ONE PIECE Episode 31 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

The Worst Man in the Eastern Seas! Fishman Pirate Arlong!

Yosaku reveals that Nami is bound for Arlong Park, the base of the most notorious pirate in the East Blue, Arlong, and warns that Arlong is a fish-man from the Grand Line whose strength surpasses even Krieg's. Nami arrives at the base where Arlong is bribing a corrupt Marine officer, and she beats a child who tries to eliminate Arlong. On the island, Zoro is captured after Usopp and Johnny abandon him and the ship is spotted by resident fish-men. Arlong interrogates Zoro, claiming fish-men are superior to humans, and Nami reveals she is an officer and cartographer under Arlong. Usopp and Johnny find Gosa Village destroyed by Arlong's sea monster Momoo, and Nojiko diverts an Arlong pirate who attacks Usopp before they visit her house.

• Nami's arrival at Arlong Park

  Nami reaches the base, where Arlong is bribing a corrupt Marine officer, and beats a child attempting to eliminate Arlong.

• Zoro captured on the island

  Zoro is left tied up when Usopp and Johnny abandon ship and is captured by the Arlong Pirates after the ship is spotted.

• Arlong's interrogation of Zoro

  Arlong claims fish-men are superior to humans, and Nami reveals she is an officer and cartographer serving under him.

• Destroyed Gosa Village

  Usopp and Johnny find the village wrecked by Momoo, and Nojiko rescues Usopp from an Arlong pirate before they visit her house.

Recent Timeline

• Krieg defeated by Luffy (Episode 29)

  Luffy endured Krieg's explosions, broke through his steel armor with a barrage of punches and a finishing attack, and ended the fight at the Baratie. Krieg lay beaten with his armor shattered, and his crew was left to accept the defeat.

• Supply boat given to Gin (Episode 29)

  After Gin acknowledged the defeat and thanked Sanji, Sanji ordered Patty and Carne to give Gin their supply boat, overruling their objections. Gin accepted the boat and left the Baratie, with Sanji challenging him to return only if he had the nerve.

• Sanji leaves the Baratie (Episode 30)

  After refusing to become a pirate and being driven away by Zeff's staged insults, Sanji set out from the Baratie with Luffy for the Grand Line, having thanked Zeff and promised to meet the cooks again.

• Zoro captured and Gosa Village destroyed (Episode 31)

  After Usopp and Johnny abandoned ship, Zoro could not escape and was captured by the Arlong Pirates, who interrogated him and claimed fish-men are far superior to humans for their greater strength and ability to breathe underwater. Usopp and Johnny then found Gosa Village wrecked, with every house flipped upside-down. A resident fish-man said the Arlong Pirates' sea monster Momoo destroyed it as punishment for protesting Arlong's rule.

• Nojiko diverts Arlong Pirate attack on Usopp (Episode 31)

  An Arlong Pirate revealed himself and tried to capture Usopp in Gosa Village. Human resident Nojiko diverted him away and rescued Usopp.

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

Rika

A small girl in Shells Town who sneaks into the Marine base to bring food to Roronoa Zoro.

• Rice ball delivery

  Tries to bring rice balls to the crucified Zoro and is stopped by Helmeppo.

• Roronoa Zoro (Other, Affinity)

  Brings food to the crucified Zoro and wants to help him.

Ripper (new base commander)

Marine

Marine who succeeded Morgan as the new base commander.

• Role in town

  Took over the base after Morgan and confronts Luffy, then orders Luffy and Zoro to leave town while agreeing to accept Koby into the Marines.

• Luffy (Other, Mixed)

  Confronts Luffy over his pirate status and orders him out of town, while promising not to report him to headquarters as a gesture of gratitude.

Buggy

Buggy Pirates

Captain of the Buggy Pirates; a fearsome pirate with his own Devil Fruit ability; his territory is where Luffy lands after being dropped by the bird.

Former fellow apprentice of Shanks in the same pirate crew; plotted to steal a Devil Fruit and treasure map before being caught.

• Power

  Can separate his body parts and is immune to being cut apart, due to the Bara Bara Fruit.

• Roronoa Zoro (Other, Hostility)

  Fought Zoro and stabbed him; claimed Zoro's wound decided the fight.

• Nami (Hierarchy, Hostility)

  Accepted Nami into his crew as a supposed defector; ordered her to fire a Buggy Ball at Luffy as proof of loyalty.

• Luffy (Other, Hostility)

  Fights Luffy and pierces his straw hat with knives, enraging him.

  Luffy struck Buggy down during the attempt to seize his treasure and later blasted him out of town.

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.

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.

• 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.

• 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

• Roronoa Zoro (Colleague, Affinity)

  Rescued by Zoro in the fight against Buggy's men; Luffy told him to run.

Roronoa Zoro (Zoro)

Straw Hat Pirates

Pirate-hunter swordsman whom Luffy first finds crucified at the Marine base in Shells Town and sets out to recruit.

Swordsman pursuing a specific target he went to sea to find.

• Crucified at base

  Held on a cross at the Marine base and refuses to be fed by others; he eats the dirt-stained rice Rika brought.

• Childhood training

  Was a dojoyaburi who challenged local dojos; after defeat by Kuina he joined her father's dojo and trained harder than peers.

