Chapter Summaries

Doflamingo rescued Nami from a Fish-Man ambush after she emerged from the Dreamscape, then healed her and agreed to give her the strength to save her sister Kinoko. Nami accepted his offer to join him, leaving revenge secondary to rescuing Kinoko.

• Nami left the Dreamscape and found a dead Fish-Man beside her as Doflamingo explained that he had stopped an ambush by Hody Jones's subordinate.
• Nami recognized the Fish-Man threat, smashed the attacker’s head against the ground, and collapsed in pain until Doflamingo healed her.
• Overwhelmed by grief and despair, Nami cried before remembering Kinoko and kneeling to ask Doflamingo to save her sister.
• Doflamingo reminded Nami that she had asked for power to rescue Kinoko herself, then declared that she belonged to him and would receive the strength to save her sister and defeat the Fish-Men.

Doflamingo gave Nami the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and she accepted his offer to work for him in exchange for help rescuing her sister. After Nami gained control of her new powers, they set out for the Navy 16th Branch, where Doflamingo hinted at his identity.

• Nami recognized the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and, after Doflamingo warned her that eating it would bind her to him, took a bite.
• Nami discovered she could generate lightning and alter the weather, while Doflamingo judged her talents well suited to the fruit.
• Nami said she felt confident she could rescue her sister with her new power, and Doflamingo told her they would head to the Navy 16th Branch.
• Nami vowed to make the person who captured her sister pay, then asked Doflamingo how he had found her and who he was.
• Doflamingo asked Nami whether she had recognized him from the bounty posters of the Great Pirates.

Doflamingo praised Nami’s potential and taught her how to combine the Rumble-Rumble Fruit with Observation Haki. As they reached Navy 16th Branch, Nami unleashed a lightning storm that incapacitated nearly everyone there.

• Nami recognized Doflamingo as the leader of the Shichibukai and asked why he had chosen to teach her.
• Doflamingo said Nami had the potential to become the world’s greatest Navigator, which renewed her confidence.
• Nami sailed with Doflamingo toward Navy 16th Branch while he explained how to use her electromagnetic field and Observation Haki for long-range movement.
• Nami synchronized her electromagnetic field with her Observation Haki and struck Navy 16th Branch with a storm of lightning.
• Doflamingo praised Nami’s ability to create a thunderstorm, and Nami declared she would become the world’s greatest Navigator.

Nami and Doflamingo rescued Kinoko from Navy 16th Branch and left the island. After Kinoko learned that Cocoyasi Village had been destroyed, Nami told Doflamingo she planned to wait for the Fish-Men to return so she could take revenge.

• Nami and Doflamingo attacked Navy 16th Branch, incapacitating its personnel without killing them, and reached the temporary prison.
• Nami melted the cell door and rescued Kinoko, then the three left the base by boat.
• Captain Nezumi played dead and later forgot who had attacked the base after Doflamingo erased the Navy personnel's memories.
• Kinoko learned of the tragedy at Cocoyasi Village and cried with Nami before falling into a deep sleep.
• Nami told Doflamingo she had found a Den Den Mushi on the Fish-Man who ambushed her and expected the Fish-Men to return to Cocoyasi Village.

Nami reached Cocoyasi Village and attacked the Fish-Man Pirates with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, overwhelming their crew before fighting Hody Jones. Doflamingo arrived as Nami kept Hody on the defensive, leaving the battle still underway.

• Nami sensed the Fish-Man Pirates on Cocoyasi Village and raced ashore in lightning form.
• Doflamingo brought the boat to the dock and headed toward the village after recognizing the Fish-Man Pirates' ship.
• Nami ambushed the pirates with lightning, taking down the crew while Hody Jones survived by using Haki.
• Doflamingo arrived and watched Nami battle Hody Jones, whose attacks she evaded while countering with lightning.
• Hody Jones grew furious and strengthened his Armament Haki, but Nami's speed and tactics kept him at a disadvantage.

After Hody Jones took ES Drug and badly injured Nami with a surprise attack, she transformed into lightning and summoned a natural thunderstorm, drawing on its electricity to recover and gather power for a smaller version of Raigo. Doflamingo watched in surprise as Nami prepared the devastating attack, leaving her confrontation with Hody Jones poised to escalate.

