# WebtoonLib — One Piece #457

## Series
- title: One Piece
- slug: one-piece-46bb51

## Chapter
- number: 457
- release_date: 2025-05-29

### Summary
Gecko Moria's slothful ambition to become Pirate King is revealed to be a strategy born from a past, crushing defeat at the hands of the Yonko Kaidou. Now, on his island-ship Thriller Bark, he seeks to build an invincible zombie army using the Straw Hats' powerful shadows, avoiding another direct confrontation himself. The crew, however, finds a new cause in the "Gentleman Skeleton" Brook, another of Moria's victims. As the perverted, joke-telling musician sees a chance to reclaim his future and fulfill a long-lost promise, the ever-flamboyant Franky forges a connection, setting the stage for an alliance to shatter Moria's secondhand dreams.
- summary_source: graph_aggregator
- summary_verification: unverified

### Characters involved
- Franky — Main
- Brook — Main
- Kaidou — Supporting

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
Gecko Moria's slothful ambition to become Pirate King is revealed to be a strategy born from a past, crushing defeat at the hands of the Yonko Kaidou.

### Spoiler summary
Gecko Moria's slothful ambition to become Pirate King is revealed to be a strategy born from a past, crushing defeat at the hands of the Yonko Kaidou. Now, on his island-ship Thriller Bark, he seeks to build an invincible zombie army using the Straw Hats' powerful shadows, avoiding another direct confrontation himself. The crew, however, finds a new cause in the "Gentleman Skeleton" Brook, another of Moria's victims. As the perverted, joke-telling musician sees a chance to reclaim his future and fulfill a long-lost promise, the ever-flamboyant Franky forges a connection, setting the stage for an alliance to shatter Moria's secondhand dreams.

## Status
- data_status: partial
- summary_status: generated
- transcript: Hardsub chapter — image-only

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — One Piece #457](/series/one-piece-46bb51/chapter-457)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/one-piece-46bb51

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