## One Piece Chapter 685, pages 2-3: Mine Name Is Momonosuke, That It Is! - Chapter: 685 - Pages: 2-3 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Momonosuke ### Summary Page 2: Momonosuke coils in the air and insists that he is not a meal. He cries, "I AM NO FOODSTUFF, THAT I AM NOT!! TRY TO EAT ME AND I MAY RETURN THE FAVOR!! PREPARE THINESELF!!" The narration formally introduces him as "Momonosuke," with a note explaining that the word "dragon" is written as "ryuu" using the kanji for an eastern dragon. Luffy, still confused by the voice and the form in front of him, wonders aloud, "Is he talking with farts?" Then he asks, "Hmm? Is that 'Momonosuke' stuck somewhere around here." Momonosuke explodes at the insult and misunderstanding: "Of what nonsense dost thou speak!! I am no eel!!" The page turns Momonosuke's reveal into a shouting match, but it also establishes the central problem clearly. Luffy has met the boy Kin'emon is searching for, yet Momonosuke is in a dragon body and cannot make Luffy understand him cleanly. Page 3: Luffy notices that Momonosuke sounds hungry too and introduces himself in the only way he considers proper: "I'M LUFFY!! THE MAN WHO'LL BECOME KING OF THE PIRATES!!" Momonosuke is startled by the word pirate. He tries to maintain his dignity, asking, "But who art thou, and why hast thou come here..." and then snapping, "Do not speak so foolishly... A samurai does not starve after a mere ten days... To suggest that I would hunger haa... haa..." Luffy repeats the number in shock: "Ten days!?" Momonosuke's body betrays him as he pants, drools, and imagines food, but his pride stays intact. He says of pirates, "Pirates are men of great girth, full of rage and untold strength," turning Luffy into an enemy in his mind before knowing him. Luffy, unimpressed, says, "Whatever you say, eel. Now how do we..." Momonosuke cuts him off again: "I am Momonosuke, that I am!!" The exchange shows both his samurai pride and his fear of pirates, while Luffy keeps trying to move the conversation toward escape.