Volume 14

Instinct
Chapters:	118 - 126
Japanese Information
Japanese Title:	本能
Romanized Title:	Honnō
Pages:	192
Release Date:	July 4, 2000
ISBN:	ISBN 978-4-08-872888-2
Release Date:	September 21, 2012
Release Date:	September 28, 2012
English Information
Viz Title:	Instinct
Pages:	192
Release Date:	April 3, 2007
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1-4215-1091-0
Pages:	185
Release Date:	February 21, 2011
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Volume 14 is titled "Instinct".

Cover and Volume Illustration

The color cover background is light-blue, with the title being violet with a dark-black gradient, the Luffy silhouette blue, and the logo's skull wearing the straw hat light-blue with a dark-blue ribbon. The author's name is written in blue.

The spine features Mr. 3 and Miss Goldenweek under a light-green filter. Miss Goldenweek is eating a rice cracker while Mr. 3 drinks tea. Their background is reddish-pink in the form of a spiral pattern. In the foreground, Luffy, Karoo, and Vivi are looking back in surprise.

Author's Notes

Author's Notes This is out of the blue, but I have seen a ninja before. I'm dead serious. I think it was when I was in 3rd grade or so. This is a story of when I was living in Miyazaki because of my parents' job transfer. A ninja came to the elementary school I went to. Class was suddenly over and an school-wide assembly was held. Getting a request from the principle, the ninja says this.「Today, I have come to show you all ninjutsu.」The ninja screamed「KAAAAAAHHH!!」and chopped a big rock. Our jaws dropped. Then the ninja picked out a few students in the higher grades, made them come up on stage, and said this.「You can go back.」The thing we puzzled kids saw next with our eyes was......!! TO BE CONTINUED.

Chapters

See also the associated category: Volume 14.

• 0118. Someone's Here (誰かいる, Dareka Iru^?): Luffy defeats the injured Dorry. Meanwhile, Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine meet with Mr. 3 on Little Garden, and are instructed to capture Dorry and Brogy.
• 0119. Makeshift (姑息, Kosoku^?): Dorry and Brogy resume their duel, but Mr. 3 interferes and enables Brogy to strike Dorry down.
• 0120. The Red Ogre Cried (赤鬼が泣いた, Akaoni ga Naita^?): Mr. 3 manages to trap Brogy, and Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine capture Vivi.
• 0121. I Knew (わかっていた, Wakatteita^?): Vivi, Zoro, and Nami are taken to Mr. 3's wax candelabra to be turned into wax statues.
• 0122. A Corpse Won't Help (死人は役に立たぬ, Shinin wa Yaku ni Tatanu^?): As the captives consider resorting to extreme measures to free themselves, Luffy, Usopp, and Karoo arrive to save them.
• 0123. Luffy vs. Mr. 3 (ルフィ VS Mr. 3, Rufi Bāsasu Misutā Surī^?): Luffy uses Mr. 3's wax powers against him in combat.
• 0124. Damn Good Tea (お茶がうめェ, Ocha ga Umē^?): Luffy becomes hindered by Miss Goldenweek's Colors Trap ability, and Usopp works to help him while also fighting off Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine.
• 0125. Candle Champion (キャンドルチャンピオン, Kyandoru Chanpion^?): Luffy, Usopp, and Karoo attempt to melt the candelabra encasing Zoro, Nami, and Vivi.
• 0126. Instinct (本能, Honnō^?): The captives are successfully freed and help Usopp defeat Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine. Luffy and Karoo chase Mr. 3 and Miss Goldenweek into the forest, where they quickly manage to defeat the duo.

SBS Notes

• Oda explains about Doskoi Panda, a popular fashion brand of East Blue.
• Oda is revealed to have been in a photo with mangaka Hiroyuki Takei (writer of Shaman King) in the Volume 13 entry flap.
• Miss Valentine's outfit is revealed to be based on lemons.
• One can only learn Fish-Man Karate on Fish-Man Island.
• More on the dummies used by Igaram when leaving Whisky Peak is revealed.
• The Black Cat Pirates is revealed to have an Egypt theme.

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