# E149 - Steer for the Clouds! Capture the South Bird!
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A world... Yes!
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A world for you who seek freedom
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stretches out right before your eyes.
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If your endless dreams are your guide,
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surpass them, under the flag of your beliefs!
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Making a splash,
I've just started on my search
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Heading towards a world without end
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My heart bursting with enthusiasm,
I'll go to the ends of the earth
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In search of light yet unseen
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When the summer sun
sways the sails of my heart
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It's the cue to open the door to a new world
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Sailing through the rocky waves of despair
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We head beyond the horizon
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Making a splash,
I've just started on my search
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Heading towards a world without end
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My heart bursting with enthusiasm,
I'll go to the ends of the earth
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In search of light yet unseen
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"Steer for the Clouds! Capture the South Bird!"
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What do you need to tell us, old guy?
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Here. I'll start by telling you
everything I know about the sky island.
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None of it's certain, but it's up to you
if you wanna believe it or not!
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--Yeah! We believe you!
--Geez, you're fast!
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There's a strange phenomenon
that occurs in these waters--
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sometimes it'll turn to night,
even though it's the middle of the day.
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Yeah! We saw that! Right?!
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Yeah! Night came, and then
some monsters appeared!
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The giants?
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There's a story about where they
come from, but forget 'em for now.
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This sudden nightfall...
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It's caused by the shadows
of extremely compact clouds...
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You mean cumulonimbus clouds?
But it was too dark to be clouds...
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Wow! You're so dumb, old guy!
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It gets cloudy on days
when there's lots of clouds!
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--Yeah! Cloudy!
--Cloudy!
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Shut up and listen!
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There are clouds known as
"cumuloregalis clouds."
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They pile high into the sky but
produce no air currents or rain.
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When they appear high in the sky,
even sunlight is blocked out,
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bringing afternoon "nighttime" to the ground.
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One theory has it that cumuloregalis
clouds are fossilized clouds
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that have floated in the sky for
thousands and thousands of years.
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That's ridiculous! Clouds with no
air currents even after building up?!
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You're free to believe they can't exist.
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I'm not asking you to believe me!
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They're mystery clouds, then?
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Pretty much. There's still
no explanation for them.
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You're awesome, Luffy!
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Listen. If a sky island really does exist...
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...that'd be the only possible place!
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Okay! Gotcha! Let's go above those clouds!
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--Get up, Zoro!
--Huh? Is it morning?
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Get ready, everyone! Cloud rudder full!
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Thanks for filling us in, old guy!
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How many times do I gotta say
we don't know how to get there?!
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Now comes the real problem.
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Let me start by saying this...
Put your lives on the line!
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We're already near death...
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The Knock-Up Stream is a
current that shoots into the air...
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You can theoretically take it
into the sky. Understand?
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It's a current that can send ships flying, right?
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Oh! Then it just needs to
send us above the clouds!
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Yahoo!
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On a current?
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But wouldn't we just end up
smashing back into the ocean?
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Normally, yeah. The key is timing.
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It's easy to talk about
being sent up the current,
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but it's not gonna be as nice
a trip as you guys think.
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The Knock-Up Stream is a natural disaster.
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It's something that should
normally be avoided!
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How exactly does a water
current rise into the sky?
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We've never heard of
anything like that before...
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Yeah!
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Naturally, we can only guess as to
how that monstrous current works.
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No one's dumb enough to
jump in and find out, after all.
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The accepted theory goes like this!
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Deep beneath the sea floor,
there are large cavities,
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and low-temperature
sea water seeps into them.
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The heat from the earth below
turns that water into steam,
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and the resulting pressure causes
an explosion on the sea floor.
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One big enough to send the sea flying
and create a current into the sky!
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For about one minute, the sea
continues to rise into the sky.
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One minute?! What size of explosion
are we talking about here?!
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The explosions change location each time,
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and occur five times a month.
