A world... Yes!
A world for you who seek freedom
stretches out right before your eyes.
If your endless dreams are your guide,
surpass them, under the flag of your beliefs!
Making a splash, I've just started on my search
Heading towards a world without end
My heart bursting with enthusiasm, I'll go to the ends of the earth
In search of light yet unseen
When the summer sun sways the sails of my heart
It's the cue to open the door to a new world
Sailing through the rocky waves of despair
We head beyond the horizon
Making a splash, I've just started on my search
Heading towards a world without end
My heart bursting with enthusiasm, I'll go to the ends of the earth
In search of light yet unseen
I'm sick of this.
When is this rain going to stop?!
Hey, Usopp, have you got anything fun?
Huh? I've got a firework we could launch, but just one.
Wanna do that?
Yes!
Don't do it.
What if there's a hostile ship nearby, or something?
I guess you're right.
What's that book you've been reading this whole time?
Luffy is showing interest in a book?!
Huh? Something the matter?
N-No, it's nothing.
The book is called "Rainbow Mist," or "Niji no Kiri."
It's a novel, based on some adventures this person had
in an unusual region of the sea.
Adventures, huh? That sounds interesting!
Unbelievable!
Regardless of how bored he might be...
The sea sure is a strange place, huh?
Hey, I saw an island.
Really?! Yahoo!
What's with you guys?
It's nothing.
"I Will Make it Bloom! Usopp the Man and the Eight-Foot Shell"
It stopped...
Then it's okay, right, Mommy and Daddy?
Okay, keep close watch on the ship!
Yeah, you got it!
Hey! There's a town!
Hey, wait up, Luffy!
A town!
It may be a small town, but it sure is lively.
We should be able to procure a few things here, huh?
Usopp, are you going to do some shopping?
Good question.
Hey, guys, get a load of this!
What is it?
Don't tell me there are wanted posters! No, that's not it, huh?
Oh, a firework festival! And what's more, it's today!
Yeah!
Fantastic!
I haven't seen fireworks in a long time!
Well then, Nami-san, I shall be your escort.
Uh-uh, no thanks. Mind your own self.
Fireworks, huh? I can't wait!
I haven't seen you folks around before.
Have you come to watch the fireworks?
No, that isn't why--
Why, are these fireworks that well-known?
Yeah. It's a famous festival on this island.
They've been holding it for 400 years, after all.
400 years? That long?
Look. You see that tower up on the mountain behind you?
The people who live in that house have been making fireworks
for generations, since 400 years ago.
It's just an old man and a little girl that live there right now, though.
Oh? Then, does the old man make the fireworks by himself?
Oh, no! He makes them together with the girl.
They bang them out all year long, just for this day.
It's really something.
Why does it take a whole year to make fireworks?
You're so dense! You see...
There's all sorts of reasons.
If I told you, you wouldn't understand.
Oh, okay.
That's it!
It looked like we were almost out of gunpowder.
I wonder if they'd share a little with us.
Who knows?
I'll be back in a bit!
Then again, I hope that nothing like what went on last year happens.
Yeah, really.
Like what went on last year?
Yeah. Last year, at the fireworks festival--
Kadoyan! They came here to have a good time.
No need to go out of your way to tell them about that.
I suppose not.
Sorry, it's nothing. Forget about it.
Oh, yeah! We should tell Zoro and Robin about this!
Yeah! Let's go tell Robin-chan!
Nah, maybe we should eat first.
How come?!
This is how a firework of my making turns out.
I'll show this to them, and they'll be so impressed,
and say, "if you're skilled enough to make something this wonderful,
then please, take as much gunpowder as you like, for free!"
I wonder if that will happen.
No!
Whoa, what a face you've got.
Are you really the head firework maker?
You betcha!
I'm Boss Odama, the pyrotechnist.
In any case, I'm begging you. You can spare a little, can't you?
You must have lots of gunpowder, right?
I don't have any gunpowder to give to a greenhorn like you.
Now, be on your way, please. Goodbye.
