Limited-Cover-Series-No-22-Decks-of-the-World-500-Million-Man-Arc

Per-chapter log

Captions recorded verbatim from the printed strip.

• Ch. 807 — Limited Cover Series, No. 22: “Decks of the World, 500-Million-Man Arc, Vol. 3: ‘Frost-Moon Village’” (Vol. 3): the world-snapshot anthology travels to Frost-Moon Village — the Shimotsuki-village dojo town in the East Blue where Zoro trained (“Frost-Moon” = Shimotsuki). 1-page B&W title splash — a Wano/Shimotsuki-style village with a distressed topknotted swordmaster (reads as the dojo master Koushirou — inference; cf. No. 19 Vol. 5 “Frost Moon Village — Reporting to Kuina”), villagers bearing bamboo, and a man reading a notice — the townsfolk reacting to Luffy’s new 500,000,000 bounty as the News Coo carry it across the seas. A “where are they now” homecoming-snapshot tying Zoro’s origin town into the world’s response to the 500-million-man news. (p. 1, title-page caption + art)

• Ch. 813 — Limited Cover Series, No. 22: “Decks of the World, 500-Million-Man Arc, Vol. 7: ‘Twin Cape — Laboon’s in Good Spirits’”: the world-snapshot anthology travels to Twin Cape — the cape at the foot of Reverse Mountain that marks the East-Blue entrance to the Grand Line. 1-page B&W title splash — the island whale Laboon (the Straw-Hat jolly roger painted on his forehead) breaches the waves behind a figure seated reading a newspaper at the cape, where the great whale still waits by the lighthouse. A “where are they now” snapshot of Laboon “in good spirits” as the news of Luffy’s new 500,000,000 bounty travels the seas. (p. 1, title-page caption + art)

• Ch. 810 — Limited Cover Series, No. 22: “Decks of the World, 500-Million-Man Arc, Vol. 5: ‘Baratie — Lots of Questions, But At Least He’s Healthy’” (Vol. 5): the world-snapshot anthology travels to the Baratie, the floating sea restaurant in the East Blue where Sanji once cooked. 1-page B&W title page — the Baratie cooks (Zeff and co.) crowd around and read Sanji’s wanted poster, stamped “ONLY ALIVE” (the unusual capture-alive bounty). The wry caption — “lots of questions, but at least he’s healthy” — is the cooks puzzling over their old crewmate’s strange alive-only poster while relieved he looks well, as Luffy’s 500,000,000 news circulates the globe. (p. 1, title-page caption + art)

• Ch. 808 — Limited Cover Series, No. 22: “Decks of the World, 500-Million-Man Arc, Vol. 4: ‘Syrup Village’” (Vol. 4): the world-snapshot anthology travels to Syrup Village — Usopp’s hometown from the Romance Dawn arc. 1-page B&W title splash — the village reacts to Luffy’s new 500,000,000 bounty: a crying man clutching the wanted poster, a child in a pirate hat hoisting it aloft, a blonde woman, and a striped-shirt kid. A “where are they now” homecoming-snapshot of the friends Usopp left behind catching the 500-million-man news as the News Coo carry it across the seas. (p. 1, title-page caption + art)

• Ch. 806 — Limited Cover Series, No. 22: “Decks of the World, 500-Million-Man Arc, Vol. 2: ‘Windmill Village’” (Vol. 2): the bounty news travels to Luffy’s home village — Foosha Village (VIZ caption “Windmill Village”). 1-page B&W title splash — revelry inside Partys Bar over Luffy’s new 500-million bounty: Makino tends the bar while a swaddled infant (shirt lettered “LUF”) is held aloft amid the celebrating crowd; the tall-hatted villager and the small mayor figure read as Woop Slap (inference), with bills/posters tacked at the frame’s edge. A homecoming-snapshot of the East Blue village where Luffy grew up, cheering his rise as the News Coo carry the bounty news across the seas. (p. 1, title-page caption + art)

