Episode 538

The Crew is Defeated!? Hody Controls the Ryugu Palace
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Japanese Information
Kanji	一味敗北!? ホーディ竜宮城制圧
Romaji	Ichimi Haiboku!? Hōdi Ryūgū-jō Seiatsu
Airdate	March 4, 2012
Opening	We Go!
Season	15
Piece	6
English Information
Title	The Straw Hats Defeated?! Hordy Gains Control of the Ryugu Palace!
Airdate	March 3, 2012 (Simulcast) August 15, 2017 (DVD) April 3, 2022 (Toonami)
Episode Credits
Screenplay	上坂浩彦 - Hirohiko Kamisaka
Art	白石美穂 - Miho Shiraishi
Animation	石塚勝海 - Katsumi Ishizuka
Direction	伊藤尚往 - Naoyuki Itō
Statistics
Chapters	619 p.2-17
Eyecatcher	Brook - One Piece Logo
Format	16:9 (HDTV)
TV Rating (%)	10.7
Rank	4
Debut
Tech	Neptune: Merman Combat, Ultramarine

"The Crew is Defeated!? Hody Controls the Ryugu Palace" is the 538th episode of the One Piece anime.

Short Summary

The episode starts from where it left off, as Zoro cuts Hody and asks for Neptune's help to escape from Ryugu Palace. Unfortunately, Hody who was unconscious comes to his senses after taking an Energy Steroid and successfully stops Neptune and the Straw Hats from escaping. Luckily the two Ministers and the palace guards escape.

Luffy and Shirahoshi along with Chopper and Sanji reach the sea forest and find Sunny along with Franky. Jinbe and Luffy meet for the first time in 2 years, but Jinbe is greatly shocked to see Shirahoshi out of the tower and Hachi injured. Later Nami and Camie also arrive with the sad news of what happened in the Ryugu Palace. The episode ends with Jinbe apologizing to the Straw Hats for letting Arlong go on a rampage in the East Blue.

Long Summary

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Characters in Order of Appearance

• Hody Jones
• Usopp
• Roronoa Zoro
• Neptune
• Brook
• Minister of the Left
• Minister of the Right
• Hoe
• Ammo Knights
• Fukaboshi
• Ryuboshi
• Manboshi
• Dosun (unclearly seen)
• Ikaros Much (unclearly seen)
• Monkey D. Luffy
• Tony Tony Chopper
• Hatchan
• Shirahoshi
• Megalo
• Sanji
• Franky
• Jinbe
• Inazuma (flashback)
• Emporio Ivankov (flashback)
• Crocodile (flashback)
• Daz Bonez (flashback)
• Bentham (flashback)
• Portgas D. Ace (flashback)
• Akainu (flashback)
• Den
• Vander Decken IX (flashback)
• Nami
• Camie
• Arlong (flashback)
• Chew (flashback)
• Kuroobi (flashback)
• Bell-mère (flashback)
• Genzo (flashback)
• Nojiko (flashback)

Anime Notes

• The following scenes are added in the anime:
  • Zoro fights with some of Hody's men before resurfacing for air.
  • It is shown that King Neptune passes a Bubbly Coral to Usopp, who throws it to Zoro, but misses the catch.
  • An Ammo Knight informs Fukaboshi about the trouble in Waterwheel Town before a member of the New Fish-Man Pirates cuts him down.
  • The princes were at Gyoverly Hills and Ikaros makes his move after they have left.
  • A younger Shirahoshi is shown even before the flashbacks start.
• This is the first episode to use Brook's post-timeskip eyecatcher.

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