Recaps

Doflamingo defeated Garp by abandoning his sword and catching him off guard with Intersecting Killing Dragon Fang Fist. After carrying the unconscious Garp out of the forest, Doflamingo woke him by tossing him onto the ground, and Garp complained that he had won by sneak attack.

• Narikitsune was sent flying, and Garp hesitated as Doflamingo closed in with his fists.
• Doflamingo struck Garp with Intersecting Killing Dragon Fang Fist, breaking several bones and leaving him unconscious.
• Doflamingo rested, then carried Garp out of the forest to keep animals from finding them.
• Doflamingo tossed Garp onto the ground after seeing him snore, and Garp woke up in pain.
• Garp accused Doflamingo of sneak-attacking an old man, while Doflamingo mocked him for refusing to accept defeat.

Doflamingo defeated Garp after a day-and-night battle, then agreed to teach his Intersecting Killing Dragon Fang Fist to Garp’s grandsons. The boys celebrated Doflamingo’s victory, relieved they would not have to endure Garp’s training.

• Garp asked Doflamingo about the Intersecting Killing Dragon Fang Fist, and Doflamingo agreed to teach it to the boys who wanted to learn.
• Doflamingo and Garp emerged from the forest battered after their battle, and Makino offered to treat their injuries.
• Makino scolded Garp for drinking alcohol while injured, but he insisted that eating and drinking worked better than bandages.
• Ace asked who had won, and Doflamingo declared that he had defeated Garp.
• Luffy and his brothers cheered for Doflamingo because Garp would not put them through his training.

After helping Ace, Sabo, and Luffy train, Doflamingo left Foosha Village and learned that Monet and Sugar had been turning Golden City gamblers into dolls to steal their money. He headed to confront the sisters, while Monet sensed the casino was watching them more closely and urged Sugar to leave.

• Doflamingo taught the three brothers for several months, and their skills improved rapidly despite Garp's efforts to recruit them into the Navy.
• Garp left East Blue, and Doflamingo departed Foosha Village aboard Sancho after leaving the brothers a handbook.
• Baccarat reported suspicious casino finances to Doflamingo, who deduced that Sugar had been turning gamblers into dolls and that Monet was helping her steal their money.
• Doflamingo decided he needed to control the sisters carefully because Sugar's Hobby-Hobby Fruit could cause widespread chaos if she lost consciousness.
• In Alabasta, Monet warned Sugar that the Golden City's surveillance had increased and urged her to leave.

Sugar and Monet discussed their thefts at Golden City and their plan to buy the Slip-Slip Fruit before leaving. A mysterious man confronted them with a recording of their confession and said he had reported them to Golden City.

• Sugar told Monet that Golden City's increased security was because they had spent lavishly, while Monet worried about saving enough to buy the Slip-Slip Fruit.
• Sugar suggested stealing a Devil Fruit from Golden City, but Monet warned that the sisters would be hunted if they were exposed.
• Monet urged Sugar to keep a lower profile until they could buy the Slip-Slip Fruit and leave Golden City.
• A mysterious man appeared in their room and revealed that he had overheard them discussing their crimes.
• The man played a Recording Den Den Mushi and claimed he had reported the sisters to Golden City, prompting Sugar and Monet to exchange a cold glance.

Monet and Sugar tried to attack a man, but he turned both sisters into dolls and made them suffer through a nightmare of enslavement and broken memories. They woke back in the room with their human bodies intact and reunited in tears.

• Monet attempted to stab the man, but he turned her into a doll when Sugar touched him with her Hobby-Hobby Fruit ability.
• Sugar realized the man was immune to her power, then he turned her into a doll and took control of both sisters.
• The man enslaved Sugar and Monet as dolls for months, repeatedly making one remember her sister while the other remained unable to recognize her.
• Sugar and Monet woke in the room with their bodies restored and embraced each other, relieved to find they were still together.

Doflamingo revealed that Sugar and Monet had been trapped in his illusion and offered to spare them if they worked for him. He ordered them to restore the transformed people and explained that he planned to manipulate the auction of the Slip-Slip Fruit, which Monet could earn through merit.

