Episode 898

"The Headliner! Hawkins the Magician Appears" is the 898th episode of the One Piece anime

Short Summary
Luffy and Zoro fight against Basil Hawkins' men. Hawkins eventually steps in and displays his powers to them. Komachiyo grabs Luffy and Zoro and runs from the battle, but Hawkins pursues them.

Long Summary
Luffy and Zoro encounters Basil Hawkins, who had become one of Kaidou's officers. They begin fighting, with Luffy now armed with a katana. Luffy and Zoro decimate Hawkins' troops.

A giant lizard attacks Luffy. Luffy takes the animal lizard and throws it at Hawkins, who impales the animal with a straw sword. Zoro attacks Hawkins with a flying slash, but one of Hawkins' subordinates mysteriously ends up getting slashed instead of him.

Hawkins explains his Devil Fruit power; he has straw dolls hidden inside his body which each represent one of his soldiers. Whenever he is attacked, he simply transfers the damage to one of his dolls, and in turn damaging the person the doll represents while leaving Hawkins unharmed. Hawkins suggests playing a "game," summoning a giant straw monster floating above him.

Hawkins draws a tarot card from his deck. He ends up drawing the "Reverse Fool" card, making his own subordinates fight each other.

Komachiyo suddenly enters into the battlefield and takes away Zoro and Luffy, running away from the battle, while Luffy fights off the chasing soldiers. However, Hawkins draws his second card, the "Reverse Hierophant" card. This makes Hawkins' straw monster chase after Komachiyo, Zoro and Luffy.

Characters in Order of Appearance

 * Roronoa Zoro
 * Monkey D. Luffy
 * Basil Hawkins
 * Komachiyo
 * Tama
 * Portgas D. Ace (flashback)

Anime Notes

 * Luffy and Zoro's confrontation with Hawkins' group is extended.
 * Before the fight starts, Luffy and Zoro are taking a longer time talking about the Nidai Kitetsu than in the manga.
 * The anime shows Luffy having more skill with the sword than what was shown in the manga.
 * A scene of Tama thinking about Ace is added.
 * Zoro fights the man with a long ponytail and Luffy fights a foe using a giant hammer.
 * When Luffy is dodging a lizard's bite, he only dodged once in the manga. In the anime, he dodges multiple times.
 * When Hawkins summons the straw entity, Zoro is not shown licking his blade like in the manga. He is only shown grinning instead. Also in the manga, Luffy attached his sword's scabbard to his waist. In the anime, he is holding the scabbard in his right hand.
 * After Komachiyo grabs Luffy and Zoro, Hawkins' men pursued them. In the manga, it was only the straw entity.