Episode 229

"Running Sea Train! The City of Water, Water 7" is the 229th episode of the One Piece anime.

Short Summary
Going Merry narrowly escapes being hit by a "Sea Train", the crew meets an old woman, Kokoro, and her granddaughter, Chimney. Kokoro gives Luffy a map to Water 7. Luffy, Nami, and Usopp buy boats driven by sea monsters called "Yagara".

Long Summary
After defeated by Aokiji, Straw Hat Pirates has fully recovered and managed to return sailing to the sea. But, along their way, Zoro see a giant frog swimming crawl stroke and he inform the crew. He said if they not believe, they can turn back and see it. Ussop said to Luffy not believe Zoro until he see it and suprised. He not believe there are a frog swimming with crawl stroke. Luffy orders his crew to make the Going Merry following it. Nami with her telescope looking around and wonder why there are lighthouse in the island. She thinks there are people there. The frog is flying up left the ship and Luffy orders his crew to cornerig the frog. But, they feel the ship hit something and heard a sound around them. The Traffic light is seen and suddenly heard a sound of train move to them. Luffy is pain in his head due to blow it and Nami warn the crew to turn back one hundred eighty degrees while Luffy is surprised.

The train move to them and Sanji surprised to see it. Nami warn again to turn back right. Chopper (with his Heavy Point Mode), Zoro, Ussop, and Luffy push up the Anchor Line and they nearly hit the train but finally they can escape from it where the ship jump left before the train hit it. Ussop surprised with the iron thing that move in the sea but Nami most surprised that impossible there are train move in the sea with that shape. Luffy warn the frog to go from the train rail but the frog but it ignore him until it hitted by train and jump far away. Luffy, Ussop and Chopper is surprissed.The frog finally turn back to the sea and fainted while train move far from the ship. Chopper surprised why the train is fumes and near their ship, there are a child peep the crew.

That child call her grandma because there are pirates near their house. The Grandma orders that child to take Den Den Mushi but the grandma fell to the left side. The child ignore her and take Den Den Mushi then hand over to her grndma.She begin to call but she forget to call whom. Zoro is sweatdrop while Ussop surprised and call her guzzler.

Straw Hat Pirates and the child also her grandma become friendly. They introduce themself where the child is Chimney, her rabbit is Gonbe, and her grandma is Kokoro. Kokoro ask if the crew are not a train thief. Luffy introduce himself and Nami ask is that the train who impossible move at the sea. Chimney answer that the crew had been not seeing them. Chimney also said that this is only one train in the world where they can't found. That train is Called "Puffing Tom". It move with the steam and walks along the sea trail. It transport people from the island to another island with the trail in underwater and walks with the same trail everyday. It transported foods and things too. It dangerous if enter the trail with sign and signal. Ussop recommend Chimney to put the signsal near the traffict light because he and his crew nothing know about it. Luffy said even with this dangerous Ussop will not understand. He pull up strongly even though the frog is Luffy's target. Chimney asked if Luffy talk about Yokozuna. She said that Yokozuna will not die and it is the biggest problem for station. It always exam her strong with Puffing Tom and will back. Luffy said with this reason it will not run away and it really brave. Chimney is angry and said to Luffy for stop joking because it really disturbed. Pilot is broke away few times and every it comes, it caused the problem for the client in the pilot. Luffy said he will not eat it who had been hard working.Nami said Luffy must thingking it before it. Kokoro ask where the crew wil go. If the crew ride that train, it will brought the crew to A Queen City of Spring Poplar

Anime Notes

 * This is the first episode of the Water 7 Arc.