## One Piece Chapter 286, pages 21-22: Demon of Shandora - Chapter: 286 - Pages: 21-22 - Characters: Mont Blanc Noland, Lvneel Kingdom sailors ### Summary Page 21: The crew of the Lvneel Kingdom ship is in an uproar. They are gathered at the edge of the deck, looking down into the turbulent sea. 'Our admiral just... Fell into the sea!' 'BUT THIS IS THE GRAND LINE!' 'WAS IT... SUICIDE? DID HE ABANDON US!?' 'ADMIRAL! ADMIRAL!' One sailor speculates, 'Could it be... That he couldn't withstand slowly starving to death and chose death by drowning instead...!?' Another angrily refutes this, 'Don't be stupid! That great man's come back from 2 Grand Line voyages! He's mentally tougher than any of us on board!' A third points out, 'Then why're his shoes and clothes neatly folded and lying here!?' 'S-someone dive in after him!' 'Are you kidding!? There're all kinds of sea monsters lurking here!' 'He's not coming back up...!' Suddenly, a strange shape emerges from the water. 'Huh? A chestnut?' 'A chestnut?' The 'chestnut' is revealed to be the top of a man's head. 'Admiral! Y... You've returned!' The man, Mont Blanc Noland, replies calmly, 'Of course. The thing was much nimbler than I expected... Here. A rope? Pull it up.' Page 22: Mont Blanc Noland stands on the deck of the ship, shirtless and dripping wet, holding his sword over his shoulder. He has a distinctive chestnut-shaped hairstyle. Behind him, a massive, freshly killed sea monster is being hauled onto the deck by the crew. The sailors are in awe, yelling 'OHHHHH!' and 'J-JUST WHAT IS THIS THING!? ADMIRAL!?' One asks, 'Did you hunt this down below the waters!?' Noland calmly replies, 'Use it for food. All that sitting around, Certainly dulled my reflexes...' A caption box introduces him: 'North Blue, Lvneel Kingdom Admiral of an Exploration Ship Montblanc Noland'. The crew's desperate situation is resolved by their incredibly strong and capable admiral, setting up his character as a legendary explorer.