Chapter Summaries

The promotional song showed the Straw Hat Pirates and drew reactions from Marines, Whitebeard’s crew, Sabo, Ace, Law, and Doflamingo. After the video ended, it revealed Doflamingo, Trafalgar Law, and Admiral Fujitora standing amid the remains of a shattered meteor.

• The video showed Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates, prompting comments from Marines and Whitebeard’s crew, who reacted angrily to Blackbeard’s appearance.
• Usopp and Chopper discussed the new powers shown by Luffy, Usopp, and Nami, while Koala watched Sabo appear in the video.
• Sabo clutched his head in pain and collapsed, and Koala called for help.
• Ace recognized Sabo and wondered whether Sabo had inherited the Flame-Flame Fruit, while Law vowed to avenge Corazon and Doflamingo threatened Law and Luffy.
• The promotional song ended with Luffy and Doflamingo exchanging blows, then revealed Doflamingo, Trafalgar Law, and Fujitora—also known as Issho—standing on the shattered remains of a meteor.

The video revealed that Law had become a Shichibukai and showed him proposing an alliance with Luffy to bring down Kaido. Luffy agreed and declared he intended to defeat all the Four Emperors, while people across the world reacted to the revelation.

• Sengoku ordered Marine intelligence agents to find Fujitora and invite him to Marine Headquarters.
• Doflamingo and Law's crews reacted to Law becoming a Shichibukai, while Law vowed to avenge Corazon.
• Kid dismissed Law as a World Government lackey, but Killer warned him not to underestimate Law.
• The video showed Law asking Luffy to form an alliance and explaining his plan to bring down Kaido.
• Luffy agreed to the alliance and said he planned to defeat all the Four Emperors, drawing shocked comments from viewers.

The Straw Hat crew argued over Luffy’s ambition to defeat the Four Emperors while the sky video showed Law cornered by Fujitora and Doflamingo. The video then revealed Luffy and Franky questioning one of Doflamingo’s men in Dressrosa before it switched to the Corrida Colosseum.

• Whitebeard, Kaido, Big Mom, Shanks, Rayleigh, Shakky, and Ace reacted to Luffy’s declaration that he would defeat the Four Emperors.
• Jinbe arrived at the cell in front of Ace, who recognized him in surprise.
• Nami scolded Luffy aboard the Thousand Sunny, and Brook warned the crew that Law was in trouble.
• Fujitora and Doflamingo pursued Law into a jungle and surrounded him.
• Luffy and Franky questioned a beaten man from Doflamingo’s crew about the captured samurai, the smile, and the factory.
• The man directed Luffy and Franky to the Corrida Colosseum, and the video shifted there before he revealed the prize.

Caesar, Doflamingo, and Kaido reacted to the Straw Hats’ mention of SMILE by moving to secure Caesar, while the video revealed the Flame-Flame Fruit as the prize in a tournament. The announcer’s claim that Ace was the Pirate King’s son shocked the Whitebeard Pirates, and Squard set out to confront Whitebeard about the revelation.

• Caesar panicked after hearing the Straw Hats mention SMILE and told Monet to pack so they could flee to Doflamingo.
• Doflamingo ordered Vergo to bring Caesar from Punk Hazard, while Kaido sent King to tell Jack to retrieve Caesar for him.
• At the Corrida Colosseum, the announcer revealed the Flame-Flame Fruit as the tournament prize and identified Ace as the Pirate King’s son.
• Whitebeard’s crew discussed Ace’s parentage and resolved to rescue him from the Marines at Marineford, while Whitebeard worried about the consequences.
• Squard doubted that Ace was Roger’s son, then ordered his ship to hurry so he could ask Whitebeard about it in person.

Big Mom, Kaido, Shanks, Sengoku, Rayleigh, Jinbe, and Dadan reacted to the revelation that Ace was Roger’s son and that he would die. Luffy and the Straw Hats resolved to save Ace, while the video showed Luffy and Franky heading to the Corrida Colosseum to pursue the Flame-Flame Fruit.

• Big Mom, Kaido, Shanks, Sengoku, Rayleigh, Jinbe, and Dadan learned that Ace was Roger’s son and reacted to his impending death; Kaido and Rayleigh considered intervening.
• Ace rejected Roger as his father and said Whitebeard was the only father he recognized, while Jinbe asked what he thought about dying.
• Dadan refused to send her group to rescue Ace, trusting Luffy to save him, and they cheered for Ace and Luffy.
• Luffy resolved to save Ace, and Nami told him the Sunny’s course would take them to Marineford in time; the Straw Hats pledged to go with him.
• After learning the prize was the Flame-Flame Fruit, Luffy and Franky decided to enter the Corrida Colosseum, and the video shifted to Luffy inside the arena.

