Arc 4Ohara’s Truth and Kuma’s Return

The Sky Screen exposed the World Government’s role in Ohara, the abuses behind the Shichibukai system, and Kuma’s sacrifice for Bonney. With allies from the Marines, Revolutionary Army, and Straw Hat Pirates, Bonney restored Kuma’s memories and brought him back to consciousness, while the Sky Screen opened a new question about the Buccaneer Tribe.

  • The Sky Screen exposed the Five Elders’ orders behind Ohara’s destruction and named Akainu responsible for sinking the evacuation ship, while Sengoku opened an internal review and Robin received records and messages from the dead.
  • The Sky Screen revealed how the Shichibukai system enabled Crocodile’s deception of Alabasta and Doflamingo’s rule over Dressrosa, including the SMILE factory and the crimes of the Donquixote Family.
  • The Sky Screen revealed that Kuma had accepted Pacifista modifications to protect Bonney and Sorbet’s people, and it launched a rescue mission after revealing that his personality erasure was incomplete.
  • Bonney reached Kuma’s memories on Future Island and learned how the World Government had broken its promises, while Dragon, Sabo, Kizaru, Kuzan, Vegapunk, and Sengoku helped her resist CP0 and the Five Elders’ orders.
  • Bonney carried Kuma’s Memory Bubble to his original body, and S-Bear helped repel the termination core, but Kuma’s restoration stalled when his final autonomous action record was missing.
  • Luffy and Franky found Kuma’s hidden memory beneath the Thousand Sunny, revealing that he had chosen to guard the ship and left Bonney a note asking her not to blame the Straw Hats.
  • Vegapunk and Kizaru powered Kuma’s recovery, and S-Bear protected Bonney by his own choice as Kuma’s restoration reached seventy-five percent.
  • Kuma regained consciousness, embraced Bonney, and thanked S-Bear, while White Mask warned that Kuma remembered the Holy Land, the experiments after God Valley, and the persecution of the Buccaneer Tribe.
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Ch. 76Kuzan Speaks Out

Kuzan publicly recounted the Ohara evacuation ship’s destruction, and Akainu admitted that he had ordered it sunk. Sengoku placed Marine Headquarters under internal review, but the Sky Screen announced that a public question-and-answer session would begin in ten minutes and would question Kuzan, Sakazuki, Sengoku, and the Five Elders.

  • Kuzan requested permission to speak as Marine Headquarters Admiral and said he had witnessed the Buster Call on Ohara and the evacuation ship being shelled.
  • Akainu admitted that he had ordered the evacuation ship sunk because he feared scholars might escape aboard it.
  • Zero Seven defended Akainu’s decision on behalf of the World Government, but Akainu rejected his explanation.
  • Sengoku ordered CP0 members under the Sky Screen’s mark detained and placed Marine Headquarters under internal review of the Ohara Buster Call.
  • The Sky Screen added Marine Headquarters personnel as observers and announced a public question-and-answer session on Ohara in ten minutes, naming Kuzan, Sakazuki, Sengoku, and the Five Elders as special subjects.

Ch. 77The Island from Twenty-Two Years Ago

The Sky Screen revealed that the Five Elders ordered Ohara destroyed chiefly to prevent its scholars from exposing the Great Kingdom's name, and showed Sakazuki ordering the evacuation ship bombed. It left Akainu facing a special question about whether the Five Elders had directed that attack.

  • Sengoku arranged Den Den Mushi at Marineford so the Marines could question the Five Elders, while Robin and others prepared to watch the Ohara revelations.
  • Lin Qi activated automatic playback and added a penalty for the Five Elders refusing to answer.
  • Kuzan, Akainu, Sengoku, and Garp chose D, while the Five Elders refused to answer and incurred an increased penalty.
  • The Sky Screen revealed that the Five Elders ordered Clover stopped, authorized the Buster Call, and directed the destruction of Ohara's records and containment of survivors.
  • The Sky Screen showed Sakazuki ordering a gun to fire on the civilian evacuation ship, then asked whether the Five Elders had explicitly authorized the attack.
  • The Sky Screen named Sakazuki as the special respondent and asked him to answer.

