

As Luffy and the crew were attacked by several marine warships, they were forced to use a Coup de Burst to escape. Crash landing on an island, the crew decided to explore while some repairments are made. Upon meeting an wax artisan and learning the truth behind the island, Luffy offers his help.
Direction
Morita brings genuine emotional weight to filler material.

Director
Hiroyuki Morita
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hand Island was created specifically for this TV special and never appeared in Oda's manga, making it rare anime-original canon-adjacent content.
The wax art motif references Japanese tradition of amezaiku (candy sculpting), connecting Luffy's rubber powers to malleable craft heritage.
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