# WebtoonLib — One Piece #78

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

## Chapter
- number: 78
- release_date: 2025-05-29

### Summary
The heart-wrenching flashback into Nami's past continues, revealing the brutal choice forced upon her adoptive mother, Bellemère, by the cruel fish-man Arlong. Faced with an impossible demand to pay for her family's lives, Bellemère makes the ultimate sacrifice. Refusing to disown her daughters even if it means her own survival, she proudly declares her love for Nami and Nojiko with her final breaths before being executed by Arlong, cementing a traumatic memory that will define Nami's future.
- summary_source: graph_aggregator
- summary_verification: unverified

### Key events
- Arlong executes Bellemère after she refuses to deny Nami and Nojiko are her family.

### Characters involved
- Genzou — Supporting
- Arlong — Supporting
- Nojiko — Supporting
- Bellemere — Supporting
- Nami — Main

## Spoiler
- level: auto

### Safe teaser
The heart-wrenching flashback into Nami's past continues, revealing the brutal choice forced upon her adoptive mother, Bellemère, by the cruel fish-man Arlong.

### Spoiler summary
The heart-wrenching flashback into Nami's past continues, revealing the brutal choice forced upon her adoptive mother, Bellemère, by the cruel fish-man Arlong. Faced with an impossible demand to pay for her family's lives, Bellemère makes the ultimate sacrifice. Refusing to disown her daughters even if it means her own survival, she proudly declares her love for Nami and Nojiko with her final breaths before being executed by Arlong, cementing a traumatic memory that will define Nami's future.

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

## See also
- [WebtoonLib — One Piece #78](/series/one-piece-46bb51/chapter-78)
- for_series_detail: /llms-series/one-piece-46bb51

## Usage
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