"Death to Your Partner! Killer's Deadly Gamble" is the 1054th episode of the One Piece anime.
Short Summary[]
Killer and Hawkins continue their battle. Killer finds away to damage Hawkins despite his Devil Fruit powers, and emerges victorious in battle.
Long Summary[]
Killer continues his battle against Hawkins, but the battle is not in his favour. Thanks to his Devil Fruit abilities, Hawkins has total immunity from Killer's attacks, with the damage inflicted being redirected to Kid.
Killer's subordinates arrive to his aid, but Killer refuses to attack Hawkins. So, Hawkins decides to harm Kid himself by repeatedly slamming his head into the wall. The damage is redirected to Kid's head, proving especially disadvantageous to Kid due to his battle with Big Mom. When Killer declares that Kid will become the Pirate King, this angers Hawkins, causing him to ruthlessly beat Killer.
With a single attack, Killer slices off Hawkins' left arm. Because Kid lost his left arm prior, the attack leaves him totally unharmed. Instead, Hawkins loses his own arm. Killer pulls the straw doll out of Hawkins' severed arm and destroys it, undoing the damage dealt to Kid's body. Hawkins no longer has any people left to redirect damage to and is now completely vulnerable to attacks.
In a last-ditch effort, Hawkins draws a tarot card. He reveals the "Death" card upright, summoning a giant straw monster. Killer decapitates the monster with the Zanshu Claw move, instantly destroying it. Hawkins draws a second card, only to find to his horror that he drew the "Tower" card. With this, Killer sliced Hawkins with Gin Sonic, defeating him and causing him to collapse.
The "Tower" card is assigned two meanings: the death of the old and a new path.
Characters in Order of Appearance[]
- Killer
- Eustass Kid
- Basil Hawkins
- Kurozumi Orochi (flashback)
- Pomp
- UK
- Bubblegum
- Charlotte Linlin
- Napoleon
- Trafalgar D. Water Law
- Prometheus
- Hera
- Kaidou (flashback)
- Scratchmen Apoo (flashback)
Anime Notes[]
- The anime adds the following:
- Killer asking the other members of the Kid Pirates present not to help is shown.
- Big Mom attempting to attack Kid with Prometheus before Law intervenes.
- Big Mom combining Napoleon and Hera to attack is shown before Law attacks with Counter Shock.
- Hawkins banging his head to give Kid a headache is shown.
- A visual of Kid's artificial arm is shown when Killer explains to Hawkins that Kid has no left arm.
- The discovery of where Hawkins' final straw man and its destruction after being removed is shown.
- The anime extends the following:
- Kid and Law's battle against Big Mom.
- Killer's battle against Hawkins.
- Hawkins' flashback of Kaidou suggesting the members of the Worst Generation which were present serve him in exchange for their lives.