One Piece · Story arc
Thriller Bark
In the Florian Triangle fog the crew faces the Warlord Gecko Moria, a stealer of shadows, on the galleon-island Thriller Bark. Freeing the skeleton Brook, he joins as musician; then Bartholomew Kuma tests the exhausted crew.
In the Florian Triangle fog the crew lands on the vast galleon-island Thriller Bark, realm of the Warlord Gecko Moria, who steals shadows to animate an army of zombies. With Luffy's shadow stolen for the giant Oars, and amid the ghost Perona and the knight Absalom, the Straw Hats free the skeleton Brook, a prisoner for fifty years. Luffy defeats Moria; then the Warlord Bartholomew Kuma tests the exhausted crew and Zoro secretly takes on all of Luffy's pain. Brook joins as musician.
- Position
- Arc 18 of 31
- Saga
- Thriller Bark Saga
- Period
- Paradise · Florian Triangle
- Canon status
- Canon
- Manga
- 442-489
- Anime
- 337-381
Arc events(8)
- Usopp & Chopper vs Hogback & PeronaParadise · Thriller BarkAmid Dr. Hogback's zombies and Perona's ghosts, Usopp and Chopper fight through the Thriller Bark mansion.
- The giant Oars and Luffy's shadowParadise · Thriller BarkMoria steals Luffy's shadow to animate the giant zombie Oars. The crew battles the colossus, while the ghost Perona and the knight Absalom spread panic across Thriller Bark.
- Zoro vs RyumaParadise · Thriller BarkZoro crosses blades with the zombie of the legendary samurai Ryuma, animated by Brook's shadow.
- Sanji vs AbsalomParadise · Thriller BarkEnraged by Nami's abduction, Sanji faces the invisible Absalom at Thriller Bark.
- Luffy vs Gecko MoriaParadise · Thriller BarkTo reclaim the stolen shadows, Luffy faces the Warlord Gecko Moria and his army of zombies.
- Gecko Moria's fallParadise · Thriller BarkWith the stolen shadows reclaimed, Luffy defeats the Warlord Gecko Moria and frees Thriller Bark and its captives from the zombie nightmare.
- Brook joins the crewParadise · Thriller BarkWith his shadow returned, the skeleton musician Brook joins the Straw Hats. Soon after, Bartholomew Kuma tests the exhausted crew and Zoro secretly takes on all of Luffy's pain.
- Zoro and Kuma: 'Nothing happened'Paradise · Thriller BarkThe Warlord Bartholomew Kuma offers to spare the crew in exchange for Luffy's head. Zoro offers himself instead and secretly takes on all of the captain's pain, barely surviving.