8.0/103 votes#1 - The Dashing Sea Train and the City of Water: Water Seven!
Season 8 Episode 229 - Aired 4/17/2005
After the Going Merry narrowly escapes being hit by a "sea train", the crew meets an old woman, Kokoro, and her granddaughter, Chimney. Kokoro gives Luffy a map to Water Seven. Luffy, Nami, and Usopp buy boats driven by sea monsters called "yagara".
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8.3/103 votes#2 - Adventure in the City On the Water! Head to the Mammoth Shipbuilding Plant!
Season 8 Episode 230 - Aired 4/24/2005
Luffy, Nami, and Usopp get strange greetings from the residents and they get to experience the roller coaster-like channels of Water Seven. Luffy find out that some pirates had been beaten at the hands of some powerful craftsmen; the Galley La Company. Chopper loses Robin and some strange new people threaten Zoro back on the ship.
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8.3/103 votes#3 - The Franky Family and Iceberg!
Season 8 Episode 231 - Aired 5/1/2005
The people who attacked Zoro reveal themselves to be the feared "Franky Family", though they're no match for Zoro. Luffy have their gold exchanged for cash. After, they meet a man who resembles Usopp, Galley La's carpenter employment foreman, Kaku. Usopp's cut of the money is stolen by the Franky Family.
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8.3/103 votes#4 - Galley-La Company! A Grand Sight: Dock #1!
Season 8 Episode 232 - Aired 5/15/2005
Paulie makes his debut when he retrieves Usopp's stolen money as he runs from debt collectors. Kalifa shows Luffy, Nami, and Usopp around Dock No. 1 and tells them how Iceburg founded the Galley La Company. Kaku returns from the Going Merry and tells them that their keel is irreparably damaged.
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8.3/103 votes#5 - Pirate Abduction Incident! A Pirate Ship That Can Only Await Her End!
Season 8 Episode 233 - Aired 5/22/2005
Luffy refuses to believe that Galley La cannot repair the Going Merry. The two soon realize that not only is Usopp missing now, but the two brief cases that were returned to them are empty. Nami decides to head to Franky House and finds Usopp on the way in a pitiful state. As she heads back to the ship for help, Usopp goes to the Franky House himself.
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9.0/104 votes#6 - Rescuing Our Friend! Raid on the Franky House!
Season 8 Episode 234 - Aired 6/5/2005
Luffy, Sanji, Zoro, and Chopper follow Usopp's bloody trail to the Franky House, where they find him passed out in front. The four of them challenge the Franky Family only to find out that their real target, Franky himself, is gone and has taken the money with him.
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9.0/104 votes#7 - Big Fight under the Moon! The Pirate Flag Flutters with Sorrow!
Season 8 Episode 235 - Aired 6/12/2005
Once they're back on the ship, Luffy has to finally tell Usopp that the Going Merry can no longer be repaired and that they've chosen to get a new ship without him. Usopp believes that Luffy has abandoned the dignity of their ship and says he's leaving the crew. That night, he challenges Luffy to a duel.
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9.0/104 votes#8 - Luffy vs. Usopp! Collision of Two Men's Pride!
Season 8 Episode 236 - Aired 6/19/2005
Usopp fights Luffy in order to decide who keeps the Going Merry; he fights harder than he's ever fought before. Luffy actually seems to pose no threat but all the while, he's remembering what great friends they used to be, sailing together on the same ship. Even after taking a harsh beating, Luffy defeats Usopp. They leave Usopp and the ship behind.
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8.7/103 votes#9 - Severe Shock Hits the City of Water! Iceberg Targeted!
Season 8 Episode 237 - Aired 7/3/2005
The Strawhats get themselves a hotel room. Nami finds the crew on the roof with urgent news: Iceburg has been shot. As the Galley La Company frantically search for answers, Nami and Luffy decide to check on his condition – only to be met by closed gates. Franky appears then to exact his revenge – with style.
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8.3/103 votes#10 - Gum-Gum Human Vs. Fire-Breathing Cyborg!
