Episode 430

Statics

 * Air Date:2009-12-13 (Funimation DVD:)
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 * Manga Chapters: 528 pages p.16-19 and 529
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Summary
Luffy, Buggy and Mr 3 continue to fight through Level 2 of Impel Down, hounded by both Manticores and Puzzle Scorpions. They are chased into the lair of an enormous beast, the Sphinx, which frightens off the other animals. The sphnix is a large powerful creature which bizzarely can only speak by saying types of noodles, 'ra-men', 'wonton-men' etc. Mr 3 attempts to distract the creature by creating wax copies of himself, but only succedes in provoking the creature into destroying the floor beneath them. With a final cry of 'go-men' (sorry), Luffy, Mr 3, Buggy and the Sphinx are all dropped down to Level 3.

Elsewhere in the prison, the Former-Shichibukai Jimbei describes to Ace why he attempted to free him and of his debt to Whitebeard. In a nearby cell, Crocodile mockingly states that Whitebeard's time is coming to an end as many people will try and usurp him. The prisoners in the surrounding cells, echo the sentiment.