## One Piece Chapter 654: Gam - Chapter: 654 - Pages: 0-16 - Characters: Moz, Kiwi, Thousand Sunny, Tony Tony Chopper, Nami, Brook, Straw Hat Pirates, Monkey D. Luffy, Usopp, Nico Robin, Sanji, Zoro, Franky, Laboon ### Summary Page 0: The cover page gives the chapter title, "Gam." The cover story reads, "From Shipdecks Around The World Vol 36: Water 7 - The Moz and Kiwi Bar." Moz and Kiwi work behind a bar in Water 7, with customers gathered around them and a wanted poster on the wall. This is cover-story material, separate from the Straw Hats' ascent toward the New World. Page 1: Leaving Fishman Island behind, the Thousand Sunny rises through the deep sea. The narration says the crew has finally set sail for the latter half of the Grand Line and that "the New World awaits them above." Someone says the departure is "smooth sailing, not a hitch," but the quiet feels unsettling. Inside the ship, Chopper admires one of Nami's clouds: "That cloud looks so fluffy and delicious, though... I bet it's sugary-sweet!" Nami corrects him sharply: "No, I'm fine! I washed the day before yesterday!" The cloud is not food but her shower tempo. Brook leers from the bathroom doorway, asking whether "sweet and delicious" is right on the mark, and Nami's scream rings through the ship as she sends him flying. Page 2: Nami soaks in the bath and enjoys the rare comfort. "Whew! That feels good!" she says, explaining that it has been two years since she last took a bath on the Sunny. Chopper remarks that it is amazing to enjoy a hot bath while gazing out at the sea depths, black as the night sky. He worries whether everyone will be all right on deck without a navigator, but Nami says she will be there by the time they reach the upward current. If sea monsters appear, the others can handle them. On deck, Luffy and Usopp are busy with a heavy rope. Usopp tells Luffy, "Hurry up! Have a little patience!" because they are dealing with super-giant fish and will not get anywhere with a normal rope. Page 3: The crew is clearly enjoying the deep sea. Robin notes, "My, you all seem to be having fun." Luffy laughs that he did not think to fish on the way to Fishman Island because he was too excited about getting there, but now they need to catch deep-water fish so Sanji can cook them on the surface. Zoro says they can celebrate reaching the New World with a feast and a good drink. The crew starts picking targets by flavor: one fish could be cut up and eaten salted, another looks tasty with mayonnaise, and another would be good broiled in soy sauce. Luffy decides it does not matter which one they get because Sanji can make anything taste delicious, and launches his attack: "Gomu Gomu nooo..." Page 4: Luffy throws a "Jet Pistol!!" through the deep water and strikes a huge fish anyway, even though one of the others says, "He went for the mayonnaise one anyway!!" The fish screams, "Ghuaaaa!!" and floats helplessly. Luffy orders, "Hurry up, hurry up!! You gotta reel it in!!" Usopp worries that it might be a bit too big, but the crew gets the line in and the capture star does its work. They cheer, "We did it!! We caught a deep-water fish!" Then the shape beside their catch makes them hesitate. The fish looks like an old man, and Luffy asks if it is really a fish at all. A far larger, darker face opens its mouth nearby, turning their catch into bait. Page 5: A larger predator takes the bait. One fish lunges at the Sunny's catch with the cry, "Another one took the bait!!!" and then an even larger fish swallows that one. The crew panics: "Aaaaaagh!!! Not an even bigger one!!!" Someone calls it a "deep-sea Russian doll," because each monster is being eaten by an even larger monster. Nami, still away from the deck, realizes the ship is shaking and asks whether the others are being noisy again. She wonders if leaving them alone was a mistake. Meanwhile, Zoro draws his sword and prepares "Ka-chinki!!" as the monster chain drags the ship into worse trouble. The comic fishing trip has become a real navigation crisis. Page 6: Zoro cuts down the enormous fish with "360-Pondo Hou!!!" and Luffy, instead of being frightened, is delighted: "Not just one deep-sea fish to cook!! There are two more inside it!!" Sanji, battered and smoking from the chaos, says a deep-sea fish sounds like a challenge to cook. The others ask what happened to him. As the severed monster drifts away, someone asks whether the ship is still on course, and another gets a sinking feeling. Luffy notices something long and asks, "Ooh! What's that?! A snake?!" but the others say that is just his imagination. The sea around the Sunny has become strange, and the crew still has not grasped the real danger ahead. Page 7: The strange "snake" is actually part of a massive white current. Robin looks closely and says, "Hold on... Could it possibly be...?" The ship passes beside a gigantic white whirlpool, and Robin identifies it: "The White Strom!!!" It appears suddenly, without warning, like a writ...