"A New Emperor! Buggy the Star Clown!" is the 1086th episode of the One Piece anime.
Short Summary[]
As the Straw Hats leave Wano, they find out their new bounties. Meanwhile, on Karai Bari Island, Mihawk and Crocodile confront Buggy for being portrayed as the clown's subordinates. However, they relent after they realize that it is not the worst idea to have Buggy bear the brunt of the Marines' attention and have him become one of the new Emperors of the Sea. Thus, the Cross Guild is established with Buggy as the figurehead, and Mihawk and Crocodile as its Chief Officers.
Long Summary[]
As the Straw Hats leave Wano, Nami is enraged with Luffy who decided to descend Wano through the waterfalls instead of the official port. A little while later, Robin buys a newspaper from a News Coo and remarks that their new bounties have been released.
With Luffy now being one of the new Four Emperors, he is referred to as the Senior Captain of the Straw Hat Grand Fleet and his crewmen its Senior Officers. Their bounties have all increased as follows:
- Chopper's bounty has increased to
1,000, a small increase of 900, much to his chagrin. - Nami's bounty has increased to 366,000,000, making her wish that she could have that money for herself.
- Brook's bounty has increased to
383,000,000, which pleases him. - Franky's bounty has increased to 394,000,000. He is angered as the Sunny is shown on his poster instead of his face.
- Usopp's bounty has increased to 500,000,000, which leaves him fearful at how high it has become.
- Robin's bounty has increased to 930,000,000, to which she is nonchalant.
- Sanji's bounty has increased to 1,032,000,000 which initially makes him happy that it increased so much, although he gets infuriated when he finds out that his bounty is less than Zoro's and Jinbe's.
- Jinbe's bounty has increased to 1,100,000,000, which makes him happy that he is finally recognized as one of the Straw Hats.
- Zoro's bounty has increased to 1,111,000,000, which he rubs in the face of Sanji who he calls a mere "fourth-placer."
- Luffy's bounty has increased to 3,000,000,000, but he is unable to react to the news as he is stuck inside the cage that Nami put him in.
Meanwhile, Crocodile and Mihawk arrive on Karai Bari Island, Buggy's Delivery's hideout. Buggy begs for his life for the misunderstanding which portrayed Crocodile and Mihawk as his subordinates, causing the World Government to declare him one of the Four Emperors. This is despite the fact that Crocodile and Mihawk were the ones who established Cross Guild. According to them, the word "humiliation" is not enough to describe the situation, so they must kill the clown.
In a flashback, it is shown how Mihawk and Crocodile agreed to team up following the dissolution of the Warlord system during the recent Levely. The dissolution stripped Mihawk of his immunity and reverted him to his status as a pirate and fugitive of the law. They arrived on Karai Bari Island which was surrounded by a fleet of Marines that was bombarding Buggy's Delivery hideout with artillery fire. Mihawk and Crocodile sink the Marine ships and get rid of the Marine forces. This act caused Buggy's underlings to mistakenly think that Crocodile and Mihawk were there as Buggy's henchmen saving their supposed boss. In truth, they were there to collect a debt Buggy owed Crocodile because they needed money to fund their newly-established company. Buggy was unable to pay, so he instead offered up his services to work off his debt. He offered manpower, advertising, and transportation services to the two, which they accepted.
Back in the present, Crocodile shows Buggy the flyers the latter distributed for Cross Guild which showed him at the center of the poster, his picture larger than that of Crocodile's and Mihawk's, implying that he was their boss. This was caused by Buggy's passionate underlings who revered him as their great and powerful leader. The poster reached the Marines who saw Buggy as a threat, being that he was once a part of Roger's crew, much like Shanks. The Marines also thought that Mihawk and Crocodile came to his aid that day. With the increasing influence Cross Guild built around the world, they put out new bounties for the three. Crocodile's bounty was increased to 1,965,000,000, Mihawk's bounty was increased to 3,590,000,000, and Buggy's bounty was increased to 3,189,000,000 as their supposed leader and new Emperor of the Sea.