Ch. 78The Cannon Fire That Sank the Evacuation Ship

The Sky Screen exposed the full chain of responsibility for Ohara’s destruction, and Sengoku reopened the incident for an internal Marine investigation. Kuzan questioned a dead child from the evacuation ship, and the story ended with the Sky Screen asking who sealed away the truth for twenty-two years.

  • Akainu chose D, and the Five Elders refused to answer as the Sky Screen confirmed that A, B, and C were all correct.
  • The Sky Screen showed Sakazuki sinking the evacuation ship, and Kuzan admitted he had been too slow and had not thought he could stop a colleague.
  • The footage showed Kuzan letting Robin escape and freezing Saul, while Robin remembered the people who had died and Luffy called Saul a good man.
  • Sengoku accepted responsibility for failing to investigate Ohara and announced an internal investigation, while Akainu rejected Zero Seven’s claim that doing so was rebellion.
  • The Sky Screen released the Buster Call files and the evacuation ship’s death records, then gave Robin surviving-book records and Kuzan one question for a deceased person.
  • Kuzan asked seven-year-old Aina whether she had been afraid, and she said she was, but her mother had told her the Marines would protect them; the Sky Screen then asked who had sealed away Ohara’s truth.

Ch. 79The Final Seal

The Sky Screen revealed how the Five Elders, Sengoku, and Spandine jointly suppressed the truth of Ohara, and assigned responsibility to them, Akainu, and Kuzan. Sengoku accepted the ruling and ordered records opened, while the screen cleared Robin’s stigmatizing title and named her Ohara’s Last Scholar.

  • Garp questioned Sengoku, who admitted he had confirmed the World Government’s confidentiality order after Ohara.
  • The Sky Screen identified the Five Elders as signatories, Sengoku as the Marine executor, and Spandine as the records destroyer, then restored the destroyed records for public release.
  • Sengoku accepted the ruling and ordered Ohara records made public; Akainu and Kuzan proposed safeguards against attacks on civilians, and Sengoku added them to temporary review regulations.
  • The Sky Screen assigned responsibility for Ohara’s bombardment to Akainu and responsibility for letting a survivor escape without stopping the bombardment to Kuzan.
  • The Sky Screen exposed the Five Elders’ manipulation of Robin’s bounty and abolished the title Devil Child, replacing it with Ohara’s Last Scholar.
  • The Sky Screen previewed messages from Ohara’s dead for Robin as the next reward.

Ch. 80Ohara's Last Scholar

The Sky Screen played messages from Ohara’s dead for Robin, who grieved with her crew and received a new ability to reveal traces of altered history. It then imposed new judgments on Kuzan, Akainu, and Sengoku, while previewing an investigation of the Shichibukai system that drew Doflamingo’s attention.

  • Dr. Clover, Ohara’s scholars, Olvia, and Saul sent Robin messages urging her to live, trust her companions, and carry the truth of their history.
  • Robin received the Witness of History ability, and Luffy announced that the crew would go to Impel Down to rescue Ace.
  • Kuzan received the Fire Seed Beneath the Ice ability, while Akainu accepted a ban on ordering attacks against unarmed civilian ships.
  • Sengoku received thirty days of authority to release files related to Ohara and ordered the Marines to gather them and continue detaining CP0.
  • The Sky Screen previewed an investigation into the Shichibukai system, and Doflamingo watched it from the royal palace in Dressrosa.

Ch. 81Legal Pirates

As the Sky Screen prepared to reveal why the Seven Warlords of the Sea system was created, Doflamingo, the Marines, and Alabasta's leaders braced for disclosures about its abuses. The broadcast identified three cases it would expose, beginning with Crocodile's attempted seizure of Alabasta.

  • Doflamingo halted shipments to the Beasts Pirates and said the system concealed something the powerful wanted hidden.
  • Luffy and his crew discussed the Shichibukai and wondered whether the broadcast would expose Crocodile or Doflamingo.
  • Sengoku ordered Marine bases to seal Shichibukai files while he investigated the system's harm to civilians.
  • Cobra, Vivi, Sabo, and Dragon discussed Crocodile's legal status and the danger Doflamingo posed to Dressrosa.
  • Lin Qi learned that three agents and two tracking Den Den Mushi were watching him as the Sky Screen's broadcast approached.
  • The Sky Screen asked why the system was created, presented three possible purposes, and announced disclosures about Alabasta, Dressrosa, and the Special Human Weapon Project.

