Dear Friends

Dear Friends is the Sixteenth Ending of the One Piece anime, sung by TRIPLANE. It also played during Merry's Funeral.

Ending
This ending is entirely dedicated to Going Merry. The ending begins showing the main mast with the sail rolled up, the camera panning up into the crow's nest, showing the Straw Hat Pirates' Jolly Roger, the sky covered in dark stormy clouds. It fades to black and shows Merry sailing across the ocean, the bottom of it shown at first, then the view expanding to show it sailing the large ocean. It then shows the rear of Merry, and displays the many events that has happened there in black silhouetted figures. First, it shows Luffy, Zoro, Nami and Usopp cheering over gaining a ship, and then it shows Sanji added in the group serving food to the others.

Next, it shows Luffy and Usopp fishing, using Karoo as bait as Vivi rushes over and hits both of them over the head. Then, it shows Chopper celebrating his joining the crew, and last, the farewell made ​​to Vivi with all of them showing their mark of friendship. Next, it shows the Straw Hats inside the cabin, fading one by one, Robin reading a book, Sanji cooking, Nami talking, Zoro sleeping, Chopper steering the central steer rudder, Usopp crafting something holding his hammer, and lastly, Luffy holding a piece of Meat while sitting on a barrel, until the cabin is empty, Showing the silhouette of Klabautermann through the doorway.

It fades to black, then showing Merry in a fierce storm, tides everywhere, before showing the main mast once more, and finally, a profile view of Merry's figure head, before fading to black for the last time.

FUNimation lyrics
We had a dream that day

Our belief in ourselves

makes us able to cross the wildly surging ocean

You're braver and more caring than anyone else

If you ever depart this ship and live in a different world

In the end, we can all surely smile

~ Goodbye Merry. ~

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