Sogeking

Now we shall have a blog post dedicated to the heroic warrior from the Sharpshooter Island, SOGEKING! *drum rolls*

After the battle with Marines Admiral Aokiji, Usopp watched his friends easily beaten which scares him and makes him question his belonging in the crew. He was afraid that the crew is encountering stronger adversaries and since he was the weakest crewmember he started to lose confidence. A series of conflicts, particularly Luffy's choice to get a new ship to replace the Going Merry, a ship given by a beautiful lady in Usopp's village, results in Usopp leaving the crew. After a battle with Luffy, where Usopp displayed an uncharacteristically vicious fighting style, he gained the now terminally-damaged Going Merry. Usopp was later detained by World Government organization CP9 (Cipher Pol 9).

After being freed from CP9 captivity by Sanji during the Sea Train chase, Usopp announced that he has no business with the Straw Hat Pirates and disappears. Yet Usopp came back a minute later in a disguise. He was wearing a mask and a cape, using the alias "Sogeking" (sogeki means sniper, so Sogeking is a pun meaning "Sniper King"). According to his stories, Sogeking is from an island of snipers, Sharpshooter Island, that can be found in your heart, and Usopp has even written a theme song for this identity.

He helped Franky and Sanji in order to rescue Nico Robin but they fail to do so. After being in the detached cart 4 and 3 with Sanji, they were found by the Franky Family and finally reunited with Luffy. When they confronted CP9, Sogeking unveiled a new weapon, a long staff with a more powerful slingshot attached called "Kabuto".

All of the Straw Hats (including Galley-La and Franky Family) realize who he really is except for Luffy and Chopper. It is unknown if Usopp is going to rejoin the crew. His motive for concealing his identity is both so that he will not become a fugitive with an inflated bounty over his head, as attacking the Marine Base would cause this subsequent action and to keep his identity a secret towards the crew (even if it only worked on Chopper and Luffy).

Now, for his theme song! XD



This is the first one we hears, he sings it to Sanji and Franky on the Sea Train Puffing Tom while trying to save Nico Robin.



He finally meets up with Robin while trying to save her (while Sanji is fighting CP7 chef Wanze and Franky is fighting former CP9 member Nero). Thank Lord Saradomin for the TO BE CONTINUED lest Sogeking continues singing to Robin.



The second one we hears, he sings it to Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Chopper, Paulie, Lulu, Tilestone and the Franky Family when they were reunited, although only Luffy and Chopper fell for it.

Checked around YouTube for Sogeking shooting down the World Government's flag as an act of defiant for being Robin's enemy, but can't find a subbed version of it. I'll cut off excess parts off One Piece episode 278 and upload it later.