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"Have you ever heard of One Piece before?" Ochako asked Izuku.
Within the living room, students of 1-A slowly fill in the seats at the couches or on the ground, though Momo was more than happy to make some bean bag chairs.
"Not at all," Izuku said, looking for information about it on his phone. "But apparently, it's an anime from the Pre-Quirks Era if the year it was released is accurate."
"Pre-Quirks!? Damn, this thing is ancient." Denki commented on. "So, no quirks in the show, huh?"
"Why would the principal want us to watch this anyway?" Jiro asked, though she wasn't really expecting an answer.
"Maybe it's a present for all we went through." Toru guessed.
"But would he really give us a year's worth of anime? A year's worth of one anime?" Ojiro questioned.
"Maybe he got it on a really good deal."
Ojiro simply sighed.
Once every student of Class 1-A sit in, Toshinori started the show.
After a quick skip of the opening (because opening songs tend to have spoilers), they were greeted with the sight of seagulls and the the bright sun, then changed to what resembled a whirlpool.
Among the sea, there was a ship that was brave enough to be near that whirlpool. Nothing seems to be special about the ship or the bored sailors until they found a wooden barrel.
With a close up of the barrel, a childish sounding voice spoke the title that appeared onscreen: "I'm Luffy, The Man Who'll Become the Pirate King!"
"Pirates? Why would Principal Nezu let us watch an anime about pirates?" Iida wondered out loud.
"Maybe he'll be like a vigilante?" Momo suggested.
"Still, he wants to be the Pirate King."
"Shut up, Glasses. At least it promises something exciting." Katsuki said, bored of what's going on so far and he was still bored as it continued on, showing the dance within the cruise ship to when the sailor try to catch the barrel with some rope and a metal hook.
Finally, something did piqued his interest when the sailor in the crow's nest looked absolutely terrified.
The thing he was terrified of? A pink ship decorated with red hearts. Okay, to be fair, it was a pirate ship if the skull and crossed bones flag was anything to go by.
"Geez, even I'm saying you should tone down the pink." Mina joked with a slight chuckle.
The sailors were quick to warn the others, dropping the barrel.
"Oh yeah, you should totally say that around the fucking passengers." Katsuki sarcastically said when one of the sailors warned their captain of the pirates in the ballroom.
His point was proven correct when the captain's attempts to calm the passengers down failed, though the teachers and several students noted that the orange haired woman from before wasn't panicking at all. In fact, she seems almost calm, especially compared to her dance partner.
Soon, they meet with the pirates about to raid the ship. All of the members were eagerly grinning, except for the pink haired boy who's completely afraid of his surroundings.
Katsuki can't help but to already glare at the boy, who reminded him of a certain someone.
His name was apparently Coby if his frightful reaction to the woman's command is anything to go by.
"Poor kid." Ochako pitied him. "He doesn't look like he belongs there."
Then the woman asked Coby a question that caught them off guard: "Who is the most beautiful woman in the sea?"
"Oh my god, she's one of those people." Jiro sighed.
Coby was able to manage out that she, Captain Alvida, was the most beautiful.
Then they got a full view of this 'Captain Alvida.' A surprisingly fat and round woman.
"Holy shit, are there any mirrors on that ship? Or has she broken them by just looking at them?" Mineta joked.
While most of them wished the joke didn't came from the grape boy, it did manage out a few laughs from the class.
Spliced between the pirate readying themselves to invade the ship, there were scenes of the orange-haired girl running off to somewhere while the barrel from before was rolling down some stairs.
"What's her deal?" Denki commented on the unnamed girl as Iron Club Alvida's crew were happy to invade the other ship, though there's Coby who's absolutely afraid by all of this.
"Wimp." Katsuki scoffed at the shivering boy.
"Come on, Bakugo, it's obvious he's just a kid." Mina scolded, and surprisingly, Katsuki simply rolled his eyes.
Apparently, Alvida shared the same opinion as Katsuki, picking Coby up and kicking him onto the cruise ship, causing Coby to land face first into a wall.
There was a collective amount of pained "Ooo..." from the students and teachers, though Katsuki let out a chuckle which turns into a laugh when Alvida nearly bashed into the ship herself.
