Final Curtain

In the Flower Capital, a tale is being told to the crowd as music sounds: "Dark clouds gather!" and "A storm echoes through the sky, consuming Onigashima." The narrator sings that the roar of the azure dragon and the howls of countless beasts join the cacophony at Habu Port, while scattered leaves of fall are bleached auburn by the pattering rain. The stage is set for a tale of duty and honor: the story of the royal retainers and their quest to let Kozuki Oden's name shine once more. The performance calls out the Red Scabbards and the beginning of the fire festival's evening tale, framing Wano's recent war as a kabuki-like legend already entering public memory.

Near Tokage Port in Udon, Momonosuke and Kin'emon discover that Yamato is not heading out to sea after all. Yamato calmly says, "I'm staying," and explains that he already told Luffy and the others. Momo asks whether Yamato is really content with that, since Yamato had just said he had made up his mind, but Yamato answers that Oden began his journey with a tour of Wano. Yamato realized there is still much about the country he does not understand, so he is sure he will find his way if he follows in Oden's footsteps; he is bound to make it out to sea sooner or later. Momo, riding in dragon form, fumes that the pirates must have intentionally snubbed him by bidding farewell to everyone but them. The page turns Yamato's choice into a patient first step rather than a rejection of freedom.

Momonosuke remembers his first clashes and bonds with Luffy. In fragments from their journey, he declared that one day he would be shogun of Wano, while Luffy teased him as an ignorant ape and a half-wit. Luffy asked whether Momo was just going to stand there and cry, and Momo shouted back, "I want to beat Kaido!!" Luffy smiled and said, "Alright, then let's team up!! It's an alliance!!" Later Luffy told him, "Top-knotted brat, but you're right!! Find a way to survive! We'll have your back!!" and "Don't forget, we're pals!!" Momo calls out "Luffy!!" as the memories flood him. The page shows why the farewell hurts: Luffy did not merely save Wano, he taught Momo how to stand up.

Momonosuke remembers the decisive promise that defined him. Luffy asked one more time, "What is your name?" and Momo answered as "Kozuki Momonosuke!! The man who will be... shogun of Wano!!" Luffy told him, "Go!! You can fly!!" and pushed him to stop Onigashima in its tracks. Momo cried, "I will definitely... beat Kaido!!" In the present, as he flies toward the port, he wonders whether Luffy is truly heartless after all the time they spent together. Kin'emon asks whether he was wrong about Luffy and says Luffy mistook "being free" for "free to be rude." Momo angrily tells him to be quiet and keep flying. The page contrasts Momo's gratitude with his childish hurt at being left without a proper goodbye.

Kin'emon argues that Momonosuke is the undisputed shogun of Wano now, and that depending on Luffy-dono's words, he may have no choice but to cleave him apart for the slight. Yamato gently suggests they may be blowing this out of proportion, but Kin'emon says this is the way of the samurai: Luffy humiliated them, and overlooking it without giving him a few blows and bites is out of the question. At Tokage Port, the Heart Pirates and Kid Pirates are already preparing to set sail. Law tells Luffy, "Remember, you guys the next time we meet... it'll be as enemies! Don't whine to me if we're shooting to kill." Luffy answers, "Gotcha," Kid tells him to buzz off, and Luffy says, "See you around, Traffy!" Just then the Straw Hats hear a distant shout and turn.

Momonosuke, Kin'emon, and Yamato arrive at the port, with Momo roaring, "You monsters!!" and Yamato calling, "Hey! We've come to see you off!" Momo transforms back and is caught by Luffy, who says, "Got you!" But Momo immediately explodes in tears and rage: "Luffy!! You dastard! What is the meaning of this outrage?! How can you abandon the two comrades you have known the longest without a word?!" He asks what Luffy has to say for himself now that they are meeting. Someone notes that Luffy's behavior is an edict from the shogun. The page lets Momo finally voice the childish but sincere pain beneath his new adult role.

Momonosuke fully breaks down, begging, "Please don't leeabee! It'll be so lonellyyy! I want to be with you forever! It can't end like this!" He thanks Luffy for avenging his father and mother, says Luffy is the reason he can laugh again, and admits that he only managed to survive because Luffy was there. He also says he cannot even express himself properly now and is scared of what happens next. Sanji and Chopper cry, but Zoro says it is quite the pitiful sight and tells Luffy to cut him a break because he is still a little kid on the inside. Luffy asks Usopp if it is ready, and Usopp answers that it is. The page turns Momo's farewell from anger into honest fear of ruling without his friends nearby.

