The Hero of Arabasta and the Ballerina on Deck

Off the coast of Nanohana, the Puppu Pirates run wild and loot the town under their flag. Pell, Chaka, and a mounted escort ride toward the area just as Crocodile appears atop a building, drawing shouts of recognition from the crowd, Puppu among them, who names him as one of the Warlords. Crocodile announces he has come for Puppu's head and warns that anyone hoping to live should lie flat. When the pirates instead stab him on the ground, their blades stick fast; he raises an arm, an inverted twister rises, and once it fades the crew lie dead and drained of moisture in the sand. Soldiers reach the scene only after he has gone, and Chaka later briefs Cobra at the palace on the raid.

The Going Merry pushes through steam thrown up by an undersea volcano, and within the haze the Straw Hats haul a drowning Mr. 2 aboard. While awaiting his own vessel, he flaunts the Mane Mane no Mi, copying the face of anyone his right hand touches. He duplicates the whole crew except Sanji, who is busy in the galley rummaging for ingredients, and Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper marvel at the trick. During the display Vivi is unsettled to see him take on the likeness of her father, Cobra. When his ship arrives and the crew learns he is an officer agent of Baroque Works, they wrap bandages around their arms so an impostor among them can be told apart.

This installment is the first of the Arabasta Arc. It carries debuts for Puppu and the Nanohana setting, and introduces Crocodile's Sables technique alongside Bon Kurei's Mane Mane Memory and the Mane Mane no Mi itself. The eyecatcher pairs Usopp with Zoro. The 4Kids release retitled it "Face Off," while the Funimation dub aired it as "Alabasta's Hero and a Ballerina on the Ship!"