Chapter Summaries

After defeating Snow and Kojiro, Doflamingo recovered aboard the Tiny Little Hummingbird and returned to G1 Base. There, he asked Borsalino to spar with him, and the two headed to the Training Grounds.

• Doflamingo killed Snow and Kojiro, collected their heads, and collapsed into sleep aboard the Tiny Little Hummingbird.
• After waking, Doflamingo ate with Kikyo and used the Illusion Space to claim Snow and Kojiro's Skill Pearls, gaining insight into Kojiro's clone ability.
• Doflamingo and Kikyo returned to G1 Base that night.
• Borsalino hosted a feast to celebrate Doflamingo's success clearing out nearby pirates.
• Doflamingo asked Borsalino to fight him, and Borsalino agreed before turning into photons and heading to the Training Grounds.

Doflamingo sparred with Borsalino, using Narikitsune and his Observation Haki to keep up with Kizaru’s relentless speed. After more than half an hour, Kizaru knocked him down, impressed by the young fighter’s skill and potential.

• Doflamingo drew Narikitsune and prepared to spar with Borsalino.
• Doflamingo’s Flying Slash met Borsalino’s laser, and the two began exchanging sword blows with Ama no Murakumo.
• Borsalino pushed his Glint-Glint Fruit to its limits, while Doflamingo used his Observation Haki to react to the attacks.
• After more than half an hour, Borsalino sent Doflamingo flying, leaving him exhausted and covered in cuts.
• Borsalino praised Doflamingo’s performance and recognized his potential, while Doflamingo silently rolled his eyes at him.

After months of training and pirate hunting at G1 Base, Doflamingo returned to Navy Headquarters with his strength and training-camp ranking far ahead of the others. He expected to graduate with enough merits for Rear Admiral, while Roger’s rise and the Navy’s deployment left Headquarters thinly defended.

• Doflamingo asked Borsalino how much strength he had used in their spar, and Borsalino estimated seventy or eighty percent before agreeing to keep training him.
• Over several months, Doflamingo sparred with Borsalino and fought powerful pirates near G1 Base, improving his skills until Borsalino needed one or two hours to defeat him.
• Borsalino and the G1 Marines saw Doflamingo off, and Doflamingo promised he might serve under Borsalino in the future.
• Doflamingo crossed the Red Line and returned to Navy Headquarters, where he noted that most of the Navy’s strongest personnel had left for the New World.
• Doflamingo checked the training-camp standings and saw that he had secured first place, while Tokikake held second place with enough merits for Commodore.

Doflamingo resumed training at Navy Headquarters, where he had caught up to Tokikake and then sparred with Zephyr. Zephyr praised his progress and advised him to develop his Devil Fruit alongside his physical abilities and Haki, while Doflamingo ended up cooking a feast for his teacher.

• Doflamingo and Tokikake sparred to a near draw, surprising them both with how much their strength had improved.
• Gion challenged Doflamingo but lasted less than an hour before he defeated her.
• Doflamingo sparred with Zephyr and managed to leave a shallow sword wound on him.
• Zephyr told Doflamingo he had taught him all he could and urged him to integrate his Devil Fruit ability into his fighting style.
• Zephyr asked Doflamingo to cook, and Doflamingo served him a lavish meal of Sea King meat, lobster, soup, and wraps.

After becoming a Rear Admiral, Doflamingo chose Sakazuki as the officer he would serve under, hoping to guide him into opposing the World Government. While waiting for his assignment, Doflamingo developed an intelligent Illusionary Clone and stored it in a ring, planning to use it to deceive someone.

• Doflamingo received his Rear Admiral rank as the Navy avoided a grand ceremony while Roger was reportedly heading for Laugh Tale.
• Doflamingo chose Sakazuki over Dragon and Aokiji, believing Sakazuki could eventually lead the Navy against the World Government.
• Sakazuki sneezed aboard a ship in the New World, accidentally burning the deck before destroying a pirate ship with a Great Eruption.
• Doflamingo hid from the Elite Training Camp trainees’ farewell gatherings and entered Illusion Space to train.
• Doflamingo completed an intelligent Illusionary Clone, discussed using it as an old man in a ring, and absorbed it into a ring.

