## One Piece Chapter 459, pages 15-16: Death Doesn't Count as an Apology - Chapter: 459 - Pages: 15-16 - Characters: Brook, Ryuma, Laboon, Monkey D. Luffy, Nico Robin, Usopp, Franky, Tony Tony Chopper ### Summary Page 15: Brook is battered across the ground, still trying to guard the afro. He thinks that if he and Laboon happen to meet again, Laboon "wouldn't even recognize me in this form" unless the afro remains. Brook cries, "Wah! Stop! Leave the afro alone!!" but Ryuma keeps laughing, "Yohoho!" Brook has almost nothing left, but he clings to one vestige: "At least... they said this head made you laugh!! I'll protect at least this vestige alone!" He remembers the promised cape and declares, "Because I'll definitely come to see you! I want you to wait for me, at the promised cape...!!!" The page shows the exact reason death is not enough: Brook wants to arrive recognizably, as the friend Laboon waited for. Page 16: The Straw Hats' response is immediate and loud. Luffy shouts from the Sunny, "Uwaaah~~~!!! I'm all pumped up!! He's a musician!! He's a talking skeleton!! He has an afro!! And yohoho!! And he's Laboon's nakama!!!" He declares, "Even if I have to drag him, I'll get him to board this ship!!! I'll make him one of our nakama!!! Does anyone have an objection?" Robin smiles, "Fufu... Even if we object, would that change your opinion?" Usopp cries that he wants to meet Brook because he is Laboon's, and Franky agrees, "I concur, damnit!!!" Chopper, still frightened but moved, yells, "Hell yeah! I concur as well!!! I'm not scared of skeletons!!!" The crew's decision is made: Brook is no longer a stranger; he is someone they will bring aboard.