Episode 426

"Movie-connected Special - The Gold Lion's Ambition Moves Forward" is the 426th episode of the One Piece anime.

Short Summary
Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, and Sanji arrive on an island called Little East Blue, a smaller version of the East Blue, which is where they met each other.

The Past and Mysterious Visitor
The episode starts off 20 years ago. One day, a prisoner named The Golden Lion Shiki was escaping from Impel Down by cutting off his own legs. Magellan and some guards went to his cage, shocked that he cut off his legs.

We then go forward in time between the Thriller Bark Arc and Sabaody Archipelago Arc where there is a large submarine with loads of people inside. A worker announced Shiki called, and the people were shocked. Corto called Shiki back and talked to him. At the same time, Luffy, Usopp, Chopper, and Brook are fishing and could not catch anything. Sanji told them that they shouldn't have had a banquet before arriving at the next island. Suddenly, Brook's fishing rod starts shaking. At that same time, Franky notices a large beetle coming at the Thousand Sunny. As Brook caught the fish, the large beetle comes right past them. The large beetle then comes back and eats the large fish. Then a girl named Yoko looks at the pirate ship (Thousand Sunny). She tells Boss, the large beetle's name, to kill the Straw Hat Pirates. Boss then heads to the ship, and Franky attacks it. However, his attack did not work. Luffy then went to the top of the sail and battled Boss. Suddenly, Boss inhales and exhales fire, very similar to Franky's fresh fire attack. Luffy, who is ok, rides Boss. Boss went down to the lawn deck and picks up Usopp. Zoro and Sanji grab Boss's legs and go to an unknown island, where Yoko was. Boss got his nose stuck on the cliff, while the East Blue team (except Nami) went on ground. Then, Yoko bit Luffy until Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp came up and people came out of the entrance of the cave. Yoko told them that they are pirates, and the people bowed before them, until an old man came out, saying they are the Straw Hat Pirates. The people who were surprised, showed them into a maze-like cave.

The "Little East Blue" Town
As they went back of the island, they found a town. The buildings were all based upon the buildings in East Blue and the islanders told them that everyone living there was from the East Blue. The name of the island is then revealed to be Kansorn Island, also known as Little East Blue. The giant windmill reminds Luffy of the one in Foosha Village; the training hall is for people came from Zoro's hometown, Shimotsuki Village; Baratie where Sanji was raised; and the most famous girl in town, Luigia, lives in a mansion that reminds Usopp of Kaya. Back in the Sunny, Chopper worries about the team. Nami predicts that they will call them soon. Robin and Franky think if Boss joins the crew, they'll have to get a insect cage. Just after that, Usopp called Nami. Usopp tells Nami to come to the back of the island, because of the people wanting her to come. He hangs up and Nami goes on Shiro Mokuba I to go to the island. After a while, Corto and his brother, with some men, are going to Kansorn Island to capture Boss because it escaped from Shiki.

Anime Notes
In one of the beginning scenes Nami's tattoo is on her right arm instead of her left.
 * After Luffy detects Boss' attack, Sanji speaks in Zoro's (Kazuya Nakai) voice.
 * Strangely, the fish that Brook had caught was a Blue-Finned Elephant Tuna.
 * This is the first episode of the Little East Blue Arc.
 * This is the first episode to use Kaze wo Sagashite as the opening.

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