"How in hell's name is she able to jump that high?" Sero asked; a question all of his fellow classmates weren't able to answer.
Though the pirates were able to take the passengers as hostages, the orange-haired girl was able to escape their clutches, and in one fell swoop, she took off her dress, revealing an different outfit resembling a pirate's.
"She's a pirate?" Ojiro said, raising an eyebrow.
"Or probably a thief. Ribbit." Tsuyu suggested.
Instead of focusing on the girl any longer, they could see Coby wandering the lower decks to discover a kitchen and the barrel from before.
"Well, at least he's safe for now." Momo let out a sigh of relief.
"Oh, back to the girl. Ribbit." Tsuyu said as they watch the unnamed character swing her way to the pirate ship. "Most likely a thief. Ribbit."
"I'm pretty sure pirates can steal from other pirates." Izuku said, which Koda nodded along to.
"Ah! Look out!" Hagakure suddenly warned the orange-haired girl onscreen when she was interrupted by a pirate, even though it's highly unlikely the character can hear her through the screen.
The character's answer to this situation? Kick him right between the legs.
The guys in the room winched in phantom pain, all except for Katsuki who laughed at the pirate's misery.
"Do you have a dick?" Mineta whispered to himself, knowing that if he said that any louder, he was definitely going to be murdered.
"Would you really want to drink wine you found out of the sea?" Aoyama wondered, seeing Coby's attempt to roll the barrel out of the kitchen.
"It's not like they know that." Sato shrugged.
Coby's attempt was interrupted by three pirates, who wanted to 'lighten the load.' Despite Coby's protests, he was quickly threatened to keep his mouth shut.
"That isn't fair!" Mina shouted.
"You do realize pirates are technically villains, right?" Aizawa reminded her.
"...You're right, but I don't have to like it."
"Wait, how are they going to drink it if he's going to smash it?" Tokoyami asked, watching the fatter pirate of the group ready himself, but the bird boy never got his answer.
Right before the pirate could smash the barrels into bits, bursting out of it was a teenager wearing a straw hat. With a grand smile on his face, he shouted, "AHHHHH! WHAT A GREAT NAAAAP!"
"Huh!?" "What?!" Both students and teachers alike was completely dumbfounded by his appearance, though there are a few who were able to get a laugh out of this.
"HA! HA! HA!" Hizashi laughed along with his other students at the pirates' reactions to the fact that the boy was oblivious that he just punched a guy unconscious.
"Finally, something entertaining!" Katsuki exclaimed, slamming a fist onto his knee.
"...W-What just happened?" Iida said, still dumbfounded by his appearance.
"It's called 'making an entrance.'" Hizashi smiled, finding it more interesting that straw hat boy is paying attention to finding food than the pirates threatening him.
"I can't tell if he's brave or an idiot." Shoji can't help but to say, sweatdropping.
Since the straw hat boy isn't listening to what they're saying, the two pirates decided to attack him as he turned around in confusion.
"Wait!" Mina shouted, reaching out her hand, though she knows she can't do anything.
As Coby looked away in fear, the pirates attacked the boy, but all they heard were the swords breaking. In fact, those swords were stabbed into the ceiling as if they bounced off the boy.
Instead of the anger from before, the two looked absolutely afraid.
"Hey, he must have a hardening quirk!" Kirishima exclaimed, excited by the character's 'power.'
"Or a 'no awareness' quirk." Todoroki said, not sure if he should be impressed or disappointed that the new character didn't realize he was going to he killed a few seconds ago.
When one of the pirates ask for his name, the boy answered, "Me? I'm Monkey D. Luffy. Nice to meet you."
"At least he seems polite." Toshinori shrugged, though the pirates answered by running away, screaming in terror as they drag their friend away.
When Coby try to caution Luffy, and the straw hat boy just wanted food, Iida tried to warn him himself, "Even if he has a hardening quirk, he should be much more cautious."
"Well, he's obviously the main character, so he's safe." Katsuki simply waved off what he said.
As they continue on watching, Coby and Luffy found the food storage, and they begin to introduce themselves.
"He's quite carefree." Izuku commented, a little impressed as Luffy started to happily eat the apples.
