One Piece · Story arc
Alabasta
The crew stands with Princess Vivi to save Alabasta from the civil war engineered by Crocodile and Baroque Works. Luffy strikes down the Warlord and stops the royal army and the rebels from destroying each other.
With Princess Nefertari Vivi aboard, the crew races to save Alabasta from the civil war engineered by the Warlord Crocodile's Baroque Works (Mr. 0). Past Nanohana, Rainbase and the Rain Dinners trap, they cross the desert to Alubarna while the crewmates beat the Baroque agents one by one. Luffy faces Crocodile three times and, aided by water, defeats him and stops the bomb over the royal plaza. Nico Robin joins the crew; Vivi chooses to remain queen and bids her friends farewell with the secret mark of friendship.
- Position
- Arc 12 of 31
- Saga
- Alabasta Saga
- Period
- Paradise · desert kingdom
- Canon status
- Canon
- Manga
- 155-217
- Anime
- 92-130
Arc events(9)
- Whisky Peak and Baroque WorksParadise · Alabasta SagaWhisky Peak, the 'town of welcome', is a trap of Baroque Works bounty hunters. Zoro routs them, and it is revealed that Princess Vivi and Igaram are investigating Crocodile's organisation undercover.
- Little Garden: the giants Dorry and BrogyParadise · Alabasta SagaOn the prehistoric island of Little Garden the crew meets the giants Dorry and Brogy, who have dueled for a hundred years, and foils Baroque Works' Mr. 3, who tries to petrify them.
- The Rain Dinners trapParadise · AlabastaAt Rainbase, Crocodile traps the crew in the cage of his Rain Dinners casino along with Smoker. Overpowered, Luffy is saved by the sand and by Vivi as the race to Alubarna begins.
- Luffy vs CrocodileParadise · AlabastaLuffy faces the Warlord Crocodile three times and, using water and blood, finally fells him.
- The Alabasta warParadise · AlabastaAt Alubarna the royal army and the rebels are about to slaughter each other while Luffy faces Crocodile at Rainbase and in the desert. With the Warlord defeated and the bloodshed stopped, Alabasta is saved.
- Sanji vs Mr. 2 Bon ClayParadise · AlabastaAt Alubarna Sanji faces the okama Bon Clay, user of the Clone Fruit, in a duel of kicks.
- Pell's sacrificeParadise · AlabastaTo save Alubarna, the royal guard Pell, a falcon-man, flies skyward with Baroque Works' bomb and detonates it far from the crowd, surviving by a miracle.
- Nico Robin joins the crewParadise · AlabastaWith Crocodile defeated, the former Baroque Works vice-president Nico Robin slips aboard the Going Merry and asks Luffy to let her live, joining the crew as archaeologist.
- Vivi's farewellParadise · AlabastaWith Alabasta saved, Vivi chooses to stay with her people as princess. On the dock, the crew secretly answers her by showing the mark of friendship: they will always be comrades.