Chapter Summaries

Mingo fought Goriki, using a phasing attack and Tsukuyomi before Goriki awakened Conqueror's Haki and shattered the illusion. Mingo then unleashed Tenbu Hōrin, which overwhelmed Goriki and left him completely controlled.

• Mingo used a feigned sword strike to draw Goriki in, then phased his hand through Goriki's chest and tore away flesh before Goriki escaped.
• Mingo trapped Goriki in Tsukuyomi and tortured him for twenty-four hours, but Goriki endured the illusion.
• Goriki awakened Conqueror's Haki, shattered Tsukuyomi, and knocked out the marines and pirates aboard the ship.
• Goriki declared that he would spare Mingo and urged him to grow stronger, angering Mingo.
• Mingo used Tenbu Hōrin to sever Goriki's senses and Observation Haki, completely controlling him.

Doflamingo defeated the powerful pirate Goriki at great cost, then returned to Water 7 with his crew and the spoils of their voyage. After celebrating and recovering, he entered the Illusion Space to examine the Blood-colored Puppets he had collected.

• Doflamingo used Tenbu Hōrin and Black Tiger Seizes the Heart to tear out Goriki’s heart, but Goriki broke free and shattered several of Doflamingo’s ribs with a punch.
• Goriki asked Doflamingo his name before dying, and Doflamingo ordered the Marines to wake their comrades and capture the pirates.
• Doflamingo recovered aboard the warship and recognized that low bounties did not necessarily mean weak opponents; he also kept Goriki’s soul to absorb later in Water 7.
• Doflamingo and his Marines returned to Water 7 with pirate crews whose combined bounties totaled around three hundred million, earning promotions for many of his men.
• After the Marines celebrated, Doflamingo inspected the seven or eight Blood-colored Puppets representing the pirate captains he had defeated.

Doflamingo absorbed Goriki’s Skill Pearl, gained experience with Conqueror’s Haki, and spent a year training until he could nearly defeat Goriki in the Illusion Space. His latest battle ended with Chidori piercing Goriki’s heart, bringing Doflamingo closer to victory than ever before.

• Doflamingo absorbed Goriki’s soul and Skill Pearl, gaining substantial training experience and an understanding of Conqueror’s Haki.
• Doflamingo awakened Conqueror’s Haki and knocked out Marines across half the naval branch, then used illusions to conceal what had happened.
• Doflamingo trained intensely for a year, improving his physical abilities and Haki while remaining wary of powerful enemies.
• Doflamingo fought Goriki more than a hundred times in the Illusion Space and gradually extended their battles from half an hour to twelve hours.
• Doflamingo’s phantom Chidori turned solid at Goriki’s heart and pierced it, giving Doflamingo his closest approach to victory.

After a year of training, Doflamingo traveled to Navy Headquarters under the identity of Steve and joined the fifth Elite Training Camp class. During the camp’s first combat tournament, he faced Admiral Candidate Chaton Tokikake.

• Doflamingo improved his intangibility, which he could briefly extend to Chidori, but it still consumed too much stamina and could not be sustained.
• In 1495, fourteen-year-old Doflamingo left the Water 7 naval branch and traveled to Navy Headquarters with Rear Admiral Gulmi as an escort.
• Doflamingo disguised himself as Steve with an optical illusion and began training at Marineford under Chief Instructor Zephyr.
• Zephyr started a combat elimination tournament, and Doflamingo easily defeated the trainees he faced, impressing Zephyr.
• Doflamingo recognized Chaton Tokikake as another Admiral Candidate when the two were matched against each other, and the referee started their fight.

Doflamingo fought Tokikake in a fierce sparring match, initially gaining an advantage before being overwhelmed in hand-to-hand combat. He revealed a dangerous illusory blade and claimed it came from the Intangibility Fruit, leaving Tokikake wary.

