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Chapter 998: Ancient Types

Arc: Wano Country · Saga: Four Emperors (Yonko) · Released: 2020-12-06

Summary

With Onigashima now floating on Kaido’s flame clouds, the alliance reacts in disbelief (“Onigashima is FLYING?! Kaido can do THAT?! And it’s not falling?!”) while Marco the Phoenix works the Live Floor: his blue flames hold the Ice Oni virus at bay and even revive the infected — warmth at the right temperature halts the virus, so frozen victims like Boss Ohmasa come to (“Phoenix Pyreapple”). Marco urges the Straw Hats’ grunts to steal the antibodies back and tells Chopper, who relocates with the mink doctor Miyagi and nurse Tristan to mass-produce the cure in the tower; the minks promise the worried Brook they’ll keep “your raccoon-dog friend” safe, and Marco offers to fly Zoro and Luffy up to the roof. Across the dome the chapter formally captions the Tobi Roppo’s Ancient-Type devil fruits: X Drake (Allosaurus) bites down on Scratchmen Apoo and holds the third floor so Luffy can climb on — declaring himself a true ally; Sasaki transforms into a Triceratops to face Franky’s General Franky robot at the Right-Brain Tower; Black Maria keeps Sanji trapped among the swooning women of her Banquet Hall, vowing to keep him “as a pet”; Who’s-Who becomes a saber-toothed tiger against Jinbe at the Big Cat Café, recognizing him from his Warlord days while Jinbe answers as “Helmsman of the Straw Hat Crew”; and outside the dome Ulti and Page One rampage in their dinosaur forms hunting the escaped Usopp and Nami. Finally, in a storeroom inside the dome, Yamato shows Momonosuke a discarded statue of a dragon — once placed at the island’s entrance, destroyed by a “friend”: a man who came to Onigashima years ago to kill Yamato’s father.

New reveals

• The Tobi Roppo’s powers are formally captioned as Ancient-Type (Ancient Zoan) fruits. Three are NAMED on-page for the first time: Sasaki — Ryu Ryu no Mi, Ancient Type, Triceratops Model (p. 11); Black Maria — Kumo Kumo no Mi, Ancient Type, Rosamygale Grauvogeli Model (p. 13); Who’s-Who — Neko Neko no Mi, Ancient Type, Saber-Toothed Tiger Model (p. 14). Reprinted captions confirm X Drake — Allosaurus (p. 7), Ulti — Pachycephalosaurus and Page One — Spinosaurus (p. 16). The chapter title “Ancient Types” names the class.
• Marco’s phoenix flames hold back the Ice Oni virus and revive the infected (pp. 3–5): kept “at just the right temperature to hold back the virus,” the heat stops the virus reproducing — frozen victims like Boss Ohmasa regain consciousness (“the chill is melting away”). Confirms Chopper’s Ch. 997 fire/heat deduction in practice (“Phoenix Pyreapple,” p. 4).
• X Drake openly allies with the alliance (pp. 6–8): in Allosaurus form he chomps Scratchmen Apoo, and the Beasts realize “Drake IS on the enemy’s side.” Drake holds the third floor so Luffy climbs on, offering to be seen “as a true ally.”
• Chopper relocates to make antidote in the tower with the mink doctor Miyagi and nurse Tristan; Marco’s flames buy the time (“I can actually focus on making medicine in the tower!”). The minks reassure Brook they’ll keep Chopper safe (pp. 3, 5–6).
• Jinbe vs Who’s-Who at the Big Cat Café (pp. 14–15): Who’s-Who recognizes Jinbe from “when you were a Warlord”; Jinbe names himself “Helmsman of the Straw Hat Crew.”
• Yamato shows Momonosuke a discarded dragon statue (p. 17): once placed at the island’s entrance, destroyed by “my friend” — a man who came to Onigashima years ago “to kill my father.”
• Dome geography labels: Right-Brain Tower, Central Hallway (p. 8); Banquet Hall, Third Floor (p. 11); Big Cat Café, Fourth Floor (p. 14); Outside the Onigashima Dome (p. 16); Storeroom, inside the Dome (p. 17).

