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Chapter 635: So Scared I Ran Up to the Sky

Arc: Fish-Man Island · Saga: Fish-Man Island · Released: 2011-06-20

Summary

The battle on the approach to Conchcorde Plaza continues: the ten fighters on the Straw-Hat side (the nine Straw Hats plus Jinbe) carve through the New Fish-Man Pirates’ 100,000-strong army, which has split its numbers to defend the captured island and stop the crew from reaching Princess Shirahoshi. Jinbe deflects an energy-steroid-enhanced fish-man captain’s water shot, and the soldiers name him the personification of Queen Otohime’s coexistence ideal — and recall his “over 400 million” post-resignation bounty as the first fish-man Warlord. Brook turns an artillery squad into a party with his music before cutting them down; Zoro fells the Iron Shell Unit with Black Rope Dragon Twister; Sanji, attacked by Captain Harisenbon’s Sea Urchin Spike Unit, flashes back to being chased by the okama and runs Sky Walk straight up into the air; Robin (Gigantesco Mano), Franky (Black Rhino FR-U4, Soldier Dock Channel 4), and Chopper (Brachio Tank 5, Channel 5, with Nami in the cockpit) deploy the Sunny’s new dock vehicles. With the ten of them out-fighting 100,000, the fish-men summon the Kraken — but it is Surume, whom Luffy befriended on the descent, and the monster turns on its would-be masters to protect its friend.

New reveals

• Jinbe’s post-Warlord bounty is “over 400 million” berries, set after he resigned the Seven Warlords — and he is named the first fish-man to become one of the Seven Warlords (p. 4).
• Sanji’s Sky Walk origin: in flashback he “ran away from those hideous monsters” (the okama of Momoiro Island/Kamabakka), was cornered with nowhere left to run, and finally ran straight up into the sky — forging the air-walking technique (pp. 10-11). A bystander notes it’s “just like CP9’s” Geppo (p. 11).
• Jinbe = the personification of Otohime’s ideal: the New Fish-Man Pirates revile him as “the worst possible future, one in which fish-men live in peace with humans” (p. 3).
• The Thousand Sunny’s post-timeskip Soldier Dock upgrades: Channel 4 — Black Rhino FR-U4 (a rhino motorcycle, Franky) and Channel 5 — Brachio Tank 5 (a dinosaur tank, Chopper, “Commander Chopper,” with Nami in the cockpit) (pp. 13-16). Channel 4 was previously empty/“reserved for future weapons.”
• Surume the Kraken is the fish-men’s “slave” — they claim they “brought it from the North Pole just for this” — but it recognizes Luffy as its friend and turns on them (pp. 18-19).

Foreshadowing seeds planted

Payoffs (seeds from earlier chapters that resolve here)

Mentions / appearances

• Straw Hats (shown fighting): Luffy, Zoro (Black Rope Dragon Twister), Sanji (Sky Walk, Diable Jambe), Nico Robin (Gigantesco Mano: Mil Fleurs), Franky (Black Rhino FR-U4), Brook (party music + Soul Solid: Quinto Tierce / Prelude: Fantasia), Tony Tony Chopper (“Commander Chopper,” Brachio Tank 5), Nami (Brachio Tank cockpit). Usopp is implied among “the ten” but not clearly shown on these pages.
• Jinbei — deflects an enhanced water shot; named first fish-man Warlord, “over 400 million” bounty.
• Shirahoshi — the New Fish-Man Pirates’ target; reacts to the battle.
• Surume — the Kraken; turns on the fish-men to protect Luffy.
• New Fish-Man Pirates — the 100,000-strong army; named units (Artillery, Iron Shell, Sea Urchin Spike, Poison). Dosun (named, p. 6). Captain Harisenbon (Sea Urchin Spike Unit, p. 9 — minor squad captain, first appearance).
• Otohime — referenced (her coexistence ideal).
• Thousand Sunny — Soldier Dock vehicles deployed.
• Seven Warlords of the Sea — Jinbe’s former seat.
• Cover story: Wapol — “From the Decks of the World, Vol. 19: The Chairman of a Certain Conglomerate — The Founding of the Evil Black Drum Kingdom.”

Notable panels

• Page 1 — Title page carries the cover-story installment “From the Decks of the World, Vol. 19” (Wapol founding the “Black Drum Kingdom” conglomerate). Cover-story art, not a color spread.
• Page 4 — Jinbe deflects the energy-steroid water shot; data box: first fish-man Warlord, bounty “over 400 million.”
• Pages 10-11 — Sanji’s okama-chase flashback → Sky Walk straight up into the sky (the title drop); likened to “CP9’s” Geppo.
• Pages 13-16 — Soldier Dock System deployment: Robin’s giant legs, Franky’s Black Rhino FR-U4 (Channel 4), Chopper’s Brachio Tank 5 (Channel 5).
• Pages 18-19 — The Kraken summon backfires: Surume turns on the New Fish-Man Pirates to protect Luffy.
• Page 20 — SBS special: “Brook’s Voice Actor Cho!!” guest column (Cho, Brook’s seiyuu).

Open questions raised

• Will reaching Conchcorde Plaza (“the plaza! now!!”) bring the crew face-to-face with Hody Jones and the captured King Neptune?
• Can ten fighters actually finish 100,000, or does Hody have a deeper card (Noah, the energy steroids’ full cost)?