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Chapter 347: Six Powers

Arc: Water Seven · Saga: Water Seven · Released:

Summary

Luffy smashes into Iceberg’s burning, half-wrecked mansion (“I FINALLY FOUND YOU!! ROBIN!!”) and is dumbfounded to find Nico Robin standing calmly among four people in CP9 cloaks — and even more dumbfounded that those four are the Galley-La “shipwrights” he and the crew had befriended: Kaku, Lucci (“the guy with the pigeon”), Blueno the bartender, and Kalifa (pp. 2–5). Paulie, foreman of Dock One, lies bloodied on the floor, betrayed; he refuses to believe his comrades work for the World Government — until Lucci answers in a voice Paulie recognizes (the man “with the bull mask” was Lucci all along) and attacks. When Paulie charges with his Pipe Hitch Knives, Lucci counters with Finger Pistol (“Shigan”) and reveals the source of CP9’s superhuman power: the Six Powers (Rokushiki) — “a martial art which, at the culmination of training, makes the human body equal to a weapon… a master is as strong as 100 men” (pp. 7–9). Lucci coldly notes Paulie “was going to be eliminated anyway.” Enraged, Luffy attacks with Gum-Gum Gatling, but Lucci hardens with Iron Body (Tekkai) and shrugs off the entire barrage (“it’s not affecting him at all!!”), then uses Shave (Soru) to blink across the room and drive a Finger Pistol into Luffy — catching him by the neck and telling him, “You’d have died instantly, Rubber Man. If you were normal, you’d have a hole in your neck.” Luffy survives only because he’s rubber (pp. 11–13). Recovering, Luffy turns on Robin: “You built ships together, didn’t you?! So you’re really a traitor?!” and demands she explain why she’s with these government people. Robin answers flatly that she told the cook and doctor she was leaving, and that she sided with CP9 to “make my wish come true” — “if I stay with you people, this wish will never be fulfilled… to accomplish my goal, I’ll make any sacrifice!!” (pp. 14–16). The crew (Zoro, Nami, Sanji, Chopper now arriving) recoils — “She’s not sane!!”, “You’d go so far as to frame your friends for murder?” (Zoro). Iceberg snaps “Don’t get in my way!!” at Robin and is silenced (a “WHAK!”). CP9 then announce the operation’s end-state: they have “no more business in this mansion” and “no more use for” the captives, the building “will go up in a ball of flames” in two minutes (“fire is such an effective method for erasing all sorts of evidence”), and they must immediately “find” a “person of some importance” elsewhere (p. 18). The four agents form a wall between the Straw Hats and the exit — “get by us… assuming you can” — and the chapter ends with Luffy roaring “I DON’T BUY IT!!!”, Robin standing visibly on CP9’s side, and Zoro grimly concluding “looks like they plan to get rid of us” as the crew braces to fight all four agents inside the doomed, soon-to-burn mansion (pp. 19–20). Page 20 also opens this volume’s SBS Question Corner.

New reveals

• All four embedded CP9 agents are named and exposed at once. The cloaked figures around Robin are revealed to be the Galley-La crew the Straw Hats befriended: “KAKU!! LUCCI!!”, “BLUENO!!”, “HEY! KALIFA!!”, with the crew recognizing “the guy with the pigeon” (Lucci) and the “square-nose guy” (Kaku), and exclaiming “they’re the shipwrights who were with you!!” (pp. 4–5). First chapter where Blueno and Kalifa are named as CP9 on-page (Lucci & Kaku were named in Ch. 343). [[Crews/CP9]]
• “SIX POWERS” (Rokushiki) is named and defined on-page for the first time. Lucci: “Six Powers. A master of this art is as strong as 100 men… a martial art which, at the culmination of training, makes the human body equal to a weapon… we’re trained in an art that goes beyond anything you can imagine” (p. 9). This is the on-page debut of the Rokushiki concept. [[World-Building/Six Powers (Rokushiki)]]
• Three named Rokushiki techniques debut, all wielded by Lucci:
  • Finger Pistol / “Shigan” — a thrusting fingertip strike that pierces like a bullet; “if you were normal, you’d have a hole in your neck” (pp. 7, 12–13).
  • Iron Body / “Tekkai” — full-body hardening; Luffy’s Gum-Gum Gatling lands repeatedly with no effect (“Huh?! It’s not affecting him at all!!”, p. 11).
  • Shave / “Soru” — a super-speed dash that makes Lucci appear to teleport (“He disappeared!!”, p. 12).
• Robin declares she has left the Straw Hats. “I told the cook and the ship’s doctor I’m leaving. Didn’t they tell you?” (p. 15). She frames it as her own choice to side with the World Government.
• Robin’s motive: an unnamed “wish”/“goal” worth “any sacrifice.” “To make my wish come true!!! If I stay with you people… this wish will never be fulfilled!!! To accomplish my goal… I’ll make any sacrifice!!” (pp. 15–16). The content of the wish/goal is not disclosed — a deliberate withhold. (Inference: ties to Robin’s Ohara past and the coercion shown in Ch. 343; on-page she presents it as voluntary defection, which the crew refuses to believe.)
• Lucci had a kill-grip on Luffy. Lucci catches Luffy by the throat after the Finger Pistol: “You’d have died instantly, Rubber Man. If you were normal, you’d have a hole in your neck” (p. 13). Establishes Lucci as presently far above Luffy’s level.
• CP9 will torch the mansion to destroy evidence — in two minutes. “This mansion will go up in a ball of flames… fire is such an effective method for erasing all sorts of evidence” (p. 18). Kalifa is asked “how long do we have left?” (“two minutes”).
• CP9 still need to “find a person of some importance” right now (p. 18) — an off-panel target the chapter does not name. (Inference toward the blueprint-holder / Tom’s-shipwright thread that the chase will pursue; the person is unnamed here, and no Sea Train, Rocketman, Spandam, Tom, or Franky appears on-page this chapter.)

