Episode 6

"Desperate Situation! Beast Tamer Mohji vs. Luffy!" is the 6th episode of the One Piece anime.

Short Summary
Luffy defends himself from Buggy's assassin, Beast Tamer Mohji and his lion Richie. Allying himself with the town's mayor as well as a dog, the Straw Hats return to Buggy's base to confront him.

Long Summary
Having warded off the Buggy Pirates, a wounded Zoro drags Luffy's cage to a local pet food shop. The mayor appears and takes Zoro into his house to nurse his wounds. Meanwhile, Luffy interacts with Chouchou, a dog defending the shop. The mayor explains that Chouchou's owner passed away from illness, so he continues to defend the deceased owner's store as a memento. Although Nami arrives with the key to Luffy's cage, Chouchou eats the key before the cage could be unlocked.

Buggy sends his first mate, Mohji the Beast Tamer, to search for and eliminate Zoro. Riding his lion Richie, he finds Luffy still trapped in the cage. Mohji orders Richie to attack Luffy, inadvertently destroying his cage and setting him free. He then strikes Luffy into a house, destroying it.

Richie raids the store for food and burns it to the ground as Chouchou fights in vain to defend the store. After seeing Mohji's actions, Luffy came to Chouchou's aid, defeating both Richie and Mohji before giving the dog a single box of pet food salvaged from the fire.

Mohji returns to Buggy to report his defeat. As an act of vengeance, Buggy fires a Buggy Ball into the town, destroying the mayor's house with Zoro still in it. Although Zoro was fortunately unharmed by the blast, the mayor decides to stand up to Buggy for his callous invasion of the town. Nami agrees to temporarily join forces with Luffy and Zoro and assist Boodle in confronting Buggy.

Characters in Order of Appearance

 * Buggy
 * Nami
 * Monkey D. Luffy
 * Roronoa Zoro
 * Richie
 * Mohji
 * Chouchou
 * Boodle
 * Hocker (flashback)

Anime Notes

 * The episode was aired on the same day as episodes 7 and 8, so it was an hour-and-a-half-long special.
 * The episode holds the record for most animated pages, covering the chapters 11 to 15, including the entirety of those in the middle.
 * The eyecatchers are Luffy's and Zoro's, but the music is reversed: Luffy's theme is played with Zoro's eyecatcher while Zoro's theme is played with Luffy's eyecatcher.
 * In the manga Luffy and Nami are told Chouchou's story in detail. In the anime it's seen through the dog's memories.
 * In the manga, Boodle violently beats at his own neck in a vain attempt to break Buggy's choke-hold (prompting Buggy to mock him); the anime omits this.
 * When Boodle told Luffy and Nami how the villagers built the town 40 years ago, the background is misplaced and a white bar appeared on the bottom and on the right of the image.
 * In the manga, when Luffy frees Boodle from Buggy's bind, he is shown bleeding from the mouth (probably from hitting his neck earlier), however, in the anime, he is not bleeding.
 * In the manga, one of the moments during Chouchou's flashback of Hocker is of them taking a bath together; the anime omits this.

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