Episode 973

"Boiled to Death - Oden's One-hour Struggle" is the 973rd episode of the One Piece anime.

Short Summary
Having been defeated by Kaido, Oden is captured and sentenced to be executed in the middle of the Flower Capital. Orochi and Kaido decides to boil him and his subordinates in hot oil, Oden proposes a challenge, that if one of them survives in the hot oil for one hour, the rest of them should be set free. Kaido agrees to the challenge, and Oden rushes into the boiling vessel of oil. He holds a plank up for the Nine Red Scabbards to sit on. The crowd watching the execution criticize Oden, but Shinobu reveals that Oden danced naked in the streets in order to save 100 people from being kidnapped with each dance. The kidnapped civilians were use as laborers to manufacturing weapons, leaving the crowd in a shock.

Anime Notes

 * The anime adds the following:
 * Oden and Kaido (in his Beast Form) having a brief fight at the top of the Flower Capital castle. After Oden falls down back to Orochi's room, he and Kaido continue their struggle.


 * The following are extended:
 * Orochi's past of being hunted and lynched by Wano Country citizens.