ONE PIECE Episode 27 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

Cool-headed, Cold-hearted Demon! Pirate Fleet Chief Commander Ghin!

Krieg's pirate fleet attacks the Baratie. After Luffy wrecks the restaurant's fin, Krieg orders Gin to kill Sanji, but Gin hesitates because Sanji fed him; when Pearl tries to finish Sanji himself, Gin knocks Pearl out and fights Sanji personally. Gin pins Sanji down but cannot bring himself to kill him and begs Krieg to spare the restaurant. Krieg expels Gin, condemns him to die, and launches the poison gas weapon M・H・5, while Luffy gives gas masks to Sanji and Gin but is left without one for himself.

• Gin's hesitation over Sanji

  After Luffy wrecks the Baratie's fin, Krieg orders Gin to kill Sanji, but Gin hesitates because Sanji is the cook who fed him. When Pearl moves to kill Sanji himself, Gin smashes Pearl's shield, knocks him out, and declares that he will fight Sanji personally.

• Gin's duel with Sanji

  Fighting with weighted tonfa, Gin recovers from Sanji's early blow, beats him badly, and pins him down, but out of guilt he cannot strike the final blow and begs Krieg to call off the attack on the restaurant.

• Krieg's expulsion and gas attack

  Krieg denounces Gin's disobedience, declares that he is no longer one of his men and will be executed with the others, and launches the M・H・5 poison gas bomb. Luffy takes gas masks from two of Krieg's men and gives them to Sanji and Gin, but has none left for himself as the bomb flies.

Recent Timeline

• Krieg flagship destroyed and Zoro's defeat (Episode 24)

  After Yosaku and Johnny fall into the sea, Dracule Mihawk destroys the Krieg Pirates' flagship purely for amusement, clearing the way for Krieg to resume its assault on the Baratie. Mihawk also defeats Zoro in a duel, wounding him and destroying two of his three katana with the Famous Blade Yoru while Wado Ichimonji survives. Mihawk spares the unconscious Zoro and tells him to grow stronger to surpass him one day, and Zoro vows never to lose another battle until he defeats Mihawk.

• Pearl defeated by Sanji (Episode 25)

  After his record is tarnished by Luffy's fall, Pearl flies into a rage, sets himself and the whole fin ablaze. Sanji strikes him repeatedly using only his legs, and a falling mast knocks him out.

• Zeff's sacrifice and Luffy's destruction of the fin (Episode 26)

  The Cook Pirates attack the cruise ship where young Sanji worked. A storm and a strong wave sweep Sanji overboard, and Zeff dives in to save him, but a second wave sinks both ships. Zeff's leg is trapped in the wreckage, so he cuts it off with a chain to free himself and carries Sanji to a deserted island. Separately, enraged by the Krieg Pirates, Luffy uses Gomu Gomu no Ono to destroy the entire port-side fin.

• Gin expelled from Krieg (Episode 27)

  Gin refuses to kill Sanji, saying Sanji fed him with kindness, and pleads for Sanji and the restaurant. Krieg expels him from the crew and orders him to discard his gas mask and die, making him an enemy of his former crew.

• M・H・5 gas attack on the Baratie (Episode 27)

  Krieg fires the deadly poison gas weapon M・H・5 at the Baratie despite protests, condemning Gin and Sanji to die. Luffy tries to stop it, but the gas shell explodes just after the crew dives into the sea.

Character Graph

Koby

Former chore boy forced to serve the Alvida Pirates; escapes with Luffy to pursue his dream of joining the Marines.

• Forced service

  Kidnapped from a rowboat and made a chore boy by Alvida

• Luffy (Other, Neutral)

  Meets Luffy in the kitchen and travels with him after the battle

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.

• Luffy (Colleague, Affinity)

  Invited to join the crew as a new permanent member.

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

• Koby (Other, Neutral)

  Travels with him after the battle, sharing a dinghy out of the Alvida ship

Fullbody

Marine · Baratie customer

Marine lieutenant who enters the Baratie for a date and orders his men to destroy the crew's ship; attacked by Sanji after he places a fly in his soup.

A patron of the Baratie who clashed with Sanji and then vowed never to return.

• Vow

  Decided he wanted nothing more to do with the restaurant and vowed never to return.

• Sanji (Other, Hostility)

  Argues with Sanji after placing a fly in his soup; Sanji beats him for wasting the food.

  Confronted by Sanji for wasting soup and insulting the cook; the feud escalated.

