Chopper's Rage!! Hogback's Demonic Medical Practice

The reanimated forms of Zoro and Sanji prove too much for Chopper and Robin, and the borrowed quirks those shadows once gave the corpses have nearly faded entirely. Boasting over his work, Hogback explains that any fresh creation keeps just a fraction of its donor's character before devotion to him swallows the rest. Chopper, who had genuinely admired the doctor, now feels nothing but disgust upon grasping the cruelty of these experiments. Hogback insists the bodies are truly living, then drifts into the memory of a woman he loved who turned him aside for the man she planned to marry.

Cindry's fatal accident, Hogback recounts, left him broken, and Moria offered to return her if the doctor would serve him, after which her corpse was reshaped into an obedient servant fixated on destroying plates. Revolted, Chopper orders her to quit licking the floor and moves to purify her, only to be stopped by her power and the two zombie swordsmen. Once the dog and rooster creations fall to bickering through their stolen temperaments, Robin uses the opening to seal Hogback's mouth, then maneuvers him into commanding Jigoro and Inuppe off the tower, which they obey. Recovering herself for a moment, Cindry stands frozen and refuses his order to strike.

Built from chapter material, the installment scored 6.0 and placed eighth that week. Chopper reaches Cindry by asking what her family would make of her plight and what genuine freedom means, which halts her. Far off, Luffy still cannot connect a blow against Moria as Oars at last appears before them. A musical flourish accompanies the zombies' leap: Beethoven's Ode to Joy, from the closing movement of the Ninth Symphony, swells over the scene.