Doflamingo gained Ashina Isshin’s pragmatic combat mindset, then learned that Roger had conquered the Grand Line and returned to Navy Headquarters amid the Navy’s withdrawal from the New World. He reported to Sakazuki, who planned to take him on pirate crackdowns before assigning him command of a fleet.

• Doflamingo received Ashina Isshin’s talent and reflected on its belief in using any means necessary to win.
• Doflamingo saw the news that Gol D. Roger had conquered the Grand Line and become the One Piece.
• After the Great Pirates forced the Navy to withdraw its forces from the New World, Doflamingo welcomed returning officers with Tokikake.
• Sengoku brought Garp ashore after waking him from a standing sleep, and Doflamingo reported to Sakazuki.
• Sakazuki told Doflamingo to join him on several pirate crackdowns before leading a fleet himself.

After returning from months at sea, Akainu took Doflamingo on another pirate crackdown, but dwindling ammunition and exhausted Marines forced the fleet to head back. Doflamingo used the voyage to train and collect a powerful pirate’s soul.

• Akainu initially gave Doflamingo time to rest after their return to Navy Headquarters, then took him to hunt pirates after a dozen or so days.
• Akainu destroyed pirate ships with his magma while Doflamingo cut down another ship and shot at fleeing pirates.
• Doflamingo recalled killing a Top Executive with a surprise attack during an earlier clash with a powerful Pirate Crew.
• Doflamingo told Akainu that the fleet had enough guns and ammunition for only one more major battle and that the Marines were exhausted, so Akainu ordered them to return.
• Doflamingo went to his cabin to train in the Illusion Space and continued developing his strength after collecting the soul of a pirate with a six-hundred-million bounty.

After returning to Navy Headquarters, Doflamingo received his own warship and began training with Sakazuki while considering the threat Golden Lion might pose. The chapter left him resting at Headquarters and building strength through daily sparring.

• Doflamingo realized his Haki and physical training had reached the limits imposed by his age.
• Akainu’s fleet returned to Navy Headquarters, where Garp’s capture of Gol D. Roger caused an uproar.
• Doflamingo considered Golden Lion’s power and decided that he was not yet strong enough to exploit a possible attack on Headquarters.
• Doflamingo claimed a medium-sized warship, kept Kikyo among his former subordinates, and treated her to sweets.
• Doflamingo stayed at Headquarters and began sparring with Sakazuki every afternoon, taking heavier punishment than he did against Kizaru.

Doflamingo trained with Sakazuki and cooked for him and Zephyr, but their meal was interrupted when Garp showed up and ate nearly everything. After Doflamingo asked Garp for guidance, Zephyr volunteered Garp to train him, leaving Doflamingo wary of the notorious methods Garp used on his grandson.

• Doflamingo and Sakazuki trained without using their Devil Fruit abilities, and Doflamingo’s cooking gradually won Sakazuki over.
• Garp barged into Doflamingo, Sakazuki, and Zephyr’s hotpot meal, ate much of the food, and invited Doflamingo to join his ship as an aide.
• Sakazuki explained that Rear Admiral Steve was already his subordinate and could not serve as Garp’s aide.
• After Doflamingo cooked seafood fried rice to fill everyone up, he asked Garp to guide his training, but Garp fell asleep before answering.
• Zephyr woke Garp with a punch and told him that Doflamingo wanted to spar, leaving Garp interested in training him.

Doflamingo trained with Garp and prepared to leave Marineford to earn the merits needed for promotion to Vice Admiral. Golden Lion Shiki attacked Navy Headquarters, and Doflamingo joined Garp and Akainu as they rushed to confront him.

• Garp battered Doflamingo during their sparring sessions, while Doflamingo kept seeking him out for training.
• At a meal with senior Navy officers, Doflamingo said he planned to head out to sea and earn enough merit for promotion to Vice Admiral.
• Akainu praised Doflamingo's prospects and his loyalty to the Hawkish Faction.
• Doflamingo and Garp sensed a powerful presence descending, and Garp identified it as Golden Lion Shiki.
• Shiki unleashed Conqueror's Haki that knocked out Navy soldiers, and Doflamingo, Garp, and Akainu rushed to the plaza.
• Doflamingo saw Shiki standing amid dead Navy soldiers as Admiral Sengoku faced him.