Foreshadowing seeds planted

Payoffs (seeds from earlier chapters that resolve here)

Mentions / appearances

Marco (phoenix flames hold back the Ice Oni; “Phoenix Pyreapple”) · Tony Tony Chopper (mass-producing antidote in the tower) · Brook · Miyagi (mink doctor) · Tristan (mink nurse) · Ohmasa (revives from Ice Oni) · Scratchmen Apoo (chomped by Drake) · X Drake (Allosaurus; declares himself a true ally) · Zoro (on the Live Floor; Marco offers to fly him & Luffy to the roof — “Hey, Roronoa,” p. 6) · Luffy (climbs on toward the roof) · Sanji (trapped in Black Maria’s Banquet Hall) · Franky (General Franky vs Sasaki) · Sasaki (Triceratops) · Black Maria (Rosamygale spider; keeps Sanji “as a pet”) · Who’s-Who (saber-toothed tiger; vs Jinbe) · Jinbei (“Helmsman of the Straw Hat Crew”; vs Who’s-Who) · Ulti (Pachycephalosaurus; outside the dome) · Page One (Spinosaurus; outside the dome) · Yamato (shows Momonosuke the dragon statue) · Momonosuke · Kaido (referenced; Onigashima aloft) · Animal Kingdom Pirates · Straw Hat Pirates · Onigashima · Skull Dome (Right-Brain Tower, Banquet Hall, Big Cat Café, Storeroom) · Devil fruits: Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model Triceratops · Kumo Kumo no Mi, Model Rosamygale Grauvogeli · Neko Neko no Mi, Model Saber-Toothed Tiger · Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model Allosaurus · Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model Pachycephalosaurus · Ryu Ryu no Mi, Model Spinosaurus

Notable panels

• Page 1 — Title/cover page (B&W). Reader-request illustration (not a serial cover story): “Eneru kicking back and listening to music with a ‘cat’” by X-5GO — Enel/Eneru lounging against a giant cat with a gramophone and soccer-ball-patterned speakers; a small Space-Pirate moon-dweller looks on.
• Pages 2–5 — Marco’s flames as a battlefield cure: “the fire’s at just the right temperature to hold back the virus”; “Phoenix Pyreapple” revives the frozen (Ohmasa). Chopper relocates to the tower with Miyagi & Tristan.
• Page 6 — Marco offers to fly Zoro & Luffy to the roof (“you guys aren’t meant to be slumming it against these no-names”); the minks reassure Brook; Scratchmen Apoo flees (“Apoo!”).
• Page 7 — Tobi Roppo label-splash: X. Drake in Allosaurus form chomps Apoo, captioned “Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Ancient Type, Allosaurus Model”; “Drake IS on the enemy’s side!”
• Pages 8–11 — Right-Brain Tower / Central Hallway: Franky’s General Franky (Launcher) vs Sasaki, who becomes a Triceratops — label-splash “Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Ancient Type, Triceratops Model.”
• Pages 12–13 — Banquet Hall, Third Floor: Black Maria amid a hall of women keeps Sanji (“I’ll keep you as a pet”); label-splash “Spider-Spider Fruit, Ancient Type, Rosamygale Grauvogeli Model.”
• Pages 14–15 — Big Cat Café, Fourth Floor: Who’s-Who (saber-toothed tiger) vs Jinbe; label-splash “Cat-Cat Fruit, Ancient Type, Saber-Toothed Tiger Model”; Warlord-era recognition.
• Page 16 — Mirror-significant double splash outside the dome: Ulti (Pachycephalosaurus) & Page One (Spinosaurus) rampaging, label-splashes for both — restages the Beasts-officer reveal grammar. The split-frame twin-name-label composition mirrors their dual Ancient-Zoan reveal at Ch. 983 p. 11 (positions swapped) — see Ulti And Page One Paired Beast-Splash Restages Their Dual Devil-Fruit Reveal Card.
• Page 17 — Storeroom: Yamato shows Momonosuke the discarded dragon statue; “a man who came here years ago… to kill my father.”

Open questions raised

• Who is Yamato’s “friend” who came years ago to kill Kaido and destroyed the dragon statue?
• How and when did Who’s-Who cross paths with Jinbe during his Warlord days, and what is Who’s-Who’s hidden past?
• Can Chopper finish mass-producing the antidote in the tower before the infected run out of stamina and relapse?
• Does Franky’s robot have an answer to Sasaki’s Triceratops charge, and how does Sanji escape Black Maria’s hall?