## One Piece Chapter 543: Strawhat and Blackbeard - Chapter: 543 - Pages: 0-13 - Characters: Sanji, okama pursuers, Marshall D. Teach, Blackbeard Pirates, Lafitte, Jesus Burgess, Van Augur, Doc Q, Stronger, Impel Down guards, Shiryu of the Rain, Magellan, Luffy, Emporio Ivankov, Crocodile, Jimbei, Inazuma, Demon Beast Guards, Impel Down prisoners, Sadi-chan, Hannyabal, Bazooka Squad, Portgas D. Ace, Shichibukai ### Summary Page 0: Chapter title page: Chapter 543, "Strawhat and Blackbeard." The cover illustration begins Sanji's short focused serial: "Keep Your Cool in Hell, Sanji!" volume 1, "Adventure on an Island of No Escape." Sanji runs in panic through a corridor while a large okama figure and other pursuers chase him with nets and smiling faces. The image is a standalone side-story opener and not part of the Impel Down riot itself, but it serves as the chapter's title card before the action cuts back to Luffy's escape and Blackbeard's intrusion. Page 1: On Level 1, Crimson Hell, guards raise the drawbridge and order each other not to let Blackbeard's crew cross. They say there are only five enemies and shout, "Stop the Blackbeard Pirates!!!" Some guards are confused, asking what betrayal means, because the intruders were pirates from the start. Others confirm that Blackbeard has betrayed them and is not on their side, then open fire. The page shows Blackbeard and his crew advancing calmly through smoke and gunfire, with Teach's group treated less like reinforcements and more like a second disaster striking the prison from above. Page 2: The guards panic when Head Guard Shiryu appears, asking when he got out. Someone says there are five enemies, but Shiryu notes that someone dangerous seems to have shown up and asks whether it is Magellan. He identifies the intruder as "Marshall D. Teach...!! Blackbeard, right?" Blackbeard laughs, "Zehahahaha!! Yeah, that's right!! Who're you!?" The meeting is tense rather than immediately hostile: the prison's death-row head guard faces the pirate whose betrayal has just turned Impel Down's entrance into another battlefield. Page 3: On Level 4, Inferno Hell, Luffy's escape army keeps breaking through. Guards shout that the Demon Beast Guards have been beaten and there is no way to stop the fugitives. The door to Level 3 is close, but the guards warn that the prisoners' numbers are still increasing. Ivankov asks how they can stop these guys, while Luffy keeps running with a fierce grin. Crocodile, Jimbei and the others move with him through smoke and fallen opponents. The page makes the prison's lower defenses feel exhausted: even elite beasts were not enough, and the riot keeps swelling. Page 4: Sadi-chan arrives and is offended that the Head Guard is being credited. She says, "Silence!! Call me Sadi-chan!!!" and lashes out with "Arousal Manifesto, Red Demon Whip!!!" while scolding the escapees for hurting her cute servants. Prisoners are blasted aside and scream as the whip tears through the crowd. Ivankov, however, tells everyone to push through because Sadi is just a distraction, and Luffy runs past, still focused on the stairs. Sadi realizes one of them is not stopping and calls him a bastard while the escape pressure keeps moving upward. Page 5: Ivankov transforms and counterattacks. Sadi-chan asks in shock whether Ivankov transformed into a woman, and Iva answers, "Make way, eccentric girl!!" before striking her with a long leg. Iva jokes, "Nfufu, right now... I feel like a woman!!!" and Sadi calls Iva an ambiguous anarchist. Luffy, still panting, asks who that is and says she talks like Iva, but keeps moving. He shouts for the stairs, and Inazuma promises to open the gate. Someone mutters that this is the fortress of hell and no matter who comes, it will not be easy to leave. Page 6: Hannyabal blocks the path at the stairs with the prison's Bazooka Squad behind him. He spins into his Hannya Carnival rhythm and declares "Inferno Hell Cart!!!" with the fire and blades of his weapon whirling around him. Guards shout that they can count on him and that the vice warden has his naginata, Kessui, meaning he is serious. Hannyabal tells Luffy, "Strawhat, your acts of piracy are unprecedented!! To ensure a bright future for the feeble citizens, I will enforce the penalty in the warden's place!!!" Luffy tells him to move, but Hannyabal refuses, saying, "No way!!!" Page 7: Hannyabal launches his Hannya Carnival with a musical chant of "Hannya!!" and "The Nyabal!" then charges with "Inferno Hell Cart!!!" Flames whip around the weapon as he rushes Luffy. Luffy dodges through the heat, sweat dripping, while Hannyabal warns him not to laugh because it would be pathetic for the vice warden to be beaten that easily. Luffy is impatient and says he is going to save Ace; if Hannyabal will not move, he will send him flying. The page sets Hannyabal's stubborn duty against Luffy's even stronger urgency. Page 8: Luffy powers up and attacks. He says "Gomu Gomu..." and unleashes "Jet G...