Episode 466

"Straw Hat Team Arrives - The Battlefield Grows More Intense"is the 466th episode of One Piece.

Short Summary
Luffy finally shows up together with his formed alliance from the escaped prisoners of Impel Down. As they were looking upon the scaffolding where Ace is, Crocodile has set off to attack Whitebeard soon as he had the chance, but Luffy caught up to his scheme intercepting Crocodile with Gear Second and with his body soaked wet. Crocodile then realizes Luffy already knew his weakness and therefore he had no choice but to give it up. As for the first time, Luffy stands face-to-face with the World's Strongest Man. Showing interest towards the boy, Whitebeard then asks Luffy if he knew what he is against with. Luffy stood up refusing to be told what to do, showing little manners, he competes with Whitebeard even telling the old man that the next pirate king would be him. Everyone was shocked by Luffy's actions towards Whitebeard, but later on, the two of them agreed not to get in each other's way and do it as they please.

Long Summary
Luffy along the Impel Down escapees are falling from the sky, and a flashback shows how they were pushed by Whitebeard's seaquake which turned into a tsunami, which quickly scares Buggy and the other pirates, but Crocodile is fast in putting them in order by claiming they can use the tsunami to their advantage, and ride the wave which is then frozen by Aokiji from where they can see the battle has begun. Luffy suggests that they unstuck the ship so that it can slide through the frozen wave, but just before they can do something, the Den Den Mushi on the ship tells them (as a message to the Marines) that they should be set so that they can execute Ace shocking everybody, to which they break the ice but much to their surprise they do it in the wrong way and fall. Much to their luck, they fall precisely in the spot in which Jozu threw an iceberg, however this proves bad news to the Devil Fruit users, to whom Jinbei has to save. Luffy then awakens on the destroyed ship, just to watch the still raging battlefield, and tries to find Ace, but he cannot find it nowhere, and looks everywhere he can, breaking through all the Marines who attack him with ease. Finally Luffy finds Ace and shouts his name, to which Ace shouts back, which makes Luffy happy. Luffy and the company he brings, shocks everybody, and Sengoku is soon to blame Garp who is equally shocked. Reactions vary, as Mihawk comments how Luffy always brings troubles with him, while Gecko Moria is disgusted by Luffy's arrival. Boa Hancock cannot help but fall in love. Donquixote Doflamingo is rejoiced that a former and current Shichibukai are along with Luffy, while admirals Aokiji and Kizaru never though to see him. Smoker wonders what is Luffy doing along Crocodile, and Marco is able to see the "brother" Ace told him about. Akainu finally seeing the "son of the revolutionary Dragon" and "grandson of Garp" decides he will kill him. Shocked, Sengoku asks Jinbei if that is his will, to whom he replies it is and that he "resigns the Shichibukai". Garp soon comments, that such people have no "common goal". This soon proves right, as Crocodile is fast to attack Whitebeard on sight, which is repelled by Luffy's Second Gear. Crocodile who is cautious seeing how Luffy is wet with water to counter his abilities, tells him that their agreement is fulfilled, and asks "why is he protecting Whitebeard" to which Luffy replies "he makes Ace happy", just as Crocodile is restrained by some Whitebeard Pirates. Whitebeard soon recognizes the Straw-Hat as the one used by Shanks and remembers a past talk, about him losing his left arm. Whitebeard asks if it was Shanks's Straw Hat, to which Luffy answers it is. When Whitebeard asks if he is to rescue, he angrily shouts that he will die if he tries, which shocks everybody. Luffy is fast and fearless to reply that he "it is not up for him to decide" and that "he will become the next Pirate King" such reply, greatly impreses everybody, so much that the battle briefly stops. Whitebeard is soon to commend how "saucy he is" and that he will not forgive him if he "gets in his way". Luffy replies he "will do as he pleases, and will save Ace". Kizaru soon asks Sengoku if they should all be punished, to which Sengoku agrees.

Trivia

 * In this episode, you will notice in Whitebeard's flashback on Ace showing his brother's wanted poster to Whitebeard, Ace has no freckles on his cheeks. On an SBS question, Oda admitted that he sometimes forget Ace's freckles.