KEY POINTS

  • Orochi and Kaido watch Oden endure the heat inside the boiling pot
  • Oden is not willing to give up
  • "One Piece" Episode 974 is airing Saturday

Kozuki Oden is inside the boiling pot while holding the other Akazaya members over his head. The fire inside Oden is burning to save his retainers as well as his country from Kaido and Orochi in "One Piece" Episode 974.

The official preview trailer for the episode shows Oden in pain as blood gushes out from his nose. The hero’s supporters wonder if he will be able to perform any miracle and come out of the pot.

One of the scenes shows Orochi in an irritated state hinting Oden is likely to win this battle. However, it remains to be seen how it will end for Oden and the Akazaya members.

After successfully defeating Oden, Kaido orders his men to take him and his gang of samurai as war prisoners. Later, they are sentenced to death by boiling.

In "One Piece" Episode 973, Oden gets ready for his execution but before entering the pot, he wants Kaido to give him one chance as he deserves to live along with other Akazaya members.

Kaido is ready to give him a chance only if he and the other prisoners survive inside the pot for one hour.

“Oden and the Akazaya members are sentenced to death by boiling in a pot. Oden asks for a chance to survive which is accepted by Kaido. Then, Oden enters the boiling pot holding his retainers over his head. Shinobu watches from among the spectators and reveals what Oden had been doing to save the country, to the surprise of the citizens,” read the synopsis for "One Piece" Episode 973, as per Crunchyroll.

The cast of "One Piece" anime includes Mayumi Tanaka as Monkey D. Luffy, Kazuya Nakai as Roronoa Zoro, Kappei Yamaguchi as Usopp, Hiroaki Hirata as Sanji, Kazuki Yao as Franky, Chikao Otsuka as Gol D. Roger, Hiroshi Iwasaki as Kurozumi Orochi, Hiroya Ishimaru as Oden Kozuki, Keiko Han as Toki Kozuki, Ai Orikasa as Momonosuke Kozuki, Shigeru Chiba as Buggy, Shuuichi Ikeda as Shanks, Gorou Naya as Crocus and Takahiro Fujimoto as Rakuyo.

Fans can watch "One Piece" Episode 974 online on Crunchyroll. The episode will live stream in Japanese with English subtitles Saturday.

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