Nami

Straw Hat Pirates

A thief who targets pirates and steals sea charts; infiltrates Buggy's crew under a false pretext while secretly aiming to recover the chart and steal his treasure.

Navigator who escaped by boat with the treasure, leaving a farewell message.

• Ambition

  Aims to earn one hundred million berries for reasons she keeps secret.

• Escape with treasure

  Left the restaurant area by boat with all the treasure and sent a farewell message saying they might meet again.

• Luffy (Colleague, Neutral)

  Met Luffy after he defeated armed men; proposed a partnership, then declined his invitation to join his crew upon learning he was a pirate.

  Gave Luffy the Grand Line map and agreed to sail with the crew temporarily to acquire Bellies.

Zeff

Baratie · Baratie head cook · Cook Pirates

Head chef of the Baratie; injured when Luffy's deflected cannonball blasts a hole in the restaurant roof. Refuses to negotiate with Luffy over repairs.

Zeff, once captain of the Cook Pirates, sacrificed his own leg to save Sanji and later founded the Baratie with him.

• Past with pirates

  Had once cooked for a notable pirate crew, as Sanji explained.

• Defiance toward Krieg

  Refused to hand over the logbook from his year-long Grand Line voyage, saying it held the pride of everyone who had sailed with him.

• Assessment of attacker

  Concluded the attacker was the hawk-eyed man based on the scale of destruction.

• Shared dream

  Shares Sanji's dream of finding the All Blue and sacrificed his leg so Sanji could pursue it.

• Luffy (Hierarchy, Mixed)

  Forces Luffy to work as a chore boy for a year to pay for the roof damage and refuses to negotiate.

• Sanji (Hierarchy, Mentor, Guardian, Affinity)

  Head chef; Sanji is the sous chef under him.

  Sanji's childhood guardian figure who saved him at sea and later co-founded the Baratie with him.

• Krieg (Other, Hostility)

  Refused Krieg's demand for the logbook while Krieg mocked his lost leg.

Gin

Krieg subordinate · Krieg Pirates · combat commander

A hungry man who came to the Baratie demanding food and was driven away for lacking money, then fed by Sanji.

A pirate of Krieg's fleet and its combat commander, who was ordered to kill Sanji but could not bring himself to do it after being touched by Sanji's kindness.

• Hunger and rescue

  Refused charity at first, then ate and thanked Sanji, admitting he had thought he would die.

• Return to Krieg

  Escaped captivity and later returned to Krieg, where he confirmed a cook had saved his life.

• Combat role

  Revealed as the fleet's combat commander who had broken Pearl's shield; later assigned to fight Sanji.

• Turning point

  Hesitated when Krieg ordered him to kill Sanji, and after pinning Sanji down could not finish him because no one had ever treated him with such kindness.

• Sanji (Other, Mixed)

  Sanji fed him and called anyone hungry a customer; Gin promised never to forget his kindness.

  Sanji fed Gin for free and urged him to survive; Gin, moved by this kindness, could not kill him and was then fought by Sanji.

• Krieg (Hierarchy, Mixed)

  Gin was a subordinate of Krieg, a pirate commander with fifty ships.

  Gin respected and was loyal to Krieg, but defied him to plead for Sanji and the restaurant; Krieg expelled him from the crew and ordered him to die.

• Zeff (Other, Hostility)

  Catches Zeff off-guard and holds him at gunpoint.

Krieg

Krieg Pirates · captain

Pirate captain whose ship was damaged; begged for food at the restaurant, then turned on the crew and demanded a hundred portions for his surviving subordinates.

Captain of the Krieg Pirates who attacks the Baratie, values strength as the means to kill, and uses poison gas.

• Self-proclaimed strength

  Claims to be the strongest, citing steel arms, hardened body, diamond fists, concealed weapons, and a fleet of fifty ships with five thousand men.

• Attack on the Baratie

  Attacked the restaurant ship and demanded its logbook and obedience, threatening to kill Luffy if refused.

• Fleet destruction

  His fleet was destroyed in seven days on the Grand Line, and he announced a return there.

• Ruthless method

  Prepared the deadly poison gas weapon M・H・5 and fired it, condemning both Gin and Sanji to die, insisting victory justifies any method.

• Sanji (Hierarchy, Hostility)

  Attacked Sanji after eating; Sanji protested, and Krieg treated the cooks as subordinates to command rather than customers.

• Zeff (Other, Hierarchy, Hostility)

  Zeff supplied food for a hundred men and told Krieg to take it to his ship; Krieg reacted startled at the mention of Zeff's name.

