## One Piece Chapter 482, pages 12-15: Morning Is Coming - Chapter: 482 - Pages: 12-15 - Characters: Gecko Moria, Luffy, Usopp, Brook ### Summary Page 12: Even Moria cannot fully control a thousand shadows. Black forms burst from his body as he pants and groans, "Aaaah...!!" Luffy, still steaming from Gear Second, begins another attack: "Gomu Gomu..." But Moria fights back with his own shadow power. He spreads a mass of bats and calls, "Brick Bat"!!! The black bats swarm into a solid form and then form a prison around Luffy. Moria snaps the trap shut with "Black Box," the kanji meaning "Shadow Box," and Luffy finds himself sealed inside. "I'm trapped," he says, still breathing hard. The move shows that Moria's power remains dangerous even while he is losing control; he can still shape shadows into weapons and cages if Luffy gives him an opening. Page 13: Moria tries to crush the trapped Luffy, but Luffy breaks through. The box-like shadow prison buckles under his force, and Luffy shouts, "Break!!!" as his fist punches out through the dark barrier and smashes into Moria. The direct hit shocks the crowd: "A direct hit!!!" and "That punch split the island!!!" someone cries, while others shout, "Strawhat!!!" The prison bursts apart with chunks of shadow and debris scattering through the air. Moria falls back as the battlefield erupts around him, and the point of the exchange is unmistakable: even Moria's special shadow techniques cannot hold Luffy long enough to stop the assault. Luffy keeps breaking through every delay because there are only moments left before dawn. Page 14: Moria keeps taunting even as Luffy smashes through his defenses. "Stop!!!" someone cries as Luffy drives downward and Moria hisses, "Haa... Haa... You little... punk..." Moria declares, "This is your 'baptism.' This is what happens when you act tough on this ocean...!! This is what happens when you defy a Shichibukai!!!" He lectures Luffy with contempt: "Know your place!!! This world...!! This world only crushes those who stand out!!!" The battlefield explodes again, and Luffy is thrown down so hard that Usopp and Brook shout, "Luffy!!" and "Luffy!!?" But Moria's words are not just insult; they reveal his own defeatist worldview, the belief that the world punishes anyone who reaches too high. Page 15: Luffy stands up from Moria's crushing blow. The spectators cry, "He... he stood up!!!" Moria snarls, "I don't know about being a punk or standing out..." Luffy, battered and calm, says, "But I... won't be crushed by anyone...!!! Because I'm made of rubber." Moria tries to dismiss him: "You won't be crushed...!? How can you say that...? You're just revealing your lack of experience..." The crowd, however, is stunned. "Is he immortal or something!? Amazing!!" someone says as Luffy remains standing before the enormous Shichibukai. Moria, panting and enraged, vows, "I'll make you spit them all out right now...!!!" but the statement sounds less like control and more like desperation.