Chapter 102

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Volume: 12 Pg.: 54

Diary of Coby-Meppo Vol. 17: "Helmeppo's Determination".

Helmeppo disowns Morgan. His axe is on the wrong arm, the left instead of the right one.

Quick Summary
In their way down from Reverse Mountain, the crew is bumping into a giant whale!!

Long Summary
As the crew heads down the canal stream towards the Grand Line, a loud "bo!" rings out in the air. Usopp announces he can see a giant mountain in the way, but Nami dismisses it as they should have open sea ahead of them. Suddenly they discover the giant mountain is actually a large whale. The crew concludes it most likely doesn't know their there as it appears just like a wall and wouldn't be able to see them with its eyes. They try to come up with ideas before they hit it, but to everyone's dismay Luffy's way of stopping the ship via cannon works but seems cannonball at the whale. Going Merry's headfigure is broken off. They wonder if it felt the cannonball and call it "stupid" if it didn't, which angers it. But as the crew try and get away from the whale, Luffy hits it in the eye with a punch for breakng off "his special seat".

The whale spots them with its eye and Luffy threatens it to a fight - resulting in the ship getting swallowed inside the whale's mouth. Luffy however ends up on top of the whale and wondering how to get his crew out. He pummels the whale's head and the whale begins to lower into the water. Luffy spots a metal hatch on the surface of the whale.

Inside the whale the crew wonders if they've entered a dream since there is an island here. As they nea the island a giant squid appears and is harpooned. Nami just wants to find Luffy and head home while Sanji and Zoro comment there is a man here and they hope he is friendly.

Luffy meanwhile finds himself inside a tunnel in the body of the whale.

The others meet up with a man...

Plot Points

 * The Straw Hat Pirates finally make it into the Grand Line.
 * The Going Merry is eaten by a whale.

Characters
3: first apparition

Anime Episode
Episode 62