ONE PIECE Episode 7 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

Epic Showdown! Swordsman Zoro vs. Acrobat Cabaji!

Buggy's bombardment is turned back on his crew when Luffy deflects the Buggy Ball, leaving Buggy as the only survivor besides Cabaji, who is then defeated by Zoro. While Zoro duels Cabaji, Nami sneaks into the pub, takes a guard's key, and opens a treasure chest holding a Grand Line map. Luffy then fights Buggy, who damages and pierces Luffy's straw hat, and Luffy's anger grows as Buggy shows a deep grudge against Shanks.

• Buggy Ball rebound and Zoro's duel

  Luffy knocks Boodle out and deflects Buggy's cannonball back at the Buggy Pirates, which leaves only Buggy and Cabaji standing. Cabaji offers to fight for Buggy, and Zoro beats him one-on-one with Oni Giri after Cabaji uses dirty tricks and attacks from several angles.

• Nami's treasure chest

  Nami leaves the group during Zoro's fight, knocks out a patrolling guard in the pub, and takes his key to open a chest that holds a map of the Grand Line.

• Luffy and Buggy's clash

  Buggy detaches his body parts to defend himself and damages Luffy's straw hat, then pierces it with three knives. Luffy explains the hat's significance, and Buggy reveals a strong grudge against Shanks.

Recent Timeline

• Early escapes and Shanks' hat (Episode 4)

  A girl burglar posed as a stranded woman to lure the Buggy Pirates aboard her boat, then secretly boarded their ship and sailed away without them noticing, and the pirates' ship capsized in a windstorm. Shanks had earlier rescued Luffy from the sea at the cost of his left arm, and before leaving Foosha Village for the Grand Line he entrusted his straw hat to Luffy, which Luffy has kept as a reminder of his idol. Zoro, meanwhile, defeated the stranded Buggy Pirates when they boarded his rowboat to hijack it.

• Partnership and Buggy's crew (Episode 5)

  Luffy unexpectedly fell into the pursuers' midst and defeated the armed men barehanded while Nami slipped away, and the fight impressed her enough to propose a partnership. Nami returned the stolen chart to Buggy, claiming she had quarreled with her boss to join his crew, and was accepted, gaining access to the crew while planning to recover the chart and steal his treasure. Zoro then clashed with Buggy and was stabbed; Buggy claimed the wound decided the fight, and Nami feared all three would die unless they acted.

• Mohji, Richie and the bombardment (Episode 6)

  Luffy fought the lion Richie to protect the food at Chouchou's guarded shop and returned the scraps he recovered after the rest had been eaten. Mohji reported to Buggy that Luffy, not Zoro, had defeated him, and the treasure Chouchou guarded could not be restored. Buggy's bombardment hit Boodle's home while Zoro was sleeping inside, yet Zoro answered Luffy's call alive, showing the attack had not killed him.

• Buggy Ball and Cabaji's defeat (Episode 7)

  Buggy fired a Buggy Ball at the group, but Luffy deflected it with his rubber body and sent it back, decimating Buggy's men; only Buggy and Cabaji survived, having used subordinates and Richie as shields. Cabaji used dirty tricks aimed at Zoro's stab wound and attacked from angles on his unicycle, but Zoro's Oni Giri sliced his chest and defeated him, leaving Zoro asleep and Luffy and Buggy as the only combatants left.

• Map theft and the damaged hat (Episode 7)

  While Zoro fought Cabaji, Nami broke away and trespassed into the pub, knocked out a patrolling guard, took his key, and opened a treasure chest holding a map of the Grand Line. In his fight with Luffy, Buggy first damaged Luffy's straw hat and then pierced it with three knives, further infuriating him. Luffy explained the hat's significance to Buggy, who revealed a strong grudge against Shanks.

Character Graph

Alvida

Alvida Pirates

Pirate captain leading the Alvida Pirates. Attacks ships and keeps chore boys; armed with a large spiked club. Defeated by Luffy and sent flying into the sea.

