Episode
One Piece: Protect Kaya! The Usopp Pirates' Great Efforts!
Overview
As the fight between Luffy and Kuro is close to an end, the Usopp Pirates do their best to avoid Jango.
Details
- Series
- One Piece
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 2000-03-01
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Protect Kaya! The Usopp Pirates' Great Efforts! is Episode 16 in East Blue of One Piece. It aired on 2000-03-01. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 15: Beat Kuro! Usopp the Man's Tearful Resolve!
Zoro and Buchi (of the Nyaban Brothers) face off once again as Luffy and Kuro begin their fight. Usopp orders the Usopp Pirates to run away with Kaya, but Jango goes after them. A flashback reveals how Captain Kuro faked his death with Captain Morgan and how he became Kaya's butler.
Episode 17: Anger Explosion! Kuro vs. Luffy! How it Ends!
Kuro's ultimate attack, "Shakushi", attacks everything in the area, whether friend or foe, and Luffy becomes enraged by his lack of regard for his crew. Will Luffy's determination overcome Kuro's sheer speed?
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Episode 13: The Terrifying Duo! Meowban Brothers vs. Zoro!
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Episode 19: The Three-Sword Style's Past! Zoro and Kuina's Vow!
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Episode 12: Clash with the Black Cat Pirates! The Great Battle on the Slope!
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Episode 20: Famous Cook! Sanji of the Sea Restaurant!
The crew meets Johnny and Yosaku, Zoro's former companions, and they set sail for the Baratie restaurant in search of a cook.
Episode 11: Expose the Plot! Pirate Butler, Captain Kuro!
After learning of Captain Kuro's evil plan, Usopp runs back to the village to warn Kaya, only to find that after all his years of lying no one believes him.
Episode 21: Unwelcome Customer! Sanji's Food and Ghin's Debt!
Sanji, a cook at the Baratie, helps a starving pirate named Gin. Luffy begins his job as a waiter to pay for the damage he did to the Baratie, and tries to convince Sanji to join his crew.
Episode 10: The Weirdest Guy Ever! Jango the Hypnotist!
When trying to convince his rich friend, Kaya, to give the Straw Hats a ship, Usopp is told to stay away from her by her caretaker, Klahadore. However, when Usopp and Luffy later see him conversing with a strange man, they learn of a plot to kill Kaya.
Episode 22: The Strongest Pirate Fleet! Commodore Don Krieg!
Gin returns to the Baratie with his also-starving captain, Don Krieg, to whom Sanji once more gives food, but Don Krieg betrays the cook once he regains his energy.