## One Piece Chapter 389, pages 17-19: Response - Chapter: 389 - Pages: 17-19 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Nico Robin, Franky, Spandam, World Government agents, Sanji, Roronoa Zoro ### Summary Page 17: The distance between Luffy and Robin is finally open. Franky still has weapons pointed at him and complains, "Weapons left!!!" but Luffy sees him and says, "Franky is there, too, isn't he?" Then he judges the jump: "It's kinda far, but I'll try to jump over there!!!" An agent below says, "Recapture them! Don't let 'em get away!!!" but Luffy brushes him off with "Small fry," and "Get lost!" before calling up to Robin: "Heeeey!!! Robiiiiin!!! I'm glad you're still here!!!" Robin stands on the balcony, stunned, and whispers, "Luffy." The page is full of empty air between buildings, but the dialogue closes that distance before Luffy ever crosses it. Page 18: Luffy crouches on the courthouse roof and begins another attack name: "Gomu Gomu"... Robin sees what he is about to do and calls, "Wait!!!" Luffy freezes at the interruption, and Robin forces out the words that have been driving her surrender: "I've told you several times! I... I'll never come back to you!!!" The statement lands hard enough that Luffy stares back in confusion. Robin's face tightens into pain and resolve as she continues, "I never want to see your faces again!!!" Then she shouts the command that tries to sever the rescue completely: "Go away!!!" The page makes the contradiction painful: Robin is standing where Luffy can reach her, but she speaks as if she must push him back across the entire island. Page 19: Robin's rejection does not satisfy Luffy. Franky reacts, "Huh!?" while Luffy stands below and asks the question that cuts through every excuse: "When did I ever ask you to do that!!?" Robin explodes back at him: "Why did you come to rescue me!!?" Luffy says nothing at first, and the battle below continues in flashes around them as Sanji and Zoro keep fighting through enemies. Then Robin finally says what she has hidden beneath surrender and rejection: "I just... want to die!!!" Luffy's eyes widen, and the silence around his face is heavier than the surrounding noise. Her response is not gratitude, not acceptance, and not a tactical answer; it is the despair that Spandam has been trying to expose.