ONE PIECE Episode 17 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

Anger Explosion! Kuro vs. Luffy! How it Ends!

Kuro uses Shakushi on Luffy again, but Luffy restrains him with his rubber body and knocks him out with Gomu Gomu no Kane, destroying his glasses. Zoro and Usopp arrive to protect Kaya from Jango; Usopp defeats him with Hissatsu: Kayaku Boshi after Zoro clears the way. Usopp disbands his crew of children, Kaya gifts the crew the Going Merry, and the crew takes Usopp on as a permanent member. Merry reveals Usopp's past: his father Yasopp left with Shanks, his mother died of illness, and Usopp became the town liar hoping his father would return, which the children now continue.

• Luffy defeats Kuro

  Luffy restrains Kuro with his rubber body and finishes him with Gomu Gomu no Kane, knocking him out and destroying his glasses before ordering the Black Cat Pirates to leave with Kuro.

• Usopp defeats Jango

  Zoro cuts a branch clearing the way for Usopp's Hissatsu: Kayaku Boshi, which explodes in Jango's face; Usopp asks the children to keep his deeds secret.

• Crew joins and Going Merry gift

  Usopp disbands the children's crew, Kaya gifts the Going Merry, and Usopp joins the crew as a permanent member; Merry then explains Usopp's father Yasopp's departure and his mother's death.

Recent Timeline

• Black Cat Pirates assault on the north slope (Episode 14)

  Kuro arrives furious that his plan has failed and gives his crew five minutes to kill Zoro, threatening to kill them all otherwise. Zoro defeats the Nyaban Brothers with Tora Gari, and Luffy, awakened by Nami, breaks Jango's pendulum with his teeth. Buchi, hypnotized by Jango, grows stronger and more savage before fighting Zoro.

  Kaya then points a gun at Kuro and orders him off the island, but Kuro disarms her by recalling their three years together. Usopp grabs the gun and tries to shoot, but Kuro's Nuki Ashi carries him behind Usopp. Luffy stops the attack with a Gomu Gomu no Pistol that knocks Kuro to the ground.

• Kuro's faked death by the Marines (Episode 15)

  Kuro slaughters the Marines aboard a ship that attacks his vessel, sparing one soldier. Jango hypnotizes that soldier and a crewman who resembles Kuro, and the Marines execute the hypnotized crewman, believing him to be Kuro. This frees Kuro from the life of a fugitive.

• Kuro's plan to kill his crew and Kaya's will (Episode 16)

  During the fight with Luffy, Kuro reveals that three years earlier he had planned to have his crew killed, using their corpses to take the blame for his scheme. He threatens to kill every member of his crew, Jango included, so that no one who knows he is alive can leave the village.

  Kaya threatens to deny Jango both the will and her death unless he spares the children, then writes and signs a will transferring all her property to her butler. Jango agrees to spare the children, though he first rejects her condition.

• Kuro and Jango defeated (Episode 17)

  Kuro tries Shakushi on Luffy again, but Luffy restrains him with his rubber body and finishes him with Gomu Gomu no Kane, knocking him out and destroying his glasses. Luffy then orders the remaining Black Cat Pirates off the island, taking Kuro with them.

  Zoro and Usopp arrive to protect Kaya from Jango. Zoro cuts a tree branch to clear a path, and Usopp's Kayaku Boshi pellet explodes in Jango's face, defeating him.

• Going Merry gifted and Usopp joins (Episode 17)

  To thank the crew for their heroic deeds, Kaya gives them the Going Merry, a full-sized caravel designed by Merry. The crew accepts the ship and prepares to depart, and decides to take Usopp along as a new permanent crew member.

  In childhood, Usopp's father Yasopp set sail with Shanks to become a pirate, leaving his son and wife behind. His mother soon died of illness, leaving Usopp lonely. He became the town liar, hoping his lies would come true and his father would return.

Character Graph

Shanks

Red Hair Pirates

Pirate captain of the Red Hair Pirates who lived in Luffy's home village; lost his left arm rescuing Luffy from Higuma; entrusted his straw hat to Luffy before setting sail for the Grand Line.

• Luffy (Friend, Affinity)

  Befriended Luffy in childhood and is Luffy's idol; gave Luffy his straw hat to protect.

Luffy

Would-be pirate who set sail to begin a pirating career; cast adrift at sea in a barrel after his dinghy was destroyed by a whirlpool. Aims for the Grand Line to search for the One Piece, and first sets out to recruit Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro into his crew.

