Symbols - One Piece Chapter 56, pages 0-7

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The title page displays the text "CHAPTER 56 'AS IF'". Sanji is sitting comfortably on the back of a massive, fluffy, bison-like animal with a ring in its nose and tribal markings on its face. Sanji is dressed in a dark suit and striped shirt, holding a wine glass in one hand and a bottle in the other, looking relaxed with a cigarette in his mouth. Walking alongside the giant beast is Monkey D. Luffy, who is carrying a large, heavy sack on his back that humorously resembles a smaller version of the animal they are walking with. They are traveling along a dirt path with mushroom-shaped houses and pine trees in the background.

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This is a full-color version of the previous title page. The text reads "CHAPTER 56 'AS IF'". The giant, fluffy bison-like animal Sanji is riding has bright orange fur. Sanji wears a black suit over a blue striped shirt. The large sack Luffy is carrying on his back is also bright orange, matching the beast. The sky is a clear blue, and the mushroom-shaped houses have blue roofs with yellow spots. The surrounding grass and trees are vibrant green.

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Inside the Baratie, the situation is dire. Gin stands tall, aiming his flintlock pistol directly down at Zeff's head. Zeff is lying face down on the wooden deck, incapacitated. Crucially, Zeff's wooden pegleg has been snapped completely in half, the broken pieces lying near him. Gin coldly states, "HE'S JUST ANOTHER COOK THAT I CAN EASILY KILL AT GUNPOINT NOW. NO MATTER HOW GREAT OF A MAN HE MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST,". In the background, Sanji and Luffy watch the scene unfold. The Baratie cooks, including Patty and Carne, are watching from the sidelines, their faces contorted in shock and anger. They yell out, "SIR!", "SON OF A...!", and "WHY THAT BASTARD! HE BROKE OWNER ZEFF'S PEGLEG!" A close-up panel emphasizes the splintered remains of Zeff's pegleg.

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Luffy is furious, clenching his fists and preparing to charge forward, yelling, "THAT'S IT, I'M GONNA SEND HIM FLYING!" However, Sanji calmly extends an arm across Luffy's chest to stop him, saying, "WAIT. LET'S SEE WHAT HE HAS TO SAY FIRST." Gin, still holding the gun to Zeff's head, addresses Sanji directly: "YOU WANT TO SAVE THIS MAN, DON'T YOU SANJI? THEN LEAVE THIS SHIP!" Meanwhile, the other cooks express relief, noting, "THANK GOD...! WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED IF PEARL CONTINUED HIS RAMPAGE! LOOKS LIKE HE'S BEEN PUT DOWN FOR NOW." Sanji glares back at Gin, his expression hardening. He repeats Gin's demand incredulously, "LEAVE THIS SHIP?" and then flatly refuses with a defiant, "AS IF!"

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A single, silent panel focuses entirely on a close-up of Monkey D. Luffy's face. He is watching the tense standoff between Sanji, Gin, and Zeff. His expression is serious and observant, his eyes wide as he takes in Sanji's stubborn refusal to leave the ship despite the threat to Zeff's life.

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The Baratie cooks panic at Sanji's defiant response. They yell at him, "S-SANJI YOU IDIOT! DON'T PROVOKE HIM ANYMORE OR OWNER ZEFF'LL BE...!" Zeff, still pinned to the floor, speaks up, insulting Sanji: "OLD MAN, YOU'RE PATHETIC. THAT'S THE KIND OF EXAMPLE YOU SET WHEN THE OTHER COOKS ARE TRYING TO FIGHT!? HMPH. I DON'T NEED TO HEAR THAT FROM A LITTLE EGGPLANT LIKE YOU." The cooks are exasperated, shouting, "SANJI, YOU IDIOT! NOW'S NOT THE TIME FOR THIS! YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO GET OWNER ZEFF KILLED NOW, ARE YA!" Sanji, enraged by Zeff's insult, yells back at the top of his lungs, "WHO YOU CALLING A LITTLE EGGPLANT, YOU DAMN GEEZER! YOU CAN'T TREAT ME AS A KID FOREVER!"

