Chapter 543

Straw Hat and Blackbeard
Chapter Info
Volume:	56
Chapter:	543
Japanese Title:	麦わらと黒ひげ
Romanized Title:	Mugiwara to Kurohige
Viz Title:	Straw Hat and Blackbeard
Pages:	19
Release Date:	May 25, 2009[ref]
WSJ Issue:	2009 Issue 26
Anime:	Episode 454 (p. 1) Episode 445 (p. 2-7) Episode 446 (p. 8-19)
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Chapter 543 is titled "Straw Hat and Blackbeard".

Cover Page

Straw Hat's Separation Serial: Sanji's "Resisting in Kamabakka" Vol. 1: "Adventures On The Isle Of No Escape".

Short Summary

Shiryu confronts the Blackbeard Pirates while Hannyabal stands before Luffy and his group. However, Hannyabal is beaten down by Luffy and finished off by Blackbeard, who somehow bypassed Shiryu. Luffy then realizes that Blackbeard was the one who captured Ace.

Long Summary

A drawbridge is seen being raised, as an attempt to stop the Blackbeard Pirates from entering the Underwater Prison, Impel Down. Blackbeard is seen calmly walking while Van Augur and Jesus Burgess are seen fighting jailers. Jailers are instructed to fire, stating that the Blackbeard Pirates are clearly traitors at this point in time. Suddenly, a man appears, saying that they are not traitors, that they were pirates and not to be trusted from the start. This supports Smoker, Kizaru and Sengoku's view on the Shichibukai.

Shiryu appears as the man, studying the five intruders. Blackbeard simply stares at Shiryu, commenting that he looks like trouble. However, Blackbeard mistakes Shiryu for Magellan. Shiryu identifies Blackbeard as Marshall D. Teach, who simply laughs and asks who Shiryu himself is.

The number of Newkamas and freed prisoners head towards to the door of Level 3, where jailers are being heavily bombarded on by prisoners. Three Jailer Beasts are seen, all bloodied up and knocked out; unconscious. Portraits of Luffy, Ivankov, Crocodile, Jinbe and Inazuma, fighting.

A number of prisoners are seen being stopped by Sadi, who sends them flying, destroying a big portion of the bridge in the process. Luffy prepares to attack her but is sent literally flying by Iva, who uses a move called Eccentric Girl, which shocks Sadi-chan. Inazuma shows Luffy the stairs to Level 3. However, a mighty voice booms that Impel Down is the mighty fortress of Hell.

This voice belongs Hannyabal, who is seen spinning a staff with a sword on each end, defeating prisoners. At this point, the guards cheer on, saying that Hannyabal was someone they could truly rely on. Luffy faces up to Hannyabal who refuses to move out of Luffy's way. Hannyabal summons up a move called Hannya Circus, where the blades are set on fire and moves them in a very fast notion around his body.

Luffy states that he is here to free Ace where Hannyabal replies with that he is the Vice-Chief and that he could not be defeated. Luffy attacks Hannyabal with Gomu Gomu no Jet Gatling which looks like a clear defeat. Jailers are seen rushing Magellan out of the lift, saying that the perpetrators were on near the Level 3 staircase. Magellan prepares to move to the location, while Hannyabal stands up, refusing to be beaten by Luffy, taking hit after hit. Hannyabal slumps to the ground and Luffy runs over him but is stopped by Hannyabal. Hannyabal says many words, saying that Luffy has no right to save his brother, and that pirates are the scum of the world. He goes on to say that many people are scared just by pirates being alive. Hannyabal describes Impel Down as the fortress of Hell, that if this place was to be destroyed, it would plummet the world in darkness, and that the ordinary people of the world would no longer be safe from pirates. Luffy refuses to give up, when the bazooka unit of Impel Down is sucked down into a familiar darkness hole. A foot appears in front of Hannyabal's face, with the owner saying there is no answer about justice and evil, no matter where you look in the world. Blackbeard is then seen smashing Hannyabal into the ground, stomping on him.

The Blackbeard Pirates are seen in full, where Jinbe is furious. Blackbeard tells him not point fists at people, that it was not his fault that Ace was being executed. A shocked Luffy looks at Blackbeard, remembering three occasions where Blackbeard was mentioned:

• Ace explaining to Luffy about hunting the man named Blackbeard, who had apparently committed a treacherous crime.
• Blackbeard himself, at Jaya, when he was talking about the dreams of men.
• Elder Nyon talks about a man named Blackbeard filling the spot of Shichibukai

Luffy is angry, while Blackbeard talks about Ace's execution. It appears to be that Luffy will try to engage in a battle with Blackbeard.

Quick References

Chapter Notes

• A portrait of Emporio Ivankov is seen on the wall of the cover art.
• Teach and Shiryu take interest in each other.
• Luffy encounters Blackbeard again and learns his true identity.

Characters

Pirates		Impel Down	Shichibukai	Others
Blackbeard Pirates Marshall D. Teach Jesus Burgess Van Augur Doc Q Laffitte Stronger	Whitebeard Pirates Portgas D. Ace (Flashback) Straw Hat Pirates Monkey D. Luffy Sanji (Cover Story)	Magellan Shiryu Hannyabal Sadi Jailer Beasts Minokoala (K.O.) Minorhinoceros (K.O.) Minozebra (K.O.) Beasts Manticores	Jinbe Former Crocodile	Baroque Works (disbanded) Daz Bonez Bentham Revolutionaries Emporio Ivankov Inazuma Kuja Nyon (flashback) Okama Tibany (Cover Story)

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