## One Piece Chapter 458, pages 12-13: Just Not the Afro! - Chapter: 458 - Pages: 12-13 - Characters: Brook, Ryuma, Absalom, Nami ### Summary Page 12: Ryuma turns to leave, saying, "So disappear quickly!!! I can't just let you die like that." Brook lies battered, groaning, but rejects the mercy: "It isn't that ugly. Say whatever you want... I've waited these five years... for this chance to come once again!!!" Brook rises and declares, "I have become stronger!!!" His sword meets Ryuma's in a clean, tense clash, and the whole page narrows into the moment of resolve. Brook is not merely trying to survive or retrieve a shadow as a technical matter. He has carried this humiliation and loss for five years, and now he is staking everything on the one chance to face the zombie that holds his stolen self. Page 13: The scene shifts to Absalom's room, where the kidnapping of Nami becomes a grotesque wedding preparation. A zombie servant calls, "Heehee, Absalom-sama! Are the preparations for the ceremony finished?" Absalom asks, and the servant answers, "Heehee, they're always ready." Absalom looks at the unconscious Nami and says, "Hoooo, what a beautiful bride." He orders, "Begin the ceremony right now. Make her wear that dress and take her to the ceremonial hall." Nami lies helpless on the table, still in her torn outfit, while the servant cheerfully replies, "Heehee. Here I am!!" The page makes clear that Absalom is not delaying: while the others search for her, he is moving directly toward a forced marriage ceremony.