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Crocodile is defeated, the rain has returned to Alabasta, and Vivi's people are eager to rebuild their kingdom. As for the Straw Hats, they have a fleet of marines breathing down their necks.

Pell's sacrifice spares his beloved city, but only an act of god can stop the rebellion. With Crocodile's poison coursing through his body, Luffy musters a final attack against Alabasta's oppressor.

The Straw Hats team up to give Vivi one last shot at disarming the bomb that threatens to destroy her city. She succeeds in cutting the fuse, but Crocodile has a backup plan.

With the walls crumbling down around them, Crocodile attacks Luffy with a poisoned pirate hook. Meanwhile, Vivi draws a bead on the bombers, but can she stop them in time?

While his mates search for a bomb, Luffy narrowly survives his second scrape with Crocodile. Across town, Nico Robin strong-arms Cobra into revealing his country's greatest secret.

Luffy finally discovers the secret to knocking out a sandman, but it won't matter unless Vivi and the rest of the Straw Hats can locate the Baroque Works bomber.

When Koza is mysteriously shot, the rebellion is reborn, but Vivi's cries for a cease fire fall on deaf ears until a long-overdue hero swoops to the rescue!

Koza - the leader of the rebel army - finally discovers the evil mastermind behind Alabasta's drought, but is he too late to prevent further bloodshed?

Zoro hopes to attain a new level of strength when he fights a foe with a body made of blades. The Straw Hat sword-slinger is determined to become a man who can cut steel - or die trying.

Crocodile reveals his sinister motives for attacking Alabasta, and Nami tries to end her duel with Miss Doublefinger by unleashing the Clima Tact's ultimate weapon: a devastatingly lethal tornado!

Things don't look good for the prettiest Straw Hat. Nami's about to tangle with a thorny adversary, and the weapon Usopp built her is only good for party tricks!

Vivi continues preparations to blow up the palace; Zorro puts his steel to the test against a lethal blade-man; and Sanji tries to overcome his inability to kick a foxy lady!

Chopper's Rumble Ball could be the difference between life and death in the mole ballgame. Elsewhere, Sanji has trouble kicking a pretty enemy, and Vivi proposes something unthinkable.

Usopp finally shows some courage by using a five-ton hammer to play whack-a-mole with Miss Merry Christmas. He may be bluffing, but the distraction lets Chopper zero in on the enemy's weakness.

Sanji buys Vivi some time by mixing it up with a foe of many faces. Outside Alubarna's walls, Chopper and Usopp tangle with Miss Merry Christmas and her slugging sidekick.

Vivi arrives in Alubarna with just enough time to stop the rebellion, but the agents of Baroque Works lurk in every corner, waiting to sabotage her plans for peace.

Crocodile puts Luffy down for a never-ending dirt nap, and the Straw Hats get a lift from a crabby ally in their race to stop the looming rebellion.

Crocodile snatches Vivi off the back of a giant crab, but Luffy's not having it. The rubber-man goes toe-to-toe with the sandman in a battle that will end in bloodshed.

Sanji shows up in the nick of time to make the crocs cough up the key to Luffy's freedom, but the ravenous reptiles spit up something else instead.

A royal impostor has the rebel army hell-bent on bringing Cobra's reign to a violent end. Meanwhile, Luffy and his mates find themselves in deep trouble and even deeper water.