• Doflamingo revealed himself to Sugar and Monet, who recognized him and begged him to let them go.
• Doflamingo told the sisters they would work for him and ordered Sugar to turn the toys back to normal and alter their memories so they believed the Hobby-Hobby Fruit user was dead.
• Monet learned that Doflamingo planned to have an associate raise the Slip-Slip Fruit’s auction price and buy it himself for five billion Beli.
• Doflamingo told Monet she could earn the Slip-Slip Fruit by proving herself through service and accumulating merit.

Doflamingo won Monet’s loyalty by offering her the Slip-Slip Fruit and brought Sugar into line with discipline and luxury perks. He saw Sugar’s Hobby-Hobby Fruit as a way to target protected enemies, especially Celestial Dragons, but the World Government had strengthened their escape plans and made its slaves’ explosive implants harder to remove.

• Doflamingo offered Monet the chance to exchange merit for the Slip-Slip Fruit, and her loyalty to him soared.
• After Doflamingo disciplined Sugar, she obeyed his orders and was drawn in by the Dragon Hunting Pirates’ salaries, luxuries, and toys.
• Doflamingo recognized that Sugar’s Hobby-Hobby Fruit could help him eliminate enemies without others remembering them.
• Doflamingo wanted to kill more Celestial Dragons to slow Imu’s recovery, but the World Government had equipped the Celestial Dragons with Devil Fruit-based escape plans.
• The World Government replaced slaves’ explosive bracelets with chips implanted in their spines, making removal nearly impossible.

Doflamingo considered using Sugar's Hobby-Hobby Fruit to assassinate Celestial Dragons, believing Imu was unlikely to interfere. In Uncertainty Terminal, the Joker Party had upended the garbage trade, and a convoy arrived under armed guard to exchange supplies with local garbage-heap managers.

• Doflamingo reasoned that Sugar could turn Celestial Dragons into toys without alerting others, while Imu's inactivity made her an unlikely threat.
• The Joker Party's arrival transformed Uncertainty Terminal and made garbage disposal dangerous for the companies that had exploited its residents.
• A convoy entered Uncertainty Terminal with armored soldiers protecting it from the Joker Party.
• The convoy owner relaxed when local managers arrived to trade valuable salvage for food and fresh water.

The Joker Party attacked the soldiers guarding Uncertainty Terminal and stole their uniforms, planning to infiltrate the Goa Kingdom. Sabo learned that the nobles had approved a plan to burn Uncertainty Terminal, but he held back from trying to stop them himself.

• Joker Party members disguised as ordinary residents ambushed the soldiers at Uncertainty Terminal.
• The soldier captain fought back but was overwhelmed by an inner member's poisonous gas.
• Joker Party members changed into stolen soldiers' uniforms and set off to surprise the Goa Kingdom.
• Sabo learned that the Goa Kingdom's nobles had approved burning Uncertainty Terminal after World Government officials arrived.
• Sabo restrained himself from attempting to stop the plan, having realized how dangerous the world was.

The Joker Party infiltrated Goa Kingdom and launched a surprise attack, overwhelming its poorly prepared soldiers and opening the gates for Uncertainty Terminal’s residents. Meanwhile, Sabo returned to Foosha Village, where Ace and Luffy greeted him beside an enormous boar’s head.

• Sabo spotted bloodied soldiers returning from Uncertainty Terminal but decided not to get involved.
• The Joker Party members disguised themselves as soldiers and entered Goa Kingdom through its laxly guarded gates.
• The Joker Party revealed themselves, killed or scattered the guards, and blasted down the capital’s gate with hidden explosives.
• A clown-shaped firework signaled tens of thousands of Uncertainty Terminal residents to surge toward Goa Kingdom.
• At the Foosha Village Tavern, Ace and Luffy talked about Doflamingo’s cooking while Makino served seafood soup.
• Sabo called out to Ace and Luffy, who opened the tavern doors and saw an enormous boar’s head.

