Thriller Bark arc

The Thriller Bark arc is the eighteenth story arc in the manga and anime series One Piece.

Arriving in the Devil's Sea
Three days after the Post-Enies Lobby arc, the Straw Hats enjoy the features of their new ship; Usopp and Luffy go fishing together and toss everything they catch into the aquarium; Robin, Franky and Sanji relax in the dining room, Nami takes a bath in the bath hut, Chopper enjoys his expanded room/infirmary and Zoro takes a nap in the observation tower.

When Zoro wakes up, he notices a barrel floating in the ocean and alerts the rest of the crew over the built-in speaker system. When they fish the barrel out of the sea, they notice that it is an Offering to the Sea God. After a short discussion, they open the barrel, but instead of finding food and sake, a Red Light shoots out of the barrel and into the sky. Fearing that someone may spot them and knowing that a big storm is heading in their direction, Nami orders the crew to head southwest. Unfortunately, the Highwind catches them, prompting Franky to unveil the Dry Soldier Deck System Number 0; a set of paddle wheels. Using the paddle wheels they avoid the storm and finally enter the Florian Triangle.

At first Usopp thinks they might already have arrived at Fishman Island but he is quickly corrected by the others who explain to him that they are in fact in the Florian Triangle (he did not know this, since he was not around when Kokoro told the others about it). Upset that he was not notified about this and scared about the ghosts, he quickly grabs his exorcism set to rebuke any evil Spirits. Suddenly, he and the rest of the crew hear a "Yohohohoho" song and discover a Ghost Ship that has suddenly appeared behind them.

Brook
Intrigued, Luffy starts to board the ship, with Nami and Sanji behind him, who want to stop him "in case he does something impulsive and stupid". When they arrive on board of the ship they are greeted by the self-proclaimed "Gentleman Skeleton" Brook, whose first action is to question Nami whether or not he may see her panties. She, of course, denies this and hits Brook. Luffy, finding all this hilarious, asks Brook if can "take dumps", to which Brook replies with a yes. Sanji then starts to shout questions at Brook only to be interrupted by Luffy, who, much to the shock of everybody else, asks Brook to join his crew. Brook replies by saying: "sounds good".

Brook goes with them back to the ship and ends up having dinner with the crew. Brook is explaining his Devil Fruit ability when Usopp (in full exorcist gear) notices that he has no shadow and no reflection. Brooke explains how his shadow was stolen, and sadly cannot leave the foggy Florian Triangle with the Straw Hats for the sun would destroy him. Not wanting his new friends to get hurt, Brook refuses to reveal the culprit. Nonetheless, meeting the crew has brightened his dreary existence, and Brook is about to play the violin when a ghost appears. Just then, the gates of Thriller Bark capture the Thousand Sunny. Brook warns the Straw Hats to escape and runs across the water to Thriller bark.

