Chapter 97

Cover
Diary of Coby-Meppo Vol. 13: "Prepare to Fire"

The marines prepare to fire on Morgan's rowboat much to Coby's and Helmeppo's horror.

Quick Summary
Zoro finds new swords.

Long Summary
Zoro enters the shop of Ippon-Matsu in order to buy the two swords he is missing. However he has no money and cannot afford expensive ones. Ippon-Matsu is not very interested in this broke customer until he notices that he possesses Wadō Ichimonji. He starts to bargains with Zoro to buy it at a cheap price until the Kuina looking girl enters into the shop and reveals the true price of the sword, ruining the salesman hope.

Pissed, he tells Zoro to search in the 50,000 garbage corner, while he complains at the girl on how her new Marine captain Smoker has ruined his business with pirates. While searching, Zoro finds a sword that reveals to have been made by a very skilled master, but Ippon-Matsu sell it off since it is a cursed sword. Interested, Zoro challenges the sword and wins. When he sees that Zoro is finally not an ordinary swordman, Ippon-Matsu give him his most valuable sword as a gift to a real man.

Plot Points

 * Sword masters classification
 * Zoro's swords name are:
 * Kuina's sword: Wadō Ichimonji
 * Cursed sword: Sandai Kitetsu
 * Ippon-Matsu's sword: Yubashiri


 * Smoker is introduced.
 * Smoker has eaten a devil fruit.

Characters
1: first introduction

3: first apparition

Anime episode
p2 to 4: episode 48 p5 to 19: episode 49