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Season 5 of One Piece is mostly made up of original filler stories, meaning they are not part of the main manga storyline but focus on side adventures of the Straw Hat crew. The season begins with the “Dreams!” arc, where each Straw Hat reflects on their personal goals and motivations, highlighting their determination to continue their journey. Next is the “Zenny Pirates” arc, in which the crew encounters an elderly moneylender named Zenny who lives on an island with his unusual group of companions. What starts as a conflict gradually turns into mutual respect as the Straw Hats learn about his past. The final arc, “Rainbow Mist,” traps Luffy and his friends inside a mysterious, time-distorting fog. There they meet children who have been separated from their families for years due to the mist’s strange effects. The crew helps them uncover the truth behind the phenomenon and find a way back home.
Episode 131
2002-11-03 • 24 min
After their adventures in Alabasta, the crew come upon another deserted island and split up tasks amongst themselves. Chopper is left in charge of guarding the ship, and he reminisces about the day he first made the rumble ball and his first patient, Dr. Kureha, while spending some time with the newest crewmember: Nico Robin.
Episode 132
2002-11-10 • 24 min
A weird salesman is fished out of the water and onto the Going Merry, and Nami buys a ton of "1000 year paper" from him to draw her sea maps. However, that's not going to be easy with the rest of the crew goofing off as usual.
Episode 133
2002-11-17 • 24 min
The Going Merry runs into several Marine ships in some fog, and the Straw Hats meet a trainee Marine chef named Tajiyo. Sanji helps him out of a bit of cooking trouble.
Episode 134
2002-11-24 • 24 min
The crew stops on an island that's having its annual fireworks festival; Usopp meets a young fireworks-maker named Kodama and helps her achieve her dream.
Episode 135
2002-12-01 • 24 min
Zoro has a flashback about the time when he first met Johnny and Yosaku, and faced off against Bandits and, Dick.
Episode 136
2002-12-08 • 24 min
After escaping from several Marine ships, the Straw Hats land on an uncharted island and meet an old man named Zenny. Chopper finds out that, because of his bad heart, Zenny probably only has three days to live.
Episode 137
2002-12-15 • 24 min
The Straw Hats help Zenny out, hoping to make his last days good ones; they learn about Zenny's past as a money lender, and his dream of becoming a pirate. But Zoro realizes that Zenny has outlived Chopper's predictions and so the straw hats decide that, after helping him finish his pirate ship, they will leave the island.
Episode 138
2002-12-22 • 24 min
Zenny decides to follow his dream and become a pirate, despite his age. He helps the Straw Hats out of trouble with the Marines, and then they part ways.
Episode 139
2003-01-05 • 24 min
On Ruluka Island, some of the Straw Hats make enemies of the Mayor and his men, who have placed high taxes on everything. Robin, Usopp, and Luffy meet Professor Henzo, who's doing research on the island's rainbow mist. When some of the mist shows up, Henzo borrows the Going Merry to go explore it.
Episode 140
2003-01-12 • 24 min
The inside of the Rainbow Mist full of wrecked ships and treasure, and is guarded by five kids. The kids are actually friends of Henzo's that got lost in the mist over 50 years ago.
Episode 141
2003-01-19 • 24 min
Henzo, his friends, and the others try to find a way out of the ship graveyard. Meanwhile, the Mayor and his men let the information about the Rainbow Mist slip to the remaining Straw Hats still on Ruluka.
Episode 142
2003-01-26 • 24 min
Luffy accidentally propels himself and Rapanui to the end of the mist. Nami appears in the ship graveyard with a rowboat full of treasure and a string connected to the real world, which are both stolen by Wetton's subordinate. The Mayor uses the Rainbow Tower to make a bridge to the Rainbow Mist.
Episode 143
2003-02-02 • 24 min
The Going Merry escapes from the Rainbow Mist, getting badly damaged on the way. The Mayor gets arrested by a bunch of powerful marines that turn out to be older versions of Henzo's friends, who were thrown 50 years into the past by the Rainbow Mist's collapse.
