One Piece, Vol 15: Straight Ahead!!!
Author: Eiichiro Oda
Publisher: Viz Media
American release date: August 7, 2007
Format/Genre/Length: Paperback/Manga/Action Adventure/216 pages
Overall Personal
Rating: ★★★★★
Pretending to be Mr 3, Sanji has a
strange conversation via snail phone with someone who calls himself Zero. He
must be the leader of the Baroque Works! Sanji lies and says the Straw Hats are
dead, no need to send anyone else to do the job. But will Zero believe him, or
will he want some kind of evidence? Both men are unaware that their
conversation is being overheard via a listening device by none other than
Captain Smoker of the Navy!
A joyous Sanji reunites with his
friends. Usopp is rather angry, though. “He wasn’t around when we needed him,
but he has the nerve to show up now?” Sanji tells them about his conversation
with Zero. And also how he happened to find the Eternal Pose for Alabasta.
Huzzah! Now they can leave! If not for that, they would have to stay there a
year until their own Pose resets. They bid a fond farewell to Broggy and Dorry
and off they go!
To their horror, they discover
that Nami is burning up with fever! Oh
dear! She needs a doctor and she needs one now! Plans to head toward Alabasta
have to be shelved in favor of locating the nearest island with a doctor!
What’s this up ahead? Is that someone standing in the middle of the ocean… on
the water! Gasp! How can that be? No, there’s a submersed ship beneath the
figure, and up it pops, and with it Captain Wapol of the Tin Tyrant Pirates!
Surely this can’t be good?
After the encounter with Wapol and
his crew, they sail on, and everything starts to grow colder. Viv explains that
they are approaching a winter island. As they near the island, they spot people
on the shore, obviously waiting for them. A rather large man tells them to go
away, before the people fire on them! Luffy’s first impulse is to respond with
anger, but cooler heads prevail and they apologize profusely and beg for help
for their friend Nami, who is terribly ill and needs a doctor.
Luffy and his crew are allowed to
land. They’re taken to Big Horn Village. The big man’s name is Dalton. He’s the
Protector of the island. Unfortunately, there’s only one doctor on the island,
and she’s a witch who lives in the castle far away on the hill. They have no
way of contacting her, so Luffy decides he’ll take Nami to the witch. Sanji
volunteers to go with them, while the others remain behind and wait. Dalton
warns them to watch out for the Lupins.
Dalton tells them that they were once called the Drum Kingdom and they
were ruled by the worst king ever, whose name was Wapol. That name rings a
bell! Wasn’t that the pirate they encountered? Dalton realizes that he is still
looking to find his way back to the island, and woe betide everyone should that
occur!
A lot to unpack in this volume, a
whole lot going on. From finally being
able to leave the island, Nami getting sick, the encounter with the strange
pirates, and then their frosty reception on the Winter island, never a dull
moment. Sanji’s conversation with Zero is hilarious. Naturally, he’ll figure
out at some point that the Straw Hats are not dead and the search for them will
recommence. Will they get to the witch
doctor in time to save Nami? Will they live to get to the witch doctor? Have to
wait until the next volume to find out!
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