• Tokikake teased Doflamingo before their match, and Doflamingo opened with a surprise Haki-coated slash that wounded Tokikake's arms.
• Tokikake admitted he had been pretending to be weak, and he and Doflamingo resumed their fight as Tokikake corrected Doflamingo to call him big brother.
• Tokikake gained the upper hand in their prolonged exchanges, while Doflamingo recognized the gap in their physical strength and Haki.
• Doflamingo announced he would use his Devil Fruit and attacked with an illusory Chidori, prompting Tokikake to retreat from its threatening presence.
• Doflamingo told Tokikake that he had eaten the Intangibility Fruit and could shift his body and weapons between illusory and real.

Doflamingo and Tokikake’s match ended in a draw after Zephyr intervened, and Zephyr began personally training them at the Elite Training Camp. Their first brutal session left both injured as Zephyr demanded that Doflamingo toughen his body and Tokikake stop relying on tricks.

• Tokikake identified the limits and cost of Doflamingo’s intangibility, then dodged his attacks until Zephyr stopped the match and declared a draw.
• Doflamingo and Tokikake agreed to train under Zephyr, who told them he would teach them properly.
• At five the next morning, Zephyr gathered the Elite Training Camp’s strongest trainees and put them through combat training.
• Zephyr reprimanded Doflamingo for dodging and depending on intangibility, then warned Tokikake not to use clever tricks to slack off.

Zephyr’s private instruction helped Doflamingo improve his physical strength, refine the Navy Six Styles, and develop Life Return. After recovering rapidly from training, Doflamingo dragged Tokikake into another sparring session, which began with Doflamingo launching a Flying Slash.

• Zephyr corrected Doflamingo and Tokikake’s battle mistakes and gave them private training advice.
• Doflamingo learned to use Life Return and found that it helped him digest huge meals and recover from injuries.
• Doflamingo finished eating, recovered after a short sleep, and asked Tokikake to spar with him.
• Tokikake complained about Doflamingo’s relentless training but agreed to spar, mindful of Doflamingo’s rapid improvement.
• Doflamingo drew Chidori, coated it in Haki, and unleashed a Flying Slash after Tokikake forbade him from using his Devil Fruit.

Zephyr and Sengoku watched Doflamingo and Tokikake fight while discussing Zephyr’s retirement and the possibility of Roger becoming Pirate King. A year later, Doflamingo had become a second-year cadet, and the trainees began preparing for real combat against pirates.

• Zephyr declined Sengoku’s suggestion that he return to active duty, explaining that he would rather continue training Navy cadets.
• Sengoku warned Zephyr that Roger might complete the Grand Line and usher in a Great Pirate Era, but Zephyr doubted Roger would wage war against the Navy.
• Tokikake defeated Doflamingo in their fight, and Doflamingo immediately challenged him to another round.
• A year passed, during which Doflamingo grew stronger and closer to Tokikake, though Tokikake still beat him in fights without Devil Fruit abilities.
• The second-year cadets began preparing for real combat, and Doflamingo and Tokikake chose to lead separate teams to hunt pirates.

Doflamingo recruited a navigator, doctor, and shipwright for the Navy’s practical combat assessment, then set sail with his assigned crew. He chose not to venture into the New World, where powerful pirate crews and rising future emperors made the seas especially dangerous.

• After learning that the assessment required a crew, Doflamingo and Tokikake went to the Navy School to recruit specialists.
• Doflamingo reluctantly accepted Kikyo, an eleven- or twelve-year-old top navigator from Flower Country, after she insisted he could not send her back.
• Doflamingo recruited a skilled young doctor and an Armament Haki-using shipwright for his small vessel.
• Headquarters assigned Doflamingo a Navy Petty Officer and more than a dozen sailors, and the crew boarded their ship and set sail.
• Doflamingo avoided the New World because the active Pirate Crews and Great Pirates there were too dangerous for him.

Doflamingo absorbed a Skill Pearl that gave him cooking talent, then set out to confront the Smoke Pirates led by White Smoke Clark. He opened the battle by cleaving their ship in two with a Flying Slash.

