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One Piece Chapter 398: Declaration of War

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After the Buster Call destroys Ohara, Marines discover the scholars' books preserved in a lake. The hunt for Robin begins at once, and her wanted poster circulates with a bounty of 79,000,000 Beri. Robin survives by taking work wherever she can, but repeated betrayals force her to keep moving until she joins Crocodile at age sixteen.

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  1. p.0Bottom text names Miss Goldenweek strategy volume 30 'THE STRONGEST SUBJECTS'.
  2. p.8Multiple crew members react in individual close-up panels.
  3. p.17Luffy leads the advance with an aggressive expression.
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Declaration of War

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Cover story/title page: The name of Miss Goldenweek's strategy, "Meet Baroque," continues with Vol. 30, "The Strongest Suspects." In a prison setting, former Baroque Works members sit and stand in striped inmate uniforms under suspicion, the scene framing them as dangerous figures even outside the main story.
Miss GoldenweekBaroque Works
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After the Buster Call, Ohara is left as a burned ruin. Marines move through the silence and expect nothing living to remain. "Survivors...?" one asks, only for another to answer, "There's no way there'd be any." Then someone notices the lake. "Hey..." "Look at... this lake..." Shock spreads through them: "!?" "This..." The water is packed with books, the scholars' knowledge floating where the flames could not reach it. "The lake's filled with... books..." A Marine can only wonder, "Is it... a coincidence?"
Nico Robin
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The hunt for Robin begins almost immediately. A report races through the Marines: "Ooh!!" "This is her!!!" "This is definitely her!!" They had searched using only the clue of a suspicious girl. "Yes... using 'suspicious girl' as a clue." One report says, "We found her on a passenger boat that had departed from an island far northeast of Ohara. But we lost her again shortly after..." Another Marine insists, "It's true, I saw the brat escaping from the burning Ohara with a boat!!!" The order is blunt: "Don't deliberate on a method! If you don't capture her ASAP, what we've done here will go to waste!" Robin is no longer treated as a child. "A scholar who can decipher Poneglyphs... She's a dangerous entity, even if she's a kid." The man who saw her escape adds that when he tried to follow, "my helm suddenly froze up and wouldn't move...!!" Someone concludes, "I bet Mr. Saul left her go when he was about to die!!" To them, the surviving girl is a curse: "She has the luck of the devil himself...!!"
Nico RobinJaguar D. Saul
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Robin's wanted poster spreads through the world with the name NICO ROBIN and a bounty of 79,000,000 Beri. People recoil at the number. "79 million Beri!?" "That big of a bounty for an eight year old kid!?" Rumors replace truth: "It's that... the 'survivor of Ohara's demons'..." They speak of Ohara as "The group that attempted to destroy the world...!!" and gasp, "That Ohara's...!?" One rumor claims, "I don't know how she did it, but I heard she sunk six warships!" Another says, "No wonder it's such a price...!!" The Government and Marine Headquarters are said to be directly pursuing her. The world repeats the lie that she inherited the executed scholars' will and must not be allowed to roam free. The verdict placed on a child is merciless: "She's a child of a demon that shouldn't be alive!!!"
Nico Robin
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Robin survives by working where she can, quietly thanking an older woman who has taken her in. "Thank you," Robin says, "For helping me all the time..." The woman answers, "No, thank you for letting me work." But kindness gives way to fear and greed. Before dinner, the woman tells her, "By the way... before today's meal, you have some guests." Men burst in shouting, "Don't let her get away!!! She's only a child!!!" The woman demands payment: "I notified you!!!" "Now, give me my money!!" Even as she betrays Robin, she admits, "She works very hard, even though she's young..." In memory, that same woman once told Robin, "What, you're still awake? You have to wake up early tomorrow to buy some things, so go to sleep." Robin answered, "Okay." Yet the woman had already decided, "She's a good girl... But if she stays with us, we'll be in danger, too..."
