Episode 538

"The Crew is Defeated!? Hody Controls the Ryugu Palace" is the 538th episode of the One Piece anime.

Short Summary
Zoro cuts Hody and asks for Neptune's help to escape from Ryugu Palace. Hody recovers with an Energy Steroid and stops Neptune and the Straw Hats. However, the two Ministers and the palace guards escape.

Luffy, Shirahoshi, Chopper, and Sanji reach the Sea Forest, where they find the Thousand Sunny and Franky. Jinbe and Luffy meet for the first time in two years, but Jinbe is greatly shocked to see Shirahoshi out of the tower and Hachi injured. Later Nami and Camie also arrive with the sad news of what happened in the Ryugu Palace. Jinbe apologizes to the Straw Hats for letting Arlong go on a rampage in the East Blue.

Anime Notes

 * The following scenes are added in the anime:
 * Zoro fights with some of Hody's men before resurfacing for air.
 * It is shown that King Neptune passes a Bubbly Coral to Usopp, who throws it to Zoro, but misses the catch.
 * An Ammo Knight informs Fukaboshi about the trouble in Waterwheel Town before a member of the New Fish-Man Pirates cuts him down.
 * The princes were at Gyoverly Hills and Ikaros makes his move after they have left.
 * A younger Shirahoshi is shown even before the flashbacks start.
 * This is the first episode to use Brook's post-timeskip eyecatcher.

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