• Doflamingo absorbed a Skill Pearl and discovered it had given him the culinary talent of Cooking Master Boy.
• Kikyo asked Doflamingo whether the orange juice tasted bad, but he dismissed her question.
• A lookout spotted the Smoke Pirates, and Doflamingo prepared to intercept their captain, White Smoke Clark.
• Doflamingo left his crew waiting for his signal and charged toward the pirates using Geppo.
• Doflamingo cut the Smoke Pirates' ship in two with a Flying Slash, leaving Clark and his crew in panic.

Doflamingo easily defeated and captured Clark, captain of the Smoke Pirates, then set his sights on the Kongo Pirates. After cooking a meal aboard his warship, he discovered that his improved cooking could nourish him and increase his potential.

• Clark transformed into a smoke dragon and charged Doflamingo, who pierced him with a Haki-infused Chidori strike and sent him plunging into the sea.
• Doflamingo ordered Kaufmann and the Navy soldiers to capture Clark if he survived, and they later rescued and restrained him with Sea Stone handcuffs.
• Doflamingo told Kikyo to locate the Kongo Pirates, and she estimated the Navy could catch them in six days.
• Doflamingo cooked seafood fried rice and Sea King Bone Soup, ate it all, and left the ship's crew amazed by his cooking.
• Doflamingo realized that his improved cooking could nourish him and help increase his potential.

After four months of hunting pirates, Doflamingo decided his exhausted crew should return to Navy Headquarters, hoping to exchange his captures for a major promotion. He arrived with an enormous haul of prisoners and heads, while reflecting that Roger’s soul might someday greatly accelerate his training.

• Doflamingo killed a wounded pirate captain after the Marines ran out of Sea Stone handcuffs, then ordered Kaufmann to preserve the pirate’s head as military merit.
• Doflamingo decided to end the crew’s four-month patrol and return to Navy Headquarters because the Marines were exhausted.
• Doflamingo caught Kikyo sneaking after him, punished her for eating his chocolate cake, and then ordered her to plot their route home.
• Doflamingo trained and considered waiting two years for a chance to absorb Roger’s soul and gain its training experience.
• Seven days later, Doflamingo and his Marines reached Navy Headquarters with a long line of high-bounty pirate captives and boxes of heads, enough to seek promotion to Headquarters Captain or possibly Navy Commodore.

After returning from his assessment, Doflamingo found Tokikake training hard because he had fallen for Gion, a promising young Navy swordswoman. The two left to eat, but Gion was waiting in their way.

• Doflamingo gave his subordinates seven days of rest and noticed Tokikake ranked far below him in the assessment.
• Doflamingo found Tokikake at the Training Grounds, where Gion struck him down during sword practice.
• Tokikake told Doflamingo he was in love with Gion, a sixteen-year-old Elite Training Camp student who dreamed of becoming the Navy's first female Admiral.
• Tokikake offered to treat Doflamingo to a meal after Doflamingo complained that he had put Gion before his friend.
• Doflamingo and Tokikake left the Training Grounds and found Gion standing in their way with her sword.

Doflamingo welcomed Gion as a new training partner and fought her for hours in the Training Grounds. As their evenly matched duel wore them down, Doflamingo began gathering power for a thrust that left Gion sensing she might not get a chance to act.

• Gion rejected Tokikake’s advances and explained that their past training had not meant she had feelings for him.
• Doflamingo invited Gion to the Training Grounds, where they drew their swords and began fighting.
• Doflamingo and Gion traded blows for more than three hours, matching each other in strength and Armament Haki while Gion was faster and Doflamingo had stronger Observation Haki.
• Both fighters became exhausted and suffered numerous sword wounds, but Gion remained focused on Doflamingo’s Chidori.
• Doflamingo assumed a thrusting stance as his swordsmanship understanding surged, and Gion realized she might lose her chance to move if she waited longer.

Doflamingo defeated Gion with his Outer Heaven Flying Fairy, leaving her thrilled by the technique despite her injury. The next morning, Gion arrived with Tokikake to train with him and study the move.

• Gion attacked Doflamingo with Elegant Waltz, but he countered with Outer Heaven Flying Fairy and wounded her.
• Gion asked Doflamingo to name his technique, then praised its beauty and perfection as Tokikake urged her to seek medical care.
• After Gion left, Doflamingo practiced Outer Heaven Flying Fairy until late, ate dinner, and went to bed.
• The following morning, Gion and Tokikake visited Doflamingo, and Gion asked him to train with her so she could build on the insights she had gained.