Nico Robin
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The betrayers stare at Robin's bounty and realize too late that she has fled. "And... look at this bounty..." one says. "She's not in the room...!!" Another curses, "Shit...!! That brat overheard us!?" They twist their own betrayal into accusation: "Forgetting all the kindness she's received 'til now, damn it!!!" "Look for her!!!" Robin keeps moving, laughing Saul's laugh through the pain: "Dereshishishi!" On another ship she apologizes, "I'm sorry... I don't have any food." A captain says, "I know a great deal about you, Nico Robin." Robin answers carefully, "I'm on the wanted list, too..." The man offers a place as an apprentice in exchange for work and food, but the pattern repeats. When Marine Headquarters closes in, the ship erupts: "Ooh...!! Save me!!!" "It's the Marine Headquarters!!!" "Captain!!" "Where's Robin!? Hand her over!!!" "Damn it!!! It's because she's onboard!!!" "Robin!!!" "That plagued brat!!!"
Nico Robin
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Years of pursuit harden around Robin. Everywhere she goes, people whisper, "Nico Robin is in this town!?" She keeps searching and finally finds what only she can read: "I've found it... A Poneglyph." But the world answers her existence with hatred. "Your mere existence is a sin!!!" A shopkeeper throws her out: "Get outta my store!!! I've got nothing to sell you!!" Former allies turn on her: "You betrayed me, Robin!!!" By sixteen, Robin has learned to offer her usefulness before anyone asks. "I'm 16. I'll do anything. Please let me work for this organization." Crocodile, seeing the value of her forbidden knowledge, tells her, "I want you to help us. I heard that you can read... The 'Poneglyphs'..."
Nico RobinCrocodile
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Back at Enies Lobby, Robin faces the same terror that destroyed her home. Spandam holds the threat of the Buster Call over everyone, and Robin understands what it means. "If you..." she says, realizing the danger. "Ask for the Buster Call now..." Spandam snarls that it will destroy more than their enemies: "You'll be blown up, too... Along with Enies Lobby...!!" Franky refuses to believe such madness: "Don't be silly!! How could we be blown up by our own allies' attack!?" Robin asks, "What're you talking about!?" Spandam answers with the weight of her trauma: "Twenty years ago... just one attack took everything from me and ruined the lives of many people! That is the 'Buster Call'...!!"
Nico RobinSpandamFranky
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Robin's fear is no longer only for herself. She looks at the Straw Hats and tells them that the same power that erased Ohara is now aimed at the friends she finally found. "That attack... is now aimed at the dear nakama that I've finally found." The more she wants to remain with them, the more dangerous her life becomes. "The more I wish to be with you, the more my fate will bare its fangs at you!!!" There is no sea where she can outrun it. "No matter what sea I go to, I have this great foe that I can't shake off!!!" Her enemy is not a person standing before her; it is something vast and hidden. "Cause my enemy is... the 'world'... and its 'darkness'...!!!"
Nico RobinMonkey D. LuffyNamiRoronoa ZoroSogekingSanjiTony Tony Chopper
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Robin's confession spills out across the gap between her and her crew. "First, the incident with Aokiji!! And now, this...!! I've gotten you involved twice already...!!!" She is certain the burden will someday break even their kindness. "If this goes on forever, even good-natured people like you... will eventually consider me a burden!!! In time, you'll betray and abandon me!!!" That is the fear beneath everything: "That's what I'm most afraid of...!! That's why I didn't want you to come and save me!!!" If her life will only lead to loss, she would rather end it here. "If it's a life that I'll eventually lose, I want to just die right here, right now!!!" Franky, listening from beside her, laughs through the grim truth. "Wahahahahaha!! I see... that's so true!!"
Nico RobinAokijiFranky
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Franky does not soften the danger. "Of course!! No one could think you're not a burden with all your problems!! Wahahahaha!!" Then the World Government itself is pointed out as the thing standing between Robin and her friends. "Look at that symbol, pirates!!!" Spandam shouts from beneath the flag. "That mark represents the unity of over 170 nations in the four seas and the Grand Line...!!! This is the World!!!" He wants the Straw Hats to understand their smallness before it. "Do you understand how insignificant you are to stand against us!? Do you understand how big of an organization is after her!?" Luffy's answer is calm and absolute. "I understand Robin's enemy very well!" Then he turns to his sniper. "Sogeking..." Sogeking answers, "Hrm?"