Pirate who fights bare-handed; caught in Buggy's crew hostage situation and tells his companions to escape rather than give up.

• Origin at sea

  Dinghy destroyed by a whirlpool, left trapped in a barrel

Ninjin

Child follower of Usopp who joined his group and confirmed Kaya has become much more cheerful.

• Role

  Joined Usopp's group and, while searching for their captain, led Luffy, Zoro and Nami to Kaya's mansion.

• Usopp (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Follower of Usopp.

Piiman

Child follower of Usopp who joined his group and explained that Usopp's stories make Kaya laugh.

• Role

  Joined Usopp's group and, while searching for their captain, led Luffy, Zoro and Nami to Kaya's mansion.

• Usopp (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Follower of Usopp.

Tamanegi

Child follower of Usopp who brought news of a skull-marked ship and warned that the gatekeeper would block entry.

• Role

  Called for a retreat when the visitors detected Usopp's followers.

• Usopp (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Follower of Usopp who brought him news of a skull-marked ship.

Yasopp

Red Hair Pirates

Usopp's father, a sharpshooter in Shanks's crew who left the village because he could not resist the pirate life.

• Past

  Met Luffy as a child aboard Shanks's ship and repeatedly spoke of his son.

• Usopp (Family, Affinity)

  Father of Usopp who left the village to sail as a pirate.

• Shanks (Colleague, Neutral)

  Crewmate aboard Shanks's ship.

Buchi (Nyaban Brothers)

Black Cat Pirates

One of the Nyaban Brothers, who initially appear weak and cowardly but act that way to catch Zoro off guard.

• Jango (Colleague, Neutral)

  Summoned by Jango as a last-ditch effort to penetrate the crew's defenses.

Sham (Nyaban Brothers)

Black Cat Pirates

One of the Nyaban Brothers, who initially appear weak and cowardly but act that way to catch Zoro off guard.

• Jango (Colleague, Neutral)

  Summoned by Jango as a last-ditch effort to penetrate the crew's defenses.

Kaya

Syrup Village

Sickly girl who lost both parents to illness a year earlier and withdrew into grief; her cheer has returned through Usopp's stories.

Village girl who begs Kuro to stop and threatens him with a gun to make the Black Cat Pirates leave the island.

• Health

  Sickly, and her caretaker restricts visitors to protect her weak health.

• Response to the warning

  She dismisses Usopp's accusation against her butler as a lie prompted by earlier insults.

• Confrontation with Kuro

  She offers Kuro her fortune to leave the village alone, and points a gun at him; he counters by reminding her of their three years together.

• Usopp (Friend, Affinity)

  Friend who visits her and makes her laugh with invented adventures.

  Saved by Usopp from Kuro's slash; she is distressed that he got hurt protecting her.

• Kuro (Other, Mixed)

  Once spent three years together with Kuro; she pleads with him to spare the village and threatens to kill him, while he treats their past as an insult.

Jango

Kuro's crew

A hypnotist who introduces himself as such and conspires with Captain Kuro to assassinate Kaya.

Hypnotist serving Kuro, ordered to make Kaya write a will and then kill her.

• Hypnotism

  Demonstrated hypnotism by putting children to sleep with a chakram on a string, and can hypnotize people into changing their wills.

• Threat to children

  Threatened to execute Piiman, Tamanegi, and Ninjin for interfering, then agreed to spare them after Kaya's bargain.

• Kuro (Hierarchy, Neutral)

  Follows Kuro's order to kill Kaya and everyone in the village.

• Kaya (Pact, Hostility)

  Forced to accept Kaya's will in exchange for sparing the children; pressed to give his word of honesty.

Kuro

Black Cat Pirates · Former pirate captain · Kuro Pirates

Captain of the Black Cat Pirates who has been disguised as Klahadore; his true self is revealed to Merry, whom he attacks.

Former captain who now plots to kill his own crew and everyone who knows he is alive.

• True identity

  Hides his true self behind the Klahadore disguise and removes it by destroying the glasses Kaya gave him; fingers are fitted with long blades like cat claws.

• Faked execution

  Tired of being a fugitive, he slaughtered a Marine ship's crew except one soldier, then used Jango's hypnosis to have a crewman mistaken for him executed.

• Retirement from piracy

  Explicitly rejects being a pirate captain and seeks a quieter life funded by money inherited from Kaya.

• Planned crew deaths

  Revealed that the deaths of his crew had been planned since three years earlier, when he still used his captain's name.

