Paulie

alive · Galley-La Company (Water Seven) · named Ch. 324 · full debut Ch. 326

Arc-by-arc updates

Water Seven aftermath — leading the rebuild (Ch. 431)

• Directs Galley-La Company dock teams rebuilding Aqua-Laguna-ravaged Water Seven (“I want to see these back-streets rebuilt in one month!”, p. 4).
• Talks with Franky about the island-float plan; warns “the day this island will sink underwater may be closer than you think” (p. 7).
• On spotting Garp’s arrival: “This is bad! I have to go tell them!” (p. 15) — runs to warn the crew.

Enies Lobby (Ch. 414 — “Sanji vs. Jabra”) — Bound on the bridge, urging the collapsed Luffy onward

• Bound (still tied with his own ropes from the gate fight) on the bridge, urges the exhausted, collapsed Luffy onward — “I said, come on!! We’re going across the bridge!!” (p. 6). Cross-link Luffy, Enies Lobby.

Enies Lobby (Ch. 380 — “Enies Lobby Main Island Express”) — Among the Rocketman boarding party during the gate-crash

• Among the Galley-La / boarding party aboard the Rocketman as it breaches the Enies Lobby gate; reacts during the gate-crash sequence (“Paulie!!”, p. 14). Cross-link Sea Train, Enies Lobby, Galley-La Company.

Water Seven (Ch. 366 — “Sortie!”) — Stows aboard the Rocketman; names CP9 to the Straw Hats

• Stowed away in the Rocketman’s coal tender to join the Robin-rescue chase (p. 10), alongside Tilestone and Lulu.
• Reveals the CP9 truth to the Straw Hats — names Lucci, Kaku, Kalifa, Blueno as government agents who attacked Iceberg and took Franky (pp. 11-13), only to learn the crew already knew.
• Vows Galley-La’s stake in the fight — “if anything happens to Bro, you better take responsibility!” (p. 11). The Galley-La men and the Franky Family unite against the common enemy. Cross-link CP9, Rob Lucci, Kaku, Kalifa, Blueno, Iceberg, Franky, Franky Family, Sea Train.

Water Seven (Ch. 364 — “KOKORO”) — Rope-rescues the crew; delivers the Gates of Justice exposition; fights Zoro

• Saves the Straw Hats from Aqua Laguna by snagging them out of the wave with his rigging rope — “It’s Mr. Paulie!” (“FWOINNG!”, p. 5).
• Leads the refusal to lend the crew a ship (no vessel survives Aqua Laguna) and delivers the bulk of the Gates of Justice / Navy HQ / Impel Down exposition — Enies Lobby is the World Government’s heart (pp. 12-17): “Just give up on the idea!” / “Do you want to pick a fight with the very heart of the World Government?!” (pp. 17-18).
• Takes on Zoro when Luffy charges to steal a ship (p. 19): “Fine. I’ll take you on.”
• SBS (p. 21): Oda confirms Paulie is the snot-nosed foreman who rode the lower sea-train deck in Ch. 354. Cross-link Enies Lobby, Impel Down, Gates of Justice, Luffy, Zoro, Kokoro, Aqua Laguna.

Water Seven (Ch. 362 — “Ebb Tide”) — Reads the receding tide to gauge the return wave

• Reads the receding Aqua Laguna tide to gauge the size of the return wave — “the more water ebbs out, the bigger the wave that will return” (p. 14). Cross-link Aqua Laguna, Water Seven, Aqua Laguna Record-Deep Ebb Bigger-Return-Wave Tell.

Water Seven (Ch. 361 — “P.S.”) — Warns the sea is too rough to chase the train; helps anchor the group against the Aqua Laguna

• At Blue Station with the straw-hat group; warns Nami the sea is far too rough to chase the Sea Train — “You don’t understand the terror of Aqua Laguna… it’s impossible for you to go out on the ocean!!!” (p. 12).
• Helps anchor the group with the Yagara Bull when the waves nearly drag them out to sea (p. 13).
• With the Galley-La men, confirms this year’s Aqua Laguna is unprecedented — the timetable post ripped from the floor, “this sort of thing has never happened before, not once” (pp. 14–15). Cross-link Nami, Aqua Laguna, Sea Train, Yagara Bull.

Water Seven (Ch. 360 — “Departing Soon”) — Publicly clears the Straw Hats; leads Nami’s group to the station

• Publicly clears the Straw Hats before the Galley-La workers: “These people are innocent!! They were pulled into this by the real assassins… and we falsely accused them!! The Straw Hat Pirates weren’t the assassins!!!” (p. 10) — turning the workers’ loyalty toward helping the crew.
• Agrees to lead Nami’s group to the Sea Train station (pp. 11-12). Cross-link Iceberg, Nami, Galley-La Company, Yagara Bull.

Water Seven (Ch. 358 — “Reactivation”) — Carried to safety by giant-form Chopper; alive but badly burned

• Carried out of the burning Galley-La HQ alongside Iceberg by the giant-form Chopper; alive but badly burned (pp. 18–20). Cross-link Tony Tony Chopper, Iceberg, Galley-La Company.

Water Seven (Ch. 349) — Refuses to abandon Iceberg in the burning HQ; “The feeling’s not mutual”

• Badly wounded, refuses to abandon Iceberg in the burning mansion — “I’m not leaving you here, Boss!!” (p. 10) — and confronts the transformed Rob Lucci: “deep down inside, I feel like we’re still comrades!!” (p. 11). Lucci answers “The feeling’s not mutual” and beats him aside. Cross-link Rob Lucci, Iceberg, CP9.