Season 8 Episode 238 - Aired 7/10/2005
In the streets outside of the hospital, Luffy fights Franky. Inside, Iceburg recalls seeing Nico Robin and another tall man before he was shot. The Galley La company run outside and stop Franky and Luffy and tell them that they suspect the Strawhat Pirates of the crime.
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8.3/103 votes#11 - The Straw Hat Pirates are the Culprits? The Protectors of the City of Water!
Season 8 Episode 239 - Aired 7/31/2005
The Galley La Company continues to fight Luffy and Franky is enraged that they've stolen his opponent. An incredibly high tide called the "Aqua Laguna" is coming and Chopper and Sanji rush to warn Usopp. Luffy raises some chaos in order to meet with Iceburg and he demands to know what's happening. Iceburg says he wants to see Robin one more time.
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8.3/103 votes#12 - Eternal Farewell? Nico Robin, the Woman Who Draws Darkness!
Season 8 Episode 240 - Aired 8/7/2005
In a bar, Franky talks with Kokoro about her theory on who shot Iceburg. The rumors she speaks of seem to have some truth as we see Robin meeting with someone from an organization called CP9. While the crew hide from angry residents, Sanji and Chopper discover Robin and she tells them what they've feared: she's responsible and she wants to part ways.
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8.3/103 votes#13 - Capture Robin! The Determination of the Straw Hats!
Season 8 Episode 241 - Aired 8/14/2005
Chopper reunites with the others without Sanji and they discuss what's happened. Luffy decides that in order to know the full truth, they must catch Robin. Usopp attempts to repair the ship enough to withstand the Aqua Laguna and the Strawhats make their way to the Galley La Company.
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8.3/103 votes#14 - Cannon Fire Is the Signal! CP9 Goes Into Action!
Season 8 Episode 242 - Aired 8/21/2005
The Strawhats (still missing Sanji) rush to Galley La where Robin and CP9 begin a raid. In Iceburg's room, Robin and the mysterious man Iceburg saw before, tell him that they've purposely placed the blame on the pirates. Their true aim is the blueprints he would've passed down to Paulie. Luffy separates from his group.
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9.3/103 votes#15 - CP9 Takes Off Their Masks! Their Shocking True Faces!
Season 8 Episode 243 - Aired 9/4/2005
Robin speaks with Iceburg inside his room still. We already know that Robin can read the poneglyphs - and it seems Iceburg is the one with the blueprints to the ultimate weapon, Pluton. The true enemies are revealed to be Iceburg's own allies. Elsewhere, Luffy is tied up with Paulie after Paulie tells members of CP9 that his blueprints are fake.
Director: Munehisa Sakai
Writer: N/A
9.0/102 votes#16 - Secret Bond! Iceberg and Franky!
Season 8 Episode 244 - Aired 9/11/2005
Lucci tells Iceburg their hypothesis and has Kaku check his pulse to tell if the things he tells him are true. They suspect that Iceburg's friend from the past, Cutty Flam, is really Franky and it's revealed to be true. Therefore, Franky has the real blueprints. The Strawhat Pirates and Paulie break into the room where they find Iceburg and CP9.
Director: Munehisa Sakai
Writer: Hirohiko Uesaka
8.7/103 votes#17 - Come Back, Robin! Showdown with CP9!
Season 8 Episode 245 - Aired 9/18/2005
Luffy and the others request that Robin comes back to the crew. She refuses and tells them that she cannot accomplish her "wish" if she were to stay with them. Robin turns to leave and CP9 try to hold the pirates back. Robin successfully escapes and Lucci shows those remaining his "transformation".
Director: Munehisa Sakai
Writer: N/A
8.7/103 votes#18 - The Straw Hat Pirates Annihilated? The Menace of the Leopard Model!
Season 8 Episode 246 - Aired 10/23/2005
Lucci's transformation is a result of a Devil's Fruit; a Zoan Type leopard. He quickly disposes of the crew and CP9 tie up Paulie and Iceburg, leaving them alone as the building slowly burns down around them. In Franky's underground hideout, Usopp tells him his story and Franky is finally touched. In return, Franky tells him a little about Tom's contributions to Water Seven.