Luffy entered Dressrosa’s arena disguised as Lucy and defeated Spartan after the gladiator attacked him, drawing the attention of the other fighters. The Happo Navy intervened to keep Luffy from being expelled, and more powerful competitors arrived as the tournament gathered.

• A toy soldier led Franky through Dressrosa while Luffy entered the contestants’ preparation room.
• Spartan attacked Luffy, who dodged his punches and slammed him into the ground, knocking him unconscious.
• Sai defended Luffy from the inspector, and the Happo Navy members Sai, Boo, and Chinjao were introduced.
• Chinjao angrily ordered Sai not to help Garp’s family in the future, while Wu Yi tried to calm him.
• Luffy thanked Sai, but Sai demanded he take back his thanks before Wu Yi stopped him from attacking.
• The names of competitors including Suleiman, Abdullah, Jeet, Orlumbus, Bellamy, Cavendish, and Bartolomeo were announced.

The Corrida Colosseum’s Block A elimination match ended with Jesus Burgess revealing himself as the winner and captain of Blackbeard’s crew, which was identified as one of the Four Emperor crews two years in the future. Whitebeard’s crew reacted with anger and worry, but Whitebeard assured Marco that he would stop Blackbeard.

• Gatz explained the elimination match rules and started Block A’s free-for-all among 137 contestants.
• A masked contestant eliminated nearly everyone in the arena, leaving him as the sole fighter still standing.
• Gatz announced the masked man as the winner, and the contestant revealed himself as Jesus Burgess of the Blackbeard Pirates.
• The viewers and Whitebeard’s crew were shocked to learn that Blackbeard would become one of the Four Emperors two years later.
• Marco grew worried about Blackbeard, but Whitebeard said he would not let him get his way.

Big Mom, Kaido, Shanks, and Sengoku reacted to Blackbeard's future as a new Emperor, while Blackbeard continued his plan toward Impel Down. Garp visited Ace in his cell, and Bellamy confronted Luffy in the video before revealing he had changed and no longer held a grudge.

• Big Mom, Kaido, and Shanks speculated about Blackbeard becoming one of the Four Emperors, while Sengoku ordered his arrest and learned he had disappeared.
• Blackbeard told Burgess and the others that they would continue toward Impel Down after waiting nearby for events to unfold.
• Ace realized Blackbeard might target Whitebeard, and Garp visited Ace and spoke with him privately about Luffy, his capture, and the coming war.
• On the Thousand Sunny, Nami recognized Burgess, and Zoro spotted Bellamy looking for Luffy in the video.
• Bellamy told Luffy he had been to Sky Island, no longer held a grudge, and planned to join Doflamingo's ship to face the coming great wave.

The video showed how Sanji’s trust in Violet revealed that she opposed Doflamingo, and she freed him and shared what she knew about the trap in Dressrosa. Violet left Sanji with a warning that the crew had already fallen into Doflamingo’s trap, while the comments worried about the danger she faced for betraying him.

• Bellamy ordered his crew to keep searching for Sky Island so he could follow Luffy there and join the Donquixote Family.
• The video showed Violet and her subordinates capturing and beating Sanji after she lured him with a false plea for help.
• Violet used her Glint-Glint Fruit to read Sanji’s mind, but discovered he was thinking about her rather than a battle plan.
• Sanji insisted that Violet had a beautiful heart and trusted her tears, prompting her to turn against her subordinates and knock them unconscious.
• Violet freed Sanji and told him that the crew had been caught in Doflamingo’s trap, then showed him Dressrosa’s memories of that night.

Violet’s betrayal was exposed, prompting Doflamingo to send Baby 5 and Buffalo to capture her alive, while Caesar and the Vegapunks reacted to her mention of him and SMILE. At the Corrida Colosseum, Bartolomeo made his notorious entrance and antagonized the crowd and viewers.

• Doflamingo ordered Baby 5 and Buffalo to capture Violet alive after Diamante and Trebol argued over her betrayal.
• Violet fled an alley after realizing Doflamingo would no longer trust her, leaving Donquixote Family underlings defeated behind her.
• Caesar decided to return to Doflamingo, while Shaka, Lilith, Edison, and Vegapunk discussed Caesar’s possible connection to SMILE and artificial Devil Fruits.
• Gatz introduced Bartolomeo as a notorious Block B contestant with a 150 million Beli bounty, and the spectators booed him.
• Bartolomeo tricked the crowd with a fake bomb, insulted the spectators, and threatened commenters until they stopped provoking him.

