Episode 572

"Grim Prospects - A Trap Awaiting in the New World" is the 572nd episode of the One Piece anime.

Short Summary
The Minister of the Right is thanking the Straw Hats for saving Fishman Island. The Minister of the Right gets a report that the Tamate Box is gone and is in the hands of Tamago and Pekoms. Caribou starts searching for his treasure that he stole from the royal family after realizing it was taken after waking up from getting beat by Luffy. Jinbe and Neptune talk about putting a new pirate flag in Fishman Island which is the Straw Hat Pirate flag. The Minister of the Right tells King Neptune that the Tamate Box is gone and it might explode in the hands of Big Mom. Jinbe decides to cut off the alliance with Big Mom before things get ugly.

Caribou finds Tamago and Pekoms with his treasure that he stole and attacks Pekoms with his Gatling Gun. Pekoms is a devil fruit user Zoan Turtle Fruit. Caribou then attempts to slice off Pekom's head but he gets punched in the stomach by Pekom's haki imbued fist which penetrated Caribou's logia defenses. Pekoms and Tamago then leave Fishman island.

Smoker and Tashigi are working for G-5 Marine Branch and arrested a bunch of pirates emerging from Fishman Island.

Anime Notes

 * The following scenes are added in the anime:
 * The Minister of the Right thanks the Straw Hats for saving Fishman Island and offers Usopp kelp tea.
 * Shirahoshi cries when Usopp says that they will be leaving the island soon.
 * The Minister of the Right remembers the stolen Tamate Box while looking through a list of stolen treasures.
 * The anime shows the moment when Caribou regains consciousness and finds that his treasure are all gone.
 * There are several scenes where the Neptune soldiers repair one of the towers of the palace that was cut by Zoro.
 * In the manga, Franky was in the palace with the other Straw Hats when Luffy says that he has challenged Big Mom. In the anime, Franky was with the Thousand Sunny instead of the palace.
 * In the manga, Pekoms' bounty is shown in the information box. In the anime, his bounty is revealed by the comments of some fishman civilians.
 * The scene where Pekoms and Tamago left the locale of the candy factory on a flying fish is omitted in the anime.