Chapter 143

Clumsy
Chapter Info
Volume:	16
Chapter:	143
Japanese Title:	不器用
Romanized Title:	Bukiyō
Viz Title:	Clumsy
Pages:	19
Release Date:	July 10, 2000[ref]
WSJ Issue:	2000 Issue 32
Anime:	Episode 85 (p. 2-8) Episode 86 (p. 9-19)
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Chapter 143 is titled "Clumsy".

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Jango's Dance Paradise, Vol. 14: "Daring Finals At the Dance Contest".

As the dance-off approaches its finale, Jango finds himself facing a worthy opponent wearing a very familiar set of brass knuckles.

Short Summary

Dr. Hiriluk learns that he is going to die and Chopper searches for a mushroom that can cure him.

Long Summary

Dr. Hiriluk learns from Dr. Kureha what he knows already: he is on the verge of death. Infected by a strong bacteria, he will not live more than three or four days. However, that is not sufficient to complete the research he has made during the last 30 years—a cure for any disease. He begs Kureha to give him more time so that he can complete the Cherry blossom miracle. Kureha mocks him and tells him that his one time cure that he believe to help him as a thief will not cure Drum Island, revealing the man in the story was actually Hiriluk himself.

While Dr. Kureha argues with Hiriluk, she notices Chopper is spying on them from the window. Chopper, understanding that Hiriluk chased him only so that he does not see his only friend die, started a journey to help the sick doctor.

After a week of hard struggles, he returns to the fake doctor's lab with an Amiudake mushroom in his hand. While he gave the mushroom to Hiriluk, Chopper asks him to live and to teach him how to become a doctor.

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Chapter Notes

• Hiriluk learns that he has come down with a fatal disease.
• Chopper searches for a cure.
• Chopper encounters his old herd and is attacked by the leader. Chopper wins the battle but walks away with his left antler and right leg broken and very bloodied up.
• Chopper obtains an Amiudake mushroom believing it as a miracle cure due to his limited knowledge of "skull and bones" believing them as symbols of pirates and hope.

Characters

Pirates	Marines	Citizens
Black Cat Pirates Jango (cover)	Lieutenant Fullbody (cover)	Drum Island Wapol Dalton Kureha Hiriluk Tony Tony Chopper

Author Comment

Author Comment
Translation Original I'm late with this but Oguri-san, congratulations for all your hard work on the Tenten-kun serial. Please get plenty of R&R. 遅くなりましたが、小栗さん、『テンテンくん』の連載お疲れ様。よく遊んでください。 —Eiichiro Oda
English translation by Greg Werner. For comprehensive translation credits, see here.

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