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Chapter 267: March

Arc: Skypiea · Saga: Sky Island · Released:

Summary

Inside the giant serpent Nola — whose belly the crew mistook for a cave — Nami drags Aisa and a recovering Luffy through the maze of the beast’s interior as Nola’s “JULA LALA” song echoes (pages 2–7). Aboard the rescue of the goggled Shandian Braham, Pierre (Gan Fall’s pegasus) flees Nola’s CHOMP and is briefly mistaken for the serpent’s prey (pages 8–10). At the base of the Giant Jack — the colossal vine-pillar climbing to the Kami’s temple — Wyper declares he will climb it, take down Enel, and “end this 400-year struggle,” only to be intercepted by the priest Ohm and his dog Holy (pages 11–13). Gan Fall (“Ganfor”) arrives and recounts that the Kami’s temple atop the Jack lies destroyed and abandoned — Enel is not there; Ohm confirms his “six-year mission” is ending and that Enel’s forces have moved on (pages 13–15). A standoff coalesces in the central ruins among Wyper, Ohm, and Braham, with a disoriented Luffy stumbling in (pages 16–17). Zoro appears atop the rubble, observing that everyone has their own agenda — “but if you wish to be heard, the first order of business is to survive” — as Nola rears overhead (pages 18–19). The chapter closes on Robin, alone, contemplating Shandoran ruins and a carved stone face (page 20).

New reveals

• The “Giant Jack” is named: the massive beanstalk-like vine pillar that rises to the Kami’s temple at its top, where Enel is said to be (page 11). Inference: the name riffs on Jack and the Beanstalk — a sky-climbing-vine fairy-tale overlay.
• Wyper reframes the Shandian objective as a “400-year struggle” — the first explicit on-page time-depth for the Shandian/Skypiean land conflict (page 11).
• Enel has abandoned the Kami’s temple: Gan Fall went up and found “everything was destroyed… Enel was not there, of course,” reading it as Enel’s message that “he no longer has a use for the temple” (page 14). The kami’s forces are mobilizing elsewhere; Enel is not at the top of the Giant Jack (page 15).
• Ohm (Ordeal of Iron priest) appears on-page in the central ruins with his dog Holy, declaring his “six-year mission is finally coming to an end” and that he “came to bid you farewell” (pages 12–15). His catchphrase “No one can escape my Iron Challenge!!” (page 16) telegraphs his Iron-Cloud / Eisen-Dial fighting style (inference — power not yet shown in mechanics).
• Braham (goggled Shandian) demands “Surrender the gold” (page 16) — the Shandian fixation on reclaiming the gold of their ruined city resurfaces.
• A multi-way standoff forms: Wyper, Ohm, and Braham, with Luffy stumbling in and Zoro arriving to anchor the Straw Hat presence (pages 16–19).
• Robin has reached deep Shandoran ruins and a carved stone face/glyph, signaling her parallel investigation into the city’s history (page 20).

Foreshadowing seeds planted

Payoffs (seeds from earlier chapters that resolve here)

Mentions / appearances

• Characters: Luffy, Nami, Zoro (first reappearance in this sequence), Gan Fall (“Ganfor”), Enel (named/discussed, not on-page), Nico Robin, Aisa, Wyper, Ohm (first clear on-page appearance), Braham, Pierre, Holly (Ohm’s dog; VIZ “Holy” is an alias of Holly), the giant serpent (whose belly the crew mistook for a “cave” — not named on-page this batch, so no Characters/Nola note per reconciliation)
• Locations: Upper Yard, Skypiea; the Giant Jack (vine-pillar to the Kami’s temple); the Kami’s temple (now ruined)
• Concepts: the “Iron Challenge” (Ohm’s Eisen-Dial / Iron-Cloud style, telegraphed); the 400-year struggle; the Shandian gold

Notable panels

• Page 1 (cover): Title “MARCH.” New cover serial opens — a tall, gaunt top-hatted man reads a newspaper at an outdoor “Coffee” stand while a small monkey-like creature sips coffee beside a stack of books; palm trees and a striped awning. (New B-plot serial — the Wapol serial ended @0262.) See specialist flag below.
• Page 11: The Giant Jack splash — the immense vine-pillar climbing into the clouds toward the Kami’s temple; Wyper’s “400-year struggle” line.
• Page 16: Three-panel standoff triptych — Wyper (“I’ll wipe out all of you!!”), Ohm (“No one can escape my Iron Challenge!!”), Braham (“Surrender the gold.”). BAM/BAM/BAM impact lettering across the bottom.
• Pages 18–19: Zoro atop the rubble with the small stone pyramid and Holy below; his line “…the first order of business is to survive” as Nola rears with its mace-like tail.
• Page 20: Final panel — Robin in profile before vine-wrapped Shandoran ruins and a large carved stone face/glyph. Spare negative-space composition (most of the page blank).

Open questions raised

• If Enel is not at the top of the Giant Jack, where are he and his forces, and what is the actual destination/plan? (Maxim / Vearth not yet named on-page.)
• What is Ohm’s “six-year mission,” and why is it “finally coming to an end”?
• What carving/structure is Robin examining — does it lead to the city’s true history (a poneglyph)?
• Will the converging factions (Wyper, Ohm, Braham, Gan Fall, Straw Hats) fight each other or be forced to “survive” together as Zoro implies?