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Sanji turns his attention back to Gin and makes a shocking demand: "GIN. TAKE YOUR GUN, AND POINT IT AT ME." Gin looks surprised, a small exclamation mark appearing near his head. Sanji casually adds, "WHATEVER." Luffy is appalled by this suicidal request, yelling, "ARE YOU STUPID? YOU'LL DIE INSTEAD!" Zeff, still on the ground, stammers, "W-WHAT'RE YOU SAYING!?" while the cooks cry out Sanji's name in dismay. Suddenly, a massive figure rises behind Sanji. It's Pearl, who was presumed defeated. His iron shields clank loudly as he stands up. Pearl glares down at Sanji and threatens, "IF YOU WANT TO DIE SO BADLY... THEN I'LL KILL YOU NICE AND FLASHY!" Gin looks on, shocked by Pearl's sudden recovery, muttering, "SANJI...! BUT WHY...!?"

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Pearl stands tall, blood streaming from his nose, furious that his perfect defense was broken. He declares, "I'D NEVER HAVE IMAGINED EVEN IN MY DREAMS THAT I, IRON WALL PEARL, WOULD BE GIVEN A DOUBLE NOSEBLEED IN A SINGLE FIGHT. I SEE NOW HOW DANGEROUS YOU GUYS ARE." He then issues a threat, using Zeff as leverage: "NOW DON'T MOVE IF YOU DON'T WANT THAT OLD MAN'S HEAD TO BE BLOWN OFF!" Gin watches, sweating and surprised. Taking advantage of Sanji's inability to fight back, Pearl lunges forward. He yells, "ULTRA NATURAL PEARL PRESENT!!" and delivers a devastating, heavy punch directly to Sanji's face. The impact is brutal, sending blood flying from Sanji's mouth.

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The force of Pearl's punch sends Sanji flying backward. He tumbles violently across the wooden deck, his body skidding and bouncing off the floorboards with a loud crash. Sanji lets out a pained "UGH!" as he lands hard. Gin remains standing over Zeff, his gun still pointed at the old man's head, watching the one-sided beating. Pearl, standing where he struck Sanji, mutters angrily, "HOW DARE YOU TARNISH MY INVINCIBLE BATTLE RECORD..." Patty watches in horror, sweating profusely. Luffy screams out in concern, "SANJI!"

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Sanji struggles to push himself up from the deck, his face bruised and bleeding. He glares at Pearl, muttering, "YOU...!" Pearl warns Luffy, who is watching tensely, "DON'T LAY A FINGER ON HIM, ERRAND BOY!" Luffy angrily demands of Sanji, "WHY DIDN'T YOU DODGE THAT!?" Sanji, wiping blood from his chin, replies, "'CAUSE THAT DAMN GEEZER, IS HELD AT GUNPOINT BY HIM." Sanji then turns his anger towards Gin, yelling, "GIN, YOU CHEAP SON OF A BITCH... THERE'S NO WAY I CAN ACCEPT YOUR CONDITIONS!" Gin, looking stressed, argues back, "WHY NOT!? IT'S SIMPLE! ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LEAVE... JUST LEAVE THIS SHIP AND YOU CAN SPARE EVERYONE'S LIVES!"

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Sanji, still on his knees and bleeding heavily from his mouth, looks down with a dark, serious expression. He declares, "THIS SHIP, IS THE GEEZER'S TREASURE!" He continues, his voice filled with guilt, "I TOOK EVERYTHING AWAY FROM THAT DAMN GEEZER." Gin is taken aback by this confession, thinking to himself, "SANJI! I THOUGHT SANJI HATED THE OWNER!?" Luffy listens intently as Sanji elaborates on what he took from Zeff: "HIS STRENGTH! HIS DREAMS! WHICH IS WHY..." The Baratie cooks, including Patty and Carne, are completely bewildered by Sanji's words, murmuring, "WHA...?"

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Sanji yells out his resolve, "I DON'T WANT HIM TO LOSE ANYTHING ELSE!" Gin continues to hold Zeff at gunpoint. Zeff, lying on the deck, mutters gruffly, "DAMN PIPSQUEAK... NOW'S NOT THE TIME TO RAMBLE ABOUT ANCIENT HISTORY..." Suddenly, Patty screams a warning, "SANJI, WATCH OUT!" as Pearl prepares to attack again. Sanji, ignoring the warning, turns his fury towards Zeff, screaming, "AND I TOLD YOU NOT TO TREAT ME AS A DAMN KID ANYMORE! SHUT UP!"

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Pearl leaps high into the air above Sanji, spreading his arms wide. He holds his large, pearl-studded shields ready to strike. He yells, "PEARL..." Sanji looks up, noticing the impending attack. With a brutal shout of "CLOSE!", Pearl slams the two heavy shields together, crushing Sanji's head between them with tremendous force. The impact creates a loud crash and a burst of impact lines.

