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Chapter 377: The Big Showdown on the Judicial Island!!

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

Summary

The Straw Hats and their Water Seven allies assault Enies Lobby, the World Government’s Judicial Island, to recover Nico Robin. The chapter opens with a two-page “Straw Hat Pirates VS CP9” portrait spread (Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Chopper, Robin, Franky on one side; Lucci, Kaku, and the rest of CP9 on the other). At the outer Island Gate, Luffy and Zoro smash through the gate guards — Luffy fighting unarmed and tearing through the line with rubber attacks and his “ally robot” pummeling gag — and Luffy bursts through onto the main island while Zoro presses on. Inside, CP9 and the Director receive frantic gatekeeper reports; the Director rages that an attack on the entryway of the World Government — which bears its sacred insignia — is an unthinkable embarrassment, and orders the guards roused. Meanwhile Sanji, Chopper, Franky, and the Franky Family (with the Square Sisters and the Yagara bulls Sodom and Gomorrah) batter down the Main Gate with attacks like “Bazooka Bat,” “Keel Breaker,” and “Figure Eight Knot,” breaking through the first gate toward the waterfall and the Island Gate. The two giant gatekeepers, Oimo and Kashii, are roused from sleep. The chapter closes on Luffy standing alone before 10,000 soldiers, declaring he came by himself and bellowing “Get out of my way!!!”

New reveals

• Enies Lobby is shown on-page for the first time (it had been named-only since Ch. 340) — the World Government’s Judicial Island, with an outer Island Gate, a Main Gate, and a waterfall hole (p. 4, pp. 16-17, p. 19).
• The island’s gate bears the World Government’s “sacred insignia” — the “World Gate / World G[overnment]” emblem over the entrance (p. 11).
• Enies Lobby is garrisoned by 10,000 soldiers (p. 20).
• The Island Gate’s gatekeepers are two giants — Oimo and Kashii (pp. 17-18).
• The interior gate structure has named defenders Oimo and Kashii plus the door/key mechanism that the attackers must reach to open the Island Gate (pp. 10, 13).

Foreshadowing seeds planted

Payoffs (seeds from earlier chapters that resolve here)

Mentions / appearances

• Luffy — fights through the Island Gate guards unarmed; breaks onto the main island; closing splash, alone before 10,000 soldiers.
• Zoro — fights alongside Luffy at the Island Gate (p. 5, p. 7 “whomp” three-sword stance gag).
• Sanji — storms the Main Gate with the assault group (p. 13).
• Tony Tony Chopper, Franky, Mozu, Kiwi — Franky Family / Main Gate assault group.
• Franky Family — the gate-battering force with the Yagara bulls Sodom and Gomorrah.
• CP9 / Rob Lucci, Kaku — gathered with the Director, receiving the intruder reports (pp. 1-2 lineup, p. 11).
• Nico Robin — named as the crew member they came to take back (p. 11).
• Enies Lobby — the setting; shown on-page for the first time.

Notable panels

• Pages 1-2 — Two-page “STRAW HAT PIRATES VS CIPHER POL No.9 / CP9” portrait spread. Decorative arc-framing splash; not a color spread.
• Page 3 — Cover-story B-plot panel: a crowd of men in black suits with rifles, one figure in a panda mask raising a fist. (Continuing cover serial.)
• Page 4 — First on-page view of Enies Lobby’s outer Island Gate; Luffy politely asks to be let through, then attacks.
• Pages 5-6 — Luffy’s “Ally Robot Punch/Kick” comedy beats while plowing through guards.
• Page 11 — The Director and CP9 confer; the World Government “sacred insignia” over the gate is shown; “to take back one crew member.”
• Pages 16-17 — The first gate breaks; the waterfall hole revealed.
• Pages 17-18 — Oimo and Kashii, the two giant gatekeepers, roused from sleep — “THEY’RE GIANTS!!!”
• Pages 19-20 — Luffy alone before 10,000 soldiers: “Yeah… I’m by myself.” / “GET OUT OF MY WAY!!!” cliffhanger.

Open questions raised

• Why do two giants, Oimo and Kashii, serve as gatekeepers for a World Government island?
• How does one lone unarmed pirate get past 10,000 soldiers and an inner fortress?
• What is the World Government’s “sacred insignia” / “World Gate” emblem, and what does the Judicial Island actually do?