got my vote, dammit!

Same here, dummy! I'm not afraid of that skeleton!

That's a given. I'm more concerned about stopping Nami-san's marriage!

Hey, Zoro! Where are you going?

I'm going to raid the place. Don't we have one more shadow to recover now?

Sweet! Guys, get ready for our counterattack!

We're gonna knock Thriller Bark outta the water!

Yeah!

--Go! --You're coming, stupid!

Unforgiveable! Who's trying to marry Nami-san?!

Oh, I forgot to mention this,

but when Nami was in the bath, that invisible man--

What did you just say?! Wh-Wh-What did he do when she was in the bath?!

He looked her up and down.

The b*stard!

On the next episode of One Piece!

"Food, Nami, and Shadows!! Luffy's Enraged Counterattack!"

I'm gonna be King of the Pirates!!