# E19 - The Three-Sword Style's Past! Zoro and Kuina's Vow!
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Wealth, fame, power...
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Gold Roger,
the King of the Pirates,
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attained everything
this world has to offer.
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The words he uttered just before
his death drove people to the seas.
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My treasure?
If you want it, you can have it!
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Find it! I left everything
this world has to offer there!
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And so men head for the
Grand Line in pursuit of their dreams!
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The world has truly
entered a Great Pirate Era!
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We're going to gather up
all our dreams
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and set out in search
of something to find
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ONE PIECE!
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Compasses only cause delays
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Delirious with fever,
I take the helm
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If the dusty treasure map has
been verified, it's not a legend!
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When it comes to personal storms,
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simply ride aboard
someone else's biorhythm
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and pretend it isn't there!
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We're going to gather up
all our dreams
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and set out in search
of something to find
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A coin in my pocket,
and do you wanna be my friend?
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We are, We are on the cruise!
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We are!
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Whew, that's heavy!
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W-What is that?!
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I found it in the storeroom!
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Those're cannonballs!
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We finally got a cannon,
so I thought I'd do some practice!
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Then just leave it to me!
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I believe it was when I was three
that I jumped on a cannonball
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flying my way and traveled
halfway around the world!
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--How do you work this thing?
--Listen!
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Hey, Zoro! Do you
know how to work it?!
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He's been fast asleep all this time.
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He's no fun.
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A little further to the south is a
reef that'd make a perfect target!
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For reals?!
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Let's go! Let's go!
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--Let's go there!
--Hey! You're gonna fire
a cannon without me?!
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People used to call me Cannon
Master Usopp, you know! Listen!
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"The Three-Sword Style's Past!
Zoro and Kuina's Vow!"
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Hey!
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Hey!
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I'm here to challenge your dojo!
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Someone strong, come out! Fight me!
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Dojo-challenging is
certainly rare these days.
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Hmph! Don't take me
lightly just 'cause I'm a kid!
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I'm unrivaled in the next village over!
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Very well. I accept.
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If I win, I get your dojo!
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--And if you lose?
--T-Then, uhh...
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I'll become a student here!
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That will be fine. Now, then...
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Kuina!
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Yes, Father?
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What?! You're not gonna fight me?!
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Kuina is a girl, but she's even
stronger than the adults in the dojo.
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I say this, even as her parent...
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Fine!
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Then please come inside.
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I can use any I want?
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To your heart's content.
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All right, then! Let's begin!
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Alright! Bring it on!
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Bow before the gods!
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--What's he doing?
--He's ridiculous...
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Bow to each other!
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Begin!
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D-Damn it!
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You've studied Two-Sword
Style techniques before?
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No! Today's the first time I've
ever held a bamboo sword!
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Today's your first time?
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Damn it! I'm strong!
And I'm gonna get even stronger!
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I refuse... I refuse to lose to this girl!
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Oww...
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Why doesn't he dodge?!
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Match over!
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He's like a boar.
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Come now, Kuina!
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It's 10 years too early for an
amateur to use the Two-Sword Style!
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What?!
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What? We can fight
another match, if you want!
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Damn it! A loss is a loss!
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Yes. It's good to accept
defeat gracefully. Then, you'll...
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Yeah! I'll become a student here!
Got a problem with that?!
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None whatsoever.
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I'm going to train lots and lots and lots
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and then I will beat you!
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Remember that!
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That day'll never come.
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Match over!
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The winner is Kuina,
with 2000 wins and 0 losses!
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D-Damn it...
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You're still as weak as ever, Zoro!
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You're so pathetic. Especially for a boy.
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Hey! Zoro isn't weak!
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He's the strongest one
out of all the guys!
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He's even beat grownups!
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But he's weaker than me.
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Even with two swords,
a weakling's still a weakling.
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You losers'd do good to stay quiet.
Your howling makes you pitiful.
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You lost again, Zoro...
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Even after you've grown so strong.
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Sensei! Are you
giving her secret training
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'cause she's your daughter?!
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Don't cheat!
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No, no. I do no such thing.
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Zoro did indeed grow stronger.
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But Kuina has grown stronger as well.
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--Zoro?
--Zoro?
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I'm gonna wash my face.
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Damn it!
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Why can't I beat Kuina?! Why?! Why?!
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I'm gonna be the strongest
man in the world! So why?!
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Tonight... I'm gonna fight her again!
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A mere year since he became a pupil...
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Zoro's improvement is
nothing short of spectacular.
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He trains incomparably
more than any of the others.
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So I suppose it's only natural.
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But... it seems he's still
no match for Kuina-san.
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Female swordsmen are
faced with immense walls.
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As she is now, I cannot
let her inherit the dojo.
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--Father!
--Kuina-san!
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It's not nice to eavesdrop, Kuina.
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I will become the world's
greatest swordsman! You'll see!
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Kuina. As a girl...
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...you can never be
the world's strongest.
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Zoro?!
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What're you doing out here?
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That's my line! What are
you doing here at this hour?!
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I'm here to challenge you
to your 2001st fight!
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I plan to make this
my last fight with you!
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I'm going to end this!
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Fight me with a real sword!
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You have a real one, don't you?!
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Against me?
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Sure.