J-Just a minute!
Please, decide if I'm a novice or not after looking at this!
This is a fairly decent--
"14th generation Odama"
So round! So huge! So white!
Who gave you permission to come across my threshold?!
Hey, old-timer, is that real?! That's papier-mâché, right?!
What would papier-mâché be doing lying around a fireworks master's home?
It's for real.
So, "this is a fairly decent" what, now?
Oh, nothing, really.
A three-gauge shell, huh?
It's pasted together a little loose,
but it's still pretty well put together, huh?
Why were you hiding it? It would be a waste not to finish it.
Huh? Who are you?
I'm Kodama, the granddaughter of Grandpa Odama over there.
Huh? You mean,
you're the girl that makes fireworks together with the old man?
Yep, that's me.
I won't have you looking down on me, just because I'm little.
I'm still pretty skillful, maybe even as much as Grandpa here.
Ee-yow...!
Don't go getting carried away!
You were supposed to contact the launch team!
I did! They're going to be here shortly to carry the shells away,
so I thought I would get them out, you know?
Before that, you've got to prepare the mortars,
and get the wagon ready!
Yeah, yeah, you're right.
Okay, fine!
What's with you?
Don't just stand there, go give her a hand!
Why?
Just get going!
What was that all about?
He tells me to go away, then tells me to help!
I give up. I'm leaving.
Hey!
Fixing to slack off? Help me out, here!
Huh?!
You're not here to become an apprentice?
Of course not.
I just came to get some gunpowder from you.
You had your own firework,
so I thought for sure you wanted to be an apprentice.
I just made that one for fun.
I hate to admit it, but I'm not up to working pro.
Yeah... but it's true, that is well put-together.
You should hurry up and finish it.
Come to mention it, you said the same thing before, too, huh?
What do you mean?
I thought it was already finished.
Fireworks only become finished when they blossom beautifully
in the night sky.
Which is why all of the fireworks in the storehouse are unfinished goods.
These launching mortars, too.
They're not finished until they're used as equipment.
There's something amazing about you.
It's like I told you. I won't have you looking down on me.
So then, that ridiculously huge firework earlier is the same way?
It's still unfinished, right?
I sure would like to see that one go off.
Last year, we tried to launch one just like that.
Oh? There was another one like that?
Mm-hmm.
But it didn't work. Our equipment was flawed.
You don't mean...?
My mommy and my daddy...
They died, a year ago today...
...when the launch of the 200-gauge shell went wrong.
This weather seems kind of weird.
Do you still hold the firework festival if it's raining?
Mm-mm.
I guess it's no use, Mommy, Daddy...
At least get things ready.
What's no use?
If it clears up tonight, I'm planning on launching the 200-gauge shell.
N-No! Fireworks aren't food!
Don't raise your voice, you dummy.
S-Sorry.
But you can't launch something as huge as that on your own, right?
That's all right.
I asked the launch team to help me out in secret.
Even so, it already failed to launch once, right?
It's too dangerous.
That's okay. I want to do it.
It's not okay!
Are you trying to get the launch team folks caught in it this time?
No, of course not.
They'll just be setting it up, and then take cover.
I'll take care of the launching by myself.
"By yourself," huh?
No, no, no!
I'm telling your grandpa, and putting a stop to this.
What do you think you're doing?!
That's what I was going to say!
Don't go ruining my Mommy and Daddy's dream!
Your Mommy and Daddy's dream?
That's right.
Our family has been making fireworks for generations,
for over 400 years now.
--Hey, that's okay... --Just let me!
Apparently, we once had the technical skill
to make and launch 200-gauge shells,
but at some point, that tradition was broken.
It was my Mommy and Daddy's dream to bring back that skill.
That's why, tonight, I'm going to finish their dream.
I understand how you feel, but...
Hold on a second.
Why would you just blab something like that to me?
Do you want to know?
You want me to keep your grandpa occupied?!
Yes. The launch team folks will be here soon to carry the shell away.
