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“Nami's betrayal leads Straw Hats to Arlong Park, revealing her tragic past and Arlong's tyranny over her island.”
One Piece: Episode of Nami - Tears of a Navigator and the Bonds of Friends
ワンピースエピソード・オブ・ナミ～航海士の涙と仲間の絆～
8.11
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Nami's betrayal leads Straw Hats to Arlong Park, revealing her tragic past and Arlong's tyranny over her island.
Nami betrays the Straw Hat crew and steals their ship and treasures, escaping to Arlong Park. Luffy and his crew follow her, only to come face to face with the infamous pirate Arlong, a ruthless fish-man who has taken over Nami's home island with force and Naval bribes. As opinions clash and the Straw Hats attempt to convince Nami to rejoin the team, her true motivation behind the deception will be revealed at last.
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Derived from 12 sampled reviews
8.3
/10
What 12 viewers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 9
σ 1.48
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.48 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 0.75
Running avg · Nov 2012 → Jul 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “The special dazzles with amazing updated animation and serves as a solid recap for fans revisiting the Arlong/Nami arc. Yet its shorter runtime saps the anticipation and emotional punch that made...”
- 7 “This recap film hits nearly every major beat of the arc and trims about three hours off the series runtime, making it a solid 75% rewatch shortcut. Still, it can’t replace the full manga or...”
- 10 “This OVA strips the Arlong Park arc down to pure story, fights, and heart-wrenching drama, and I cried just as hard here as in the full anime. The cleaner, faster pacing lets the battles hit harder...”
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Short · 33%
Medium · 50%
Long · 17%
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- Format 1 × 106′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 46m all episodes
- Aired Aug 2012 – ongoing
- Source Tv special media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-7223 catalog
Produced by
- Fuji TV Producer