"The Power of Ice Oni! A New Version of the Excite Bullets" is the 1005th episode of the One Piece anime.
Short Summary[]
Queen names his masterpiece virus the Ice Oni. Kaidou collapses from the Nine Red Scabbards' attack, but gets up quickly, unleashing an attack that severs Kiku's arm.
Long Summary[]
The slash that the Nine Red Scabbards inflicted on Kaidou reopens the scars that Oden made. Kaidou collapses from the injury.
Back inside, Queen takes out his gatling gun and fires another round of Excite Bullets. Zoro is forced to fight off the infected samurai who became hostile from the virus. Although he recognizes one of the samurai from the hallway, he is forced to cut him down to avoid getting infected. The Straw Hats are appalled by this new highly-infectious virus, and Queen names it his masterpiece, the Ice Oni.
Luffy and Sanji fight off a group of Beasts Pirates, but they are faced with a Shinuchi, gorilla SMILE user Briscola. Jinbe strikes Briscola down from behind. Although he gets up, Jinbe defeats him with a punch, sending him crashing into the ceiling. Together, Luffy, Sanji and Jinbe battle against the remaining Beasts Pirates.
The people in the Flower Capital celebrate, but they secretly long for the return of the Kouzuki Family. Minatomo the carpenter sits down for a drink, and remembers the old days where the country was run by Sukiyaki and Oden. The townspeople pray that the Nine Red Scabbards are battling against Orochi and Kaidou.
Atop the Skull Dome, the Nine Red Scabbards decide to decapitate Kaidou to finish him off, but he gets up before they could do so. Kaidou reflects on his battle with Oden; although he laments that Higurashi used a dirty trick to sabotage Oden, he decides to attack the samurai at full strength. He unleashes a series of flying slashes, and one of them cuts off Kiku's arm.
Characters in Order of Appearance[]
- Kaidou
- Ashura Doji
- Kin'emon
- Denjiro
- Inuarashi
- Kawamatsu
- Izou
- Raizo
- Nekomamushi
- Kikunojo
- X Drake
- Roronoa Zoro
- Queen
- Tony Tony Chopper
- Brook
- Nico Robin
- Daifugo (flashback)
- Monkey D. Luffy
- Sanji
- Briscola
- Jinbe
- Kouzuki Oden (balloon, flashback, and fantasy)
- Minatomo
- Azuki
- Waruno Furishiro
- Rakuda
- Kumagoro
- Kisegawa
- Tokijiro
- Kobe
- Kurozumi Higurashi (flashback and disguised as Kouzuki Momonosuke)
Anime Notes[]
- This is the first episode to use PAINT as the opening theme.
- The anime adds the following:
- The anime extends the following:
- The Flower Capital citizens continuing to celebrate the Fire Festival.