## One Piece Chapter 912, pages 5-6: Bamboo Hat Village - Chapter: 912 - Pages: 5-6 - Characters: Tenguyama Hitetsu, Monkey D. Luffy, Tama, X Drake, Kaido, Kurozumi Orochi, Portgas D. Ace ### Summary Page 5: Hitetsu explains what this place used to be. Though only he and Tama remain now, it was once Braided Hat Village. Over a year earlier, a pirate named X Drake joined Kaido's army as a new Headliner, and the village's protectors, five samurai who formed its cornerstone, were killed. The settlement was destroyed. Hitetsu widens the explanation from one village to all of Wano: the only land still prosperous is the Flower Capital, where the shogun Orochi resides. Everywhere else has been decimated by Kaido's army into lawless wastes. The peaceful name "Bamboo Hat Village" begins to feel like a memory preserved after disaster, and Tama's poverty is shown as part of a country's deliberate ruin. Page 6: Hitetsu tells Luffy how Ace entered Tama's life. About four years ago, the village was nearly beyond saving. People were starving to death, and just as they thought they would not make it, a pirate ship washed ashore. The desperate villagers tied up the weakened pirates and stole the food and supplies on board, eating properly for the first time in a long while. Hitetsu expected retaliation once the pirates broke their bonds, but one of them instead asked, "Where can I go to get you guys dessert?" The villagers were shocked that shipwrecked pirates had saved them. Ace and his friends stayed for a few weeks, and O-Tama became very attached to him. Luffy listens and smiles quietly: "Hmm. I see!"