Chapter 55 - Episode 150, 151, & 152
"Do you think Midnight and Vlad King are dating?" Mina whispered towards her friends on that Friday.
"What?!" Ochako exclaimed in surprised.
"Where did that come from?" Jiro asked.
"I heard that there were 1-B students who've seen them going to the same place for the past few days." Mina soon looked excited. "I've never thought of them as a couple, but I think there's a chance that-"
Mina let out a soft squeak when Aizawa tapped a folder on her head. "Don't spread around rumors. They're definitely not dating."
"How do you know that?" Toru asked.
"They're just watching One Piece to catch with us." Aizawa sighed.
"Well, I don't think they'll ever going to reach our episode count if they're going at our pace." Tsuyu said.
"I mean, they're watching 10 episodes a weekday, so they'll have a better chance than 3 episodes."
"'We have jobs and lives,' my ass." Hizashi let out a scoff, making the other students look at each other.
Onto episode 150, they skipped the opening, recap, and title to see the South Bird smirking as Luffy and Chopper ran away from the giant praying mantises.
"Oh god, it's gotten worse!" Hizashi exclaimed in horror.
Chopper figured that the bird is the bugs' control tower, which Luffy is confused by.
Soon, Nami, Usopp, and Sanji heard the call of the South Birds, but boulders- no, wait, they're ladybugs rolling down the hill, trying to crush them.
Meanwhile Zoro was face to face with a mole cricket army.
"Seriously, why are there so many giant bugs?" Hizashi shivered.
"To spite you, I guess." Aizawa slightly smirked.
"Wait until you heard about Australia." Toshirnori let out a soft chuckle.
"Australia is already on my hit list." Hizashi rolled his eyes.
Robin could head the birds call, but can't see it.
As Usopp, Sanji, and Nami attacked a giant slug with salt, Luffy wanted to fight the bear-bees, but Chopper tried to stop him, saying that they're really poisonous.
"And if this place was real, it would also be on my hit list too." Hizashi quickly added.
The crew kept being attacked by the forest creatures as the Saruyama Alliance fought against the Bellamy Pirates pretty well, but Bellamy himself wasn't bothered by this. In fact, the midnight show was just starting.
"Spring... Snipe!" His legs turned into springs, allowing himself to attack Masira from behind.
"He's a Devil Fruit user too?!" Ojiro shouted in surprise as the others gasped at the blood coming out of Masira.
Jumping off of Masira, Bellamy punched Shojo in the face. Bellamy continued to jump after Cricket. While he did missed, landing on the boat, jumping off the boat alone shown that the impact was strong enough to break it in half, allowing him to punch Cricket in the face.
"Old man!" "Cricket!"
"No, not Merry!" Toru shouted.
Sarquiss asked him what he thinks of his captain's Bane Bane no Mi, stepping onto Cricket's back.
The alliance were beaten up as the Bellamy Pirates laughed at their faces, taking their gold bullion and ingots. Cricket told them that they aren't qualified to have that gold, which Sarquiss took offense to.
As the man tried to attack Cricket, Masira took it, blood spurting from the chop.
"No!" "Masira!" Students gasped in horror.
Sarquiss was going for another attack, but Shojo sand out his Havoc Sonar to cause the crew to stop and the ground to break up. Still, Bellamy used his Spring Snipe to punch Shojo so hard that it contorted his body, sending him flying right into the house itself.
Anger and horror flared within the students, seeing that Bellamy Pirates has ruined his life's works, his friends, and yet they had the gale to tell Cricket to grow up, that he need to realize that dreams never come true.
Still, despite the fact that he's bloodied and bruised beyond hell, Cricket has some fight in him, telling Bellamy that a 'hatching who doesn't have guts to pick fights with dreams... is in no position to talk about pirates.'
Filled with anger, the students so desperately want Cricket to be able to beat Bellamy to gain back his treasure and pride, but there was a sense of dread that held them back from doing so.
After the eyecatches, the Straw Hats couldn't find a single South Bird, or at least catch one. Usopp couldn't believe it, telling them to get it together.
Still, they were tired... and a South Bird appeared, mocking them to catch him.
"After this adventure, we're going to have a roasted bird." Katsuki gritted his teeth.
Usopp was about to shoot him until Robin used her ability to restrain it and throw it to the ground.
"...Holy shit, it was that simple." Denki stared in disbelief.
"I mean, she can make limbs appear anywhere. Of course it was simple." Ojiro sighed, though feeling slightly frustrated.
The crew got back to Cricket's house to show the alliance the bird, but they soon discovered that they were beaten, and all the damages that happened.
"Okay, Straw Hat can't walk away from this." Katsuki growled.
Kirishima nodded. "This time, it's much more personal."
Cricket was still conscious, apologizing for what has been done, but he believes that there's still time to strength the ship before sun up.
"You were beaten up! You need to rest." Ochako exclaimed.
Luffy wanted to know what happened, but Cricket refused to do so, happy that they caught a South Bird.
Soon, Nami yelled that the gold has been stolen. Cricket told them to forget about it, but Usopp was angry for him.
"What the hell, men, you worked so hard for that gold too." Jiro said, looking upset about the whole thing.
Cricket was still focused on their ship, determined to send them to the sky, but Zoro noticed that the Bellamy Pirates has left their mark.
Luffy stood up, and Zoro asked if he wants help, but the captain believes he could do it alone.
"Fuck yeah, we're getting a beat down." Sero grinned, as the others brightened up at the news.
Nami warned him that they'll set sail in only three hours, but Luffy asked Robin if he'll reach the town if he run along the coast, which she confirmed.
Cricket was shock, telling him not to be a fool, but Zoro held his sword to him, saying to use it if he wants to stop him.
Luffy will be back by morning.
"Yes, nothing will stop him now!" Kirishima wildly smiled.
A drunk man was pissing into the sea, but he became more sober once he found the updated bounty poster of Luffy.
