## One Piece Chapter 638: Runawayhoshi - Chapter: 638 - Pages: 0-16 - Characters: Kohza, Noah, Shirahoshi, Vander Decken IX, Ryugu Palace, Monkey D. Luffy, Hody Jones, Jinbe, Sanji, Neptune, Manboshi, Ryuboshi, Hoe ### Summary Page 0: The cover page is titled "Runawayhoshi." The cover story continues, "From Shipdecks Around The World Vol. 22: The Kingdom of Alabasta - Environment Minister Kohza." Kohza stands in Alubarna with other Alabasta figures, now serving in the kingdom's government after the civil-war crisis. This is world cover-story material and does not take place in the current Fishman Island battle. Page 1: Noah has not crashed into Fishman Island, because Princess Shirahoshi has drawn the danger away for everyone's sake. The people below understand what she has done and shout, "Oh, Princess Shirahoshi!! Run for your life!!" Vander Decken screams after her, "Where are you going, Shirahoshi?! Bahoholi!! There's nowhere to hide!!!" Shirahoshi pants as she swims, knowing she cannot simply escape into the open water or the island's bubble will burst. Her flight is not panic; she is trying to guide Noah away without destroying the island. Page 2: Shirahoshi thinks through the route. The main entrance is too far away, and the bubble would be horribly damaged before she could reach it. She remembers that the last people to leave Ryugu Palace were Luffy's friends and realizes where they must have gone. Below, the citizens cry, "Is there nothing we can do?!" and recognize that the princess is risking her life for them. Others insist that it is not her fault and point out that Decken is on the ship, and Hody has gone up there too. Hody, still panting but driven by hatred, climbs toward Noah while Shirahoshi remains in terrible danger. Page 3: At the plaza, Jinbe warns Luffy that Hody's fishman strength will be on a completely different level up in the ocean. Sanji prepares to send Luffy after him anyway. He knows he cannot simply kick Luffy into open water; he has to get the force just right, strong enough to launch him but not so strong that Luffy becomes helpless. Sanji names the setup `Armee de l'Air...` and drives Luffy upward with `Gomu Shoot!!!` Luffy rockets toward Noah, trusting Sanji's aim and leaving the fight below to the others. Page 4: The launch works, but not cleanly. Luffy slams into the giant chain between the bubbles and gasps, "Whoaaaaa!! This is one big chain!!" He realizes he is between the two bubbles, with Shirahoshi and Noah above while Hody remains below the bubble. The position map makes the danger clear: Luffy is closer to the boundary than to the real fight, and if he misjudges the route he will be trapped in open water. Still, he catches himself and looks back toward the battlefield, realizing Hody has not yet left the island's bubble. Page 5: Below, everyone grabs onto Noah's chain and pulls with everything they have. They know they cannot stop the ship, but they try to slow it as much as possible. The voices rise together: "Everybody pull!! Even if we can't stop it... We have to slow this ship down as much as we can...!!!" The people admit it may achieve next to nothing, but they must do what they can. They also beg Shirahoshi to find somewhere safe and shout, "Don't let the Noah go after her!!!" Their effort is desperate and nearly hopeless, yet no one stands idle while the princess risks herself. Page 6: The crowd keeps pulling, shouting, "Protect the princess!!!" Shirahoshi looks back, breathless and moved, calling to everyone. Hody watches them with contempt, dripping from the water, and says they must be completely insane to think they could move the ship even a millimetre. Luffy sees what Hody is doing and yells, "Hey!!! Stop that!!!" Hody answers with another `Yabusame!!!`, firing water bullets into the chain and the people struggling below. Page 7: Hody's water shots rip through the pullers and scatter them from the chain. People cry out while Shirahoshi covers her mouth in horror. Hody calls them "worthless pieces of filth" and says it is thanks to idiots like them that humans look down on fishmen. Luffy snarls, "Why, that dirty...!!" Shirahoshi then sees the answer she had hoped for: the gate into the palace is wide open. According to her father, Noah must not be harmed, so she must ensure it returns to the ocean floor without colliding with anything. Page 8: Shirahoshi slips through the stretched-out connection and out into open water. The onlookers cry, "Hey - hang in there!!" and realize what she has done: "Princess Shirahoshi just..." She passes through the watery corridor, and Noah follows her out. The ship's massive hull swings after its living target, still bound by Vander Decken's ability. People shout for the princess to run as far away as she can, but her face shows fear and exhaustion. Even outside the bubble, she remains the focus of the entire island's danger. Page 9: Luffy tumbles along the huge chain as the movement throws him upward. He cries, "W...