Chapter 435

Chapter 435 is titled "You Have My Sympathies".

Cover Page
Enel's Great Space Operations, Vol. 6: "What Great Shame! I Have Survived!"

Enel is startled to find that his thunderbolt has actually revived its would-be victim—a stubby little soldier that instantly hops to attention.

Short Summary
The Straw Hats learn about Fish-Man Island and the Florian Triangle. The whole crew gets new bounties, including Franky. The new ship is completed. Zambai asks Luffy to take Franky with him.

Long Summary
Franky is at Scrap Island, starting work on the ship. Iceburg arrives and asks if he could help. After asking to look at Franky's design, Paulie, Tilestone, and Peepley Lulu arrive with their tools and offer their assistance, saying they would do anything to help the Straw Hats. Franky is touched by this and hides his emotions by saying they have better not slow him down. At the Franky House, Tamagon holds up a newspaper and says that the events at Enies Lobby are in it. Much to the whole family's surprise, they are not mentioned in the report at all. They are relieved, as now they do not have to run from the World Government.

Back at the Galley-La Headquarters, the Straw Hats are wondering why the Franky Family is so excited. Sanji wonders if Garp used his influence to get all of them identified as innocent bystanders. Luffy disagrees, as Nami and Chopper agree with him. Robin, thinks it might have been Aokiji, but says nothing. Zoro adds that unlike the Franky Family, their actions are described in vivid detail, adding that their bounties will go up for sure. Sanji and Chopper get excited, but Nami does not understand why they are excited. Later, the crew tells Luffy that Franky is making a ship for them since he was asleep when Franky told the rest of them, and Luffy is overjoyed. Nami suggests taking the time to resupply and asks what happened to their 100,000,000. Luffy tells her that it was spent on all the food for the party they had. Nami gives Luffy three huge bruises for acting so casual about spending the money. Luffy is not bothered since they are getting a new ship, while Nami was looking forward to buying new furniture for the ship. Robin tells her they will have to stick with what they have.

The narration says that the ship will take five days to complete, which the crew uses to relax and stock up on supplies. Luffy and Chopper are seen eating Mizu Mizu meat on a Yagara Bull. Luffy thanks Chopper for buying him the meat. Chopper says he was given some money, so he will spend the rest of it on medical books. Zoro is seen trying to buy a sword, but is unsuccessful due to the small amount of money he has. Robin and Nami go clothes shopping, and Robin suggests looking at furniture. Sanji leaves a market pulling a large cart filled with various foods and a keg of sake. Usopp is practicing what he will say when he sees Luffy so he can get back into the crew, going through different situations dialogues, and taking notes on what works. Sanji sees him and wonders what he is doing. Meanwhile, the new ship is coming along nicely. On the third day, the Log Pose locks onto the next island. Kokoro asks if the crew knows what island they are going to next. Nami mentions the needle is pointing down a little.

Kokoro tells them their next destination is the underwater world of Fish-Man Island. Sanji gets abnormally excited, while Nami seems uneasy due to what happened at her village. Sanji then says that Fish-Man Island is one of the landmarks of the Grand Line, home to beautiful mermaids swimming gracefully in the sea. Kokoro looks at him and Sanji says he can dare to dream, and Kokoro tells him there should be young ones there too. Kokoro adds that getting to the island is not that simple, Robin mentions the underwater part of it is a little worrying. Kokoro said that is not the problem. She tells Nami to read the newspaper. Fourteen ships have gone missing in the last month. Kokoro tells them that to get there, they will have to pass through the Florian Triangle. Over one hundred ships a year disappear in that area, when they are found they are empty. Nami and Chopper are terrified while Luffy is excited. Robin mentions that ghost ships are usually linked to treasure, which causes Nami to become suddenly enthusiastic.

Just then, Mozu, Kiwi, and Chimney burst in with exciting news. Their new ship is finished. When they go outside, the rest of the Franky Family is there, out of breath. Zambai tells them that new wanted posters have been printed, and everyone has a bounty. He spreads the posters on the ground at their feet. Everyone except Nami, Chopper, and Sanji look excited to see their new bounties. Sanji never had his picture taken, and the artist's rendering looks nothing like him, Chopper is upset at his low bounty, and Nami does not like having a bounty. They also show them another poster, Franky's. Zambai tells them that if Franky stays on the island, he will be in danger of the government and marines. Zambai then asks Luffy to take Franky with him, and that he was the son of pirates.

Chapter Notes

 * Kokoro tells the Straw Hat Pirates that their next destination is Fish-Man Island.
 * She also tells them that they have to cross the Florian Triangle first to get there, and warns them that many ships that go in the area vanish.
 * The entire Straw Hat Pirates get new bounties:
 * Monkey D. Luffy: 300,000,000
 * Roronoa Zoro: 120,000,000
 * Nami: 16,000,000
 * Sogeking: 30,000,000
 * Sanji: 77,000,000 (with him being rather dismayed because of his bounty picture, which looks nothing like him).
 * Tony Tony Chopper: 50 (Who has a low bounty, since he was mistaken for the crew's pet).
 * Nico Robin: 80,000,000
 * Franky also gets a bounty of 44,000,000
 * Zambai asks Luffy to take Franky with him as his new crewmate, and the shipwright of the Straw Hat Pirates.
 * Luffy asks if he can meet a living skeleton while at the Florian Triangle, foreshadowing a new person's appearance.

Trivia

 * The Cover Page's caption (Spacey's dialogue) is a play on Shoichi Yokoi's (in)famous remark "What great shame I have returned." (恥ずかしながら帰って参りました) after he was finally persuaded to surrender decades after World War II's end.
 * Oda would reference Yokoi again in Volume 89's opening note, attracting considerable controversy.

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