Episode 33

"Usopp's Death?! Luffy - Yet To Land?" is the 33rd episode of the One Piece anime.

Short Summary
After Zoro escapes with Nami's help, she tries to prove her loyalty to the Arlong Pirates by appearing to kill Usopp. Meanwhile, Luffy's group finally arrives at the island.

Long Summary
Luffy, Sanji and Yosaku use Momoo to pull their small ship and they sail towards Arlong Park faster than anticipated.

Meanwhile, Arlong is incensed by the memory of Usopp defying him in Cocoyasi Village. He orders his men to find him. Usopp tries to evade his pursuers and is almost successful until Chew, Arlong's right hand, arrives and captures him as he stumbles down a mountain.

Back in Arlong Park, Zoro has incapacitated most of the fish-men there and waits for Luffy, wondering where he is. There, he encounters Hatchan who is fishing near the Park. Hatchan wonders who he is and asks whether he was a Marine or a guest. Zoro answers that one could say that he was a guest. With this, Hatchan shows his hospitality and offers to bring Zoro to Cocoyasi Village since Arlong was not in Arlong Park. They arrive at Cocoyasi Village and Hatchan bids him farewell and returns to Arlong Park.

Shortly after, Arlong arrives at Arlong Park and sees the bodies lying around. One of the fish-men tell him that it was all Zoro’s doing. Chew then arrives and Usopp is taken to Arlong himself. One of Arlong’s men inspect the prison cell where they kept Zoro and he finds that the ropes have been cut and someone helped him escape.

They begin to suspect Nami since she was acting strange and even helped Zoro from drowning. Nami overhears and she tries to convince Arlong of her loyalty and clear their suspicions towards her. Hatchan returns to Arlong Park and realizes that he had treated Zoro as a guest when he was responsible for the injured fish-men in Arlong Park. Meanwhile at Cocoyasi Village, Zoro finds out that Usopp has been captured by Arlong’s men and he quickly returns to Arlong Park.

Nami sees Usopp trying to attack Arlong so she strikes him, angry that he is “getting in the way.” They fight and just as Usopp makes his escape, Nami stabs him, and he falls into the water. A horrified Johnny witnesses this and flees.

Luffy, Sanji, and Yosaku reach land and find Zoro who tells them that Arlong is going to kill Usopp. Before they can act, a miserable Johnny proclaims that Nami killed him, much to the shock of the others. A man in a cloak is then seen walking on the beach wondering if he is still alive.

Anime Notes
The following are the differences between the anime and the manga:
 * In the anime, Arlong and his men are shown to be walking from Cocoyasi Village back to Arlong Park. In the manga, there is no such scene.
 * Usopp is shown evading Arlong’s men near Cocoyasi Village and is eventually caught by Chew. In the manga, he is seen to have already been captured by Chew and brought to Arlong Park.
 * In the anime, a fish-man is shown to inspect the prison cell where Zoro was held captive and finds ropes that have been cut. In the manga, this fish-man simply wonders how Zoro could have escaped and suspects Nami to have betrayed them.
 * In the anime, when Nami stabs Usopp, he falls into the water on his own. In the manga, Nami kicks him into the water. The anime also censors the blood, coloring it white.

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