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Chapter 299: Fantasia

Arc: Skypiea · Saga: Sky Island · Released: (unknown)

Summary

Luffy rings the Giant Golden Bell of Shandora. Atop the ruins, Luffy swings the bell’s clapper with both fists and a roaring REEEEAACH!!, and the enormous golden bell tolls — CLAAANG!! — for the first time in 400 years. The sound floods every part of Skypiea: the Straw Hats (Nami, Robin, Chopper), the Shandian warriors (Wyper), the Sky People (Conis, Gan Fall), and Aisa all stop and listen; both sides of the centuries-long war weep, cheer, and lower their arms together. The narration frames the toll as the recovered “Song of the Island” — “the light of Shandora rings again,” boasting the glories of the vanished city and declaring the end of the fighting “with a love song” after 400 years of silence. Far below on Jaya, the Saruyama Alliance — Mont Blanc Cricket, Masira, and Shoujou — hears the very same bell and breaks down: “EL DORADO IS REAL!! WE FOUND IT!!” — vindicating Cricket’s ancestor Mont Blanc Noland, branded “the Liar,” whose log recorded the toll of a giant golden bell. The chapter intercuts the dead voices of the past — Noland and Calgara — whose entrusted words were “carried by the sound of that bell” to “the farthest reaches of the sea.” Enel’s Ark Maxim is glimpsed sinking/“going down” in the distance, signalling his defeat. The crew celebrates (“We did it! There is a sky island”); Wyper invites them to eat (“I’m glad I got to meet you fools”); Luffy asks if “the old guy and everybody” heard it, and Nami answers, “It rang. I’m sure they did.”

New reveals

• The Golden Bell of Shandora is rung — by Luffy — for the first time in 400 years (pp. 2-8). This is the arc’s climactic payoff: the legend’s “gold” sounds again.
• The toll reaches Jaya: the Saruyama Alliance (Cricket, Masira, Shoujou) hears it across the open sea and confirms “El Dorado is real” (pp. 9-10, 13-14, 19).
• The bell-ring ends the 400-year Sky-People / Shandian war: both peoples stop fighting and celebrate together — the recovered “Song of the Island” (pp. 6-8, 16-18).
• Enel’s Ark Maxim is shown sinking / “going down” in the distance — “Eneru is going down… it’s sinking” (pp. 15-16), implying his defeat (off-panel relative to this chapter’s focus).
• Narration ties the bell to a function: the ancient Shandorans “entrusted words to the sound of that bell… to carry the song to the farthest reaches of the sea” — the toll as a message-vector to descendants (pp. 17-18).

Foreshadowing seeds planted

Payoffs (seeds from earlier chapters that resolve here)

Mentions / appearances

• Characters: Luffy (rings the bell) · Nami · Nico Robin · Tony Tony Chopper · Wyper · Conis · Gan Fall · Aisa · Enel (off-panel; his ship is seen sinking) · Mont Blanc Cricket · Masira · Shoujou · Calgara (dead-voice narration) · Mont Blanc Noland (dead-voice narration) · Nola (the giant snake, shown with open mouth in the ruins, p. 9)
• Cover (B-plot): Portgas D. Ace — Ace’s Great Search for Blackbeard, Vol. 24: “Moda’s Letter” — a girl (Moda) and a cow (“Would you like some yummy milk? —Moda”), with a sleeping/collapsed Ace.
• Locations / lore: Upper Yard · Skypiea · Jaya (the Saruyama Alliance hears the bell) · the ancient city of Shandora (Shandora) · City of Gold (“El Dorado”)
• Crews: Saruyama Alliance (Cricket + Masira + Shoujou, on Jaya) · Straw Hat Pirates
• Concepts: Song of the Island · the Great Golden Bell of Shandora
• Ships: Ark Maxim (Enel’s; seen sinking, pp. 15-16)