"Luffy! You shouldn't steal from the ship!" Iida scolded the TV, doing his weird karate chops.
"The ship is already being ransacked. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't care about a few apples." Jiro said.
Iida still frowned at the situation.
Coby introduced himself to Luffy, asking how did he do that back there, but the straw hat boy completely ignore his questions with eating.
"Maybe it's not a hardening quirk." Izuku suggested.
"It could be a special quirk if they're not showing it."
"Hardening quirks can be special." Kirishima said, a little defensive about that.
"That wasn't what I'm trying to say."
"But-"
"Shut the fuck up! I'm actually trying to watch this here!" Katsuki shouted.
Luffy asked about if there were any rowboats, not faze by the fact that Alvida is raiding the cruise ship.
"He's not going to save the passengers?" Momo said, appalled by his behavior.
"Does no one remember the fucking title card?" Katsuki groaned tiredly.
"He still could had helped." Kirshima said.
When Coby said where they were, Luffy nonchalantly mentioned his ship was sucked into a whirlpool.
"Wait, you mean the giant one outside!?" Ochako exclaimed in shock, which Coby and most of the class felt the same way.
"What other whirlpool do you think he was talking about?" Katsuki snarked.
"But he shouldn't even be alive!" Iida added.
"Two words: main character."
"Please don't tell me that's going to be your main shtick." Izuku quietly sighed.
Luffy asked Coby if he's those pirates' nakama, which the pink-haired boy prompted him with a tale of his past: He wanted to go fishing, he found a rowboat, and that rowboat happened to belong to those pirates. So, for two years, Coby have to become their slave to survive.
"I shouldn't be surprised he's a fucking idiot." Katsuki said, shaking his head, which Luffy agreed on too.
"Come on, be a little more compassionate about his situation." Mina pouted.
Well, Luffy doesn't agree with her. In fact, even though Coby expressed how completely afraid of what would happen if Alvida found out, Luffy simply laughed it off, called him a 'gutless coward,' and that he didn't like him.
"He's so blunt!" Several students and Toshinori cried out in shock.
Meanwhile, Katsuki was laughing the hardest anyone has seen, even Izuku. "I've never thought I would relate to a character so much! I thought he was going to be beyond annoying."
Everyone sweatdropped at this.
With Alvida, her pirates were carrying treasure off to their ship while Alvida told them to hurry up before the marines show up.
"I'm guessing the marines are like the police and heroes of this world if we're going to focus on pirates. Ribbit." Tsuyu said with a finger on to her lip.
"That's not a bad observation." Iida complimented her on.
"It's not like that's hard to figure out." Katsuki rolled his eyes at the two.
"Oh, it's that thief." Jiro commented on as the orange-haired girl from before have already stolen their treasure.
The pirates, who interacted with Luffy before, popped up from the floor boards and tried to warn their captain of a 'monster,' but Alvida mistook it as an insult to her.
"I think you need to check your ears, lady." Mineta said.
Alvida threw her club at the two, and just as the two pirates ducked down, the fat pirate Luffy knocked out got hit in the face from the iron club and was sent overboard. As if that wasn't enough, the iron club came back down and strike right back down to the other two pirates as vengeance.
The class winched... except for Katsuki who continued on laughing.
Izuku had a faltering smile on his face as he thought, Well, at least he's happy.
One of the pirates clarified through his pain, mentioning Luffy, who they think is a bounty hunter.
"Oh, they even have bounty hunters." Momo said.
"To be fair, the marines probably have a long way to travel for any emergencies out at sea." Todoroki reasoned.
"Depends on the technology they have here." Izuku added.
After the eyecatches passes to indicate the halfway point of the episode, Coby and Luffy were still in the storage room. Looking down, Coby wished he have Luffy's courage to run away.
"There's a difference between courage and idiocy." Shoji said.
Then Coby asked Luffy what the audience wants to know: why is he so eager to sail out at sea?
Luffy's answer? "I'm gonna become the King of the Pirates!"
There was a mixture of confusion and laughter form the students and teachers of 1-A. The confusion from the 'King of the pirates' part while the laughter is mostly from the fact that Coby looked like he saw a ghost.
