Chapter 31

Truth
Chapter Info
Volume:	4
Chapter:	31
Japanese Title:	真実
Romanized Title:	Shinjitsu
Viz Title:	Truth
Pages:	19
Release Date:	March 9, 1998[ref]
WSJ Issue:	1998 Issue 15
Anime:	Episode 13 (p. 2-19)
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Chapter 31 is titled "Truth".

Cover Page

The Straw Hat Pirates mold their hearts' desires from a cloudbank—Luffy a ship, Zoro a set of swords and a barrel of ale, and Nami a hoard of treasure.

Short Summary

Kaya learns the truth and leaves the mansion to try to stop Kuro. Meanwhile at the cliff, two new Black Cat Pirates make their apparition: the Nyaban Brothers.

Long Summary

At the mansion, Kaya has a nightmare where Usopp attempts to kill her for insulting his pirate blood. She goes looking around the mansion for Klahadore, only to find her servant Merry laying on the floor.

Merry manages to regain consciousness; however, he is too weak to get up. He tells Kaya about Klahadore attacking and trying to kill him and how Usopp really was correct; Klahadore really is a pirate. Kaya cries because the only one who knew the truth was chased away from the village while trying to protect it. More startling is the news from Merry that everyone else in the mansion is on vacation, Merry calms Kaya down since nothing has happened yet. Klahadore is after treasure, Merry tells Kaya to just give him what he is after to protect her life so the village can stay safe.

The Usopp Pirates gather outside the village, commenting how they think their captain lied about lying about the pirates coming. Just then, they spot Miss Kaya heading out of town.

Back at the coast, Zoro stands ready to fight whatever is coming up from the Black Cat Pirates next. The Nyaban Brothers, Buchi and Sham, appear. The pair appear afraid to attack Zoro. Sham runs towards Zoro in a cowardly fashion. However, at the last second Sham suddenly becomes confident and reveals he was faking his cowardice. The next thing, Zoro sees Sham standing there with two of his swords attached to his back.

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Chapter Notes

• Kaya discovers Merry in Kuro's room and learns the truth.
• The Nyaban Brothers--Sham and Buchi--make their appearance and fight Zoro.
  • However, before the fight, they pretend to be cowards and act afraid at the thought of fighting.
  • Sham also steals Zoro's swords during the encounter.

Characters

Pirates		Citizens
Straw Hat Pirates Monkey D. Luffy (K.O) Roronoa Zoro Nami	Black Cat Pirates Kuro (flashback) Jango Buchi Sham	Syrup Village Kaya Merry	Usopp Pirates Usopp Piiman Ninjin Tamanegi

Author Comment

Author Comment
Translation Original The Olympics, which will be long over by the time this goes to print, have got me all emotional right now. Sports are amazing. この号が出る頃にはとっくに終わってるオリンピックに今僕は感動しています。スポーツって素晴らしい。 —Eiichiro Oda
English translation by Greg Werner. For comprehensive translation credits, see here.

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