Worst in the East

"Worst in the East" is the eighth episode of the One Piece live-action series, and the final episode of the first season.

Short Summary
The Straw Hats raid Arlong Park and defeat Arlong's crew. For taking down the pirate, Luffy is given his first bounty, and the crew sails towards the Grand Line.

Long Summary
The Straw Hats find that the Arlong Pirates thoroughly destroyed all of Coco Village. They decide to break into Arlong Park and battle Arlong and his officers. The Straw Hat crew splits up and each cover different areas of the battlefield.

Usopp battles against Chu, who chases him into the forest. Chu attacks Usopp by spitting alcohol at him as fast, bullet-like projectiles. However, Usopp shoots his bottle of alcohol with an incendiary projectile, causing it to ignite and explode, defeating Chu. Meanwhile, Zoro and Sanji battle against the Arlong Pirates' lesser combatants in the common area, and is faced against Kuroobi, a practitioner of Fish-Man Karate. Sanji defeats Kuroobi with his Black Leg Style, knocking him into a bar.

Luffy and Nami go to her old office to confront Arlong, who is waiting for them there. Nami flees the scene so Luffy and Arlong could battle. Although Arlong possesses superior strength and Luffy is unable to harm him with standard techniques, Luffy decides to destroy the building, destroying many of the room's support pillars holding the rooftop. After the building starts to crumble, Luffy uses Gum Gum Battle Axe, stomping Arlong through several floors and causing the entire building to collapse.

Emerging victorious in battle, the Straw Hats party with the survivors of Coco Village. Garp, after Nezumi claims Luffy was responsible for destroying Coco Village, apprehends him and prepares to arrest him. After a brief battle, Luffy is completely defeated, unable to defeat Garp. However, after seeing his determination and ambitions as a pirate, Garp decides not to arrest Luffy, instead arresting Arlong and his crew.

The next day, Koby reveals to Luffy that upon Nezumi's request, Luffy had been given a bounty of thirty million, the highest in East Blue. This accomplishment is noticed by his allies across the sea, including Makino, Kaya and Zeff, as well as Shanks and Mihawk. After bidding farewell to Coco Village, the Straw Hats set sail towards the Grand Line. Meanwhile, Garp decides to personally train Koby and Helmeppo, seeing them as especially worthy Marines. However, Luffy also catches the attention of another, more hostile Marine.

Episode Notes
The live-action series changes the following:
 * Due to Hatchan's absence, Zoro assists Sanji in battling Kuroobi.
 * Though Hachi is shown charging Zoro and Sanji alongside the other fishman, his defeat isn't shown on-screen.
 * Sanji and Kuroobi do not battle underwater.
 * As a result of Arlong already having conquered the East Blue in this series, his original counterpart's dream was converted into his primary motive for this series: to conquer the entire Blue Sea (once he acquired a map to the Grand Line).
 * The entirety of Luffy and Arlong's fight takes place in the map room, rather than starting outside and making its way indoors in the manga and anime.
 * Chew fuels his spitting attacks with alcohol instead of water.
 * As a result of the above, the alcohol that was used to light Chew on fire came from the supply in his own mouth, rather than Usopp dousing the fish-man during their fight.
 * Alvida meets Buggy with her original appearance, while in the manga this occurs after she eats the Sube Sube no Mi.
 * Luffy obtaining his first bounty, everybody's reaction to it, and the Straw Hats' ceremony before entering the Grand Line all happen here at the end of the Arlong Park Arc instead of during the Loguetown Arc.

The live-action series also adds the following:
 * Garp apprehending the Straw Hats in Coco Village.

Trivia

 * The Revolutionary Army is mentioned having to taken Vira in a side article when Kaya is shown reading the newspaper.
 * We Are! plays instrumentally after the ceremony of the Straw Hat Pirates swearing by their dreams.
 * Commander-in-Chief Kong is listed as the one who commissioned the map of the East Blue during the ending credits.
 * A Wanted poster of Franky can be seen on the wall behind Alvida when Buggy first meets her.

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