PART 1---
Chapter Title: “GOOD MORMAID”
TL NOTE: The Japanese title is written as “グッドモー人魚” (GOOD MOーNINGYO)
combining:
“グッドモー” = “Good Mo—” (from Good Morning)
and
“人魚 (Ningyo)” = “Mermaid”
It’s a pun on the English phrase “Good Morning,” + "Ningyo" (Mermaid) turning it into “Good Mor-Mermaid” or for better English translation, “Good Mor-Maid”
It's a reference to Brook's song in this chapter.
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The chapter starts with Imu conversing with Loki and Ragnir.
Imu: Ragnir... Thou hast... Huff... Huff... been waiting for someone who can take revenge on Mu. Isn't that right?!
Ragnir: KURIRIRI~!!!
Loki: What the heck are you blabbering about...? I've never seen anyone this tough!! Huff... Huff...
Imu: "Loki" "Straw Hat Luffy"
Either way, Ye would never become Mu’s soldiers!!
I shall erase ye here and now!!! Just like with Douzan...!!
Loki uses a new technique against Imu. Two lightning bolts from the sky hits Imu.
Loki: RAGNAJIN... HEIM!!!*
(TL Note: The Kanji of the technique is written as "鉄雷二武界" which literally means "Iron Lightning Dual Martial World")
*Imu counters with a new attack*
Imu: GRAM!*
TL Note: The technique is written in Kanji as "憤怒剣" meaning "Wrath Sword," read in kana as "GURAMU" = "GRAM." "Gram", Old Norse for "wrath" or "ill-tempered," is the legendary, dragon-slaying magic sword used by the hero Sigurd (or Siegfried) to kill the dragon Fafnir in Norse Mythology.
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The scene cuts to the Western Village, where the MMA Zaza is currently kidnapping the children.
Giant: Recover the children!!!
Giant Parent: There's no way we'll let them get taken away!!
Ripley: Just when our lives were finally saved...!!!
Oimo: We won't let you have the children!!!
Chopper: Wait, you guys!! You mustn't move!! Your blood transfusion isn't finished yet!! You're really going to die!!
Ripley: We don’t care about our lives!! Not if our children are going to be stolen from us...!!!
Children: WAH! KYAH!!! SAVE US!!!
Killingham: Just seven of them, huh... Well, that'll do. Let's go, "Zaza"!!
Sanji arrives at the scene and witnesses what's going on.
Sanji: What the heck is going on over there?!
Scene ends.
PART 2---
The scene cuts to the other Straw Hat Pirates. Nami, Usopp, Brook, Franky and Jinbe. Usopp asks Brook about the woman he fought earlier. Brook opens up about his past.
Brook reveals that Gunko looks exactly like someone from his past: the princess of his homeland, Esperia Kingdom. However, Brook is deeply confused because if that was really her, she should already be 77 years old by now.
The Straw Hats point out that Gunko is still a Celestial Dragon who attacked Elbaph, but Brook remembers that she was the one who loosened the arrow ropes earlier that enabled them to escape.
Brook also recalls Gunko briefly telling him to run away. He notices that she seemed to have multiple personalities. Three in fact:
Brook: The “first personality,” the “personality that saved us,” and that “demonic form”… It felt as if I had witnessed three completely distinct personalities…
Nami: Then is it possible that that girl is being controlled?!
Brook: Back then, I never could have even imagined such a thing, but… seeing people undergo this “demonization” here today… I can’t shake this deep, unsettling feeling in my heart…!!
Jinbe: I’m sorry, Brook!! But you need to decide right now whether we spare that woman or kill her!! Otherwise, we can’t make our move!!
Brook: It was a long, long time ago... Truly a long time ago!! She was just a child... and I was young too...!! A kingdom that is now long gone...!! "Esperia"
Brook’s flashback begins.
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---PART 3 (FINAL PART)---
Brook: Esperia. It was a nation brimming with music, where instrument workshops lined the streets...!!
Brook's flashback begins.
---70 years ago, West Blue - 4:00 AM---
*Strum Strum*
Brook: A~ A~ Ahem! One two three four...
Brook starts singing for the whole kingdom to hear.
When you wake up in the morning, Good Mor-maid* 🎵🎶
The begi~nning of a brand new world 🎵🎶
They say there are plenty of seas out there, I'd love to see them for myself 🎵🎶
GOOD MOR-MAID~~~~🎵🎶
TL NOTE: This is the chapter title reference. GOOD MOR-MERMAID = GOOD MOR-MAID for natural English Translation
Brook: Good morning, Esperia!! Our time waiting for the wind is finally over! Let's set sail again today, BABY!! The back streets~~?!
The citizens of the kingdom are shouting at him to shut up LOL.
Young Shuri/Gunko: Dehehe... Good Morning, Brook!!
Brook: The Harbor~~~?! The Arena~~~!!!
Someday I wanna meet a sexy mermaid~🎵🎶
Citizen: Shut up, Brook!!
Citizen: Kyah~! Brook-sama!
Citizen: Cut him off from the battle convoy already!
Brook: One that can take your soul away~ A bad endin-gyo!!! (Baddie Mermaid) 🎵🎶
Citizen: Bring me my pistol!
Brook: YEAH!!
Narrator: This is the nation of instrument craftsmen... The Esperia Kingdom
Scene cuts to the Esperia Kingdom Barracks
The soldiers of the convoy are asking their captain, Brook to teach them his "速斬り" (hayagiri, literally meaning "Fast Cut". I translated this technique here into "Flash-Slash")
Soldiers: You're always only doting on Princess Shuri!!
Brook: How unsightly... I am teaching you guys, aren't I? Master the basics before you start daydreaming!!