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The Wado Ichimonji...
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Two real swords are heavy, huh?
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It seems you still lack strength!
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S-Shut up!
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My 2001st win.
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Damn it...
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Damn it...
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This sucks...
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I'm the one who should be
crying out of frustration.
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Eh?
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You see, when girls grow up,
they get weaker than men...
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Even you'll catch up to me soon...
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You're always saying you're going
to be the world's best swordsman.
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My father told me that
a girl can never be that...
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I know...
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I know that! But... But it's frustrating!
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You're lucky, Zoro. You're a boy.
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I want to be the world's
greatest swordsman, too!
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My breasts have even
started to grow out now...
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If only... If only I had
been born a man...
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Don't be whining like
that after you beat me!
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That's not fair! You're my goal!
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--Zoro...
--Boy this, girl that!
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Are you gonna say that stuff
too when I beat you someday?!
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You act like none of it is skill!
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You're insulting all the hard
training I've been doing!
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So don't say that stuff!
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Promise me!
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Someday, one of us will be
the world's greatest swordsman!
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We'll compete to see who gets there!
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You dummy. You're so weak...
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--It's a promise!
--It's a promise!
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Whoa...
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She's gotten even stronger than before!
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Gotta get stronger! So I can
hold lots of swords just fine!
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If two's not enough,
then I'll use three!
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What do you guys want?
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Kuina...
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Kuina's dead...
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Apparently, she slipped and fell
down the storehouse steps...
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Storehouse?
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Seems she was looking for a sharpening
stone for her beloved sword.
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What would she need that for?
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I don't know...
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She was just a child, too...
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There's just no understanding people...
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No one knows what's
just around the corner...
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People are such fragile things, Zoro...
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Kuina... She was a very
competitive girl...
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She practiced in this dojo
since she was little,
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and achieved strength
that exceeded even adults.
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Because of this,
she became a bit self-conceited...
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But then that's when
you appeared, Zoro.
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I thank you.
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You grew ever stronger, so she
started to practice even more,
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so as not to lose to you.
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So as not to lose to a boy...
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And she had begun to break down
the walls of female swordsmanship...
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...but I'm an ordinary parent, too.
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When I look at you now,
I feel pained, too...
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Sensei...
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Let me have... that sword...
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Kuina's sword?
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I'm going to get stronger for her, too!
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I'm going to get strong enough
that my name reaches to Heaven!
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I'm going to be the world's
strongest swordsman!
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I promised her...
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I...
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Yes. You can have it.
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I leave Kuina's spirit
and dreams... with you.
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Eight years since then...
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You're finally going to set out, then?
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Yes, Sensei.
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To fulfill our promise.
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Zoro!
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Take care.
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Huh? That was way off!
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What are you guys doing?!
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Cannon practice!
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But they sure don't fly good!
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I'm telling you, let me try!
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Judging from the last flying distance...
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This should do it.
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Fire!
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Awesome! You hit it on your first try!
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I really hit it...
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Whadya think?! I'm awesome when
it comes to aiming! Impressed?!
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Yeah! Yeah!
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It's settled! You're our sniper!
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What?! I don't get to be captain?!
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I'm the captain!
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Well, whatever! I'll humor you for now!
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But if you do anything too cowardly,
I'm taking over immediately!
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Yeah, that's fine.
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But anyways, I was thinking, there's
one other position we need to fill
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before going into the Grand Line!
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Yeah! We have a fancy kitchen, too!
If you pay me, I can do it!
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An important necessity
for long trips, right?
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Yeah! All pirate ships need one, huh?!
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A musician!
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Are you an idiot?!
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What do you see voyages as?!
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Just when it seemed you were
gonna say something smart...
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But pirates sing, you know!
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Come out, you damn pirates!
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What the... What the... Who are you?!
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Shut up! Who I am
doesn't amount to crap!
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How many are there?
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One... I think?
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Then leave it to him.
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"Sea" Then leave it to him.
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"Sea"
We've taken the heads of many a pirate!
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"Sea"
Are you nameless pirate
wannabes trying to kill my partner?!
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Are you nameless pirate
wannabes trying to kill my partner?!
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That voice...
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What do you mean, "partner"?!
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I dunno what's going on,
but stop breaking our ship!
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L-Lost by a hair...
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What's going on?
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Hey! Is that you, Johnny?!
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Who's saying my name all familiar-like?!
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B-Big Bro Zoro?!
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It is you, Johnny!
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What are you doing here, Big Bro?!
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Where's Yosaku? Isn't he with you?
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What now? What now?
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You guys know each other?
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When I was little, I had
a vision of a treasure map
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and I always searched
for that miraculous place
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before someone else could
beat me to it
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If the world is going to change
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before I can even attain my dream
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then take me to the time
when I knew nothing
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so that my memories won't fade
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I guess we need a cook, huh?
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They say there's a "Sea Restaurant."
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--A navy ship's firing its cannons!
--Alright! Leave it to me!
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The restaurant's that way, you idiot!
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I'll go apologize!
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What's taking so long?!
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Let's check it out and get some food!
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--Huh?! A fight?!
--What's with him?
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On the next episode of One Piece!
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"Famous Cook!
Sanji of the Sea Restaurant"
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I'm gonna be King of the Pirates!!