## One Piece Chapter 579, pages 9-11: A Few Seconds of Courage - Chapter: 579 - Pages: 9-11 - Characters: Coby, Akainu, Marco, Marines, Whitebeard Pirates, allied pirates, Shanks, Kizaru, Trafalgar Law, Monkey D. Luffy, Heart Pirates ### Summary Page 9: Coby shouts everything he has been unable to bear: "Just stop already!!! We can stop fighting now!!!" As the battlefield stares at him, people ask, "Who's that...?" and "Someone..." Coby continues through tears, "The soldiers are dying, one by one!! They have families waiting for their return!!" Then he screams, "Stop throwing lives away!!!" Akainu, Marco, and the surrounding fighters look toward him as his plea cuts through the smoke and violence. The page turns Coby's fear into a direct challenge to the war itself. Page 10: Coby argues that the Marines have already done what they came to do: "We've done what we came to do!!! We're chasing pirates who don't want to fight!! We're fighting a pointless battle!!!" He says they are abandoning soldiers who could be saved and sacrificing even more lives, asking, "Then isn't it as if the soldiers who fall now... are just idiots!!?" Akainu advances on him and says, "You've wasted... a few seconds... The Marines have no need for soldiers who don't believe in justice!!!" Coby screams, "Oh God, I'm going to die! But I've said what I needed to say!!!" and thinks, "I have no regrets." Page 11: Akainu's killing blow is stopped at the last instant by Shanks, who blocks the magma fist with his sword while Coby stands behind him. The battlefield gasps, "Eh?" and "...!!" Shanks tells Coby, "You did well... young Marine." He says, "The few seconds of courage you were prepared to give your life for... whether for good or for bad... have greatly changed the fate of the world!!" Meanwhile Kizaru orders, "Hurry!" and Law's crew takes Luffy inside the submarine: "Take him inside!!!" The sudden arrival of Shanks turns Coby's small stand into a world-changing pause.