Ch. 82The Hero in the Desert

The Sky Screen exposed how Crocodile used his Shichibukai status to destabilize Alabasta and how the World Government concealed the truth and credited Smoker for the pirates’ victory. Cobra, Vivi, and Smoker publicly corrected the record, while the Sky Screen awarded them rewards and announced that Dressrosa’s change of succession would be examined next.

  • The Sky Screen explained that the World Government created the Shichibukai system to make pirates fight one another and showed Crocodile using his status to infiltrate and destabilize Alabasta.
  • The Sky Screen showed Luffy defeating Crocodile and the World Government hiding the Straw Hat Pirates’ role while falsely crediting Smoker.
  • Cobra confirmed that Crocodile had deceived Alabasta and that Luffy and his crew had saved the country, and Vivi publicly thanked them.
  • Smoker rejected the false credit and urged Sengoku to correct the record, which Sengoku agreed to do.
  • The Sky Screen revealed rewards for Alabasta, Smoker, and Vivi, then announced that the change of succession in Dressrosa would be shown next.
  • Doflamingo laughed and declared that it was his turn.

Ch. 83The Toys of Dressrosa

The Sky Screen revealed that Doflamingo had seized Dressrosa by controlling King Riku and that Sugar’s power had erased the memories of people turned into toys. A temporary correction restored their identities, while the Sky Screen began exposing the Donquixote Family’s operations and left Doflamingo facing a question about his underground factory.

  • Doflamingo ordered his officers to keep Dressrosa’s people in place and brought Sugar to the palace as the Sky Screen identified his coercion of King Riku.
  • The Sky Screen showed Doflamingo using strings to force King Riku to attack civilians, then presenting himself as the country’s savior before the World Government recognized him as king.
  • The Sky Screen revealed that Sugar’s Hobby-Hobby Fruit turned people into toys and erased others’ memories of them, prompting people across Dressrosa to realize loved ones had disappeared.
  • The Sky Screen temporarily restored the erased records for ten minutes, and Rebecca remembered Kyros and called him her father.
  • The Sky Screen imposed penalties on the Donquixote Family and Sugar, including public records of transformations and the impending disclosure of the underground factory’s coordinates.
  • The Sky Screen asked what the Dressrosa factory produced, and Doflamingo reacted tensely to the option identifying artificial Devil Fruits, SMILE.

Ch. 84Artificial Devil Fruits

The Sky Screen exposed the SMILE trade and the Donquixote Family’s exploitation of Dressrosa, while confirming the World Government and Beasts Pirates’ roles. As Doflamingo began deploying the Birdcage, the screen upgraded his punishment and revealed his crimes of patricide, fratricide, and coercing the World Government.

  • Sengoku chose artificial Devil Fruit SMILE, and the Sky Screen revealed the underground factory beneath Dressrosa and the Tontatta Tribe’s forced labor.
  • The Sky Screen exposed the SMILE trade linking Caesar Clown’s production, Doflamingo’s processing, and the Beasts Pirates’ purchases, including the suffering of failed fruit eaters in Wano.
  • Kaido learned that the trade had been exposed, while Doflamingo cut off the Beasts Pirates’ call and ordered his officers to lock down the colosseum and factory entrances.
  • The Sky Screen confirmed that Sugar’s power, the underground factory, and the World Government’s recognition of Doflamingo had all helped maintain his rule over Dressrosa.
  • As people gathered outside the Royal Palace, Doflamingo began deploying the Birdcage, but the Sky Screen upgraded his punishment and revealed his personal crimes.

Ch. 85The Children of the Donquixote Family

The Sky Screen exposed how Doflamingo killed his father and Rosinante, and revealed that Doflamingo used his Shichibukai status, kingship, and knowledge of Mary Geoise’s secret to pressure the World Government. It issued punishments and rewards tied to Dressrosa and Law, then began a question about the Pacifista prototype, leaving Dragon alarmed by Bartholomew Kuma’s name.

