## One Piece Chapter 653, pages 13-14: The Hero's Hat - Chapter: 653 - Pages: 13-14 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Shirahoshi, Nami, Brook, Straw Hat Pirates, Neptune, Fishman Island ### Summary Page 13: Luffy seals the promise with Shirahoshi by biting his thumb and calling it "a promise!!" Nami and Brook worry that Luffy is making promises without consulting the crew, but Shirahoshi says a promise is something to be honoured to the grave and beyond. She smiles through tears and says she will promise too, while the others join their fingers together with hers. The crew tells her to remember not to cry, and Shirahoshi answers, "Of course!!" The Sunny pulls farther away while Shirahoshi stands in the water waving, changed by the farewell. Her goodbye is still tearful, but it is no longer helpless. Page 14: Shirahoshi watches the Thousand Sunny disappear and quietly holds herself together. Neptune then speaks over the departure: "Do not forget this debt we owe." When asked if he means it, he answers, "But of course!!" On the island, children immediately turn Luffy's hat into the symbol of the new heroes. One child asks, "Hey, Dad, Dad!! Can you buy me a straw hat?!" Another says they are going to play at being heroes, and adults joke that only straw hats are sold on the surface. Someone says not to be ridiculous because the terrifying humans who hate all fishmen are still up there, but another corrects that there are also strong and heroic people like those Straw Hats. The island's view of humans is beginning to change.