• Ch. 812 — Limited Cover Series, No. 22: “Decks of the World, 500-Million-Man Arc, Vol. 6: ‘Cocoyashi — How Dare You Use This Problematic Photo on Her Bounty Poster!!’” (Vol. 6): the world-snapshot anthology revisits Cocoyasi Village (VIZ caption “Cocoyashi”) — Nami’s hometown from the Arlong Park arc. 1-page B&W title splash — a blow-up of Nami’s bounty-poster portrait beside a hatted Cocoyashi villager (read as Genzo, the pinwheel-hatted sheriff — inference) protesting that they dared use such a “problematic photo” on her wanted poster. A homecoming-snapshot of Nami’s village fussing over how her bounty photo turned out as Luffy’s 500,000,000 news circulates the globe. (p. 1, title-page caption + art)

• Ch. 814 — Limited Cover Series, No. 22: “Decks of the World, 500-Million-Man Arc, Vol. 8: ‘Drum Kingdom — New Design for the Soldiers’ Helmets’” (Vol. 8): the world-snapshot anthology travels to the winter island Drum Island / Cherry Blossom (Sakura) Kingdom — the Alabasta-saga arc nation. 1-page B&W title splash — Brook reads a newspaper of Luffy’s new 500,000,000 bounty amid the kingdom’s soldiers, who now sport a new design for their helmets. A “where are they now” glimpse of the reborn Drum/Sakura Kingdom catching the 500-million-man news as the News Coo carry it across the seas. (p. 1, title-page caption + art)

• Ch. 815 — Limited Cover Series, No. 22: “Decks of the World, 500,000,000-Man Arc, Vol. 9: Kingdom of Alabasta” (Vol. 9): the world-snapshot anthology revisits the Kingdom of Alabasta. On-deck, Vivi lounges with an open book while her Super-Spot-Billed Duck Karoo (Carue) keeps her company — a quiet “where are they now” glimpse of the Alabastan princess as Luffy’s 500,000,000 news circulates the globe. (p. 1, title-page caption + art)

• Ch. 816 — Limited Cover Series, No. 22: “Decks of the World, 500-Million-Man Arc, Vol. 10: ‘Water Seven — You Finally Did It…’” (Vol. 10): the world-snapshot anthology revisits the shipwright city of Water Seven. On-deck, a crowd of Water Seven figures presses around a posted WANTED bill — Luffy’s new 500,000,000 bounty — buzzing over the hometown-hero news (“You finally did it…”) as the News Coo carry it across the seas. A “where are they now” glimpse of the city that built the Thousand Sunny, celebrating its former guest’s rise. (p. 1, title-page caption + art)

• Ch. 826 — Limited Cover Series, No. 22: “Decks of the World, 500-Million-Man Arc, Vol. 17: ‘Former Muggy Kingdom — Tilling the Old Battleground’” (Vol. 17): the world-snapshot anthology travels to the “Former Muggy Kingdom” — a wry Buggy-pun locale (VIZ “Muggy Kingdom”; cf. Buggy’s “Muggy Ball”) — where the ex-Baroque Works crew that fell in with Buggy’s “Buggy’s Delivery” outfit has settled. 1-page B&W title splash — the gathered cast till and garden the old battleground: a slumped suited man hunched over a beer mug on a chair, a wide-strawhat figure reading a book with a cat in lap, a bird-masked figure swinging a hoe/mallet overhead, a blonde woman, and a jolly-roger-hatted figure at the back, amid produce baskets and flowering rows. A peacetime “where are they now” snapshot of the ex-Baroque Works / Buggy’s-Delivery cast turning the scarred ground over to a garden as Luffy’s 500,000,000 news circulates the globe. (p. 1, title-page caption + art)

• Ch. 818 — Limited Cover Series, No. 22: “Decks of the World, 500-Million-Man Arc, Vol. 11: ‘Baltigo’” (Vol. 11): the world-snapshot anthology travels to Baltigo — the “Island of White Soil,” then-headquarters of the Revolutionary Army on the Grand Line. 1-page B&W title splash atop the HQ’s white-rock wall — at left, a muscular man drawn in full silhouette (the spiky hair and dotted cheek-tattoo read as the Revolutionary leader Dragon — inference); center, a short-haired young woman seated on the wall reading an open book (reads as the Revolutionary Koala — inference); and at right, a grinning bandana’d man perched on the wall reading a paper, a bo/staff propped beside him. A quiet “where are they now” glimpse of the Revolutionary base catching the news of Luffy’s new 500,000,000 bounty as the News Coo carry it across the seas. (p. 1, title-page caption + art)