Luffy, Ace, and Sabo hunted a boar and learned that the Goa Kingdom planned to burn Uncertainty Terminal. When a huge blaze appeared beyond the mountains near Foosha Village, the three brothers set out to investigate.

• Luffy climbed into the boar's mouth before Sabo tossed it aside, and the brothers brought their catch to Makino's tavern.
• Makino promised to cook the boar for dinner, and Sabo told Ace and Luffy that the Goa Kingdom planned to burn Uncertainty Terminal.
• Sabo said he would not return to the Goa Kingdom, and Ace suspected the nobles' operation might backfire on them.
• The brothers heard commotion in Foosha Village and saw a vast fire glowing beyond the nearby mountains.
• Ace suggested they investigate together, and Sabo agreed to go with him and Luffy.

Ace, Sabo, and Luffy reached the burning Goa Royal Capital and found pirates attacking the palace. They joined the fight to protect its occupants but were quickly defeated.

• Ace, Sabo, and Luffy arrived at the Goa Royal Capital after most of it had burned down.
• Sabo found his parents and relatives dead in the ruins of his home and felt both grief and relief.
• Ace spotted fighting near the palace, and Sabo recognized the attackers as pirates looting amid the flames.
• Sabo hesitated to intervene, but Luffy charged the pirates and Ace followed him.
• Sabo joined his brothers in the fight, and all three were taken down minutes later.

Ace, Sabo, and Luffy were captured by pirates during the attack on the Goa Kingdom, but Luffy used his rubber body to free them. A green-cloaked man arrived and effortlessly knocked out every pirate and palace guard with Conqueror's Haki, leaving the brothers stunned.

• Ace, Sabo, and Luffy were beaten, tied up, and guarded while pirates attacked the Goa Kingdom.
• Luffy repeatedly complained that he was hungry, then slipped out of his ropes using his Gum-Gum Fruit powers and freed Ace and Sabo.
• Ace and Sabo agreed that the brothers should retreat before the pirates noticed them.
• A green-cloaked man approached the brothers, asked Luffy his name, and questioned how the Goa Kingdom had ended up in chaos.
• The green-cloaked man released Conqueror's Haki that bypassed the brothers, knocked out the pirates and palace guards, and cleared the clouds overhead.
• Ace recognized the power as Conqueror's Haki, and the brothers stared at the cloaked man in shock.

Dragon reunited with Luffy and learned from Sabo and Ace about the Joker Party’s actions in Goa Kingdom. He led the boys into the palace, intending to confront the royal family and use the upheaval to transform the country.

• Dragon revealed himself to Luffy, then asked Sabo and Ace what had happened in Goa Kingdom.
• Luffy learned that Dragon was his father and asked him to teach him Conqueror’s Haki, but Dragon explained it was an inborn talent.
• Sabo and Ace told Dragon about the Joker Party and their escape, and Dragon inferred that Buggy had tested Ace as Roger’s son.
• Dragon used a gale to carry the boys onto the city wall, then entered the palace past guards too intimidated to stop him.
• Dragon said he wanted to see the royal family and led the boys through the palace to a large guarded door.

Dragon entered the Goa Kingdom’s palace with Ace, Luffy, and Sabo, subdued the nobles, and condemned their cruelty toward the common people. He then asked Sabo if he wanted to become king, seeing him as a rare leader who could change the kingdom.

• Dragon opened the palace doors and calmed the panicked nobles by explaining that he was not a pirate.
• The Goa Kingdom’s king ordered Dragon to leave and blamed commoners and guards for failing to protect the royal family.
• Dragon told the king that the capital had burned and asked what he planned to do about its residents.
• The king threatened the people of Uncertainty Terminal, and Dragon knocked the assembled nobles unconscious with his Conqueror’s Haki.
• Dragon asked Sabo whether he wanted to become king of the Goa Kingdom, believing Sabo could help the Revolutionary Army change the ruling class.