• Hody Jones swallowed his ES Drug, dramatically increasing his strength and speed, then struck Nami and fractured both her forearms.
• Doflamingo reassured Kinoko that Nami was not in immediate danger, though her injuries and reduced stamina could leave her unable to outlast Hody Jones.
• Nami transformed into lightning and shot into the sky instead of continuing to fight on the ground.
• Nami combined her Rumble-Rumble Fruit powers with her navigation skills to form a thunderstorm and absorb natural lightning, recovering some stamina and strength.
• Nami gathered the storm's lightning into a smaller Raigo as Doflamingo realized she had developed the attack.

Nami destroyed Hody Jones with a massive lightning strike, avenging Bell-mère, A-Ken, and the people of Cocoyasi Village. After leaving the devastated island with Kinoko, the story shifted to Doflamingo and the Dragon Hunting Pirates preparing artificial Devil Fruits at Beast-Dragon Island.

• Nami overwhelmed Hody Jones with natural lightning, reducing him to ashes and leaving a vast crater where Cocoyasi Village had stood.
• Nami broke down in grief and relief, and Kinoko comforted her as they mourned the dead; only the two sisters and Kinoko remained alive in the village.
• A few days later, Nami and Kinoko departed the island aboard a newly built ship, heading for a traversal gate in the East Blue that led to the Dragon Hunting Pirates' base.
• Doflamingo returned to the New World and met Shinobu, Yamato, and Sancho on Beast-Dragon Island, where a mobile door connected them to Germa 66's Calm Belt research base.
• Doflamingo delivered the Human-Human Fruit - Dai Nyudo Form to Germa 66, then used clone souls to turn their newly produced artificial Devil Fruit embryos into finished products.

Doflamingo distributed artificial Devil Fruits to Beast-Dragon Island’s strongest animals, turning them into powerful humanlike fighters. Nearly a year later, Ace and Sabo’s Spade Pirates had risen in the New World, where Bullet approached them after becoming Whitebeard’s vice-captain.

• Doflamingo found the Navy base on Beast-Dragon Island abandoned and reflected on the two years remaining until the Straw Hat Crew set sail.
• Doflamingo used a Storage Dial to hand out artificial Devil Fruits, and the island’s strongest animals transformed into towering humanlike beings.
• Doflamingo estimated that training could make the transformed animals formidable fighters, but he had no more Devil Fruit embryos until the Tontatta Tribe produced more raw materials the following year.
• Nearly a year later, Ace and Sabo’s Spade Pirates became a powerful crew, though the more dangerous New World limited their ability to challenge top crews.
• Ace avoided provoking Whitebeard after witnessing Doflamingo fight his grandfather, but Bullet, Whitebeard’s vice-captain, came looking for Ace and Sabo.

Bullet visited Ace and Sabo, revealed that he had found an Eternal Pose to Laugh Tale, and offered it to Ace. Before handing it over, Bullet challenged the Spade Pirates to prove their strength, and Ace and Sabo eagerly prepared to fight him.

• Bullet told Ace that Shanks had revealed Ace was the Pirate King's son, but Ace said he wanted to be known as Fire Fist Ace rather than Roger's descendant.
• Sabo asked why Bullet had come to see the Spade Pirates, and Bullet complained about their lack of wine before explaining that he had two reasons to visit.
• Bullet hung an Eternal Pose to Laugh Tale from the mast and said he had found it inside a Sea King.
• Bullet offered the Eternal Pose to Ace, explaining that Whitebeard wanted a family and Bullet wanted to become the strongest in the world.
• Bullet released Conqueror's Haki and challenged Ace and Sabo to prove their strength before he handed over the Eternal Pose.
• Ace and Sabo welcomed the fight as Ace's flames appeared and Sabo rested a hand on his sword.

Sabo challenged Bullet alone to test his strength, but Bullet overwhelmed him with Conqueror’s Haki Infusion and sent him crashing into a tree. Ace joined the fight with Sabo, and the two charged Bullet together, eager to face his technique.

• Sabo stepped forward to face Bullet while Ace held back, and Bullet released his powerful Conqueror’s Haki.
• Bullet struck Sabo with a punch infused with Conqueror’s Haki, overpowering his sword defense and blasting him across the island.
• Ace rushed to Sabo’s side, and Sabo identified Bullet’s attack as Conqueror’s Haki Infusion.
• Ace recognized the technique as something he wanted to learn, and he and Sabo agreed to fight Bullet together.
• Ace and Sabo charged Bullet, who stayed in place and refrained from pursuing them.

