## One Piece Chapter 417, pages 8-10: Ashura - Chapter: 417 - Pages: 8-10 - Characters: Kaku, Roronoa Zoro ### Summary Page 8: Kaku crashes down in his compressed form, but Zoro waits and meets him with a clean crossing of blades. Kaku reacts, "!!?" and Zoro says, "THANKS FOR WAITING." Kaku lands back on his feet, impressed by his own new reach. He explains, "IF I CAN CONTROL THE 'REACH' OF MY ARMS, LEGS AND NECK... I CAN SWING THE SWORDS ANY WAY I WANT...!!" Zoro, breathing hard, now faces not just a giraffe body but a four-sword fighter using every stretched limb like an extension of his blades. Page 9: Kaku declares, "I'M A YON-TOURYUU SWORDSMAN." A note identifies it as four sword style. "NOW I CAN MAXIMIZE THE GIRAFFE'S POWER. YOU WON'T STAND A CHANCE!!" he boasts, attacking with his stretched swords from several directions. He explains, "THE FACT THAT A GIRAFFE IS POWERFUL...!! AND THE FACT THAT YOU CAN RETRACT YOUR TROUBLESOME NECK...!! AND THE FACT THAT YOU USE 'YONTOURYUU'...!!" Zoro keeps dodging and guarding as the strange style pushes him through rubble, while Kaku's square body and elongated limbs make the battlefield feel closed from every side. Page 10: Zoro smiles grimly and says that "NOT ONE OF THEM IS A GOOD ENOUGH REASON TO DEFEAT ME!!!" Kaku shifts into "SANTOU-RYUU" with a leopard-labeled move, "HYOU!!!" then follows with "KIN!!!"--noted as koto, a Japanese music instrument--and "DAMA!!!" A note explains that hyoukin-dama means humorous person. Kaku launches himself like a ball toward Zoro, and Zoro realizes, "HE'S GOING TO LAUNCH HIMSELF TOWARDS ME!!!" The clash becomes a contest not of species trivia, but of whether Kaku's creativity can overpower Zoro's resolve.