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Chapter 304: Long Island Adventure

Arc: Long Ring Long Land · Saga: Water Seven · Released:

Summary

A new arc opens. Having left Skypiea (the chapter begins with the Going Merry splashing back down toward the sea), the Straw Hats sail toward the next island and are first menaced by a wall of water that turns out to be a “Sea Monkey prank” (pp. 1–5). Through the fog, both the Merry’s lookouts and a derelict ship spot each other; the other vessel flies no flag and carries no sail, its crew is sparse and listless, and Chopper can “barely detect any life from them at all” (pp. 2–7) — Luffy’s crew debates whether the demoralized ship is even a real pirate crew, with Robin insisting they “were missing just that special spark that all pirates have.” The crew makes landfall on a bizarre island where everything is elongated — long-legged “horse-bear” and dog creatures, towering thin trees, and giant skyscraper-tall bamboo (pp. 8–12). They find an empty yurt-style house and a saddled long-necked white horse named “Sherry” (pp. 10–11), implying residents. Luffy, attacked by whipping bamboo, smashes it — triggering a hidden cannon trap that erupts (“KABOOM!!!”) from a structure on the island (pp. 12–14). The “spirit” of the bamboo turns out to be a barrage; the crew takes cover. Out at sea their own ship is chained/blocked in by the derelict crew, who at last reveal themselves: a fox/cat-skull jolly-roger ship bursts up bearing the name “FOXY,” and three shadowed figures declare “We are the Foxy Pirates… Don’t be hasty. What we want… is a duel!” (pp. 14–15). Page 16 is the SBS “Question Corner” closer.

New reveals

• New arc / new island: the Straw Hats arrive at Long Ring Long Land, where flora and fauna are all stretched/elongated — long-legged animals, very tall thin trees, and bamboo so tall Luffy “can’t see the top” (pp. 8–12). The chapter title is “Long Island Adventure.”
• An ailing derelict pirate ship shadows the Merry: no flag, no sail, few people, all slumped/listless. Chopper: “I can barely detect any life from them at all!!!” (p. 3). The crew debates whether it’s even pirates; Robin reads no battle damage but no “pirate spark” either (pp. 6–7). (Inference: this is the Foxy Pirates’ ship in disguise — confirmed at chapter’s end.)
• A long-necked white horse named “Sherry” is found saddled near an abandoned yurt-house — “She’s got a saddle on, so I guess there really are people here” (pp. 10–11). The horse’s owner is sought but absent. (Inference: belongs to the island’s resident Tonjit, not shown this chapter.)
• The island’s “bamboo spirit” is a rigged cannon trap: breaking the giant bamboo detonates an explosion from a domed structure (pp. 12–14).
• The shadowed crew is the Foxy Pirates, who chain in the Merry and announce their demand is a duel (pp. 14–15). (The contest is not yet named “Davy Back Fight” on-page.)

Foreshadowing seeds planted

Payoffs (seeds from earlier chapters that resolve here)

(None resolved this chapter. The chapter opens a new arc; the Skypiea threads carry forward unresolved.)

Mentions / appearances

• Characters: Luffy, Nami, Nico Robin, Zoro, Usopp, Sanji, Tony Tony Chopper
• Crews: Straw Hat Pirates, Foxy Pirates (named on-page p. 15 — first appearance)
• Locations: Long Ring Long Land (first appearance — unnamed on-page this chapter; canonical name applied), Going Merry
• Animals/props: Sherry the long-necked horse (named p. 11), elongated island fauna (long horse-bear, long dog), giant bamboo
• Concepts: a pirate “duel” demanded by the Foxy Pirates (Davy Back Fight — concept introduced, not yet named on-page)

Notable panels

• p. 1 — Title splash: “SPLOOSH… Chapter 304: LONG ISLAND ADVENTURE.” In-story art of the Going Merry crashing back to the sea, framed by three giant Sea Monkeys (the recurring monkey/lemur motif of Oda’s title art). (No cover-story serial B-plot panel this chapter — the page-1 art is in-narrative.)
• p. 3 — Chopper: “I can barely detect any life from them at all!!!” over the slumped derelict crew. “DOOM.”
• pp. 6–7 — Robin on the derelict ship: “they were missing just that special spark that all pirates have… I think they were pirates.” Nami: no energy, no flag, no sail, no teamwork.
• p. 8 — First reveal of the elongated island: a long-legged “horse-bear” tromps past (“LONG! IT’S LONG! THAT THING’S A BEAR!”).
• pp. 10–11 — Empty yurt-house (“EMPTY…”); the long-necked white horse appears (“NEEEEIGH”); “She says her name is Sherry. She’s a girl… She’s got a saddle on, so I guess there really are people here.”
• pp. 12–14 — Luffy smashes the giant bamboo (“Like I’m gonna lose to bamboo!!!”) → “KABOOM!!!” — a hidden cannon erupts from a domed structure. The crew: “It could be an enemy!! Hide over there!”
• p. 15 — The derelict ship transforms: a fox/cat-skull jolly-roger vessel bursts up reading “FOXY” (“D-…OOM!”). Three shadowed figures: “We are the Foxy Pirates… Don’t be hasty. What we want… is a duel!”
• p. 16 — SBS “Question Corner” closer (non-narrative). Q&A includes Oda joking about Robin’s “Cinco Fleur,” what’s under Wyper’s skirt, and Enel’s “gummi ears” — ends “KABOOOOOOOM!” with a note that the Question Corner is over “due to the author’s absence.”

Open questions raised

• Who is the resident of Long Ring Long Land — the absent owner of the horse Sherry — and why is the island rigged with a cannon trap?
• Why is everything on this island elongated? (No explanation given on-page.)
• Who are the Foxy Pirates, and what exactly is the “duel” they demand? (Davy Back Fight.)
• Why did the Foxy Pirates’ ship masquerade as a broken, lifeless derelict?