Free Will

Free Will is a song, sung by Ruppina, for the 9th ending of the One Piece anime. It is also the first ending to be featured in the English FUNimation dub that was sung by Kristina Sa. This ending is also interesting as it show glimpses of Nico Robin's past before her offical backstory was told.

Ending
Robin is the main focus of this ending. It starts with her in the crow's nest as the rest of the Straw Hats are sleeping, looking out over the stars. We see bits of her past as a kids. Gloomly looking over people passing her by and huddling on her bed. It then goes to the present as she notices shooting stars going across the sky. She uses her hana-hana powers to wake the crew (simply patting Nami awake while knocking the male crew members off their hammocks or couches). The Straw Hats groggly head on deck but fully awaken upon seeing the shooting stars and enjoy the view.

Romaji
aa hateshinaku tsuzuiteru sora no mukou ni itsuka mita asu wo ima egaki hajimete iru

tatoeba yume ga hakanai mono demo sukoshi no kibou shinjite jibun ni makesou ni naru hi mo aru sonna toki wa atatakana basho ga atta hokoreru mono itsumo kitto boku no senaka oshite kureta yo ne

aa hoshitachi ga furi sosogu kono sora no shita nido to nai ima wo hora mune ni kizande dokomade mo habatakeru jiyuu na tori ni kagiri nai yume wo nose kimi ni todoke ni yukou

kizutsuku koto wo osorezu ni susumu sonna kimi wa hikari kagayaite ita ne moshi mo itsuka mayoi nayande mo yuuki zukete itai zutto

aa hoshitachi ga sasayaita sonna yoru ni wa omoide ni kawatteku toki wo kanjite hateshinaku tsuzuiteru jiyuu na sora ni itsuka mita asu wo ima sono te ni tsukamunda

aa hoshitachi ga furi sosogu kono sora no shita nido to nai ima wo hora mune ni kizande dokomade mo habatakeru jiyuu na tori ni kagiri nai yume wo nose kimi ni todoke ni yukou

bokutachi wa sorezore no hana wo idaite sorezore no tabiji e to aruki hajimete iru

English Translation
beyond this endlessly continuing sky we begin to sketch out the future we saw

even if the dream happens to be impossible believe in the small hope there are days I feel like losing to myself but there was a warm place for me the thing I was proud of, it probably pushed my back

under this sky where stars rain upon I etch out this moment that'll never come again in my heart I'll deliver this endless dream on a free bird that can fly to anywhere

moving on without fearing being hurt you were always shining like that if you were to get lost someday, I want to encourage you

on such days that the stars whisper I feel this time as it turns into memories I'll someday grasp that future I saw in the freely continuing endless sky

under this sky where stars rain upon I etch out this moment that'll never come again in my heart I'll deliver this endless dream on a free bird that can fly to anywhere

each one of us hold our own flower and begin to walk along our own road