  • The Sky Screen showed Doflamingo’s childhood, confirmed his patricide, and revealed that Rosinante returned as the undercover Marine Corazon to save Law before Doflamingo shot him.
  • The Sky Screen asked why Doflamingo could force concessions from the World Government, and the world chose D: all three listed advantages; the Sky Screen confirmed the answer but withheld details of Mary Geoise’s secret.
  • Lin Qi drew suspicion from agents watching him, then fooled them by acting like an ordinary resident.
  • The Sky Screen punished the Donquixote Family by revealing officer locations and factory entrances and restricting Sugar’s power, prompting Dressrosa’s people and the Tontatta to mobilize.
  • The Sky Screen restored the identities of people erased by the Hobby-Hobby Fruit, cleared Rosinante’s Marine record, and gave Law Silent Sanctuary to protect him while he pursued Rosinante’s final wish.
  • The Sky Screen began a question about which person became the Pacifista prototype, and Dragon reacted grimly when he saw Bartholomew Kuma listed as option A.

Ch. 86Tyrant Kuma

The Sky Screen revealed Bartholomew Kuma’s history as a benevolent Sorbet Kingdom king and Revolutionary Army officer who accepted Pacifista modifications to protect his daughter Bonney and others. Bonney learned that Kuma had traded away his personality for their safety, while the screen ended by asking what his last freely chosen act had been.

  • Dragon confirmed that Kuma had been a Revolutionary Army officer before Sabo chose him as the Sky Screen’s answer.
  • The Sky Screen showed Kuma protecting Sorbet Kingdom’s poor and explained that the World Government had branded him a tyrant for resisting its policies.
  • The screen revealed that Bonney was Kuma’s daughter and that Kuma agreed to the modifications to gain the World Government’s trust, shield Revolutionary Army intelligence, secure her treatment, and protect Sorbet’s survivors.
  • Kuma rejected the modification contract until its terms protected Bonney and the surviving poor, then agreed to sacrifice his personality so Bonney could live.
  • Bonney wept as the screen confirmed Kuma had given up his personality under coercion, and Luffy vowed to send the World Government flying.
  • The Sky Screen asked what Kuma’s last freely chosen action was, and Luffy focused on the option about protecting the Thousand Sunny.

Ch. 87Two Years Guarding the Ship

The Sky Screen revealed that Kuma spent two years guarding the Thousand Sunny and that his personality erasure was still incomplete. A rescue mission began to save him within 72 hours, while the next question hinted at the truth behind Bonney’s illness.

  • Sabo, Bonney, and others chose answer A, and the Sky Screen confirmed that Kuma had been ordered to protect the Thousand Sunny.
  • The Sky Screen showed Kuma guarding the ship for two years after asking Vegapunk to preserve that command, and Luffy vowed to bring him back.
  • The Sky Screen revealed that Kuma’s personality erasure was only 73 percent complete in the current timeline, and Lin Qi activated a rescue quiz.
  • The Sky Screen confirmed that Vegapunk had preserved Kuma’s memories and that the Paw-Paw Fruit had repelled his pain and memories into a backup.
  • The Sky Screen launched a 72-hour rescue mission for the Revolutionary Army, the Straw Hat Pirates, a Marine Headquarters review team, and Bonney, who set sail to join it.
  • The Sky Screen announced a question about the true cause of Bonney’s illness, alarming Bonney and the Five Elders.

Ch. 88A Father's Bargain

The Sky Screen revealed that the Celestial Dragons’ coercion forced Kuma to trade his freedom for Bonney’s treatment, and Bonney learned why he had made the bargain. The Marines and Revolutionary Army prepared to reach Kuma at the Science Unit’s Future Island transport port as the Sky Screen posed a new question about the Pacifista project.

  • Dragon, Sabo, the Straw Hats, and Marine Headquarters chose answer C, identifying Bonney’s Sapphire Scales disease as the lingering effect of an incident involving the Celestial Dragons.
  • The Sky Screen showed young Bonney’s illness and how the World Government used her need for treatment to make Kuma accept the Shichibukai title and Pacifista modifications.
  • Vegapunk agreed to treat Bonney, while secretly retaining treatment records and Kuma’s personality backup against government orders.
  • The Five Elders ordered the Marines to disband the investigation and arrest Bonney, but Sengoku suspended the arrest order and sent Kuzan and Kizaru to help with the rescue.
  • Bonney received one-time tracking authority and located Kuma at the World Government Science Unit’s Future Island outer transport port; Dragon and Sabo prepared to go there.
  • The Sky Screen asked what the most dangerous result of the Pacifista project was, listing mass-produced Kuma weapons, the Seraphim Project, Shichibukai Lineage Factor replication, and all of the above.