Golden Lion attacked Navy Headquarters to take Roger, but Sengoku, Garp, Akainu, and Doflamingo fought him together. After hours of battle, Shiki was badly wounded and nearing defeat, though he nearly cut Doflamingo in half with a sudden kick.

• Golden Lion unleashed Conqueror's Haki and demanded that the Marines hand over Roger, while Sengoku announced Roger would be executed in the East Blue.
• Akainu launched a surprise magma attack as Steve struck Golden Lion from behind, tearing away part of his ribs.
• Golden Lion attacked Doflamingo with a moving lion-shaped mass of earth, then fought Sengoku, Garp, and Akainu as they overwhelmed him.
• Golden Lion used the Float-Float Fruit to destroy and hurl parts of Navy Headquarters, killing many Marines despite being unable to turn the tide of the fight.
• After seven or eight hours, Doflamingo ran his sword through Golden Lion's chest, but Golden Lion's kick split Doflamingo's abdomen before he could retreat using his Intangibility ability.

After Golden Lion was captured, Doflamingo recovered from his injuries and became the Navy’s youngest Vice Admiral. Sengoku then assigned him to East Blue with Dragon, apparently to prepare for Roger’s future execution.

• Garp and Akainu shackled Golden Lion and escorted him to Impel Down while Doflamingo went to the hospital for his injuries.
• Kikyo visited Doflamingo in the crowded hospital, worried about his condition and the meals he could no longer cook.
• After recovering in three to five days, Doflamingo received an exceptional promotion to become the Navy’s youngest Vice Admiral.
• With Zephyr, Tokikake, Garp, and Sakazuki away from Headquarters, Doflamingo decided to go to sea with his subordinates.
• Sengoku summoned Doflamingo and ordered him to East Blue, where Dragon would accompany him.

The Illusionary Clone revealed himself to Golden Lion in Impel Down's Level Six and offered to help him escape, despite having only limited illusion abilities. After tricking guards into bringing extra food, the clone planned to help Golden Lion recover and adapt to his Sea Stone shackles before attempting a breakout.

• The Illusionary Clone appeared beside Golden Lion, who mistook him for Roger's ghost and then questioned him about his abilities.
• The clone explained that he could create audiovisual illusions, was bound to the ring inside Golden Lion, and could not travel more than one kilometer away.
• Golden Lion said he retained only slightly more stamina than an ordinary person under the Sea Stone shackles, so the clone decided to obtain extra food for his training.
• The clone hid inside the ring as guards arrived, then used illusions of a cat and a black dog to make them bring Golden Lion three portions of food.
• The Illusionary Clone decided to wait until Golden Lion healed and adapted to the shackles before they tried to break out of Impel Down.

Doflamingo and Dragon traveled to the East Blue to oversee preparations for Gol D. Roger’s execution. After clearing out local pirates, they reached Loguetown as news of the execution drew people from across the seas.

• Doflamingo met Dragon aboard a Navy warship and sensed that Dragon was exceptionally powerful.
• Dragon told Doflamingo that they would secretly guard Roger’s execution and prevent the Roger Pirates from interfering.
• Doflamingo and Dragon led a Navy operation that swept through the East Blue’s pirates.
• Doflamingo and Dragon arrived in Loguetown, where people began gathering after news of Roger’s execution spread worldwide.

In Loguetown, Doflamingo absorbed a Joker mask and discovered that its memories carried a dangerous, corrupting obsession. He separated the Joker influence into an Illusionary Clone and considered finding it a host he could control.

• Doflamingo absorbed a Blood-colored Puppet that left behind a Joker mask.
• Doflamingo absorbed the mask’s memories and felt Joker’s madness begin to affect him.
• Doflamingo used the Soul Clone Technique to sever the corrupted Soul Fragments and create a powerful Joker clone.
• The Joker clone taunted Doflamingo about his hatred of the Celestial Dragons, and Doflamingo dismissed its projection.
• Doflamingo considered using the clone to corrupt a host with influence, while exploring ways to keep it under control.

Doflamingo watched Gol D. Roger’s execution in Loguetown, where Roger’s final words sparked the Great Pirate Era and his soul entered Doflamingo’s Illusion Space. Afterward, Doflamingo confronted Clown Buggy, who tried to stab him but discovered that Doflamingo’s body was immune to the blade.