"Oh, this gotten much better!" Katsuki wickedly smirked, enjoying the pale face of the drunk man.
Luffy ran along the coast, remembering all that had happened to Cricket, steam coming out of his nose.
At Pub and Pies, the Bellamy Pirates had a grand time recounting the fight against the alliance til the drunk ran in, attempting to warn Bellamy.
As Luffy dodged the giant praying mantis, the bar was rendered silent, seeing Luffy and Zoro's bounties.
"This is the best feeling ever." Ochako enjoyed seeing the people panic over their mistake.
Still, Bellamy laughed at them, saying that there was once pirates who faked their own wanted posters to make names for themselves. This seemed to convinced the others, saying that Luffy hasn't been in the papers.
"Well, blame that on the Government for trying to hide all that stuff from Alabasta." Mina said.
Their moment of relaxation ended when Luffy called for Bellamy. The others were shivering, but Bellamy wasn't afraid to come out, looking up to see Luffy on top of a tower. He asked what business he has with him.
Luffy demanded that he gives back the gold, as the two stared each other down.
"To Be Continued."
"This better has a satisfying ending." Katsuki hoped.
Onto episode 151, they skipped the opening, recap, and title to see Luffy and Bellamy on top of a roof. Bellamy laughed, asking if he knows how to fight, at least a punch.
"Oh, he definitely does." Denki grinned as the others hoped for an amazing beat down.
The drunk could see that Luffy's the same one from the poster. Sarquiss told him to throw it away, but the drunk was worried for Bellamy if it was real. Sarquiss said it's ridiculous, seeing the runt here.
"Hasn't anyone told you to not judge a book by its cover?" Hizashi teased, feeling eager as the other kids.
Bellamy claimed he won't steal anything from him, but Luffy is sure this time will be different, which Bellamy laughed at.
His legs turned into springs, and by jumping off, the impact caused the roof to collapse.
"Spring... Snipe!" Leaping off against another building, Bellamy launched himself at Luffy, but he leap off to another building, landing mostly safe.
Bellamy tried again. This time, Luffy nearly fallen off the room as the Bellamy Pirates mocked the straw hat boy.
"Hey, Luffy hasn't gotten a hit in yet!" Ochako glared at the group.
Bellamy thought this was just like this afternoon as Luffy climbed back on top of the roof. Another launch sent Bellamy and Luffy onto the ground, as Bellamy continued to mock him for being a weakling and believing in dreams.
While Luffy was midair, Bellamy was able to attack him, sending him crashing into the ground.
"Come on, don't let this fucking hyena throw you around like that!" Katsuki ordered as others yelled at Luffy to do something.
Seeing that Luffy is still alive, Bellamy decided to use "Spring... Hopper!"
He bounced all over the place, gaining more and more speed. The citizens claimed Bellamy did this when Roshio the Executioner was killed.
Students held their breaths, seeing the dark look on Luffy's face as Bellamy mocked the dreams of his friends.
Just as Bellamy went in for the kill, Luffy slammed Bellamy right into the wooden walkway, leaving a large crater around them. The blond spurt out blood from his mouth, the imprint of Luffy's fist embedded into his face.
The audience were rendered silent as the people of Mock Town, seeing the blood drip sown Luffy's knuckles.
Sarquiss wanted Bellamy to stop acting, but reality soon hit as they all remembered the updated bounty.
There was a sense of satisfaction within the students as Luffy ordered others for the gold back.
"I think that was the most satisfying punch I've ever seen." Kirishima admitted, almost in awe in that one punch.
The alliance was repairing the Going Merry as Usopp was impressed with the fact that they recovered so soon.
"Already?" Momo said, almost aghast.
"Well, I wish I could recover that quick." Sero sighed.
Nami asked Zoro why didn't he come with Luffy, and he was more annoyed that she kept changing her mind. Nami thought he would since those guys beat him up, but to him, they weren't really standing in their way as fights that leave nothing but sympathy are rough.
"...He felt... sympathetic for them?" Toru said, clearly confused.
The two argued, with Usopp attempting to stop them.
Back in Mock Town, Luffy left with the gold as Sarquiss claimed the fight was a fluke.
"He defeated your captain with a single punch. That's not a fluke; you're just in denial." Aizawa dryly said.
Sarquiss wanted to fight him, demanding on where's he's going, but he stopped once Luffy showed his bloodied fist, seemingly like a threat. "Where?"
He pointed his finger up. "The sky!"
The audience smiled among themselves, seeing that Luffy still has that on mind.
In the morning, on his coffin boat, Mihawk looked at Luffy and Zoro's bounty posters, seeing that they're the ones who defeated Crocodile, and was impressed with how they've grown.
"Wait, you know?" Denki said with wide eyes.
"Maybe the government wanted to warn the other Shichibukai about them." Izuku guessed.
"At least someone knows the truth." Katsuki sighed.
In the Holy Land of Marie Jois, a marine man has told the World Government Supreme Authorities, the Five Elder Stars, about Red Hair acting disturbingly, saying it would too dangerous for him and Whitebeard to make contact, though the Elder Stars believes that they should be patient and watch.
"Whoa, wait, are these guys like the really higher ups of the World Government?" Toru asked.
"And what would happen if Shanks and Whitebeard did make contact?" Kirishima wondered, almost worried.
Why does that samurai sounds kind of familiar? Toshinori thought, thinking of Gran Torino for some reason.
They should be looking for a replacement for Crocodile as the collapse of the Three Great Powers will fracture the world itself, and that balance must be maintained.
Others looked flabbergasted at such a balance, but Jiro pointed out, "Well, Crocodile didn't want to maintain that balance since he wanted to make Alabasta into a pirate hub."
That's why they called the Shichibukai here, thought they don't know how many till show up as they are pirates. One of the Elder Stars dread what Crocodile has done as they can't let Luffy be left unchecked.
"I'm sure he'll do the least amount of damage compared to the others." Iida said.
"I mean, he won't do damage on purpose." Todoroki added.