FrankySpandamMonkey D. LuffySogekingNico Robin
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Luffy gives a single order that turns understanding into action: "Shoot that flag." Sogeking accepts without hesitation. "Roger!!" Sanji reacts in surprise, "Huh?" Sogeking raises his new weapon and announces it to the battlefield. "New weapon: the Great Pachinko called 'Kabuto.' Carefully observe its power!!!" He draws back, aims at the symbol of the World Government, and calls his attack: "Hissatsu..." "'Fire-Bird Star'!!!" A flaming shot launches across Enies Lobby toward the flag.
Monkey D. LuffySogekingSanji
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The Fire-Bird Star strikes the flag, and the World Government's symbol erupts in flame. The officials and soldiers can only stare. "!?" Cries break out: "Argh...!!" "Ah..." Robin, stunned by what she is seeing, whispers, "... No way." The onlookers understand the meaning immediately. "They've... done it...!!" "They've really done it now~~!!!" One voice asks the question hanging over the battlefield: "Do they even understand the meaning of attacking that flag...!!?"
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The flag burns above Enies Lobby, and Luffy stands by the choice completely. "I'd be happy to live with that!!!" The meaning becomes undeniable: "The pirates have... declared war... against the World Government~!!!" Robin looks on in disbelief, and Franky is overwhelmed by the sheer recklessness of it. "Are you bastards insane!!? Don't you dare to even dream that you'd survive having the world as your enemy!!!" But the Straw Hats have already chosen Robin over the world that hunts her.
Monkey D. LuffyNico RobinFranky
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With the flag burning behind them, Luffy calls across the distance: "Robin!!!" He refuses to let the Government, the past, or even her fear decide for her. "I haven't heard it from you yet!" Everyone waits as he demands the one truth she has been denying herself. "Say you wanna live!!!" Shock ripples through the battlefield: "...!?" "!!" Her friends call to her too: "... Robin!" "Robin!!!"
Monkey D. LuffyNico Robin
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Robin hears the word that has always felt forbidden. "Live...!?" Her memories answer with voices that told her the opposite. Spandine once condemned her: "You must not live in this world, Robin!!!" Another voice burned the same sentence into her life: "Your mere existence... is your greatest sin, Robin!!" She thinks of Olvia and Saul, of the impossible wish she had buried. "I thought it was something I couldn't wish for..." Saul's promise returns: "Sumday, surely..." "The sea is vast..." Robin had once chosen despair and said, "I want to die!!!" because, as she admits, "Nobody has ever allowed me that." But Saul's hope remains: "Yer 'nakama' will appear to protect you!!!" A voice urges her to trust the man before her: "Trust in Luffy!!!" Robin begins to let herself say it. "If I can really..." "Declare my wish... I..."
Nico RobinSpandineNico OlviaJaguar D. SaulMonkey D. Luffy
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Robin finally breaks. Tears streaming down her face, she chooses the life she had been told she could never ask for. "I WADDA LIVE!!!" The words carry across Enies Lobby, raw and unmistakable. She asks the Straw Hats for the future she had stopped believing in: "...!! Take me with you" "To the sea!!!" Franky, unable to hold back his emotion, sobs from beside her: "Woooooh, I love you guys, damn it~~!!!"
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The drawbridge begins to come down, opening the path between the Straw Hats and Robin. "The drawbridge is lowering!!" Someone realizes the allies below have done their part: "I guess they've done their job well." Panic and anticipation rise together. "They're coming!" "I... I'm trembling from the excitement..." Another voice screams, "Gyaaaaah, don't come!!!" The order goes out: "Hurry up and lower it." The enemy stares at Luffy's expression and mutters, "What an evil face...!!" As the bridge drops with a cracking sound, Luffy launches the charge: "Here we go!!!"
