One Piece Episode 500: Freedom Taken Away! The Nobles' Plot Closing in on the Brothers!

Canon/MED

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Sabo getting dragged back to that house was heart wrenching and seeing Ace and Luffy left behind made the whole thing feel so lonely and wrong

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Bluejam and the nobles are literally plotting to murder an entire city of poor people just to look good for some celestial dragon and it makes my blood boil

Episode Context

Sitting deep within the extended flashback detailing the childhood bond between Luffy, Ace, and Sabo, this episode escalates the Gray Terminal crisis as the Bluejam Pirates tighten their grip on the brothers. The preceding episodes established the trio's unbreakable bond and the societal rot of the Goa Kingdom, and this installment pushes those tensions toward a breaking point. What follows will bring the full weight of the nobility's conspiracy crashing down, setting up one of the most emotionally devastating sequences in One Piece's history.

Runtime24 min

Filler StatusCanon

Plot ImportanceMED

Air DateMay 29, 2011

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