Foreshadowing seeds planted

Payoffs (seeds from earlier chapters that resolve here)

Mentions / appearances

• CP9 (all four unmasked, pp. 4–5): Rob Lucci (the pigeon-shouldered agent; uses Shigan/Tekkai/Soru, pp. 7–13), Kaku (square-nosed), Blueno (the bartender), Kalifa (“how long do we have left?”, p. 18) — CP9
• Nico Robin: Nico Robin — standing with CP9; declares she’s left the crew “to make my wish come true” (pp. 14–16)
• Galley-La: Paulie (bloodied on the floor, betrayed; attacks Lucci with Pipe Hitch Knives, p. 7), Iceberg (bedridden/wrecked; “Don’t get in my way!!”, silenced p. 17) — Galley-La Company
• Straw Hats: Luffy (bursts in p. 2; vs. Lucci pp. 11–13; “I DON’T BUY IT!!!” p. 19), Zoro (“You’d go so far as to frame your friends for murder?”, p. 16; “looks like they plan to get rid of us”, p. 19), Nami, Sanji, Chopper — Straw Hat Pirates
• Concepts / techniques: Six Powers (Rokushiki) (named & defined p. 9); Finger Pistol/Shigan, Iron Body/Tekkai, Shave/Soru (pp. 7–13); Gomu Gomu no Mi (Gum-Gum Gatling, p. 11); Doa Doa no Mi (Blueno’s Door-Door Fruit, referenced from prior chapter — not re-used on-page here)
• Location: Water Seven (Iceberg’s mansion / Galley-La grounds — to be burned in two minutes)
• Cover serial: Gedatsu — “Gedatsu’s Unexpected Life on the Blue Sea, Vol. 31: ‘That’s the Bath Attendant, Master Gedatsu’”
• SBS: Volume 37 Question Corner opens on p. 20 (married-Oda / 30th-birthday gag; first real Q on Luffy’s chapter-244 wristband & bracelet being adventure gear / “just to look cool”).