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SBS bonus page. A reader asks, "Hey, Oda!! This is kind of sudden, but what is this thing that Wanze has used for? -Nappe" Oda explains that the device is a pair of custom-made "Hop Up Goggles" suited to Wanze as a cook. Another question from "Crocodile's Mother" asks about Crocodile being sand, his weakness to water, and whether he can bathe. Oda explains that for Devil Fruit users, the sea includes oceans, rivers, pools, and baths; standing water drains their strength, while moving water such as rain or showers does not have the same effect. Crocodile's water weakness is described as a weak point of his sand power, and Oda jokes about Crocodile's bathing habits.
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One Piece Chapter 398: Declaration of War

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Chapter 398 summary

After the Buster Call destroys Ohara, Marines discover the scholars' books preserved in a lake. The hunt for Robin begins at once, and her wanted poster circulates with a bounty of 79,000,000 Beri. Robin survives by taking work wherever she can, but repeated betrayals force her to keep moving until she joins Crocodile at age sixteen. At Enies Lobby, Spandam threatens a Buster Call, and Robin tells the Straw Hats that her presence will only endanger them because her enemy is the world itself. Luffy orders Sogeking to shoot the World Government flag, and the shot sets it ablaze. Luffy tells Robin he has not yet heard her wish and demands she say she wants to live. Robin breaks down and cries that she wants to live and be taken to the sea with them. The drawbridge lowers, and Luffy leads the charge forward.

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Key facts in chapter 398

  • p0Chapter 398 title page displays 'DECLARATION OF WAR'
  • p0Bottom text names Miss Goldenweek strategy volume 30 'THE STRONGEST SUBJECTS'
  • p1Landscape shows ruins and withered tree under cloudy skies
  • p1Crater lake contains numerous floating books
  • p2Young girl identified as escapee from burning Ohara
  • p2Marine captain confirms sighting child on departing passenger boat
  • p3Bounty on young Nico Robin set at 79 million beri
  • p3Citizens discuss her connection to Ohara scholars and World Government pursuit
  • p4Young Nico Robin performs work for an elderly woman.
  • p4A suited man publicly accuses Robin of owing money.
  • p4Townspeople react with alarm to the suited man's arrival.
  • p5Young Robin encounters Jaguar D. Saul during rain.
  • p5Saul possesses Robin's wanted poster.
  • p5Robin flees pursuit by townspeople and suited man.
  • p6Young Robin encounters hostility from townspeople.
  • p6Jaguar D. Saul discovers a Poneglyph.
  • p6Robin offers to work for an organization at age 16.
  • p7Buster Call is declared against the island.
  • p7Jaguar D. Saul discusses Enies Lobby destruction risk.
  • p7Marines react with shock to the Buster Call order.
  • p8Scene takes place on a bridge structure at Enies Lobby.
  • p8Franky stands with arms crossed while addressing the crew.
  • p8Multiple crew members react in individual close-up panels.
  • p9Enies Lobby tower is shown with flag flying.
  • p9Robin is crying heavily while shouting.
  • p9Franky bursts into loud laughter during Robin's outburst.
  • p10World Government symbol is displayed as five connected circles.
  • p10Spandam confronts the crew about the organization's scale.
  • p10Luffy reacts with understanding of Robin's enemy.
  • p11Usopp uses Sogeking mask and new weapon Kabuto.
  • p11Fiery projectile is fired toward a target.
  • p11Luffy reacts with shock to the World Government flag.
  • p12Explosion occurs directly above Enies Lobby.
  • p12Luffy is present among the reacting group on the ground.
  • p13Robin is positioned at high vantage point above Enies Lobby.
  • p13Luffy stands on a ledge overlooking the building.
  • p14Luffy directly addresses Robin during his outburst.
  • p14Sanji, Zoro, and Nami are present and reacting to the moment.
  • p15Robin expresses her will to live after crew encouragement.
  • p15Straw Hat crew stands together on the ledge during the declaration.
