Chapter 163

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Volume: 18 Pg.: 147

Jango's Dance Paradise Vol. 29: "Friendship, Crime, and Duty"

Unfortunately Jango is still a pirate and Fullbody must do his duty.

Quick Summary
The Straw Hat finaly arrive in a deserted city, Yuba. Only one inhabitant live here: Toto, the father of the rebel leader Kohza. When she realise who he his Vivi's youth memories are starting to rise.

Long Summary
At their arrival, Yuba is confronted to a sandstorm and it is in a devastated city that the Straw Hat enters. Nobody is here but one man, Toto, digging in the sand. When Vivi ask him about the rebels they are trying to meet, the old man reveals them that, due to the drought Yuba fate since three years, the rebels have move to Katorea, an oasis close from Nanohana, the city they have left before going to Yuba.

When Luffy accidently dropp Vivi's name, the old man starts to cry, asking the princess if she does remember him. Vivi, in shock, realises who he is and start to remember their encounter.

Eleven years ago, a young kid named Kohza asked king Cobra to stop the drought his village was suffering. When Cobra tells him it is out of his power, the kid father Toto appears, ashamed by his son rudeness and beg the king to forgive them. Kohza too pride to beg the king rushes out but Cobra moved by the kid caring for his fellow villagers, decides to allow them to live in Alubarna temporarly until they decide what to do.

While Kohza, in tears, gets out, he encounters young Vivi who call him a crybaby. This is the start of fights between the two kids, which rapidly transform into friendship. Vivi becomes the sub-leader of the Suna Suna Clan just under Kohza. But one day, while Vivi is searching for her leader, she bump into two dangerous men.

Chapter Notes

 * Kohza is introduced.

Quotes
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Characters
(new)


 * Toto
 * Kohza


 * Straw Hats
 * Monkey D. Luffy
 * Sanji
 * Tony Tony Chopper
 * Roronoa Zoro
 * Nami
 * Usopp
 * Nefertari Vivi
 * Arabasta's people (flashback)
 * Nefertari Cobra
 * Igaram
 * young Nefertari Vivi
 * young Carue

Attacks
N/A

Trivia
N/A

Anime episode
Vivi's flashback: episode 100

p2 to p7: episode 103