ONE PIECE Episode 47 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

The Wait is Over! The Return of Captain Buggy!

Buggy, rescued by an unnamed woman who seeks a man, tries to reunite his scattered crew, who mourn him and fight over leadership until Richie is acclaimed captain. Buggy is confronted with the Kumate tribe, who had captured his followers, and returns to reclaim them. Meanwhile Luffy's crew reaches Loguetown, the town where Gold Roger was born and executed.

• Buggy's crew and the captaincy dispute

  Mohji and Cabaji fight over leadership after the crew mourns Buggy, and Richie is acclaimed captain as the supposed successor.

• Kumate tribe and Buggy's return

  The Kumate tribe captures pirates who landed without permission; Buggy returns, unleashes attacks, and vows to repay the tribe while naming Luffy's death as the goal.

• Luffy's crew reaches Loguetown

  Luffy's crew sights the island of Loguetown, where Gold Roger was born and executed, and each member plans supplies and equipment for the stop.

Recent Timeline

• Nami leaves Cocoyasi Village (Episode 44)

  Nami departed the island with her crew after the villagers were freed from Arlong. She left all one hundred million berries behind with a letter, and Luffy ordered the sails raised even though the villagers wanted a proper farewell.

• Thirty-million-berry bounty and early clashes (Episode 45)

  Marine officers reviewed the crew's defeat of Morgan and the pirate forces and judged the high initial bounty of thirty million berries justified, arguing the threat should be eliminated before it grew; the notice also bore Usopp's face. Fullbody's cannon assault collapsed when his cannon cracked and exploded, and he fled in terror on recognizing the waiter again. Mihawk, seeking the crew's leaders, declined to duel Shanks, who had lost his left arm, noting that an interesting pirate reminded him of Shanks's story about a boy from a small village. The crew chose to enter Reverse Mountain head-on, the apparent only ship entrance, because it sounded exciting.

• Buggy's stay with Gaimon and alliance (Episode 46)

  Buggy arrived at Gaimon's island, where Gaimon claimed to be the guardian deity and warned him away from the animals. After a friendly evening sharing liquor and Gaimon's account of being abandoned by his former crew twenty years earlier, Gaimon declined to join Buggy's crew because he would not leave the animals, and the two parted as friends after he helped build Buggy a new raft. Buggy later survived another dangerous encounter and thanked a woman who recognized him and was searching for the rubber-powered enemy he wants revenge on; she proposed an alliance, and Buggy agreed because they shared the same objective.

• Richie named new captain and Kumate surrender (Episode 47)

  Cabaji and Mohji fought a prolonged brawl over the captaincy, and the crew acclaimed Richie as successor to the supposedly dead Buggy. Pirates who landed on the Kumate tribe's island without permission were confronted, named Richie as their captain, and surrendered.

• Buggy's return and arrival at Loguetown (Episode 47)

  Buggy found a grave made for him, then intervened as the Kumate tribe prepared to cook his followers and announced his return, and his crew celebrated his survival. Luffy's crew then sighted an island that Luffy identified as Loguetown, the town where Gold Roger was born and executed.

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 confronts Arlong, introduces himself as a pirate, and demands that Arlong stop making his navigator cry.

• Origin at sea

  Dinghy destroyed by a whirlpool, left trapped in a barrel

• Response to Nami's plea

  Readily agreed to help after Nami broke down and asked, then called for the others to go.

• Roronoa Zoro (Colleague, Affinity)

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

• Gaimon (Friend, Affinity)

  Befriended Gaimon and then invited him to join the crew, which Gaimon declined.

• Nami (Other, Colleague, Affinity)

  Offered help, which she first refused, and later accepted when she asked for it.

  Luffy calls Nami his navigator and confronts Arlong on her behalf.

Roronoa Zoro

Straw Hat Pirates

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

Pirate who offers to fight Hatchan so the others can continue, and declares that the pirates intend to crush the fish-men.

• 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.

• Buggy (Other, Hostility)

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

Nami

Straw Hat Pirates · Arlong Pirates · Arlong Pirates (surveyor) · navigator

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.

Bellemere's daughter who left the island to pursue her dream of charting the world's seas as a pirate.

• Ambition

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

• Motive

  Works for Arlong to earn 100 million berries for the village's freedom, and vows to earn it alone.

• Forced chart-making

  Was made by Arlong to produce sea charts over eight years, which he called his treasure.

• Departure from the island

  Left Cocoyasi with her companions and drew her own charts, after the villagers gained freedom.

• Luffy (Colleague, Affinity)

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

  Recruited as a crewmate by Luffy, who vowed to destroy Arlong and accepted her into the crew.

• 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.

