Chapters 30 and 31 Summary

In the middle of the night, Manjiro wakes up and realizes the boat is moving. When he goes up on deck, all of the sailors are nice to him now because of what he did with the sea turtle. Jolly tells them all that he has a plan for them to take over the ship from the captain, which Manjiro points out is mutiny. Jolly says he tried to warn Manjiro that first day aboard about how crazy Davis is. This is when Davis comes on deck in his nightshirt and starts firing a musket.

Manjiro realizes that Davis never intended to allow him to return to Japan. Davis just used it as a ruse to get Manjiro to work for him. Manjiro starts to stand up to Davis when a whale is spotted. Itchy says Davis has lost his mind...