Summary:
Luffy gets separated from the rest of the crew right after arriving at Arabast’s port city of Nanohana. The crew members change clothes while Luffy learns about Dance Powder.
When the Straw Hats arrive in Arabasta, Nami expects everyone to be on their best behavior. However, Luffy immediately runs off to get food and gets separated from his crew. The crew then notices that Mr. 3’s ship is docked nearby, and Vivi remembers that the ship is moving using Mr. 3’s Doru Doru no Mi. Vivi says that she and Karoo can’t go out on the streets because most of the citizens would instantly recognize her, so Usopp comes up with the idea of walking through the streets and hiding under a blanket. After walking through the streets hiding under a blanket, they manage to get to a safe place. Vivi says that she plans to go to Yuba, where the rebel base is, but the only way they can travel is to cross the desert, so they decide to stock up. Sanji and Chopper are the only ones Mr. 3 hasn’t seen, so they go to buy supplies.
In the middle of the desert, Luffy finds himself lost, but then he sees smoke in the distance and thinks the smoke is coming from a restaurant. Sanji and Chopper buy the supplies they need, but Chopper notices a strange smell that makes him uncomfortable, and Sanji tells him it’s called perfume. Sanji is distracted by the beautiful women in Arabasta and Chopper can’t stand the aroma so Sanji tells him he would take care of the shopping and runs off yelling at the women. Chopper is exhausted from the heat, so he decides to rest in a truck with enough shade to cool off. He decides to take a nap inside until Sanji returns, but after he falls asleep, the truck starts traveling with Chopper inside.
Luffy stands in front of a building with smoke coming out of it, but to his disappointment he thinks it doesn’t look like a restaurant. Luffy sees a pile of bags filled with green powder and comments that it tastes awful after trying some. He then puts all the bags in the incinerator, thinking it must be poison. As the sacks burn, Luffy notices the smoke coming out of the chimney turn a faded green color and then dark clouds begin to appear. It starts raining from the clouds and the man inside the building realizes the rain and rushes out. The man starts to get upset because the powder was his big ambition. Luffy apologizes and says that he could simply buy it again, but the man says that it is very difficult to obtain and accidentally reveals that it is forbidden to sell it, making Luffy realize that the old man is a criminal.
When Chopper wakes up, he is confused and panics because the truck is moving. He then stops the truck when he comes to where the Goat is. Inside the room, the man coming to the Goat has a short conversation, and the Goat says that he and the rebel army will change Arabasta. While Chopper is nervous, Matsuge helps Chopper escape. Chopper asks the camel why he helped him escape and he replies that he looks cool. Chopper thinks the camel is weird but funny. Chopper then goes back to Nanohana by following the aroma of the perfume.
Luffy sits together with Kamonegi, whose face is swollen. Luffy asks the man what the powder was for and he replies that the green powder is called Dance Powder, also known as Rain-Calling Powder. It undergoes a complex process of artificially creating precipitation. He goes on to say that the Arabasta has been fighting the drought since ancient times, but they couldn’t use Dance Powder because it is banned by the world government and that the rebellion is one of the consequences of the drought.
Sanji and Chopper return from shopping and now plan to go to Yuba. Vivi says that it will be a scorching and hot journey and they have put all their strength into the journey. However, they suddenly remember that Luffy is missing.