Coby was certainly in shock by Luffy's desire, especially since Luffy doesn't even have a crew and is so laidback for trying to find One Piece, the 'greatest treasure in the world.'
"What would One Piece even look like if everyone wants it?" Momo wondered, knowing that she's quite wealthy herself.
"Just as long as it's not the 'treasure is the journey' type of shit, I'll be fine with almost anything." Katsuki said. "Something like a dragon would be cool too."
...A dragon? Some of the students thought in confusion.
Getting the title of Pirate King was impossible, which Coby repeatedly said until Luffy hit him on the head.
"Oh, thank god. That was fucking annoying." Katsuki groaned.
Though Luffy hit him, Coby admitted he was used to the abuse.
"You shouldn't get use to someone hitting you." Ochako pitied, causing Todoroki and Izuku to look away for a moment awkwardly.
Luffy's next set of words were simple and oddly... inspiring in a way. "It's not about whether I can or not. I'm gonna do it because I want to. I've decided to be King of the Pirates, so if I die fighting for that, that's fine with me!"
"To die for your dreams..." Izuku whispered; a phrase he knows well and basically been through himself.
Many of the students of 1-A wanted to become heroes for different reasons, whether it's to get rich, get girls, or to simply wanting to save people. Of course they know being a hero isn't going to be easy once they're adults (hell, it not easy for them as students), but hearing Luffy, a simpleminded guy, willing to die for his dream is kind of... profound. He could have been just a normal pirate, but no, he decided to aim higher than that.
Toshinori can't help but to smile softly at his words while Aizawa murmured, "I should have know he'll be a problem child."
Hizashi let out a laugh. "You don't even know how old he is."
"Just look at him. He can't be older than... 16, 17 if I'm feeling generous."
Luffy's oddly intelligent illusion was broken once Luffy wondered if the pirates ransacking the ship would give him a rowboat, hoping they're nice.
"I highly doubt it." Todoroki sighed.
It was clear Luffy's words had an affect on Coby too, as he admitted he wants to join the Marines and capture villains; a dream he had since he was a kid.
"That's an admirable dream, young Coby." Toshinori said while Izuku's eyes widen at the pink-haired boy's words as Coby asked Luffy if he can do it.
While Luffy himself doesn't know, Coby was able to convince himself he will do it.
"You can do it, Coby!" Izuku suddenly cheered, feeling something for the kid, but he didn't miss the glare from Katsuki.
"Yeah, go for it!" Ochako added, wanting the kid to succeed in something after what he've been through.
Coby's bravery continued on, proclaiming he'll no longer going to be a slave and that Alvida will be the first pirate he'll capture. That bravery was shattered the moment Alvida herself crashed through the ceiling.
"Come on, Coby! It's your time to shine." Mina exclaimed.
"You can't really become courageous that quickly." Jiro sighed.
Swords came through the walls and door, nearly missing Luffy. Alvida noted he wasn't the Pirate Hunter Zoro.
"Zoro?" Everyone, including Luffy, said in confusion.
Then Alvida asked Coby that question from before, "Who's the most beautiful woman in the sea?"
"Ugh, not this again." Mineta rolled his eyes while some of the students have to agreed with the pervert.
Before Coby could answer, Luffy wondered who was that chunky lady in front of them out loud.
From the combination of Luffy's question and everyone else's reaction, the teachers and students of 1-A laughed, even the more quiet ones were able to let out a chuckle or a small snort.
Of course, Alvida didn't take too kindly to that question and attacked Luffy with her club, but carrying Coby in his arm, the straw hat boy was able to escape through the opening Alvida made. Once on deck, Luffy noticed pirates running towards him, but he smiled at the challenge.
"Finally, some real action!" Denki cheered.
When one pirate swung at him, Luffy bent his back backwards and headbutted him. A second one jumped and was preparing to swing downward from behind, but just in time, Luffy saw it, turned around, and punched him in the face. With another turn of his head, Luffy was able to see four more coming his way, and was able to jump up, dodging all the swords.
"I guess he was prepared for some situations." Iida admitted, a little surprised he's doing so well in this fight.