It was announced that Donquixote Doflamingo and Bartholomew Kuma, the other Shichibukai, has arrived.
Several students sputtered out laughs at the way Doflamingo walked.
"340 million, and 296 million." Izuku noted their former bounties.
Suddenly, a man was strangling another, though it was against his will.
Soon, students looked alarmed at this, though Denki quietly cursed when Vice Admiral Tsuru was shown.
"What?" Tsuyu asked.
"We were so closed to have a character with the same name as you." Denki sighed in disappointment.
Tsuyu blinked. "...And?"
"I mean, I thought it would be cool to share the same name as a character from an anime."
"Well, we still have a thousand episodes left, so there has to be at least one." Jiro rolled her eyes.
Others had told Doflamingo to knock it off, though the feathered man was more amused, demanding that they just start talking already.
What is he doing with his hand? Izuku furrowed his eyebrows, trying to think up theories of the man's abilities.
Against his will, the man pulled out his sword, and the two would had attacked until Fleet Admiral Saint Sangoku came in with his goat, deciding that two out of six is better than he expected.
"I believe Fleet Admiral is the highest Marine rank." Izuku said, remembering his research (and trying his best not to spoil himself as well).
"Really? Does that mean he's the most powerful guy there?" Toru asked.
"I mean, there must be a reason why he has it." Mina shrugged.
"But you should know that ranking doesn't always mean power." Toshinori glanced at the floor.
Doflamingo admitted that he came here out of sheer boredom while Sengoku found that to be disconcerting as nothing is as depressing to them as a booming pirate industry.
"Then why is the Shichibukai a thing?" Denki asked.
"I guess that the Elder Stars, or at least someone. in the government made it." Sero shrugged.
Hawk Eye soon came in, though only as an onlooker here since he was interested in some pirates involved with the issue at hand.
...though there was another onlooker here too. Well, not exactly an 'onlooker.'
"And who the hell are you, extra?" Katsuki asked, raising an eyebrow.
The tap dancing man was here to join in, as one of the Marines knew him as Lafitte; he used to be a well-known peace officer in West Blue, but he was chased from his country being excessively violent. Here, Lafitte wanted to recommend a man for the title of Shichibukai.
Eyebrows were raised at that, wondering who he wanted to suggest.
Out at sea, a pirate captain, hidden in the shadows, was reminiscent of the name Shanks, as he was given a letter from him, though the deliverer, Rockstar, was new to the Red-Haired Pirates.
Rockstar was thinking of making a name for himself, though the others don't know him.
"Well, I like your name." Jiro tried to offer a compliment.
Rockstar was shock to see the man rip up the letter, finding it insulting that Shanks would do do.
He's Whitebeard. Even though he's connected to medicinal machinery, he gulped down tons of alcohol.
The audience looked at each other in shock, remembering that this man is considered to be the strongest man in the world, second to Roger.
Rockstar claimed that it must be urgent, but Whitebeard could tell that it's about Ace and Blackbeard, so he could just tell Red Hair that he should go to him himself with some good booze. He ordered him to go, not wanting to deal with runts like him.
The audience gaped at the sheer size of Whitebeard, Edward Newgate.
"He's like four times the size of an average person!" Mineta pointed out as others became even more interested in how he gotten such a title.
On a snowy island, Shanks simply laughed at what was relayed to him without much care, pretty much expecting it already. He ordered Rockstar to come back, reminding him that his life is more important than his pride.
Kirishima nodded as Mina wondered, "Does his crew only party?"
"I mean, I would love to party on forever too." Denki said.
Shanks has decided to set sail to see Whitebeard, not caring if the government won't keep quiet, just as long as they don't get in their way.
Meanwhile Lafitte has suggested that Teach, captain of their pirate crew. Sengoku doesn't want some random, unknown guy to join, and Lafitte knows that, but they've carefully devised a plan, so he wants a little more time. He made sure to remind them to remember the Blackbeard Pirates.
"Wait, the guys who've destroyed Chopper's kingdom?!" Ochako shouted in shock, making the other girls growl.
Back in Mock Town, news of Bellamy's defeat has spread.
The cherry pie stranger has found Luffy's updated bounty. Sarquiss bumped into him, complaining that he's just gawking, but the stranger suddenly slammed Sarquiss into the ground. He's looking for Luffy, planning to join the big leagues.
Several students nearly jumped from the man's change in attitude as Toshinori felt his unease return, remembering the events earlier at Marie Jois with Lafitte. Is he really...?
Side by side, the wrestler, the sickly man, and the sniper walked side by side along the stranger, glad to get some prey, thought the helmsmen of the Blackbeard Pirates, Jesus Burgess, asked his captain that aren't they supposed to meet Lafitte in this town, The captain, 'Blackbeard' Marshall D. Teach, simply laughed it off, saying that's how luck is, asking Auger, the sniper, about it, while the sickly man, Doc Q, agreed.
"You...!" "What?!"
Wide eyes appeared, staring at the group, the very group who had destroyed a kingdom with only five people, whose captain had said such encouraging words to Luffy...
...Whose captain wants his head. Toshinori's unease spiked, especially knowing that this man is Blackbeard, the same man who happened to sound like All for One, and this man has some kind of goal involving Luffy.
Luffy ran as fast as he could with Cricket's gold.
"To Be Continued."
Let Luffy be safe. Izuku could only hope that Blackbeard doesn't reach Luffy. He doesn't even know if Blackbeard has a Devil Fruit, and yet he's almost afraid to know if he does. Was he afraid to know if Blackbeard has more similarities to All for One than he thought? I mean, he shouldn't be afraid since this Blackbeard is a fictional character; he shouldn't be able to do any harm to them, and yet Izuku doesn't like the idea that there could be anyone, fictional or not, like All for One before the era of quirks ...And what does D mean? Blackbeard has it too, but I don't think they're all blood related.
Still, there has to be some kind of connection, right?
