Episode 325

Statics

 * Air Date: 2007-09-23 (Funimation DVD:)
 * Opening: Crazy Rainbow (8th Opening)
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Short Summary
Three days before Luffy leaves Water 7, Ace finally catches up to Blackbeard on Banaro Island, but his attempt to fight him reveals Teach's darkest secret: the control of the Dark Dark Fruit (Yami Yami no Mi), the most powerful of Devil Fruits. As fire and dark gravity collide, the island is destroyed. The fight ends in the defeat and ultimate turning in of Ace, subsequently allowing Blackbeard sufficient notoriety to be promoted to the post of Shichibukai. It is said that the fight between them is the trigger for a great event yet to come.