A Red Stone! A Guide to the 'One Piece'

With his chains struck off by his comrades, Raizo reunites with the Wano natives Kin'emon, Kanjuro, and Momonosuke after years apart. The reunion gives way to a strange request: Luffy, Usopp, Chopper, and several other men pester the ninja to behave like the storybook shinobi they imagine. He resists at first, insisting that real ninja never put on a spectacle, but their crushing disappointment wins him over.

Deeper inside the Whale Tree, Robin studies a poneglyph unlike any she has examined before, glowing red instead of blue. Once translated, its inscription proves to be a set of sea coordinates pointing toward an island near the journey's true end.

Raizo finally performs, slipping away with a fire technique, splitting into clones, swapping his body to dodge Luffy's grab, dashing across the ceiling, and carving the character for shinobi into the wall with thrown blades. The men cheer, then carry him outside, where the wreckage of Kurau City below moves him and the samurai to tears. He grieves the bustling town he remembered and vows to repay the minks who shielded him.

Nekomamushi calls everyone back for the translation. Nami recognizes the figures as plottable coordinates, and Inuarashi explains the slab is a Road Poneglyph. Four such stones exist, each marking an island, and only by uniting all four locations can anyone pinpoint Laugh Tale at their center and claim the One Piece.

From here onward Raizo joins the We Can! opening alongside Kin'emon, Kanjuro, and Momonosuke. The episode debuts the Maki Maki no Mi and several of Raizo's named ninja arts. Anime-original touches include the men sulking after his refusal, an expanded Ohara flashback showing Robin's hidden study and the paper-rubbing copy method, and Franky striking his Super pose while praising ninja. Where the manga limited the disappointed reaction to three crewmates, the broadcast adds Franky, Zoro, and Law to the sulking group. The installment falls within the Zou Arc.