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You want us to be blown into smithereens...?!
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But, y'know,
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describing a grand natural phenomenon
with words and logic is foolish.
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S-So, basically, we gotta ride this current
that only appears five times a month
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and hope the sky island shows up?
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Yeah. And if you miss, you'll fall
back down, slam into the ocean...
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...and then you'll all end up
at the bottom of the sea.
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A-Alright! Let's give up on the sky island!
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It's impossible!
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You gotta have the luckiest luck
that's ever lucked to make it there!
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We'll be fine! Let's go!
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How did I know?
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"We'll be fine"? How can you say
such groundless stuff so easily...?!
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I mean, just look at the Going Merry now!
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It looks so pitiful!
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It can't stand up to a
gigantic disaster like that!
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That's true. Even in mint condition,
that ship wouldn't stand a chance.
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What?!
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Speed, weight, strength...
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That boat'd be blasted apart in the explosion.
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But... See! It really is impossible!
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But don't you worry about that.
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I'll have Masira and Shojo
help take you there.
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Only after we strengthen your ship, of course.
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Yeah! Just leave it to us!
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Thanks, guys!
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Didn't even ask us...
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--Do you even understand?!
--Understand what?
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For starters... Yeah!
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The most we can stay on
this island is one more day!
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After that, the Log Pose will
start pointing to the next island!
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Yeah! Yeah! We won't make it in time!
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Seriously, old man! You're not a psychic!
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I doubt you know,
but how many days will it be
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until the Knock-Up Stream and
the cumuloregalis clouds line up?!
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No, no! How many months?!
No, how many years?!
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Tomorrow afternoon.
If you're going, you better get ready!
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We can't make it in that time!
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Oh? If you don't like it, then just quit!
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Y-You're lying!
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This isn't right! We just met you today!
Aren't you being too nice?!
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Plus...!
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--Hold on, Usopp!
--Shut up, you!
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Tomorrow just happens
to be the perfect chance
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to go to this legendary,
unknown "sky island"?!
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And you'll help strengthen
our ship and take us there?!
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That's way too convenient!
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What exactly are you scheming?!
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Plus you're Noland the Liar's
descendant! We can't trust you!
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Old-timer! Dinner's ready!
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Move!
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Nami-san! Dinner's--
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W-What?! Are you gonna fight?!
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Whenever "midday night"
is confirmed in Masira's turf,
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cumuloregalis clouds appear in
the southern skies the next day.
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And judging from its five-per-month rate,
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the Knock-Up Stream will
probably be active tomorrow.
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It'll happen somewhere south of here.
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It's not a 100% certainty, but there's
a good chance it'll be tomorrow!
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I'm glad to have met fools like you.
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Now, let's go and have some food!
Take it easy at my place today...
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...comrades!
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--Food! Hurry, Usopp!
--Yeah! C'mon!
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--Chopper! Go get Robin-chan!
--Right!
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Looks like all we can do is try
our best to get into the sky...
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Though in the end, it's up to luck...
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Nami. Am I miserable and cowardly?
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You forgot "stupid."
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I know how you feel. Now go apologize.
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I'm sorry, old guy!
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What the...?! Yuck! Don't wipe your snot on me!
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Today's booze is especially great!
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Eat up, eat up! The saury full
course is just getting started!
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Here!
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Gotcha, salvage bum!
That's a Tabasco Bomber!
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Why, you! Long-nose!
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Girlie! Come sit here!
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It's 100 years too early to
have Nami-san wait on you!
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"I saw gold...
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...in the skull's right eye!"
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Gold?!
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That tear-soaked sentence was
the last thing Noland wrote.
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"I saw gold in the skull's right eye..."
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Noland was executed that same day.
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Even after coming to Jaya,
those words make no sense at all.
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"The skull's right eye..."
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Is it referring to the name
of a city that once existed?
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Or was it an allusion to his own death?
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The blank pages that follow say nothing...
