## One Piece Chapter 443, pages 9-11: Thriller Bark - Chapter: 443 - Pages: 9-11 - Characters: Brook, Luffy, Nami, Sanji, Usopp, Chopper, Robin, Franky, Zoro ### Summary Page 9: Brook finally says, "I'LL TELL YOU EVERYTHING NOW..." Since he began drifting on this sea, "IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME..." and he makes the point plainly: "BEING A SKELETON... AND NOT HAVING A SHADOW... ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS." Luffy listens in rare silence: "..." Brook reveals the truth in pieces: "SOME YEARS AGO..." "A MAN SNATCHED AWAY MY SHADOW..." Luffy explodes, "TELL US EVERYTHING NOW!!" Brook jokes, "TO BE CONTINUED IN THE NEXT CHAPTER." Nami asks, "YOUR SHADOW...?" Brook says, "YOU'RE A TALKING SKELETON." Then he explains why this is more serious than it sounds: "BUT IT COULD. A SHADOW BEING STOLEN... IT MEANS THAT I CANNOT EXIST IN A WORLD WITH LIGHT." He adds, "IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU SAY. IT WON'T SURPRISE US ANYMORE, RIGHT?" Page 10: Brook describes what sunlight does to someone without a shadow. He has seen it himself: "I SAW SOMEONE I MET DISAPPEAR UNDER THE SUN IN FRONT OF MY OWN EYES!! IT WAS A HORRIBLE SIGHT FOR ME, EVEN THOUGH I'M A SKELETON." If his own body is exposed to direct sunlight, "IT WILL START TO DISAPPEAR." He says, "I DON'T HAVE THE SHADOW THAT SHOULD BE SEEN IN THE LIGHT." He also cannot appear normally in a mirror or in a photograph. "IN SHORT, MINE IS AN EXISTENCE REJECTED BY LIGHT." Sanji asks the obvious question: "WHY ARE YOU SO CHEERFUL? YOUR LIFE SUCKS." Brook repeats his greeting with outrageous cheer, "I'M 'DEAD-BONES' BROOK! NICE TO MEET YOU!!" and adds, "MY NAKAMA WERE ALL ANNIHILATED!" Even so, he declares, "AND EVEN THEN, I'M STILL ALIVE AND KICKING!" "AS A SKELETON, THOUGH!!!" Brook dances and laughs, "YOHO HOHOHO HOHO~~" until Sanji shouts, "SHUT UP!!" Page 11: Brook's laughter turns into an open confession of loneliness. "TODAY IS A WONDERFUL DAY!!" he cries. "I WAS ABLE TO FIND SOMEBODY!!" The crew falls quiet. He says he was "ALL ALONE ON A SHIP THAT WON'T OBEY ITS RUDDER," unable to tell "THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TODAY AND TOMORROW ON THIS DARK SEA WITH A THICK FOG." He asks, "HOW MANY YEARS I'VE BEEN WANDERING!" Chopper trembles, "...!!" Brook admits what those years did to him: "I'VE BEEN REAAAALLY LONELY!!" and "LONELY AND AFRAID! SO MUCH THAT I WANTED TO DIE!!" The room that had been full of jokes becomes solemn as Nami, Usopp, Sanji, and the others understand that Brook has been laughing across decades of isolation.