## One Piece Chapter 696: Common Interest - Chapter: 696 - Pages: 0-17 - Characters: Caribou, Smoker, G-5 Marines, Monkey D. Luffy, Straw Hat Pirates, Brownbeard, Caesar Clown, Kin'emon, Trafalgar Law, Momonosuke, Sanji, Tony Tony Chopper, Caesar Clown's Children, Mocha, Nami, Franky, Tashigi, Kaido, Shanks ### Summary Page 0: The title page reads "CHAPTER 696 - COMMON INTEREST" and continues "CARIBOU'S KEHIHIHIHI IN THE NEW WORLD - VOLUME 18 - ON THE WAY TO THE HARBOR, A VOICE CALLS OUT, 'COMMANDER GABURU!'" Caribou turns toward armed locals who mistake him for someone important, while the meat-pie sign remains behind him. This cover story is separate from Punk Hazard, but it is useful because it confirms the chapter title and continues Caribou's side plot. Page 1: On the tanker after the escape, the Marines draw a literal line across the deck. They tell the pirates, "LISTEN UP, PIRATES!! YOUR 'PIRATE TEAM' CAN HAVE THE TANKER!!" Then they declare, "BUT THIS LINE MARKS THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN 'JUSTICE' AND 'EVIL'!! SO DON'T CROSS OVER TO OUR SIDE!! GOT IT, STRAWHAT CREW!?" Smoker sits with the S.A.D. container and asks, "WHOSE DUMB IDEA WAS THIS?" A Marine answers, "ALL I SAID WAS THAT YOU SHOULDN'T GET TOO FRIENDLY WITH THE PIRATES. I FIGURE IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, WE OUGHTA DO IT RIGHT, VICE ADMIRAL SMO!!" Smoker reports, "I'VE RECEIVED WORD FROM THE G-5 BASE. WE ARE TO WAIT HERE FOR A SHIP TO COME PICK US UP." The G-5 Marines also insist, "AND WE'RE LETTING THE MEDICAL TEAM COME AND GO AS THEY PLEASE!!" The rescue is over, but the absurd boundary shows that the Marines still need to pretend order exists. Page 2: Luffy talks to Brownbeard, who has chosen arrest after everything Caesar did. Luffy asks, "SO YOU'VE BEEN ARRESTED, BROWNBEARD?" Brownbeard answers sadly, "THAT'S TOO BAD, HUH. AND RIGHT AFTER WE BECAME FRIENDS... UOHOHO IT SEEMS THAT WE'VE STILL GOT A BIT OF POISON IN OUR BODIES, FROM THOSE EXPERIMENTS..." The G-5 Marines say they can receive treatment if they turn themselves in, but the Straw Hats object: "WHOA WHOA, STRAWHAT!! DIDN'T WE JUST SAY NOT TO COME OVER HERE!!?" and, "WHO CARES. YOU GUYS JUST WENT AND DECIDED THAT ON YOUR OWN!!" Brownbeard explains his decision clearly: "RATHER THAN BEING USED BY TRASH LIKE CAESAR, GOING TO PRISON SEEMS LIKE THE BETTER OPTION." He thanks Luffy: "THAT BLOW YOU DEALT TO CAESAR WAS REALLY SATISFYING. THANKS FOR THAT... AND ALL MY FRIENDS ARE GONE, AS WELL...!!" Brownbeard has lost his crew and his faith in Caesar, but he still leaves with enough dignity to choose his own punishment. Page 3: The calm breaks when Kin'emon is noticed among the debris. Someone screams, "HE'S KILLED THEM!!!" and another cries, "GYAHHHH!!" while panicked survivors see Kin'emon's separated body parts and assume the worst. A voice yells, "WHAT'S WITH ALL THE RACKET!!!" and another warns Luffy, "LUFFY, YOU'VE GOT TO STOP HIM!!!" Someone blames Law: "IF WE WERE GONNA USE THIS TANKER, YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME FROM THE START!! I WOULDN'T HAVE FOUGHT HERE IF I'D KNOWN I'D HAVE TO BE REPAIRED." The chaos makes it look as if Law has murdered or mutilated Kin'emon, and the frightened crowd cannot tell the difference between a fatal injury and Law's surgical Devil Fruit ability. Page 4: Kin'emon's condition causes a full panic. One person stammers, "M... M!! M...!! MURDERER... MURFUR...!!" and another shouts, "HE'S A MURDERER!!" Luffy recognizes the culprit: "IT'S LAW!! TORA-MAN?" The crowd asks, "WHO'S DOING WHAT, AND WHERE?" and then accuses Law: "AND WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU!!?" Law gives the dry answer: "WELL, NOT EXACTLY. I DROPPED THE ALREADY-DEAD KINEMON-SAN AND BROKE HIM!!" That only makes the panic worse. They scream, "YOU WENT AND BROKE HIM AFTER HE WAS ALREADY DEAD!?" and "HE BROKE TO DEATH!!" while Kin'emon's head groans, "NNN?" The page turns horror into black comedy. Kin'emon is not dead; his separated body has simply been mishandled by people who do not understand Law's ability. Page 5: Kin'emon finally reveals he is alive. Everyone screams, "GYAHH HHHH!!" and "NDAAH HHH!!" while the supposedly dead samurai complains, "WHY'RE YOU ALIVE!!?" and "GE-FU!!" The crowd tries to process the truth: "HUH...!? HE... HE'S ALIVE!!" and "THANK GOODNESS. KINEMON-SAN, IT WAS SO SURE...!!" Sanji explains, "I DON'T KNOW! YOU WERE THE ONE CARRYING ON ABOUT HIM BEING DEAD, BUT HE LOOKS ALIVE TO ME!!" Kin'emon, still disoriented, calls out, "HONORABLE FATHER!!!" and then recognizes his son: "...MO... MOMONOSUKE...!!?" Luffy looks between them in confusion, but the reunion is beginning. What looked like a death scene becomes the moment Kin'emon and Momonosuke finally find each other again. Page 6: Momonosuke returns to human form before his father. Kin'emon shouts, "MOMONOSUKE!! YOU'RE ALRIGHT, THAT YOU ARE!!" and breaks down with "FATHER *COUGH* *SNIFFLE*." Luffy finally understands: "WHA? MOMONOSUKE?" Kin'emon explains, "OH RIGHT, HE SAID HE WAS ORIGINALLY HUMAN...!!! SO YOU'RE MOMO, HU...