## One Piece Chapter 479: Warrior of Hope - Chapter: 479 - Pages: 0-14 - Characters: Bentham, Luffy, Oars, Nami, Usopp, Zoro, Brook, Nico Robin, Lola, Gecko Moria, Franky ### Summary Page 0: Chapter 479, "Warrior of Hope," opens with a cover illustration: Bentham stands in the center of a line of large swans, all of them dressed in matching polka-dotted outfits marked "DANCE." The page does not advance the Thriller Bark battle, but it clearly identifies the chapter title and presents a playful cover image before the story resumes. Page 1: The battlefield around the ruined Thriller Bark mansion shakes with the impact of Luffy's fight against Oars. From the rubble, the frightened allies look toward the tremendous noise. Someone cries, "He's doing it! He's really doing it! He's fighting Oz!!" but another voice urges, "Quick, while we have time!!" and the others answer in rhythm, "Do do do..." Below, the people who had given Luffy their shadows find the battered Straw Hats sprawled unconscious among broken stone. "There they are!! Our Ray of Hope's crew!!" one shouts, while another stares in horror: "They were all beaten!!" The rescuers recognize the danger immediately. "What terrible wounds...!! One of them is nothing but bones now!!" Brook is lifted despite his skeletal state, and Robin lies wounded nearby. "It's dangerous for them to be lying here!!" At the lower edge, Nami and Usopp spot the strange group carrying their friends. "Hey!! What's with that group of people!?" Usopp yells. "Are they zombies!?" Nami asks. Usopp wonders, "What are they doing to Zoro and the others!?" Nami decides there is no time to debate: "We've got to get down there, fast!!" Page 2: The Rolling Pirates and other shadowless victims rush through the chaos, turning the evacuation into a desperate rescue operation. "Save our Ray of Hope's comrades!!" they cry. "Move them to a safe location!!" One of them warns, "Don't be too rough!!" while another explains the urgency: "Three of them have had their shadows taken!!" and "And these are the kinds of guys I like!!" They drag the wounded Straw Hats clear of the collapsing battlefield because every second before dawn matters. With sweat running down her face, Lola looks toward the monster fight and calls out, "Haa...!! We're counting on you, Nightmare Luffy!! Haa..." Away from them, Oars staggers across Thriller Bark with Gecko Moria riding inside his stomach chamber. The watching victims panic. "Waaa waaagh!! What's going on!?" one cries. Another recognizes the impossible sight: "Oz is getting beaten up by somebody!!!" and the crowd gasps, "Who is it!? What kind of creature could send that giant body flying like that!?" Page 3: As Oars crashes backward with Moria still inside him, the news spreads through the crowd. Someone points and shouts, "Hey, did you hear!? Right now, Lord Moria is riding in Oz's stomach!!" The shadowless victims recoil: "Ehh!?" and one adds, "Our master is showing himself on the battlefield!!" The scale of the enemy is explained in frightened bursts. Gecko Moria is "The man who controls all of the zombies in Thriller Bark," and he "is getting beaten, along with that super-strong special zombie!?" Another victim struggles to understand: "What kind of joke is this...?" Others remind everyone of Moria's terror: "Oz is a legendary villain from 500 years ago!!! He was called a 'demon'!!" and "And our master is one of the Shichibukai, Lord Gecko Moria!!!" The next instant, Oars roars in agony, "Oooaaa aggghh!!!" as the force hammering him makes even that legendary body seem helpless. Page 4: Inside Oars, Moria is shaken violently by the impact. Oars groans, "Nuoooo!!!" and Moria snaps, "What's wrong!!?" while the giant body lurches out of control. From below, someone yells, "Hey!!!" and Oars tumbles with a pained "Guwza!!" before being hurled across the mansion grounds. The crowd screams, "Oz!!!" and "Uwah!!" as the huge demon's body skids through rubble. The explanation finally reaches the Straw Hats: "What...!!? So in other words... you guys made Luffy like that by stuffing 100 shadows into him!?" Lola answers with pride, "That's exactly right, comrade of our Ray of Hope!!" The rescuers apologize for forcing such a dangerous burden onto him. "We're sorry for suddenly doing this to your captain, but we've entrusted all of the strength of our hope to him!" They add, "But he only has 2 or 3 more minutes with that strength!! Then all the shadows will leave his body!!" Franky admits, "Frankly, we were scared of him after he powered up, too!!" as everyone understands how short Luffy's chance really is. Page 5: Nightmare Luffy grips Oars and keeps the pressure on. His massive, shadow-swollen body strains as he forces the giant back with a ferocious "Funnuuu!!!" Moria, watching from safety inside Oars, remains silent for a beat, while the victims below see the sun's approach as a death sentence. "These few minutes will decide the fate of all the victims on this island!! Da...