Dragon persuaded Sabo to become Goa Kingdom’s king so he could reform the country, while Doflamingo read news of the upheaval and began planning to expand his influence to the Sabaody Archipelago. The chapter left Doflamingo preparing to target the Celestial Dragons who frequented the archipelago.

• Dragon planned to make Sabo king by eliminating nobles with higher status and using the kingdom’s bureaucracy to restore order.
• Sabo hesitated over becoming king but agreed to change Goa Kingdom after Dragon promised support and the chance to go to sea later.
• Newspapers reported that the Joker Party had attacked Goa Kingdom, its nobles had suffered heavy casualties, and a ten-year-old child had become king.
• Doflamingo recognized Sabo in the newspaper and speculated that Dragon had helped him take the throne.
• Doflamingo began preparing to extend his influence to the Sabaody Archipelago so he could locate and target Celestial Dragons.

Doflamingo arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago with Sugar and Monet to establish a branch of the Dragon Hunting Pirates, despite the dangers the World Government’s territory posed to them. He began surveying the bustling island and sensed that human trafficking and slavery still persisted.

• The Navy Vice Admiral feared Doflamingo’s arrival and greeted him nervously, wearing a Sea Stone handcuff to guard against his mental control.
• Doflamingo landed with Sugar and Monet and considered how they would eventually run the Dragon Hunting Pirates’ foothold despite their limited strength.
• Doflamingo told the Navy Vice Admiral that he planned to open a business branch, and the Vice Admiral agreed to let him proceed.
• Doflamingo strolled through the prosperous Sabaody Archipelago, where ship coating drew crowds and trade.
• Doflamingo sensed dark emotions connected to ongoing human trafficking and slavery, though many influential figures had fled after hearing he was coming.

Doflamingo showed Monet and Sugar the Sabaody Archipelago, then used his power to let Monet perceive the island’s accumulated suffering. After explaining the darkness she sensed, he noticed an acquaintance approaching.

• Doflamingo asked Monet and Sugar what they thought of the Sabaody Archipelago as they explored its scenery.
• Sugar sensed the darkness beneath the island’s prosperity, while Monet eagerly asked Doflamingo to visit Bubble Park with her.
• Doflamingo tapped Monet’s forehead and expanded her Observation Haki, causing her to feel the island’s suffering and negative emotions.
• Doflamingo soothed Monet and explained that Sabaody’s pain came from both current suffering and the memories of people tortured there.
• Doflamingo warned Monet that Mary Geoise held even more intense despair, while the Navy officers nearby pretended not to hear him.
• Doflamingo spotted an acquaintance approaching in the distance.

Doflamingo arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago to establish a Golden City branch and freed slaves held in a human auction house. With Sugar’s awakening Hobby-Hobby Fruit, the branch was built quickly, and some freed slaves joined its staff.

• Kizaru met Doflamingo, who said he planned to open a Golden City branch in the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Doflamingo took over several auction-house properties, and their owners surrendered their deeds before selling themselves into slavery.
• Doflamingo removed the self-destruct chips from the captives and freed them, while Kizaru arranged for the Marines to take responsibility for them.
• Doflamingo used a calming technique to help the traumatized slaves, and later took in those with nowhere else to go as employees.
• Sugar’s Hobby-Hobby Fruit began to awaken, letting her turn building materials into blocks and back again to construct the branch quickly.

Doflamingo sensed a strange ripple from beneath the sea and suspected it came from Ryugu Palace, so he traveled to Fish-Man Island using Alonso’s dream markers. He arrived in Fish-Man Street and prepared to investigate what was happening there.

• Doflamingo explained how Sugar’s public use of the Toy-Toy Fruit concealed the Hobby-Hobby Fruit’s true power.
• Doflamingo sensed a vast, strange ripple beneath the sea and wondered if it was connected to Ryugu Palace or Poseidon Shirahoshi.
• Doflamingo left the Sabaody Archipelago by ship, then used Dream Traverse to enter the dream of an unconscious Fish-Man in Fish-Man Street.
• Doflamingo realized he might have arrived around the time of Otohime’s death and formed a waterproof coating with the Illusion Fruit before investigating.

