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One Piece
Chapter 515: Adventures On The Isle Of Women
Cp9's Independent Report Vol. 23: Too Beautiful To Behold, A Flower Of Thanks
[insert Text: The One Piece Anime Op Will Be Changing On Sunday 5th October!! And What's This?! The New Op Is A Cover Of The Anime's First Op, "we Are!" As For Who's Performing The Cover... That's A Secret!!]
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[insert Text: A Land Of Women...]
[box: This Is The Land Of Women, Where Men Are Forbidden: Amazon Lily. // Though Occasionally Its Residents Set Sail For Foreign Lands And Return With Child... // Mysteriously, All The Children Born Turn Out To Be Girls. // And In This Tall Mountain, Deep In The Jungle... // ...a Huge Hole Was Opened... // Almost Like A Fort... / ...this Village Was Built... / ...and A Country Established.]
People: We've Got Sea King Meat In Today!! // How About Some Fresh-picked Jungle Fruits?!
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[box: Naturally, All The Workers... // ...even The Physical Workers, Are Women...]
People: Hu~p! // Just Small Fry, Huh...
[box: These Women, Raised Since Birth In The Ways Of The Warrior..]
People: Good Work! Just Put That Over There! // Sure Thing!
[box: ...may Be Burly And Strong... // ...but That Doesn't Mean You Can't Find The Odd Beauty Here. // There Is No Opportunity For Greedy, Foolish Men... // ...to Ever Intrude Upon This Place.]
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[box: Above All, The Women Of This Island Are Strong.]
People: 1000 Gol On Poppy!! // 1500 On Pansy!! // Here Are Today's Odds!!
[box: In This Land...]
People: Aaahhhhhh~~~~~~~~~!!!
Fighter: Huahh!!!
[box: Strength Equates To Beauty. // If Any Man Were To Find His Way Here... // ...he Would Be Eliminated In An Instant.]
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People: The Man Has Awakened!! // Let's See, Let's See! // I Want To See Too!!
Luffy: Whe~~~~~~w...
People: It Moved! Look, No Chest At All! // Such A Ruggedly Unusual Beast... // It Looks So Weak With That Short, Scruffy-looking Hair!
Luffy: ............mnnhhh...
People: It Certainly Had A Long Sleep... // But Did You Hear? Apparently It Was Eating In Its Sleep! // So What Is It Men Eat? Raw Meat?
Luffy: .........unnnghh... What's All The Racket...
People: Ahh!! It Spoke!!
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Luffy: ............huh? / Where... Am I......? // ......what Was I Doing Again...? / Oh Yeah... We Were All Beaten Up On Those Shabondy Islands, And...
People: Shh, Everyone!! It's Saying Something!
Luffy: .........i Can't Remember Anything After I Ate That Mushroom... // Ahh...! // Where's My Hat?!!! // Hm? There It Is! // Give That Back, Dammit!!
People: ?!! / Ah - ! // Its Arm Stretched~~~~~~~~~~~!!
Luffy: Whe~w, That's Better.
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People: What On Earth Is Its Body Made Of?!
Memogirl: S... So Men... They... / They Have Arms That Stretch...!! What A Surprise!! // This Is So Interesting... Must Note It Down... // What Is Your Name?
Luffy: ...? I'm Luffy! // Ahh!! I'm Not Wearing Anything!!
People: He's Slow...
Luffy: ...now I Feel All Cold! Do You Guys Know Where My Clothes Are?!
Memogirl: Men Are Slow, And Think Of Covering Their Heads Before Their Bodies... / *memo Memo*
margaret: Ah - Before You Put Your Clothes On... Um! // Could You Tell Us What On Earth Is Inside That Bag In Between Your Legs?
Luffy: Bag...? What... You Don't Even Know That? / You're Pretty Weird... Those Are "kintama"!!
Margaret: ........."kintama"......? / What Are Those?
Luffy: Just What It Sounds Like - Balls Of Gold, Of Course!
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People: Gorgeous!!! // Balls Of Pure Gold?!!
Margaret: Say, Could You Take Them Out So I Could Have A Look?
Luffy: Like Hell!!! Are You Trying To Kill Me?!!!
Margaret: Well, Here Are Some Clothes... / Yours Were Terribly Beaten-up... / So We Made Some New Ones Just Like Them.
Luffy: Ohhh... Sorry About That! // Doing That For Someone You've Never Even Met! Thanks A Ton! // ...............!!! // Why, You.........!!
Margaret: We Added On Some Flowery Frills To Make It Sexier!♡
Memogirl: That's Right, Margaret... You've Just Got To Have Frills On Nice Clothing!
People: Look - It's So Happy It's Trembling!
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Luffy: I'm A Guy, Dammit!!!
[sign: Jail]
People: ?!!
Luffy: !!! // What The~~~?!!
People: Weapons At The Ready!!! // How Ferocious!! So That Is Your True Nature!!! // Going Wild Without A Thought For The Kindness Of Those Who Have Saved Your Life...! // A Truly Savage Temperament!!
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Kikyou: And I've Noticed You Have Not The Slightest Trace Of Grace In Your Speech Or Actions!! // As I Thought, Your Kind And Ours Simply Do Not Mix...!!
Sweetpea: ...but Kikyou, You Can't Kill It Just For That, Surely! // The Poor Thing...!
Luffy: Whoa, Whoa, Wait A Minute! Did Somebody Say "saving My Life"?! / Did Something Happen?! You've Gotta Tell Me!!
Kikyou: You Consumed A Deadly Mushroom... / ...and These Ladies Found You Collapsed Out There!!