• Vow to Kuina

  After Kuina's fatal fall, decided to become the world's greatest swordsman; received Kuina's katana Wado Ichimonji from her father and trained eight more years before becoming a pirate hunter.

• Pursuit of the hawk-eyed man

  Revealed that the attacker on the Grand Line is the man he went to sea to find, and became more determined to head there.

• Rika (Other, Affinity)

  Rika brings him rice balls out of kindness.

• Buggy (Other, Hostility)

  Fought Buggy, who wanted to kill him to enhance his reputation; stabbed during the clash.

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.

• 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.

Krieg

Krieg Pirates · captain · Krieg's pirates

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.

Pirate commander who expelled and condemned his subordinate Gin, and fought Luffy with poison-gas weapons and a Great Battle Spear.

• 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.

• 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.

• Cruelty toward subordinates

  Mocked Gin and called killing a disobedient subordinate an act of kindness.

• 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.

• Luffy (Other, Hostility)

  Opponent in battle; Krieg was knocked down repeatedly by Luffy.

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.

Head chef of the Baratie; Sanji's mentor, who with the other cooks pretended to dislike Sanji's soup so that Sanji would leave the Baratie to chase his dream with Luffy.

• Past with pirates

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

• 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.

• Judgment of Luffy

  Judged that Luffy showed no hesitation despite the fear of death and argued that his determination was a form of fighting power.

• 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, Mixed)

  Head chef; Sanji is the sous chef under him.

  Mentor who staged harsh insults to make Sanji listen; admits he always regretted saving Sanji, yet shows deep care and asks Luffy to take Sanji to the Grand Line.

• Krieg (Other, Hostility)

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

Arlong

Arlong Pirates · fish-man

The most notorious pirate in East Blue, a fish-man originating from the Grand Line, who claims fish-men are far superior to humans.

• Base and claims

  Operates from Arlong Park; bribes a corrupt Marine officer; asserts fish-men surpass humans in strength and underwater breathing.

• Nami (Hierarchy, Mixed)

  Commands Nami as his officer and cartographer.

• Roronoa Zoro (Other, Hostility)

  Interrogates Zoro after capturing him.

Nami

Straw Hat Pirates · Arlong 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.

Revealed as an officer and cartographer serving under Arlong at Arlong Park.

• 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.

• Role under Arlong

  Serves Arlong as an officer and cartographer, confronting Zoro after his capture.

• 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.

• Buggy (Hierarchy, Other, Hostility)

  Infiltrated Buggy's crew by claiming to have quarreled with her boss; privately plans to steal from him.

  Nami was attempting to leave with Buggy's treasure when he spotted her, and she restrained him with rope.

• Arlong (Hierarchy, Mixed)

  Serves under Arlong as his officer and cartographer.

Nojiko

A human resident who rescues Usopp by diverting an Arlong Pirate away.

• Rescue of Usopp

  Intervenes when a revealed Arlong Pirate attempts to capture Usopp, diverting the pirate away.

World Memo

• Morgan's rule over Shells Town

  Captain Morgan governs Shells Town from the Marine base as a tyrant, and under his rule his son Helmeppo is allowed to routinely abuse the townspeople.

  Morgan has a large statue of himself erected on the rooftop of the Shells Town Marine base, a monument to his authority over the town.

• 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.

• Baratie feeds all who arrive hungry

  The Baratie's purpose is to feed hungry people who reach it, even if they are criminals.

• Fish-men species traits

  Fish-men originate from the Grand Line and live among residents of islands; they are described as far stronger than humans and able to breathe underwater.

• Seven Warlords of the Sea

  Seven pirates sanctioned by the government, called the Seven Warlords of the Sea; Mihawk is cited as one of them.

Battle Record

Zoro, Usopp and Johnny reach Arlong's island; Zoro is captured and interrogated by Arlong while Usopp and Johnny encounter an Arlong Pirate at Gosa Village.

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 assault on the Baratie

Final blow · Episodes 22–30

Location: the Baratie

Krieg's pirates vs the Baratie

• Krieg's pirates — combatants: Krieg, Gin
• the Baratie — defenders: Luffy

Outcome: Krieg's side defeated; Gin acknowledges the loss

Arlong Park infiltration

Zoro captured, Usopp and Johnny at Gosa Village · Episode 31– (Ongoing)

Location: Arlong Park, East Blue island

Trigger: Zoro, Usopp and Johnny follow Nami, who left with the Going Merry, to the island where Arlong Park stands

Straw Hats vs Arlong Pirates

• Straw Hats — infiltrators: Zoro, Usopp, Johnny
• Arlong Pirates — defenders: Arlong, Nami

Outcome: Zoro is captured and interrogated by Arlong; Usopp and Johnny escape the ship and reach Gosa Village, where an Arlong Pirate attempts to capture Usopp before Nojiko diverts him.

Aftermath

• Gosa Village found destroyed by the Arlong Pirates' sea monster Momoo for protesting Arlong's rule
• Nami revealed as an officer and cartographer serving under Arlong

Ability Table

Music Releases

• We Are! (OP)
• RUN! RUN! RUN! (ED)