Episode 511

"An Unexpected Return! Luffy, to Marineford!" is the 511th episode of the One Piece anime.

Short Summary
The Marine Headquarters had started its rebuilding. The Marines had a meeting about Monkey D. Luffy. A Marine ship returned but does not stop at the bay. Instead, it shot at the island and was discovered to be carrying Jinbe, Luffy, and Rayleigh. As soon as the three made it onto the island, Luffy ran to the Ox Bell. While news reporters and other bystanders watched him, Luffy rang the bell sixteen times. He then dropped a bouquet of flowers into the largest crack in the ground, put his straw hat to his chest, and closed his eyes. The reporters excitedly photographed the incident. Luffy, Rayleigh, and Jinbe immediately left afterwards.

There was another meeting between Fleet Admiral Sengoku and Commander-in-Chief Kong. Sengoku said that he wants to retire from the Marines and nominated Aokiji for his replacement. Coby woke up, and learned that he now possessed the skill of Haki. Captain Smoker decided to go to the New World to go after Luffy, and asked Aokiji for a transfer to G-5. Hawkins was seen towering over the pirate Brownbeard. Eustass Kid was seen smashing another pirate crew with his mechanically joined hand.

Long Summary
The episode started with a view of Marineford being rebuilt. It showed a room full of vice-admirals as Lieutenant Commander Brannew talked about how Luffy is revealed to have survived the Battle of Marineford and caused trouble again. A flashback followed, showing what happened two days ago. Two reporters are seen talking about how the Marines will go after the pirates involved in the war. Suddenly, some Marines see the warship which Luffy, Jinbe and Rayleigh are on. They made a full circle around Marineford before entering the bay (which is done in a funeral). After that, all three of them got to the plaza. Luffy then ran toward the Ox Bell and rang it sixteen times. Afterwards, he went to the largest crack from the battle in the ground and dropped a bouquet of flower in it and held his hat to his chest in a manner of paying respect. Reporters who were at the scene excitedly took photographs of the incident. Soon afterwards, a huge whale-shark appeared in the bay as Luffy, Jinbe and Rayleigh escaped from Marineford. After that, the newspapers printed the story and delivered it to all around the world, including Water 7, Saboady Archipelago, Alabasta, and Foosha Village. The flashback ends as Brannew stated that it is humiliating for them to have let Luffy go.

After that there was a scene showing the Gorosei discussing who should fill the vacancies in the Shichibukai positions and that Blackbeard was turning out to be a lot of trouble. They also comment on how those with the "D" are beginning to stir up trouble at the same time.

The next scene showed World Government Commander-in-Chief Kong and former Fleet Admiral Sengoku discussing Sengoku's retirement. Sengoku also recommended Admiral Aokiji to be the next Fleet Admiral.

The scene changed to Coby, Helmeppo, and a doctor in the hospital, discussing how Coby has obtained Kenbunshoku Haki. Coby, talking within himself states that he feels different with this new power and he has to train more to become stronger; as strong as "him" ("him" referring to Luffy).

After that, Admiral Aokiji and Smoker talked about what Luffy did at Marineford and about Smoker's transfer to the Marine base G-5.

In the New World, Eustass Kid and his crew were talking about Luffy's actions. Kid asked what the Ox Bell is. Killer explained what it is and the reason he thinks why Luffy rang it sixteen times.

The scene changes to Capone Bege's ship, which was being pulled up to a huge black ball in the sky, and Urouge's ship, which was approaching an island that was constantly being hit by lightning. An old woman offered to sell the crew some umbrellas. It then goes back to Kid as he declared that he will defeat Luffy in the New World.

Anime Notes

 * In the anime, after Coby learns that his Haki had "awaken", he thinks to himself that now he is like a different person, and maybe, if he works hard, he will be able to get as strong as "him", referring to Luffy.
 * In the anime, Luffy's actions in Marineford are seen, though in the manga they were only explained later.
 * Bege and Hawkins read about Luffy's actions in the anime.
 * In the manga, the pirates Kid crucifies are impaled with multiple swords and screws is in each of their chests, while in the anime only the screws are shown.

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