  Recognized Zeff as a former pirate known for kicks and mocked his lost leg; Zeff refused to hand over the logbook.

• Gin (Hierarchy, Hostility)

  Condemned Gin's defiance and sentimentality, then expelled him from the crew and ordered him to discard his gas mask and die.

Sanji

Baratie · Baratie cook · cook

Sous chef of the Baratie; kicks Fullbody after Fullbody wastes the food he made.

A cook at the Baratie who owes his life to Zeff and refuses to surrender the restaurant even at the cost of his life.

• Crew invitation

  Luffy asked him to become the cook aboard his pirate ship; Sanji refused while staying at the restaurant.

• Infatuation with Nami

  Became infatuated with Nami and declared himself willing to become a pirate for her.

• Debt to Zeff

  Insists he can only repay his debt to Zeff by risking death to protect the restaurant Zeff treasured.

• Kindness to Gin

  Fed Gin for free and urged him to survive rather than die for pride, which moved Gin to spare him.

• Fullbody (Other, Hostility)

  Argues with Fullbody after Fullbody places a fly in his soup, then beats him with his legs.

• Zeff (Hierarchy, Mentor, Mixed)

  Sous chef serving under the head chef Zeff.

  Zeff, his head cook, told him to join Luffy's group and said the restaurant no longer needed him.

• Luffy (Colleague, Hostility)

  Luffy invited him to be the cook of his pirate ship; he refused at first but was later told to join Luffy's group.

  Sanji was angered when Luffy announced he would sink the ship and argued with him over the debt and the restaurant.

• Nami (Other, Affinity)

  Infatuated with Nami and willing to become a pirate for her.

• Gin (Other, Mixed)

  Sanji refused Gin's request to leave; after Gin was moved by his kindness, Gin could not kill him and fought him.

World Memo

• Grand Line as a sea pirates aim to enter

  The Grand Line is a sea that pirates such as Buggy intend to enter, and a chart of it is regarded as useful for navigating toward a goal.

• Logbook as Grand Line guide

  Zeff's logbook is described as a source of useful strategies for traversing the Grand Line and of information about the legendary treasure One Piece.

Battle Record

Krieg orders Gin to kill Sanji, but Gin hesitates; when Pearl tries to kill Sanji himself, Gin knocks Pearl out and fights Sanji personally. After pinning Sanji down, Gin cannot finish him and begs Krieg to stop the attack, so Krieg denounces him and launches the M・H・5 poison gas bomb. Luffy takes gas masks from two of Krieg's men and gives them to Sanji and Gin, but cannot find one for himself before the bomb is launched.

Sanji vs Fullbody

Baratie confrontation · Episode 21

Location: the Baratie restaurant

Trigger: Sanji confronted Fullbody for wasting soup and insulting its cook; Patty objected to his treatment of a paying customer

Sanji vs Fullbody

• Sanji's side — combatant: Sanji
• Fullbody's side — combatant: Fullbody

Outcome: Zeff ordered Sanji to stop fighting and Fullbody to leave; Fullbody vowed never to return

Aftermath

• Fullbody decided he wanted nothing more to do with the restaurant

Zoro vs Mihawk duel

Mihawk's duel with Zoro · Episode 24

Location: the sea where the Krieg Pirates' flagship was destroyed

Trigger: Zoro challenges Mihawk, who had attacked the Krieg Pirates for his own amusement

Duel

• Zoro's side — challenger: Roronoa Zoro
• Mihawk's side — defender: Dracule Mihawk

Outcome: Zoro is defeated and knocked unconscious; Mihawk deliberately spares him

Aftermath

• Zoro vows to never lose another battle until he defeats Mihawk
• Mihawk decides not to pursue Krieg and leaves
• Krieg is free to attack the Baratie

Krieg's attack on the Baratie

Gin's defiance and the gas shell · Episode 22– (Ongoing)

Location: the Baratie

Trigger: Krieg's pirate fleet attack on the restaurant; Gin refuses to kill Sanji

Krieg's pirates vs the Baratie

• Krieg's pirates — attackers: Krieg, Gin, Pearl
• Baratie — defenders: Sanji, Luffy, Zeff

Outcome: Unresolved at episode end; Krieg fires the M・H・5 poison gas shell, condemning Gin and Sanji.

Aftermath

• Pearl knocked out by Gin
• Gin expelled from Krieg's crew and ordered to die
• Luffy gives gas masks to Sanji and Gin but has none for himself when the gas bomb is launched

Ability Table

Music Releases

• We Are! (OP)
• Memories (ED)