Pirate Problem!

*“But here I feel very close to her, I think I'd like to stay here for a while.”*
*“Then do it, if it does you good. Rediscover your smile.”*

## *Pirate Problem!*

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***Pirate Problem!*** is the 90th issue of the Ninjago Magazine. It includes 892290 Cole and Scuba Jay is on the cover. The comic is titled ***Separate Ways***. It released on the 14th of June in Germany.

## Separate Ways

In the forest of Ninjago many citizens are illegally creating treehouses in the City's Nature Reserve. They wish to live there so that they would be safe from another flooding. The Commissioner calls the ninja, who are able to convince the people there to travel to a different forest on the *Destiny's Bounty* after a small debate. Cole did most of the work which causes Lloyd to sit the next mission out in order to think about his declining skills to be a good leader.

Earlier that morning, Captain Soto, who escaped from Kryptarium Prison the previous month was able to find a ship inhabitated by people who refused to return to land after the Great Flood. Soto was able to convince the sailors to hijack a cargo ship with some word plays.

Unfortunately, Soto's malicious sceme did not as planned as he is being interrupted by Jay and Cole who are able to defeat him and his new crew. Jay later realises that the ship must have drifted near the Lighthouse Island so he decides to take a quick visit. Shortly before entering the lighthouse, Jay recalled some old events and realises that he feels the closest to Nya there, so he decides to stay there for a while, Cole bids him farewell and takes Soto back to the city. Inside the lighthouse, Jay sees Echo Zane, who does not remember him. Jay tells him about the time that they will spend together. Later, Jay inspires Echo Zane to go out and become a hero Jay no longer was. Echo Zane then brought Tai-D with him and later joined the Falcon on his journey.

## Appearances

### Characters

* Cole
* Echo Zane
* Jay
* Kai
* Lloyd
* Police Commissioner
* Police Officers
* Soto

#### Miscellaneous

* Dogshank (flashback)
* Gizmo
* Nadakhan (flashback)
* Nya (flashback)
* Zane (non-speaking)

### Items

* Anchor
* Apples
* Backpack
* Bananas
* Briefcase
* Golden katana (flashback)
* Maps
* Pine cones
* Scrap
* Shields
* Teapot (flashback)

### Events

* Alternate timeline (mentioned)
* Great Flood (mentioned)

### Vehicles

* Cargo ship
* Boat
* Destiny's Bounty
* Floating wooden island
* Sub car

### Locations

* Endless Sea
	+ Lighthouse Island
* Ninjago City Nature Reserve

### Species

* Chickens
* Dogs
* Humans
* Nindroids
* Oni/Dragon/Human hybrids
* Seagulls

## Trivia

* "Seperate Ways" is set between Seabound and Crystalized.
* Tommy Andreasen's original pitch for the comic featured Echo Zane leaving the lighthouse with Tai-D after being inspired by Jay, but it was not included in the comic possibly because it would be too long.

## Continuity

* The events of The Last Resort are mentioned.
* This marks Echo Zane's first physical appearance since The Way Back and his first "true" appearance since the events of Skybound were undone.
	+ Gizmo makes his first physical appearance since "Operation Land Ho!".
* The Lighthouse returns after its small appearance in Tentacles Below!.
	+ The comic also reveals how Jay came to be at the Lighthouse in "Farewell the Sea".
* Lloyd's lack of leadership is further more explored in the comic.

## Errors

* The bottom comic panel on page 25 has a speech bubble coming from Cole that should be coming from Jay.
* When the events of The Last Events are shown, Jay has dark blue pants.
	+ Ironically, a similar animation error happened in Wishmasters, in which Jay had blue pants for a few seconds.

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1. ↑ https://twitter.com/TommyAndreasen/status/1570767922569834496