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Otohime felt an actual pain in her chest as she saw the scene of Fisher Tiger's death and his confession of being unable to love humans, and that was the reason which prevented his body from accepting human blood and living.
Especially when he admitted that the ambition of her counterpart was right, and that someone should lead the great dream of living under the rays of the sun with humans one day.
Her tears did not stop flowing, words could not describe her feelings at that moment.
"Sigh~ Every time I see the miserable reality of life in the manga I feel deep sorrow, a world with twisted justice where life has no value, a world where the strong are used to serve human pigs who think they are gods…."
"The celestial pigs have no right to decide the fate of many races in this world! Someone must stop the bleeding of the world that has continued for eight centuries just as my dear Rob did."
"I believe Luffy will succeed in that one day, although it will not be with the same efficiency as Rob who cornered them smoothly and without a drop of blood, yet I am confident Luffy will do it."
Hearing the words of Olivia, Gloriosa and Toki, Otohime felt encouraged in their words and stopped crying, but sorrow still loomed over her expression.
At that moment, even Otohime with her gentle heart and kind nature felt a great desire to kill all the Celestial Dragons in Marigoa.
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Marineford:
Silence prevailed for several minutes, until Borsalino appeared in the manga pinning Arlong with his foot.
"Well, at least the civilians were saved, otherwise the furious Arlong would have really caused a massacre." sighed Sengoku as he assessed the situation.
"Tiger chose to die rather than use the human blood stored in the Marine vessel, his confession that he had been a slave in Marigoa was not something unexpected either… even so I feel sorrow for him." Zephyr felt sadness too.
"I cannot blame this man for taking the path of piracy."
Even Sakazuki unusually, for the first time did not rejoice at the death of a pirate.
This was contrary to his extreme justice, leaving Kuzan and the others speechless as if they were looking at someone else and not him.
"What!? Why are you all looking at me? That man was pushed onto the path of piracy and did not choose it by his will… humans hurt him a lot." said Sakazuki.
"I really want to see how Fisher Tiger now reacts to this scene." wondered Kuzan as he adjusted his sunglasses so his wet eyes would not show.
"I imagine he would be less miserable, after all for one reason or another he surpassed this fate that appeared in the manga." answered Borsalino.
"Well, Fisher Tiger must be one of the most influential figures of the fishman race, and Queen Otohime is the second, we have now seen how Fisher Tiger died… isn't Queen Otohime the next?"
"Eh, did Jimbei become a Shichibukai after inheriting the leadership of the Sun Pirates from Tiger? That makes sense…"
"His strength must have been astonishing."
Sengoku nodded after knowing how Jimbei became a Shichibukai, after all such things are rarely explained.
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Chapter's Events:
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[Marine HQ]
"The real danger …"
"…is that Jimbei!! His strength is nothing less than astounding…!!"
This was the first time Jimbei's name was taken seriously by the Marines.
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[Fishman Island - Ryugugu Palace]
"I write to you of these matters because I feel that you, at least, have the right to know the entire truth."
"Jimbei, captain of the Sun Pirates."
Neptune had already finished reading the long letter Jimbei had sent in which he told everything that had happened so far.
("I have made my decision!!!") Neptune remembered Fisher Tiger's words full of determination at that time.
"…!! So Tiger had no choice but to choose the path he did…" Neptune understood what had happened, he could not help but feel sadness and pray for Tiger's soul in his heart.
"The hollow scream that I heard in his heart that day … it makes sense now… but fear not…!! I will not give in!!"
Otohime felt sadness too but that did not stop her dream, rather it increased her determination.
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"We must live under the rays of the sun!!!"
"The day will surely come when we can achieve true understanding with the humans!!" Otohime did not stop inviting people to sign, she did it every day.
"Your signature, please!! I need your support for the relocation!!" She continued to ask all passersby for a signature.
"I can't do it!! Your majesty … it's just not possible!!" And they refused every time.
"Tiger-san was a righteous hero who rescued all slaves, without regard for race…"
"…yet the humans left him to die!! How can we forgive them for that?!" What happened with Fisher Tiger made the people's rejection even stronger.