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Sanji takes the full, crushing blow from Pearl's shields. Blood spurts violently from his mouth as he cries out, "AHH...!" The Baratie cooks scream his name in horror. Zeff watches the brutal scene, his expression tight with suppressed emotion. Pearl lands, grinning sadistically as he holds his shields. Luffy, watching from the side, looks furious. He states firmly, "YOUR STORY'S GOT NOTHIN' TO DO WITH ME," implying he won't stand by and watch this happen, regardless of Sanji's reasons. Sanji collapses face-first onto the deck.

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The cooks yell, "HE JUMPED!" as Pearl leaps high into the air once more, preparing to drop his massive weight onto the motionless Sanji. Pearl shouts his attack name, "SERVICE PEARL!" Sanji lies sprawled on the deck, letting out a weak "GUH!" Luffy turns his anger towards Gin, yelling, "THIS IS DIRTY, GIN!" Gin, sweating and defensive, yells back, "THIS IS HOW WE FIGHT! THIS IS YOUR FAULT ANYWAYS! ALL YOU NEED IS TO HAND OVER THE SHIP TO US AND IT'D BE ALL OVER!"

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Pearl plummets downward, slamming his body and shields directly onto Sanji's back with a devastating impact. He roars, "PRESENT!! TARNISHED SILVER.." The force of the blow creates a massive shockwave that splinters the wooden deck around them. The cooks scream desperately, "SANJI, MOVE! DAMN IT...!" but Sanji remains pinned, crying out in agony, "UGHHH!" A close-up shows Sanji's face contorted in pain, blood dripping from his mouth, as he endures the brutal assault without fighting back. Gin's gun remains firmly pointed at Zeff.

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A wide shot shows the exterior of the Baratie restaurant ship, with the battle taking place on the front deck. Pearl laughs triumphantly, "HAAAHAHAHA! BEHOLD MY IRON WALL!" The cooks are still reeling from Sanji's earlier confession. They ask each other, "TOOK EVERYTHING AWAY FROM THE OWNER...!? JUST WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED, SANJI!?" The scene then transitions to a flashback. A young Sanji's face is shown in shadow, looking up. An off-screen voice asks, "ALL BLUE?" and young Sanji replies simply, "YUP."

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The flashback begins in earnest, set 9 years ago. A narration box establishes the setting: "PASSENGER SHIP ORBIT". The ship is shown sailing on the ocean. Inside the ship's bustling kitchen, a young Sanji, wearing a chef's uniform, is talking excitedly with the older cooks. He asks them, "DON'T YOU KNOW? THAT'S THE NAME OF THE LEGENDARY SEA." One of the cooks laughs and replies, "YOU DUMBHEAD, OF COURSE WE KNOW IT. AS COOKS OF THE SEA, IT'S THE OCEAN THAT WE'VE ALL DREAMED OF." Young Sanji smiles brightly and declares, "YEAH, IT'S AMAZING, RIGHT!? AND I'M GOING TO SEARCH FOR THAT OCEAN AND FIND IT ONE DAY!" A caption identifies him: "PASSENGER SHIP'S COOK IN TRAINING SANJI (9 YEARS AGO)".

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The older cooks in the Orbit's kitchen laugh at young Sanji's ambition. One tells him, "OH, YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEARCHING, ALRIGHT. A LEGEND'S A LEGEND. YOU CAN'T FIND SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T EXIST." Sanji passionately defends his dream, insisting, "IT EXISTS! JUST THINK." He begins to explain the legend: "EAST BLUE, WEST BLUE, NORTH BLUE, SOUTH BLUE. THE VARIOUS TYPES OF FISH FOUND IN EACH OF THOSE 4 SEAS ARE SUPPOSEDLY ALL FOUND IN ALL BLUE..." He imagines a vibrant underwater scene filled with diverse sea life. He continues enthusiastically, "IF A SEA LIKE THAT REALLY EXISTED, THEN IT WOULD TRULY BE PARADISE, FOR COOKS LIKE US! YOU COULD GATHER ALL THE INGREDIENTS OF THE WORLD'S OCEANS IN ONE PLACE! IT'D BE THE ULTIMATE COOKING GROUNDS FOR A CHEF! NOW THAT'S AN OCEAN WORTH RISKING YOUR LIFE SEARCHING FOR!"