• Ch. 819 — Limited Cover Series, No. 22: “Decks of the World, 500,000,000-Man Arc, Vol. 12: ‘Future Land Baldimore’” (Vol. 12): the world-snapshot anthology travels to Future Land Baldimore — the high-tech “Future Country” of cyborgs and automata on the mechanical winter island (Karakuri Island) where Franky spent the two-year timeskip and uncovered Dr. Vegapunk’s hidden laboratory. 1-page B&W title splash — a menagerie of cyborg / robot animals and a gorilla populate the futuristic island as the News Coo carry Luffy’s new 500,000,000 bounty news across the seas. A “where are they now” glimpse of the strange cyborg country catching the 500-million-man news. (p. 1, title-page caption + art)

• Ch. 822 — Limited Cover Series, No. 22: “Decks of the World, 500-Million-Man Arc, Vol. 14: ‘Sabaody Archipelago — Angry Management’” (Vol. 14): the world-snapshot anthology travels to the Sabaody Archipelago — the mangrove lawless zone at the edge of the Red Line where the Straw Hats were scattered. 1-page B&W title splash inside a grand, chandeliered hall (reads as the Human Auction House — inference; the venue + the “management” gag) caught mid-brawl: figures are flung and tumbling in disarray (“angry management”) — a black-tuxedoed man with horn-tuft hair and a pointed goatee mid-grimace, a shocked blonde woman in a strapless dress, a grimacing pinstripe-suited man, a heavyset figure hurled at upper-left, and a WANTED poster (“DEAD … ALIVE”) visible in the foreground. A wry “where are they now” Sabaody snapshot of the rowdy archipelago as Luffy’s new 500,000,000 news circulates the globe. (p. 1, title-page caption + art)

• Ch. 823 — Limited Cover Series, No. 22: “Decks of the World, 500-Million-Man Arc, Vol. 15: ‘Not Going Back to the Bowin Islands Yet’” (Vol. 15): the world-snapshot anthology checks in on the Bowin Islands (Boin Archipelago) — the carnivorous-plant “Stomach Baron” forest where Usopp trained during the two-year timeskip. 1-page B&W title splash — a giant Hercules / rhinoceros beetle (kabutomushi, twin curved horns, wings spread) soars over the clouds bearing a small armored rider, who reads as Heracles (“Heracles-un”), the beetle-knight bandit of the Bandit Forest who taught Usopp the Pop Greens. The wry caption has him still out roaming the wider world — “not going back to the Bowin Islands yet” — adventuring abroad rather than returning home, as Luffy’s 500,000,000 news circulates the globe. (p. 1, title-page caption + art)

• Ch. 825 — Limited Cover Series, No. 22: “Decks of the World, 500-Million-Man Arc, Vol. 16: ‘Weatheria — Gotta Dress to Impress For When Nami Visits Again’” (Vol. 16): the world-snapshot anthology travels to Weatheria — the balloon-borne floating sky island of weather-science where Nami studied during the two-year timeskip. 1-page B&W title splash — the Weatheria weather-scientists / wizards pose proudly in fashionable new dress, having gotten themselves up to impress for whenever Nami visits again. A wry “where are they now” snapshot of Nami’s old teachers (the white-bearded Haredas reads as the lead — inference; the strip shows the scientists generically) preening as Luffy’s 500,000,000 news circulates the globe. (p. 1, title-page caption + art)

• Ch. 820 — From the Decks of the World, the 500,000,000-Man Arc, Vol. 13: “Birdie Kingdom” (Vol. 13): the world-snapshot anthology travels to Birdie Kingdom (Torino Kingdom) — the South Blue island where Chopper spent the two-year timeskip (Ch. 524–Ch. 595) and where the people revere him as their “Raccoon”/tanuki. 1-page B&W title splash — the Birdie-Kingdom natives staff a “Tanuki-chan Drug Store” stocked with “Chopper’s X Medication,” the island having turned Chopper’s medical teaching into a pharmacy branded after him, as Luffy’s 500,000,000 news circulates the globe. A “where are they now” homecoming-snapshot of Chopper’s timeskip island, where his high-tech-pharmacology training (cf. Ch. 595) left a lasting mark. (p. 1, title-page caption + art)

