## One Piece Chapter 471: My Friend - Chapter: 471 - Pages: 0-23 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Oars, Gecko Moria, Perona, Bartholomew Kuma, Nami, Tony Tony Chopper, Usopp, Zoro, Sanji, Nico Robin, Franky, Brook, Doctor Hogback, Absalom, Victoria Cindry, Hildon, Red-Haired Shanks, Jigoro, Inuppe, Ryuma, Wild Zombies, General Zombies, Zombie Priest, Zombie Soldiers, Lola, Eiichiro Oda ### Summary Page 0: The volume opens with the front and back cover for One Piece Volume 49, "Nightmare Luffy." The cover gathers the Thriller Bark cast around Luffy and the Straw Hats, with Oars, Gecko Moria, Perona, Bartholomew Kuma, Nami, Chopper, Usopp, Zoro, Sanji, Robin, Franky, and Brook visible in the composition. The back-cover Japanese synopsis frames the crisis: dawn is approaching, Moria has entered Oars's belly, the Straw Hats have lost the advantage, and Luffy returns transformed before the great treasure called One Piece is pursued again. Page 2: A monochrome volume title illustration shows Luffy smiling and holding up a scroll bearing the One Piece logo while a small bird perches above. The page identifies the book as Volume 49, "Nightmare Luffy." It is not a story scene from the chapter itself, but it provides the volume title and visual framing for the section of Thriller Bark that begins here. Page 3: A story and character recap summarizes the road to Thriller Bark. It explains the age of pirates, Luffy's dream to become Pirate King, the Straw Hats' journey through the Grand Line, their arrival on the Thousand Sunny, their encounter with Brook, and the mystery of the Florian Triangle. It also lays out the Thriller Bark conflict: Gecko Moria, one of the Shichibukai, steals shadows and implants them into zombies made by Doctor Hogback. Brook and the Straw Hats lose their shadows, Luffy's shadow is placed into the legendary "Demon" Oz, and dawn becomes the deadline. The page also lists major players: Moria, Hogback, Absalom, Perona, Cindry, Hildon, Shanks, Brook, Oars, Jigoro, Inuppe, Ryuma, and the Straw Hat crew. Page 4: The contents page identifies this volume as One Piece Vol. 49, "Nightmare Luffy," and lists the chapters included. It confirms Chapter 471 as "My Friend," followed by Chapter 472 "Down," Chapter 473 "Shichibukai Bartholomew Kuma Appears," Chapter 474 "We've Gotta Do It!!," Chapter 475 "The Pirates in the Forest," Chapter 476 "Nightmare Luffy," Chapter 477 "3/8," Chapter 478 "Luffy vs Luffy," Chapter 479 "Warrior of Hope," Chapter 480 "Interception," and Chapter 481 "Shadow's Asgard." Page 6: The chapter title page is a full-color underwater fantasy illustration for Chapter 471, "My Friend." The Straw Hats ride smiling sea creatures through a submerged city while a crowned whale glides behind them and fish stream through the ruins. The scene is decorative rather than part of the Thriller Bark battle, but it establishes the chapter title and shows the crew together in a bright, friendly image before the story returns to the damaged mansion. Page 8: The story returns to the wreckage of Thriller Bark, where Oars stands over the ruined town after crushing most of the Straw Hats. He pauses with a low "..." and begins counting who is still missing. Looking at the wanted posters and the memories carried by Luffy's shadow, he says, "That leaves..." and names them one by one: "The 'Strawhat' from before," "The 'Orange Woman'," and "The 'Cool Hero.'" From the shattered streets, Oars wonders aloud, "Three more, huh..." then scans the broken buildings and asks, "Where are they?" Around his feet, the fallen crew lies battered in the rubble, but the monster is not satisfied because Luffy, Nami, and Franky are still unaccounted for. Page 9: Elsewhere inside the devastated mansion, Perona wakes with a startled cry: "HA!!!" A zombie immediately shouts, "Oh!! She's awake!!" Around her, panicked servants scatter through the rubble. They call, "Waaah, stop with the hammer!!" and "Perona-sama!!" while another begs, "P-Perona-sama!! Wait...!!" A voice insists, "I hate cockroaches! Get them off of me! Hurry and get them away!!!" Another servant tries to calm the chaos: "Please look around!! There's nothing here!!" Perona, dazed, asks, "Sto..." then "?" and "This is..." When they tell her, "The enemy's gone!! You lost consciousness and collapsed!!" she crawls through the broken room and asks, "What happened to you!? Who did this!?" Page 10: Perona steps out into the wreckage and sees the mansion gutted around her. She asks, "What happened to the mansion...!? Did those pirates do this!?" The answer terrifies her more than the question: "The pirates are rampaging about, but this was done by Oz!!!" Perona repeats, "Oz!?" The servants explain, "Well... we've heard that... the general zombies were completely wiped out by Oz!" Perona reels: "!? Our strongest fighters!? Can't we control Oz at all!?" Then Oars's rampage crashes close by with a huge "Gumaaaaaa!!!" and Perona sees the destruction firsthand. As zombie brothers...