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Chapter 493: You Know Me

Arc: Sabaody Archipelago · Saga: Summit War · Released: —

Summary

En route with their new companions Hatchan, Camie and Pappag, the Straw Hats are swarmed by the Flying Fish Riders, a gang mounted on flying fish, while the fish-man Macro Gang — who caged Hatchan and grabbed Camie — tries to make off with their captives. Luffy, Chopper and Brook (all Devil-Fruit users) keep getting knocked into the sea and have to be fished out; Hatchan is freed by Zoro and wrecks the Macro Gang with his six-sword “Octopus Fritter Frenzy.” Brook joins his first real fight as a Straw Hat, lulling riders to sleep with his “Lullaby Parry” — “It’s not a trick, it’s music!” The battle climaxes when Luffy is launched into the riders’ base and crashes into the boss’s room: a masked, horned man who looms over him and says, “You know me… don’t you?” Luffy recoils — “Uh-oh! It’s you!!” — and the chapter cuts on the boss’s hidden identity.

New reveals

• The Flying Fish Riders are named on-page (p.9) — a flying-fish-mounted gang on their “home turf” who plan to “make a fortune” off the crew and their friends.
• The Macro Gang is named (p.7) — fish-man kidnappers (they use “fish-man karate,” p.8) who caged Hatchan and seized Camie to sell.
• Three Straw Hats can’t swim and sink when knocked overboard: Luffy, Chopper, Brook — all Devil-Fruit users (pp.6-7).
• Brook’s first battle alongside the Straw Hats (p.15) and his named debut technique “Lullaby Parry” (p.16) — music that physically affects listeners (puts riders to sleep).
• Cliffhanger: the Flying Fish Riders’ masked boss is shown but unnamed; he claims Luffy already knows him (p.19).

Foreshadowing seeds planted

Payoffs (seeds from earlier chapters that resolve here)

Mentions / appearances

• Characters: Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Usopp, Nami, Tony Tony Chopper, Brook, Hatchan, Camie, Pappag
• Unnamed: the Flying Fish Riders’ boss (masked, horned — identity withheld, p.19)
• Crews / groups: Straw Hat Pirates, Flying Fish Riders, Macro Pirates (“the Macro gang”), CP9 (cover serial)
• Races: Fish-Men (Macro Gang; Camie as mermaid)
• Devil Fruits: Yomi-Yomi no Mi (Brook — non-swimmer)
• Ships: Thousand Sunny (shown, not named on-page)

Notable panels

• Page 1 — Cover serial: “CP9’S INDEPENDENT REPORT, VOL. 3: ‘RESCUE ROB LUCCI’” — CP9 survivors regroup amid a ruined town with a tower and the pigeon Hattori in flight. (Deferred to cover-tracker.)
• Pages 2-4 — The Flying Fish Riders attack; Hatchan’s takoyaki boat in the surf; Luffy snatches a flying fish out of the air (“Who’s got the freshest fish?”).
• Pages 6-7 — Luffy rides, then plunges into the sea; he, Chopper and Brook (all DF users) have to be hauled out — the recurring “three who can’t swim” gag with the new crew.
• Page 9 — Hatchan’s “Octopus Fritter Frenzy” routs the Macro Gang.
• Page 13 — Luffy inflates into a giant balloon belly to bounce a club-swinging rider back (technique unnamed here).
• Page 16 — Brook’s debut “Lullaby Parry.”
• Page 19 — Cliffhanger splash: the masked, horned Flying Fish Riders’ boss — “You know me… don’t you?” / Luffy: “Uh-oh! It’s you!!”

Open questions raised

• Who is the masked Flying Fish Riders’ boss, and why does Luffy recognize him? What is his grudge against the crew?
• Why are the Macro Gang and Flying Fish Riders so eager to capture Camie specifically — what makes a mermaid worth “a fortune”?