Chapter 390

Accepting the Challenge
Chapter Info
Volume:	41
Chapter:	390
Japanese Title:	応戦
Romanized Title:	Ōsen
Viz Title:	Accepting the Challenge
Pages:	19
Release Date:	November 21, 2005[ref]
WSJ Issue:	2005 Issue 51
Anime:	Episode 274 (p. 2-19)
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Chapter 390 is titled "Accepting the Challenge".

Cover Page

Miss Goldenweek's "Operation: Meet Baroque Works", Vol. 24: "The Fateful Showdown!! Mr. 2 vs. Black Cage Hina".

Crushing the rest of Hina's squad in an instant, Mr. 2 now prepares to face the Black Cage herself—all to give Miss Goldenweek and Mr. 5 the opening they need to rescue Miss Valentine.

Short Summary

The rest of the Straw Hats fight to catch up to Luffy. Luffy talks with Robin, and the rest of the Straw Hats catch up and stand beside Luffy.

Long Summary

Elsewhere, Yokozuna and some of the Franky Family defend the doors into the courtyard in a bid to protect the others. Suddenly one of the members of the Franky Family with him is knocked away and attention is drawn as two of the Just Eleven Jurymen have now arrived on scene. In the courtyard right tower, more of the Jurymen attack Kiwi and the Franky Family members with her. In the right courtyard tower, Mozu and her comrades are also being attacked. In the courtroom, Zambai is still dealing with Judge Baskerville, who in turns claims all of his men are doomed as the Jurymen are pirates sentenced to death and so in the whole history of Enies Lobby they have never once declared anyone innocent.

In the upstairs of the courtroom, Zoro hears the noise elsewhere and decides to head up by all else means. Nami comes face to face with two of the Jurymen. She sends Chopper after them, but the ground suddenly collapses under the jurymen's feet.

Yokozuna is knocked aside outside the courtroom doors as the jurymen finally get the better of him after several blows. With the giant frog down, the Franky Family members start fighting. When all seems lost, back arrives in the form of the Galley-La members, Sogeking along with the giants Kashii and Oimo.

Back on the tower, Robin and Luffy talk. Other CP9 members question if they should go down there and beat the Straw Hat Pirates and have done with it. Spandam tells them "no" as he is enjoying hearing the sound of Robin rejecting Luffy's rescue attempts. To the shock of Spandam, Luffy's expression is anything but shock at Robin's response - Luffy is just picking his nose and being casual about it.

As he talks, a loud explosion happens behind him and Nami and Chopper reappear landing after the Jurymen fall behind her. Zoro joins them afterwards, apparently having been responsible for their sudden burst upwards. Lastly, Sanji appears, angry he was here after Zoro. Behind them, Sogeking appears flying through the air after being thrown by the giants. They beg Robin to return to them once more. Together they stand, waiting for her response.

Quick Reference

Chapter Notes

• The rest of the Straw Hats catch up with Luffy.

Characters

Pirates	Marines	World Government	Bounty Hunters	Baroque Works	Citizens
Straw Hat Pirates Monkey D. Luffy Roronoa Zoro Nami Sogeking Sanji Tony Tony Chopper Giant Warrior Pirates Oimo Kashii	Captain Hina (cover) Seaman Recruits Fullbody (cover) Jango (cover)	Enies Lobby Just Eleven Jurymen Baskerville CP9 Spandam Rob Lucci Hattori Kaku Kalifa Kumadori Jabra Fukurou	Franky Family Mozu and Kiwi Zambai Kiev	Officer Agents Mr. 2 (cover) Miss Goldenweek (cover) Mr. 5 (cover)	Water 7 Yokozuna Galley-La Company Paulie Peepley Lulu Tilestone Ohara Nico Robin

Author Comment

Author Comment
Translation Original Here at year's end I can only describe it as rush hour for a ton of neat projects I'm working on. That's a shout of happiness. 今年年末はもうラッシュという他言葉がない程面白仕事進行中。嬉しい悲鳴ですけども —Eiichiro Oda
English translation by Greg Werner. For comprehensive translation credits, see here.

Anime Episode

• Episode 274 (p. 2-19)

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