## One Piece Chapter 27, pages 19-21: THE PLOT - Chapter: 27 - Pages: 19-21 - Characters: Usopp, Tamanegi, Piiman, Ninjin, Monkey D. Luffy, Roronoa Zoro, Nami, Kaya, villagers ### Summary Page 19: A wide view shows the quiet village outskirts. Usopp walks alone down a dirt path, his head hung low. A thought bubble reads, "Jango... will attack the village, when dawn breaks!" A bird flies overhead, cawing "KA... KA..." Usopp stops and looks back over his shoulder toward the village, his expression somber. He thinks, "Idiots....!" A close-up shows Usopp's face; he is crying, his teeth gritted in frustration and despair as he groans, "UUUUGH.....!!!" In the bottom left panel, Usopp's young crewmates, Tamanegi, Piiman, and Ninjin, are waiting by a wooden fence. One of them waves and calls out, "OI! CAPTAIN USOPP!!!" Usopp looks up in surprise. Page 20: Usopp wipes his tears away with his arm, a sound effect reading "WIPE WIPE". He turns around to face his three young crewmates, along with Luffy, Zoro, and Nami, putting on a fake smile and saying, "HEY! HI EVERYBODY!" The three boys are shocked to see him. Piiman and Ninjin exclaim, "HOW CAN YOU STILL BE ALIVE?" and "STILL ALIVE?" Luffy, standing casually, mentions, "I JUST WOKE UP," with a small note indicating he was asleep the whole time. Tamanegi urgently tells Usopp, "CAPTAIN! WE HEARD ABOUT THE PIRATES!" and Piiman adds, "WE'VE GOT TO WARN EVERYONE!" Usopp looks stunned, repeating, "WARN EVERYONE...?" He recalls the painful events that just happened: Kaya's tearful face asking, "HOW IS IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO BELIEVE YOU LIKE THIS?", the angry villagers chasing him shouting, "GET HIM! DON'T LET HIM GET AWAY!!", and others laughing, "WAHAHAHA! WHAT PIRATES...?" As he remembers this, he clutches his injured arm, which throbs with "PAIN! PAIN....". Page 21: Usopp suddenly throws his head back and bursts into loud, exaggerated laughter, accompanied by a booming "DO--N!!" sound effect. He declares, "JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHER TIMES, OF COURSE IT WAS JUST A LIE!" He continues his fabrication, claiming, "I WAS JUST HAVING MY REVENGE ON THAT BUTLER, BY MAKING UP STORIES ABOUT HIM BEING A PIRATE!" Luffy looks at him curiously with a "HMM?", while Nami and Zoro stare at him in silence. The three boys are taken aback. Ninjin yells, "WHATTTT!? IT WAS JUST A LIE?" Piiman complains, "MAN! I THOUGHT SOMETHING BIG WAS GOING TO HAPPEN!" Tamanegi adds, "EVEN THE STRAW-HAT NIICHAN HELPED CAPTAIN USOPP LIE TO US!" The boys look deeply disappointed. Ninjin scolds him, "CAPTAIN SHOULDN'T MAKE UP LIES JUST BECAUSE OF THIS. THAT'S NOT HONORABLE!" Piiman agrees, "YEA, I FEEL THE SAME WAY!" Tamanegi chimes in, "ME TOO! NO MATTER HOW MEAN THAT BUTLER IS... CAPTAIN, I NEVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD MAKE UP LIES TO HURT OTHERS".