The video showed Block B beginning, with Bellamy quickly defeating the contestants who targeted him and Dagama explaining Elizabello II’s legendary King Punch. Dagama’s claim that the punch could defeat a Four Emperor drew Big Mom’s scorn and Kaido’s attention, leaving Elizabello II and Dagama facing the prospect of Kaido testing the claim.

• Luffy ignored Cavendish’s introductions of Block B’s leading contestants, and the video showed how they had met in the waiting room when Luffy’s armor made him overweight.
• Bellamy became the target of several contestants but easily defeated them.
• Contestants surrounded Elizabello II while he warmed up, and Dagama defended their tactics as a way to give the king time to charge his King Punch.
• Dagama revealed that Elizabello II’s punch had shattered a fortress and claimed it could defeat one of the Four Emperors, prompting Big Mom to mock him and Kaido to threaten to test the punch.
• Dagama reassured a frightened minister that Elizabello II could defeat Kaido if he had an hour to build up his strength, while Elizabello II agreed with a strained smile.

Cavendish explained that he hated the Worst Generation because its members had taken his fame after the Paramount War, and he vowed to win back his popularity by claiming the Flame-Flame Fruit. The video showed Luffy passing the tournament’s equipment scale, while Whitebeard praised Luffy’s loyalty to Ace and Big Mom dismissed the war and chose to wait for others to weaken each other.

• Bartolomeo watched Bellamy and Taiko Repant fight instead of entering the battle, drawing puzzled comments from viewers.
• Cavendish inspected scratched-up wanted posters and told Luffy he planned to eliminate the Worst Generation rookies.
• The video showed Cavendish explaining that the Paramount War and the rookies praised afterward had cost him his popularity, so he intended to win the Flame-Flame Fruit and reclaim his fame.
• Luffy removed his excess armor, passed the equipment scale, and ignored Cavendish’s angry boast.
• Whitebeard praised Luffy for risking himself to save Ace, while Big Mom refused to prepare for the conflict and said she would benefit if Whitebeard and the Marines weakened each other.

At the Dressrosa tournament, Chinjao confronted Luffy over his hatred of Garp and attacked him and Cavendish. The video paused to ask viewers who would win their fight, leaving the answer undecided.

• Kaido ordered his subordinates to summon the Flying Six and gather ships for war, while Shanks debated whether to join the Paramount War.
• The Straw Hat crew worried that Luffy might have faced the Paramount War without them, and Sanji suggested waiting for more information.
• Chinjao crowded beside Luffy and Cavendish, then revealed that he hated Garp and wanted Garp’s grandson to pay for their old grudge.
• Luffy admitted that Garp was his grandfather, and Chinjao said he would have prevented Luffy’s birth if he had known about Dragon before striking at Luffy and Cavendish.
• The video paused and asked viewers to choose whether Chinjao, Luffy, Cavendish, or neither would win the fight.

Luffy, Cavendish, and Chinjao’s fight was interrupted before anyone won, making the multiple-choice answer a draw. Kyros was randomly selected to receive the mysterious prize.

• Chinjao attacked Luffy and Cavendish, but Luffy knocked him down before Chinjao rose unharmed and prepared to continue fighting.
• Cavendish tried to expose Luffy’s disguise, recognized him as Straw Hat Luffy, and insisted on dealing with him despite Luffy’s denials.
• Sai and Boo restrained Chinjao and urged him to save his fight with Luffy for the match arena, while inspectors warned that private fighting would lead to expulsion.
• Cavendish searched for Luffy after discovering he had fled, and Sai and Boo reminded Chinjao that his target was competing in Block C.
• The system declared the duel a draw and announced that Kyros had won the mysterious prize.

Kyros received a mysterious coin that could temporarily restore his human appearance and vowed to stop Doflamingo from repeating the past tragedy. In the Block B arena, Bartolomeo defeated Hack by using an unseen defensive power, while others wondered about his strength and Sabo remained unconscious.

• Kyros received a coin from a ball of light, learned it could temporarily restore his human appearance, and vowed to confront Doflamingo.
• Gatz named the likely Block B contenders, including Hack and Bartolomeo.
• Bartolomeo pretended to urinate toward the ocean, prompting Hack to attack him from behind.
• Hack's fist struck Bartolomeo's unseen barrier and was badly injured, after which Bartolomeo knocked him unconscious with a knee strike.
• On White Soil Island, the Revolutionaries discussed Bartolomeo's strange power and hoped that Sabo would wake soon.
• Kurozumi Orochi recognized Bartolomeo's power as the ability Kurozumi Semimaru had possessed and blamed Kaido for Semimaru's death.