Doflamingo decisively defeated Gion in a spar after rapidly improving his swordsmanship, then fought Tokikake for hours. That evening, Doflamingo and Tokikake shared a huge meal, and Tokikake decided to invite Gion to a restaurant instead of using Doflamingo as his personal chef.

• Doflamingo defeated the injured Gion in a spar, and she promised to challenge him again after she recovered.
• Tokikake challenged Doflamingo to a duel, then fought him for more than ten hours before admitting he was exhausted.
• Doflamingo reflected that his talents and training cheats were what let him aim to contend with the strongest fighters.
• Doflamingo and Tokikake ate a feast of Doflamingo's cooking in the trainee dormitory.
• Tokikake planned to invite Gion to dinner, but Doflamingo warned that she might fall for his cooking, so Tokikake chose a restaurant.

Doflamingo took his Marines into the New World to find buried treasure and obtain a Great Grade Sword, then guided them through dangerous seas to Navy G1 Base. The chapter ended with the crew arriving safely at the base after a half-month voyage.

• Doflamingo decided to head for the New World because the first half of the Grand Line no longer challenged him, and his crew eagerly agreed.
• Doflamingo told Instructor Zephyr about his plans, and Zephyr warned him to avoid venturing too deep into the New World.
• Doflamingo crossed the Red Line, dug up his treasure, and replaced Chidori with the Great Grade Sword Narikitsune.
• Doflamingo invented a story about a beggar giving him Narikitsune, and his subordinates believed him.
• Kikyo navigated the warship through the New World's harsh weather, and Doflamingo protected it from hailstones and boulders along the way.
• Doflamingo and his crew reached Navy G1 Base safely after half a month at sea.

Doflamingo arrived at G1 Base, where Borsalino assigned him to hunt nearby pirates. After clearing most of them over several months, Doflamingo faced the three remaining Pirate Crews joining forces against him.

• Doflamingo met Borsalino at G1 Base, and Borsalino diverted his challenge by asking him to deal with nearby pirates.
• Doflamingo led his subordinates on a campaign that swept through most Pirate Crews near the base and strengthened him through battle and soul memories.
• Doflamingo identified the three remaining crews as the Lion Pirates, the Amalgam Pirates, and the Horde Pirates.
• A lookout spotted all three Pirate Crews approaching together, and Doflamingo flew toward their ships using Geppo.

Doflamingo fought Modock, Snow, and Kojiro, using his new Frenzy Art to turn Snow against his allies. The chapter ended with the frenzied Snow landing on Kojiro’s ship and killing one of his clones.

• Modock attacked Doflamingo with a long mercury whip and used mercury wings to evade his pursuit from the air.
• Doflamingo failed to catch Modock and turned his attention to Snow and Kojiro below.
• Snow transformed with his Ancient Zoan Savage Lion Fruit and attacked Doflamingo as Modock and Kojiro joined the fight.
• Doflamingo used Frenzy Art to make Snow lose control and charge recklessly.
• Snow took bullets and a severe wound from Modock’s whip, then leaped onto Kojiro’s ship and killed one of his clones.

Doflamingo defeated the Lion Pirates and the Amalgam Pirates while Snow’s loss of control turned him against Kojiro. After killing Kojiro and freeing Snow from the Frenzy Art, Doflamingo fought him through the night and finally won.

• Snow lost control under Doflamingo’s Frenzy Art and fought Kojiro while Modock abandoned his crew and fled.
• Doflamingo defeated the ordinary pirates, destroyed the Amalgam Pirates’ ship, and boarded Kojiro’s ship.
• Doflamingo used Observation Haki to find Kojiro’s true body, gravely wounded him with a Flying Slash, and killed him.
• Kojiro’s clones disappeared, and Doflamingo released Snow from the Frenzy Art before resuming their fight.
• Doflamingo fought Snow for more than ten hours and won as dawn broke.