Episode 304

If I Can't Win, I Can't Protect Anyone! Gear 3 Activates
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Japanese Information
Kanji	勝てなきゃ誰も守れない！ギア3（サード）始動
Romaji	Katenakya Dare mo Mamorenai! Gia Sādo Shidō
Airdate	April 8, 2007
Opening	Crazy Rainbow
Season	9
Piece	11
English Information
Title	I Can't Protect Anyone Unless I Win! Third Gear Activated!
Airdate	November 16, 2013 (Simulcast); December 3, 2013 (DVD); June 13, 2015 (Toonami)
Season	5
Voyage	4
Episode Credits
Screenplay	菅良幸 - Yoshiyuki Suga
Art	佐藤美幸 - Miyuki Sato 内川文広 - Fumihiro Uchikawa
Animation	舘直樹 - Naoki Tate
Direction	園田誠 - Makoto Sonoda
Storyboard	志田直俊 - Naotoshi Shida
Other Credits	no
Statistics
Chapters	421 p.3-19
Eyecatcher	Luffy - Luffy
Format	16:9 (HDTV)
TV Rating (%)	8.2
Rank	4
Debut
Tech	Lucci: Rankyaku: Hyobi; Tekkai: Utsugi; Tobu Shigan: Bachi; Mitsubachi; Hibachi Luffy: Hone Fusen; Gigant Pistol

"If I Can't Win, I Can't Protect Anyone! Gear 3 Activates" is the 304th episode of the One Piece anime.

Short Summary

The battle between Lucci and Luffy rages on. As Luffy's anger grows, he activates Gear 3, in the battle against Lucci.

Long Summary

We recap to the point the Buster Call shoots the Tower of Justice. It's revealed that Sogeking fell from the struck section and into the base of the tower where Sanji and Zoro were located, avoiding falling with the rest of the section into the abyss. Meanwhile, on the Bridge of Hesitation, Franky and Nico Robin (just freed from her cuffs) prepare to fight their way past Spandam and the Marines to reach a getaway ship. At the same instant, Luffy is still fighting Rob Lucci in the first column. Lucci has just used a Rankyaku to start flooding the column and the underground tunnel with seawater, meaning anyone attempting to catch up to them will drown, enraging Luffy.

Robin sees the arrival of the Buster Call and falls to her knees in shock while Spandam tries to calm the Marines seeking to flee its wrath. The Buster Call begins its attack on Enies Lobby's Main Island. Their main objective is to stop Luffy and company, and they'll destroy Enies Lobby to do it. Franky is stunned at this "total madness," but as he turns he sees Robin clutching herself, frozen in fear. She recalls how the Buster Call was just as merciless in leveling her home of Ohara, and now she is witnessing its terrifying force for a second time.

Sanji, Zoro, Sogeking, Kokoro, Nami, Chimney, and Gonbe make their way through the tunnel in two groups. In the rear, Sanji and Zoro are carrying an injured and slung Sogeking. Ahead, Chimney recounts to Kokoro and Nami how Luffy broke the heavy steel door earlier using a new technique called Gear 3. While effective, the attack apparently resulted in Luffy shrinking into a tiny form for a time. Chimney then hears something ahead; it's the flood of seawater.

Meanwhile, the first column is itself flooding, forcing Luffy and Lucci to take the fight higher up the column and above the water line. Lucci continues to taunt Luffy about the fate of his crew and friends. But Luffy places his faith in them. While the two groups face the onrush of water, Luffy and Lucci resume fighting, and Lucci's Rokushiki mastery forces Luffy to play his trump card. He activates Gear 3 and reveals his Bone Balloon technique. Biting into his thumb, he inflates the bones in his right arm then transfer the air to his left arm, giving it the size (and power) of a giant, which he proceeds to unleash on Lucci: Gomu Gomu no Gigant Pistol, an attack powerful enough to overwhelm Lucci's Tekkai, blow a massive hole in the first column, and send Lucci flying.

Characters in Order of Appearance

• Spandam
• Funkfreed (sword form)
• Franky
• Nico Robin
• Jaguar D. Saul (flashback)
• Kuzan (flashback)
• Fukurou (K.O.)
• Kalifa (K.O.)
• Jabra (K.O.)
• Kaku (K.O.)
• Sogeking
• Sanji
• Roronoa Zoro
• Nami
• Kokoro
• Tony Tony Chopper (K.O.)
• Chimney
• Gonbe
• Monkey D. Luffy
• Rob Lucci
• Hattori

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