Notable panels

• P1 — Title splash “Chapter 299: FANTASIA.” Cover serial Ace’s Great Search for Blackbeard, Vol. 24: “Moda’s Letter” — a photo of Moda and a cow, and a note reading “Would you like some yummy milk? —Moda,” over a sleeping Ace.
• P2 — Luffy, gripping the bell’s structure/chain, winds up over the giant golden bell — “AANG!!” (the strike begins).
• P3 — Luffy roars “REEEEAACH!!” and swings the clapper — “CLA—”.
• Pp. 4-5 — CLAAANG!! The bell tolls. “Can you hear it, monkeys?! Can you hear it, diamond-head old guy?!” — Luffy calls out to the Saruyama Alliance and (the diamond-headed) figures below. “EL DORADO IS REAL!! WE FOUND IT!!”
• P6 — The combatants (Wyper’s Shandians, Sky People) all stop and listen as the bell rings; “He did it! He actually did it!! / So this is the sound of the bell Noland heard.” Robin: “How beautiful…”
• Pp. 7-8 — Sky People and Shandians react: “The light of Shandora rings again!” / “Great Warrior Kalgara…” / “After 400 years of silence, I didn’t think that bell would ever ring again.” Bell named as “…the ‘Song of the Island’?”
• Pp. 9-10 — The giant snake Nola with open mouth among the ruins; far below, Jaya and the Saruyama Alliance hear the toll: “Isn’t this…? / There’s no mistake. / Hey, boss?” “From the sky… There’s only one bell that rings like that.” Cricket (smoking) grins: “Now that’s a great adventure.”
• Pp. 11-12 — The buried-history voices: ”…Mont Blanc Noland? Are you listening… I hope it reaches your descendant. We kept you waiting a long time.” / “Noland, my ancestor… you weren’t a liar! You told me so, didn’t you? You believed!” Luffy keeps striking (“ZOM!!! CLAAAANG!!”).
• Pp. 13-14 — Masira (“SIRA” headphones) and Shoujou grin/weep; the Saruyama Alliance gang on the Jaya shore strikes along (“KLIK KLIK”); “Thank you!!” Cricket (“BOSS?!”) collapses in tears of relief: “I’m so glad they’re okay… I was so worried.”
• Pp. 15-16 — A distant KABOOSH!! — Enel’s Ark Maxim is seen “going down… it’s sinking”; “The Kami’s… ship!” “The sound of the bell.”
• Pp. 17-18 — Full narration of the bell’s meaning: “…the light of Shandora… boasted of the glories of the vanished city… declared the end of the fighting with a love song… the ‘Song of the Island.’ …the golden bell fulfilled its promise. After being silenced for 400 years…” The slumbering island’s people “once… entrusted words to the sound of that bell… to carry the song to the farthest reaches of the sea… they believed in the power of the bell.” A map of a sky island and the word “comrades / WE’RE…” surface in the dead voices.
• P19 — Wyper: “Now let’s eat. / I’m glad I got to meet you fools.” Crew: “We did it! There is a sky island.” Luffy: “Do you think they heard it? The old guy and everybody?” Nami: “Yeah. It rang. I’m sure they did.” Closing caption ”…RIGHT HERE.” over a wide shot of the Sky-People/Shandian celebration (“YAAA”).
• P20 — SBS Question Corner (Volume’s SBS resumes; Q&A about Gedatsu’s hair-thingies, “Kami nari” pun, etc.). Non-narrative back-matter, not part of the chapter.

Open questions raised

• What exactly happened to Enel after the Maxim went down — is he defeated for good, or escaped? (His ship sinks off-panel; his fate is not shown here.)
• The narration’s “they… entrusted words to the sound of that bell” — what words were entrusted, and does the bell (or the Shandora Poneglyph beneath it) carry a literal message yet to be read?
• Does the toll reaching “the farthest reaches of the sea” foreshadow that others (beyond Jaya) heard it?

NOTE (parallel-reader state): The vault’s Nola / Calgara / Noland firsts may lag this read (Nola.md not yet present at read-time; Calgara=0286, Noland-execution=0292 per driver hint). This note refers to Nola, Calgara, and Noland by name and flags advances in the updates file; the synthesizer should reconcile against the established firsts.