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Chapter 330: It's Decided

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Summary

The Franky House raid plays out and pivots into the chapter’s gut-punch. In the cold open the Franky Family carouse drunkenly inside their whale-shaped HQ (“FRANKY HOUSE”), having blown the 200 million berries they stole from the Straw Hats — “Go buy all the food in the store! We can afford it!! / Go buy more supplies!” — until a thunderous “THROW / WOOOO” announces intruders. Four Straw Hats — Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and Chopper — have come “to confront the Franky Family all alone.” The Family’s boss-figure in giant iron armor mocks them (“The four of you are nothing against us!”; “You’re the captain of the crew that weak, long-nosed guy belonged to… So you can’t be worth much! …Shrimp!”), boasting his armor can’t be dented by battleships. Luffy answers with “Gum-Gum… Cannon!!” — a fist that punches through the iron armor (“It went through the iron armor!!”). The Family begs to talk; they reveal the crushing truth: “Sorry, but the money’s not here anymore! / The boss, Franky, went shopping with it!! / He’s probably on the Sea Train by now!” — Franky bought “stuff on the black market,” is off-island, and won’t be back for a while; “no matter how much you rough us up, you won’t get the 200 million berries back.” Luffy: “It’s not about the money anymore. / Don’t talk.” The four — Luffy, Zoro (Santoryu “Raven Hunt”), Sanji (“Party Table Kick Course”), and Chopper — promise “Get ready to have… every bone in your bodies broken,” and the Franky Family counter-charge (“We’re the Franky Family, dismantlers and bounty hunters!! / Everything Cannon!! / Show them the Franky House specialty!”). The Straw Hats raze the building. Afterward, sitting in the wreckage, the crew debate whether to chase Franky (pointless — “if he’s already spent it all… they really don’t know where the money is”). Sanji notes the looming problems: “Nami’s waiting for us. And then there’s Robin too… and then there’s the problem with the ship.” Luffy goes quiet, then declares: “I’ve decided… The ship… We’ll say farewell… to the Merry Go.” The crew’s stunned ”?!!!” closes the chapter.

New reveals

• The four raiders are Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and Chopper — they hit the Franky House “all alone” to take back the stolen money (pp. 5–6; “…and went to confront the Franky Family all alone!”, p. 6; “There’re only four of them!!!”, p. 17). Usopp is NOT among them — he is referenced in absentia as “that weak, long-nosed guy” the captain’s crew “belonged to” (p. 7). (Inference flag: Usopp’s separation from this group pre-loads the Luffy–Usopp rift; the chapter does not yet stage the rift itself.)
• The 200 million berries are already spent. The Franky Family confess the stolen money “is not here anymore” — “The boss, Franky, went shopping with it!! / He’s probably on the Sea Train by now!” — bought black-market goods off-island and “won’t be back for a while” (pp. 14, 18). The crew cannot recover the money.
• Franky is named on-page for the first time — “the boss, Franky” / “that Franky guy” (pp. 14, 18). He is the leader of the Franky Family. (He is referenced/named only this chapter — not shown on-page.)
• The Franky Family self-describe as “dismantlers and bounty hunters” and announce a “Franky House specialty” (“Everything Cannon!!”, pp. 16). Their HQ is the Franky House, a large whale/fish-shaped scale-shingled building (pp. 2, 17).
• The Family boss-figure fights in giant iron armor that “even battleships can’t dent” — Luffy’s “Gum-Gum… Cannon!!” punches straight through it (pp. 7–9; “It went through the iron armor!!”, p. 9). Their cannonballs and even the cannon itself are “made of iron” (p. 11).
• Combat-tells: Zoro uses Santoryu (three-sword style) “Raven… Hunt!!” (pp. 10–11); Sanji uses “Party Table… Kick Course!!” (p. 12); a Family member uses “Horn Boost… Rumble…! Colonnade Rose!!” (p. 13).
• Luffy decides to abandon the Going Merry — “I’ve decided… The ship… We’ll say farewell… to the Merry Go.” (p. 19). The first explicit, on-page statement that the Merry will be left behind; the crew reacts with shock (”?!!!”, p. 19).

Foreshadowing seeds planted

Payoffs (seeds from earlier chapters that resolve here)

Mentions / appearances

• Straw Hats (raid party): Luffy (Gum-Gum Cannon, pp. 7–9; the farewell decision, p. 19), Zoro (Santoryu “Raven Hunt”, pp. 10–11), Sanji (“Party Table Kick Course”, p. 12), Chopper (among the four; gives the Family member “emergency first-aid”, p. 19) (Straw Hat Pirates)
• Straw Hats (referenced, off-panel): Usopp (“that weak, long-nosed guy”, p. 7), Nami & Nico Robin (Sanji: “Nami’s waiting for us. And then there’s Robin too…”, p. 19)
• Franky Family: Franky Family (“dismantlers and bounty hunters”; the Franky House; “Everything Cannon!!”, pp. 2–18); their leader Franky — named (“the boss, Franky”, pp. 14, 18) but not shown
• Locations / concepts: Water Seven (the Franky House; the canals), Sea Train (Franky rode it off-island, p. 18), Going Merry (the “Merry Go” to be left behind, p. 19), Gomu Gomu no Mi (Luffy’s “Gum-Gum Cannon”)
• Cover serial: Gedatsu — “Gedatsu’s Unexpected Life on the Blue Sea, Vol. 15”

