Chapter 77

Chapter 77 is titled "One Step of the Dream"

Cover
Volume: 9 Pg.: 107

Straw Hat and animals: Zoro and some oversized chickens having a drinking party.

Quick Summary
Nami's childhood, love is more important than blood.

Long Summary
8 years ago, 10 years old Nami is caught by Genzo stealing a book. She lives with her sister Nojiko and their step mother Bellemere who is raising an orange farm. Bellemere is not rich hence she cannot buy the navigation book Nami desires to accomplish her dream to travel around the world. With the book that Genzo finally bought for her, Nami is able to draw her first map of their island.

One night, while Bellemere is restricting herself and giving her an old Nojiko dress, Nami starts to complain on how the three of them are not blood related and how she wishes to have been adopted by a richer family. Angry with this behaviour, Bellemere tells Nami that she can leave the house and live the life she wants. Nami takes refuge in Genzo house who explains her how Bellemere found them in a war while she was a marine and heavily wounded. Nami understands that the love bound between the 3 of them is stronger than blood and go back with Nojiko who has been searching for her.

However at the same time, some pirates are accosting the island. Arlong and his Fishmen crew declare that this land now belong to them.

Chapter Notes

 * Nami's flashback: 8 years ago.
 * Bellemere is Nami and Nojiko's step mother.
 * Bellemere was a former Marine.
 * The Arlong Pirates attack the island to take it for themselves.

Quotes
"Good day, you human bastards! From this moment on!!! This village - no, this island will be under my control!!!" - Arlong

Characters
1: first introduction

3: first apparition

Attacks
N/A

Trivia
On the cover, one of the chickens are reading a newspaper that says "Roronoa Zoro 1000000". This is probably referring to Zoro defeating a 1000000 bounty pirate.

Anime episode
p2 to p3: episode 34 Nami's flashback: episode 35