## One Piece Chapter 548: Thank You - Chapter: 548 - Pages: 0-17 - Characters: Franky, cyborg animals, Luffy, Jimbei, Buggy, Crocodile, Mr. 1, Mr. 3, Emporio Ivankov, Impel Down prisoners, Whale Sharks, Inazuma, Magellan, Marines, Rear Admiral, Gates of Justice, Impel Down guards, Bon Clay, Den Den Mushi, Portgas D. Ace, Sea Kings ### Summary Page 0: Chapter title page: Chapter 548, "Thank You." The cover illustration begins Franky's short focused serial, "Franky's 'I'm No Good This Week,'" volume 1, "Wild Cyborg Animals." Franky-like animals and cyborg beasts gather in a strange mechanical wilderness, including creatures with bolts, armor, animal bodies and exaggerated expressions. The page is a side-story title card and not part of the Impel Down escape, but it introduces Franky's separated adventure while the main story returns to the jailbreak. Page 1: The escapees reach the Marine battleship after being carried through the Calm Belt by the whale sharks. Luffy and the prisoners cheer, "All right!!!" and "We made it to the battleship!!!" The scene shows the stolen ship surrounded by whale sharks and the aftermath of the frantic boarding, with prisoners sprawled across the deck and Luffy standing amid the crowd. For the first time since the Impel Down breakout began, the prisoners have a vessel under them instead of only a desperate route through the prison. Page 2: The prisoners declare, "Prison break, complete!!!" but Jimbei tells them they cannot celebrate yet and must launch the ship at once. The escapees thank the whale sharks, shouting, "Thank you, whale sharks!!!" and "Thanks for saving us!!! Be careful on your way back!!!" Others call for medicine from the sick bay and tell someone to get Inazuma the antidote. The crowd swears never to return to that hell, while Ivankov shouts, "Me neither, I'm so relieved!! I'm heading back to my family!!!" Page 3: The stolen battleship sails away from Impel Down as prisoners proclaim, "Now we're all free men!!!" and ask who they should thank for that, answering, "Captain Buggy!!!" Magellan watches from the prison and says he never thought they would make it this far. He orders the Marines to send a ship and says he will chase the escapees down and finish them off. A rear admiral reports that the cannons damaged by Jimbei have been repaired, and Magellan orders all ships to open fire. Cannonballs begin falling around the fleeing ship. Page 4: The Marine fleet gives chase, and the prisoners panic that the ships are already back up and ask how many ships the Marines have. Cannon fire explodes around the stolen vessel. One prisoner says everyone stronger than a vice admiral should be assembled at Marineford, but a battleship is still a battleship no matter who is on it. A Marine officer shouts that the escapees should realize it is hopeless: the Gates of Justice will never open for pirates like them. The chase moves from prison corridors to open water, but the escape is still blocked by the giant gates ahead. Page 5: The enormous Gates of Justice still stand in the sea ahead, and the prisoners say the mechanism is still there. Luffy, Buggy and the others panic because they have made it this far only to be stopped by the closed gate. Someone asks what they should do, and another says this is the worst possible situation. They have cut through Impel Down, stolen a battleship and survived the Calm Belt, but now the final barrier blocks the way to Marineford. Even Jimbei's calmness is tested as everyone stares at the gate that should be impossible to open from outside. Page 6: Luffy shouts, "First, protect the ship!!!" and tells everyone to guard the vessel from cannon fire. Crocodile asks why they are only defending when this is a battleship too, and orders the prisoners to fire the cannons. Buggy takes command in his own theatrical way, shouting that they will fire back at the Marines, and his followers answer, "Roger that, Captain Buggy!!" On the Marine side, a soldier wonders why the prisoners are heading for the Gates of Justice when they are trapped like rats, but then another orders fire and says there is no other way to open the gates from Impel Down. Page 7: To everyone's shock, the Gates of Justice begin opening. Marines at Impel Down tell Chief Warden Magellan that it cannot be, and guards in the gate control room nervously ask whether they should really open the gate. The escapees on the ship do not understand why the gate is opening, but the path ahead is suddenly visible. Magellan looks stunned as the sea barrier parts before the stolen battleship. The impossible final obstacle has moved, and no one on the ship yet understands who made it happen. Page 8: In the gate control room, a guard asks if Magellan is sure about opening the gate. The person giving the order, appearing as Magellan, says, "It's fine. Have my orders ever been mistaken?" and commands that after the enemy vessel passes through, they immediately shut the gates. Outside, Marines are conf...