Ch. 89The Shadow of the Seraphim

The Sky Screen revealed that the World Government used the Shichibukai’s Lineage Factors and Lunarian traits to create the Seraphim, while issuing protections that gave the Marines, Revolutionary Army, and Jewelry Bonney a chance to reach Bartholomew Kuma. As rival groups raced toward Future Island, surveillance agents tried to force Lin Qi to act, and he activated his defensive barrier before the next question asked who would arrive first.

  • The Sky Screen confirmed that the Pacifista Project led to mass-produced Kuma-shaped weapons and the Seraphim, childlike weapons made with Shichibukai Lineage Factors and Lunarian traits.
  • Kuzan said he would protect the Seraphim as children, while the Sky Screen granted temporary protection to incomplete Seraphim and paused Bartholomew Kuma’s personality erasure for twelve hours.
  • The Sky Screen gave the Marine Headquarters Independent Review Group, the Revolutionary Army, and Jewelry Bonney temporary authorizations to assist in reaching Kuma.
  • The World Government ordered Kuma and his personality backup transferred from Future Island, prompting Sengoku to send Kizaru and Kuzan while Akainu sealed the outer harbor.
  • Lin Qi learned that surveillance agents planned to force him to act, activated his defensive barrier, and saw the Sky Screen ask which faction would reach the port first.

Ch. 90Countdown to Future Island

Lin Qi’s question sent the Marines, Revolutionary Army, Bonney, and Straw Hats toward Future Island as CP0 began seizing Kuma’s body. Bonney reached Kuma’s personality backup room and chose to read his memories as Kizaru and CP0 clashed outside.

  • Lin Qi let the Future Island arrival question go public while evading suspicion from the agents watching Foosha Village.
  • The Marines, Dragon and Sabo, Bonney, and the Straw Hats chose answers, and the Sky Screen confirmed that CP0 had arrived first.
  • CP0 began forcibly transferring Kuma’s original body, but the Sky Screen blocked an attack and broadcast the agents’ actions publicly.
  • Vegapunk locked down the main laboratory area, and Kizaru arrived to contest CP0’s control of Future Island’s transport port.
  • Dragon and Sabo found Bonney at the personality backup room, where she opened the door and chose to read Kuma’s memories despite the warning.

Ch. 91Kuma's Memories

Bonney experienced Kuma’s memories as the Sky Screen revealed his efforts to protect her and the terms he demanded from the World Government. As CP0 moved to seize Bonney, the footage ended with proof that the government had circumvented Kuma’s promises.

  • Young Bonney asked Kuma about the sea, while he cared for her as she stayed indoors because of her disease.
  • Kuma defended Bonney from fearful villagers and told her she was not her disease.
  • Kuma refused the World Government’s offer until officials agreed to terms protecting Bonney and Sorbet’s people.
  • The Five Elders ordered CP0 to make Bonney its first target, while Kizaru blocked the agents and Dragon and Sabo guarded the backup room.
  • Kuma signed the deal after demanding written protections, and the Sky Screen revealed that the World Government later circumvented those clauses.
  • Bonney looked up from the Memory Bubble and accused the World Government of breaking its promise to Kuma.

Ch. 92The Terms He Had Been Promised

Bonney learned from Kuma’s memories that he had endured her treatment and traded his own body for her freedom, while Vegapunk admitted he had helped the World Government alter Kuma. The rescue mission revealed that restoring Kuma required him, his personality backup, and Bonney’s authorization, leaving CP0 still trying to seize Bonney as Dragon, Sabo, and Kizaru held them back.

  • Sabo confronted CP0 outside the personality backup room, and Dragon arrived to stop the agents from reaching Bonney.
  • Bonney watched Kuma absorb the pain of her treatment, while people watching the Sky Screen praised his sacrifice and promised to bring him back.
  • Kizaru blocked CP0’s advance as Vegapunk released experimental Getting-Lost Bubbles to disrupt the agents’ routes.
  • Bonney saw Kuma promise to join her later and learned that he had traded an accelerated modification process for her short-term freedom.
  • Vegapunk admitted he had known the World Government failed to honor its terms and said restoring Kuma depended on Kuma, his personality backup, and Bonney’s authorization.
  • The rescue mission updated its core conditions, and White Mask ordered CP0 to keep searching for Bonney while another team held off Kizaru.