Ace and Sabo fought Bullet, and Ace demonstrated Conqueror’s Haki Infusion before declining to use Bullet’s Eternal Pose to find Laugh Tale. Meanwhile, Thatch obtained a legendary cookbook about Doflamingo’s culinary teachings during a Whitebeard Pirates raid.

• Ace and Sabo attacked Bullet, but he transformed with his Combine-Combine Fruit and emerged uninjured after blocking Ace’s Flame Emperor.
• Bullet praised Ace’s Conqueror’s Haki Infusion and told him he had the qualifications to seek the Final Island.
• Ace destroyed the Eternal Pose Bullet had given him, saying he wanted to find Laugh Tale on his own, and the pirates celebrated at a feast.
• The Whitebeard Pirates were described as growing stronger, with Teach and Thatch reaching First Mate-level strength.
• Thatch opened a treasure chest and ignored its valuables to claim a legendary cookbook compiled from Doflamingo’s recipes and cooking techniques.

Doflamingo took the Dark-Dark Fruit from the sleeping Thatch and erased the ship’s memories of it, then went to reclaim the Soul Fragment he had given Blackbeard Teach. After extracting it from Teach, Doflamingo recovered power comparable to several years of training.

• Doflamingo used Dream Traverse to take the Dark-Dark Fruit from Thatch and erased everyone aboard’s memories of it.
• Doflamingo improved Thatch’s cookbook before leaving, calling it compensation.
• Blackbeard Teach grew stronger through relentless training and battles along the Whitebeard Pirates’ borders.
• Doflamingo used his Soul Fragment connection to ambush Teach aboard his ship.
• Doflamingo used Auswählen to extract the Soul Fragment from Teach and recover a substantial amount of power.

Doflamingo left Blackbeard mentally disabled, gave his body and the Dark-Dark Fruit to Judge, and headed to Germa 66 to prepare the next stage of his plans. Reiju told him that Judge’s technology had advanced using materials and research from the Beasts Pirates.

• Doflamingo decided to target Charlotte Linlin and take the Soul-Soul Fruit, then flew away with Blackbeard’s body on a cloud he created.
• Doflamingo delivered the disabled Teach and the Dark-Dark Fruit to Judge, intending for Judge to enhance Teach’s heart with technology.
• More than a month later, Doflamingo arrived secretly at Germa 66’s base in the Calm Belt and praised Reiju’s technological progress.
• Reiju explained that Judge had acquired technological achievements from the Beasts Pirates, including work connected to Caesar and new materials obtained through a deal with the World Government.

Doflamingo received a second heart from Blackbeard and adapted to fighting with it while Judge developed the Dark-Dark Fruit. After Judge succeeded, Doflamingo prepared to use Hancock’s Kuja Pirates to approach Charlotte Linlin without raising suspicion.

• Sanji worked as head chef at Doflamingo’s Golden City East Blue branch, while Doflamingo visited the laboratory where Law had finished strengthening Blackbeard’s heart.
• Law removed one of Blackbeard’s hearts and implanted it in Doflamingo, who began adapting to its increased blood-supplying capacity.
• Doflamingo kept Blackbeard alive as a potential source of another heart and waited for Judge to finish developing the Dark-Dark Fruit.
• More than three months later, Judge succeeded in making the Dark-Dark Fruit attract Devil Fruit power, and Hancock arrived to join the operation against Charlotte Linlin.
• Doflamingo told Hancock to stop provoking Judge and planned for himself and Judge to hide among the Kuja Pirates as they approached Charlotte Linlin.

Charlotte Linlin trained her strongest children as she worried about her aging strength and Boa Hancock’s continued growth. When the Kuja Pirates attacked Totto Land, she prepared to fight, suspecting the Dragon Hunting Pirates might be involved.

• Charlotte Linlin sparred with Katakuri, Perospero, and Smoothie, then ended their training after sending Katakuri flying.
• Charlotte Linlin regretted giving Katakuri the Mochi-Mochi Fruit and worried that her children could not match Boa Hancock’s growing power.
• Katakuri concluded that only life-or-death battles could help him master Conqueror’s Haki Infusion.
• Homies warned Charlotte Linlin that the Kuja Pirates had arrived at Totto Land, and Katakuri suspected the Dragon Hunting Pirates were involved.
• Charlotte Linlin picked up her greatsword and prepared to fight, believing the Kuja Pirates and the Dragon Hunting Pirates’ officers posed no threat without Doflamingo.