The video showed Dagama and Blue Gilly betraying the contestants guarding Elizabello II, while Bellamy repeatedly attacked Bartolomeo and was hurt by the same strange defense that had stopped Hack. Elizabello II unleashed his King Punch and swept nearly everyone from the arena, but Bartolomeo remained standing.

• Blue Gilly kicked Ricky out of the fight, then teamed up with Dagama to turn on and defeat the contestants guarding Elizabello II.
• Blue Gilly betrayed Dagama before Dagama could attack him, then challenged Elizabello II as the remaining contestants turned against the king.
• Bellamy repeatedly attacked Bartolomeo, injuring himself each time, while the spectators and Luffy cheered him on.
• Elizabello II finished warming up and revealed that his formation had protected him until he could unleash his King Punch.
• Elizabello II's shock wave blasted the other contestants out of the arena, but Bartolomeo remained standing.

Bartolomeo defeated Elizabello II and won Block B, then said he wanted to present the Flame-Flame Fruit to a certain man. The chapter also showed Luffy speaking with Bellamy and Law recalling a conversation about Green Bit before Fujitora captured him.

• Bartolomeo revealed his Barrier-Barrier Fruit ability, struck Elizabello II with Screen Impact, and won Block B to the crowd’s anger.
• Bartolomeo said he had to present the Flame-Flame Fruit to that man.
• Luffy checked on the injured Bellamy, who admitted Luffy’s Haki had surpassed his expectations, and Bartolomeo arrived and recognized Luffy.
• Fujitora restrained Law with gravity as Law’s memories showed him, Usopp, Robin, and their disguised companions discussing the dangers of crossing the bridge to Green Bit.
• Law refused Usopp’s suggestion to change the handover location and said Doflamingo’s sudden abdication and the town’s peaceful mood worried him.

The Straw Hats and others reacted to footage suggesting Caesar was captured and Doflamingo had abdicated, while Doflamingo, Kaido, and Judge discussed the situation. On the Thousand Sunny, Robin recognized three figures in white coats as CP0, the Cipher Pol Aigis Zero, and warned the crew that their appearance meant trouble.

• Caesar panicked at the footage of himself with Law and the Straw Hat Pirates, then felt touched that Doflamingo had supposedly given up his throne for him.
• Doflamingo’s crew wondered why he had abdicated, while Doflamingo suspected Law was using Caesar to force his hand and said Vergo would be enough to stop him.
• Kaido called Doflamingo unreliable, then learned Jack had set off for Punk Hazard to retrieve Caesar; Judge also mocked Caesar for being captured.
• On Egghead, Shaka insulted Caesar’s appearance, surprising Vegapunk and the other satellite bodies, and privately wondered why he had said it.
• On the Thousand Sunny, the crew argued over whether the bearded man in the footage should join them, and Nami punched Luffy for insisting his decision as captain was final.
• Robin recognized three white-coated figures in the footage as CP0, and Law and Robin explained to Usopp that the organization’s agents were highly ranked and dangerous.

Usopp, Robin, Law, and Caesar crossed the iron bridge toward Green Bit and faced a swarm of enormous Fighting Fish. Robin and Usopp fought them off, and Law forced Caesar to join the battle by threatening his heart.

• Usopp and the others stepped onto the iron bridge, where a giant Fighting Fish leaped from the water.
• More Fighting Fish attacked, and one bent the bridge with a horn strike.
• Robin slapped one Fighting Fish away with Mil Fleur: Giant Tree: Slap, while Usopp knocked another out with Green Star: Skull Bombgrass.
• Usopp and the others hurried toward Green Bit as more Fighting Fish pursued them.
• Law told Usopp to remove Caesar's handcuffs and showed Caesar his captured heart.
• Caesar fired a Gas Shock Beam at a Fighting Fish after Usopp freed his hands.

In the video, Law’s group encountered a Fighting Fish and mysterious beings while trying to reach the island, so Law forced Caesar to carry them across the broken bridge. The crew aboard the Thousand Sunny reacted to the danger and Robin deliberately frightened Usopp.

• Sengoku learned Caesar had survived and decided to investigate and arrest him if necessary.
• Nami and Usopp agreed that Caesar was a bad person, while Luffy said he trusted his instinct that they would meet a better crewmate.
• Law’s group found the bridge ahead collapsed as a Fighting Fish charged at them.
• Three iron spears struck the Fighting Fish, and unseen island inhabitants caught it in a net before fleeing when they noticed the humans.
• Law threatened Caesar with his heart, and Caesar flew him, Usopp, and Robin across the gap toward the island.
• Usopp trembled at the video’s monsters, and Robin deliberately suggested that the crew might have been eaten.