• Kaya (Other, Hostility)

  Spent three years together with Kaya; he dismisses those years as an insult to his pride as a pirate, and uses them to lower her guard.

• Jango (Colleague, Hierarchy, Hostility)

  Former crew member of the Black Cat Pirates who fears and obeys him; when Kuro blames the crew's weakness, Jango reminds him that it was Kuro himself who said letting Usopp go would cause no trouble.

  Commands Jango to kill Kaya and her village, treating the hypnotist as a disposable subordinate.

• Sham (Colleague, Hostility)

  Former crew member who fiercely accuses Kuro of becoming weak and tries to kill him.

• Buchi (Colleague, Hostility)

  Former crew member who accuses Kuro of becoming weak and tries to kill him.

• Usopp (Other, Hostility)

  Beat Usopp to the ground in their battle, while Usopp's crew came to his aid.

Usopp

Village youth who invents tall tales and leads a small group of followers; wants to become a pirate.

Village liar who joins the crew as a new permanent member after his backstory is revealed.

• Tall tales

  Invents an alarm, claims to command eighty million followers, and tells extravagant stories to entertain Kaya.

• Reputation as a liar

  His repeated lies make the villagers refuse to believe his pirate warning.

• Retraction and resolve

  He claims the pirate threat was invented, then decides to intercept the pirates at the coast himself.

• Childhood and father's departure

  His father Yasopp left to become a pirate with Shanks, leaving Usopp and his wife behind. His mother later died of illness, and Usopp became the village liar hoping his father would return.

• Kaya (Friend, Mixed)

  Visits Kaya despite her caretaker's refusal and entertains her with stories.

  Former friend who enjoyed his stories; she rejected his warning and his accusation against her butler.

• Yasopp (Family, Affinity)

  Son of Yasopp, who is proud of his father's willingness to risk his life at sea.

  Father who left to become a pirate with Shanks; Usopp longs for his return.

• Piiman (Hierarchy, Friend, Affinity)

  Follower who joins Usopp's group.

  Follower who was disappointed and left him when Usopp claimed his pirate warning had been a lie.

• Ninjin (Hierarchy, Friend, Affinity)

  Follower who joins Usopp's group.

  Follower who was disappointed and left him when Usopp claimed his pirate warning had been a lie.

• Tamanegi (Hierarchy, Friend, Affinity)

  Follower who brings Usopp news and joins his group.

  Follower who was disappointed and left him when Usopp claimed his pirate warning had been a lie.

• Luffy (Colleague, Affinity)

  Invited to join the crew as a new permanent member.

World Memo

• Village has two entrances

  The village is reachable by a single sloped path at the island's south end and by a second entrance at the island's north end.

Battle Record

Zoro and Usopp arrive to protect Kaya, and Usopp defeats Jango with a fired pellet.

Battle against the Buggy Pirates in Orange Town

Bara Bara split and rope restraint · Episodes 6–8

Location: Orange Town

Trigger: Buggy's assault on Orange Town, ending with his attempt to seize back the treasure Nami stole from him

Buggy vs Luffy and Nami

• Buggy Pirates — leader: Buggy
• Straw Hat crew — fighters: Luffy, Nami

Outcome: Buggy is sent flying out of town and the Buggy Pirates are repelled

Aftermath

• Nami gives Luffy the Grand Line map and keeps the rest of Buggy's treasure
• Citizens wrongly blame the group for the town's destruction
• Luffy leaves part of Buggy's treasure behind for the town's repairs, to Nami's dismay

Luffy vs Kuro at the battlefield

Second attempt · Episodes 15–17

Location: Battlefield on the island

Trigger: Kuro attempts to use Shakushi on Luffy again

Sides

• Luffy — fighter: Luffy
• Black Cat Pirates — fighter: Kuro

Outcome: Kuro is knocked unconscious by Gomu Gomu no Kane and his glasses are destroyed

Aftermath

• The remaining Black Cat Pirates are ordered to leave the island, taking Kuro with them

Jango defeated at Kaya's village

Defense of Kaya · Episodes 12–17

Location: Kaya's village

Trigger: Jango threatens Kaya

Sides

• Jango — attacker: Jango
• Zoro and Usopp — defender: Zoro, Usopp

Outcome: Jango is defeated by Usopp's Hissatsu: Kayaku Boshi, which explodes in his face

Ability Table

Music Releases

• We Are! (OP)
• Memories (ED)