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So that's why we dive!
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We have a dream! On the sea floor!
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That's right!
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We're gonna fly!
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Not if you keep eating like that, we won't!
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It's gotten quite late, but I see it, Bellamy.
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Prepare to go ashore.
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Dream-chasing fools deserve
more than a few lumps!
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"The day I arrived on Jaya.
Entry for May 21, 1122."
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Noland! Noland!
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"Upon landing on the island,
we heard strange bird calls
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and the sound of a very large
bell coming from the forest.
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The sound from that huge
gold bell resonated far and wide,
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almost as if showing off the
prosperity of a city long past!
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We thought we knew everything
after living for a few decades..."
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Noland! Noland!
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"...but experiencing the transience
of this civilization that flourished
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for a long time on the wide
open sea left us speechless!
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The sound of the bell had
us stopped in our tracks!"
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Noland's so cool!
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Wow! A giant gold bell!
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Wait a minute, old guy!
You like Noland after all!
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--Look at this!
--Wow! Gold bells!
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So, how exactly are those "giant"?
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These aren't that bell.
They're bell-shaped ingots.
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We found these three on the sea floor.
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Ingots?
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Oh! So there really is a city of gold!
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They don't prove that.
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You could find that much gold in any old ruins.
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But it does prove that there
was a civilization in this area.
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Ingots are made to have standardized weights.
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Which means they were used for trade.
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Yes. And the strange bird calls
mentioned before that...
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Hey, Masira!
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--Whoa! There's more?!
--This one's huge!
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--That's all of 'em.
--Wow! It's so pretty!
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Gold bells and a bird...
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Do you suppose they were symbols of old Jaya?
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Dunno, but I think they were
part of some sort of model.
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This here's called a South Bird,
and they still exist on this island!
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Oh! Do they have weird calls?
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Yep. Just like the logbook says!
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Sailors have long used South Birds to...
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Oh, crap!
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What is it?! What's wrong?!
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This is bad! You guys! Go into
the forest! The southern forest!
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Huh?! What're you talking about?!
Are you crazy, old guy?!
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Go catch this bird! Right now!
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Why?! What for?!
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Why do we need a bird?
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Listen closely! The Knock-Up Stream
you're heading for tomorrow
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is located directly south of this cape.
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How are you going to get there?!
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Just sail straight there, right?
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This is the Grand Line, you know!
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Once you're on the open sea,
there's no way to get your bearings!
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That's right!
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We're heading for ocean, not an island,
so we have no guide to rely on!
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Then how do we go straight south?
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You use that bird's behavior!
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Some types of animals have
accurate, internal magnets
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which allow them to get their bearings.
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Then you're lower than an animal, Zoro!
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Like you're anyone to talk!
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South Birds are the greatest of such animals!
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No matter how vast the land
or sea they're thrown into,
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their bodies will always indicate
the direction accurately.
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Anyway, without one of these birds,
you're going nowhere!
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You won't even get the
chance to go to the sky island!
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Eh?!
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Why are you telling us this now?!
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Quit fussing!
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There's no time! Hurry! Don't dilly-dally!
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You want us to go into the forest
in the middle of the night?!
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You forgot these!
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We're gonna get started on your beat-up ship!
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Now that I think about it,
there was no time to be partyin'!
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Again, why are you telling us this now?!
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Listen! Make sure you catch at
least one South Bird before dawn!
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--It's pitch dark!
--Quit pulling me!
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It's not my fault! My hands
are moving on their own!
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My stomach's so full...
I don't think I can chase birds...
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Where are these weird birds?!
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Let's just catch one so we
can get back to drinking!
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How did we wind up doing this so suddenly?!
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--You're in the way!
--Man! Couldn't he have told us during the day?!
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Hey, where are the birds?
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If we knew where they were,
we wouldn't be out looking for 'em!
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Our only clue is that they have a weird call...
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And they look just like that gold statue...
