Chapter 139

While Vivi, Usopp, and Zoro recover from the avalanche, Nami wakes up in the Drum Castle, where she found Dr. Kureha, who has cured her, and a strange little reindeer.

Introducing Tony Tony Chopper

After the avalanche, Vivi and Usopp are still alive but lost. On their way, they accidentally bump into an almost naked Zoro who tells them he was performing training when the avalanche struck. Together they continue their journey and they realize they have returned to Bighorn. They learn from the villagers that Dalton is still buried by the avalanche, but that Wapol's men prevent the villagers from freeing him. Hearing that they are enemies, Zoro beats up one of the guards and everyone lauds him as a hero. However, he quickly reveals he just wanted their warm clothes and the fact that they were in the way was just a bonus.

Meanwhile at the castle, Nami wakes up. In her room is a strange animal that can walk and talk, who seems quite impersonal. When Dr. Kureha enters, she reveals that everyone is safe and that Nami narrowly escaped death. Would it have been 2 days more, she would have died from a disease named Casha. Moreover, even if she feels better, she still has to be treated for another 3 days. Nami finds that's too long and wants to leave.

Suddenly, Luffy and Sanji burst into the room, pursuing Chopper in order to eat him. When asked about this strange animal, Doctorine reveals that it is a reindeer who accidentally ate the Hito Hito no Mi, hence becoming a reindeer able to talk and transform himself into a human.

Mission 100

Going back a few months on the battlefield, before the war's end and Henry's discovery of the Women's Combat Battalion's extermination, Martha survives an artillery shell blast. Realizing that being under the shadow of their artillery gun shielded her, she gives thanks to its manufacturer, Blackbell Heavy Industries. After coming to, Martha mourns her fallen comrades and then witnesses in horror as more fall after their captain begins killing deserters. An enemy fire comes into the trench, killing the captain and hitting several soldiers. The lieutenant orders a retreat into the woods in the south. Due to her injuries, Martha barely keeps up and is left completely alone. Resting at a tree, she thinks of her parents and Henry, but is interrupted when two Westalian soldiers find and shoot at her. They drive Martha to a cliff, where she also returns fire at them, but she gets shot and falls off the cliff into the water.

Martha wakes up in a proper bed and has her wounds treated. Trying to figure out where she is, she is startled by the sudden appearance of a friendly dog greeting her at her bedside. When a scowling old woman enters the room, Martha asks her where they are. The old woman reveals that they are in Westalis, and she knows about her status as an Ostanian soldier, which shocks Martha. The girl wants to escape but cannot get up because of her wounds. The old woman tells her to lie down, explaining that she is not going to kill her and that Martha should be thankful to her dog, Baron, for finding her at the riverbank.

Martha stays with the old woman and Baron while she recovers from her injuries. One day, Martha sees a family photo of the old woman happily sitting with Baron, a young nurse, and an unknown man in a sailor suit. Martha finds the woman knitting a scarf and asks her about her army uniform, to which the woman says she threw it away and suggests that Martha take something from her daughter's things. Remembering the daughter from the photo, Martha attempts to refuse, but the woman reveals that her daughter was killed in the war, which shocks Martha. Martha is saddened about another victim of the war but is surprised that the old woman has never said angry words about her as an Eastern soldier.

After a while, Martha begins walking well again and offers to help the old woman with yard work. She quickly hides herself when a postman arrives with mail for the old woman, Mrs. Anabel. The postman spots the open door and inquires about it, but is relieved when he sees Baron exiting. Before leaving, the postman warns Anabel about Eastern Army stragglers. Inside the house, Anabel informs Martha that they are in a village full of refugees who lost their homes in the war and tells Martha not to show her face due to the intense anti-Eastern sentiment. As Martha apologizes, Anabel calls Ostania pathetic for sending a girl like Martha to the front lines. Martha tearfully confesses her reciprocal hate for Westerners, blaming them for the war, and crying that she only wants to go home. Anabel dryly approves of the decision and warns Martha to forget about their meeting. Martha gratefully assures her that she will sneak out tonight.

That night, Martha prepares for her return to Ostania. Dressed in new clothes, she bids farewell to Baron and a sleeping Anabel before leaving the house. Walking through the unfamiliar area and shivering from the cold, Martha raises her head to the night sky to look at the stars, and notes that the stars in Westalis are the same as Ostania's, then tries to use their shared latitude to find her way. However, Martha gets lost and takes refuge in a nearby, small cave until dawn. Becoming hungry, Martha goes through her bag and discovers that Anabel helped prepare her departure, packing the bag with bread, some money, the scarf she was knitting, and a map with the words "Go home" written on it. Touched by the care of the old woman, Martha is brought to tears. Remembering Henry, Martha decides that upon returning home, she will tell him about the beautiful night skies, delicious bread, and kindhearted people who are in Westalis.

Act 1

Patchy invites the viewers to his house party. All the guests came except SpongeBob. SpongeBob got Patchy's invitation, but the lettering was smeared by the water. SpongeBob comments that the sender must not have understood the limitations of life underwater, then throws the invitation in the fire. Patchy introduces the viewers to his special guests, including King Neptune, Minnie Mermaid, and Long-Beard the Pirate.

In Bikini Bottom, while shopping at the Barg'N-Mart, SpongeBob finds a "Plan Your Own Party Kit," and decides to throw a party using the kit. Despite the kit advising to invite "only your closest friends," SpongeBob invites nearly everyone in Bikini Bottom. Because a warning in the party kit states that unsupervised parties can lead to disaster, SpongeBob makes a brutally specific schedule for things to go to plan.

Back in Patchy's party, Patchy decides to have a dance lesson and promotes his dance instruction videos, which Potty finds tacky. Before Patchy can teach his friends how to dance, a band Potty hired for the party arrives. It is Potty's favorite band, "The Bird Brains." Everybody loves the Bird Brains' music, but Patchy hates it because it is too loud, and it blasts him out of his house. Patchy then tells them it is time for them to literally walk the plank. Unfortunately, he forgets that they are birds and can easily fly off.

Back in Bikini Bottom, later that night, all the guests arrive at different times. SpongeBob is angered when the guests begin doing certain activities which don't occur until much later according to his schedule, and hands them all the topic cards, which causes an awkward environment. After the last guest arrives, SpongeBob goes into the closet.

Jango's Dance Paradise

Vol. 11 : "A Hearty Stare"

ジャンゴのダンス天国vol.11「心ある瞳」

Oda Eiichiro

Somehow the planning sheets for the One Piece video game keep chugging along. Wow, I cannot wait for it to be released.

何やらどんどん進んでゆくワンピースのゲームの企画書。もう発売が待ちきれない!!

Chapter 140