Onto episode 152, they skipped the opening, recap, and title to see it was morning, and Nmai was complaining about Luffy's whereabouts since he's not here, though Nami suggested that it must be that gold weighing him down. Chopper wondered if he's been beat in Mock Town.
"Hell no, the exact opposite actually." Katsuki smugly said.
Nami would had beaten him if that was the case. They were quiet until they heard Luffy's shout, seeing him run along the coast with a hercules beetle that took him forever to find.
"That's why it took you forever to get there?!" Jiro complained.
"Lucky!" Sero whined, remembering his childhood memories of trying to catch bugs.
Luffy saw the Going Merry Flying Model, so excited to see it, though Zoro thought a pigeon would've been better than a chicken.
"At least pigeons can fly." Todoroki pointed out.
"Why not just give it the wings in the first place?" Iida sighed.
Luffy returned Cricket's gold, though the old man told him to just set sail. Even when Luffy thanked him, Cricket passed it off to the monkey brothers, who were given his hercules beetle.
As luffy got on his ship, Cricket remembered what Bellamy has said before. He yelled to the Saruyama Alliance to not mess up.
As the ships sailed south, Cricket declared that this is where they part ways, but he made sure to remind Luffy that no one has disproven the city of gold or the sky island. Anyone else might laugh, but it's enough for him. That's what romanticism is all about.
"Romanticism?" Mina repeated in confusion. "What does romance has to do any of this?"
"I believe it's more referring to things like idealism, imagination, things like that." Hizashi defined.
As the three ships sailed away, another followed them. Blackbeard wants to take care of them before they go to the sky island.
"No!" "You bastard!" "You know he wanted to go!"
Toshinori tried to swallow the lump in his throat, wishing that the Blackbeard Pirates won't hurt them.
As Masira gave the Straw Hats instructions, Luffy played around with the South Bird, seeing that it really does only face one direction. It attempted to face north, but it doesn't feel right to him.
At first, Shojo was annoyed by Luffy's casualness, but Luffy pointed out that there's no point in being anxious, which Masira agreed. So all three ships relaxed as they sailed.
Soft scoffs and laughed came out at the scene until the students saw the Blackbeard Pirates found the cumuloregalis clouds at the southwest, and way earlier than they expected.
Through the sound waves they were able to locate the whirlpool when they felt the sea rock harshly, meaning it's a pre-explosion earthquake.
"We're getting closer and closer to the sky island!" Kirishima exclaimed in awe.
Nami could see that the log Pose is pointing right up as the clouds are heading straight for the center of the whirlpool.
Luffy doesn't see the whirlpool, but the monkey brothers could tell that it'll be a nice-sized explosion.
Masira's ship latched onto the Going Merry, where he'll take them to the inner edge of the whirlpool, and instructed them to get on the flow. Once they get to the center, things should work out.
"As long as they don't fall into the watery abyss, and drown to their doom." Tokoyami added.
"...I don't think you're usually this morbid." Mineta said with a slight shiver.
After the eyecatches, Cricket had commented how he've never met people like them as the Straw Hats were being sucked into the whirlpool, almost all of them are panicking, but Luffy is focused on the sky island.
Then a Sea King popped up.
"Oh come on!" Jiro shouted, but then she saw it sink into the whirlpool.
The monkey brothers left the rest up to them, which Luffy thanked them while Usopp begged them to come back. Still, no matter how much the Cowardly Trio panic, Luffy won't pass up the chance to go one a big adventure.
"Of course he wouldn't give it up! You guys made it this far." Sero said.
Soon, the Going Merry fell into the whirlpool. At first, they found themselves in calm waters, but Nami could feel it starting; the whirlpool only disappeared from the surface.
Then they saw the Blackbeard Pirates sailing after them.
"No!" "Let them enjoy their sky adventures!" Furious students yelled out as Toshinori grew pale.
Blackbeard's here to collect Luffy's 100 million bounty as the monkey brothers were confused by their appearance. The man noticed it was dark out as Luffy was confused on the bounty amount, leading Blackbeard to show him his and Zoro's new posters.
Usopp could see them with his binoculars, as Sanji asked if he has one, which is a no. Nami couldn't believe it went up that much while Luffy and Zoro were proud of the increase.
"Yeah, it really freaked out the guys back in Mock Town." Denki gave a wide grin.
The water under them started to rise as Shojo told them to get ready. This was soon noticed by the Blackbeard Pirates as the Straw Hats tried to hold onto their ship as the water went higher and higher til...
BOOM!
The audience gaped at the sight of the water column breaking Blackbeard's ship, seeing the sheer size of it compared to the others.
"That's what you get for having an oversized raft as a ship!" Katsuki shouted at the Blackbeard Pirates.
"GO!" Kirishima cheered, watching the Going Merry fly up the water pillar.
Sanji realized that the ship's hull started to float, and if that keeps up, they're going to keep it down, but Chopper saw the Sea King from before pass them; wreckage from past ships falling down on them.
The first opening theme song played as Nami ordered them to spread the sails. This is not just a pillar of water; it's the sea, a rising current, and she'll able to navigator them through it.
Students were in awe, cheering the crew, matching the alliance's energy on as the ship started to fly higher and higher.
"They're doing it! They're actually doing it!" Mina grinned.
Luffy asked where the sky island could be, and Nami pointed to beyond the clouds, filling the captain with excitement.
"To Be Continued."
The students were excited to see this adventure above the clouds, but...
"We're done for today." Aizawa ejected the disk, leading his class to let out disappointed sighs and aws... "We still have Saturday tomorrow."
"So, I'm sure we'll be able to finish this adventure in a day or two." Hizashi shrugged.
"Still, it was exciting just to get there." Toshinori said. Along with a couple of... uncomfortable moments with a certain someone.
"Yeah, Merry flew!" Toru bounced in her seat.
"I can't wait for tomorrow!" "It was crazy!" "Maybe we should get a flying ship." "Dumbass, we have planes already."