• Ch. 831 — Limited Cover Series, No. 22: “Decks of the World, 500,000,000-Man Arc, Vol. 21: ‘Ruskaina — It’s the Face of Our Beloved Boss’” (Vol. 21): the world-snapshot anthology travels to Rusukaina (VIZ “Ruskaina”) — the wild, extreme-climate island of the Boin Archipelago where Luffy trained under Rayleigh during the two-year timeskip, dominating its 500 ferocious beasts. 1-page B&W title splash — the island’s beasts gather reverently around a rock face carved to resemble their “beloved boss,” a stone effigy of the human who once ruled them, as Luffy’s new 500,000,000 bounty news circulates the globe. A wry “where are they now” homecoming-snapshot of the beasts who still revere their old “boss.” (p. 1, title-page caption + art)

• Ch. 827 — Limited Cover Series, No. 22: “Decks of the World, 500-Million-Man Arc, Vol. 18: ‘Kamabakka Queendom — Making Preparations’” (Vol. 18; verbatim VIZ banner: “KAMABAKKA QUEENDOM—MAKING PREPARATIONS”): the world-snapshot anthology travels to the Kamabakka Queendom — the okama (“newkama”) kingdom on the Grand Line, ruled by its “queen” Emporio Ivankov, where Sanji trained during the two-year timeskip (cf. the earlier No. 11, “Sanji’s Kamabakka Hell” cover). 1-page B&W title splash — a row of okamas decorate for a festive event: a cloth-draped table is set with a vase of roses, heart-shaped hot-air balloons drift in the sky behind, two bearded okamas stand at left, a slim figure in a frilly dress reaches toward the table at right, and a crowned, frizzy-haired okama beams at center (reads as Ivankov, the Kamabakka monarch — inference). A “where are they now” snapshot of the queendom busy with “making preparations” as the News Coo carry Luffy’s new 500,000,000 bounty news across the seas. (p. 1, title-page caption + art)

• Ch. 830 — Limited Cover Series, No. 22: “Decks of the World, 500-Million-Man Arc, Vol. 20: ‘Sabaody Archipelago’” (Vol. 20): the world-snapshot anthology returns to the lawless mangrove archipelago of Sabaody Archipelago — the resin-bubble grove at the edge of the Red Line where the Straw Hats were scattered before the timeskip (revisited from this serial’s Vol. 14 @0822, “Angry Management”). 1-page B&W title splash — gamblers crowd a Sabaody gaming table, wagering as the news of Luffy’s new 500,000,000 bounty circulates the globe; the betting motif rhymes with this chapter’s title, “A Man You Can Bet On.” A wry “where are they now” snapshot of the archipelago’s seedy underbelly catching the 500-million-man news. (p. 1, title-page caption + art)

• Ch. 828 — Limited Cover Series, No. 22: “Decks of the World, 500,000,000-Man Arc, Vol. 19: ‘Fish-Man Island — Those Popular Hero Hats’” (Vol. 19): the world-snapshot anthology dives to Fish-Man Island — the deep-sea kingdom 10,000 metres beneath the Red Line that Luffy’s crew saved from Hody Jones, where the merfolk and fish-men hailed the Straw Hats as heroes. 1-page B&W title splash — Fish-Man Island residents (a trident-bearing figure and mermaids) sport the island’s “popular hero hats,” a hero-style-hat fad sweeping the kingdom, as the News Coo carry Luffy’s new 500,000,000 bounty news across the seas. A “where are they now” homecoming-snapshot of the undersea nation that crowned the Straw Hats heroes, celebrating Luffy’s rise. (p. 1, title-page caption + art)