Thriller Bark
After seeing Brook leave and the prospect of an adventure Luffy decides he wants to explore Thriller Bark. Franky suggest they try out the solider dock system while they decide what to do. Activating the mechanism Franky reveals a Going Merry themed paddle boat named Mini Merry. Ussop, Nami ,and Chopper immediatly jump in to try it out and check the shore line. Franky explanes the solider dock system. suddenly however they're attacked by some invisible beast after making fools out of Luffy, Franky,Sanji,and Zolo it licks Robin who resist using her Hana powers. The unseen enemy then apparently leaves. Meanwhile ashore Nami ,Ussop,and Chopper are seen try to figure out where they are following a crash which caused them to fall out of the Mini-Merry and into a moat on the edge of the island. Suddenly out of the shadows appears this frightening three headed stitched up dog. After fleeing up a tree to escape the Ceberus they encounter a strang Vampire like invidual named Hildon. He ask them if they would like to come to the mansion of Doctor Hogback. This gets Choppers attention. Chopper explains that Hogback is a famous doctor that went missing many years ago. By this time they are in a carrige with Hildon listening to Chopper talk about Hogback. However after seeing several frightening animals Nami and Ussop ask Hildon if he can ask the coach driver to take them back to the shore. After seeming to agree he goes outside to relay their request. However ten minutes pass and when the three look outside they find Hildon and the horsees gone. Meanwhile it shows Hildon flying over head watching then flying off. Suddenly out of the ground come hundreds of zombies. A chaotic fight ensuse with the three only getting away after Ussop uses his fire star attack to scare the zombies. However with the undead still chasing them the three take of toward the mansion that Hildon earlier informed them was owned by doctor Hogback. Mean while back at the shore the remaining crew onboard the Thousand Sunny are pondering what to do. The Sunny, Brook's ship, and the Mini-Merry are all stuck in a giant spider web. deciding the only thing to do is to explore the island they enter a gate way that leads into Thriller Bark. Back at the mansion the Nami, Ussop, and Chopper are confronted by this fritening stiched up maid that starts hurling plates at Ussop untill a man appears and orders her to stop the man is revealed to be Doctor Hogback. Inviting them to Dinner Hogback explains he's on the island to do research on the zombie inhabanits. Latter inthe Shower Nami tells Ussop and Chopper she thinks Hogback's lying and knows more about the island than he let on. Suddenly however Nami is attacked by an invisible man who teels her she will be his bride. Getting her mouth free Nami hollars out to Ussop and Chopper. Bursting in and seeing the window opening on its own, Ussop lets off another fire star. Meanwhile in the moat the remaining crew encounter the Cebarus from earlier. After defeating it the crew wanders through the forest encountering other strange creatures. Meanwhile in the mansion Nami Ussop and Chopper attempt to explore only to be frightened by more Zombies. They stumble upon a room decorated with pictures of Cindry the maid however Nami discovers she wa s once a famous actress and she was reported to have died ten years ago. Finding a chest they open it only to be terrified by a zombie jack-in-the-box. tacking off once agin this time they're purrsued by this figure other zombies refer to as the Gardian. Meanwhile Luffy and the crew stumble acrossx ghost similar to the one they encountered onthe ship earlier however the ghost are revealed to hace the ability to induce a depressed state on people by passing through them. Fortunatly for Luffy, Franky,andZolo the state is tempoary. Walking through the graveyard they are attacked by Zombies but using a team attack the crew defeats them with ease leaving the Graveyard they encounter an old man who like Brook is missing his shadow. The man then tells them the shadow theif is a man named Gecko Moria. Hearing this name Rodin reveales that Gecko Moria is a Shickibuki with a bounty that exceeds even Luffy. They rest of the crew is stuned by this news. Back in the mansion Nami, Ussop, and Chopper find the Hogback's lab. peeking inside they watch at Hogback creates a zombie he calls Mario. Suddenly the mysterious figure from earlier appears and nocks them forward into the lab Nami and Chopper exclaim it sounded like Brook but had flesh and skin.The person comes forward revealing himself to be a zombie Samuri named Ryuma. Seeing Nami he asks to see her underware. Initialy angered by this Nami realizes he's acting just like Brook taking out his sword he runs right past them. Confused they try to run but are quickly taken down by his attack which they didn't even realize had been done when he ran by them. Meanwhile outside the clock struck midnight. In the graveyard the voice of the invisible man is heard ordering the deafeated zombie soliders to get up which they do. The man starts to become visible revealing a tall man with a stiched lions face. The Zombies begin calling out his name Absalom, then calling him pervy leader untill he yelles for them to shut up. Elsewhere it shows dozen of ghosts heading toward the tower be hind Hogback's mansion. entering this room with this weird teddey bear zombie welcomeing them as lady Perona as they enter this Girl in the back of the room the Girl gets up telling the bearzombie to not talk because its not cute. Meanwhile in another part of the tower three Zombies enter this room where Gecko Moria sleep to wake him up. He is a giant. From the top of the tower ost in fog a enormous black sheet starts to come down. Luffy and his crew then learn from the old man that