Gaimon (the island's guardian deity)

former pirate · island hermit

A man who was trapped in an empty treasure chest for twenty years on the island; refuses to join Luffy's crew and lives freely on the island.

A former pirate who was left behind by his companions and has lived on the Island of Rare Animals for twenty years, claiming to be its guardian deity.

• Past life

  Formerly a boy aboard a pirate ship that came to the island searching for treasure; after a month of failing to find any, his crew left him behind.

• Current stance

  Content to stay with the animals and refuses Buggy's invitation to join his crew.

• Luffy (Friend, Affinity)

  Quickly befriended by Luffy, who later invited him to join his crew; Gaimon declined.

• Buggy (Friend, Affinity)

  Met Buggy on the island, shared liquor and a friendly parting, and helped him build a raft; Gaimon believed Buggy and the young pirate could become friends.

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.

Pirate captain who was presumed dead and then returned, having been rescued by a woman; he sets killing Luffy as the crew's first objective.

• 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.

• Shanks (Other, Colleague, Mixed)

  Holds a very strong grudge against Shanks and curses his name.

  Fellow apprentice in the same pirate crew; Shanks caught Buggy just as he was leaving with the fruit, causing him to accidentally eat it.

• Luffy (Other, Hostility)

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

  Buggy blames Luffy for the ordeal and names killing him the first goal.

• Mohji (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Vice-captain who was struck down and found alive with Buggy.

Cabaji

Buggy Pirates

Chief of staff and acrobat of the Buggy Pirates. Offers to fight the group on Buggy's behalf and rides a unicycle; uses Richie as a human shield.

Crew member who promised to rebuild the crew after Buggy was lost and contested the captaincy with Mohji.

• Buggy (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Serves Buggy as chief of staff and fights on his behalf.

• Roronoa Zoro (Other, Hostility)

  Duels Zoro one-on-one and is defeated by his Oni Giri.

• Mohji (Colleague, Hostility)

  Rival for captaincy who challenged his claim to lead.

Mohji

Buggy Pirates

A member of the Buggy Pirates who boasts he can control any animal and seeks to defeat Zoro to make a name for himself.

Vice-captain of the crew who challenged Cabaji for leadership and later proclaimed the crew's revival.

• Ambition for recognition

  Wanted to defeat Zoro to make a name for himself, but allowed Richie to stop for food at the shop Chouchou guarded.

• Buggy (Hierarchy, Neutral)

  Serves under Buggy and reports to him after the fight with Luffy.

• Luffy (Other, Hostility)

  Fought Luffy after Luffy refused to reveal Zoro's whereabouts; Mohji was defeated by Luffy rather than Zoro.

• Cabaji (Colleague, Hostility)

  Rival for captaincy; they agreed to settle it by fighting.

Richie

Crew member acclaimed as the new captain after Buggy was thought dead; the Kumate tribe also identified him as their captain.

• Buggy (Other, Neutral)

  Named as the proper successor to the supposedly dead Buggy.

World Memo

• Loguetown as town of beginnings and endings

  Loguetown is described as the birthplace and execution site of Gold Roger, giving it a reputation as the town of beginnings and endings.

Battle Record

Buggy returned to rescue his captured followers and attacked the Kumate tribe; the crew then celebrated his survival.

Captaincy duel between Cabaji and Mohji

Buggy Pirates succession · Episode 47

Trigger: Mohji challenged Cabaji's claim to leadership as vice-captain

Contenders

• Cabaji — contender: Cabaji
• Mohji — contender: Mohji

Outcome: Contest ended with the crew acclaiming Richie as new captain

Aftermath

• Richie acclaimed as captain, presented as successor to the supposedly dead Buggy

Kumate tribe confrontation

Pirates landed without permission · Episode 47

Location: Kumate tribe island

Trigger: Buggy Pirates landed on the island without permission

Opposing sides

• Kumate tribe — defenders: Kumate tribe
• Buggy Pirates — intruders: Richie, Buggy Pirates crew

Outcome: Buggy Pirates surrendered

Aftermath

• Kumate tribe identified Richie as the pirates' captain
• Captured pirates held by the tribe

Buggy's counterattack on the Kumate tribe

Rescue of captured followers · Episode 47

Location: Kumate tribe island

Trigger: Tribe held Buggy's followers captive and considered cooking them

Opposing sides

• Buggy Pirates — attackers: Buggy, Mohji, Cabaji, Richie
• Kumate tribe — defenders: Kumate tribe

Outcome: Buggy's attacks overwhelmed the tribe and the captured followers were freed

Aftermath

• Crew celebrated Buggy's survival
• Buggy called for a Buggy Ball celebration

Ability Table

Music Releases

• We Are! (OP)
• RUN! RUN! RUN! (ED)