Ch. 93Three Keys

Bonney learned more about Kuma’s sacrifices and began carrying his Memory Bubble toward his original body, escorted by Sabo and Dragon. The World Government moved to seal the maintenance area, leaving them seven minutes to reach it.

  • Sabo and Dragon fought Black Mask while Bonney synchronized with Kuma’s memories, including his decision to surrender his pain response, emotions, and free will for her sake.
  • Bonney saw Kuma’s letters and remembered how often she had followed his advice to look at the sea.
  • Kuzan and Vegapunk determined that Bonney could carry the Memory Bubble to Kuma’s original body, though she would have to remain in contact with it and endure the memories.
  • Bonney took the Memory Bubble and set out with Sabo and Dragon, while Black Mask withdrew to summon help.
  • The World Government began sealing the maintenance area, and the Sky Screen announced a seven-minute countdown.

Ch. 94Seven Minutes Away

Bonney and her allies raced toward the maintenance area to reach Kuma’s body before lockdown, while Kizaru and Sengoku obstructed CP0. As Seraphim attacked their alternate route, Bonney used her authority to attempt a command override of the Kuma-type Seraphim.

  • Bonney carried Kuma’s Memory Bubble through the personality backup passage and learned he had promised to return to protect her.
  • Kizaru destroyed the remote lockdown controls, and Sengoku ordered CP0 to submit to an independent investigation while Akainu backed the mission.
  • After the Five Elders overrode Vegapunk’s access, Bonney, Sabo, and Dragon took the route through the Seraphim observation area.
  • White Mask activated the Seraphim defense protocol, and Vegapunk tried to seize control using his root-level authority.
  • The Seraphim awakened and attacked Bonney and her allies as the maintenance lockdown countdown continued.
  • When the Kuma-type Seraphim aimed a Paw-Paw Impact at Bonney, the Sky Screen detected a lineage-factor connection and offered a command override, which Bonney accepted.

Ch. 95Little Bear

Bonney used Kuma’s memories and her connection to him to reach the maintenance chamber and begin restoring his personality. The Five Elders activated a Termination Program, leaving Kuma’s body set to be erased in three minutes.

  • Bonney awakened S-Bear’s protective instincts by identifying herself as Kuma’s daughter, and S-Bear blocked the other Seraphim while she escaped with Sabo.
  • Bonney used Kuma’s Memory Bubble to gain access to maintenance chamber three, and Kuma’s original body responded to the memory resonance to open the door.
  • Bonney reached Kuma and prepared to insert his personality backup, while Vegapunk warned that restoration had a chance of success but carried risks.
  • White Mask activated the Five Elders’ backup command, ordering the Termination Program inside Kuma to start if his restoration could not be stopped.
  • Vegapunk warned Bonney that connecting the memories would trigger the Termination Program, and the Sky Screen showed a three-minute countdown.

Ch. 96Three-Minute Termination Program

Bonney, Sabo, Dragon, and Vegapunk raced to stop the Termination Program from erasing Bartholomew Kuma, using S-Bear’s Paw-Paw ability and the Sky Screen to protect Kuma’s memories. With the countdown nearly finished, S-Bear began pushing the program’s data core out of Kuma, and Bonney reached out to receive it.

  • Vegapunk warned Bonney that inserting Kuma’s Memory Bubble would trigger the Termination Program, then proposed that S-Bear might repel the deletion command.
  • Sabo and Dragon fought to clear a path while Bonney called S-Bear away from the Seraphim; Kuzan froze the sea and cooling system to slow them down.
  • S-Bear reached the maintenance chamber and pressed his paw against Kuma’s chest, but Vegapunk discovered a second erasure chain targeting the Memory Bubble.
  • Bonney agreed to let the Sky Screen take custody of Kuma’s memories and disclose them worldwide, invalidating the remote destruction command.
  • With ten seconds left, Vegapunk urged S-Bear to push out the data core, and Bonney reached for it as the countdown fell to three seconds.

