ONE PIECE Episode 60 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

Through the Sky They Soar! The 1000 Year Legend Lives Again!

Luffy encourages the wounded Ryu while Marines under Nelson harpoon him, and Luffy throws the harpoon back and breaks parts of the Marine ship. Luffy agrees to carry Ryu's message to Apis, sends a Gum-Gum Rocket riding a passing Millennial Dragon, and uses a Battle-Axe that splits Nelson's big ship in two, scaring the Marines into retreat. The sea and Warship Island tremble, then an island resurfaces: the Lost Island, the nest of the sennenryus, which Nami identifies as the migratory nest visited every thousand years. The ancestors' fossils covered in coral are the Dragonite Nelson and Eric sought. Ryu collapses; Apis refuses to accept his death, and Luffy says sennenryus are reborn in the nest. A baby sennenryu hatches and screeches to Apis. Finally Eric arrives soaked, Nelson proposes a deal, and Eric furiously slashes him with his Devil Fruit power, after which the Straw Hats see Eric with his ice-cream-like hair.

• Ryu's encouragement and Marine harpoon

  Luffy encourages Ryu and throws back Nelson's harpoon, breaking parts of the Marine ship.

• Island resurfaces and the Dragonite nest

  The island rises from the sea; Nami explains the sennenryus are migratory, and fossilized ancestors reveal the Dragonite sought by Nelson and Eric.

• Ryu's death and Eric's betrayal

  Ryu collapses, a baby sennenryu hatches, and Eric attacks Nelson with his Devil Fruit power.

Recent Timeline

• Nelson's ship split by Luffy (Episode 60)

  Luffy launches a Battle-Axe kick at Nelson's large ship and splits it in two. The Marines flee in fear of his power.

• Lost Island resurfaces (Episode 60)

  The ocean around Warship Island trembles and the water recedes to reveal Lost Island. It is the nest that migratory sennenryus return to every thousand years, and their fossilized ancestors are found there, identifying it as the Dragonite Nelson and Eric sought.

• Ryu reborn as a hatchling (Episode 60)

  After Ryu collapses and Apis refuses to accept his death, a baby sennenryu hatches from an egg at the nest. It is presumed to be Ryu, reborn there, and it screeches to Apis, who agrees to its request.

• Eric turns on Nelson (Episode 60)

  Eric, soaked and furious, ignores Nelson's proposed deal and slashes him with his Devil Fruit power. The Straw Hat Pirates see Eric combing his ice-cream-like hair afterward.

Character Graph

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.

Nezumi

Navy · Navy sixteenth branch captain

Captain of the 16th Branch who arrived with another Navy ship and demanded that Genzo guide him to Nami's home without explaining his purpose.

Claims to have watched the fight from outside and seizes credit for Arlong Park's fall as captain of the Navy's sixteenth branch.

• Arrival

  Identified himself as a captain of the 16th Branch and demanded guidance to Nami's home.

• Seizure of the money

  Ordered his men to search despite Nami's protest and declared thirty percent of the money would belong to him.

• Surrender terms

  Agreed to disarm, help rebuild Gosa, leave Arlong Park's remaining wealth for the island's people, and return Nami's money, yet still threatened revenge against Luffy and his crew.

• Navy report

  Contacted Navy Headquarters, asking that Luffy and his four companions be treated as enemies of the government and that a large bounty be placed on Luffy.

• Genzo (Other, Hostility)

  Demanded that Genzo guide him to Nami's home without explaining his purpose.

• Nami (Other, Hostility)

  Confronts Nami as the thief he is seeking and demands she surrender the stolen treasure.

  Accused her of hiding pirate treasure and seized her savings during the search.

• Luffy (Hierarchy, Hostility)

  Nezumi asked Headquarters to brand Luffy an enemy of the government and vowed revenge on him and his crew after surrendering.

Genzo

Cocoyasi Village · Village

Genzo is a villager of Cocoyasi Village who was nearly executed by Arlong for possessing a weapon and was treated for his wounds afterward.

Villager who acted as a father figure to Bellemere's daughters, Nami and Nojiko, after Bellemere's death.

• Near execution

  Arlong decides to execute Genzo for possessing a weapon, which he treats as rebellion; Usopp interferes.

• Rescue of Luffy

  Refuses other villagers' help to avoid drawing the fish-men into the fight and works to free Luffy from the trapping stone.

• Guardian of Nami's freedom

  Accepted Nami's decision to become a pirate, threatened Luffy to keep her smile safe, and resolved that the survivors should live wholeheartedly.

• Arlong (Other, Hostility)

  Arlong tried to execute Genzo for possessing a weapon.

• Nami (Guardian, Affinity)

  Adoptive father figure who encouraged her to live as she wished, and who gave her a pinwheel to make her smile as a child.

• Luffy (Guardian, Mixed)

  Warned him that his crew must never take away Nami's smile; Luffy accepted the warning.

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.

• Genzo (Guardian, Affinity)

  Adoptive father figure who accepted her pirate path and encouraged her to live freely.

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.

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.

Apis

Warship Island

A little girl held aboard a Marine ship who escaped her room and was later pulled from the sea onto the Going Merry by Luffy; she introduces herself as Apis and says her home is on Warship Island.