Toshinori sighed as the class left. Then he caught Aizawa's eye.
"Something the matter?" Aizawa asked.
"Ah..." Toshinori scratched the back of his head nervously. "I just can't help to wonder what's... Blackbeard's endgame in all of this. Is it just for power? Or is it something more?"
Hizashi nodded. "Well, we just needed to watch to see it."
Toshinori nodded in agreement. One Piece has an ending, and he's sure they'll reach it someday.
Chapter 56 - Episode 153 & 154
"You're kidding me. Seriously?" Hizashi said into his phone, and Aizawa could hear laughter from the other line.
"What?" Aizawa asked.
"Do you think 2 classes could fit in the living room?"
"...What happened?"
"Let's just say that little dating rumor has spread, and 1-B tried to find out today."
"And so they wanted to watch One Piece?" Aizawa sighed, reminded himself to ask Nezu for UA's auditorium in the future. It's a Saturday, so they got to make some progress this weekend.
Onto episode 153, they skipped the opening, recap, and title to see the crew sailing through the clouds til they bursted through.
On the rocky seas, even on his ruined ship, Blackbeard laughed, though Burgess wanted to go after them. Blackbeard didn't fret, knowing that the Straw Hats haven't left this world. He's sure they'll run into them soon as long as they're on the Grand Line, which Auger agreed.
Toshinori furrowed his eyebrows, seeing how Blackbeard's carefree attitude was similar to Luffy's. He didn't like the idea of the two being similar in any way, but he can't help the small thing popping up like that.
The Going Merry stilled as the crew attempted to recover, but Luffy was excited to show them what's outside the ship: a sea of clouds.
The audience oohed and awed at the sight of pure white, almost like a vision of a dream.
Nami couldn't believe that they're staying on the clouds, and Luffy claimed that, of course, they could since they're clouds, which the others disproved him on.
Unless you're a certain someone. A sad smile appeared on Hizashi's face, remembering his old school days.
Chopper and Luffy were freaking out when they realize Usopp wasn't breathing at first, but soon, the sniper woke up to the clouds, freaking out.
Nami wondered if this is an ocean in the sky.
"I mean, clouds are made of water, right?" Denki asked.
"Well, water vapor, so you're technically correct." Iida said.
"The best kind of correct." Ochako added.
Nami noted that the Log Pose is still pointing up, and Robin guessed that they're in the middle section of the cumuloregalis clouds, but she has no clue how to get higher.
"Are you saying that there's another layer we have to go through?" Denki sighed.
"Either that, or we're going into space." Jiro joked.
"Look, making a flying ship is one thing, but I don't think Merry can turn into a space ship." Ojiro sighed.
Seeing the ocean clouds, Usopp wanted to swim in it, but Sanji was against it, saying that this ocean is still a mystery. Still, Usopp swan dived right in.
"Wow, I wouldn't think Usopp would take the risk." Mina said.
"I mean the Merry was able to float on top of the clouds like water, so maybe Usopp could swim in it." Izuku said.
Luffy and Chopper were amazed by his bravery. As Usopp swam around in the clouds, he noted that there's so little resistance, but it's hard to see anything.
Luffy and Chopper wished they could swim, and after a while, Zoro noticed that Usopp hasn't come back. Robin wondered if this ocean has a bottom.
...
"Shit, he fell through!"
The audience started to panic just as the Straw Hats were too.
"Of course this sea has a bottom!" Katsuki claimed.
Luffy stretched his arm down, and Robin ordered him to keep the going as far as he could. Though Luffy couldn't see through the clouds, Robin could. Using 'Ojos Fleur,' her eyes appeared on Luffy's arm, searching for the sniper, leaving the rest of the crew in anticipation.
Bursting through the layer of clouds, Robin was able to find Usopp falling.
"Veinte Fleurs!" Robin's arms came out of each palm, allowing her to reach Usopp and grab onto him.
"What amazing teamwork!" Iida applauded for them.
"She has a much wider range than I thought." Izuku said, writing in his notebook.
With the okay, Luffy tried to pull Usopp up, but he was struggling to do so.
In the end, he was able to do so, but Sea Kings resurfaced as well.
"Oh god, it gotten worst!" Mineta cried out in horror, seeing the giant tentacles.
zoro attacked the tentacle, which exploded like a balloon. Once the purple serpent approached, Sanji leaped off the ship to send a kick to the serpent's head.
The clouds transitioned to later, showing the crew had a hard time breathing here as they thought the animals here were strange.
"I mean, how would sea creatures survive in the clouds?" Ochako wondered.
Robin thought they should think of this place as an ocean rather than clouds, as Luffy thought the flat snake was a flouder.
Usopp soon woke up, screaming since he found a fish in his pants.
"That poor fish." Koda sighed as the others can't help snickering.
With Usopp clearly traumatized, Robin picked up the skyfish, the one in Noland's logbook, predicting that they must have evolved to survive in the bottomless sky ocean; to be even lighter since the buoyancy here is weaker than in the oceans.
"Of course!" Momo clapped her hands together.
"'If there's people on the sky islands, are they also flat and balloony and feathery?" Sero wondered.
Luffy grabbed the skyfish as Nami commented on how it has scale like feathers and carnivore-like mouths.
Offscreen, Sanji sautéd it, and Luffy said it was really good, though Nami wanted to continue investigating it.
"Oh, is it like an airy version of fish?" Mina wondered.
As the three started to enjoy the fish, Chopper attempted to search for the sky island, but found a ship... that was blasted to pieces.
"Shit, I guess the sky island people aren't friendly to visitors." Jiro gritted her teeth.
"But that can't be. Noland's logbook didn't describe any hostilities." Izuku commented.
"But that was from years ago." Katsuki reminded him.
Chopper tried to describe it in a panic, but it came out as gibberish, but soon, they saw someone running on the clouds, heading straight for them.
When Sanji asked what he wants, the winged man was straight to the point: he wanted to eliminate them.
