Episode 289

Zoro's New Technique Explodes! The Katana's Name is Sogeking?
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Japanese Information
Kanji	ゾロ新技炸裂！刀の名はそげキング?
Romaji	Zoro Shinwaza sakuretsu! Katana no na wa Sogekingu?
Airdate	December 10, 2006
Opening	Crazy Rainbow
Season	9
Piece	7
English Information
Title	Zoro Busts Out a New Technique! The Sword's Name is Sogeking? (sub); Zoro Busts Out a New Technique! The Sword's Name is Sniper King? (dub)
Airdate	September 21, 2013 (Simulcast); October 15, 2013 (DVD); February 21, 2015 (Toonami)
Season	5
Voyage	3
Episode Credits
Screenplay	菅良幸 - Yoshiyuki Suga
Art	佐藤美幸 - Miyuki Sato 福澤久美子 - Kumiko Fukuzawa
Animation	舘直樹 - Naoki Tate
Direction	角銅博之 - Hiroyuki Kakudō
Other Credits	no
Statistics
Chapters	Chapter 405 (p. 2-19) Chapter 406 (p. 2-10)
Eyecatcher	Chopper - Usopp
Format	16:9 (HDTV)
TV Rating (%)	7.4
Rank	8
Debut
Tech	Franky: Franky Destroy Ho; Franky Butterfly; 1.0 Cola Ho Coup de Boo; 70mm Kokei 0.2 Cola Ho Coup de Vent; 70mm Kokei 1.5 MAX Cola Power Coup de Vent Fukurou: Soru "Tekkai Dama"; Kami-e "Slime"; Cho Sokuten Tekkai Dama

"Zoro's New Technique Explodes! The Katana's Name is Sogeking?" is the 289th episode of the One Piece anime.

Short Summary

Zoro has to fight with Sogeking stuck in his right hand holding a katana against Kaku and Jabra. Franky defeats Fukurou.

Long Summary

Now recharged, Franky launches Fukurou through a wall, with a Strong Hammer punch, amazing Chopper. However, the zipper-mouth agent is not down yet, giving rise to Franky using his Franky Destroyer Cannons. Escaping, Fukurou uses Soru, and tries to ambush Franky, only for Chopper to reveal his location.

Angered, Fukurou forces himself and Franky out into the ocean, leaving Chopper unable to help out, due to his Devil Fruit side effects. However, Chopper ends up having more important things to deal with, as Kumadori releases himself from the fridge.

Franky and Fukurou each try to send the other into the waterfall, resulting finally in Franky using Strong Right to secure himself to Fukurou, and take him down with him. Desperate to save himself, Fukurou uses Geppou, but Franky holds on, making the condition that the fight can continue on shore, as long as Fukurou uses Geppou to get them both to safety. After a boastful spar of words, both say that they have a move that will finish things off once and for all.

As Sogeking and Zoro still try to escape Jabra and Kaku, Sogeking tries to use the CP9 agents' rivalry against them, by invoking arguments between them, trying to make them fight over who's better. Zoro, however, spoils this, by saying exactly what Sogeking must be planning. Zoro then suggests that to get free, they play Janken, the stakes being that the loser has their hand chopped off, to which Sogeking greatly opposes. Finally, Zoro thinks up another plan, and decides to fight with Sogeking in his right hand against Kaku and Jabra, with Sogeking holding the katana Zoro cannot use in his trapped hand, in essence using Sogeking as a replacement katana.

As Fukurou continues to take himself and Franky into the air, he decides to finish things quickly by using Tekkai Dama to spin Franky into the Tower of Justice. Franky uses a combination of Franky Centaur and Coup de Vent to keep things stable, and finally uses another, more powerful Coup de Vent to send Fukurou into the ground with full force, winning his fight with a victorious "SUPER!"

Characters in Order of Appearance

• Fukurou
• Franky
• Tony Tony Chopper
• Kumadori
• Chimney
• Gonbe
• Monkey D. Luffy
• Nami (flashback)
• Sanji (flashback)
• Roronoa Zoro
• Sogeking
• Jabra
• Kaku

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