Episode 3

"Morgan vs. Luffy! Who's This Mysterious Beautiful Young Girl?" is the 3rd episode of the One Piece anime.

Short Summary
Luffy and Zoro battle and defeat Morgan, Helmeppo and the Marines. Koby parts ways with Luffy to join the Marines, and Zoro joins Luffy's crew as a permanent crew member.

Long Summary
Luffy returns the katana to Zoro, who uses them to free himself and repel the Marines' attacks. He agrees to join Luffy's crew should he survive. Despite being clearly overpowered by Luffy's Devil Fruit power and Zoro's Three Sword Style, Morgan orders his men to attack them.

Morgan himself joins the battle, with his right hand being replaced by an axe blade. Despite Luffy overpowering Morgan, Helmeppo holds Koby hostage, threatening to shoot him. Meanwhile, as Luffy is distracted, Morgan attempts to attack him from behind. Luffy punches Helmeppo in the face and Zoro cuts Morgan down, preventing him from harming Luffy. The Marines, who were aware of Morgan's numerous abuses of power, decide not to continue the battle, instead dishonorably discharging and arresting their own captain.

Luffy, Zoro and Koby go to a restaurant to celebrate their victory. Koby explains how the world is divided. The world is divided into west and east by a continent called the Red Line, and the Grand Line is a linear sea perpendicular to the Red Line. Legendary pirate Gold Roger claimed he had hidden his treasure at the very end of the Grand Line.

Ripper, the Marine who had succeeded Morgan as the new base commander, confronts Luffy. He agrees to accept Koby into the Marines upon his request. However, due to Luffy and Zoro's statuses as pirates, he orders them both to leave the town, only promising not to inform headquarters as a gesture of gratitude. Luffy and Zoro agree, and they both continue their travels.

Meanwhile, a girl searches the Marine base for a map of the Grand Line. She discovers that the map had been stolen by another pirate, Buggy. She sets sail to confront Buggy and retrieve his map.

Anime Notes

 * In the manga, Ririka treats Luffy and his comrades at her home with a meal. In the episode, she is a bartender.
 * In the manga, when Morgan orders several of his men to kill themselves when they protest against fighting Luffy and Zoro, they were about to comply out of fear. This is omitted in the anime, and a few of them give Morgan an angry stare instead.
 * In the manga, more of the town people are seen at Luffy and Zoro's departure. In the episode, only Koby, Rika, Ririka, Ripper and the other based Marines were present.
 * The first eyecatcher is Luffy's, but Nami's theme plays. The second eyecatcher is Zoro's, but Luffy's theme plays.
 * The first part of "To the Grand Line" plays while Koby is explaining the Grand Line.
 * This episode marks the first instance of the classic "To Be Continued" screen before the ending.
 * In the special edition print, it uses the widescreen version of the "To Be Continued" screen, which has been mainly used since Episode 207 of the original TV series.
 * This is the last episode of the Romance Dawn Arc.

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