Chapter 404 "Franky VS Fukurou" Discussion

[Zongcai]

Many many thanks to Gamabounta for pointing it out.

EDIT: And thanks to Battle Franky and Samestus for mirroring!

EDIT 2: Aaaand the HQ and Stephen's translation are out. Thanks, Huron and Stephen.

huron: http://shonenpower123.free.fr/One.zip (HQ)

Translation (stephen): http://www.mangascreener.com/stephen/onepiece/chapter404.txt

Battle Franky (LQ): http://home.exetel.com.au/battle_franky/index.html/Franky%20House/ONE%20PIECE%20-%20404.zip

DAMN what an awesome chapter. I thought I'd seen it all until I saw a dude throw his own sideburns at somebody. XD

[Razza]

Awsome, cheers for the links.

[darktravis]

Franky and this chapter are just too cool for words
Sideburn projectiles…does it get any better, I ask you? Plus the fist fight was just awesome and dynamically drawn. And the last spread...DAMN YEAH! My fav chapter so far

[Herackles]

downloading..

THIS IS GONNA BE EPIC

[Razza]

Oh my, Franky kicked some uber ass in this! This has made me think of Franky better, i've never really liked him.

[Local-chan]

Woah! Thanks! I wasn't expecting it this early

[FlapperPrower]

Looks like the fight between Franky & Fukurou is over. And it looks like chibi Luffy is just a side-effect of Gear 3.

[Phlemingo]

Perfect… get key 2, give it to uso/zoro, run off to confront spanda.

[Ganner_Rhysode]

o.o I thought there would be NO chapter this week. So what's going on ? Could somebody explain this to me ? O.o THX for this awesome chapter. I LOVE franky XD

[Ashen]

the person last week made a mistake, and since apforums was down for 5 to 6 days, i didn't know until yesterday. And there will be a chapter next week with colored pages.

[Aldrich]

Oh the awesomeness… That's it, Franky is quickly becoming my favorite strawhat member now, with Usopp of course.

Thanks a bunch for the raw. And glad to see the forums are back!

[Daz]

• The Boxing match between Franky and Fukurou will undoubtly go down in OP history
• Lucchi scores villain points for compromising the mission, in order to get a fight
• Kumadoris' back in action! And it looks like he battered up Chopper a bit
• Did Fukurou just summon a Rankyaku on page 17?

[Riksu]

thanks! much!
wow, my internet was down this morning and i was super pissed, when i went to school, checked if the new chapter was out, and then it was, and i would have not made it through alive if this thing didn't function by the time i got home.
but it did! and this chapter totally rocked me off my pants! franky.is.so.COOL.
collapses, never making it back to wearing pants again, in honor of franky

[oceanizer]

tetetetete… tototototo... tatatatata.... dodododod... XDD Awesome.

Ha ha ha. Nice chapter. It was fun.

[einthedog]

great! it seems that Franky's got a new type of punch! chopper is acting like the jolly in every fight!

[darktravis]

From what I can see when Franky runs out of cola, in addition to not being able to use his cyborg parts, his power and speed are also decreased but he's still strong (about on par with Fukurou)
I also totally forgot about the comedy (because the badassness overshadowed it). Totally hilarious - Franky with onion hair LOL! It seems my manga strip about different drinks having different effects was accurate
I'm salivating over this chapter and the thought of a translation to come

[HTC]

Most EXCELLENT chapter, indeed ^^

[Raoul]

Great chapter!

…I know this isn't much of a post but, that's all I have to say...very good stuff!

I just don't really understand what happened to Kumadori with the fridge.

[Sanjilops]

Finally the forums are back. Thanks for the link, Zongcai!

[zizou]

some sweet action from franky there
im loving this chapter!

[smurfx]

wow franky is awesome he must join the crew. so franky already won the match right? i'm glad that the fights aren't going to be drawn out naruto style. now franky can join up luffy and team up in the fight against spandam and lucci and his pigeon.

[RichardMcJew]

I wonder if the fight is really over. If it is, then it looks like Franky pulled a sort of one punch KO on Fukurou near the end there. This sort of implies a juiced up Franky is on par or nearly on par with a Gear 2 Luffy. For some reason I find that a little difficult to believe.

[mazinkaiser]

Whoohoo thx for 404 ,I thought there's no chapter this week?
Just Love Franky messing up Fukuro's mouth, so funny!!!!!!
Fukuro looks K.Od by Strong Hammer, and why did Franky's hair look like a pineapple?

[smurfx]

@RichardMcJew:

I wonder if the fight is really over. If it is, then it looks like Franky pulled a sort of one punch KO on Fukurou near the end there. This sort of implies a juiced up Franky is on par or nearly on par with a Gear 2 Luffy. For some reason I find that a little difficult to believe.

i don't see why all the strawhats have to be much weaker than luffy.

[Xephon]

@mazinkaiser:

Fukuro looks K.Od by Strong Hammer, and why did Franky's hair look like a pineapple?

I think it was more of an onion?

Anyways sweet chapter, Franky was damn cool in this.

[Phlemingo]

Whoa. I liked that panel where Franky did his ultimate punch on Fukurou and Fukurou went "Tekkai", but blood still splurted from his mouth.

[Aldrich]

@mazinkaiser:

Whoohoo thx for 404 ,I thought there's no chapter this week?
Just Love Franky messing up Fukuro's mouth, so funny!!!!!!
Fukuro looks K.Od by Strong Hammer, and why did Franky's hair look like a pineapple?

His hair take different shapes depending on the drinks he has in his stomach. The onion shaped hair was because Chopper handed him vegetable juice, and the second form was what, tea?

