Episode 8: "Who is Victor? Devil Fruit Power Showdown"

 Episode Info

Saga: East Blue Saga

Arc: Orange Town Arc

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This seems to be the last episode on Orange Town arc as the Luffy, Zoro and Nami leaves the town at the end. 

The episode starts with the duel between Luffy and Buggy. Since they both have contrasting devil fruit powers the fight between them was comical.

During the fight Buggy, explain his relationship between himself and the Red-haired Shank. 

Flashback: At the young age Buggy and Shank were comrades under the same pirate leader. They had their own goals of becoming pirate and travel in their own. On their sailing, they came  across a ship and started to attack on it. In the attack, Buggy got a Map which indicates the treasure is under the sea. After, the victory in the fight, Shanks and Buggy had conversation between them, where Shank told he found Devil Fruit, which is of incarnation of Sea Devil, whoever have this fruit Sea will get angry and they will lost the swimming abilities. The cost of the fruit is 100 million berries. To form his own crew, Buggy stole the fruit to sell it in the market but accidentally he eats it and falls in the Ocean where he lost the map and swimming abilities, then saved by Shank.

In the present, Buggy tells Luffy that because he decide take all the treasure on the land if the under the sea is not possible and their fight continues. Now Buggy saw that Nami is taking way his treasure, he goes to attack her but Luffy saves her again. During the fight, Nami tied all the split part of Buggy, which made him vulnerable and Luffy successfully defeats him. Nami gives the Grandline Map to Luffy, as he saved her life and join the crew for the benefits not as pirate

Now, villagers comes in the search long gone mayor who stays outside the city and they thought these 3 young follows attacked Mayor and Luffy confirms it 🤣. 

Villagers chases them and they were saved by Chouchou. Finally they set off the sail to next destination leaving some stolen money on the shore to the mayor to rebuilt their city.