Chapter 596

Cover
Teenaged Luffy, Ace, and Sabo do a dine-and-dash from an angry gorilla.

Short Summary
Nami, Robin, Brook, Franky, and Usopp decide to work in their various environments in order to become better and stronger to help Luffy.

Long Summary
Nami fools the citizens of Weatheria once again and decides to stay behind to study the Weather patterns of the New World such as a Lightning Rain on one of the islands. Haredas points out that Weather in the New World is so dangerous that one needs to have good Navigational skills to survive the Weather of the New Worlds. Nami points out how Luffy is very reckless and has no sense of direction. So Nami insists she must learn how to navigate through the most dangerous Weather in the New World so she can help him become the Pirate King. Nami also begs Haredas to also teach her about the Weather Balls they create however Haredas is a little hesitant as he feels the invention should not be used as a Weapon.

Brook is now behind bars in a cage and he is on display as a Freak Show. The Long Arm people of Kenzan Island get a little frustrated as Brook is motionless reading the newspaper and thinking about his moment when Luffy recruited him to the Straw Hat Pirates. He tries thinking of a way of how he can help Luffy. Brook then comes to the decision that he is going to be more useful for Luffy and then falls over at a 45 degree angle and suddenly gets up. He is seen wielding a guitar in front of the Long Arm people and begins playing a song called "Bone to be Wild".

Robin departs on a ship with the Revolutionaries. And for once the Revolutionaries appear to be a group of people who actually hold no hatred for Robin(as she has been used to be hated by people all her life since she was said to be a demon child). The Revolutionaries set sail for Baltigo because their leader Monkey D. Dragon wishes to meet Robin. The Revolutionaries offer for Robin to get inside the ship where it is warm however Robin chooses to stay due to her nature of not trusting anyone. The Revolutionaries then give her lots of blankets and take all the warm food they made for her outside so she could be comfortable. In the end Robin decides she was going to get stronger not for herself but for Luffy as well(which she is even surprised she is thinking that way).

The Marines are now looking for Franky for causing the biggest disaster on Karakuri Island. The People on the the island confuse Franky for a Cyborg Gorilla and the Marines begin taking that in consideration that it might have been a Cyborg Gorilla that might have caused the explosion of Dr. Vegapunk's Lab. Franky begins studying everything Dr. Vegapunk had ideas for. So Franky then decides to learn about all the Technology that Dr. Vegapunk and help improve the Thousand Thousand as well as himself. The 2 locals he was staying with however are frightened by his current look(which is the result from being in the explosion of Dr. Vegapunk's lab). So Franky decides to wear a Tiger Rug over his face so he won't look weird. However the Marines confuse him for a wild Tiger and begin opening fire on him.

Usopp now comes to terms that he must get stronger and indeed must lose weight. He also realizes that Luffy doesn't always wins the battles like he always thought Luffy did before. So he decides to become Heracle's pupil and learn how to get stronger. Heracle's, who is rather excited about the idea, begins teaching Usopp about the secret of surviving Boin Archipelago. Which happens to be a plant called Pop Greens that possess instantaneous growth and hold various uses. So Usopp decides that in order for Luffy to become the King of the Pirates, he was going to become the True Sniper King.

Quick Reference
Brook creates a new song called "Bone to be Wild" which is a parody of the song "Born to be Wild."