ONE PIECE Episode 49 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

Kitetsu III and Yubashiri! Zoro's New Swords and the Woman Sergeant Major!

Luffy and Zoro split up in Loguetown: at the execution platform Smoker confronts Luffy, whose missed attack launches him far away, while Zoro gets entangled with Tashigi, works for the Marines, and receives the cursed Sandai Kitetsu and Yubashiri for free at the sword shop, as Buggy's group hunts Luffy and the Marines search for him.

• Smoker's challenge at the platform

  Smoker, the Marine captain in charge of Loguetown, confronts Luffy at the execution platform and refuses reinforcements; Luffy's attack misses and launches him far away from the platform.

• Zoro and Tashigi's encounter

  Tashigi's glasses lead Zoro into debt, and she takes him to the Marines for a cleaning job, which he escapes after a Marine recognizes him.

• Zoro's new swords

  At the sword shop Tashigi recognizes Zoro's Wado Ichimonji, exposing the shopkeeper's deception. Zoro picks the cursed Sandai Kitetsu and tests his luck by tossing it above his outstretched arm; the blade misses him, and the impressed shopkeeper gives him Sandai Kitetsu and Yubashiri for free.

• Buggy's hunt for Luffy

  Buggy claims a fortune-telling confirmed Luffy's presence and gives directions to Luffy before realizing whom he helped, while Smoker insists Luffy will return.

Recent Timeline

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

  Buggy arrives at Gaimon's island, where Gaimon claims to be the guardian deity and warns him away from the animals. After a friendly evening of shared liquor and Gaimon's account of being abandoned by his former crew twenty years earlier, Gaimon declines Buggy's offer to join because he will not leave the animals, and the two part as friends after Gaimon helps build him a new raft. Buggy then survives another dangerous encounter and thanks a woman who recognized him and was searching for the rubber-powered enemy he wants revenge on. After she invites him to eat, she proposes an alliance, and Buggy agrees because they share the same objective.

• Richie named new captain and arrival at Loguetown (Episode 47)

  Cabaji and Mohji fought over the captaincy in a prolonged brawl, and the crew acclaimed Richie as successor to the supposedly dead Buggy. Meanwhile Luffy's crew sighted an island that Luffy identified as Loguetown, the town where Gold Roger had been born and executed.

• Port clashes, new wanted poster, and Luffy at the execution platform (Episode 48)

  Galley ordered his followers to seize provisions at the port to fuel his ambition to become Pirate King, but Smoker challenged their leader and subdued the pirates, rejecting the assumption that they were Luffy's crew because their leader was too unimpressive to merit that bounty. Men seeking revenge for their captain's imprisonment confronted Tashigi and threatened to kill her, and she accepted their challenge, earning praise from spectators for her strength. A marine then brought a new wanted poster that identified the straw-hatted visitor in the port town as Luffy. Luffy finally reached the execution site where the Pirate King died, regarding the place as a place of beginnings.

• Smoker defeats Luffy and Zoro escapes Marine arrest (Episode 49)

  Smoker won the challenge at the platform after Luffy's attack was delayed by tangled legs and Smoker's counter landed, sending Luffy flying far away, and Smoker declared Luffy would not even reach the Grand Line. Elsewhere, a Marine recognized Zoro as a member of Luffy's crew and tried to arrest him, but Zoro escaped; the Marines later found the attacker had vanished and learned that Zoro had defeated them.

• Shopkeeper's deception exposed and Zoro's new swords (Episode 49)

  The shopkeeper tried to buy Zoro's sword cheaply, assuming he was ignorant, but Tashigi identified it as Wado Ichimonji, one of the Great Grade swords worth at least ten million berries, which exposed the deception and led the shopkeeper to apologize. Zoro then insisted on buying the cursed Sandai Kitetsu despite the shopkeeper's warning, tested its curse, and accepted the blade. The shopkeeper gave him the finest sword, Yubashiri, and waived payment for both swords.

Character Graph

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.

• 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.

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.

• Arlong (Other, Hostility)

  Luffy names Arlong as his real target and stands against him.

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.

• Hatchan (Other, Hostility)

  Zoro dismisses Hatchan's grievances over the fish-men he cut down and offers to fight him.

Hatchan

Arlong Pirates

An octopus fish-man who met Zoro and guided him to Cocoyasi Village, mistaking him for a guest.

Fish-man with six arms who boasts of his six-sword style and fights Zoro.

• Guiding Zoro

  Took Zoro to Cocoyasi Village without knowing his identity and later admitted doing so.

• Duel with Zoro

  Boasts that his six arms make him impossible to cut, mistakes Zoro's condition for a trick, and claims each of his swords weighs three hundred kilograms.

• Arlong (Hierarchy, Neutral)

  Serves Arlong as a fish-man crew member who reports on his movements.

• Roronoa Zoro (Other, Hostility)

  Hatchan accuses Zoro of deceiving him and cutting down his comrades.

  Opponent in a sword duel; Hatchan threatens to kill Zoro and is beaten by Zoro's tornado technique.

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.

A fish-man who claims his heritage makes him superior to humans and holds Nami captive to chart the sea.

• Base and claims

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

• Broken promise

  Refused to return the village unless Nami presented the full sum, and threatened to kill everyone if she fled.

• Supremacist stance

  Declares fish-men superior to humans, boasting he can kill humans without touching them and citing his strength as proof.