"They didn't even do anything!" Toru exclaimed.
"Not even a moment of piece with this crew." Hizashi sighed.
In a blink of an eye, the man had knocked Sanji, Zoro, and Luffy down, and jumped up to explode the ship with his rocket launcher, but an armored man swooped in and knocked the winger man into the clouds.
"Now there's knights too!?" Mina exclaimed.
The armored man introduced himself at the Sky Knight, as his bird squawked. After the eyecatches, Nami asked what's going on, and how did those three lose against the winged guy. Chopper thanked the knight, and the knight said it was no problem. This one is on the house.
"Oh, are you really going to charge them next time?" Jiro joked.
"Heroes usually make their money from the government, buddy." Hizashi said to the knight.
The Monster Trio noticed that they have a hard time moving, and Robin thought it's because of the thin air.
"I mean, there's a reason why people have a hard time reaching the top of Mount Everest." Iida noted.
The knight asked if they're Blue Sea people, the term for those who live beneath the clouds. When Luffy said yes, the knight explained this is the White Sea, which is 7000 meters in the air. The White-White Sea reaches 10000 meters high, so ordinary Blue Sea people can't possibly endure it here.
"Well, at least they're not going into space." Jiro said.
"But that would be cool." Sero grinned.
Luffy and Zoro claimed they've gotten used to it, though the knight had said it's not possible.
Chopper asked about the guy speeding on top of the clouds, but the knight need to tell them about business first as he's an freelance soldier-for-hire, and since they don't know how to fight in the sky, he could help them with a 5000000 Extol One Whistle.
"Extol? What's that in Beris?" Ochako asked, paling at the mention of the amount.
"So he's more like a vigilante?" Sero asked.
"Typically, vigilantes don't really make money on saving people." Aizawa corrected him.
Everyone stared at him in confusion, and the knight couldn't believe it, saying that's quite cheap. Sanji asked what is an 'Extol' and this whistle.
The knight had said that they must had come here via summit of High-West, so they must've passed an island or two, much to Luffy's confusion.
"There's another way up there?!" Ochako exclaimed in surprise as Nami was shocked by these news, especially if that means there are other sky islands.
Robin said that they rode up the Knock-Up Stream, much to the knight's shock. Nami cried, seeing that it wasn't a normal route after all, then yelled at Luffy about the whole thing.
"I mean... they're still alive." Denki sheepishly shrugged.
The knight asked if they lost any of their crew mates, and Luffy said they're all here. The knight commented that this route is a real gamble, saying they must be capable navigators with courage and skill.
"We only have the one capable navigator." Mina sheepishly said.
Usopp lied that it was him that made this success, and the others were crying until Nami pulled on his face.
The knight gave them the One Whistle as a present, and was about to leave when Nami asked for his name.
The knight introduced himself as Gan Fall, the Sky Knight, and his bird partner, Pierre, who ate the Uma Uma no Mi, so he can become a pegasus.
Students chuckled at Pierre's pegasus form and the disappointed looks on the Straw Hats' faces.
Gan Fall and Pierre left as the crew thought that was weird. Robin was more disappointed that he didn't tell them anything.
Zoro wanted to know how to get up, and Luffy was about to blow the whistle to get Gan back, but Nami and Usopp stopped him before he could, saying the whistle should be only used for emergencies.
"Yeah, he could make you pay just for that bl-" Jiro suddenly cut herself off, causing Mineta to let out a cackle.
"Oh my god, were you going to imply- GAH!" Mineta was soon stabbed in the ear by Jiro's ear jack, who was blushing in embarrassment.
Zoro suggested that they take the ship somewhere, and Chopper noticed a cloud that looks like a waterfall; their new destination.
Closer to the clouds, Sanji noted that they're floating, so they can't be ocean, but just what are they? As a test, Luffy stretched out his arm, only for it to bounce off, so... he, Usopp, and Chopper decided to bounce on top of it.
"Lucky! They get to actually bounce on a cloud." Denki said with some jealousy in his voice, as Aizawa and Hizashi stared at the scene fondly.
Seeing this, Nami noted that the ship can't go through places filled with these, so they have to find a more suitable route, but Usopp has found something: a big gate under the waterfall.
"So there are manmade objects here." Izuku said.
"I mean, where did you think that knight come from?" Katsuki rolled his eyes.
Traveling through the clouds, they found the gate that was labelled 'Heaven's Gate.'
"Wait, are they actually in heaven?" Shoji asked.
"I would had expected more angels around." Sato said.
"Wait, was that tribal guy an angel?" Kirishima asked.
"Maybe a fallen angel since it doesn't look like it was the first time he blew up a ship." Jiro commented on.
Nami could see that the waterfall-like cloud is really a waterfall as Usopp noticed 'Heaven's Gate,' which he thought sounded unlucky since it sounds like they're on their way to die. Zoro jokingly suggest that they're already dead, much to Chopper's shock, but Luffy seems to be glad about it.
"You guys are taking death surprisingly lightly." Sato said.
Then Nami hit them.
Usopp noticed a person coming out of the gate, taking pictures of them. Chopper noticed the wings on her back, and Luffy thought she must be an angel, though she looked like a pickled plum.
A couple of people let out an amused snort at that.
After an awkward pause, the old lady, Amazon, claimed to be the Heaven's Gate inspector. She asked if they're here for sightseeing or for war.
"...How many people have said war?" Iida asked, slightly worried.
Nami thought that they're sort of sightseeing, and Zoro asked what she meant by 'war.'
Amazon didn't clarified, saying that it doesn't matter either way, and if they're going to the upper area, they have to pay the entrance fee of one billion Extol per person.
"Please tell us the equivalent of that in Beris." Ochako quickly demanded, growing more pale at such a price.
Usopp was shock, asking that in Beris, though Chopper thought it sounded really expensive already as Robin pointed out that's seven billion for all of them.
Usopp thought the old lady was scamming them, but Nami covered his mouth, asking what if they don't have it.
