One Piece Chapter 18: Buggy, 'The Clown Pirate'

Buggy, 'The Clown Pirate'. This chapter has 19 searchable pages. Opening and key page summaries: The title page for Chapter 18, titled 'BUGGY, "THE CLOWN PIRATE"'. The illustration shows Nami sitting on the deck of a ship, pointing at a map laid out on the floor. A raccoon-like animal wearing a graduation cap and glasses is drawing on the map with a pen. Luffy is seen relaxing in the background, leaning back on a bench. Stacks of books and a mug of beer are scattered around the deck. The chapter begins with a series of panels showing Zoro, Mayor Boodle, and Cabaji all lying unconscious on the ground, snoring loudly with sound effects like 'SNORE', 'SNORE?!', 'べん', 'どん', 'どん', and 'ゴーーーーン'. In the main panel below, Luffy stands in the middle of the ruined street of Orange Town, facing Buggy. Luffy asks with intense curiosity, 'RED-HAIRED?' and 'DO YOU KNOW SHANKS?!' Buggy is intrigued by Luffy's reaction, saying, '...MMM? WHAT'S THIS...? LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE CONSIDERABLY INTERESTED.' Luffy demands to know, 'WHERE IS HE NOW?' Buggy replies, 'I KNOW HIM, BUT WHY DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?' He then teases Luffy, saying, 'WHERE...? WELL... IF I KNOW THEN I KNOW, AND IF I DON'T KNOW THEN I COULD ALSO NOT KNOW ANYTHING AT ALL...!!' Luffy, completely blank-faced, asks, 'WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? ARE YOU AN IDIOT?' This infuriates Buggy, who screams, 'WHADDYA MEAN "IDIOT", YOU UNCIVILIZED BUFFOON!!' Buggy declares, 'I'M SAYING THAT I'M NOT A NICE ENOUGH GUY TO TELL YOU INFORMATION THAT YOU WANT TO KNOW. EVEN IF IT'S YOUR LAST WISH BEFORE YOU DIE... YOU'RE GOING TO BE DEAD.' Luffy clenches his fist and replies, 'THEN LET ME MAKE YOU SAY IT BY FORCE!' Buggy laughs, 'KUHAHAHAHA! BEFORE YOU HEAR IT...' as he stomps his feet with a 'STOMP STOMP' sound effect. He unsheathes several knives between his fingers with a sharp 'シャキーン' sound effect, warning Luffy, 'EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE RUBBER, THERE ARE STILL SOME THINGS THAT WON'T BOUNCE OFF YOU.' Luffy gulps and calmly agrees, 'MM, THAT'S RIGHT.' Buggy prepares his attack, chanting, 'BA-RA BA-RA...' Buggy launches his attack, shouting, 'WINDMILL!!' His detached hand spins the knives rapidly like a propeller, flying straight toward Luffy. Luffy quickly jumps high into the air to dodge the spinning blades, shouting, 'SWING! SWING!' Buggy is surprised by Luffy's agility, noting that he is 'MOVING HERE AND THERE IN THE AIR...!' Buggy boasts that dodging his flying knives 'IS MOST LIKELY IMPOSSIBLE!!' Luffy retorts, 'WHY NOT?' and stretches his arm out to grab the edge of a nearby building roof with a 'STREEEETCH...' sound effect. With a quick 'PULL!', Luffy slingshots himself away, narrowly avoiding the knives that slash through the air behind him with a loud 'SWOOSH!!' sound effect. Buggy is impressed, laughing, 'OHO!! SO, YOU CAN DO THINGS LIKE THAT!! HOW INTERESTING!!' Luffy immediately counters, winding up his arm and shouting, 'GOMU GOMU... PISTOL!!' He fires a powerful stretched punch straight at Buggy. However, Buggy detaches his head with a 'PLOP...' sound effect, letting Luffy's fist pass harmlessly underneath. Buggy smiles and says, 'YOU'RE AN INTERESTING PERSON TOO. IT'S AN INTERESTING ABILITY, BUT...!!' Buggy points out the flaw in Luffy's attack, saying, 'AN ARM THAT'S STRETCHED TO ITS LIMIT...! IS FULL OF WEAKNESSES! I'LL TEAR IT TO SHREDS...!!' Buggy's detached hand flies over and firmly grabs Luffy's extended arm with a 'GRAB' sound effect. Luffy gasps, 'HUH!!?' as Buggy prepares to slash his arm. Luffy quickly reacts, swinging his body to launch a counterattack, shouting, 'GOMU GOMU...' Later page summaries: With a brutal 'STAB' sound effect, Buggy's knives plunge directly through the center of Luffy's straw hat. Luffy's eyes widen in absolute shock and horror. A brief flashback panel shows Shanks placing the straw hat onto young Luffy's head, saying, 'THIS HAT... IS MY GIFT TO YOU.' Buggy steps on the stabbed straw hat, laughing hysterically, 'KUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA WHAT SORT OF TREASURE IS THIS RAG-LIKE-HAT?!' Luffy grinds his teeth in pure rage, his face shadowed. Flashback panels show Shanks smiling and saying, 'THIS IS MY FAVORITE HAT, YOU KNOW. WHEN YOU BECOME A GREAT PIRATE IN THE FUTURE, YOU'LL RETURN THAT HAT TO ME.' Back in the present, Luffy charges forward with a furious roar, 'THAT'S THE HAT I SWORE MYSELF TO WITH SHANKS!!!' Buggy is shocked to hear the name, stammering, 'WHAT? THIS IS SHANKS'S HAT?! I THOUGHT IT LOOKED FAMILIAR...!!' He spits on the hat and reveals, 'ME AND THAT GUY USED TO BE IN THE SAME PIRATE SHIP. TO REPHRASE THAT... HE WAS MY COMRADE WHEN WE WERE STILL PIRATE TRAINEES.' Luffy is stunned, asking, 'YOU SAY THAT HE WAS YOUR COMRADE!? SHANKS IS A GREAT MAN...' Luffy charges at Buggy, who quickly splits his head from his body, shouting, 'BARA BARA EMERGENCY ESCAPE!!' Luffy screams, 'DON'T COMPARE YOURSELF WITH HIM!' and delivers a devastating, full-force punch straight into Buggy's face with a loud 'CRACK!!' sound effect. The impact sends Buggy's detached head flying backward, his face completely distorted in pain.