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You can pour drinks on me, you can throw food at me... You can even spit on me. I'll just laugh that stuff off. But... good reason or not... nobody hurts a friend of mine.
— One Piece · 1999
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Shanks distinguishes wounded pride from responsibility for another person. Luffy learns that refusing a pointless fight can coexist with fierce loyalty.
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In context
Spoilers for One PieceShow the scene
At the Foosha Village tavern, Shanks laughs off Higuma’s humiliation of him. The limit comes when the bandits endanger Luffy: insults to Shanks are tolerable, but hurting his friend is not. Episode 4 adapts chapter 1; this is the familiar fan translation, with “spill drinks” and “sprayed with alcohol” among other English versions.
Sources (5)
- anime ep. 4 ('Luffy's Past! Enter Red-Haired Shanks!') / manga ch. 1 — reference 1anime ep. 4 ('Luffy's Past! Enter Red-Haired Shanks!') / manga ch. 1; selected line and sceneReference checked
- anime ep. 4 ('Luffy's Past! Enter Red-Haired Shanks!') / manga ch. 1 — reference 2anime ep. 4 ('Luffy's Past! Enter Red-Haired Shanks!') / manga ch. 1; selected line and sceneReference checked
- anime ep. 4 ('Luffy's Past! Enter Red-Haired Shanks!') / manga ch. 1 — reference 3anime ep. 4 ('Luffy's Past! Enter Red-Haired Shanks!') / manga ch. 1; selected line and sceneReference checked
- Shanks declaration — independently quoted fan formShanks speech beginning You can pour drinks; ending nobody hurts a friend of mineReference checked
- Shanks declaration — independently quoted fan formShanks speech beginning You can pour drinks; ending nobody hurts a friend of mineReference checked
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