Notable panels

• p. 1 — Title page: “Chapter 347: SIX POWERS.” Title illustration is a screaming open-mouthed Gedatsu face framed by his trademark looping topknot strands. Cover serial caption: “GEDATSU’S UNEXPECTED LIFE ON THE BLUE SEA, VOL. 31: ‘THAT’S THE BATH ATTENDANT, MASTER GEDATSU.’”
• p. 2 — “OM!!!” / “KLATTA KLATTA” / “RUMBLE” — Robin (in the fringed cloak) and the checkered-cloaked CP9 stand amid wreckage; Luffy crashes in: “I FINALLY FOUND YOU!! ROBIN!!”
• p. 3 — Paulie: “Hey, Luffy!! Where the heck have you been?!” Luffy: “Robin! I’m so glad I got to see you again!!” CP9 (Lucci): “Well, well, well…” Robin’s blank stare.
• p. 4 — Paulie collapsed (“Mr. Iceberg?! What…”; “Paulie, you idiot, why didn’t you run?!!”); the “1” jacket (Dock One foreman). “What on earth is going on here?!” Chopper: “It almost looks like…”
• p. 5 — The crew names all four: “KAKU!! LUCCI!!”, “BLUENO!!”, “HEY! KALIFA!!” and the realization: “They’re the shipwrights who were with you!!” / “The guy with the pigeon… right?!” / “square-nose guy” / “This must be some kind of sick joke!!”
• p. 6 — Lucci (still half-shadowed): “Paulie, the truth is, we work for government intelligence… All those days we spent together, building ships from dawn until dusk… we’ve been comrades.” Paulie: “…the voice I just heard, coming from the guy with the bull mask… it was your voice… why, you…!”; “I’ll teach you to make fun of me!! All this time you could talk just fine!!”
• p. 7 — “PIPE HITCH KNIVES!!” (Paulie) “VWISH!!” → Lucci: “FINGER PISTOL.” “KABLAAM!!”
• p. 8 — “PLOOK!!” Paulie struck; Lucci: “Haven’t you learned your lesson yet?!” / “SPLIT!!”; “Why would you guys…?!”; a foreman: “Hey! Rope guy!!”; Lucci’s silhouette rising (“SHUF”).
• p. 9 — The Six Powers definition. “Six Powers. A master of this art is as strong as 100 men.” / “Don’t try to tough it out, it’s pointless to resist… we’re trained in an art that goes beyond anything you can imagine!” / “A martial art which, at the culmination of training, makes the human body equal to a weapon.” Below: Blueno/booze gag with townsfolk (“Blueno, booze!! Gimme booze!!”); “Kalifa, you hussy!! Wearing clothes like that again!!”
• p. 10 — Lucci to Paulie: “Unfortunately, my friend… you were going to be eliminated anyway.” Paulie: “Lucci!! You dirty—!!” “THWACK!!!” “Stop it, you guys!!”
• p. 11 — Luffy: “Gum-Gum… Gatling Gun!!!” Lucci: “Iron Body.” “WHAM WHAM WHAM!!!” → “What a pain.” / “Huh?! It’s not affecting him at all!!”
• p. 12 — “He disappeared!!” / “WHOOSH!!! Shave.” → “Finger Pistol.” “KABLAAM!!” “GWAH!!” (Luffy hit).
• p. 13 — “KRAASH!!” “LUFFY!!!” / “POIK!!” Lucci grabs Luffy’s neck: “You’d have died instantly, Rubber Man. If you were normal, you’d have a hole in your neck.” “BOING!” (rubber saves him.)
• p. 14 — Lucci: “You’re planning to kill this guy, right?! …Everything’s different now.” Luffy: “You built ships together, didn’t you?! So you’re really a traitor?!” / “I made a promise!! I promised this guy we’d thrash whoever was trying to kill the ice guy!!!”
• p. 15 — Luffy to Robin: “If you want to leave us, tell me why!!” / “Why are you with these guys?!” Robin: “I told the cook and the ship’s doctor I’m leaving. Didn’t they tell you?” / “You people don’t listen very well, do you?”
• p. 16 — Robin’s close-up: “To make my wish come true!!! If I stay with you people… this wish will never be fulfilled!!! To accomplish my goal… I’ll make any sacrifice!!” Reactions: “She’s not sane!! That woman!!”; Zoro: “You’d go so far as to frame your friends for murder?”
• p. 17 — Iceberg: “Are you crazy, Nico Robin?! Do you understand what it is you’re trying to do?!” Robin: “Don’t get in my way!!” → “Mr. Iceberg!!” “WHAK!!” Luffy/crew: “Are you really our enemy now?! ROBIIIIN!!!”; “Robin, what’s happened to you?!”
• p. 18 — CP9: “We have no more business in this mansion. And absolutely no more use for you… this mansion will go up in a ball of flames.” / “Two minutes… Kalifa, how long do we have left?” / “Fire is such an effective method for erasing all sorts of evidence.” / “But there’s a person of some importance we must find right now. We’re in a hurry.” (TIK TOK clock.)
• p. 19 — The four CP9 form a wall: “…get by us… assuming you can.” “DOOM!!” Luffy: “I DON’T BUY IT!!!” Sanji: “And our ‘friend’ Nico Robin has clearly chosen her side. Luffy, now do you understand that Robin’s left the ship?” Zoro: “Looks like they plan to get rid of us.” (Nami “SHVE”, Sanji “CHING”.)
• p. 20 — SBS Question Corner opens (Vol. 37). Oda gag answering reader “congratulations on your marriage/30th birthday”; then Q&A on Luffy’s wristband & bracelet from ch. 244 (adventure gear borrowed from Usopp/Sanji, “just to look cool”).

Open questions raised

• What is Robin’s “wish”/“goal” worth “any sacrifice”? Stated but never disclosed (pp. 15–16). The crew flatly disbelieves her voluntary-defection story.
• Who is the “person of some importance” CP9 must now find? Named only as a hurried next target (p. 18). (Inference toward the blueprint-holder of the shipwright lineage — not named on-page; no Sea Train/Rocketman/Spandam/Tom/Franky shown this chapter.)
• How do the Straw Hats survive a two-minute burn while fighting four Rokushiki masters? The chapter ends with the crew walled in and the clock running (pp. 18–20).
• Is Robin truly acting freely, or still coerced? She presents it as her choice; ch. 343 showed CP9 leverage over her. The mechanism of the hold is still unstated.
• How can Luffy possibly beat Lucci? Tekkai negates Gatling and Shigan nearly kills him (pp. 11–13) — the power gap is now explicit and unanswered.