• Doflamingo observed the crowds and recognized several powerful figures, including Red Hair Shanks, Sand Crocodile, Hawkeye, Gecko Moria, and Clown Buggy.
• Roger declared that he had left his treasure for anyone to find, inspiring the crowd and igniting the Great Pirate Era before the Navy executed him.
• Sengoku watched from a warship, raged at Roger’s final words, and smashed a table.
• Doflamingo felt Roger’s powerful soul enter his Illusion Space and approached Buggy, who was crying in the crowd.
• Buggy denied being connected to Roger’s crew, then stabbed Doflamingo, but the blade left no wound.

Doflamingo confronted Buggy in Loguetown, then used a strange orb of light to create a new clownish personality within him. After leaving Loguetown, Buggy’s second personality awakened and began exploring his abilities and plotting to become stronger.

• Buggy mistook Doflamingo for a Logia and panicked when he learned Doflamingo was a Navy Vice Admiral.
• Buggy shouted for Shanks, and Doflamingo struck him with a strange orb of light before leaving.
• Shanks found Buggy confused, and they departed the execution ground without discovering what had happened.
• Dragon questioned Doflamingo about Buggy, and Doflamingo explained that Buggy and Shanks had been young Roger Pirates apprentices.
• That night, Buggy’s new personality awakened aboard a boat and examined his powers, equipment, and memories.
• The new personality revealed itself as a Soul Fragment of Doflamingo, a second personality in Buggy that could emerge for less than half a day.

Golden Lion escaped his cell with the Illusionary Clone’s help and hid in Impel Down’s Level 5.5. He planned to recruit powerful prisoners before making his escape.

• The Illusionary Clone explored Impel Down, found Level 5.5, and secretly helped Golden Lion recover and train under Sea Stone suppression.
• Golden Lion used an illusion to appear as a guard, and the guards released him from his cell while mistaking him for an ordinary prisoner.
• The guards left Golden Lion behind as they hurried to report his escape, while the prisoners on Level Six realized he was gone.
• Golden Lion reached Level 5.5 under the Illusionary Clone’s concealment and learned it connected to the first five levels of Impel Down.
• Golden Lion decided to recruit powerful prisoners and treat Impel Down as a source of potential allies.

Doflamingo reviewed the progress of his soul clones and weighed his plans for stirring conflict between the Navy and the World Government. He then absorbed Gol D. Roger’s soul and began experiencing memories that hinted at the mystery of the Great Treasure.

• Doflamingo sensed that Joker was secretly training Buggy and causing trouble, while Buggy remained unaware of the clone’s actions.
• Golden Lion escaped Impel Down through a secret passage after deciding he could not yet subdue the prisoners.
• Doflamingo concluded that permanently brainwashing Navy officers was impractical and decided to serve in the Navy while waiting for an opportunity to provoke conflict.
• Doflamingo prepared to absorb Roger’s soul after repeatedly washing the Blood-colored Puppet with seawater to reduce the danger of its memories.
• Doflamingo absorbed the puppet and its Skill Pearl, then saw Roger laugh about the Great Treasure and wonder whether it would bring godhood or destroy the world.

After gaining Gol D. Roger’s memories, Doflamingo began mastering Conqueror’s Haki Infusion and advanced Armament Haki techniques. A year later, he spotted a pirate with the Hair-Hair Fruit and set sail to investigate what had happened to the Donquixote Family, growing grim as his Observation Haki sensed the island ahead.

• Doflamingo realized Roger’s fragmented memories had left him with new questions about the Great Treasure, but gave him a method for training Conqueror’s Haki Infusion.
• Doflamingo trained, reviewed Navy intelligence, and occasionally went to sea to fight pirates as a year passed.
• Doflamingo learned that Golden Lion was secretly gathering allies, Bullet had been sent to Impel Down, and the Laughing Disease had spread through East Blue.
• Doflamingo saw that the Fluffy Pirate Crew’s captain possessed the Hair-Hair Fruit and concluded that something had happened to Donquixote Homing and his family.
• Doflamingo told Sengoku he was taking leave and sailed the Little Hummingbird with Kikyo and trusted subordinates toward the Donquixote Family’s hidden island.
• As Doflamingo neared the island, his powerful Observation Haki made his expression grow grave.