Thriller Bark is actually the worlds largest pirate ship. Withthat Luffy and his crew enter the Mansion. Soon after the Zombie soliders surround the place an Absalom enters the place to wakeup the Zombie generals. These are revealed to be several large zombies, armored zombies, a drunk man called captian John and some other strange zombies. As Absalom watches them leave to hunt the straw hats he is confronted by a large zombie warthog bride named Lola asking Absalom to marry her. Failing to force him to sign a marrage contract Absalom tells Lola he plans to make Nami his bride. He even shows her Nami's wanted poster.Enraged Lola vows to destroy Nami and runs off to do it. Absalom runs after her. Down in the mansion Luffy and his crew are attacked by suprise zombie's led by the taxiedermied pig zombie Oinkchuk. The battle is short however they notice Sanji has gone missing. Meanwhilein this strange forest two zombie squirrles are transporting a coffin. Tripping they drop the coffin copper rolls out and after driving of the squirrls he wakes up Nami and Ussop. they quickly realize it isn't an actual forest but Perona's wonder garden which is located on a bridge spanning from Hogback's mansion the tower which turns out is also a mast.suddenly however more zombie animals show up including this dog face penguin zombie. However when the other zombie's attack Nami the dog penguin rushes to her defense. When the other zombies demand to know what he's doing. The dog-penguin declares he won't ever harm a lady. Lola shows up attempt to attack Nami suddenly however Nami is lifted off her feet. It is revealed to be Absalom. Nami takes Clima-tact and uses the lightening section to electrocute Absalom,then she and the boys take off pursued by Lola. Unfortunatly Absalom has mistaken the shock for love. He orders the Zombie animals to help him. After some rude remarks he threatens the zombies to mind who they talk to. Being confronted by the dog penguin he blast the dog with some sort of invisible attack. Mean while in the mansion Zolo ha gone missing too. Luffy finds a suit of armor and puts it on. Coming into a huge room full of tents tthey are ambushed by a General Zombie Franky proceds to pound it but the armoured knight keeps getting up. Suddenly many more zombie generals appear. Oinkchuck runs off sealing the way they came from. A vicious battle ensues as Luffy ,Robin,and Fanky try to get out. Franky discovers these Zombies Fend off there weakness to fire with buckets of water. Luffy suddenly see several Zombies hit by Zolo's 36 pound cannon technique. How it isn't Zolo who did it its this zombie weilding three swords.Finally Franky and Robin manage to escape on to a stone bridge spanning from the mansion to the tower beneath Perona's wonder garden. However they discover Luffy's been taken capttive by the zombies and is being transported by chain to the tower. As they run after him they are blocked by a giant Spider/monkey Zombie General called Talleran. Back on the Thousand Sunny Perona and Other Zombie's are scavenge the ship for treasure when Hildon shows up and informs her that Luffy's been capture and their master is planning to bring out Zombie 900.On Perona's wonder Garden Nami is connered by Lola. keeping her wits Nami convinces lola she's really a Gay Transetive male. Having stop Lola, Nami proceeds to talk to lola telling her she has to go after Absalom if she wants him to marry her. Taking this advice Lola goes after Absalom who is next seen in Perona's room with Bearsy when Perona shows up. Then it's revealed that while Lola went after Absalom Nami and the others ran away and are hiding in Bearsy. Back on the Bridge Robin and Franky are cornered by the generals. Thinking quickly Franky smashes the bridge.However as they fall Robin reveals the ability to fly for five seconds by using her Hana powers to form a large wing.While she keeps them airborne Franky launches his strong to grab the ledge. However Talleran is on the tower side of the gap. Suddenly a weird noise is heard an Brook plumets out of the sky and into the court yard with the Zombie general. Talleran begins spinning his web out of his hand moving toward them. Using her Hana powers to slap Talleran in the eyes. when he brings his hands to the eyes he gets webbing in them. Next Franky takes his iron nunckuks and combine them with some stone column and starts bashing Talleran hard. However just when It seemed theyed won Robin is attacked by several spider mice zombies. As Franky turns to help her he is caught by Tallerans webbing. Just then Brook Appears havingleaped up from the courtyard. After a breif conversation with Robin and Franky Talleran suddenly gasps in pain. It is revealed just like Ryuma, Brook attacked Talleran without him realizing it for ashort period of time. Suddenly This black thing comes out of Tallerans mouth. Horrified by the defeat of their leader the SpiderMice flee. After freeing himself and Robin ,Franky asks Brook whats going on. Brook tells them Hogback after gather bodies he fixes them up but to bring them to life he needs Moria's help. Moria steals shadows and puts them in zombies creating his army. Moria is able to do this because he has the power of the Kage kage fruit. And The stronge the person whos shadow is stolen the stronger the Zombie warrior. The Zombies also gain the personality and combat styles of the person whose shadow they come from.However the zombies do have a weaknesses. Because their power is cursed fruit based salt from the ocean frees the shadow to go back to its owner. It flases back to the front of the mansion where hundred of zombie of soliders lie lifless having been purified by Brook. Also Moria cannot kill the person he steals one from for it would kill the zombie. Brook gives the two a bag of salt and runs off.

