A Special Presentation Related to the Movie! A Gold Lion's Ambition on the Move!

Two decades earlier, the fearsome Golden Lion broke free of Impel Down by severing his own legs, leaving Magellan and the guards stunned at the empty cage. In the present, a giant beetle named Boss bursts in on the Thousand Sunny and snatches several of the crew, dragging Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp to a strange island. The place turns out to be a miniature recreation of the East Blue, populated by people who all hail from that sea.

The villagers reveal the island, Kansorn, is also called Little East Blue, complete with replicas of Foosha Village's windmill, the dojo from Zoro's hometown, the Baratie, and a mansion reminiscent of Kaya's. An old man recognizes the visitors as the Straw Hat Pirates and welcomes them through a maze of caverns into the hidden town. Usopp phones Nami to summon her over, and meanwhile Corto and his brother set out for the island, intent on recapturing the runaway beetle that fled from Shiki.

This serves as a prologue special tied to the Strong World feature and launches the Little East Blue Arc. It marks the first use of Kaze o Sagashite as the opening and carries no opening narration. A continuity slip places Nami's tattoo on the wrong arm in an early scene, and during one moment Sanji is voiced by Zoro's actor. The fish Brook reels in is identified as a Blue-Finned Elephant Tuna.