While they're doing that, keep Grandpa occupied inside,
so he doesn't come out here. Please!
You dumb fool!
How can I help you out with something so dangerous?
"14th generation Odama"
Because my Mommy and Daddy's dream is still only half-finished.
I'm going to finish it for them.
Hold on a minute...
A prayer before launching?
A fine thing to do.
But that isn't what you'll be launching.
You'll be doing smaller ones.
The launch team... Why did you tell him?
Watch what you say.
They were thinking of you when they told me.
Why?!
Why?! After all the begging I did?!
Sorry, Kodama-chan.
But it's just too reckless. That thing is sure to misfire.
You don't know that for sure, do you?!
I'm not afraid of that!
Stop it, will you?!
It's not as though they don't know how those of us left behind feel.
This isn't what it means to carry on their wishes.
Kodama-chan!
Ah, that's it...
Okay, well, we'll get things ready.
Yeah, if you would, please...
Say, you're getting ready, even with the rain?
This rain will let up soon.
The wind is coming in from the east.
Kodama is the only one who doesn't realize it.
Old-timer, has that structure been there the whole 400 years?
Yeah. What of it?
I hit upon a good idea.
How about hearing me out?
These are graves?
Wow, they're funky.
Yo.
Mommy and Daddy, like I said, if this long spell of rain ends,
it means that I have your permission,
and that I can launch the 200-gauge shell.
So then, does this mean I'm wrong, after all?
"It doesn't mean you're wrong. Kodama,
if you launch your own fireworks, we'd be glad to stop the rain."
But then, Mommy and Daddy, your dream...
"Do you think that's all our dream is?"
"You are our dream.
Our dream is that you will carry on for us,
and become a fine pyrotechnist."
"Kodama, take your time, and make your own 200-gauge shell.
You have an unlimited amount of time, after all.
"Kodama, if you can bring back the 200-gauge shell,
that will also make our dream come true.
"Let Grandpa take care of our 200-gauge shell;
you keep on showing us your beautiful fireworks up in heaven."
All right! I will!
And then, someday, I'll make my own 200-gauge shell, you'll see!
"Thanks for understanding.
And now, as promised..."
How? That's amazing!
Just who are you?
Who, me?
I'm a messenger, sent from heaven,
Usopp Angel.
Usopp... Angel...?
That's so lame!
Usopp Angel...
...thank you! I'll try my best, okay?
How pretty!
Ready, set...!
Oh, this is coming off nicely.
Though I have to admit...
By using the wheel on the cart in the yard as a pulley,
he figured out the trick for dragging that thing out of the storehouse.
Who would have thought that the tower that's been here for 400 years
was actually the launch platform for 200-gauge shells...
Just who is this kid, anyhow?
"14th generation Odama"
Here goes the rapid fire!
This is incredible!
Yeah, outstanding.
Is it ready?
All set!
Last one!
Okay, last one!
Right!
Here goes...
What was that shabby firework just now?
Huh?
That's how my first firework turned out, huh?
Okay, Old Man Odama!
Mommy and Daddy's firework...
To be able to make a firework like that,
Mommy and Daddy really were amazing!
I wonder if I'll be able to make a firework like that someday.
Mommy! Daddy! Thank you!
Old-timer, can I have some gunpowder?
You dumb jackass!
I don't know anything about you.
Take as much as you want!
Ah, beyond the never-ending sky
The future that I once saw is now starting to take shape
There are days where I almost lose to myself
When that happened, there was someplace warm I could go
The friends I took pride in always, without fail,
pushed me onwards, didn't they?
Ah, the stars are pouring down underneath the sky
This unique moment...
You're going to catch a cold dressed like that.
People who catch colds are people who let their mind's guard down.
Well, I wonder if someone somewhere is spreading stories
about Zoro, the pirate hunter.
I've never once called myself a pirate hunter.
On the next episode of One Piece!
"The Fabled Pirate Hunter! Zoro, the Wandering Swordsman"
I'm gonna be King of the Pirates!!