Honestly, Amazon said that they can pass... or they cannot pass, much to the others' confusion.
"Are they allow to pass or not? A simple yes or no is all we need." Katsuki complained.
I mean, Amazon is not a gatekeeper nor a guard; she simply ask for their intentions.
So Luffy wants to go to the sky island without paying. He tried to ask how they can get to the sky islands, but claws latched onto the ship.
Amazon introduced them to the White Sea's famous Express Lobster, who've carried them up the waterfall in great speed.
"Because of course there's a giant lobster in the show!" Jiro exclaimed in disbelief.
They soon noticed a spiral to the top as Amazon's echoing voice had warned God and His priests of the seven illegal entrants in God's Land, Skypiea, so they have to give them Heaven's Judgement.
"To Be Continued."
"Lady, you're the one who literally let them through." Mina said. "Shouldn't you be punished as well?"
"I mean, she's just the gate inspector?" Toru's sleeves shrugged.
Onto episode 154, they skipped the opening to see the Going Merry racing through the cloud belt, barely able to hang on, but at the end of the cloud trail was a bright light and a sign that says, "God's Land, Skypiea."
Luffy sees it as an entrance, and the Express Lobster leap through, throwing them into the air. After skipping the title, the Express Lobster went back to the cloud belt as the Going Merry crashes back to the sea. Right in front of them was a sky island.
The audience ooed and awed at the sight of the cloud island, seeing the vegetation and buildings contrasting with the fluffy ground, like someone's interpretation of Heaven.
Robin noticed that the sign has said, 'Skypiea,' which has the same name as the one written on the map Luffy found before. That means that galleon that fell on them really came from here and saw this scenery two hundred years ago.
Landing near a beach, Luffy jumped off with Usopp following behind him. Here, there was a bottom to step on, much to Usopp's shock, but they were excited to see the adventure on this island.
"Those lucky bastards, I want to go to a fluffy beach too." Denki whined.
"We still have Dagobah beach." Toru said as Izuku glanced up. "I mean, it's not fluffy, but it's a beach."
"What do you think he would think of this?" Aizawa heard Hizashi amusedly whisper, and he could only offer a small smile that can be only described as bittersweet.
Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper had a grand time playing around on the beach. Though Zoro seemed a bit annoyed about the anchor, he does admit the scenery is amazing, like something out of a dream. Sanji thought the three were getting carried away, acting so hopelessly... but the cook dived into the sea with a loud "Yahoo!"
Students laughed as Jiro said, "What was that about being hopeless?"
Nami ran out of the room as the south bird pecked her head til her flew away. With him gone, Nami realized they forgot to let him go. Zoro could see that there's people living on the island, so the bird'll probably be able to survive.
Nami asked about the anchor, and Zoro claimed it hit the bottom, so there must be a base for the island, though Robin could tell that the island is floating on the sea, wondering if it could stay in the same place without being washed away.
"Yes, a costume change." Mina said, seeing the girls' new outfits.
"Yes, Nami's wearing a bikini top!" Mineta eagerly exclaimed until he was tongue slapped.
Nami claimed that they shohuld take things as they appear, but still, she does admit that this is all hard to believe. Jumping into the sea, Nami was glad to actually feel it with her body, so no reason to doubt.
As Nami ran off, telling her to come down, Robin seems hesitate, asking Zoro what he's going to do which is to adventure on the sky island too. Robin had never thought of sailing or going ashore as an adventure.
"Your other crews didn't being you on adventures?" Denki said.
"I mean, she gave me the impression that the other organizations she've joined must had been purely business, so I'm guessing it's been a long while since she had fun." Hizashi guessed.
Chopper, Luffy, and Usopp had fun on the island as Sanji inspected the flowers. Nami felt relaxed, seeing that there won't be any navy men here.
"Well, there's God and His priests, so I feel like your vacation is going to be cut short." Ochako let out a sad sigh for her.
"I never thought we're going to get God here, especially like this." Shoji said.
As Nami noticed a structure, Luffy tried to eat a nut (which looked like a pumpkin), but it's too hard to eat, so he threw it at Usopp instead.
Sanji gave a sky flower to Robin, then ran off to give one to Nami, who was relaxing in some soft chairs with Chopper, though Chopper thought it was more puffy than fluffy.
"Well, that definitely proves someone lives there." Sato said.
"I hope they're not going to be mad that they're trespassing." Momo said.
"Then they should had put up a sign." Jiro rolled her eyes.
Zoro complained about getting wet from the clouds, thought he was lucky enough to find a 'towel' to wipe his feet... which was actually a fox.
"Oh my god, there's sky foxes here." Toru squealed as Koda and the other girls let out awes at the sight of the white fox.
Soon, they heard someone play a harp from on top a pile of clouds. Usopp and Chopper were already panicking, but Sanji could see it's actually an angel, who said, "Heso!" to them.
"Heso?" Others repeated, wondering why she's saying 'belly button' like a greeting.
After the eyecatches, the others were also confused by the greeting. The angel had Suu, the white fox, com to her, asking the others if they're from the Blue Sea. The angel herself is a resident, welcoming them to Skypiea's Angel Beach.
"There really are angels here." Denki said in fascination.
She asked Luffy if he wants to drink from what's inside the nut pumpkin, explaining that the conush's skin is hard as iron, so he can't bite it. Using a knife, she cut a hole in the bottom, and gave him a straw, which Luffy was able to give him a yummy drink.
The angel introduced herself as Conis, and her cloud fox is named Suu. She asked if she could be any help, and well, Sanji had claimed that her gaze is setting his heart on fire, which made Nami give his ear a tug.
Jiro let out an amused snort. "Oh my god, what a pickup line."
Nami told her that there's a lot of things they'd like to know, as Conis allowed her to ask anything. Zoro noticed something coming, and Conis said that's her father, calling out a heso to him from the sea.
Nami asked what's he's riding on, and Conis asked if she's talking about the waver.
