Chapter 233

Cover
Volume: 25 Pg.: 127

Straw Hats and animals: Zoro

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 in a holy place called Mariejois.

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