One Piece (ワンピース)

There's a... There's a frog doing the front crawl!

What?

See for yourself! It's headed to your side!

-Really? -Come on, Luffy.

Are you really gonna take anything

that goofy Admiral told you seriously?

There's no way a frog would do the front crawl.

It's... HOLY CRAP!

THERE'S A FROG DOING THE FRONT CRAWL!

Come on! After him!

Aye-aye!

Now what's a lighthouse doing way out here?

I wonder if anyone lives there.

Heave-ho! Heave-ho! Heave-ho!

It's flying!!

Quick! Don't let it get away!

Let's get up ahead of it and block its course!

I guess we ran ashore or something!

Huh?

What is that sound?

[bell clanging and chugging noises]

Full reverse! Right now!

Turn 180 degrees!

"The Dashing Sea Train

and the City of Water, Water Seven."

What the hell is that?!

Turn the ship around! Now!

Hurry!

Aaaah!

Ahh!

AAHH!

Whoa! That was close!

That hunk of metal's trying to kill us!

Is it a ship?

No way! Something that big and heavy

shouldn't even be able to float!

Hey, what're you doing?! Get out of the way!

Oh no! Froggy!

It looked like it was spitting out smoke!

Pirates?

Granny! Granny! Look! We got pirates!

What? Izzat true, Chimney?!

Okey dokey then, in that case.

Better bring Granny the Transponder Snail!

It's gonna be big pain if they call for help

and the marines show up.

What should we do?

Here it is, Granny!

Uhm... hello?

Who is this?

Sorry, you got the wrong number.

She's totally drunk!

Oh! Paille, huh?

That stuff goes good with booze!

Mm-mm! Yummy!

My name's Chimney.

This is our kitty cat, Gonbe

and that's Granny Kokoro.

You fellas wouldn't happen

to be train robbers, would ya? Waha!

My name's Luffy and I'm gonna be King of the Pirates.

-Really? -Yep.

Haha! I like you, you're funny!

By the way, Chimney. That thing's a steam boat, right?

Seems awfully long to me.

Can't imagine it getting very far.

You've probably never seen anything like this.

Seeing as it's the only one in the world.

It's not a steam boat,

it's a sea train called the Puffing Tom.

How does it work?

It uses a steam engine to turn

its paddlewheels and run on a railway.

Railway?

Uh-huh! If you look close,

you can see the tracks right below the waves.

The train goes the same route every day,

taking people from one island to the next.

It carries ships and packages and other stuff, too.

Oh wow, funny we didn't notice it before.

No kidding, we ran right into it.

You should be more careful!

Didn't you see the signal?

There's a bell ringing and everything!

Is that what that thing is for?

I thought it was just here to welcome us.

How were we supposed to know?!

And if we couldn't figure it out

then that frog sure wouldn't get it, would he?

It was awful rude of you to hit him like that.

We were gonna catch him and cook him, you know.

Oh, you saw the frog? That's Yokozuna.

He sure was an awesome swimmer.

Either way, I wouldn't worry about him,

he's pretty tough.

In fact, that wasn't the first time

he's challenged the train and lost.

He's really kind of a pain.

If you want to see him again,

just hang around here and I'm sure he'll pop up.

That's why he didn't run.

Wow, I thought that frog was stupid,

but it turns out he was just being super manly.

Easy for you to say!

You don't have to put up with him all the time!

I can't even count how many times

he's broken the rail guard.

And just imagine what it's like

for the passengers when he slams into the train!

That's pretty crazy.

Okay, since that frog's a fighter like me,

I'm not gonna eat him after all!

Who would want to eat that gross thing in the first place?

Anyways, after this, where're you folks headed off to?

The sea train runs to all sorts of places.

There's the town of the Spring Queen, St. Poplar.

There's the gourmet town, Pucci or the Carnival town, San Faldo.

They're all fun places to go.

And if you happen to work for the government,

you can take a special train

that's even fancier than the Puffing Tom.

The gourmet town, Pucci?

Oh! That's the place those people we met

on the island were talking about.

Hey! You're right!

Good, then that's the place we're gonna g--

Give it up!

Thanks, but there's no reason for us to take the train

when we have our own ship.

We'll just follow the log.

Oh? Where's it pointing to?

Should be someplace east of here.

I see. Well, in that case it's Water Seven for sure.

The train you saw on the way here

just came from Blue Station on that island.

They call it the City of Water.

I think you'll like it!

Water Seven, huh?

They got great shipyards.

You might say that's their claim to fame.

When it comes to boats, they're first class!

They're always coming up with some

fancy new technology to build boats for the World Government.

Whoa, then they must have some awesome shipwrights, too!

Some? More like damn near all of 'em!

City's like a regular shipwright's convention!

-Ah! You hear that?! -Yeah!

All right then. It's settled!

We're gonna find the best shipwright in Water Seven

and get him to join our crew!

Oh, is that so? In that case, hold on a sec.

Upsey-daisy, you can do it.

Where's she going?

Dunno.

I got a present for ya.

This is a little map of the city and a reference letter.

Just give this to a fella named Iceberg,

and I promise he'll fix yer ship up good.

Water Seven's a pretty confusing place,

be sure not to get lost.

You have a big heart, don't you?!

We really owe you one!

We'll be heading back to Water Seven soon,

so maybe we'll see you there.

Sounds like a plan to me!

And if you like, I can even give you folks

a tour of all my favorite drinkin' holes!

Ha ha ha!

Sounds good! We'll try to keep a look out for you!

It'll take 'bout a week for the Log

to lock onto the next island,

so you'll have plenty of time to do some sightseeing!

Great! Should be fun!

Okay! Everyone ready?! Time to set sail!

Yeah!

Thanks again for the map and reference letter.

I sure am glad we ran into you on the way!

Have a safe trip!

Better keep an eye out

for all those government types down there!

Yahoo! Let's go!

City of Meat, here we come!

Did you forget where we're going already?

What a nice wind!

We might make it out to Water Seven

even faster than I thought!

I'll be happy either way!

Don't worry about finding a shipwright.

I got it all under control.

I'll get the hottest girl in town, guaranteed.

What do I care if the shipwright's hot?!

I want a huge, manly dude--like even bigger than a bear!

16 feet tall!

A guy that size couldn't even fit on the ship!

And who knows how much food he would need to eat!

All that matters is that he's good at his job.

If you ask me, the real problem's gonna be

finding someone crazy enough

to go sailing with a bunch of pirates.

Size doesn't matter!