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Are there really such dumb-looking birds?!
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Plus "weird call" is way too vague!
How're we supposed to know?!
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He said we'd know once we're in the forest...
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A weird call!
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That's it!
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Alright!
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At this point, we got no other choice!
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We have three nets. Let's split
into three groups and search!
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Right!
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Let's go! Let's beat up those weird birds!
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You mean catch!
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Don't worry! Whatever we run into,
I'll protect you, Nami-san!
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Sanji-kun! What about me?!
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Hell if I care! Quit being insecure!
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In any case, let's catch a bird
so we can get out of this forest!
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Let's start by listening closely
for that bird we heard earlier.
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--That bird call!
--Jooo! Come out! Joooo!
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Bastard!
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What're you catching me for?!
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Oh, Nami! That's a cool thing
you got on! Where'd you get it?
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What?
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Spider!
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Huh? It's just a spider!
You poor thing... Come here!
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Spiders are yucky, you moron!
Toss it away somewhere!
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Get away, Usopp! I bet it's poisonous!
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They're falling from the trees!
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This is too gross!
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It's probably a species of tarantula!
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It's alright! They won't spit poison
as long as we don't do anything!
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I used to fight spiders a long time ago!
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No, you can count me out when
it comes to creepy bugs like that!
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Same here! I totally hate them!
Totally! Hurry and throw it far away!
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Oh? But those moths and
centipedes don't bother you?
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I hate moths and centipedes!
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Ahh! Don't leave me behind!
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I hear screams...
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Forget about 'em.
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A centipede, huh? It's pretty damn big...
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It's not nice to kill everything. Poor thing...
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That's what it gets for trying to attack me.
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--But...
--What?!
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That's the path we just took here.
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That bird call... This way.
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Watch out for that quagmire.
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Hey! Wait for--!
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Gotcha!
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Look, Chopper! It's an Atlas!
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Atlas?
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Yup! Atlases and Hercules are
the most admired bugs in the world!
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Really? Beetles?
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You never heard of 'em?!
They're super hard to catch!
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Which is better, them or the One Piece?!
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Hmm... That's hard!
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Luffy! There's something here, too!
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Oh! It's a Miyama!
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Catch it!
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It flew away!
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Why, you...!
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After it! Don't let it get away!
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A beehive! Run!
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What's with this forest?!
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--Luffy! Look there!
--It's that bird!
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He dropped the beehives!
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--Eh?!
--Huh? Did he say something?!
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He said, "I'll kill you for invading this forest!"
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Now, now, boy! Don't be making us mad!
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It's not nice to suddenly show up
at night and demand gold, kiddos.
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Leave! We got work to do now!
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You're bodyguards, huh?
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Come to think of it, there was
a pirate named Cricket...
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I heard the sad tale of your
Montblanc family at the pub.
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It moved me so.
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Treasure someone else struggled to
get has a special flavor all its own!
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Wanna know what people call me?
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The Hyena!
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Ah, beyond the never-ending sky
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The future that I once saw
is now starting to take shape
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There are days where I almost lose to myself
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When that happened, there was
someplace warm I could go
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The friends I took pride in
always, without fail,
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pushed me onwards, didn't they?
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Ah, the stars are pouring
down underneath the sky
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This unique moment...
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Old guy! We caught a bird!
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W-What happened, old diamond-head?!
**[23:14] ---**
S-Sorry!
**[23:16] ---**
There's nothing we could do! We're pathetic!
**[23:18] ---**
The gold's been stolen!
**[23:20] ---**
It's alright! Forget about that junk!
**[23:23] ---**
Bellamy's mark!
**[23:24] ---**
I'll be back by morning!
**[23:26] ---**
On the next episode of One Piece!
**[23:27] ---**
"Dreams Don't Come True?!
Bellamy versus the Saruyama Alliance"
**[23:30] ---**
I'm gonna be King of the Pirates!!
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