[dewagila]

so … franky's hair style is depend on what kind of drink did he drink before ...

so, what would be franky's hair style if he drink .... the same potion as choppers rumble ball ...

[Mavado]

What I want to know is whether or not Chopper slipped Franky those
drinks by accident or because he thought they'd be more refreshing.

I also wonder how long it'll take Kumadori to get out of the fridge…

[Robert L. Stevenson]

yeah there was a chapter this week >< YEAH !
.. but it was a lonly week without the forum

Franky is so cool -

[igetownd]

What is Jugon? Is it Rokushiki?

btw, this is my first post ever.

[e283]

crazy chapter… Franky & Fukurou testing their strength & endurance at one another... then Chopper giving "bad" juice at Franky~ LOL :laugh:

[Duce of Transilvania]

Man this is the great. School sucked big time this week and the forums were down. So i was very happy when they were back up, but i never thought that there would be a chapter waiting for me.:blink:
And what a chapter it was, Franky vs Fukurou was awesome. The last page is just… im drooling. Plus Frankys onion hair was hilarious.

[Battle Franky]

One Piece - 404

^^If you didn't already download this at Kefi or MH here it is again. :closedeyes:

[game2005]

I believe the fight must be over. If you have noticed, in every OP fight, the final blow is always shown in a big square that takes up the whole page. Surely Fukuro is defeated.

[Buccaneer]

Wow, that was almost too brutal. Awesome.

[Deicide]

Really cool! I can't wait the translation.

Is anyone besides me getting a strange feeling because Kumadori is being Chopper's b*tch? Heh, also Choppers is appearing from nowhere in every fight. LOL.

Also, if Fukurou is out, then he we really weak. He hardly showed any Rokushiki, and even Nero gave Franky more trouble. Anyway, when I saw the spoiler, I was expecting this chapter to lead to a Kumadori + Fukurou vs. Franky + Chopper fight. If Fukurou is out, what will happen? I just hope that Fukurou will stand up (like Blueno did after being owned by Luffy's first attacks) and fight serious for one more chapter, because it seems that we have not discovered what is Douriki yet.

[Cap'n Carter]

HOLY CRAP WHAT AN AWESOME CHAPTER.

It was good to see Franky shave a good, hard fight. He seemed to struggle through this till his soda came in. If I read right, Fukurou was using Tekkai and then punching Franky, so his attacks would be able to affect Franky. This fight was much more brutal than the Nero one, so I wouldn't say that Nero gave him more trouble.

When Chopper kept giving Franky the wrong stuff… I laughed my ass off.

WHAT AN AWESOME CONCLUSION. I doubt Fukuro will be able to get back up.

[sabret00the]

wow, Franky's gotta be a dead cert now, absolutely loved his fight, can't wait to see more of it, but more importantly can't wait to see it animated, though i'd settle for a translation for now lol.

[Aldrich]

Fukurou must be out. I don't know if you noticed but it seems there's a thunder stroke at the same time Franky's strong right connects.

The weather seems stormy as well… Maybe Dragon is near? Yeah ok I just pulled that straight out of my ass.

[Deicide]

Maybe the translation will convince me otherwise, but so far I am not convinced that Fukurou is out. I was expecting more from him (why did'nt the dumbass use Kami-e to avoid Franky's blows?).

Oh, yeah, I forgot to say: vote Franky for Strawhat #8 NOW! Franky rules!

[Falcovsleon20]

So Fukurou's defeated? Well that was a short fight. Anyway, I'm guessing now that Franky has the number 2 key right? Meaning we can get Zoro and Sogeking free. Meaning that next chapter we get to see them in combat. (Still in high hopes for Jyabura vs Sogeking fight.)

[Aldrich]

Hmmm not sure about that. Calipha or even Lucci may still have the n°2 key, though of course it'd make more sense if Calipha had it.

[Deicide]

If Fukurou is out, then I think next week will be Kalipha vs. Nami

[Alkz]

@Aldrich:

Hmmm not sure about that. Calipha or even Lucci may still have the n°2 key, though of course it'd make more sense if Calipha had it.

Uhm, yeah, I think this way too…i'm pretty sure that the key of Robin's handcuffs is in Lucci's hands

[Son Conan]

Cover Story: Let's find the end of the rainbow, where all our dreams will come true!

-Fukurou learns to keep his big mouth shut…the hard way.
-Don't worry, Kumadori: Your dear mother in heaven is watching over you, so you won't freeze to death.
-So Franky's hair-style depends on what he uses as fuel...I smell a possible SBS question on the subject.
-After his defeat, Fukurou manages to escape Enies Lobby and begins travelling the world, picking up various rumors, which he uses to achieve his dream of publishing his own tabloid newspaper.

[normyk]

New chapter! Nice surprise for a Friday morning! Thanks people!
Franky's pineapple head cracks me up. The entire chapter looks like it's going to be good and funny stuff. Can't wait for the trans on this one.
And Franky at full power is pretty awesome.

[onemoment]

So, Kumadori got locked in the fridge? I'd love to see the text when Chopper is reaching inside to get the drinks, maybe Kuma passed them to him.:biggrin:

The Franky vs. Fukkoru (sp) seemed short, but maybe with text it'd seem longer, the fight could be over now, though I'd personaly like to see more of it.

Also, what is Ms. Goldenweek doing on the cover? Disguising the prison? It looked undamaged in that pic.

[k-os]

The best part of it all was Franky's look as he was kicking Fukurou's ass. So evil.

[myogatheflea]

Another reason for Franky to be the pwnzer has just arrived on our doorstep. SUPER!!!