Episode 573

"Finally Setting Sail! Goodbye Fishman Island" is the 573th episode of the One Piece anime.

Short Summary
The mermaids and Keimi from the Mermaid Cafe ask Madam Shirley if they can say good bye to the Straw Hats. Madam Shirley says that her prediction that Luffy will destroy Fishman Island might not happen after all since they defeated Hody and the New Fishman Pirates.

Meanwhile, Shirahoshi is crying and asking the Straw Hats to not go. Usopp and Chopper complains that they are going to die in the New World. The Minister of the Left gives Nami a new New World Log Pose with three needles so they can get to the islands in the New World. The Minister of the Left explains about the new Log Pose's features when Luffy suddenly grabs onto Nami, wanting to see the new Log Pose. She complains and says that she will tell the crew where to go but Luffy complains saying that he is the captain so he should decide where they should go. Franky gets a new haircut and they start to leave but Shirahoshi comes and ask them to pinky promise to come back and the crew does it.

The Straw Hats finally leave and some of the children of the Fishman Island ask their parents if they can get a Straw Hat similar to Luffy's and Jinbe says he will get some. Luffy then remember the times when Shanks, Rayleigh, Jinbe, and Ace told him something important. The Straw Hats then comment about what they will do once they are in the New World.

Anime Notes

 * This is the last episode of the Fishman Island Arc.
 * The anime adds a scene with the Fishman Island citizens giving the Straw Hats parting gifts.
 * Sanji is seen on the ship as he dances around and mentions that he wishes to stay for another year.
 * Brook agrees with Sanji in the anime, about wishing to stay on Fishman Island.
 * The anime does not add the part where Sanji and Zoro fight about Sanji poisoning Zoro's meals in the future, for what he said.
 * The anime adds the scene of Luffy first hearing about the New World Log Pose, before Nami questions why there are now three needles.
 * The islands that are shown when describing the new Log Pose are in a different order than in the manga, with the island of Death being in the middle instead of the right.
 * The anime left out a part where a mermaid called Sanji funny.
 * The anime extends the scene between Jinbe and Luffy, including a bit where Luffy asks where he is.
 * In the anime, Franky is seen steering the ship away from the island as they leave.
 * The anime shows Franky and Chopper after a fishman declares that he now likes robots and raccoons now, as well as humans. And when Chopper is shown, he pretends that he does not care for the kind comments as usual.
 * The Medaka Mermaid Quintuplets are shown saying that they like bones.
 * The anime adds scenes of Shirahoshi actually jumping into the water and going after the Thousand Sunny.
 * Franky moves his pinky finger back and forth after most of the Straw Hats promise to Shirahoshi.
 * Franky is shown throwing the Kuuigosu in the anime, but not in the manga.
 * The anime extends the flashbacks of Luffy and Ace and Luffy and Jinbe.
 * The anime includes Fishman Island in the background at the end of the episode, when Luffy promises to go to the New World.
 * In the manga, Den was not seen on the Thousand Sunny before the Straw Hats depart.