Margaret: .........
Luffy: ...whoa, So That's What Happened! Hey, Thanks For That!! Really!! // I'm Sorry I Complained About The Clothes!! Just Stop With The Shooting, Okay...?!!
Kikyou: There Is No Need For Us To Listen To Your Feeble Apologies!! This Is The Empire Of Women, Amazon Lily! // The Ban On Men Is An Absolute Law That Has Been Kept Here For Hundreds Of Years!!!
Luffy: A Land Of Women......?
Kikyou: Never Once Has This Law Been Broken Before!!
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Kikyou: Now That You Have Regained Consciousness, We Have No Reason To Take Pity On You Any Longer!!!
Luffy: It's True... They Really Are All Women... What A Weird Place...
Kikyou: Margaret! // Sweetpea! // Aphelandra...! / This Is For Your Sakes......!!
Aphelandra: !
Kikyou: If Hebihime-sama Were To Return And Learn Of This...
[tn: "hebihime" Is Literally "snake Princess"]
Kikyou: She Would Never Forgive Any Of You!!! // For Bringing A Man Back To The Village, You Too Would Be Held Guilty Alongside Him!! // We Should Erase The Evidence And Pretend This Never Happened!!
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Kikyou: Fire!!!
Luffy: Whoa, Whoa!! Just Let Me Go, Okay?!! // I Made A Promise To Go Meet My Nakama... // I Have To Find My Way Back There!!! // Hyahhhh~~~~~~~~~~~~!!!
People: ?!!
Memogirl: It Escaped Through The Roof!!!
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Kikyou: After Him!!!
Luffy: Whoa!!! // Whe~w...!
Kikyou: It Seems He Is More Nimble Than He Looks!! // Aphelandra!!
Aphelandra: 'ka~y!! // I'm Real Sorry For Saving You!!!
Luffy: !! // Guahh!!!
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Aphelandra: Hyahh!!!
Luffy: Ughh!
Kikyou: He's Down!!
Luffy: Hey, Wait...! The Vivre Card Is Still In The Pocket Of My Other Trousers!! // There! Her!!
Margaret: Ahh!!
Luffy: Sorry, But There's Something I've Gotta Ask You!!
Margaret: Ah - ! // Let Me Go!! Help Me~~~~!!!
Someone: Oh, No...!!! Margaret Has Been Taken!!!
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Luffy: Gomu Gomu No...... // Fuusen!!
Margaret: Aahh!
Luffy: *pant* // *pant* // Hey! Are You All Right?!
Margaret: Don't Come Near Me!! / Just Now...!! You... Blew Up, Right?!!
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Margaret: *pant*... // *pant*... // To Just Jump Down From That Kind Of Height... / There's Something Wrong With You!! / *pant* // *pant* / ......i Was Ready To Die For A Moment There...!! / It's An Absolute Miracle That I Survived......!! // ......*pant*... Don't Come Near Me......... / I've Heard That You "men" Carry All Kinds Of Viruses!! / ........do All Men... Get All... Fat All Of A Sudden, Like That?!
Luffy: I Don't Think I've Got Any Viruses Or Anything... / And, Well, I Guess You Could Say That Men Tend To Get Fat Pretty Quickly... // ...but Never Mind That, Just Look In The Pocket Of My Old Trousers!
Margaret: You Mean This?
Luffy: Ahhhhh~~~~~~!! That's It, That's It!! Thank God, I Didn't Lose It!! // Without This, I'd Be... Well, I'd Be Totally Doomed!! / Thanks So Much For Keeping It Safe!!
Margaret: Well... It Looked Like It Had Something Written On It, So...
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Luffy: No, Watch!
Margaret: How Mysterious......! It Seems To Move...!!
Luffy: Yeah... A Lot Of Stuff Happened... And Me And My Nakama All Got Blasted Off Into The Sky. / But We've All Got One Of These, So We Should Be Able To Find Each Other Again. // We're All Pretty Tough, After All.
Margaret: .........
Luffy: Man... I Guess I've Got A Lot To Thank You For, Huh! // There Isn't Anything I Can Do For You, Is There?
Margaret: Well... Could I Have A Look At Those "kintama" Of Yours...?
Luffy: I Told You, The Don't Come Off!!!
Margaret: What Kind Of "nakama" Are These, Anyway?
Luffy: Oh, Right - I'm A Pirate!! // You Know About Pirates?
Margaret: ...you're A Pirate? The Emperor Of This Land Is A Pirate As Well.
Luffy: Is That Right... So What, You're Like An All-woman Pirate Crew? Are You Strong?
Margaret: A Foolish Question Indeed. / Only The Very Best Of The Island's Warriors Sail Aboard The Pirate Ship... Of Course They Are Strong!!
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Margaret: Why, Everyone In This Land Looks Up To Hebihime-sama! She Is Powerful, And Wonderful, And The Most Beautiful Woman In The World!!!
[tn: ...in Other Words, She's Almost Guaranteed To Be Fat, Amirite? ]
Margaret: The Pirate Empress, Boa Hancock... Along With Her Two Younger Sisters, She Defends This Island Immaculately!
Someone: It's Terrible!! // Hebihime-sama's Ship Is Almost Here!!
Aphelandra: Kikyou, It Looks Like That "man" Jumped Down Into The Jungle!
Kikyou: This Isn't Good...!! We Have To Deal With This Man Immediately!! // Warriors! To The Jungle!! Eliminate The Man, And Save Margaret From His Clutches!! // Hebihime-sama Has Returned!!!