Summary:
After the death of Fisher Tiger, enraged, Arlong betrays his last wishes and decides to attack and kill the villagers in Koala Village for selling him out, he is easily defeated in the attempt by Vice Admiral Borsalino and taken to naval custody for questioning, where Arlong lies to the marines about Tiger’s death, which Jinbe later notes in order to preserve his honor as a fisherman.
Jinbe sends a letter to Neptune and Otohime to tell them of Tiger’s death, and Otohime continues to try to collect signatures for her petition, but after a short time, many citizens and their children take back their previous signatures, leading to her return. to the palace, only to remain in a drunken depression, ranting about her ambitions and broadcasting it to the whole country, which changed the minds of some of the citizens.
Jinbe receives an invitation to the Shichibukai and accepts that he will further strengthen the relationship between humans and the fish-men species (for Otohime) and monitor the world government, demanding that Arlong be released.
Upon his return, Arlong declares that he is leaving the Sun Pirates to form his own Arlong Pirates, who wreak havoc on East Blue and challenge Jinbe to stop him, Jinbe loses his temper with him and beats him to a bloody pulp, but leaves him alive. and demands that his crew remove him before he changes his mind.
The crew then splits into three, with the Arlong Pirates and Macro Pirates separating from the original crew at the end of the episode.
Arlong is enraged by Tiger’s death, and instead of deciding to fulfill Tiger’s last wish, Arlong does the exact opposite of what Tiger wanted: returning to Koala’s home island, he plans to take revenge on the people who sold him. However, Vice Admiral Borsalino is there and easily defeats Arlongo. Arlong claims he’s here to kill all the people who sold Tiger and how Tiger is now dead, while Borsalino just says he’ll take him with him. At the G-2 base, Arlong is interrogated and shouts that if human blood wasn’t the cause of Tiger’s death, he would still be alive, claiming that humans killed Fisher Tiger. The next day, Jinbe reads the paper and notes how Arlong left out several details and lied to the Marines. Aladine says he did it to keep Tiger’s reputation and pride safe. Jinbe agrees with Aladdin and says that now they have to go ahead and prepare for battle, saying that they won’t kill anyone. At Marineford, Strawberry tells Borsalin about how dangerous Jinbe is.
At the palace, Neptune and Otohime read a letter from Jinbe about the truth about Tiger and how they support Otohime’s cause. Otohime gains more confidence and tries to gain more peace with humans and merfolk. He continues to get more signatures, but the citizens are even more distrustful of people because of the news about Tiger and how they can’t trust people because of it. After the day, Shirahoshi aged 4 and the princes comfort her from her long day. Jinbe goes on to state how she continued to save people and teach children about the outside world and continued to get more signatures. One day, a citizen asks how many signatures Otohime has. Otohime states that there are 5 million people on the island and she only has 1000 signatures, but she still has a long way to go. Citizen and others are asking for a re-signature, as are some children who were told by their parents. They state that they obey her because she is the queen, but they are human and cannot live with them and are tired of her talk. They take all the signatures and the minister of the right can only feel sorry for the queen. At the palace, Otohime returns and cries to herself as a depressed Neptune listens. The next day, Otohime, drunk, makes a broadcast announcement to the entire island about how they have decided to live at the bottom of the surface because there is some light and air to live on. He goes on to tell how the children sneak out to see the outside world and how the people on the island are afraid of change for the world and if they can change it then maybe they will see all the true wonders of the world. It seems to have an effect on people.
One day, Jinbe receives a message from the world government about becoming a Shichibukai. Macro states that because his reward is now 250 million and they fear him. Jinbe actually decides to take them up on this offer. At the palace, Jinbe talks to Neptune about his decision to become a Shichibukai to promote peace for the merfolk, and Neptune is grateful, saying that Otohime would appreciate it and that’s what Tiger would want, however Hody Jones doesn’t like it.
Jinbe decides to have Arlong released from Impel Down and the entire crew rejoices that he is back. Arlong decides to leave as Jinbe is now a dog of the government and takes his Arlong Pirates to do whatever he wants and if Jinbe wants to stop him he will have to kill him and screams that he will become the wrath of the Fish-Men. . Jinbe, finally losing his temper with Arlong, brutally beats him half to death with his fists, but because of everything they’ve been together, he can’t bring himself to kill him and lets him go. Aladine assures him that if Arlong decides to do something fun, they’ll be there to stop him, while Jinbe shows his frustration at how Arlong doesn’t understand the tigers’ wishes. The episode ends with Arlong and Macros’ crew leaving the Sun Pirates.