After a while, Mihawk relents and thinks that it is not a bad idea to have Buggy as their figurehead. He has no plans of becoming an Emperor himself as he would rather live a peaceful life. Crocodile finally agrees after seeing the merits. Buggy then addresses everyone in the hideout as the new figurehead of the Cross Guild. He introduces Mihawk and Crocodile as the guild's new Chief Officers.
Characters in Order of Appearance[]
- Nami
- Monkey D. Luffy
- Tony Tony Chopper
- Usopp
- Jinbe
- Brook
- Franky
- Roronoa Zoro
- Nico Robin
- Sanji
- Crocodile
- Dracule Mihawk
- Buggy
- Galdino
- Daz Bonez
- Alvida
- Cabaji
- Mohji
- Richie
- Riku Doldo III (flashback)
- Nefertari Cobra (flashback)
- Ham Burger (flashback)
- Moqueca (flashback)
- Beer VI (flashback)
- Brannew
- Sakazuki (flashback)
- Edward Newgate (flashback)
Anime Notes[]
- This is the first episode of the Egghead Arc and the Final Saga.
- The anime adds the following:
- A News Coo flying above to deliver wanted posters and newspapers to the Straw hats and frightenedly heard an irritated Nami screaming.
- Nami beating up Luffy and putting him in the cage is shown. Again, she beats up Luffy for the second time when she heard his stomach rumbling.
- Brook asks Franky about finishing the Thousand Sunny's repairs and the latter replies that it is perfect.
- Robin watches the Straw Hats amused, then she looks and delivered a newspaper from the News Coo, while Sanji looks at and fantasizes fawning over her again.
- Nami looking at her updated bounty and fearfully tossing it.
- Usopp walks and taking a deep breath before looking at his bounty.
- Franky tearing through his bounty poster.
- Sanji being happy with his bounty until he sees Zoro and Jinbe's.
- Galdino taunting Buggy by pointing at his nose.
- Buggy's crew were prepare to fight with the Marines approaching them.
- Galdino, Alvida, Cabaji, Mohji, Daz Bonez, and Richie in the crowd.
- The anime extends the following:
- Nami scolding Luffy for going to the waterfall instead of the port at Wano and his bad qualities as a captain.
- Usopp and Chopper hiding behind the barrel and are afraid of Nami's anger.
- Chopper complaining about his bounty.
- Robin giving Chopper a cotton candy to cheer him up after he is complaining about his bounty.
- Sanji, Zoro, and Jinbe's reactions to their bounties.
- Buggy begging Crocodile and Mihawk for his life while the latter two complaining the former of becoming Cross Guild's leader.
- Crocodile and Mihawk's conversation about teaming up to capture all of the Marines.
- Additionally, The scene of the Levely is shown when Crocodile tells Mihawk about the warlord's abolition.
- Crocodile and Daz Bonez dispatching the Navy ships.
- Buggy negotiating with Crocodile over the former's debt and forming the Cross Guild.
- Brannew discussing the Marines about Cross Guild and announcing the upgraded bounties of Crocodile, Mihawk and Buggy.
- Buggy announcing the formation of the Cross Guild.
- The narrator did not speak about the ship leaving Wano by directing the log pose like in the manga, instead he is telling about the updated bounties of the Straw Hat pirates.
- The anime shows Sanji's Duval-like on his upgraded bounty poster again, but with his small goatee.
- The Straw hats' bigger text (like Luffy in the manga) describing their full name, epithet and updated bounties are shown, but their reactions are shown in freeze frame in bronze monochrome in the anime.
- In the anime, Robin is shown without her sunglasses when giving Chopper a cotton candy to cheer him up, in the manga, she is still wearing her sunglasses.
- The anime depicts Richie's different color scheme.
- Mihawk is not shown destroying the Marine ships in the anime.
- In the anime, Sanji, Jinbe and Zoro's new bounties are shown above their heads as Sanji lamenting his bounty lower than Zoro's or Jinbe's.
- A scene of Crocodile and Mihawk arriving on Karai Bari Island as Buggy's subordinates discussing about them is not shown in the manga.
- Crocodile's Den Den Mushi while speaking to Mihawk is fully shown in the anime as opposed to the manga.
Errors[]
- In the preview of the episode from Episode 1085, Crocodile's wanted poster was incorrectly spelled his name as "Sir. Crocodil". This was corrected upon release.