## One Piece Chapter 357, pages 5-7: Cutty Flam - Chapter: 357 - Pages: 5-7 - Characters: Spandam, Tom, Franky, Iceburg, Jorge, Gol D. Roger ### Summary Page 5: Spandam seizes control of the public narrative. He orders, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING, MEN?! CAPTURE HIM, QUICKLY!!!" and then, "TAKE ALL OF THESE FELONIOUS WORKERS OF TOM TO ENIES LOBBY!!!" The crowd turns on Tom almost immediately. "...THAT TOM IS SUCH A DANGEROUS GUY!" one person says. Another asks, "WHAT THE HELL WAS HE THINKING?!" Others decide his past must have been a lie: "JUST AS I THOUGHT, HE SOLD HIS SOUL TO THE PIRATES!!" and "BUILDING THOSE SHIPS!! HE WAS JUST WAITING FOR THIS CHANCE!!" Franky cannot endure it and shouts back, "YOU ASSHOLES...!! YOU SAY THAT AGAIN TO TOM-SAN'S FACE...!!" But Tom stops him gently: "KNOCK IT OFF... IT'S ALRIGHT, FRANKY..." Then he turns to the judge: "YOUR HONOR ..." The judge answers, "HM?" Page 6: Tom makes his request plainly. He says, "I'LL CONFESS TO ATTACKING ... THE SHIHOUSEN!!!" Franky reacts in shock: "EH!!?" and tries to stop him, "WHA--?!!! STOP IT, TOM-SAN!!!" But Tom silences CP5 first: "BE QUIET, CP5!!!" When they call him a fool, he answers their contempt: "IGNORE THAT!! FOOLISH MERMAN!! WHO LISTENS TO REQUESTS FROM A CRIMINAL." The judge listens anyway, and Tom continues: "...... BUT I HAVE ... ONE REQUEST...!!!" He asks the court to use this new charge instead of the old one: "IF YOU SAY THAT I CAN MAKE ANY ONE CRIME DISAPPEAR FOR BUILDING THE SEA TRAIN... I WANT IT TO BE THE CRIME COMMITTED TODAY ...!!!" He is not trying to save himself. He is choosing to erase the crime that would condemn Franky and Iceburg along with him. Page 7: The judge understands the cost of Tom's request. He says, "EVEN IF I GRANT YOU THIS ... IT'LL BE AS IT WAS 12 YEARS AGO ... THE CRIME OF BUILDING THE PIRATE KING'S SHIP WILL REMAIN!!" Tom accepts it without hesitation. He first says quietly, "AH... THAT'S FOR THE BEST...!!" Then he raises his voice and reveals the pride at the center of his life: "I TAKE PRIDE IN THE POWER ... I LENT THAT MAN NAMED ROGER WITH A DON!!!" He refuses to trade away that deed as if it were shameful. The crime tied to Gol D. Roger's ship can remain, because Tom does not regret making a ship that carried a man into history. What he wants removed is the false present-day crime that would destroy his apprentices.