Volume 96

Volume 96 is titled "I am Oden, and I Was Born to Boil".
==Cover and Volume Illustration==
The cover is orange spectrum gradient. The title is written in a mint and pink, and the author's name is written in blue and orange. 
The cover features from top to bottom in a clockwise rotation; Whitebeard, holding his Murakumogiri, Jozu, Marshall D. Teach, Kouzuki Oden is in the center holding Enma and Ame no Habakiri, Shanks, Buggy, Gol D. Roger, Silvers Rayleigh, and Marco, all of whom appear as they were over 25 years ago. Monkey D. Luffy is standing in the foreground holding Nidai Kitetsu.
The spine features Whitebeard, Oden and Roger.
==Author's Note==
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Author's Notes	Author's Notes
 	Volume 96!!If you turn it upside down, it's volume 69!!Wait, never mind, it still says 96!!But no matter how you flip this, there's noturning back when the volume 100 party isso close!! Enjoy volume 96!!
==Chapters==
*965. : Oden and Toki fall in love and start a family. However, back in Wano, Orochi is engaging in a plot to usurp the shogunate.
*966. : The Whitebeard Pirates encounter and battle the Roger Pirates, and in the aftermath, Oden goes with Roger to help him find the final island.
*967. : Oden and the Roger Pirates reach the final island, where Roger finds a treasure left by Joy Boy. The story of Joy Boy makes him laugh, so he names the island Laugh Tale.
*968. : Roger disbands his crew, and Oden is taken back to Wano. There, he discovers that Orochi has become shogun and had his allies attack Momonosuke, causing him to go and attack Orochi.
*969. : Oden is unable to kill Orochi, and is forced to dance naked in the street every week for five years. However, after hearing that Kaidou attacked the Hyogoro Family, Oden and his retainers go to fight Kaidou.
*970. : The Kouzuki Family and Beasts Pirates engage in a long, brutal battle, but Kaidou eventually defeats Oden. He and the Nine Red Scabbards are then sentenced to execution.
*971. : Oden and his retainers are sentenced to be boiled alive, but Oden makes a deal for them to go free if they survive for an hour; he then lifts his retainers over his head while standing in the boiling oil.
*972. : Oden survives for the whole hour, but Orochi goes back on the deal. Before Kaidou shoots and kills him, Oden throws his retainers out of the pot, allowing them to escape.
*973. : The Nine Red Scabbards race to save Oden's family from the Beasts Pirates, leading Toki to send Momonosuke and Kin'emon's group forward in time. Denjiro's appearance changes as he is consumed by rage, and he becomes the yakuza leader Kyoshiro to get close to Orochi, before Toki's prophesied time of the final battle.
*974. : In the present day, the Nine Red Scabbards are confronted by a Beasts Pirates fleet, and Kanjuro reveals that he is a spy feeding Orochi information. However, Luffy, Law, and Kid then come to the rescue.
==SBS Notes==
*Oden is given a birthday (February 22).
*Shimotsuki Kouzaburou is revealed to have founded Shimotsuki Village. Koushirou is Kouzaburou's son and Kuina his grandchild.
*Shinobu's design was originally modeled after the famous Japanese comedian Naomi Watanabe.
*Kawamatsu is revealed to be a Tiger pufferfish fish-man.
*A human version of Brook's sword is shown.
*Some of the members of the Roger Pirates are named.
*The heights and favorite foods of Oden, the Nine Red Scabbards, Shinobu and Izou are revealed.
==Usopp Gallery Pirates==
*Located on pages 190-195.
==Volume Changes==
Magazine Version	Volume Version	Explanation
 	 	Chapter 965, page 12Change: The Hebi Hebi no Mi, Model: Yamata no Orochi now has swirls like other Devil Fruits.
 	 	Chapter 965, page 17Correction: Added Rayleigh's scar.
 	 	Chapter 969, page 4Change: Added grandient to Semimaru and Higurashi's introduction boxes.
 	 	Chapter 969, page 4Change: Added grandient to Semimaru and Higurashi's introduction boxes.
 	 	Chapter 969, page 6Correction: Higurashi keeps the candles when she transforms into Sukiyaki.
==References==
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