## One Piece Chapter 901, pages 11-13: Even If You Die, Don't Die!!! - Chapter: 901 - Pages: 11-13 - Characters: Jinbe, Monkey D. Luffy, Nami ### Summary Page 11: Jinbe finally says what he has been building toward: "I can't... leave them behind!!!" Luffy, wounded and breathing hard, listens as Jinbe explains the tactical necessity. "They're guarding our rear to help the ship escape!" Jinbe says, and when Luffy objects, he adds, "...Alright!! I understand! Then we'll also...!!" But Jinbe cuts off that impulse with his own request. The fleet is still moving, and he warns, "We've made it this far, but... if the flagship and fleet continue to chase us... we won't be able to make it out...!!!" Then he asks for the duty himself: "The rear guard!! Please leave it to me!!" His choice is both loyalty to his old crew and responsibility to his new captain. Page 12: Luffy accepts Jinbe's decision only by turning it into an order. Across the waves he declares, "...We will succeed... and come back alive!!!" Then he looks Jinbe in the eyes and says, "Don't forget... Jinbe!!" The page tightens around Luffy's glare, marked by "SFX: Glare!!" Jinbe stands silent, understanding what is coming. Luffy's command is absolute: "I am... your captain now!!!" It is not permission to die for them. It is the opposite. Luffy acknowledges Jinbe as a Straw Hat and makes survival part of the mission. The escape may require separation, but it does not release Jinbe from the crew he has joined. Page 13: The Sunny pulls away under fire, and Luffy's order becomes the chapter's title. Standing battered but firm, he tells Jinbe, "We'll wait for you at Wano!!! You must come!!!" Nami cries, "Luffy!!" while Jinbe, moved by the command and trust, answers, "I can't thank you enough!!!" Luffy refuses any heroic death with the sharpest possible words: "Even if you die, don't die!!!" The phrasing is impossible in a literal sense, but unmistakable as a captain's demand: survive anyway. The crew must escape now, but they are not abandoning Jinbe as a lost ally. They leave with a destination, a promise, and an expectation that he will return to them in Wano.