• Ch. 834 — From the Decks of the World: The 500,000,000-Man Arc, Vol. 22: “The Island of Women” (Vol. 22): the world-snapshot anthology sails to Amazon Lily — the women-only island of the Kuja tribe in the Calm Belt, ruled by the “Pirate Empress” / Snake Princess Boa Hancock, where Luffy washed up and recovered after the Marineford war. 1-page B&W title splash — the Amazon Lily Kuja react to the news of Luffy’s new 500,000,000 bounty, with the lovestruck Empress Hancock swooning over the man she adores. Per the reader’s panel note the strip shows “Luffy, Boa Hancock and the Amazon Lily Kuja”; Luffy appears — as elsewhere in this serial (cf. the Baratie @0810 / Cocoyashi @0812 installments) — via his new 500,000,000 wanted poster the Empress dotes on (inference), not physically on-deck (he is at Whole Cake Island in the main plot of this very chapter). A wry “where are they now” homecoming-snapshot of Amazon Lily and the Snake Princess catching the 500-million-man news. (p. 1, title-page caption + art)

• Ch. 837 — Limited Cover Series, No. 22: “Decks of the World, 500-Million-Man Arc, Vol. 24: ‘A Certain Ruined Island — Red-Hair Pirates’” (Vol. 24; verbatim VIZ banner: “DECKS OF THE WORLD, 500-MILLION-MAN ARC, VOL. 24: ‘A CERTAIN RUINED ISLAND—RED-HAIR PIRATES’”): the world-snapshot anthology travels to a certain ruined island — a sun-baked desert of cacti and toppled stone columns — to check in on the Red Hair Pirates, the crew of the Emperor (Yonko) Shanks. 1-page B&W title splash — a knot of rowdy, laughing Red-Hair crewmen carouse among the ruins: a central grinning swordsman in a star-spangled cloak with a blade slung over his shoulder, a long-haired bearded man at left, an ape-/gorilla-faced figure cheering with a raised fist at upper right, and a bespectacled, back-packed crewman crouched at lower right. They react to the news of Luffy’s new 500,000,000 bounty — the boy their captain once watched over in the East Blue — as the News Coo carry it across the seas. (p. 1, title-page caption + art)

• Ch. 836 — From the Decks of the World, the 500,000,000-Man Arc, Vol. 23: “Aokiji on a Certain Island” (Vol. 23): the world-snapshot anthology checks in on the ex-Marine Admiral “Aokiji” (Kuzan) — who lost the post-war 10-day duel with Akainu for Fleet Admiral and left the Navy, last seen in the main story on Punk Hazard (Ch. 699). 1-page B&W title splash — the wandering ex-admiral sits reading a picture-book on “a certain island,” a snowy village of peaked-roof houses, beside a stylized Ainu-style tanuki/badger statue, as the News Coo carry Luffy’s new 500,000,000 bounty news across the seas. A quiet “where are they now” snapshot of the wandering former admiral at rest on an unnamed northern island. (p. 1, title-page caption + art)

• Ch. 838 — Limited Cover Series, No. 22: “Decks of the World, 500-Million-Man Arc, Final Volume: ‘A Wedding at a Certain Ruined Island’” (verbatim VIZ banner: “DECKS OF THE WORLD, 500-MILLION-MAN ARC, FINAL VOLUME: ‘A WEDDING AT A CERTAIN RUINED ISLAND’”) — the concluding installment of the No. 22 anthology, and the second half of the “certain ruined island” two-parter begun at Vol. 24 @0837 (“A Certain Ruined Island — Red-Hair Pirates”). 1-page B&W title splash on the same sun-baked desert ruin (saguaro cacti, a flock of doves in flight): a caped, long-haired man with an open shirt and rose-patterned trousers grins and raises a hand to release the doves skyward, flanked by two henchmen (a dark-haired figure at left, a spiky-blond figure at right). A sword is planted in the ground beside him as a grave-marker, bearing a tombstone-like triangle-over-cross (△) emblem — a wedding-and-grave tableau (roses + doves for the wedding, the planted sword for the grave) on the “certain ruined island.” With this Final Volume the Decks of the World 500-Million-Man serial ends. (p. 1, title-page caption + art)