Notable panels

• p. 1 — Title page: “Chapter 330: IT’S DECIDED.” Cover serial inset: “GEDATSU’S UNEXPECTED LIFE ON THE BLUE SEA, VOL. 15: ‘I MADE IT MY SLAVE AND UNEXPECTEDLY ALTERED ITS HELMET’.” Close-up of Gedatsu’s blank face under an altered hard-hat marked with the kanji 番 (“guard/number”), a small figure and a rising-sun-style flag behind. (Decorative cover-serial installment — not story content.)
• p. 2 — Wide shot of the scale-shingled, whale/fish-shaped Franky House HQ; the Franky Family carouse and laugh (“BWA HA HA HA”; “DA DOOM!!”). Money spent on food, supplies, fireworks.
• p. 3 — Family banter recaps the theft: “…face the others… / Nami, I can’t… / All of it was stolen… / The money!” (recalling the robbery). “Go buy all the food in the store! We can afford it!! Yo ho ho!” — the stolen 200M is being blown.
• p. 4 — Silhouetted intruders charge in amid “AKII!!! / KAKRA SHII!!” — “What’s going on?!”
• pp. 5–6 — The four raiders revealed: Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Chopper; “…and went to confront the Franky Family all alone!” The boss: “STRAW HAT LUFFY! / The four of you are nothing against us!”
• p. 7 — Boss mocks: “You’re the captain of the crew that weak, long-nosed guy belonged to… / So you can’t be worth much! / …Shrimp!” Luffy throws a punch; boss boasts of “giant iron armor that even battleships can’t dent.”
• pp. 8–9 — “Gum-Gum… / …Cannon!!” — Luffy’s fist blasts through (“KAB..M!!”); “It went through the iron armor!!” The Family freaks out.
• pp. 10–11 — Zoro: “Raven… Santoryu… …Hunt!!” (SLISH); the Family fires iron cannonballs (“BOM BOM BOM!!”); “Those cannonballs were made of iron!” / “Even the cannon?!”
• p. 12 — “Danger! These guys are trouble!”; Sanji: ”…Party Table… / …Kick Course!!” (WHAKA).
• p. 13 — A Family member: “Horn Boost… Rumble…! / …Colonnade Rose!!” (countered).
• p. 14 — The reveal: “Sorry, but the money’s not here anymore! / The boss, Franky, went shopping with it!! / He’s probably on the Sea Train by now! / He’s not on this island…” Luffy: “…you won’t get the 200 million berries ba—”
• p. 15 — “Yeah… it’s too late. / It’s not about the money anymore… / Don’t talk.” Luffy, hat shadowing his eyes; Zoro and Sanji flank, Chopper present: “Get ready to have… / …every bone in your bodies broken.”
• p. 16 — Family rallies: “We’re the Franky Family, dismantlers and bounty hunters!! / EVERYTHING CANNON!! / Show them the Franky House specialty!” “They’re coming!!”
• pp. 17–18 — “There’re only four of them!!! / Get them! Dismantle them!” The Franky House is leveled (“BOOM!! WAAA”); exterior wreckage shots over the canals; the crew sits amid the rubble. “Shall we go after that Franky guy?” / “Even if we catch up… if he’s already spent it all… / It seems they really don’t know where the money is.”
• p. 19 — Sanji: “Nami’s waiting for us. And then there’s Robin too… and then there’s the problem with the ship… / Let’s go back to the ship.” Luffy: “I’ve decided… / The ship… / …to the Merry Go. / We’ll say farewell…” Crew: ”?!!!”
• p. 20 — Final page (numbered 66, Straw-Hat skull tailpiece): “BAM!! / SPASH!! / BLUB BLUB…” — a Family member knocked into a canal; the crew departs the wreckage as Luffy’s decision lands. (Page-027 in the cache duplicates this page; page-028 is a blank capture artifact.)

Open questions raised

• Who is Franky (the named-but-unseen boss who rode off with the 200M)? (pp. 14, 18.)
• How will the crew replace the Going Merry, and where will the new ship come from now that the money is gone and Galley-La is in play? (p. 19.)
• How will the crew — especially Usopp — react to Luffy’s decision to abandon the Merry? (p. 19; Usopp’s absence + the “long-nosed guy” framing on p. 7.)
• Can the stolen money be recovered at all, or is it truly a dead end? (“you won’t get the 200 million berries back”, p. 14.)