## One Piece Chapter 912: Bamboo Hat Village - Chapter: 912 - Pages: 0-18 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Tony Tony Chopper, Nico Robin, Franky, Brook, Tama, Tenguyama Hitetsu, Portgas D. Ace, X Drake, Kaido, Kurozumi Orochi, Koma-chiyo, Basil Hawkins, Kinemon ### Summary Page 0: The opening color spread for "Chapter 912: Bamboo Hat Village" presents the Straw Hat crew in a bright Wano-themed extra illustration rather than a plot scene. Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, Sanji, Chopper, Robin, Franky, and Brook appear together in a lively celebratory composition with food, props, and decorative details. It does not advance the immediate story, but it is useful because it marks the chapter and frames the cast in the new country's visual mood. Page 2: Chapter 912, "Bamboo Hat Village," opens inside Hitetsu's home after Tama has been rescued and fed. The old swordsmith connects the name in her heart to Luffy's past and asks, "Is the Ace you're waiting for Portgas D. Ace, Tama?" Tama, still weak from the poison and hunger, coughs and looks up at Luffy with sudden hope: "Big bro? Do you know him?" Luffy answers simply, "Yeah." Then, with no softening and no sense for the wound he is touching, he tells her, "Ace's dead." The room freezes around that sentence. For Luffy, it is a fact from the war; for Tama, it is the collapse of a promise she has been surviving on. Page 3: Tama's face crumples under Luffy's words. She refuses the truth with everything she has left, screaming, "You're a liar, big broooo!" and then, "Nooooo waaaayyy!" The shock is too much for her already weakened body, and she faints on the spot. Luffy stares down at her and says, "She fainted. Crap." Hitetsu is shaken for another reason as well. Luffy's blunt statement confirms that the Ace Tama knew was the same Ace known to the outside world, and the old man realizes aloud, "So Ace came to Wano, too!" The page turns a child's waiting into grief and links Wano directly to Ace's unfinished promise. Page 4: Hitetsu erupts at Luffy's lack of delicacy. "Are you some sort of demon knave?!" he demands, furious that Luffy dropped the news so harshly. "Even if you speak the truth, why wouldst you say such a thing now?" Luffy answers from his own blunt logic: "But no matter how long she waits, Ace isn't coming." Hitetsu snaps back, "Be that as it may, there are such things as timing and phrasing!" Only then does the conversation shift into introductions. Luffy declares, "I'm Luffy! I'm going to be pirate king some day! Who are you, old man?!" Hitetsu answers, "I am Hitetsu," and the narration identifies him as Swordsmith Hitetsu of Mt. Tengu, Collector of Beautiful Girl Dolls. He calls Luffy a blasted man with no grasp of delicacy, then explains that he, too, is waiting for someone. 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!" Page 7: Luffy prepares to leave with Tama on his back, asking practical questions as he goes: "Any doctors in the area?" and "And where can I get water and food?" He puts on a kimono, pleased by the new outfit, while Hitetsu explains that he is giving Luffy the clothes because his usual ones would stand out too much. Luffy says, "Oh! A kimono!" and imagines adding armor and a helmet, because they "would be cool, too!" He promises the unconscious girl, "As thanks for giving me food! I'll take Tama with me!" but adds that he has to find his friends first. Hitetsu cannot enter town for certain reasons, so Luffy leaves her in his care no longer: "Food and treatment will be free! Please, help me." Page 8: As Luffy leaves, he notices a sword and casually grabs it. "I'...