• Claimed superiority

  Declares that fish-men are fundamentally superior to Luffy and other humans.

• Nami (Hierarchy, Pact, Hostility)

  Commands Nami as his officer and cartographer.

  Forced Nami to draw sea charts over eight years and insists her talent should serve the fish-men, calling her their comrade.

• Roronoa Zoro (Other, Hostility)

  Interrogates Zoro after capturing him.

• Hatchan (Hierarchy, Neutral)

  Learned from Hatchan that Zoro was also searching for him.

• Luffy (Other, Hostility)

  Arlong calls Luffy his target after Luffy names him as the real target of the fight and threatens to kill him.

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.

• Arlong (Hierarchy, Pact, Other, Hostility)

  Serves under Arlong as his officer and cartographer.

  Arlong forced her to produce sea charts and claims she is a comrade of the fish-men.

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.

Former Marine headquarters captain, now commanding a remote, inferior unit after a disgrace he blames on a waiter; sees capturing Luffy as a way to regain his former rank.

• Vow

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

• Motive

  Wants to capture Luffy to regain his former rank after the disgrace at headquarters.

• 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.

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.

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.

Galley

Pirate

Pirate who ordered his followers to seize provisions for his ambition of becoming Pirate King.

• Smoker (Other, Hostility)

  Marine officer who challenged him at the port and subdued his crew.

Raoul

Shopkeeper

Shopkeeper of a Gold Roger-named shop who recounts Gold Roger's history to Luffy.

• Smoker (Other, Hostility)

  Marine officer he accuses of driving his shop out of business.

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.

Leads his group in hunting Luffy in town and announces that the time for revenge has come.

• 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.

  Seeks revenge against Luffy, claims a fortune-telling confirmed Luffy is in town, and unknowingly gives Luffy directions.

• Mohji (Hierarchy, Affinity)

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

Smoker

Marine

Marine officer who took charge of the town and hunts Luffy's crew.

Marine captain in charge of Loguetown who goes to the execution platform expecting Luffy and refuses reinforcements.

• Galley (Other, Hostility)

  Pirate leader he confronts at the port while asking whether he is Luffy.

• Luffy (Other, Hostility)

  Introduces himself as the captain in charge of Loguetown, announces he will arrest Luffy, and accepts Luffy's challenge to a fight he declares Luffy cannot win.

Tashigi

Marine

Swordswoman who searched for her lost glasses and later pursues famous blades held by wrongdoers; Zoro finds her resemblance to Kuina striking.

• Roronoa Zoro (Other, Mixed)

  Offers Zoro work at the Marines out of kindness after doubting he can afford new glasses; he rejects the offer, and she later believes he simply ran away from her kindness.

World Memo

• Morgan's rule over Shells Town

  Captain Morgan governs Shells Town from the Marine base as a tyrant. Under his rule, his son Helmeppo is permitted to regularly abuse the town's citizens. Morgan has a large statue of himself erected on the base's rooftop.

• Red Line and Grand Line geography

  The world is divided into a western and an eastern half by a continent called the Red Line. The Grand Line is a linear sea that runs perpendicular to the Red Line.

• Baratie fighting cook reputation

  The restaurant's cooks regularly fight pirates, which draws spectators but drives away its waiters, and the restaurant's reputation rests on fighting off pirates.

• 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.

• 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.

• Weapon possession treated as rebellion

  Under Arlong's rule, merely possessing a weapon is regarded as a form of rebellion.

• 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.

  Those who sailed the Grand Line were long regarded as lost, and the town's pirate trade was built around pirates heading there.

• No escape for arriving pirates

  Since the current marine commander took charge of the town, no arriving pirates have escaped.

• Town lacks challengers for Grand Line

  The town is said to have lost the pirates willing to challenge the dangerous Grand Line sea.

• 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.

  The execution site where Gold Roger died is regarded as a place of beginnings, extending the town's identity as a place of beginnings and endings.

Battle Record

A Marine recognizes Zoro, tries to arrest him, and Zoro gets away and later defeats the Marines.

Tashigi's clash with revenge-seeking men

Revenge challenge · Episode 48

Trigger: Revenge for their captain's imprisonment; threat to kill Tashigi to retaliate against the person responsible

Tashigi vs the men

• Tashigi — challenged: Tashigi
• Revenge-seeking men — challengers: men seeking revenge for their captain's imprisonment

Outcome: The clash ended, and spectators praised Tashigi's strength.

Luffy vs Smoker at the execution platform

Loguetown · Episode 49

Location: Loguetown execution platform

Trigger: Smoker's arrest order and Luffy's refusal, with Luffy's goal of entering the Grand Line

Sides

• Marine — commander: Smoker
• Straw Hat Pirates — fighter: Luffy

Outcome: Smoker defeated Luffy, whose last attack failed and sent him flying far away

Aftermath

• Luffy landed far away and decided to take a nap
• Smoker insisted that Luffy would return rather than hide

Zoro vs the Marines at the Marine base

Loguetown · Episode 49

Location: Marine base in Loguetown

Trigger: A Marine recognized Zoro as a member of Luffy's crew and tried to arrest him

Sides

• Marine — soldier: a Marine
• Straw Hat Pirates — fighter: Roronoa Zoro

Outcome: Zoro escaped and defeated the Marines who had come after him

Aftermath

• The Marines reported that their attacker had vanished

Ability Table

Music Releases

• Believe (OP)
• RUN! RUN! RUN! (ED)