Chapter 403: "Mr. Chivalry"

  • Manga (Japanese)

    Title: 〝Mr.騎士道〟

    Furigana: 〝ミスターきしどう〟

    Weekly Jump: [2006-15] (18 Pages)

    Vol. 42, Pg. 67-85

    Anime: 287, 288

    Manga (English)

    Title: N/A

    Shonen Jump: N/A

    Vol. ??

    Anime: N/A

    Characters Introduced

    • None

    Cover Story: Miss Goldenweek's Operation: Meet Baroque (Vol. 34)

Summary

Sanji continues to struggle in the match against Kalifa. He gets two opportunities to strike Kalifa, but stops before physically harming her, hoping that it was enough to get her to hand over her key. Tired of Sanji's empty threats, Kalifa finally gets Sanji in a tight position, and tells him that he won't survive her new, unrevealed Devil's Fruit abilities.

Just when Nami is in peril from the grip of Kumadori's hair, Chopper rushes in to interfere, releasing Nami from suffocation. As Nami and Chopper run away, Sanji falls through the ceiling above them. Something's wrong though, as Sanji appears to be a glass doll. Nami can't help but understand the situation as soon as she sees Kalifa above her. She could not believe that even in a dying state, Sanji would continue to go through with his code of chivalry. Because Sanji is incapable of fighting, Nami takes his place while Chopper goes against Kumadori.

It appears that Luffy attempted to go directly to the Gates of Justice using a small boat, but failed because of the giant whirlpools. Chimney and Gonbe arrived in time to rescue him. Both of them take Luffy to the door they saw Spandam use, but find that the door is unopenable without a key. Luffy uses Gear Third on the steel door, and continues forward... as a small version of himself! A result of Gear Third!?


Kalifa: Let's try something fun, instead...

Analysis

  • Sanji is more than capable of defeating Kalifa, but as the chapter title implies, being a man of chivalry prevented him from succeeding in his match.
  • It is revealed that at a young age, Sanji had the notion that a woman must never be kicked. Even this impressed Nami.
  • Nami is baffled by Sanji's chivalry, but she doesn't want him to die for no reason. For this, she takes his place and squares off against Kalifa, leaving Chopper to Kumadori.
  • Luffy's Gear Third is revealed to be capable of taking down a steel door, but at this point, it is still unknown as to what it looks like or what Luffy does to achieve this.

SBS Corner

O: Here's a sudden new project! I call it "(S)onna (J)ouhou (I)rimasen" (I didn't need to know that). The SJI Corner!! This time, I'll show you the faces of "Wanze" from my sketchbook before he became the guy we all know!!


CP7 Fighter Wanze


Started as a girl?!


Became a man!


Started looking weird!


Cabbage?! What the heck!
(I'll give you a cabbage!!)


Whoa!! Now THAT looks weird!!


Complete!! (oh boy)

Now then, on p.166, I have reprinted an astonishingly high-quality papercraft "Kaku Bank" from reader Hatasaki-san in Tokyo! It's printed as-is, so use a printer to make a large version for yourself. Try coloring it and everything!



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