Chapter 97

 is titled "Sandai Kitetsu".

Cover Page
Diary of Coby-Meppo Vol. 13: "Prepare to Fire".

The Marines prepare to fire on Morgan's rowboat much to Coby's and Helmeppo's horror.

Short Summary
Zoro finds new swords and encounters a girl that has a close resemblance to his dead friend, Kuina.

Long Summary
Zoro enters the shop of Ippon-Matsu in order to buy the two swords he is missing. However he has only 100,000 which he borrowed from Nami and cannot afford expensive ones. Ippon-Matsu is not very interested in this broke customer until he notices that he possesses Wado Ichimonji. He starts to bargains with Zoro to buy it at a cheap price until the Kuina looking girl enters into the shop and reveals the true price of the sword, ruining the salesman's hope.

Pissed, he tells Zoro to search in the 50,000 garbage corner, while he complains at the girl on how her new Marine captain Smoker has ruined his business with pirates. While searching, Zoro finds a sword that reveals to have been made by a very skilled master, but Ippon-Matsu sell it off since it is a cursed sword. Interested, Zoro challenges the sword and wins. When he sees that Zoro is not an ordinary swordman, Ippon-Matsu give him his most valuable sword as a gift to a real swordman.

Chapter Notes

 * Smoker is introduced.
 * Smoker has eaten a devil fruit.

Characters
1: first introduction

3: first appearance

Anime Episodes

 * Episode 48 (p.2-4)
 * Episode 49 (p.5-19)

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