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The cooks continue to dismiss Sanji's dream. One says, "BUT THAT'S ONLY IF IT REALLY EXISTS! THERE'S NO WAY SUCH A FANTASTIC OCEAN LIKE 'ALL BLUE' COULD BE REAL!" Another adds, "JUST USE YOUR HEAD A LITTLE AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND! IT'S ALL A BIG LIE COOKED UP BY A DREAMER COOK!" The head cook interrupts, "ALRIGHT, THAT'S ENOUGH FOOLISH TALK. LET'S GET BACK TO WORK. SANJI, BRING THE PLATES. IT'S TIME TO WASH'EM." Sanji looks annoyed and stays silent. The cooks then start eating the leftover food from the plates they are clearing. They complain, "OH MAN, WHAT A WASTE. LOOK AT ALL THE LEFTOVERS. DAMN, THEY BARELY TOUCHED THIS STUFF. AND I WAS SO CONFIDENT ABOUT THIS DISH... THE RECENT GUESTS ARE TOO WASTEFUL."

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Young Sanji scolds the older cooks for eating the leftovers, yelling, "KNOCK IT OFF, GUYS! STOP EATING THE LEFTOVERS! I JUST THREW OUT SOME OF THE OTHER INGREDIENTS THAT LOOKED LIKE THEY WENT BAD." He argues, "WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF FOOD, ANYWAYS. NOT ONLY THAT, WE'RE GONNA BE ARRIVING AT THE PORT IN JUST 2 DAYS." An older, chubby cook chewing on a fish bone tells him, "IT'S BECAUSE YOU SAY STUFF LIKE THAT, YOU'RE STILL JUST A KID. DON'T FORGET THAT WE'RE COOKS OF THE SEA. YOU NEVER KNOW JUST WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN ON THE SEAS. NEVER A BAD IDEA TO BE A LITTLE FRUGAL. SO WHADDYA SAY? WANT SOME?" Sanji angrily refuses, "NO!" Suddenly, terrified screams of "KYAAAAA!" and "WAAAAAAH!" erupt from outside. A pirate ship with a duck figurehead is seen approaching the passenger ship.

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Panic breaks out on the passenger ship. The cooks yell, "EVERYONE, PLEASE CALM DOWN! WHAT'S GOING ON!? PIRATES! THERE'S A PIRATE SHIP HEADED THIS WAY!" Young Sanji looks shocked and stammers, "P-PIRATES...!?" The scene cuts to the deck of the attacking pirate ship. A younger Zeff, sporting his signature braided mustache and a full right leg, stands commandingly. He orders his crew, "PREPARE TO BOARD THE SHIP!" His crew responds, "YES, CAP'N!" A caption introduces him: "COOK PIRATES CAPTAIN 'RED-LEG ZEFF'".

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This is a bonus page detailing a character named Pandaman. The text at the top reads: "THIS IS WHAT I ENTERED FOR THE 'NEW CHOJIN' CONTEST FOR 'THE MYSTERY OF KINNIKU MAN 77' (SHUEISHA JUMP COMICS SELECTION)." It lists him as "ENTRY NUMBER 12 PANDAMAN". A large drawing shows Pandaman, a muscular man with a panda head, wearing black pants with white patterns and boots. He has heart tattoos on his chest and the words "HEARTS ON PANDA" written around him. A small photo of Eiichiro Oda is included, labeled "THE CREATOR EIICHIRO ODA-SENSEI". The text explains: "THIS CHOJIN, WHO SEEMS SOMEHOW COOL DESPITE HAVING THE HEAD OF A PANDA, IS THE CREATION OF ODA-SENSEI, WHOSE WORK 'ONE PIECE' IS ALSO CURRENTLY BEING PUBLISHED IN WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP." A data box lists his stats: NAME: PANDAMAN, BIRTHPLACE: TIBET, AGE: EVEN HE DOESN'T KNOW, HEIGHT: 200CM, WEIGHT: 122KG, POWER LEVEL: IF HE EATS BAMBOO, 3,300,000 BEFORE EATING, 3,300,000, SECRET MOVE: S.P.D. (BAMBOO PANDA DROP) GIANT PANDA DEATHLOCK. The comments section reads: "WHEN HE WAS A BABY, HE WAS DISCARDED IN A BAMBOO GROVE AND RAISED BY PANDAS. THIS SUPERVILLAIN TOLD PEOPLE, 'I HAVE SEEN PRINCESS KAGUYA,' BUT NO ONE BELIEVED HIM, AND HE WAS BULLIED IN RETURN, HENCE INCREASING HIS RESOLVE TO BECOME STRONGER."

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