Episode 9

"Honorable Liar? Captain Usopp" is the 9th episode of the One Piece anime.

Short Summary
Luffy, Nami, and Zoro arrive in Syrup Village, where they meet a long-nosed fellow called Usopp. The crew need a ship to travel so they head to the mansion on top of the hill to ask a rich girl named Kaya for a ship. What they do not anticipate, though, is the arrival of Kaya's butler Klahadore.

Long Summary
The crew, who lack a ship adequate for the Grand Line, decide to stop by Syrup Village, a small island in the south, in search of a better ship.

In Syrup Village, the town prankster, Usopp, fools the townspeople into thinking pirates have come to attack the village. The townspeople chase him out of town. However, one of the children in Usopp's pretend pirate crew inform him that pirates have indeed arrived at the island. The Usopp Pirates go to the coast to confront the crew.

Usopp attempts to intimidate and repel them from the island, but all attempts fail as Luffy sees through each of his ploys. Luffy deduces that Usopp is the son of Yasopp, one of the people on Shanks' crew. After stopping at a local restaurant for food, they decide to go to the large mansion on top of the hill to ask its owners for financial support.

The lady of the mansion, Kaya, is being protected by her butler, Klahadore, following her parents' deaths. Despite Usopp being the only person to make her happy, Klahadore bars him from entering the mansion due to his reputation as a delinquent. Still, Usopp sneaks into the mansion and speaks with Kaya. The crew follow him and sneak into the mansion, but Klahadore confronts them for trespassing.

In the outskirts of the town, a peculiar man emerges, moonwalking down the road.

Anime Notes

 * In the manga, Luffy mentions that the fruit came from Gaimon, while in the anime, Luffy only complains about eating it everyday.
 * An additional scene is shown when Luffy and Usopp are staring at each other and while Usopp points his slingshot at Luffy.
 * In the anime, Tamanegi, Piiman, and Ninjin are hiding in the bushes and are holding the Usopp Pirates' flag when the crew have arrived but in the manga, they ran away.
 * In the anime, Luffy figured out right away that Usopp was Yasopp's son. In the manga, he makes the connection later after his first meeting with Klahadore at Kaya's mansion when Klahadore mentions on Usopp's father being a pirate.
 * This is the first episode of the Syrup Village Arc.
 * This is the first episode to air in the 2000s.
 * Zoro's eyecatcher music is played on Luffy's and Nami's eyecatcher.
 * In the anime, while talking to Kaya, Usopp is shown sitting on a branch with Kaya in a second story window. In the manga however, they are both on the ground floor, with Usopp sitting against the tree and Kaya leaning on the windowsill.

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