## One Piece Chapter 972, pages 14-15: I Am Oden, and I Was Born to Boil - Chapter: 972 - Pages: 14-15 - Characters: Kozuki Oden, Kaido, Kurozumi Higurashi, Amatsuki Toki, Kozuki Momonosuke, Kozuki Hiyori, Kurozumi Orochi ### Summary Page 14: Oden speaks his last words to Kaido and Wano. Kaido apologizes about the old hag, and Oden answers, "Even if you forget me, I don't mind. My soul will continue to live on." Kaido says Oden is a serious one and should get as strong as he can, adding that he already killed the old hag. Oden, half dead but still himself, says, "If I accompany you with a cup of sake, then that suits me!" Then he gives the line that seals his legend: "'The more he is boiled...'" The people complete it, inspired: "The better he is!!!" Oden thinks of Toki, Momonosuke, and Hiyori, says "I'll be going on ahead," and drops into the oil with a final plunge. A legend has just bowed out. Page 15: The people of Wano cry out the completed phrase, "The better he is!!!" as the capital shakes with grief. Oden's final fall echoes through the pot, and the narrator says, "A legend had just bowed out." The people who mocked him now scream and weep. The music of the boiling oil and the closing "Beben!" turn his death into a performance no one can forget. Oden has died, but the meaning of his life has finally reached the country.