While they panic, Hildon, who was watching them from above, flies off towards the mansion. Three months later they leave Laboon at Twin capes and promise to return. Perona sends four more of her ghosts through Usopp causing the ghosts and Perona to become depressed, meanwhile Sanji flies off (literally) to save Nami. "Sogeking" then purifies Kumancy and demands Usopp to fight on, till, at the end of his wits, Usopp discovers the reason of Perona's invulnerability-she is a host projection, while her real body is in her room. Luffy and his crew then learn from the old man that Thriller Bark is actually the world's largest pirate ship. Absalom then fires an explosion at Sanji, who dodges it and berates Absalom for nearly hitting Nami. Moriah tells Oars who he is and that he is now his minion but Oars declares he will be pirate king and proceeds to break out of the freezer much to the astonishment of the zombies. The blast destroys most of Thriller Bark, though this does not succeed in killing the Straw Hats but knocks out all of them except Zoro. Usopp stores the explosion in his impact dial and Perona find herself unable to move, as she is glued to the wall, due to Ussop's "dud" shot. The entire ship somewhat re… Donate with either Paypal or Patreon. However, their victory is short-lived as Moriah arises from Oars' cockpit. Thriller Bark adopted the name of its boarding crew. Luffy is asked by Spoil to get his and the other victims' shadows back from Moriah. She, of course, denies this and knocks Brook to the floor. Just like Shiki's ship, Thriller Bark is carved out of an island, making it massive enough to hold an island in the middle. Because their power is Devil Fruit based, salt from the ocean frees the shadow to go back to its owner. The remaining Straw Hats reach their ship which has been ransacked by the Zombies and find Luffy, Sanji, and Zoro. Using his invisibility powers, Absalom appears on the Thousand Sunny spying on the Straw Hats and causing problems for them. Ryuma responds by taking out his sword and then he runs right past them. However, Tararan is on the tower side of the gap. Despite this Sanji slams Absalom against a wall. They enter the chamber, where this enormous giant twenty times Moriah's size rests. Perona then orders her zombies to capture them but are destroyed by Usopp's salt star, Perona sends more ghosts through him but they have no effect as Usopp sates he is already negative, thoroughly shocking Perona. Under a small black bowler hat, her pink hair is braided into two pigtails. Meanwhile, back at Mariejois, Fleet Admiral Sengoku puts down Kuma for not going after the Straw Hats like originally planned, while Vice Admiral Monkey D. Garp tells the leader of the Marines about how Luffy was able to get away from yet another government foe. Zoro creates an opening for Usopp to launch the salt into Oars' mouth but gets knocked out in the process, but instead of Luffy's shadow coming out Moriah's does and throws the salt back at Usopp. The Straw Hats leave Thriller Bark with their new crewmate. He then teleports again and appears in front of the Straw hats and claims he will start with Zoro. -->Extra Isle  ➥ Forests of Training  ➥ Limited Time Events (Daily Events, Fortnights, Clashes, others)  ➥ Jeweled Porc Sanctuary. Three days after the Post-Enies Lobby Arc, the Straw Hats enjoy the features of their new ship; Usopp and Luffy go fishing together and toss everything they catch into the aquarium, while Robin, Franky and Sanji relax in the dining room, Nami takes a bath in the bath hut, Chopper enjoys his expanded room/infirmar… Meanwhile, in this strange forest, two zombie squirrels are transporting a coffin. After a short discussion, they open the barrel, but instead of finding food and sake, a red light shoots out of the barrel and into the sky. Before setting out, Usopp gives everyone a bag of salt and says that they should defiantly finish their objectives before dawn or they will be at a disadvantage. Brook warns the Straw Hats to escape and runs across the water to Thriller Bark. Nami, Usopp, and Chopper fall out of Kumashi and are discovered. The season began airing on Fuji Television on January 6, 2008 and ended on December 14, 2008, lasting 45 episodes. Tararan begins spinning his web out of his hand moving toward them. Filled with regret, he asks Brook to keep their promise to Laboon for them as he and the other infected members meet their deaths trying to escape through the Calm Belt. The Thriller Bark Arc is the eighteenth story arc in the One Piece manga, and the first and only in the Thriller Bark Saga. Failing to force him to sign a marriage contract, Absalom tells Lola he plans to make Nami his bride. He then demonstrated Cindry's obedience when given a direct order, by kicking her down and forcing her to lick the floor with her tongue. After voicing their concerns over the destroyed bridge they realize Franky has already built a new one and are all shocked by the speed and quality Franky put into it. Peeking inside they watch as Hogback creates a zombie he calls Mario. Usopp and Franky make a freezing wind cannon to turn the water from Nami's Rain Tempo to ice to keep Oars from moving his legs, Robin uses her powers to create legs for Brook to jump on while carrying Luffy to the top of Thriller Bark's main mast while Sanji uses a huge chain to keep Oars in place and Zoro using his Three Thousand Swords technique to straighten Oars' back. They begin to fight. After defeating Moria, another Warlord of the Sea shows up to make the Straw Hats' situation worse. If you succeed the 'hammer' icon goes up by one and the green text tells you which stats/abilities were improved. Zoro tells Usopp to go find a mountain of salt so they can purify Oars only for Moriah to destroy the way to the kitchen. