Episode 279

"Jump Into the Falls! Luffy's Feelings!!" is the 279th episode of the One Piece anime.

Short Summary
Luffy's past is shown as we are introduced to his hero, the man who gave him the straw hat, Shanks. Shanks and his crew stand up to a group of bandits in the town as young Luffy is taken by the bandits' leader and thrown into the water, where he cannot swim due to his Devil Fruit, Shanks saves Luffy's life as a Sea Monster is about to attack him.

Short Summary (Chopper Man)
Everyone's hero "Chopperman" and his lovely assistant Namifia do battle with the evil Usodabada, Onigiri mystery man Zorokiller, Mystery Flower woman Robiflowan, and the Perverted Monster Sanjilops with his talking robot, the "Giant Luffy Bomber"!

Anime Notes

 * This is the first episode to use Family as the ending (with Robin).
 * This is the first episode to use We Are! (Straw hat Version) as the opening.
 * Beginning with this episode, the anime takes a mild break from the Enies Lobby Arc to focus on the past adventures of the Straw Hat Pirates which caused them to experience character growth and bring them up to this point in their journey. These breather episodes flash back to the pre-high definition episodes of the series and feature comical Mugiwara Theatre shorts at the end to fill the last minutes of each episode.
 * This is the first episode without an ending theme. As a result, the credits for the closing songs, such as voice actors, have been moved up to appear during the opening theme, which can inadvertently spoil the appearances of other characters for uninformed viewers.

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