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Chapter 360: Departing Soon

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Summary

At Water Seven’s Blue Station, CP9 prepare to board the last Sea Train for Enies Lobby as Aqua Laguna swells the canals. Sanji — whose “Bingo…” ambush from the previous chapter resolves through a brief fantasy of Robin embracing him — instead witnesses the captive cyborg Franky being dragged aboard by Lucci’s group and realizes the gravity of the situation (pp. 2-6). At the ruined Galley-La HQ, Iceberg’s group reaches the recovering crowd; Chopper, Nami, Paulie, and the foremen Lulu and Tilestone learn Robin never truly betrayed the Straw Hats. Paulie publicly clears the pirates and the Galley-La workers and Franky Family mobilize, mounting Yagara Bulls to ride the flooded canals as a shortcut to the station and chase Luffy and Zoro down (pp. 7-13). The clock tightens: the 11 PM train is the last before service halts for Aqua Laguna, leaving roughly an hour, then twenty minutes, then “departing shortly.” Aboard the train, a silent Robin rides beside her CP9 escort as Nami’s vow not to let her sacrifice herself echoes after her (pp. 14-16). Luffy, racing for the station, gets his foot stuck in the rising floodwater and cannot reach the platform in time as the final train prepares to leave (pp. 17-19). The volume’s SBS back-matter confirms Tom is a fish-man of the long-horned cowfish species (p. 20).

New reveals

• The CP9 captive bound for Enies Lobby is Franky, not Usopp; Sanji’s “Bingo” beat resolves as recognition, not capture of his target (pp. 4, 16).
• CP9 (Lucci, Kaku, Kalifa, Corgy) openly board the last Enies Lobby Sea Train at Blue Station (pp. 5-6).
• After the 11 PM train runs, Sea Train service temporarily stops because Aqua Laguna is coming — miss it and there’s no way off the island (p. 8). Time: 10
  → 20 minutes → “departing shortly.”
• Paulie publicly clears the Straw Hats (“These people are innocent… we falsely accused them”) and rallies Galley-La + Franky Family to help (pp. 10-13).
• The crowd rides Yagara Bulls through the flooded canals as a shortcut to the station (pp. 12-14).
• A resigned Robin rides the departing train beside her CP9 escort; Nami’s vow (“we’ll never let you sacrifice yourself”) echoes after her (p. 14).
• Luffy is shown stuck in the Aqua Laguna floodwater, unable to reach the station (“I’m stuck…”, “my foot slipped!!”) (pp. 17-19).
• SBS: Oda confirms Tom is a fish-man — a long-horned cowfish (fugu/blowfish-modeled) species (p. 20).

Foreshadowing seeds planted

Payoffs (seeds from earlier chapters that resolve here)

Mentions / appearances

• Shown on-page: Sanji (station, pp. 4-6, 14, 17-19), Rob Lucci (boarding, pp. 4-6, 16), Kaku / Kalifa / Corgy (CP9 group + Robin escort, pp. 4-5, 16), Franky (captive, pp. 4, 16), Nico Robin (escorted, p. 2; aboard train, pp. 14-16), Chopper (transforming, pp. 7-8), Nami (pp. 8-14), Iceberg (pp. 11-13), Paulie (pp. 9-12), Peeply Lulu / Tilestone (Galley-La foremen, pp. 11-13), Luffy (stuck in flood, pp. 17-19).
• Named / referenced only: Tom (SBS, p. 20; not in-story this chapter). Luffy and Zoro are also named in dialogue (“Luffyyyy!!”, “Zolooo!!”) as the chase targets.
• Cover serial: Miss Goldenweek (and Karoo-like bird in art) — “Ms. Goldenweek’s Big Plan, A Baroque Reunion, Vol. 2: ‘Newspaper, Please’”; Mr. 3 referenced by the Baroque-Works framing.
• Groups / orgs: CP9, Galley-La Company, Franky Family, Straw Hat Pirates, Marines, Baroque Works (cover serial).
• World / lore: Sea Train, Aqua Laguna, Yagara Bull, Fish-Men (SBS). Locations: Water Seven (Blue Station + canals), Enies Lobby (train destination, not shown).

Notable panels

• Page 1 — Chapter title splash “DEPARTING SOON.” Below it, the cover-serial art opens “Ms. Golden Week’s Big Plan, A Baroque Reunion, Vol. 2: ‘Newspaper, Please’”: Miss Goldenweek on a tropical shore points up at a Karoo-like duck-billed bird perched on a tree (Baroque Works reunion side-story).
• Page 2 — Splash of the Sea Train station amid huge “WOO OOO…” swells; sign reads “SHIPBUILDING ISLAND BLUE STATION ENTRANCE”; CP9 agents in coats whose jacket kanji “reads ‘JUSTICE’” (translator note). Robin escorted, “…you board the Sea Train first.”
• Page 4 — Sanji’s fantasy of Robin (“I’ve been waiting for you, my one and only prince… save me ♥”) cuts to reality: “Whoa… it’s Rob Lucci!! …It’s CP9.” The captive Franky rages, “I’m never forgiving you people… Where are you taking me?!” Sanji: “Usopp…!!”
• Pages 5-6 — Lucci welcomed “back from your long assignment”; “Everyone board the train!! This isn’t a game. Look sharp!!”; Blue Station PA: “Prepare to depart for Enies Lobby!!”
• Page 8 — The clock laid bare: government-personnel Sea Train departs 11 PM; afterward service “will temporarily stop service… because Aqua Laguna is on its way.” Time is 10
  — “We’ve only got half an hour?!” “Isn’t there anything we can do to keep that train from leaving?”
• Page 10 — Paulie: “These people are innocent!! …we falsely accused them!! The Straw Hat Pirates weren’t the assassins!!!”
• Pages 12-13 — “Get out the bulls!! Open the cages!!”; Yagara Bulls released; the crowd (Iceberg, Lulu, Tilestone, Nami, Chopper) mounts up shouting for Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Usopp.
• Page 14 — Robin aboard the train hears Nami’s echo: “Going it alone, sacrificing yourself — we’ll never let you do those things!! Don’t leave yet, Robin!!”; “Still 20 minutes left before the train departs.”
• Pages 17-19 — Sanji at the platform (“Isn’t anyone going to get here in time?”); Luffy racing, then “DOOM!! I’m stuck…” / “Bad luck — my foot slipped!!” — pinned in the floodwater as the final train readies to leave.
• Page 20 — SBS Question Corner (volume back-matter): Oda answers that several people can’t share one Devil Fruit (“one bite is enough… nothing happens” to later eaters), and confirms Tom is a long-horned cowfish fish-man (blowfish/fugu joke).

Open questions raised

• Will anyone reach the Blue Station before the last Enies Lobby train departs, with Luffy stuck and only minutes left?
• Now that the Government is transporting Franky (the real blueprint-keeper) alongside Robin, will they extract the genuine Pluton plans at Enies Lobby?
• Can the Yagara-Bull canal shortcut actually beat Aqua Laguna and the train’s accelerated schedule?
• Where are Zoro and Usopp, separated from the chase, as the train leaves?