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Hearing this, Zoro knocks out Sanji unconscious. Luffy, finding all this hilarious, asks Brook if the skeleton can poop, to which Brook replies yes only for Sanji to berate them both for their choice of questions. Finding themselves deep inside the waterless moat, out of the shadows a frightening three-headed stitched up dog suddenly appears. This, thoroughly, angers Moriah who tells Kuma to sit back and watch as he defeats the Straw Hats. After seeming to agree he goes outside to relay their request. They inform Luffy that Moriah is now inside Oars' stomach and the only Luffy can beat Moriah is to beat Oars first. Robin saves Nami from the attack and Luffy is still lost in the forest, where he meets some of Moriah's other victims who say they can give him the power he needs to defeat Moriah. Suddenly, Nami is attacked by the same invisible creature who attacked Robin, who then declares that he will take her as his bride. In the graveyard, the voice of the invisible man is heard ordering the defeated zombie soldiers to get up, which they do. Bursting in and seeing the window opening on its own, Usopp lets off another "Kaen Boshi" which destroys the bathroom wall. When the Straw Hats Pirates get off their ship and goes onto the Thriller Bark ship, Absalom spies on Nami and attacks her while she was taking a shower. Moriah also notes that Luffy with his current strength would lose his crew on upcoming seas. Moriah tells them that he has reversed the role of the shadow obeying the body hence forth he can now alter Oars' shape at will by changing the shape of Oars' shadow. The two pirate crews resolve to get Luffy his shadow back before dawn so he can still fight even if they run out of time. After feeding the cola the RNG will tell you whether you failed or succeeded. Once Oars gets free, they proceed to break his knees, while Nami has caught up with Perona. Upset that he was not notified about this and scared about the ghosts, he quickly grabs his exorcism set to rebuke any evil spirits. In a different place, Oars chases Usopp and Sanji respectively, while this interruption makes it possible for Absalom to once again steal Nami away from Sanji. Though Usopp tries, he cannot seem to harm her, as all attacks go right through her. Buhichuck runs off, sealing the way they came from. Just then, the gates of Thriller Bark capture the Thousand Sunny. Just then, Brook appears having leaped up from the courtyard. Luffy suddenly sees a Zombie General named Jigoro use Zoro's 36 Pound Cannon technique. Suddenly, something comes out of Tararan's mouth and Taranran lies defeated. Meanwhile Kuma has finally found Moriah who tells him that the successor to Crocodile has been chosen: Marshal D. Teach alias Blackbeard with a former bounty of zero. As he displays his newfound, destructive power, the pirates realize that they have one more problem at their hands, the sun is rising. Thriller Bark isn't that long either. Moriah then tells Luffy that in the past he was too overconfident in his own ability and ambition and learned the importance of having strong subordinates so their power can make him pirate king without himself having to lift a finger. Moriah and his chief officers converse on their aims when the three soldiers guarding him yelled out, "Luffy ate the steel cage and is escaping." Meanwhile in the mansion Nami, Usopp, and Chopper attempt to explore further, only to be attacked by several zombies. The zombies begin calling out his name, Absalom, then calling him "Ero-salom" until he yells for them to shut up. they begin to come to. It was abandoned for two years, but appears to have been … After Luffy "tames" it, the crew wanders through the forest encountering other strange creatures, Luffy trying to capture or convince each to join his crew. Luffy, Sanji, Usopp, Robin, and Chopper are taking the upper bridge to where Moriah is when Luffy and Sanji get hit with the negative ghosts and Oars comes crashing down destroying the bridge and taking Sanji and Usopp down with him to the lower bridge where Zoro and Franky are, where they attacked what they thought was a wall but is actually Oars. He is beaten heavily by Kumancy, so that he asks "Sogeking" for "help". Also Moriah cannot kill the person he steals shadows from for it would kill the zombie. This ship was one of the very few full-rigged ships that sailed in the world at that point in time. The message it wants to imply is that Absalom is the one that leaked the information about the pirate alliance Kidd is forming. The unseen enemy then flees as the ship begins to be pulled closer to the island. Unfortunately, the High-wind catches them, prompting Franky to unveil the Soldier Dock Channel 0; a set of paddle wheels. He asks them if they would like to come to the mansion of Dr. Hogback, whose name immediately gets Chopper's attention. 10 Thriller Bark Pirates Starting off this list is a pirate crew that has power and branding aesthetic in equal measure. Back at the battle with Oars, the crew is still shocked over the mist dissipating when Moriah reveals that he is inside of a control room in Oars' stomach. Franky and Robin manage to finally escape onto a stone bridge spanning from the mansion to the tower beneath Perona's wonder garden. Emerging from wreckage, Luffy uses all his strength to combine Gear 2nd and Gear 3rd, launching his enlarged body into Moriah with the strengths of both forms. Absalom demands that Sanji return his bride and mistakes Nami for an angel. Nami has found out what Perona is planning and races off to Thousand Sunny while Oars finds that his horns are stuck in the ground allowing the crew to get in some free shots thoroughly enraging Oars. He is still alive, but his blood is splattered in a wide radius around him. Luffy begins to repeatedly strike at Moriah's stomach, causing the latter to lose control of the shadows and release a small number of them. Usopp fires a shot at the real Perona, but misses and Perona then launches an attack with a gigantic exploding ghost and then goes back into her body. For `` help '' capture the Thousand Sunny life he needs Moriah 's help the of. 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