Doflamingo fought his way through Fish-Man Street to reach the dying Otohime, unleashing the devastating power of Fish-Man Karate in the sea. Otohime’s mental influence calmed the island’s panicked fish-men, while Doflamingo emerged from the waves and drew their astonished attention.

• Doflamingo sensed Otohime’s powerful Observation Haki and hurried toward her as fish-men blocked his path.
• Fish-men threatened Doflamingo and accused him of being connected to the attack on the princess.
• Doflamingo struck the fish-men with Fish-Man Karate, creating a vortex and waves that swept away half of Fish-Man Street and shook Fish-Man Island.
• Otohime’s mental force calmed the fish-men as Neptune held her and wondered whether an earthquake had struck.
• Doflamingo emerged from the waves, and fish-men gaped at the human surviving underwater.

Doflamingo reached Otohime after she had been shot and used his Illusion ability to restore her body and wake her. Otohime recovered beside Neptune and Shirahoshi, while her unexplained mental communication with Doflamingo remained.

• Doflamingo silenced the angry fish-men and went to Otohime as Neptune tried to protect Shirahoshi.
• Doflamingo identified Shirahoshi as the future Poseidon and told Neptune to move aside so he could save Otohime.
• Doflamingo removed the bullet and permanently healed Otohime with Illusion - Materialization.
• Doflamingo stimulated Otohime's soul, and she woke with her senses restored.
• Otohime heard Doflamingo through mental communication as Neptune wept beside her.

Doflamingo revived Otohime, whose Observation Haki had awakened as mind reading, and warned her to keep the ability secret. She discovered a fish-man’s hatred among the crowd, leaving her shaken.

• Otohime laughed at Neptune’s snotty nose, and her family soon joined in before thanking Doflamingo for saving her.
• Doflamingo asked Otohime about her newly strengthened Observation Haki and told her to sense Fish-Man Island.
• After Doflamingo released his Illusion Fruit ability, Otohime heard the thoughts of people across the island and learned she could read minds.
• Doflamingo warned Otohime that people would avoid her if they learned about her ability, and she decided to keep it from ordinary residents.
• Otohime heard a great white shark fish-man think hateful thoughts about her, then trembled and lowered her head as Shirahoshi asked what was wrong.

Doflamingo exposed Hody Jones as the one who attacked Princess Otohime and forced the gathered fish-men to confront him. Hody attacked Doflamingo, but his trident broke against Doflamingo’s body.

• Doflamingo brought the dazed Hody Jones forward and identified him as the attacker who had hired the human pirates.
• Neptune recognized Hody Jones, while the fish-men questioned whether Doflamingo had accused him correctly.
• Doflamingo intimidated the gathered fish-men and insisted they question Hody Jones themselves.
• Doflamingo dispelled Hody Jones’s illusion, and Hody Jones roared that Doflamingo had ruined his plan.
• Hody Jones thrust his trident at Doflamingo, but its prongs broke against Doflamingo’s chest.

Doflamingo dismissed Hody Jones’s fish-man supremacy ideology, defeated him, and left the aftermath to King Neptune. At a private banquet in Ryugu Palace, Doflamingo considered Neptune’s fears about Shirahoshi and Poseidon before turning his attention to the king, who seemed eager to speak.

• Doflamingo argued that humans had far more top-tier fighters than fish-men and knocked Hody Jones unconscious with a slap.
• Doflamingo left Neptune to handle the island’s residents, the injured people of Fish-Man Street, and Hody Jones.
• Neptune hosted Doflamingo at Ryugu Palace with only his family present, hoping to ask about Shirahoshi.
• Doflamingo reasoned that the World Government would hesitate to destroy Fish-Man Island because fish-men could survive and threaten it from the sea.
• Doflamingo enjoyed the palace’s distinctive dishes and desserts, then looked toward Neptune as the king hesitated to speak.