A girl who was taken by the marines and rescued by the Straw Hats; she can read the minds of animals and wears a pendant shaped like a millennial dragon claw.

• Escape from Marine ship

  Incapacitates one of her Marine guards, breaks out of her room, and climbs the mast before jumping into a lifeboat.

• Refusal to explain

  When asked why the Marines were holding her, she refuses to answer, and Sanji backs her, saying it is her business.

• Bokuden (Family, Affinity)

  Her grandfather, who lives on Warship Island and welcomes her return.

• Ryu (Guardian, Affinity)

  A dragon she found helpless in a cave; she is determined to help him return to his nest on Lost Island.

Bokuden (Grandpa)

An old man living on Warship Island, grandfather of Apis, who knows the island's legend of the dragons.

• Apis (Family, Affinity)

  His granddaughter, whom he welcomes back after she was taken by the marines.

Nelson Royal

Marine

A Marine officer who was told Apis was lost at sea, then learned she was back on Warship Island and ordered her recaptured.

• Eric (Hierarchy, Neutral)

  A mercenary he has hired and commands, ordered to capture Apis again.

Eric

Mercenary

A mercenary working under Nelson Royal who confirmed Apis was lost at sea, then was ordered to recapture her on Warship Island and believes she knows the dragonite's whereabouts.

Eric returns soaked and furious, and he attacks Nelson with his Devil Fruit power.

• Nelson Royal (Hierarchy, Colleague, Hostility)

  His employer, who ordered him to capture Apis again.

  Nelson welcomes Eric's return and proposes a deal, but Eric attacks him in fury.

Ryu

dragon · sennenryu

An old dragon hiding in a cave on Warship Island, who lost his way to Lost Island and is weakened with age.

A sennenryu whose dream was to reach the nest; he was taken down by Marine cannons and apparently died, after which he is reborn as a baby sennenryu from an egg.

• Rebirth at the nest

  Luffy tells Apis that sennenryus are reborn in the nest, and a baby sennenryu hatches from an egg, presumably Ryu.

• Apis (Guardian, Friend, Affinity)

  A dragon she met in the mountains and helps find his way home; she calls him Grandpa Ryu.

  Apis wanted him to live and believed his promise to get better at the nest; he is her companion in the nest.

• Luffy (Friend, Affinity)

  Luffy understood Ryu's call and agreed to carry his message to Apis.

World Memo

• Warship Island and Dragonite

  Warship Island is named for its shape, since from a distance it looks like a huge warship even though it is an island. Local legend holds that its people descend from Lost Island, which sank into the sea a thousand years ago and was home to the millennial dragons.

  The bones of those millennial dragons are called dragonite, also known as the Elixir of Immortality.

• Sennenryu nest resurfaces

  The nest island rises again as the water recedes after the tremors near Warship Island, showing that it is only accessible at intervals.

• Sennenryu and Lost Island

  Sennenryus are named not for their lifespan but for their migration: they return to their nest once every thousand years. The nest is called Lost Island because a long span of time passes before it becomes accessible again.

  Sennenryus are reborn in the nest, where the fossilized remains of their ancestors lie covered in coral.

Battle Record

Nelson's marines harpoon Luffy and Ryu; Luffy breaks Nelson's big ship in two and the marines retreat; Eric then slashes Nelson with his Devil Fruit power.

Marine fleet pursuit of the Going Merry

Escape into the Calm Belt · Episode 54

Location: Sea south of the Grand Line entrance, heading toward the Calm Belt

Trigger: Marines suspect the missing girl is aboard the Going Merry

Marines vs Straw Hat Pirates

• Marines — attackers: Marine fleet
• Straw Hat Pirates — defenders: Luffy, Nami, Usopp, Zoro, Sanji, Apis

Outcome: Straw Hats escape on a gust of wind; Marines stop at the edge of the Calm Belt

Aftermath

• Going Merry is stuck in the Calm Belt, unable to move

Sea King ambush in the Calm Belt

Going Merry surrounded in the Calm Belt · Episode 55

Location: Calm Belt

Trigger: Usopp's shout alerts a Sea King, which attacks the ship

Straw Hats vs Sea Kings

• Straw Hat Pirates — combatants: Luffy, Zoro, Usopp, Nami, Apis
• Sea Kings — attackers: Sea King

Outcome: Straw Hats escape; the Going Merry is launched out of the Calm Belt by the Sea King's sneeze

Aftermath

• Apis is rescued by Luffy after falling off the ship
• Apis pulls out the Sea King's nostril hair, provoking the sneeze

Warship Island standoff with Nelson's fleet

Nelson's marines vs Luffy and Eric · Episode 60

Location: Warship Island

Trigger: Nelson's marines, ordered by Nelson, throw a harpoon at Ryu and Luffy

Sides

• Straw Hat side — fighter: Luffy
• Nelson's fleet — commander: Nelson Royal / fighters: Marines
• Eric's side — fighter: Eric

Outcome: Nelson's big ship broken in two; the marines retreat; Eric slashes Nelson with his Devil Fruit power

Aftermath

• Marines scared off by Luffy's power
• Nelson slashed by Eric

Ability Table

Music Releases

• Believe (OP)
• RUN! RUN! RUN! (ED)