Gecko Moria
Perona, Bearsy, Absalom, and Hogback with Cindry arrive in a massive room and sitting on the throne is Gecko Moria. Moria reveals his desire to be pirate king. Luffy who is tied up in a cage yelles he'll be King. Moria and his chief officer converse on they're aims when the three solider garding him yelled out he ate the steel cage is escaping. Perona lets loose a a few ghost who subdue him with there negative attack. With that Gecko Moria begins to remove Luffy's shadow while Nami, Ussop, and Chopper watch in horror from Bearsy.With His shadow removed Luffy loses consusnence. Moria mentions how he was once defeated by a person called Kaidou in the New World. Moria Orders the Spider Mice to take luffy back to his ship. Before they leave the Spider Mice inform him of Tallerans defeat. Then they take Luffy and rush off down the stairs. Absalom is concerned about Brook but Perona dosen't know about him. Moria not bothered by this developmentoder his three personal zombies to open the door to the Freezer where zombie 900 is stored. Elsewhere Franky and Robin hurry back to the Thousand Sunny and looking for the others on the way. Meanwhile Brook confronts Ryuma in Hogbacks Lab.In the tunnel of the Freezer All the leaders of Thriller Bark are excited about their plans for the future.They enter this camber with this enormous giant twenty times Morias size rest.Moria declears it was once the great conquerer known as Oz.Moria walks on one othe the chains supporting Oz and inserts Luffy's shadow. The monster becomes awake and Roars for food. Nami, Ussop, and Chopper fall out of Bearsy and are discovered. However Oz roars out for food agin and they run off. They head down the stairs when suddenly Ussop and Chopper are inveloped in explosions. Absalom grabs Nami and turns himself and her invisible and escapes. Ussop and Chopper are set upon by dozens of solider zombies. However just as they're being overwhelmed Franky and Robin show up and begin purifing zombies.

Oz and Luffy
Moria has his zombies bring Oz tons of food to eat. The zombies watch in shock as Oz consumes vast amounts of Thriller Bark's stores and still wants more food. Moria tells Oz who he is and that he is now his minion but Oz declares he will be pirate king and proceeds to break out of the frezzer much to the astonishment of the zombies. Meanwhile Robin, Franky, Ussop, and Chopper run down stairs that lead to the ships. Elsewhere Absalom prepares to marry Nami. In Hogback's lab Ryuma reminds brook of what happened last time he was in Thriller Bark. They begin to fight. The surviving straw hats reach their ship which has been ransacked by the Zombies and fine Luffy, Sanji,and Zolo. After several blows on the head by Franky they begin to come to.