• Defeat

  Knocked off her ship into the sea by Luffy's Gomu Gomu no Pistol

• Koby (Hierarchy, Hostility)

  Holds Koby as one of her chore boys

• Luffy (Other, Hostility)

  Confronted Luffy as a suspected bounty hunter and lost the fight

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

• Alvida (Hierarchy, Hostility)

  Forced to serve Alvida as one of her chore boys

• Luffy (Other, Neutral)

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

Helmeppo

Marine

A snobbish, cruel man who is the son of Captain Morgan and abuses the townspeople.

• Abuse of townspeople

  Brings a hostile wolf into a bar, then threatens to execute the customers unless Zoro surrenders.

• Broken deal

  Breaks his deal with Zoro by intending to execute him anyway.

• Roronoa Zoro (Other, Hostility)

  Struck a deal with Zoro after Zoro defeated his wolf, then intended to execute him anyway.

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.

• Helmeppo (Other, Hostility)

  Stopped from delivering food by Helmeppo, who destroys the rice balls.

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 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

• Alvida (Other, Hostility)

  Defeated the pirate captain who suspected him of being a bounty hunter

• Roronoa Zoro (Colleague, Affinity)

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

Nami (the thief)

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.

• Ambition

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

• Luffy (Colleague, Mixed)

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

• Buggy (Hierarchy, Hostility)

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

Roronoa Zoro (the pirate hunter)

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

Former pirate hunter who says he has given up the practice; fights Buggy's crew and is stabbed during the battle.

• 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.

• Confiscated katanas

  His katanas are confiscated and kept in the Marine base, where Luffy goes to find them.

• Rika (Other, Affinity)

  Rika brings him rice balls out of kindness.

• Helmeppo (Other, Hostility)

  Defeated Helmeppo's wolf to protect the bar's customers, then was threatened and betrayed by him.

• Buggy (Other, Hostility)

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

Boodle (the mayor)

townspeople

The mayor of the town, who treats the townspeople and the town itself as his treasure and resolves to defend them against the pirates.

• Protective resolve

  Ashamed to stand by while Chouchou and Luffy fought, he resolved to defend the town, insisting the pirates had no right to destroy forty years of work.

• Buggy (Other, Hostility)

  Challenges Buggy to a fight to protect the town, opposing the pirates' bombardment.

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.

• 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.

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.

Uses his subordinates as human shields to survive the cannonball backfire. Holds a very strong grudge against Shanks.

• 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, Hostility)

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

• Luffy (Other, Hostility)

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

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.

• 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.

World Memo

• Town built from wasteland

  The townspeople built their community from wasteland forty years before the present events, and Boodle regards the town and its people as his treasure.

Battle Record

Cabaji offers to fight on Buggy's behalf, and Zoro duels him and defeats him with Oni Giri.

Zoro vs Buggy at Buggy's camp

Cannon standoff · Episode 5

Location: Buggy's camp, by the cannon

Trigger: Buggy ordered Nami to fire a Buggy Ball at the caged Luffy as proof of loyalty, and Zoro arrived to rescue them

Buggy Pirates vs Straw Hat trio

• Buggy Pirates — leader: Buggy / crew: Buggy's men
• Straw Hat trio — fighters: Roronoa Zoro, Luffy / ally: Nami

Outcome: Zoro turns the Buggy Ball cannon on Buggy's crew and Nami lights it; the blast scatters the pirates, and the wounded Zoro escapes with Nami, carrying Luffy in his cage.

Buggy's bombardment of the town

Attack on Boodle's town · Episode 6– (Ongoing)

Location: Boodle's town

Trigger: Enraged after Mohji reports his defeat by Luffy, Buggy fires a Buggy Ball into the town, destroying Boodle's house where Zoro was resting.

Attack on the town

• Buggy Pirates — attackers: Buggy
• Boodle's townspeople — defenders: Boodle

Zoro vs Cabaji duel

Episode 7

Trigger: Cabaji offers to fight the group on Buggy's behalf

Sides

• Straw Hat group — duelist: Roronoa Zoro
• Buggy Pirates — duelist: Cabaji

Outcome: Cabaji defeated by Zoro's Oni Giri slash to the chest; Zoro collapses asleep on the ground

Aftermath

• Cabaji falls off his unicycle

Ability Table

Music Releases

• We Are! (OP)
• Memories (ED)