Hancock led the Kuja Pirates into Totto Land and attacked Charlotte Linlin, while Judge intervened with the Dark-Dark Fruit to turn Big Mom’s own attacks against her. Big Mom was left furious and disheveled as the battle began.

• Hancock’s Kuja Pirates sailed through Totto Land’s juice sea, leaving petrified ships and Homies in their wake.
• Charlotte Linlin arrived with her children and clashed Conqueror’s Haki with Hancock, who attacked her with Slave Arrows.
• Charlotte Linlin blocked Hancock’s arrows to protect her children, then launched a Flying Slash at the Kuja ship.
• Judge opened a Dark Hole to absorb and return the Flying Slash, and Katakuri shattered it before it hit Big Mom.
• Judge’s children joined him on deck, and he used the Dark-Dark Fruit to absorb and return Big Mom’s Elbaf Spear, sending her tumbling.

Katakuri recognized that Judge’s Dark-Dark Fruit shield made the long-range battle difficult, so Judge turned the sea into a crystal battlefield. Doflamingo emerged to confront Charlotte Linlin, who prepared to fight while expecting Kaido to arrive within half a day.

• Katakuri urged Charlotte Linlin to have her forces attack from multiple directions, and the Big Mom Pirates overwhelmed the Kuja Pirates in the long-range exchange.
• Judge used Crystal Canister No. 23 to solidify the sea into a vast crystal battlefield.
• Charlotte Linlin threatened to erase the Kuja Pirates, but Doflamingo emerged from the cabin and challenged her.
• Doflamingo guessed that Charlotte Linlin had allied with Kaido, and she silently prepared to fight while waiting for Kaido to arrive.
• Charlotte Linlin swung her blade and sent a gigantic slash at Doflamingo and Hancock.

Doflamingo overwhelmed Charlotte Linlin with his Haki and trapped her in Tenbu Hōrin and an illusion. Charlotte Linlin stopped attacking, but Katakuri was badly injured protecting his siblings while Doflamingo remained in control.

• Doflamingo blocked Charlotte Linlin’s Ikoku Spear with his Haki, leaving fingerprints in her weapon and revealing that his Haki surpassed hers.
• Doflamingo used Tenbu Hōrin to deprive Charlotte Linlin of her senses, and her strange scream injured her children until Katakuri and the allied crews countered it.
• Doflamingo used Illusion to make Charlotte Linlin mistake Katakuri for him, causing her to strike her son whenever she tried to attack.
• Katakuri used Future Sight to protect his siblings as Charlotte Linlin repeatedly wounded him and smashed his spear, Earth Dragon.
• Charlotte Linlin finally stopped attacking and defended herself blindly, while Katakuri despaired at her condition and Doflamingo’s advantage.

Doflamingo trapped Charlotte Linlin and Katakuri inside his strengthened Innate Barrier, where Linlin recognized she had little chance of winning. Katakuri realized he could not help his mother, while Linlin prepared to fight Doflamingo regardless.

• Katakuri stepped forward to protect the Charlotte Family despite knowing he could not defeat Doflamingo.
• Doflamingo expanded his Innate Barrier, pulling himself, Charlotte Linlin, and Katakuri into its Illusion Space.
• Charlotte Linlin regained her senses and acknowledged that Doflamingo had already beaten her.
• Linlin raised her weapon and challenged Doflamingo to take her head, while Katakuri realized he was no match for him.
• Linlin focused on making Doflamingo pay, no longer seeking victory or escape.

Big Mom burned her soul and lifespan to fight Doflamingo, but he summoned the moon and sent it crashing toward the ground. Big Mom’s final attack barely marked it, and the moon shattered the Innate Barrier on impact.

• Big Mom sacrificed her remaining lifespan to raise her power and attacked Doflamingo with a relentless barrage, forcing him to fight without his illusion abilities.
• Doflamingo vanished from Big Mom’s sight, then appeared beneath the seven-colored sky as the moon emerged and began falling.
• Big Mom laughed at the spectacle, then launched herself at the moon with an attack that consumed everything she had.
• Big Mom’s strike carved a gorge in the moon but failed to stop its descent, and she fell back to the ground shriveled like a skeleton.
• The moon hit the ground, and the Innate Barrier shattered completely.