Bounty! Straw Hat Luffy Becomes World Famous!

Episode 45 establishes crew's escalated notoriety through Luffy receiving significantly increased bounty following Arlong's defeat. The episode demonstrates that defeating major pirate crew draws Marine and government attention, establishing crew as serious threat. Luffy's bounty increase represents recognition of his capability and threat level by military authority. The episode explores themes of notoriety and consequence: crew's successful liberation mission creates institutional recognition. The increased bounty creates new pressures: crew members now individually targeted by Marines seeking arrest. The episode establishes that crew's continuing journey involves increasing danger alongside increasing capability. Crew members' reactions to bounty information demonstrate their psychological adjustment to escalating stakes. The episode demonstrates that success breeds recognition and opposition: defeating Arlong draws attention previously averted. The bounty system becomes mechanism through which world acknowledges crew's growing power and threat level. The episode ends with crew recognizing new dangers while maintaining determination to continue pursuing dreams.

Luffy's bounty increases significantly following Arlong's defeat; Marine attention escalates toward crew; The bounty represents recognition of escalated threat level; Crew members become individually targeted; New institutional dangers emerge alongside capability; The bounty system demonstrates world recognition; Success breeds opposition and institutional pursuit; Crew psychology adjusts to escalating stakes; Individual crew members recognize personal danger; The institutional pressure increases substantially; Recognition brings both glory and danger; The episode establishes new challenge tier

Episode 45 achieves its power through establishing that crew's success creates new challenges and institutional opposition. What makes this effective is recognition that liberation victories attract powerful enemies: success creates threats. The episode communicates that notoriety involves costs alongside recognition. By episode's end, audiences recognize that crew's journey will involve increasingly formidable opposition.