Chapter 233

Cover
Volume: 25 Pg.: 127

Straw Hats and animals: Zoro is trying to catch some fish.

Short Summary
While Luffy retrieves Cricket's gold, an important meeting takes place at the Marines Headquarters.

Chapter Note
The cover page of this chapter is black instead of the usual white as means for Oda's mourning of the passing of Gin Shinga. A fellow mangaka and assistant who worked with Oda while both worked under master Nobuhiro Watsuki, he died of heart failure attributed to a bout of anorexia he suffered.

Plot Points

 * The Marines Headquarters buildings are standing near a holy place called Mariejois.
 * Bartholomew Kuma's former bounty is 296,000,000 beli.
 * Donquixote Dolflamingo's former bounty is 340,000,000 beli.
 * Ace meets Buggy.
 * Whitebeard is the strongest man in the world and the only one who was able to tie in a fight with Roger.
 * Buggy mentions that he encountered Whitebeard when he first entered the Grand Line.

Character introduction
Gorousei: head of the World Government.

Bartholomew Kuma and Donquixote Doflamingo appear for the first time but are not yet formally introduced.

Returning Characters

 * Straw Hat Pirates
 * Luffy
 * Nami
 * Zoro
 * Bellamy Pirates
 * Bellamy
 * Sarquiss
 * Rivers
 * Ross
 * Surprise people
 * Buggy
 * Alvida
 * Cabaji
 * Mohji
 * Richie
 * Ace

Anime Episode
Episode 151