## One Piece Chapter 616: Anniversary of Revenge - Chapter: 616 - Pages: 0-14 - Characters: Rika, Monkey D. Luffy, Megalo, Princess Shirahoshi, Hody Jones, Vander Decken IX, Jimbei, Neptune, Fukaboshi, Ryuuboshi, Manboshi, Hyouzou, Nico Robin, Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Brook, Franky, Den, Tom, Iceburg, Kokoro, Jinbe ### Summary Page 0: Chapter 616 opens with the title "Anniversary of Revenge" and the cover serial "From Shipdecks Around The World Vol. 4: Rika, Waitress-in-Training at the Shells Town Marine Base." Rika, now wearing a Marine-branded apron, works cheerfully in the Marine base dining area while Marines eat behind her. A wanted poster of Luffy is visible on the wall, keeping the wider world's awareness of the Straw Hats present even before the chapter returns to Fish-Man Island's crisis. Page 1: Fish-Man Island looks upward as strange figures streak through the water above. Voices from the island call the palace again and again: "Calling the royal palace, calling the royal palace!" and "Please respond...!" A child asks, "Mama, what's that?" as people stare skyward. Luffy, riding on Megalo with Shirahoshi hidden inside, shades his eyes and looks toward the same distant shapes. He says, "Something's flying up there... Can't see what it is, though. It's too far..." The page builds alarm before anyone understands the attack: the island can see movement in the sky-water, the royal palace cannot be reached, and Luffy's escape route is crossing the same unstable moment. Page 2: The border guard tries to contact the palace: "Calling the royal palace! This is the border guard!!" but receives no answer. The guards realize something is wrong: "This is strange... Why can't we seem to make contact...?" and ask, "Is the Den-Den Mushi ill...?" A report comes in that "A number of dangerous individuals from the Fishman District... have just been seen entering Fishman Island...!!" and they were not behaving like tourists: "They did not appear to be going on a mere shopping trip." The guard commander orders, "Now listen up, men. This day will go down in history..." The warning gives the chapter its political weight: Fish-Man Island is not facing random disturbance, but a planned incursion from the district tied to Hody Jones. Page 3: Hody Jones rides into the island with the New Fish-Man Pirates and speaks like a revolutionary conqueror. "As the day Fishman Island was unified under one vision!!!" he declares. He says, "This world is not right until all fishmen, merfolk included, are able to see things eye-to-eye...!!" but his vision is domination over humans: "Humans are an inferior species who cannot even breathe underwater. They should submit to our authority!!!" On the side, another voice says, "Time and again, history has taken the wrong path... But now, we're going to set things straight!!!" Vander Decken IX treats the invasion as part of his romance, laughing, "Bahohohu!! Today will be the anniversary of our engagement, Shirahoshi...!! No need to rush into things; the wedding can wait until... tomorrow!!!" The movement is both a coup and Decken's personal obsession. Page 4: The New Fish-Man Pirates divide their targets. One officer says that Jimbei's faction, "that irritating offshoot from the Sun Pirates that always stood in our way," is already out of the picture, then names the remaining obstacles: "Neptune. Fukaboshi. Ryuuboshi. Manboshi." The plan is to remove the king and the three princes because "If we can just take those four out, the rest of the Neptune Army is nothing to worry about!!" Hody orders, "Let's get this started... You all have your assigned locations, so go and conquer them!!!" The officers answer in their own styles: one cackles, "Kya!! Let's tear the flesh from their bones!! Kyackya!!" and Hyouzou says, "You show me what to slice, and I'll slice it... simple as that... *hic*." Hody announces the goal to the cheering army: "Today marks the end of the Ryuuguu Kingdom!! We will be the new rulers of the ocean depths!!!" Page 5: At a fish bus stop bound for "The Ocean Forest," a guard tries to report that someone "got away," while Robin moves calmly through the island toward her own objective. She says, "Just as I thought, this is valuable information. There is a poneglyph in this area..." and concludes, "This country holds an important key... to the secrets of the Blank Century..." While the island panics over the invasion and the palace, Robin is following a separate historical trail. Her quiet investigation places the Ocean Forest at the center of both Shirahoshi's personal wish and the larger mystery of the world. Page 6: Inside Ryugu Palace, Zoro reacts to the captured soldiers' accusations with irritation. He says, "Oh, don't you go acting like I sliced 'em all up because I wanted to!" and snaps, "Whaddaya expect me to do when a bunch of pirates come charging in with swords at the ready?! Serve 'em tea?!" A soldier insists, "But it is true! You battled with vicious joy! Any fool could se...