Chapter 230

Chapter 230 is called "Find the South Bird!!"

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Volume: 25 Pg.: 67

Straw Hats and animals: Sanji is relaxing while 3 dogs keep him in company.

Short Summary
Following the description of Noland's log, the Straw Hat Pirates hunt for a South Bird, which is apparently able to always face south, even in the dangerous magnetic fields of the Grand Line. Back at Cricket's house, the Bellamy Pirates arrive, searching for gold.

Long Summary
The chapter begins with Cricket acting out Noland's words on his logbook and everyone happily listening while eating. Cricket shows the Straw Hat Pirates his gold he found after searching for months. He stated that he has 3 of the same bell-shaped ingots, and tells Masira to show the Strawhats the South Bird shaped gold. As the Saruyama Alliance explain what the South Bird is, they notice all the sudden that they forgot to tell the Straw Hats to go get a South Bird and panic. The Straw Hats ask why they would need a bird and Cricket explains that in order to get to where the Knock Up Stream will appear, they have to have a South Bird who always points south since the Knock Up Stream is south from where they are, and since it is in the middle of the sea, no log pose would work. Cricket tells the Straw Hats to hurry up and find one, to their shock.

The Straw Hats split up into teams with bug nets in the dark. They knew what the South Bird was right away by hearing the "strange voice" Noland talked about in his logbook. The Sanji/Nami/Usopp team searched and encounter with many bugs to Nami and Sanji's horror, all though Usopp didn't mind them much. The Robin/Zoro team destroy any huge bug that gets in their way, and don't seem to get along well. The Luffy/Chopper team find rare beetles and are having a good time until the South Bird drops a bee's nest next to them, making them have to dash full speed as the hornets from inside chased them. Chopper notices that the South Bird is doing all of this and tells Luffy. Back at Cricket's house, the Saruyama Alliance encounter the Bellamy Pirates who came to steal their gold.

Chapter Notes

 * The Straw Hat Pirates begin searching for a South Bird, a creature which constantly has its head turned south.

Anime Episode
Episode 149

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