Coby smiled hopefully at Luffy, but was shock to see a pirate coming down from high above. Luffy merely sidestepped his way out of the pirate's attack, causing him to crash into the ground.
When Luffy was able to grab one of the pirates' head and threw him into the others, Jiro said, "For a string bean, he's surprisingly strong."
Luffy's string of success did last once he noticed even more pirates on his trail, claiming it wasn't fair to attack all at once as he ran away from them.
"You are a pirate! Since when does being a pirate make you have a honor system?" Katsuki shouted at him.
"Kacchan isn't wrong." Izuku added. "Pirates aren't known for being chivalrous."
"Shut up, Deku."
As Luffy ran away from the group, he grabbed onto a mast, causing his arm to stretch the whole way there.
"Whoa! He has some sort of stretching quirk." Ochako said while Kirishima slightly frowned and whispered to himself, "Ah man, he doesn't have a hardening quirk."
At the sight of Luffy's stretching arm, the pirates screamed in terror while Luffy himself decided to drop the shtick, turning back to them with a big smile on his face.
There was a moment of confusion until Sero pointed out, "Oh yeah, it's a Pre-Quirks anime."
A chorus of "Oh..." came from some of the students as Ochako and Kirishima said, "I forgot about that..."
"Really?" Katsuki rolled his eyes.
The pirates ran away from the boy, obviously afraid of what she's going to do.
"GOMU GOMU NO ROCKET!" Luffy shouted as his arm sprang back, causing him to rocket back towards them.
In one fell swoop, he was able to knock all of them down, even Alvida was surprised by this.
"Wait, can I put him in my quirk analysis if he's fictional?" Izuku murmured, contemplating if Luffy's 'quirk' counts in his notebooks.
In shock, Coby asked what Luffy is, which the straw hat boy answered by stretching out the side of his mouth, calling himself a 'rubber man.'
Coby was confused, but hid behind Luffy once Alvida approached them and talked about a Devil Fruit.
"Devil Fruit?" Most of the class said at the same time.
This Devil Fruit Luffy ate? It's called the 'Gomu Gomu no Mi.'
"So, he gotten his quirk... from a fruit?" Katsuki said, trying to comprehend this. "That's stupid!"
"Really? I think it'll be kind of nice if we can simply choose our quirk." Todoroki said.
"I highly doubt it would be that easy to gain a Devil Fruit." Momo said.
While the pirates were distracted by the fact that Luffy just started as a pirate himself, the orange-haired girl from before was taking Alvida's treasures right under their noses.
"I can't believe they're not seeing this." Katsuki scoffed, but there was a little bit of a smirk to his lips.
Coby told Luffy they should run away.
"Right after he kicks her fat ass, Deku 2." Katsuki said causally.
"Deku 2?!" Izuku shouted in surprise, shocked by his choice of a 'nickname.'
Luffy was confused by Coby's decision, and before he could go on a tangent about Alvida, he remembered Luffy's words; that he's willing to die for his dream.
Alvida tried to make him spit out his sentence, as Coby stammered nervously.
"Come on, Deku 2. You can do it!" Ochako exclaimed while her fellow classmates cheered on for the pink-haired boy.
Izuku sweatdropped, but he decided to let it slide, smiling at their enthusiasm while Katsuki rolled his eyes at this.
"Should we tell them that they're cheering for a fictional character?" Aizawa murmured towards the two other teachers.
"Let them have their fun." Toshinori smiled.
You know what Coby called Alvida? "The most horrible, stinking old hag of all!"
Plenty of students and Hizashi laughed along with Luffy, even Katsuki, as the Alvida Pirates look completely shock by his answer, though Alvida looks a little more pissed than shock.
Even at Alvida's angry face, Coby declared his dream of being a Marine and capturing pirates, and the first pirate he'll capture will be Alvida herself.
"Yeah, Deku 2!" Ochako shouted.
Well, I guess it kind of fits. Izuku tried to shrug the nickname off, though he still feel a kinship with the young boy.
Though Alvida was about to hit him, Coby reminded himself that he has no regrets for his dream.
Then Luffy smiled at his choice.
"He does realize that by the end of their journey, they'll naturally become enemies as pirate and Marine." Tokoyami said.