"It looks like a primitive ski boat." Momo commented on.
"Oh, isn't that the same thing Luffy found in the sea?" Toru pointed out.
Conis's father tried to make a stop, but crashed into the beach instead, asking if anyone is alright. Nami realized that his boat looks like something Luffy got from the seabed before; something she've read about in Noland's diary.
"See, he did went to the sky island!" Kirishima exclaimed with excitement.
There were introductions to the White-White Sea, and Conis's father, Pagaya.
Conis asked if he caught any fish, which was a large catch. Pagaya is happy to welcome them to their house, as he'll prepare dishes for them using the sky harvest, which Luffy is happy to use.
Before they go, Nami tried to examine the waver, asking how it works without a sail or paddles. Conis could see that she's not familiar with dials.
"Dials?" Others repeated.
"Like the one on a watch or a gauge?" Izuku asked.
Luffy took the waver on a joyride, only for him to fall into the cloud ocean. Zoro and Sanji acted a bit too causal to the fact that Luffy has sunk into the clouds, but Chopper screamed out in terror.
The two rescues lead to Zoro and Sanji arguing while Usopp asked Chopper why he jumped.
"Alright, you two, break it up. Break it up." Hizashi jokingly argued with Zoro and Sanji.
Pagaya apologized for letting a beginner use the boat. Unless you know very well about the sea, you can't handle it that easily. I mean, if you train in ten years or so, you'll be able to ride it.
...So Nami was seen riding on the waver.
"Already?!" "Wow!"
"I mean, you got to know about the sea." Ochako shrugged.
Luffy was jealous of the feat, saying that they're going to the old guy's house, calling her a 'stupid head.'
Nami had them go on without her; she wants to stay out here a little longer.
"It does look like fun." Mina admitted. "Is there a place that would rent a ski boat for cheap?"
"You could borrow my family's if you want." Momo suggested as Ochako looked envious at her.
As the rest of the crew made their way to their house, Usopp thought he saw a construction site, but it's actually a cloud quarrying site, where they quarry out clouds to be manufactured. In fact, the Milky Road to get the White-White Sea they used is a man-made canal.
"Did it really need to have the spiral up?" Sato asked.
"It got to be memorable." Hizashi joked.
Pagaya explained that there are two kinds of natural clouds: 'sea clouds,' and 'island clouds.' Their condensation nucleus is different from other clouds. He've heard that the Sea Prism Stone exists in the Blue Sea, which has corneous particles called pyrobroine that carried into the sky due to volcanoes and gain moisture, and the sea clouds and island clouds are formed depending on the density of the moisture.
"This is starting to feel like school." Denki lended over to his friends to whisper, clearly bored, thought there are others, like Izuku, who were fascinated by this information.
Usopp and Luffy tried to make it seem like they know what he's saying, saying that they've played a lot of corneous particles as kids when that's an obvious lie.
Pagaya continued to explain that sea clouds and island clouds are natural while man-made clouds come from the island clouds.
Soon, they made their way to the house, where they could see Nami still riding on the waver. When Luffy told Nami to sink, Sanji smacked him, asking the old man about the kitchen.
In that kitchen, Sanji has found a blue sauce that he thought was too intense for him... but it was actually rotten. Of course, Sanji got angry at that.
"Hey, sometimes it's hard to clean out the fridge." Denki said.
"You do realize that Sanji's a professional chef, right?" Jiro lifted an eyebrow.
Robin asked Confis about the dials. She'd showed them a seashell, and told Luffy to say something to it.
"Usopp is stupid!" "Hey, why... why... why me?"
Students chuckled at the silly joke.
When Conis told him to press the apex of the shell, Luffy was shocked that the seashell made fun of Usopp. but the sniper could tell that was Luffy's voice.
"It's like a voice recorder." Momo said, impressed.
Robin asked if that seashell is a dial, and Conis said it's a Tone Dial; a White-White seashell that records and replays sound. Zoro asked where do they live since the sea is bottomless, and Conis claimed they live in the reefs of the shallows. Still, Robin doesn't believe that shell can move the waver.
Conis showed them another Tone Dial, which was able to blow out air, making the wind chimes move. This is the Breath Dial.
"So, like a hair dryer?" Mina asked.
Depending on the size, the capacity varies, but using one could move a light boat. Usopp was fascinated while Luffy still wants to try out the waver.
Conis told them that there are various kind, like skating and boarding, but she could only handle the waver. Luffy wishes they could use their beaten up waver from 200 years ago, though Conis had claimed that since dials are made of shells of dead shellfish, so unless the shell itself is damaged, they work semi-permanently.
"Oooo..." Students ooohed at that, fascinated by their technology, something that was kind of similar to quirks.
I wonder if Hatsune is watching the show now. Momo thought, knowing that the inventor would probably love this.
Robin asked if the shell on the table is a Dial, and it is, a Lamp Dial, which lights up.
There's plenty more, like the Flame Dial, the Flavor Dial, and Vision Dials.
"...Wait, there are videos in the One Piece world?" Ojiro said in confusion.
The people in the sky island couldn't live with these. In fact, sky culture goes hand-in-hand with dial energy.
As Nami have discovered an island on her waver, Sanji was able to serve the others a hearty sky sefood course.
"That looks so good!" Toru drooled as the others felt jealous that the crew got to eat such amazing looking seafood.
"Maybe we should get sushi next time." Sero suggested.
As the crew dig in, Sanji smoked outside, asking where Nami has gone. Luffy mentioned that she must be out there at sea, but the cook couldn't see her. Usopp just thought that she must've gone a little far, causing Conis and Pagaya to worry.
In Skypiea, there's a place that they're never allowed to step foot on no matter what, and that place is next to this island, travelable by waver.
This place is sacred ground called Upper Yard, the land where God lives.
"To Be Continued."
"Oh, now you tell us!" Katsuki complained.
Izuku furrowed his eyebrows, remembering the island Nami found. Was that normal earth?