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[Ryuguu Palace]
"Mother, are you okay?" asked little Shirahoshi with a worried expression.
[Princess Shirahoshi age (4)]
"Another day with not a single signature …" Otohime whispered in despair.
"She seems quite exhausted…" noticed her eldest son that she was worn out.
"You okay? You okay?" the rest of the sons also asked with concern.
"Ah, Shirahoshi… my haven and comfort…" The queen Otohime gently rested her head on her daughter's fin speaking tenderly.
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In the Art Store on Fishman Island, King Neptune and his ministers wiped their tears caused by Fisher Tiger's death.
"It seems that Jimbei agreed to become a Shichibukai because of Tiger's words… that means Tiger influenced in one way or another the fate of Fishman Island as a whole."
"Not only that, but his death also made things difficult for Otohime… sigh~ she looks very sad."
Neptune felt sorrow as he saw the queen's continuous failure to collect signatures for her petition.
Even after she succeeded in getting some signatures from children and young people they were taken back again because of the influence of their families, leaving her sinking in despair and sadness.
"This is unbelievable, Otohime is working hard for you fools, why does she receive all this rejection!?"
Seeing Otohime collapse in tears on the manga page almost broke Neptune's heart.
Even if she was not his wife in this world, in the manga world she was, and even gave him three strong princes and a sweet, extremely lovely princess.
If there was something he regretted in this life it was not being able to know Otohime earlier.
"Oh, it seems the queen is speaking to the people while drunk!!"
The sudden turn of events left Neptune and his ministers speechless.
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Seeing Queen Otohime's "drunken" words, the readers of the fishman race felt as if the words became sharp arrows piercing through their hearts.
Why should the fishmen who can live anywhere in the vast ocean and can swim through every sea area in the world be confined to a narrow place!?
Is it only because of the little rays of light they get here, or because of the little air that comes all the way through the mangrove roots!?
Maybe there was another reason, perhaps fear… fear of humans…
All the fishmen who were reading this scene had their faces turn red as they felt the sarcasm in the queen's implicit message.
Didn't she mean that they were all cowards!?
Hody Jones' face turned red with rage, he was the most affected by the queen's words, as if they were directed at him.
He had always believed that going to the surface world was just a waste of time and effort, fishmen were children of the sea, and the children of the sea should live in the depths, and rule the world from the depths, for this world was a world of seas in the first place!
Tiger sighed as he looked at the life that continued after his death, only Jimbei who inherited his will as it was made him feel that his shadow was still alive in him.
"As Hiriluk once said, people truly die when they are forgotten." said Tiger.
Jimbei looked at Tiger with a smile, "You did not die elder brother Ti, you are still here with us… in this world, because of the manga, you will live longer than we lived in the manga world."
"But I am not the same person." Tiger sighed sadly, even if he saw most of his counterpart's experiences through the manga, if he did not live the same as he lived, he dared not tie himself to his noble counterpart in his opinion.
"He lived as a hero and died as a hero, even after being enslaved he rose and did what no one else did, he freed the slaves from the heart of Marigoa… I really do not deserve to be compared to this man… the weight of his achievements makes my life meaningless unless I do the same."
"Sigh~ elder brother Ti, you don't need to do anything, your good nature alone is enough to make the world acknowledge you." said Jimbei.
"I don't want the world to acknowledge me, I want to acknowledge myself… the world will not die with me when I die."
Tiger's eyes glowed with a sharp light.
"I have decided, I will join the Hunters Guild."
When Tiger said that the listeners felt a great shock.
"I will make the fishman race proud of me once again, I will fight to change the fate of my race, I will let the fishman race stand proudly on land."
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Upcoming chapter titles (spoilers):
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Chapter 944: The Celestial Dragon Arrives at Fishman Island.
Chapter 945: Emotional Shift. Saint Mjosgard.
Chapter 946: The Shocking Appearance of the Huge Sea Kings! Fate Changes.
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