## One Piece Chapter 617: Major Incident on Coral Hill - Chapter: 617 - Pages: 0-16 - Characters: Koushirou, Kuina, Roronoa Zoro, Vander Decken IX, Neptune, Princess Shirahoshi, Hody Jones, Nami, Jimbei, Arlong, Usopp, Brook, Sanji, Tony Tony Chopper, Hatchan, Monkey D. Luffy, Megalo ### Summary Page 0: Chapter 617 opens with the title "Major Incident on Coral Hill" and the cover serial "From Shipdecks Around The World Vol. 5: Shimotsuki Village - Reporting to Kuina." At the graves in Zoro's home village, Koushirou stands quietly with a newspaper, as if bringing news of Zoro's return and growth to Kuina. The cover story pauses the Fish-Man Island crisis to reconnect Zoro's present strength with the promise and grief rooted in Shimotsuki Village. Page 1: At Ryugu Palace, Vander Decken IX launches himself after the coral that tracks Shirahoshi. He screams, "Vander Decken has gone after my beloved Shirahoshi!!" while Neptune, bound and desperate, begs his men, "I beg of you all!! I will give you anything you desire!!! Just let me go after Decken!!!" He promises, "I will give you gold, silver, treasures, even the lives of my soldiers!!!" but a guard can only say, "Y - hold on a moment, your majesty!!!!!" Neptune sees Decken flying away and cries, "He is going to take Shirahoshi from me!!! Shirahoshi is my one greatest treasure!!!" Hody Jones watches with contempt and says, "What a pathetic sight you are, Neptune...!!!" The page holds the king at his lowest point: stripped of authority, tied up in front of enemies, and reduced to begging for any chance to protect his daughter. Page 2: Hody recognizes the convenience of the chaos and gives credit to the Straw Hats: "To think that my sworn enemies, the Straw Hat Pirates, would aid in my conquering of the Ryuuguu Palace...!!" Nami studies him and notices the mark on his body: "...?! He bears... Arlong's mark..." Neptune, still chained, remembers Jimbei's warning: "...Nghh... I had heard from Jimbei that there was something afoot in the Fishman District... But I never expected you, former members of Neptune's own army, to be behind it...!! Have you no shame, Hordy?!!" Hody laughs at the idea of shame. He says Neptune assumes he served with pride, but the only reason he joined the army was "to hone the skills I would need on the field of battle." Hody declares, "And it worked. I have become strong!!!" Nami, Usopp, Zoro, and the others realize this is not simply a random uprising but a rebellion rooted in Arlong's ideology and in Neptune's own ranks. Page 3: Hody states his hatred in full. He says, "Ever since I was a child, I have seen nothing but fishmen being oppressed by the detestable humans...!! My greatest heroes were the Arlong Pirates, for having the strength and ambition to smash those filthy humans' faces in!!!" He had dreamed that when Arlong conquered the world, he would stand at his side as right-hand man. "But thanks to a certain bunch of filthy humans, that dream never came to pass!!!" he says. The New Fish-Man Pirates exist "to revive their broken will!!!" Nami's expression hardens at the idea that these fish-men are sympathizers of Arlong and his cronies. Hody, unaware of her personal history with Arlong, sneers, "Hmm? Arlong?! I don't think I've ever tasted that particular delicacy! Yohohoho-" and Usopp accidentally kicks Nami in the shock, making her snap, "Ouch!! Usopp-san, why are you kicking me?!" The humor does not soften the threat: Hody has inherited Arlong's hate and expanded it into a kingdom-level coup. Page 4: Hody quietly orders, "Move it..." and places his hand against a massive palace wall. With a sharp crack, his grip digs into the structure, and then he tears the wall apart with a monstrous bite-like force. The sound effect note explains the attack as "Soshark," literally "rough shark" and probably a pun on "soshaku," meaning crushing with one's teeth. The palace erupts as huge sections break loose, and the guards shout in disbelief. Someone cries, "That grip strength is ridiculous!! What is he trying to do?!" Hody is not using a Devil Fruit or an elaborate weapon; this is presented as brute strength. The panel makes clear why Neptune's soldiers fear him: even before taking any drug in this moment, he can physically rip open the palace and change the terrain of the fight. Page 5: Hody's destruction lets seawater pour into the palace. Someone asks, "That's... just his natural strength, right?" and another answers, "Yeah... he's not even drugged up right now..." Then the wall collapses with a huge blast, and screams fill the hall: "Aaa aargh hhh!! The castle wall collapsed!!!" Water floods across the floor. Zoro realizes the danger immediately: "Crap... He's flooding the place with sea-water!!!" Neptune's people panic, "Aaaa hhhh hhh!!! This isn't good at all!!!" while Hody laughs, "Jahah ahaha hah..." The flooding changes the fight's conditions. For fish-men it is natural territory; for Devil Fruit users and humans it is a trap. Ho...