## One Piece Chapter 696, pages 10-11: Common Interest - Chapter: 696 - Pages: 10-11 - Characters: Nami, Tashigi, Caesar Clown's Children, G-5 Marines, Sanji ### Summary Page 10: Nami states her decision plainly. Someone asks whether she has worked everything out with the Marines concerning the children, and she answers, "YUP. WE'RE LEAVING IT TO THEM! NO MATTER HOW MUCH I'D LIKE TO 'SAVE' THEM, A PIRATE LIKE ME WOULD ONLY CAUSE MORE TROUBLE FOR THOSE CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS..." She knows the practical truth: "I GUESS TAKING THE BLAME FOR THE KIDNAPPING LIKE ALWAYS IS THE MOST WE CAN DO HERE. BETTER TO LEAVE IT TO THE 'ALLIES OF JUSTICE,' EH." But then the request from the children reaches Tashigi. Nami bows and says, "I BEG OF YOU!! PLEASE ALLOW ME TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE CHILDREN!!" The children challenge Tashigi's pride too, saying, "I'M JUST NO MATCH WHEN FACING DOWN A MARINE WOMAN. MARINE WOMAN?" Nami's choice is not to abandon the children; it is to entrust them to someone who can safely return them home. Page 11: Tashigi accepts the responsibility, and the children connect her to a memory of safety. One child says, "AH, THAT'S RIGHT. YOUR MOTHER... SHE WAS A MARINE." Another girl smiles, "WE CAN REST EASY." Tashigi tells them, "IF YOU'RE GONNA BE SAVED, THERE'S NO BETTER WAY THAN BY A STRONG AND KIND MARINE WOMAN!" Nami answers, "FOR SURE," while a child calls out, "YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS AGREEING!! YOU SAID IT FIRST!!!" The mood shifts fully into recovery when Sanji begins cooking with flair. He announces, "NEWKAMA KENPO: '99 VITAL RECIPES'!!" and describes "A 'REVIVAL TYPE' THAT WILL WARM YOU UP AND EASE YOUR TIRED BODY" before unveiling "HORMONE SOUP WITH SEA PORK'!!!" The food bubbles up as a practical medicine and comfort after days of poison, fear, and forced treatment.