  • p16Young Nico Robin appears in emotional distress during a collapsing scene.
  • p16Group of adults reacts with frantic calls near structural wreckage.
  • p17Straw Hat crew approaches a massive fortress with lowering drawbridge.
  • p17Luffy leads the advance with an aggressive expression.
Symbols and visual details166 · show
  • p0Chapter title page with bold centered text 'Chapter 398: DECLARATION OF WAR'
  • p0Prison cell with thick black grid bars and rivets forming cage motif
  • p0Multiple prisoners in black-and-white striped uniforms with shackles
  • p0Upside-down prisoner in foreground with wide dazed eyes, open mouth, sweat drops and X marks on face
  • p0Bearded tall prisoner standing near back wall with long facial hair
  • p0Prisoners raising hands toward bars with open mouths and strained expressions
  • p0One prisoner lying on floor with bloodied face and exhausted posture
  • p0Bottom caption text referencing Miss Goldenweek strategy 'MEET BAROQUE' VOL. 30
  • p0Central composition focuses on inverted prisoner as focal point
  • p0Striped uniform pattern repeated across all figures creating visual motif
  • p1Devastated landscape with withered tree and ruined ground under cloudy sky
  • p1Two narration boxes at top showing empty ruined vista
  • p1Marines in caps and coats standing on cliff edge surveying area
  • p1One marine holds rifle while another wears sunglasses
  • p1Massive crater-like lake filled with floating books visible below
  • p1Large SFX 'ゴゴゴゴ' placed over cliff edge and water
  • p1Close-up panels of marines reacting with sweat drops and open mouths
  • p1Floating books scattered across lake surface as central visual element
  • p1Panel layout splits top landscape from lower crater view
  • p1Marines positioned above crater looking down
  • p2Young dark-haired girl standing with serious expression and dark eyes
  • p2Marine captain with wide eyes and sweat drops shouting in close-up
  • p2Flashback panel showing cloaked figure gesturing near boat and burning structure
  • p2Marine in cap with open mouth and exclamation marks
  • p2World Government flag with circled symbol visible in lower panels
  • p2Marine clutching head with sweat drops showing frustration
  • p2Multiple speech bubbles overlapping around central girl figure
  • p2Background shows ship masts and dock structures
  • p2Girl positioned in foreground against vertical wooden post
  • p2Cloaked figure silhouette in flashback scene
  • p3Large bounty poster of young girl with text 'NICO ROBIN' and 79,000,000 beri
  • p3Crowd of citizens with shocked expressions and open mouths
  • p3Wanted poster held up in foreground with girl's face visible
  • p3Background shows town buildings and palm trees
  • p3Large SFX 'ドキ' and impact lines around poster
  • p3Citizens pointing and reacting in panic
  • p3Girl's legs visible in upper panel running or fleeing
  • p3Multiple overlapping speech bubbles showing crowd reaction
  • p3Close-up eye with SFX indicating shock
  • p3Bounty amount '79 MILLION BERI' displayed prominently
  • p4Elderly woman with long braid smiles warmly outside wooden house.
  • p4Young Nico Robin stands with polite expression and dark hair.
  • p4Large eye watches from shadows in close-up panel.
  • p4Armed townspeople gather in street with weapons raised.
  • p4Suited man bursts forward with furious open-mouth expression.
  • p4Motion lines and impact SFX around suited man and crowd.
  • p4Young Robin lies in bed with sweat drops and closed eyes.
  • p4Man in patterned robe stands near window at night.
  • p4Wooden house exterior with clouds and small bird on roof.
  • p4Child Robin smiles with large eyes in close-up.
  • p4Silhouetted figures run in background during confrontation.
  • p5Suited man yells with wide eyes and clenched teeth.
  • p5Young Robin flees barefoot through heavy rain.
  • p5Spotted creature with open mouth says BOW.
  • p5Jaguar D. Saul sits with large spotted body and rifle.
  • p5Wanted poster with skull and crossbones shown to Robin.
  • p5Crowd of armed pirates and townspeople chase Robin.
