## One Piece Chapter 626: The Three Neptune Brothers - Chapter: 626 - Pages: 0-18 - Characters: Baratie chefs, Vander Decken, Shirahoshi, Otohime, Donquixote Mjosgard, Minister of the Left, Minister of the Right, Fukaboshi, Ryuboshi, Manboshi, Sea Kings, Neptune ### Summary Page 0: Cover page for chapter 626, titled "The Three Neptune Brothers." The cover story continues "From Shipdeck Around The World Vol 12: Baratie - The Docking Dessert Vessel 'Sister Anko'." A Baratie dessert vessel shaped like a fish serves customers under the sea while a chef in a "BARATIE DESSERT" apron poses beside it, a light extra image before the chapter returns to Queen Otohime's final days. Page 1: Vander Decken hears of a Tamatebako, a legendary box from Ryugu Palace. A note explains the old tale: when the hero opened it from curiosity, he aged into an old man. Decken's crew tells him the box is hidden somewhere in the palace and can cause anyone to age. He immediately twists the legend toward Shirahoshi. If the box could turn a teensy little brat into a fully grown lady, his problem would be solved. "With that box, I can marry Princess Shirahoshi right away!!" he declares, ordering his men to steal the Tamatebako at once. Page 2: Vander Decken's men flatter the plan, saying the palace is impenetrable unless he marries Shirahoshi first. Decken insists that Shirahoshi is cute and would become a proper beauty with ten or twenty extra years on her. Once he is her husband, the treasure his clan has sought for generations will finally be his. His men are already joking about wedding invitations, but one of them points out the obvious problem: "Aren't you going to propose first, Captain Decken?!!" Decken suddenly realizes he has no friends to invite. Page 3: At Gyoncord Plaza, Queen Otohime presents the paper she brought back from the surface. She explains that the word of the World Nobles holds great sway even at the Reverie Council of Kings, and this is an official letter from a World Noble. The letter supports the attached petition "for the sake of improving relations between humans and fishmen." If enough signatures are gathered before the next Reverie, the paper will give the proposal enough strength to become realistic action. Relocation to the surface is no longer merely a dream. Page 4: The crowd is stunned that a Tenryubito granted support to the proposal. Otohime does not demand instant belief. All she needs now is to gather more signatures, so she tells the people she can only wait for them to make their own decisions and begs them to reach out for a life of harmony. The children misunderstand and ask if she means to grant them false hope and take it away again. A child shouts that this is not the time because his mother said she would sign too. Hands begin dropping signed papers into the box. Page 5: The queue begins at once. People line up properly and call for no pushing as signature sheets pour into the box. Otohime watches, trembling, as the response she spent years chasing finally arrives. The ministers warn her that they will not get anywhere with a tiny box like this and ask how many people she thinks live in the country. Otohime covers her mouth, unable to hold back tears. The people are no longer mocking her; they are choosing, one by one, to stand with her. Page 6: The crowd turns Otohime's cause into a public movement. People shout, "Coming through! Coming through! Everyone place your signatures into this box!!" and call others to show support for the queen's passionate endeavour. Otohime breaks down crying in front of them, overcome by emotion, while the narration says that on this day her seven long years of struggle finally bore fruit. The people of her kingdom show the deep love they hold for their queen. Page 7: For days, Gyoncord Plaza is filled with people from across the land, all eager to submit signatures for Otohime's cause. Later, Otohime speaks with her children about the day the Sea Kings peered into the island. The princes remember the shock, but Otohime says that was the moment she found courage and the assurance that their country truly can change. Then she reveals the truth: "It was Shirahoshi who called them, you know." Her sons react in astonishment. Page 8: Otohime explains the scale of Shirahoshi's ability. Merfolk can understand the hearts of the ocean's fish and communicate with them, but no mermaid has ever been able to communicate with the gigantic Sea Kings. Even Neptune, she says, can only communicate with whales. According to the royal family records, once every few centuries a mermaid is born who can understand and communicate with even the mighty Sea Kings. The brothers realize their little sister may be that legendary mermaid. Page 9: The records say that when the time comes, a great change will come upon the world. One will appear with the power to guide that mermaid, to guide Shirahoshi, show her the right path, and the correct way to use her ability. The children wonder if...