Chapter 102

Chapter 102 is titled "And Now, the Grand Line".

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Volume: 12 Pg.: 54

Diary of Coby-Meppo Vol. 17: "Helmeppo's Determination".

Helmeppo disowns Morgan. His axe is on the wrong arm, the left instead of the right one.

Short Summary
On their way down from Reverse Mountain, the crew encounters a giant whale.

Long Summary
As the crew heads down the canal stream towards the Grand Line, a loud roar rings out into the air. Usopp announces he can see a giant mountain in the way, but Nami dismisses it as they should have open sea ahead of them. Suddenly they discover the giant mountain is actually a large whale. The crew concludes that the whale is most likely doesn't know they are there as it appears just like a wall and wouldn't be able to see them with its eyes. They try to come up with ideas before they hit it, but to everyone's dismay, Luffy's way of stopping the ship via cannon works but the idea is to fire a cannonball at the whale. Going Merry's headfigure is broken off, as it bumps in the whale. They wonder if it felt the cannonball and call it "stupid" if it didn't. But as the crew try and get away from the whale, Luffy hits it in the eye with a punch for breakng off "his special seat", which angers the whale.

The whale spots them with its eye and Luffy threatens it to a fight - resulting in the ship getting swallowed inside the whale's mouth. Luffy however ends up on top of the whale and is wondering how to get his crew out. He pummels the whale's head as the whale begins to lower into the water. Luffy spots a metal hatch on the surface of the whale, just before it submerges.

Inside the whale, the crew wonders if they've entered a dream since there is an island here, and they appear to be outside. As they get near to the island a giant squid appears and is harpooned. Sanji and Zoro comment there must be a man living here and hopes he is friendly. Luffy meanwhile finds himself inside a tunnel in the body of the whale.

Chapter Notes

 * The Straw Hat Pirates finally makes it into the Grand Line.
 * The Going Merry is eaten by a whale.

Characters
2: former member

3: first apparition

Anime Episode
Episode 62

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