  • p5Robin cries with tears and gritted teeth.
  • p5Saul holds barrel and leans toward Robin.
  • p5Rain streaks and motion lines fill escape panels.
  • p5Robin stands small before Saul's massive seated figure.
  • p5Pirates point and shout in chaotic group composition.
  • p6Angry villagers brandish weapons and shout at Robin.
  • p6Stone Poneglyph with carved text stands in background.
  • p6Jaguar D. Saul holds rifle and glares with sweat drops.
  • p6Young Robin stands calmly with neutral expression.
  • p6Saul reacts with shock and heavy huffing.
  • p6Close-up of ancient Poneglyph text symbols.
  • p6Robin faces Saul with straight posture and dark hair.
  • p6Villagers surround Poneglyph with raised arms.
  • p6Saul's face shows stitched scars and wide eyes.
  • p6Robin viewed from behind walking toward building.
  • p7Massive stone towers loom on cliffside with flags.
  • p7Jaguar D. Saul sits with rifle and serious profile.
  • p7Marine officer holds white pigeon on shoulder.
  • p7Long-haired Marine with scar shouts angrily.
  • p7Masked Marine yells with open mouth.
  • p7Distant figures run across open ground toward towers.
  • p7Large SFX characters overlay tower panels.
  • p7Marine officer wears dark suit and hat.
  • p7Cliffside architecture with multiple towers visible.
  • p7Saul's face shows sweat and intense gaze.
  • p8Luffy close-up with wide eyes, furrowed brows, sweat drops, and grim downturned mouth.
  • p8Robin close-up with tense expression, sweat, and direct forward gaze.
  • p8Franky standing with arms crossed on bridge platform, large build and serious posture.
  • p8Crew members visible in background on bridge watching the confrontation.
  • p8Series of five close-up reaction panels showing Nami worried, Sanji narrowed eyes, Usopp concerned, Zoro glare, and Franky determined.
  • p8Large bottom panel with dark silhouette of Robin facing Franky against bright circular light and grid background.
  • p8SFX crosses and motion lines around Franky during speech.
  • p8Robin positioned lower in frame looking up at Franky in final panel.
  • p8Franky pointing upward with one arm raised in silhouette panel.
  • p8Bridge architecture with railings and distant structures visible in wide shot.
  • p9Large establishing shot of Enies Lobby tower with flag on top and multiple figures on upper levels.
  • p9Robin close-up with tears streaming, wide eyes, open shouting mouth, and intense anguish expression.
  • p9Motion lines and sweat drops radiating from Robin's face during scream.
  • p9Franky laughing with wide open mouth, head tilted back, and tears of laughter visible.
  • p9Crew members shown in smaller panels reacting with shock and silence.
  • p9Robin hair and facial features heavily shaded with emotional intensity.
  • p9Background clouds and sky framing the tower shot.
  • p9Franky wearing sunglasses and open shirt in laughing panel.
  • p10Franky laughing and gesturing toward the World Government flag on the tower.
  • p10Robin standing in midground looking upward at Franky.
  • p10Large diagram panel showing the World Government symbol with five circles connected and labeled.
  • p10Spandam close-up with furious expression and open shouting mouth.
  • p10Luffy close-up with wide eyes and surprised open mouth saying he understands.
  • p10Usopp in Sogeking mask standing on bridge with weapon visible.
  • p10World Government flag waving above the tower in background.
  • p10SFX and impact lines around Franky during speech.
  • p10Luffy positioned in foreground with shocked expression in final panel.
  • p11Close-up of Usopp in Sogeking mask aiming weapon with focused eye visible.
  • p11Luffy close-up with wide shocked eyes and open mouth reacting to the flag.
  • p11Weapon diagram panel showing the Great Pachinko with labeled parts.
  • p11Fiery projectile launch with smoke, impact lines, and flame effects.
  • p11SFX bursts and motion lines around the fired attack.
  • p11Luffy shouting single words in separate speech bubbles.
  • p11Background structures and smoke clouds during projectile flight.
