Chapter 15

Chapter 15 is called "Gong".

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Volume: 2 Pg.: 135

Straw Hat and animals: the Straw Hats ride with a Mammoth.

Short Summary
Despite his courage, the mayor is no match against Buggy. Luckily for him however Luffy arrives in time to save him. With Nami going to search for treasure, Luffy knocks the mayor unconscious to keep him from getting in the way, so he and Zoro prepare to fight the Buggy Pirates.

Long Summary
Boodle challenges Buggy over the matter of the town. While the crew laugh, Cabaji, Buggy's second mate offers to deal with the mayor himself and leaps into the air to strike him down. Buggy steps in and tells Cabaji to hold off as the mayor challenged him directly. The Mayor's claim that the town is his treasure amuses Buggy, who only views gold and silver as treasure.

Buggy splits his right arm off and sends it flying towards the mayor, grabbing the mayor by the throat and lifting him off the ground. Trying to get Buggy off him the mayor begins to hit his throat where the hands were holding it. The mayor becomes desperate not to die, while Buggy gloats on how after this town he plans on heading out into the Grand Line and stealing all the treasures there. Nevertheless the Mayor's efforts amuse him, but Luffy appears in time to save the man and pulls the hand off Boodle's neck before Buggy can do anything else.

Buggy re-attaches his hand as Nami tells Zoro and Luffy to fight, while she grabs the Grand Line map and any treasures she can find nearby. The mayor is anything but pleased about seeing Luffy and the others, as he wanted to fight Buggy on his own. Luffy however renders the mayor unconscious (much to Nami's shock) in order to make sure he is safe and doesn't get in the way.

Luffy then calls out to Buggy, shouting "Hey big nose!" to grab the pirate's attention. Because of his reputation of overreacting to anything related to his nose, Buggy's crew, Zoro and Nami are all horrified. Buggy then demands that his crew load another Buggy Ball into the cannon, while Zoro and Nami flee for cover. Launching the powerful cannonball towards Luffy, the rubberman blows himself up like a balloon and shoots the cannonball straight back at the Buggy Pirates.

Chapter Notes

 * Nami learns that Luffy ate the Gomu Gomu no Mi.
 * Cabaji, the second mate of the Buggy Pirates, is fully introduced.
 * Buggy's view on treasure is only gold, silver, and jewels.

Characters
1: first introduction

Anime Episode
p2 to 10 : Episode 6

p11 to 19 : Episode 7

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