Ch. 97The Ejected Death Command

Bonney, S-Bear, and Kuma’s original body bypassed the Five Elders’ authorization and isolated the termination core, allowing Bonney to begin restoring Kuma’s personality backup. The restoration stalled at 27 percent when Vegapunk discovered Kuma’s last autonomous action record was missing, and Saturn watched from Mary Geoise as a tear fell from Kuma’s eye.

  • Dragon held Black Mask and the CP0 agents back while Sabo struggled to open the abandoned energy well.
  • Bonney spoke to Kuma about the letters he had sent her, and his response completed triple verification to open the energy well.
  • S-Bear repelled the termination core into the energy well, deactivating the termination program in Bartholomew Kuma’s body.
  • Bonney returned the Memory Bubble to Kuma’s core slot, but the personality restoration stopped at 27 percent because his last autonomous action record was missing.
  • Vegapunk learned that Kuma had deliberately separated the missing memory, whose location was unknown, while Saturn looked up in Mary Geoise and a tear rolled from Kuma’s eye.

Ch. 98The Last Piece of Memory

Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates found the memory anchor Kuma had hidden beneath a board at the Thousand Sunny’s shipyard, and the Sky Screen played his final message. As Kuma’s recovery window counted down, he remembered choosing to guard the ship and asked Bonney not to blame the Straw Hats.

  • Vegapunk explained that Kuma’s recovery had stalled because his missing memory anchor was the last record confirming who he was, and Dragon suggested the people Kuma protected might know where it was.
  • Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates rushed to Rayleigh’s shipyard while Kizaru, Sabo, and the others fought White Mask and the CP0 agents trying to stop Kuma’s recovery.
  • At the shipyard, Luffy and Franky touched the Thousand Sunny, and the ship’s response revealed a paw-print mark beneath the board where Kuma had sat guard.
  • Franky lifted the board and found a memory bubble containing Kuma’s final memory, which the Sky Screen began to play publicly.
  • Kuma’s memory showed him hiding a note asking that, if he forgot himself, he be allowed to remember guarding the ship, and telling Bonney not to blame the Straw Hats because guarding it had been his choice.

Ch. 99The Choice I Made

Kuma’s final memories showed the Straw Hats that he had guarded the Thousand Sunny for two years, while Bonney and their allies fought to restore his personality despite the power cutoff. S-Bear chose to protect Bonney, and the chapter ended with Kuma’s recovery at 75 percent and a glimmer returning to his eyes.

  • The Straw Hats watched Kuma’s memories and learned that he had guarded the Thousand Sunny and left Bonney a message asking her not to blame them.
  • Vegapunk redirected Future Island’s dwindling backup power to Kuma, and Kizaru connected light energy to the maintenance chamber while fighting White Mask.
  • Saint Saturn ordered Future Island’s power cut, but Vegapunk and the others kept Kuma’s recovery going with Kizaru’s light energy.
  • White Mask tried to stop the recovery and told Bonney that Kuma had lost, but Bonney told her father that he had not lost as his memories showed his hopes for her.
  • S-Bear blocked White Mask from reaching the energy interface and declared that he would protect Bonney, triggering confirmation of his autonomous choice and raising Kuma’s recovery progress to 75 percent.
  • A glimmer of light appeared in the real Kuma’s eyes.

Ch. 100Kuma Came Back

Kuma’s personality was restored as Bonney, Sabo, Dragon, and their allies fought to keep the process from being interrupted. The Sky Screen then revealed that Kuma remembered the World Government’s crimes, setting up a question about why the Buccaneer Tribe had to disappear.

  • Bonney held Kuma’s hand as the Sky Screen showed his memories and the final note he had left for her, while the restoration progress climbed.
  • White Mask charged at Bonney, but the recovering Kuma seized his wrist and warned him not to touch her.
  • Saturn ordered the Seraphim to attack, and Kuzan, Smoker, and Hina moved to stop them while the fight continued inside the maintenance chamber.
  • S-Bear blocked White Mask’s blade and sent him flying, allowing Sabo to restrain him as Kuma’s restoration reached one hundred percent.
  • Kuma regained consciousness, called Bonney by name, and embraced her; he also thanked S-Bear for protecting her.
  • White Mask warned that Kuma remembered the Holy Land, the experiments after God Valley, and the persecution of the Buccaneer Tribe, as the Sky Screen previewed a question about why the tribe had to disappear.
Arc 4 of 14
Arc 4 of 14