## One Piece Chapter 1036, pages 8-9: Bushido is the Way of Death - Chapter: 1036 - Pages: 8-9 - Characters: Usopp, Hamlet, Kikunojo, Kinemon, Beast Pirates, Red Scabbards ### Summary Page 8: In the attic between the first and second floor, Hamlet and Usopp are surrounded by flames and enemies. Someone screams about a skull-grass bomb and warns not to let up because the enemies have red scabbards and straw hats. Usopp panics that he is surrounded by fire and enemies and calls himself a goner. He tells Kiku and Kinemon to forget him and just take Kiku, but Kinemon says he is already too far gone and that Usopp should leave them both and escape. Usopp is horrified by the samurai attitude, asking what it is with samurai having death wishes. He says he does not understand their obsession with honor and committing seppuku, and that he knows it is their culture but cannot stand it. Page 9: Usopp shouts that he does not care if it looks pathetic to keep struggling with tears and snot running down his face. He says he will never stop clinging to life, and that Kiku and Kinemon have to keep going too. He argues that even if dying after coming this far would be disgraceful, it would be a waste, and that it is not enough to have simply fought in the raid. Kiku weakly calls out to him. Usopp's words cut through the fatalistic samurai logic, and nearby allies agree with him. The enemy rushes in, but Usopp keeps fighting, blasting them back while protecting the injured Scabbards and rejecting the idea that honorable death is the proper ending.