Water Seven (Ch. 347) — ⭐ Shown bloodied & betrayed; attacks Lucci with Pipe Hitch Knives and is beaten

• First shown on-page since 0342 — bloodied and betrayed on the floor of Iceberg’s wrecked mansion (pp. 3–4). Refuses to believe Rob Lucci & co. are World Government agents until Lucci answers in the night-attacker’s (“bull mask”) voice he recognizes (p. 6).
• Attacks Lucci with “Pipe Hitch Knives” (p. 7) and is beaten down by Lucci’s Finger Pistol (Shigan); Lucci coldly tells him he “was going to be eliminated anyway” (p. 10). The brash Dock One foreman (wears a “1” jacket; Iceberg’s chosen blueprint-heir @0343) is here exposed and brutalized by his “comrades.” Cross-link Rob Lucci, CP9, Iceberg, Six Powers (Rokushiki).

Water Seven (Ch. 343) — Named by CP9 as Iceberg’s blueprint-heir; targeted off-panel

• Named by CP9 as the man Iceberg chose to entrust the ship blueprints to — “the foreman of Dock One. Our comrades are on their way to take care of him right now” (p. 14). A CP9 team is dispatched to take the plans off him off-panel; CP9 intend to erase him after securing them “since he knows the truth” (p. 15). Cross-link Iceberg, CP9, Ancient Weapons.

Water Seven (Ch. 342) — ⭐ Iceberg’s secret errand: the safe under the desk; cornered at the cliffhanger

• Personally chosen by Iceberg for a secret errand: “you’re the only one I can ask. Do you accept?” — Paulie: “Just leave it to me” (pp. 10–11).
• Executes the errand: in the President’s office he peels back the carpet under the desk to reveal a built-in safe and opens it with a radioed combination (p. 12).
• Retrieves the hidden valuable Iceberg entrusted to him — “the thing Mr. Iceberg was talking about” — and is immediately cornered by Nico Robin and the masked man (horned iron mask — Blueno by inference, UNNAMED on-page) demanding “Hand it over” (p. 19). Cliffhanger. Cross-link Iceberg, Nico Robin, CP9, Ancient Weapons.

Water Seven (Ch. 341) — Pulls Galley-La back to HQ; guards Iceberg’s bedroom

• As “Mr. Paulie,” orders Galley-La Company off the dangerous back streets at sundown and to pull back to HQ (“It’s impossible now! The back streets are too dangerous!” / “I’m going to headquarters!”, pp. 14–15) ahead of Aqua Laguna.
• Sits guard outside Iceberg’s bedroom with a cigar: “If you’re coming, bring it on!!” (p. 17). Cross-link Iceberg, Tilestone, CP9.

Water Seven (Ch. 338) — in the Dock 1 brawl

• Among the foremen in the Dock 1 brawl; shouted at to dodge as Franky charges his cannon (“Paulie, look out!!”, p. 12).

Water Seven (Ch. 336) — arrives at the Dock One cliffhanger

• Arrives over the wrecked Dock One at the Ch. 336 cliffhanger — target-emblem shirt, cigar — alongside Rob Lucci, to confront Luffy and Franky: “Just what is it you’re after… You’ve got some nerve” (pp. 18–19). (His signature rope techniques are already established @0327; not re-demonstrated on these pages.)

Water Seven (Ch. 334) — Iceberg shot; Paulie shoves through the press

• The morning after Iceberg’s shooting, Paulie is mobbed by reporters outside the Galley-La Company head office demanding a statement about whether anything in “Mayor Iceberg’s past” could explain the assassination attempt. He bulls through the press — “Shut up… let me through!” / “YOU IDIOTS! I SAID, MOVE!” (p. 18). Summoned to the head office alongside Lulu by the senior staff (“Lulu! Where’s Paulie?!”, p. 10). Established here as a hot-tempered Galley-La man close to Iceberg.

Water Seven (Ch. 327) — rope techniques, gambling debt, anti-Kalifa gag

• Fights with rope techniques — “Rope Action… Bowline Knot!!” and ”…Hook, Line and Sinker!” (pp. 7–9).
• Deeply in gambling debt (to Rob Lucci): “He’s racked up so much debt from gambling that he’s greedy and has no manners” (p. 7). First appears being dragged by the ear by Lucci over money (p. 3).
• Comically prudish — repeatedly erupts at Kalifa for “wearing scandalous clothes” in “a man’s workplace” (p. 12).

Water Seven (Ch. 326) — full character debut

• DEBUT (caption). First seen fleeing his own bill collectors across the canals (“Hold it, Paulie! You’re not getting away today!”, pp. 14–15).
• Borrows a Yagara Bull and uses “Rope Action… Round Turn!!” to thrash the Franky Family robbers who stole the crew’s 200 million berries (pp. 15–16).
• Keeps the recovered 200 million himself — “Hey, thank you. That money belongs to us!” — and flees with it from his creditors, leaving the crew shouting “Come back!” (p. 17).
• Caption box names him “Galley-La Company Dock One Rigging and Mast Foreman” (p. 17).

Notes

• Forward (not yet on-page through 0324): gambling-debtor running gag; Iceberg’s blueprint-heir. Recorded as forward-canon, not asserted here.
• Etymology note : パウリー / Paurī.

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