Episode 291

Boss Luffy Returns! A Dream or Reality Lottery Trouble
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Japanese Information
Kanji	ルフィ親分再び！夢か現か富くじ騒動
Romaji	Rufi oyabun futatabi! Yume ga aware ka tomikuji zōdō
Airdate	December 24, 2006
Opening	Crazy Rainbow
Season	9
English Information
Title	Boss Luffy Returns! Is it a Dream or Reality? Lottery Ruckus!
Airdate	September 28, 2013 (Simulcast); October 15, 2013 (DVD); March 7, 2015 (Toonami)
Season	5
Voyage	3
Episode Credits
Screenplay	菅良幸 - Yoshiyuki Suga
Art	白石美穂 - Miho Shiraishi 川崎美千代 - Michiyo Kawasaki
Animation	久田和也 - Kazuya Hisada
Direction	境宗久 - Munehisa Sakai
Other Credits	no
Statistics
Chapters	Boss Luffy Historical Arc
Eyecatcher	None
Format	16:9 (HDTV)
TV Rating (%)	5.7
Rank	6

"Boss Luffy Returns! A Dream or Reality Lottery Trouble" is the 291st episode of the One Piece anime.

Short Summary

The Straw Hat Pirates and the Buggy Pirates are in an alternate reality based on feudal Japan, called Jipangu. Buggy tries to sell Rika as a slave to make up for Pandaman's debts, who Buggy thinks is Rika's father.

Long Summary

In the Edo period-based alternate reality Grand Jipangu, the small girl Rika takes an ill person, whom everyone calls Tot-san (which means "father" in Japanese), to her house to nurse him back to health. Organized crime boss Buggy the Clown and one of the town's highest officials scheme to get rid of Detective Luffy. Mistaking Rika to be the daughter of Tot-san, Buggy kidnaps her to collect Tot-san's debt. When Luffy comes to rescue her, the high official attempts to exile him for attacking an innocent citizen. Instead, he himself is stripped of his position for joining forces with criminals by the shogun's daughter Vivi.

Characters in Order of Appearance

• Tightrope Walking Funan Bros
• Tony Tony Chopper
• Minatomo
• Mishoin Cashible
• Sanji
• Onami
• Luffy
• Buggy
• Richie
• Mohji
• Cabaji
• Orika
• Ririka
• Pops
• Tamanegi
• Ninjin
• Piiman
• Matsuge
• Usopp
• Boodle
• Hocker
• Nico Robin
• Obugyou
• Nefertari Vivi
• Pell
• Chaka
• Zoro

Anime Notes

• This is the first episode where Pandaman is a main character.
• This is one of the only few episodes where Luffy uses a weapon, which is a small Jutte (throughout the series, Luffy also used a cutlass to make a point in the Arlong Park Arc, a katana during the Thriller Bark Arc when he absorbs a marine swordsman's shadow, and he also used a gun at one point to save Nami). However, he just carries it in his hand while he punches.
• In this episode, Buggy allies with Galdino, something that ends up happening in the canon story in the Impel Down Arc.