## One Piece Chapter 655: Punk Hazard - Chapter: 655 - Pages: 0-17 - Characters: Galley-La Company, Thousand Sunny, Monkey D. Luffy, Nami, Franky, Laboon, Sanji, Straw Hat Pirates, Nico Robin, Usopp, Den-Den Mushi, Samurai, Brook, Zoro, Wano Country, Marines, Tony Tony Chopper, Tashigi, Smoker, G-5 Marines, Punk Hazard, Mini Merry, World Government, Dragon ### Summary Page 0: The cover page gives the chapter title, "Punk Hazard." The cover story reads, "From Shipdecks Around The World Vol 37: Water 7 - The Galley-La Company's Ten-Year-Old Genius Secretary." A young girl works as a secretary in a Galley-La office while a tall man stands beside her and a small animal waits nearby. This is cover-story material, separate from the Straw Hats' arrival at Punk Hazard. Page 1: The Thousand Sunny is thrown into the furious weather of the New World, and an island ahead erupts through the storm. Someone shouts, "Look! That island over there just erupted!!!" The sea roars around them as Nami warns Luffy to listen: not one of the three Log Pose needles is pointing at that island, and even by New World standards that is not normal. Franky calls back to Laboon's family, "Farewell, Laboon's family! Take care!!" but Luffy does not care about the needles. He insists, "It's right there, isn't it?! Who cares where the needles are pointing!! I don't care how weird it is, that's where we're going!!" Nami refuses: "Not a chance! We're not going anywhere near it!!" Page 2: The crew stares at an impossible sight: "The ocean is on fire, for heaven's sake!!" A flaming sea crashes around the Sunny, and the crew shouts that it makes no sense. Sanji, still thinking about food, tells Luffy he saved a bad-news piece of the gigantic fish they caught, but then realizes the fish has been burned by the sea. The others panic that their ship could be next. Franky insists the Sunny is made of sterner stuff, but even he cannot deny the situation is absurd. Luffy, however, looks across the fire and smoke with excitement rather than fear, still drawn toward the island. Page 3: As the crew debates the burning sea, the Den-Den Mushi suddenly starts crying, "Puohooooooohhhh!!" Luffy thinks the little snail might have a stomach ache, but Robin identifies the sound correctly: "Don't be stupid - that's a distress signal!! Somebody's calling out for help!!" Luffy immediately wants to answer it, while Robin warns that the chances of the signal being genuine are under fifty percent. If they answer, whoever is listening will know the Straw Hats are in the area; it could be a Marine trap. Usopp recognizes Robin's caution but says, "That's our Robin! You heard her, Luffy! We have to think carefully before..." Luffy reaches for the call anyway. Page 4: Luffy answers the distress signal in the most Luffy way possible: "Hello?! This is Luffy!! I'm going to be the Pirate King!!!" The voice on the other end cries, "Help! Please! Anyone!!!" and Luffy asks where he is and what his name is. The caller answers through pain and cold: "It's cold... so cold... Is that you, boss...?" He says they are being sliced down one after another and that it is no use. Then the danger becomes specific: "We're all gonna be killed by the samurai!!!!" When Luffy asks where they are, the caller can only gasp out the place name: "Punk Hazard!!!" The call turns the strange island from curiosity into a rescue destination. Page 5: The caller is abruptly cut off, screaming that someone else was sliced too. Luffy says he smells an incident, and Usopp insists it is obviously an incident because the guy was murdered. Robin warns that it could still be a lure. Brook and Zoro discuss the word "samurai." Zoro has heard the term from Brook, and Brook explains that samurai are the swordsmen of Wano Country. Wano is a self-ruled nation whose people do not take kindly to outsiders; it is not part of the World Government, and its swordsmen are said to be so terrifyingly strong that even the Marines dare not venture too close. The distress call therefore introduces not only Punk Hazard but a connection to Wano. Page 6: Robin reasons that if the caller used a baby Den-Den Mushi, the flaming island is the only nearby place from which communications would likely reach them. Luffy immediately says, "All right!! Let's go and save him then!!!" while the others scream no. Chopper thinks the samurai sound frightening, and Brook says he quite agrees. The scene then shifts to a G-5 Marine ship, where the distress call has also been intercepted by a black Den-Den Mushi. Tashigi hears "Punk Hazard" and asks Smoker what route those pirates are taking. The Marines have caught the same signal, and Smoker is already considering what it means for the Straw Hats. Page 7: The page introduces Smoker formally as "Marine Vice-Admiral at 'G-5,' The Fifth Marine Branch Station in the Grand Line, Smoker the White Hunter." Smoker says they have a one-in-three chance under ordinary circumstances. The three islands reachable by...