Chapter 147

The power of the Baku Baku no Mi is shown.

Downright Lie

In Bighorn, the Isshi-20 decide to betray Wapol, whom they have followed by fear and rescue Dalton. Usopp tells Vivi that they should not worry about Luffy and Sanji as they can take care of themselves. When Dalton decides to fight against his former king, whereas he is barely able to stand up, Usopp, who was afraid of climbing the mountain a few seconds before, proposes to carry Dalton on his back as he is invigorated by their warrior's spirit.

Meanwhile in front of the castle, Wapol demonstrates the extent of his Baku Baku no Mi powers by transforming into a living canon house. Indeed, he has the ability to transform into everything he has eaten and admit to eating canons and explosives to create his current structure. He even eats Chess and Kuromarimo and fuses them into a new adversary, Chessmarimo.

To demonstrate his desire to take back his castle, Wapol shoots at the symbol of his adversaries: Dr. Hiriluk's flag. Chopper is furious and run towards Wapol, however, by respect to his friend's wishes, he does not attack him. However, Wapol does not hesitate and shoots the naive reindeer. Meanwhile, Luffy has reached the castle roof in order to restore the pirate flag on top of the castle spire.

The Great Snail Race

As the episode begins, SpongeBob wakes up and sees Squidward getting a package in the mail. Squidward opens what ends up being a cage, which turns out to contain a female snail named Snellie. He explains that Snellie is a purebred of the highest pedigree and that she is going to be entered in the Bikini Bottom Snail Race on Sunday, which he is sure Snellie will win easily. Upon hearing this, SpongeBob takes offense to Squidward's insult to Gary and decides to enter his pet into the snail race to retaliate against Squidward. Patrick also decides to enter into the competition, albeit with his pet rock, whom he christens "Rocky."

With only one day to go until the big day, SpongeBob abusively trains Gary practically to the point of exhaustion, not even letting him take a break. On the day of the race, Gary is so exhausted from SpongeBob's abusive training that he is barely able to make it to the stadium. In fact, Gary's exhaustion is so great that he is initially unable to start in the race. During the race, his eyes burst like balloons, his shell breaks open like a car engine and he spins out of control, leaving skid marks. SpongeBob, seeing the error of his ways, tells Gary that he can stop, but Gary keeps on going, loses control of himself, hits the wall, and explodes completely as the firefighters use the extinguishers to turn off his fire. An upset SpongeBob runs up to him onto the track, which the announcer says is an "automatic disqualification," and embraces him, crying and apologizing for his abuse.

Snellie, who is almost at the finish line, feels sorry for Gary and turns around to comfort him, and the two instantly fall in love. Squidward is shocked at this and walks onto the track. SpongeBob and Squidward then see that, to their surprise, Rocky has won the race. However, Patrick has the trophy engraved in Squidward's honor knowing how much he wanted to win, and gives it to him. As part of a gag where Squidward's last name is mispronounced throughout the episode, Squidward's name is printed "Squidward Tortellini" to his dismay. The three laugh, until Sandy suddenly appears onscreen and ends the episode by kicking SpongeBob into the air for making a misogynistic comment the day before.

Oda Eiichiro

The second One Piece novel is in stores now. It's a side-story from the Loguetown arc. It involves the chivalry of a mysterious gunman and a bath scene with Nami. Chock-full.

ワンピースの小説第2弾発売中。ローグタウン編の番外編。謎のガンマンの男気話とか、ナミの入浴シーンとかあったよ。盛り沢山。

Chapter 148