"I don't believe Luffy cares. He's fighting for his dream!" Kirishima smiled widely at Luffy's manliness.
Then they heard a BAM! Right there on the screen, they saw Luffy's head was smashed by Alvida's club.
"Luffy!" Toru gasped, but stopped when they saw Luffy grinning.
"A reminder that Luffy is made of rubber." Jiro smirked.
Luffy smacked the club out of the way, then stretched his arm as much as he could, stretching even farther than the ship itself.
"GOMU GOMU NO PISTOL!"
The way Luffy's punch to Alvida's gut was in a series of snapshots, as if it was in slow motion, until Luffy made contact, where it was back in motion. Luffy kept diving into Alvida until she was out of the ship and send straight into the sky.
His arm snapped into place while everyone else continue on being terrified.
"That was so manly!" Kirishima's eyes seemed to sparkle in admiration just like how Coby was in awe as Luffy demanded the others for a boat, specifically for Coby.
They weren't the only ones to think this way.
"That was so cool!" Denki exclaimed.
"His way of fighting is simple but effective." Todoroki complimented.
"I wonder if there are other ways his rubber quirk—I mean, ability—would help him in fighting." Izuku said, trying to reason why to put Luffy in his notebooks.
The sound of explosions caught their attention, seeing cannons hit the water around the cruise ship. Three green ships were shown while Coby claimed they were the Marines.
Iida's eyes widen. "They shouldn't shoot at the ship. The passengers are still in there! That's careless."
"They could be warning shots, but that was still careless of them to do so." Momo said, sounding a bit wary of the situation.
Surprisingly enough, Luffy was happy to use the Marines as a chance to escape while Coby is worry to be arrested before he could enlist.
"To be fair, he isn't wrong. He was with the Alvida Pirates for two years." Jiro slight frowned.
"But he was like their slave." A look of confusion appeared on Denki's face.
"There's still a chance they could believe he's a double agent for the pirates." Hizashi chimed in.
In the waters, the orange-haired girl tying up her bag of treasure, ready to go, hearing the cannons fire, but then she was surprised by another boat splashing into the sea right next to her.
For a moment, she and Luffy locked eyes until a cannonball blocked their view.
"A connection was made." Mina dramatically said, interested in what will happen in the future.
"Do you really think they would meet again?" Toru asked.
"I fucking doubt they just randomly made a character just for them to never use again." Katsuki said in annoyance.
Out at the open sea, Luffy and Coby were slowly drifting away. Coby was, of course, relieved that they're out of danger's way while Luffy thought it was fun.
"Almost getting captured is fun to him?" Iida said, raising an eyebrow.
Coby asked Luffy if he's going to the Grand Line, which is considered to be the Graveyard of Pirates. Of course, Luffy said yes to that.
"That does sound... dark." Tokoyami commented on, interest lacing his voice.
Then Luffy asked about the pirate hunter Alvida mentioned.
"Luffy, you're not going..." Momo trailed off, expecting why he's asking for such a thing.
"Oh my god, he's actually going to do that." Katsuki said in disbelief. "Can't tell if he's an absolute idiot or just plain confident."
"Same." Most of the class said, though Kirishima said, "Wait, what do you mean?"
Despite Coby's comments about how monstrous this Zoro is and that he's in jail, Luffy thought it would be a good idea to recruit him.
"I don't think the marines would just let you take Zoro out, especially since you want to be a pirate." Iida said, raising a hand.
"Pretty sure he's going to break him out." Izuku sweatdropped.
While Luffy believes Zoro is a good guy, Coby believes he's a bad guy since he's being held.
"Well, he's not wrong." Jiro said, listening to Coby's ramblings about how impossible it is right until Luffy bumped him on the head offscreen (which Katsuki enjoyed).
Instead of the wide, blue sea they were used to, there was an island with two blue buildings that stand out compared to the others. In their courtyard, there was a man tied to a cross at the center.
A guitar rift blared as the man lift up his head, and it ended with "To Be Continued."
"Why are they crucifying him?" Izuku whispered to himself.
"Then we should watch the next episodes!" Kirishima shouted, using the remote to go to the next episode.