We now see Brook walking hand-to-hand and singing Binks' Sake with a young girl - this scene is the silhouette we saw on Ch. 1149.
Brook: Now then~🎵 I wonder what's for dinner tonight~🎵
Shuri: Yeah!! I'm getting really hungry~🎵
Brook and Shuri sings Binks' Sake together:
"Going to deliver Binks' Sake!" 🎵
"Following the sea breeze! Riding on the waves!" 🎵
"Far across the salty depths! The merry evening sun!" 🎵
"The birds sing as they draw circles in the sky!" 🎵
Princess Shuri is carrying a sword on her back. It seems she's also practicing swordsmanship.
Shuri: Dehehe... I've worked hard again today... I wonder if I got stronger? Just like mama!!
INTRODUCTION BOXES:
Esperia Kingdom
Princess
SHURI (7 years old)
Esperia Kingdom
"Battle Convoy" Ambush Squad Captain
Brook (20 years old)
Brook: Yes, your mother is very strong! Ah... Candel-sama... my guiding light!
Brook has hearts for eyes when she thinks of Candel. LOL
Shuri: Falling for a married woman* is bad, Brook.
TL NOTE: The Kanji is 人妻 = hitozuma = married woman. But for some reason, it’s spelled as “shitozuma” here. Either this is a typo, or Shuri mispronounced the word because she’s still a kid.
Brook: What are you even saying?! Love is free!!!
Suddenly someone spoke: "Death penalty" for conspiracy!!
Brook: What a heavy punishment~! Wah! Aniki,* No I mean, Your Majesty!!!
It's the King of Esperia Kingdom. Ruven.
TL NOTE: Brook calls Ruven “aniki.” We don’t know yet if they are blood-related, but it likely carries the same nuance as how the Franky Family, Usopp, Chopper, Nami, etc. call Franky “aniki.”
Shuri: Papa!
INTRO BOX:
Esperia Kingdom
King
Ruven
Ruven: You're plotting my assassination, aren't you?
Brook: No way!! Please stop it!! I will properly wait for your lifespan to run out.
Shuri: You see, Brook? You should give up on Mama!! In her place, when I grow up, I'll marry you! ♡
King Ruven: Hey, Shuri!! That's the heartwarming thing you're normally supposed to say to your Papa——!!
Brook: Ah, I have no need for a wife with a runny nose!!
King Ruven (kicks Brook in the head but Brook dodges.): You bastard!! Don't dump my daughter right in front of me——!!
Brook: I am a devoted man, you see!!
Shuri: Dehhehhehhe!!
Guard: Your Majesty!! I'm sorry to interrupt while you're having fun!! A gang's cavalry unit is currently moving from the harbor toward the town!! A few members of our Battle Convoy are in town, but they're completely outnumbered!! Reinforcements have departed from the castle, but they likely won't make it in time!!
King Ruven: What's their target?!
Guard: They're shouting the name of Queen Candel, who's currently watching an opera in town!
King Ruven: What did you say?! Could it be the Muuron Family?!
Guard: Yes!!
King Ruven: Those bastards have been targeting Candel for ages!! When on earth did they make land?!Contact Candel and tell her not to leave the opera house!!
Guard: The Den Den Mushi inside the opera house are set to silent mode!!
King Ruven: .....!!
Shuri: Brook, do something!! Mama's going to be kidnapped!!
Brook: The Muuron Family? ...Hmm, that's strange...
You see, I actually ran into them at the harbor today...
Scene cuts to the Opera Street
Citizen: Gyaaa~! It's the gang's cavalry unit!!
At the opera house, a play has just finished, and Candel is praising it.
Queen Candel: Ah… That was a marvelous play…
Gang Members: Now, come on out, Candel! Our leader, Don Muuron, says we have permission to shoot if you refuse! Today is the day we settle the score once and for all! You're gonna learn to love our Don, Candel!!
Guard: We have to tell the Queen not to leave the theater……
A gang member shoots the guard*
BANG!
Guard: Gyaaah!!
King Ruven: Brook~!!!
Brook: It's gonna be alright, Aniki*. Besides, the Queen is very strong!! She won't get caught…!!
(Note: The Kanji is written as "国王" = "King" but the kana reading is "ANIKI")
――And besides, It's quite troublesome that they haven't noticed at all… When I met them at the harbor...
Brook smiles nonchalantly and says:
I've already cut all of them.
King Ruven & Shuri: What!?
Scene cuts back to the front of the Opera House.
Gang Members: !!! / !!?
One by one, gang members are collapsing from slash wounds. All gang members are down on the ground, wincing.
Gang Member: What the heck... is this...
Citizens: Wait… don't tell me—— these guys...
Citizens: they were already cut this whole time…!?
Citizens: Then that means…!!!
Citizens: It's Captain Brook's Flash-Slash!
Citizens: It's the "Three-Verse Humming: Arrow-Notch Slash"~~~~~~!!! (Hanauta Sancho: Yahazugiri)
Citizens: Brook-sama~! ♡ / So cool!~ /
Citizens: The Queen has come outside! ♡
Citizens: Oh my... ♡ She's so beautiful~! ♡
A very beautiful woman donned in elegant white outfit has come out the opera.
Narrator: More than 70 years ago… there were two stars in the "Esperia Kingdom"… One was the former Leader of the "Battle Convoy" and the current "Queen" of the kingdom, Candel. The other, though his music was poorly received, was a master of the "Flash-Slash" so swift that those cut didn't even notice—the Captain of the "Ambush Squad" - "Humming Brook."
Queen Candel: Fufu… It's quite lively out here…
INTRO BOX:
Esperia Kingdom
Queen
Candel
Narrator: During this time, the kingdom was at peace——
End Note: Brook, in his younger days...
END OF CHAPTER
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