Landing on the Moon

Thor, his face bruised and swollen, was no longer the pride of the northern island.

He had become Houka's prisoner—and a potential source of abilities for the Ancient Moon Clan!

Order soon returned to the troubled Skypiea.

Houka and his family spent a day exploring it, giving those who had never visited a chance to look around. They collected some Dials along the way.

It was not until the third day that they climbed the giant beanstalk. At its summit, they brought out the Sacred Ancient Moon and officially set off for the moon!

Every member of the Ancient Moon Clan joined the voyage.

"To think that we mermaids, who lived ten thousand meters below the surface, would one day reach Skypiea ten thousand meters above it—and even have a chance to land on the moon!"

Princess Ariel sat beside Shirahoshi's enormous cradle. Watching the moon draw closer, she could not help but marvel.

Their fates had changed the day the Dragon God chose his mermaids.

"It seems my husband is about to become a moon god in more than name!"

Amatsuki Toki held her daughter Hiyori, smiling.

Come to think of it, the Moon Family's surnames were all tied to the moon.

Amatsuki, Kozuki, Shimotsuki, Fugetsu, Ugetsu...

Kozuki Houka now ruled the Moon Family. He was not only the Mink Tribe's moon god, but the Moon Family's moon king.

"Is there really air on the moon?"

Stussy, being a scientist, had serious doubts. She had even prepared plenty of oxygen masks.

She worried that Houka's information might be wrong, or that the prophecy might have been mistaken.

"I never thought we could just fly to the moon..."

Even Tsuru, the group's strategist, found it hard to believe. People had always thought the moon hung beyond reach in the heavens,