Luffy gives Momonosuke the Straw Hat flag. He says they have been waiting all this time to give it to him, but still teases, "You can't play the tough shogun with me, Momo! Even if you're a bit bigger now, I know what you're like on the inside! You're a small, weak dummy." Then he softens: of everyone, he thinks of Momo like a little brother. He tells him to hang the flag somewhere in Wano and, when times are tough, look at it and remember his seafaring adventures. If any major bad news comes knocking, Momo only has to point to it. Momo understands that it is a flag, and Luffy says he will let enemies know that screwing with their friends is the same as screwing with the Straw Hats. The page gives Wano the Straw Hats' protection without making it a territory speech in formal terms.

Luffy tells Kin'emon, Yamato, and Momo that if any of them ever want to be pirates, he will come for them right away. Nami, Chopper, and the crew cheer, while Luffy adds one condition with a grin: he will not have any weaklings on board. The Sunny pulls away as the Straw Hats call, "Let's go!" and wish them luck. Momo tells Kin'emon, "Mark my words... some day, I will surpass Kozuki Oden!" Kin'emon answers that he will be by Momo's side when he does, while Yamato jokes, "You talking about me?" and Momo snaps, "No!" The page closes their personal goodbye with a promise: Momo will not chase the pirates now, but he will grow until he can stand beyond even Oden.

The Straw Hats discuss how to leave Wano. Nami says they should set course for Hakumai because the main port is there and she was told there is a lift that can lower ships down. Brook and Chopper are relieved, with Brook saying he thought they would have to fall down a waterfall to leave. Kid laughs at them, saying it makes sense that they would use the main port because it is safe and sound. Luffy and Law both snap at the phrase "safe and sound," and the competitive captains decide to take the reckless waterfall route instead. Their crews panic: "No, Luffy?!" "Being safe is good! Don't let him get to you!" and "Hang on, captain! What's with that face! We all think the main port is better!!" The page turns the final departure into classic pirate bravado overriding common sense.

The three pirate ships launch from Wano's waterfall side as Luffy, Law, and Kid shout, "Take this!!" Their crews scream, "Stop it!!" and "Noo! We're all gonna die!" The narration in the performance declares that the might of the outlaws recruited by Lord Momonosuke and Kin'emon made them akin to real-life wisdom kings, their power descending like a wrathful tsunami and obliterating all in its path. It names even Kaido, the dragon king, and the yokai-possessed giant Oiran as unable to withstand their assault. In the performance, the heavens are torn by painful shrieks, and Hiyori, accosted by Orochi, is said to have refused to yield even one step. The page overlaps the Straw Hats' chaotic departure with the theater's heroic account of Wano's battle.

The stage narration continues the climax of the Wano tale. Orochi's gambit was thwarted by a single slash, and the narrator asks who owns the blade that separated Orochi from his final cursed head: none other than Kozuki Oden's second disciple, Denjiro. With his last head detached and burning, the twisted Kurozumi is finally brought to his knees. Then a flash of lightning marks the fall of Onigashima and the fall of the dragon king Kaido. The narrator says the sun finally pierced the dark clouds that had suffocated Wano for twenty long years and the skies were cleared. Yet the burning remains of Orochi speak, promising that the Kurozumi family's grudge will continue to curse the rotten land generation after generation for all eternity. The page presents victory as both liberation and the last venomous curse of the old regime.

The performance reaches Hiyori's answer. Denjiro warned that it was too dangerous, but Hiyori shook off his concern. Staring into Orochi's devilish face, she did not yield even one step. No longer having to bite her tongue as she had for the last twenty years, she cried out for her father, mother, brother, and homeland, her fan held proudly like a crest on its edge. The crowd is asked to hear this, and Hiyori declares, "Kurozumi means charcoal... they were born to burn!" The audience erupts. The line turns Orochi's cursed family name back on him as a theatrical sentence, giving the oppressed princess the final word after two decades of endurance.

The narrator says the day after the fire festival now slides ahead, to where fields and weapons can finally rest. The denouement of the violent saga is a joyous reunion. The shocking truth is revealed at the port where the reversed crescent moons met, and the blood split to revive the clan will never be forgotten; records of the sacrifices will be carried by the wind. The crowd cheers while Hiyori smiles, and the narrator concludes today's tale on the nation's renowned samurai. A final group image shows Momonosuke, Yamato, Kin'emon, the Scabbards, Hiyori, Toko, and the other Wano allies together. The page formalizes the raid's survivors as legends in Wano's renewed public story.

The final page closes the Wano performance and the arc. The narrator says the heroes miraculously returned to the people, while the crowd calls "Shogun-sama!!" and "Momonosuke-sama!!" Luffy, remembered with a smile, asks where the flag should be placed. The narrator decides that a well-earned break is in order, and the stage closes with "Till we meet again. Farewell!" The curtain falls on a placard reading "Final Curtain," and the page ends with "Inherited will never fades..." and "Chapter 1057 end." The chapter completes Wano's liberation as both history and theater: the pirates leave, the shogun returns, and the inherited will of Oden's allies continues beyond the closing curtain.

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