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Chapter 808: Duke Dogstorm

Arc: Zou · Saga: Four Emperors (Yonko) · Released: 2015-11-09

Summary

Wanda narrates the catastrophe that befell Mokomo Dukedom roughly two weeks earlier. In flashback, Kaido’s Animal Kingdom Pirates breach the city gates: an enormous ancient mammoth and a column of horned brutes pour into peaceful Kurau City demanding a single thing — the surrender of a “samurai” of Wano named Raizo. Their commander is revealed as Jack the Drought, a trusted confidant of the Emperor Kaido, Lead Performer of the crew and captain of the Mammoth, one of three close associates each named after a disaster; his Gifters’ leader Sheepshead and the officer Ginrummy press the demand. The minks insist Raizo is not there and that, by mink law, even their suckling babes and elders are natural-born fighters; they counterattack with Electro and the legendary Musketeers. When the dukedom’s lord refuses to “speak,” Jack transforms into a mammoth and the Gifters charge, turning Kurau City into a battlefield. Back in the present, the Straw Hats (Luffy, Usopp, Nami, Brook) absorb that the attackers were followers of an Emperor; Luffy is mostly disappointed that the mammoth — and the ninja Kin’emon spoke of — are no longer here. Wanda leads them up to Duke Dogstorm’s Sanatorium, where the volcanic lion-mink Musketeer captain Full-Power Shishilian is busy terrorizing cubs for sentimental talk. Inside lies Duke Dogstorm, the bandaged King of the Day, who thanks the Straw Hats for saving his people. Asked how he could have lost, Dogstorm explains the enemy was no ordinary foe: the thing that destroyed his dukedom was one of Caesar Clown’s gas weapons.

New reveals

• The attacker who razed Mokomo Dukedom ~2 weeks ago was Kaido’s Animal Kingdom Pirates, led by Jack the Drought (page 4).
• Jack the Drought — “trusted confidant of Kaido, one of the Four Emperors”; Lead Performer; “captain of the Mammoth”; an ancient-zoan Mammoth (pages 4, 6, 8). “One of his three closest associates, each of whom is named after a disaster”; named for the drought-blighted lands he leaves behind (page 4).
• The crew came to seize Raizo — a Wano warrior/ninja (pages 5, 7). The minks insist Raizo “isn’t here,” which leaves Luffy let down (pages 8, 11).
• Sheepshead — “Leader of the Gifters”; Ginrummy — a female officer; the rank-and-file are the Pleasures and Gifters (pages 5, 7, 8, 10).
• Mink racial doctrine: “no weak members of this herd,” “all minks are natural born fighters,” even “suckling babes have the gift of self-defense,” and the Musketeers’ skill “defies all description” (page 9). Minks fight with Electro (the “ZZAP” that fells the Pleasures, page 8).
• Duke Dogstorm, the King of the Day of the Mokomo Dukedom, is shown in person — a bandaged dog-mink (page 16).
• Shishilian — “One of the Three Dogstorm Musketeers, Captain of the Musketeers (Lion Mink), Full-Power Shishilian” (page 14).
• The weapon that destroyed the dukedom was one of Caesar Clown’s gas weapons (page 17).

Foreshadowing seeds planted

Payoffs (seeds from earlier chapters that resolve here)

Mentions / appearances

• Straw Hats (present): Luffy, Usopp, Nami, Brook (and Tony Tony Chopper, at the sanatorium) — Straw Hat Pirates
• Minks: Wanda (narrator/guide, dog mink), Duke Dogstorm (King of the Day), Shishilian (lion-mink Musketeer captain); unnamed zebra/boar/giraffe minks — Minks
• Animal Kingdom Pirates (flashback): Jack (Jack the Drought), Sheepshead, Ginrummy; the Gifters and Pleasures ranks — Animal Kingdom Pirates
• Mentioned, not shown: Kaido (the Emperor Jack serves), Raizo (the hunted Wano ninja), Kin’emon (who spoke of Raizo), Caesar Clown (whose gas weapon was used), Nekomamushi (“the Cat Viper” / King of the Night, by implication)
• Locations: Zou, Mokomo Dukedom, Kurau City, Duke Dogstorm’s Sanatorium (sub-location)

Notable panels

• Page 1 — Title splash (B/W). Cover-story serial caption: “DECKS OF THE WORLD, 500-MILLION-MAN ARC, VOL. 4: ‘SYRUP VILLAGE’” — the world’s reaction to Luffy’s 500-million bounty, set in Usopp’s Syrup Village (a crying man holding the wanted poster, a child in a pirate hat hoisting it, a blonde woman, and a striped-shirt kid). Cover-story serial — route to cover-tracker.
• Pages 4–6 — Jack’s reveal: a vast ancient mammoth filling the panel; label cards “ANIMAL KINGDOM PIRATES, LEAD PERFORMER, CAPTAIN OF THE MAMMOTH — JACK THE DROUGHT.” The mammoth-transformation splash (“KAA-DOOOM”).
• Page 5 — “ANIMAL KINGDOM PIRATES, LEADER OF THE GIFTERS — SHEEPSHEAD.”
• Pages 8–10 — Rank title-cards “PLEASURES” and “GIFTERS”; minks repel the Pleasures with Electro.
• Page 14 — Shishilian title-card: “ONE OF THE THREE DOGSTORM MUSKETEERS, CAPTAIN OF THE MUSKETEERS (LION MINK), FULL-POWER SHISHILIAN.”
• Page 16 — Duke Dogstorm reveal: “MOKOMO DUKEDOM, KING OF THE DAY — DUKE DOGSTORM,” bandaged in his sanatorium.
• Page 17 — Final beat: ”…WAS ONE OF CAESAR’S GAS WEAPONS!!!”

Open questions raised

• Where is Raizo, and why did Kaido’s crew believe a Wano ninja was hidden in the mink nation? Why do the minks deny him?
• How did Kaido’s confidant Jack obtain a Caesar Clown gas weapon — through Kaido’s SMILE/SAD ties to Caesar?
• Who are the other two “disaster-named” associates of Kaido?
• What is the full history between the Mink Tribe and Wano that the “samurai” taboo conceals?