Director: Munehisa Sakai
Writer: N/A
8.7/103 votes#19 - The Man Who Is Loved Even by His Ship! Usopp's Tears!
Season 8 Episode 247 - Aired 10/30/2005
Usopp believes that the person who repaired the Going Merry in Skypeia was really the Going Merry itself. Franky says that the ship was inhabited by a spirit who enters ships who are dearly cared for. The spirit repaired their ship just enough for them to reach the next island. The doorbell rings from the sea side and the Galley La foremen enter.
Director: Munehisa Sakai
Writer: N/A
8.7/103 votes#20 - Franky's Past! The Day the Sea Train First Ran!
Season 8 Episode 248 - Aired 11/6/2005
The foremen discover Franky's hidden room and he fears they'll trample his memories. A long flashback ensues, covering Franky's past in Tom's Workers and how he and Iceburg helped create the Sea Train.
Director: Hiroaki Miyamoto
Writer: Hirohiko Uesaka
8.7/103 votes#21 - Spandam's Scheme! The Day the Sea Train Shook!
Season 8 Episode 249 - Aired 11/13/2005
Spandam, a CP5 representative, was determined to get Tom proven guilty in his trial so he could get the blueprints. As Franky walked into the town, people from the government began to attack with the battleships he had personally constructed. Tom and Iceburg run to their shipyard where they're attacked by two ships which also destroy the others. Iceburg tells Franky that he has to take responsibility or he'll never forgive him.
Director: Munehisa Sakai
Writer: N/A
8.7/103 votes#22 - The End of the Legendary Man! The Day the Sea Train Cried!
Season 8 Episode 250 - Aired 11/20/2005
Franky said that if a ship of his were to be used as a weapon, then it's no longer one of his ships. That enraged Tom and he punched Franky for the first time, telling him he had to take pride in the ships he created. He then told the judge that he would accept the punishment for both his previous crime and the recent attack. Franky tried to stop the train to Enies Lobby with his bare hands.
Director: Munehisa Sakai
Writer: N/A
8.7/103 votes#23 - The Truth Behind Her Betrayal! Robin’s Sorrowful Decision!
Season 8 Episode 251 - Aired 11/20/2005
Chopper escapes the burning building with Paulie and Iceburg on his back and collapses outside. Iceburg tells Nami that CP9 threatened to destroy the Straw Hats if Robin didn't cooperate with them. Nami rushes to tell Chopper so they can go looking for the rest of the crew. Elsewhere, the foremen let go of the Going Merry so she would be destroyed at sea.
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8.7/103 votes#24 - The Steam Whistle Forces Friends Apart! The Sea Train Starts to Run!
Season 8 Episode 252 - Aired 12/4/2005
Paulie helps clear the name of the Strawhats but doesn't tell the mob everything he knows. He gets the mob to follow Chopper so they can search for the rest of the crew. Nami goes her own way so she can rush to the Sea Train. As Nami nears the station, Sanji, ahead of her, approaches the train
Director: Yukihiko Nakao
Writer: Hirohiko Uesaka
8.3/103 votes#25 - Sanji Barges In! Sea Train Battle in the Storm!
Season 8 Episode 253 - Aired 12/11/2005
Nami and the conductors are rescued by Paulie when the Aqua Laguna floods the main station. A man hands Nami a letter he found from Sanji. It informs her that Usopp, Franky, and he are on board the train that had just departed. On board, he storms the cars. High up in the city, Nami speaks with Kokoro and spots Luffy, stuck in between two buildings, in the back streets where the Aqua Laguna will hit first.
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The Best Episodes of One Piece Season 8
Every episode of One Piece Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of One Piece Season 8!
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Season 8 Ratings Summary
"The Dashing Sea Train and the City of Water: Water Seven!" is the best rated episode of "One Piece" season 8. It scored 8/10 based on 3 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/17/2005. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Adventure in the City On the Water! Head to the Mammoth Shipbuilding Plant!".