  • p11Sogeking silhouette preparing the shot with careful posture.
  • p12Massive swirling explosion with large bold SFX dominates top panel above Enies Lobby.
  • p12Enies Lobby building shown damaged with cracks and smoke below the blast.
  • p12Close-up of wide-eyed character with open mouth and sweat drops showing shock.
  • p12Multiple shocked onlooker faces with exclamation SFX and bulging eyes.
  • p12Luffy and allies clustered in lower panels with horrified open-mouthed expressions.
  • p12Large impact lines and smoke trails emphasize explosion scale.
  • p12Foreground characters display sweat and strained facial muscles.
  • p12Background architecture of Enies Lobby partially obscured by debris and smoke.
  • p12Panel composition splits explosion view from ground-level reactions.
  • p13Nico Robin shown in close-up with sweat drops and trembling expression.
  • p13Large impact lines and GAKUGAKU SFX shake the high vantage point.
  • p13Enies Lobby visible far below from circular balcony ledge.
  • p13Luffy stands alone on ledge in defiant posture facing outward.
  • p13Long-nosed figure in hat points forward with extended arm.
  • p13Multiple shouting faces with wide eyes and open mouths in foreground.
  • p13Dramatic vertical panel lines emphasize height and tension.
  • p13World Government flag visible on distant building.
  • p13Crew silhouettes clustered on upper level overlooking the scene.
  • p14Luffy's face shown twisted in anguish with clenched teeth and sweat.
  • p14Luffy reaches forward with open hand in desperate gesture.
  • p14Multiple small reaction panels of Sanji, Zoro, and Nami with focused expressions.
  • p14Ruined buildings and sky form the background of the shouting scene.
  • p14Intense close-up of Luffy's eyes and mouth during the roar.
  • p14Vertical motion lines emphasize Luffy's forward lean and volume.
  • p14Crew members shown in separate narrow panels watching Luffy.
  • p14Luffy's scar and hair details visible in extreme close-up.
  • p15Robin weeps with visible tears streaming down her face.
  • p15Robin shown in multiple close-ups with sweat and emotional expression.
  • p15Crew stands united on a ledge overlooking the sea and building.
  • p15Fish-man-like figure and other background characters shouting.
  • p15Large circular building visible in distant background panel.
  • p15Robin whispers LIVE with small text near her face.
  • p15Final panel shows crew in determined group pose with Luffy at front.
  • p15Tears and sweat drops emphasize Robin's emotional shift.
  • p15Speech bubbles surround Robin from multiple directions.
  • p16Young girl with pigtails and bangs shown in extreme close-up with streaming tears, sweat drops, wide screaming mouth, and heavy speed lines radiating outward.
  • p16Bearded man clutches rectangular device while grinning widely with open mouth and sweat drops visible.
  • p16Dark-haired woman reaches forward with outstretched arm in desperate posture.
  • p16Large man in coat leans forward yelling with open mouth and dynamic body angle.
  • p16Background shows broken chains, debris, and collapsing metal framework around figures.
  • p16Multiple impact clouds and speed lines emphasize chaotic motion across lower panels.
  • p16Young girl's face features furrowed brows, gritted teeth, and visible tear trails on cheeks.
  • p17Large stone fortress with lowering drawbridge shown in background panels.
  • p17Multiple crew members display sweat drops and wide-eyed expressions of excitement or fear.
  • p17Long-haired figure screams with mouth open and head tilted back.
  • p17Luffy appears in large close-up with fierce grin, narrowed eyes, raised fist, and facial scars.
  • p17Cracking sound effects surround Luffy's panel edges.
  • p17Architectural details include towers, railings, and massive bridge mechanism.
  • p17Characters point or gesture toward the approaching bridge.

Theories built on chapter 398

Enies Lobby arc

  1. 395Ohara vs. the World Government
  2. 396Saul
  3. 397To Reach the Future
  4. 398Declaration of War
  5. 399Jump to the Fall!!
  6. 400The Key to Release
  7. 401Pirates vs CP9

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