Chapter 230

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Volume: 25 Pg.: 67

Straw Hats and animals: Sanji

Quick Summary
South Bird hunting.

Long Summary
The chapter begins with Cricket acting out Norland's words on his logbook and everyone happily listening while eating. Cricket shows the Strawhats his gold he found after searching for months. He stated that he has 3 of the same bell-shaped ingots, and tells Masira to show the Strawhats the Southbird shaped gold. As the Saruyama Alliance explain what the South Bird is, they notice all the sudden that they forgot to tell the Strawhats to go get a South Bird and panic. The Strawhats ask why they would need a bird and Cricket explains that in order to get to where the Knock Up Stream will appear, they have to have a South Bird who always points south since the Knock Up Stream is south from where they are, and since it is in the middle of the sea, no log pose would work. Cricket tells the Strawhats to hurry up and find one, to their shock.

The Strawhats split up into teams with bug nets in the dark. They knew what the Southbird was right away by hearing the "strange voice" Norland talked about in his logbook. The Sanji/Nami/Usopp team searched and encounter with many bugs to Nami and Sanji's horror, all though Usopp didn't mind them much. The Robin/Zoro team destroy any huge bug that gets in their way, and don't seem to get along well. The Luffy/Chopper team find rare beetles and are having a good time until the Southbird drops a bee's nest next to them, making them have to dash full speed as the hornets from inside chased them. Chopper notices that the South Bird is doing all of this and tells Luffy. Back at Cricket's house, the Saruyama Alliance encounter the Bellamy Pirates who came to steal their gold.

Plot Points

 * The Straw Hat Pirates begin searching for a South Bird, a creature which constantly has its head turned south.

Returning Characters

 * Straw Hat Pirates
 * Luffy
 * Zoro
 * Nami
 * Usopp
 * Sanji
 * Chopper
 * Robin
 * Saruyama Alliance
 * Montblanc Cricket
 * Shoujou
 * Masira
 * Bellamy Pirates
 * Bellamy

Anime Episode
Episode 149