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