History Recap / OnePieceKuroArc

* MeaningfulName: Usopp is a ConsummateLiar who [[AnAesop has to learn a lesson the hard way]] about CryingWolf. His name is a {{Portmanteau}} of "uso" (the Japanese word for "lie") and "[[Literature/AesopsFables Aesop]]".

* BigBrotherInstinct: The Usopp Pirates invert this for Kaya, their "captain" Usopp's best friend, by doing their absolute damndest to protect her from Jango despite being badly outmatched and outsized. And once Jango does soon get the better of them and have them at his mercy, Kaya plays it straight by pulling a StopOrIShootMyself to keep him from killing them, and agrees to sign the will in exchange for him sparing them.

* TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily: Jango teeters on but ultimately subverts it; while goofy and laid-back enough to get caught off-guard by the preteen Usopp Pirates a ''few'' times, he's ultimately too dangerous for them to fight head-on, and all they can do is stall long enough for [[BigDamnHeroes grown-up help]].

* HypnotizeTheCaptive: Kuro's plan hinges on Jango hypnotizing Kaya and forcing her to sign the will that gives all her wealth to "Klahadore" in the event of her death, then killing her soon after. Kaya takes advantage of this by threatening to kill herself ''before'' she's forced to sign the will.

* TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily: Jango teeters on this, but ultimately subverts it; while goofy and laid-back enough to get caught off-guard by the preteen Usopp Pirates a ''few'' times, he's ultimately too dangerous for them to fight head-on, and all they can do is stall long enough for [[BigDamnHeroes grown-up help]].

** Jango hypnotizes his crew to become incredibly strong... unfortunately for them, Luffy gets hypnotized too. He then goes on a rampage and effortlessly defeats Jango's superpowered crew.

* ExactEavesdropping: The spot that Usopp goes to cool of in after his father was insulted just so happens to overhang the beach where Kuro and Jango loudly discuss their plan and the formers true identity, so that Usopp and Luffy know when the invasion is about to begin.

* BadBoss: Kuro doesn't give a damn about his old crew, or pirates in general, and threatens to kill them if they fail him. Of course, it turns out he was going to kill them all even if they ''didn't'' fail him, because he wants no one to know that he's still alive. He starts killing them as they're caught in his Cat Out of the Bag technique as he attacks Luffy.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: When Luffy and Zoro are late to the confrontation with the Black Cat Pirates, ''Luffy'' is the one who's late due to getting lost; Zoro's excuse is just that he got stuck in an oil patch, so he presumably found his way there fine after getting un-stuck. The series later establishes that Zoro has the absolute worst sense of direction in the entire crew, even worse than Luffy's (which is also pretty bad), making it unlikely in hindsight that he would have gotten to the correct beach without also getting lost.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: When Jango convinces Kaya to write her will in exchange for sparing the Usopp Pirates, his plan is to kill her on the spot after the will is written without getting notorized by a lawyer.

* AscendedExtra: Zoro in the anime version of the Gaimon story. In the manga, he spends the entire story asleep on the boat due to recovering from his wounds during the Buggy arc; in the anime he travels onto the island with Luffy, Nami, and Usopp.

->"''I'm proud of my old man, who leapt onto these possibly endless seas to live with his life on the line. I'm planning on setting out to sea like him someday!''"
-->--'''Usopp'''

* IllGirl:
** Kaya, though it's not specified what the illness is. It's possible it's at least somewhat psychological (possibly due to grief over her parents' deaths), since she decides to get better at the end of the arc and become a doctor, and is shown to be doing much better in future appearances.
** Usopp's mom in the flashback. She later passed away from it.

The arc begins with Luffy, Zoro, and Nami on the seas, once again out of food. They spot an island and make landfall in hopes of finding something to eat, but when they make their way in further, they find that the island has some odd animal inhabitants. A mysterious voice tries to drive them out, calling himself "the trial of the island". He shoots at the group from the bushes until Luffy eventually catches him, revealing a man stuck in a treasure chest. He introduces himself as Gaimon, and reveals that he was trying to scare the trio off, as there is a treasure chest on a hill that he's protecting. He explains that, many years ago, he was with a pirate crew that came to the island. He found a treasure chest on a hill and tried to report back to his crew; however, he tripped and fell, landing in an open treasure chest, getting himself stuck. Furthermore, his crew sailed off without him, marooning him on the island. He's been protecting the chest ever since.\\

Luffy agrees to help him by sling-shooting himself to the chest, but he refuses to throw it down once he's at the top. Gaimon realizes why: the chest was empty, meaning the years he has been protecting it were for nothing. Luffy, however, offers to take him off the island so he can join his crew. While flattered by the offer, Gaimon respectfully declines, as he's made friends with the animals of the island and doesn't wish to leave them. However, he gives the group some food for their help. The crew sails off, wishing Gaimon well.\\

* ShaggyDogStory: Gaimon protects a treasure chest for many years, only for Luffy to discover that it's empty. He manages to bounce back from the disappointment, however.

* TheFarmerAndTheViper: Kaya's father found Kuro and took him in as their butler. Kuro, in response, planned to have Kaya killed for her inheritance money.

* TheFarmerAndTheViper: Kaya's father found Kuro and took him in as their butler. Kuro, in response, planned to have Kaya killed for her inheritance money, and is implied to have killed her parents as well.