Chapter Summaries

Doflamingo questioned Yamato about her weapon and learned she could not adapt to katana, while she vowed to defeat Kaido. At King's Plateau, Yamato and Boa Hancock fought, and Hancock gained the upper hand despite being slowed by Yamato's Frost Qi.

• Doflamingo told Yamato that her strength came partly from Kaido's bloodline, but she remained determined to beat her father.
• Doflamingo asked Yamato why she used a spiked club, and she explained that katanas felt too light for her.
• Doflamingo announced a match between Yamato and Boa Hancock at King's Plateau as Violet, Buggy, and Shimotsuki Ushimaru watched.
• Hancock met Yamato's club with an Armament Haki-coated kick, forcing Yamato back and injuring her hand.
• Yamato used Frost Qi Slash, but Hancock dodged most of the attack and kicked Yamato into the ground.
• Yamato stood back up while Hancock admitted that Yamato's freezing qi had stiffened her body and limited her strength.

Hancock fought Yamato for over half an hour, repeatedly knocking her down as Yamato adapted and grew more difficult to handle. After Yamato revealed her Okuchi no Makami hybrid form and sent Hancock flying, Hancock unleashed Conqueror's Haki and infused it into her legs.

• Hancock repeatedly kicked Yamato away, while Yamato kept getting back up and gradually adapted to Hancock's fighting rhythm.
• Hancock used Rankyaku—Spinning Bird Kick, badly wounding Yamato and leaving her barely standing.
• Yamato awakened her Okuchi no Makami Fruit's hybrid form, and her wounds began to heal.
• Yamato panicked at her transformed appearance until Shimotsuki Ushimaru explained what had happened.
• Yamato's stronger freezing aura slowed Hancock, allowing Yamato to strike her with her club and send her flying.
• Hancock announced she would use her true strength and infused Conqueror's Haki into her legs.

Hancock defeated Yamato in a clash of Haki and kicks, and Yamato soon woke to follow the smell of Doflamingo’s cooking to a banquet. After the feast, Shimotsuki Ushimaru, Buggy, and Doflamingo discussed trade between Wano Country and Doflamingo’s growing distribution network.

• Yamato mistakenly called Conqueror’s Haki “Dad’s Haki Infusion” and attacked Hancock with Thunder Bagua.
• Hancock overwhelmed Yamato with Storm Wave—Hyakuretsukyaku, knocking her unconscious and winning their fight.
• Yamato woke up, followed the banquet’s aroma, and joined Buggy and Shimotsuki Ushimaru in devouring the food.
• Shimotsuki Ushimaru, Buggy, and Doflamingo discussed a trade agreement to help Wano Country sell its goods.

Doflamingo finalized a profitable trade deal with Wano Country, strengthening ties between Wano, Dressrosa, and his network. Meanwhile, Yamato and Hancock encountered Gecko Moria and Sand Crocodile at Dressrosa’s arena, where Yamato confronted Moria over stealing Shimotsuki Ryuma’s body and Shusui.

• Doflamingo and Buggy negotiated a trade agreement between Doflamingo and Wano Country, satisfying both sides and benefiting Dressrosa.
• Violet rushed into the meeting and reported that Hancock and Yamato had clashed with Gecko Moria.
• Hancock and Yamato visited Dressrosa’s arena, where Yamato pointed out Sand Crocodile and Gecko Moria as experts.
• Yamato recognized Moria as the Shadow Tomb Robber and demanded that he return Shimotsuki Ryuma’s body and Shusui.
• Moria reacted angrily to Yamato’s accusation, while Yamato drew her spiked club and challenged him.

Boa Hancock and Yamato fought Gecko Moria after confronting him over his fear of Kaido and his thefts. Moria recognized Yamato as Kaido’s daughter and turned his hatred toward her, summoning his shadow to continue the battle.

• Hancock mocked Moria for fleeing the New World instead of seeking revenge on Kaido, and Moria attacked her with Shadow Horn Gun.
• Hancock broke Moria’s shadow spear with a Haki-coated kick, while Moria revealed his weakened Haki as they fought.
• Yamato struck at Moria with her kanabo, but he used Shadow Doppelganger to evade and realized her fighting style resembled Kaido’s.
• Yamato told Moria that she was Kaido’s daughter, enraging him and driving him to attack her with renewed strength.
• Moria’s slash nearly overwhelmed Yamato, but Hancock kicked him away and warned Yamato that he had focused his hatred on her.
• Moria declared that he would take Yamato’s shadow as revenge against Kaido, then raised his own shadow beside him to face Hancock and Yamato.

Gecko Moria defeated Yamato and Boa Hancock and prepared to take them away, but Doflamingo intervened and used his illusion ability to bring Moria and Sand Crocodile under his control. Hancock and Yamato remained unconscious with severe injuries, while Doflamingo’s group secured the two Great Pirates.

• Yamato and Hancock fought Moria, but he badly wounded Yamato and eventually knocked Hancock unconscious.
• Moria seized the two unconscious women, intending to take their shadows for his zombie army.
• Doflamingo revealed himself with Kyros and Shimotsuki Ushimaru, while Sand Crocodile stood beside him under the influence of Doflamingo’s illusion.
• Moria recognized Doflamingo’s trick too late and was hypnotized, joining Sand Crocodile as one of Doflamingo’s obedient guards.
• Shimotsuki Ushimaru worried about the danger of Doflamingo’s mind-control ability as the group left Hancock and Yamato alive but severely injured.

Doflamingo used Izanagi to undo much of the damage Hancock and Yamato had suffered, then explained how the ability worked. He offered to take Yamato as his student, and she eagerly accepted, hoping to learn how to defeat Kaido.

• Doflamingo activated Izanagi, restoring more than half of Hancock and Yamato’s injuries.
• Hancock explained that Izanagi turned injuries suffered after a marked illusion into an illusion, but could not save someone who was already injured or dead before the mark was placed.
• Doflamingo asked Yamato about her goal of defeating Kaido, and she described the potential of Hiyori and Clown Buggy as well.
• Doflamingo offered to train Yamato because Wano Country was wasting her potential, and Shimotsuki Ushimaru approved of the idea.
• Yamato eagerly accepted Doflamingo as her teacher, and he told her she might be able to defeat Kaido after about ten years of training.

Doflamingo brought his crew and Violet to Green Bit Island to meet the Tontatta Tribe and discuss opening a harbor for them. The group reached the tribe’s underground kingdom, where Yamato’s curiosity immediately caused a stir.

• Yamato and Violet said farewell to their families before Doflamingo’s crew sailed for Green Bit Island.
• The crew landed on the island, and Bege let them out of his body while Yamato marveled at him.
• Violet led Doflamingo’s group to two Tontatta guards, Ed and Ganli, who agreed to take them to their chief.
• Doflamingo and his companions entered the Tontatta’s underground kingdom as Yamato explored and greeted the residents.
• A Tontatta corrected Yamato when she called them little people, and Yamato mistook him for a talking rhinoceros beetle.

Doflamingo asked the Tontatta Tribe to grow special plants in exchange for supplies, using the Shove-Shove Fruit as a deposit. He revealed his Donquixote name, but the tribe barely remembered its ancient feud with his clan.

• Hancock punched Yamato after she mistook a Tontatta for a different Devil Fruit user, while Doflamingo explained that certain fruits had been passed down through ancient kingdoms.
• Gancho greeted the visitors and mistakenly assumed Bege was the important guest before Violet corrected him.
• Doflamingo offered the Tontatta Tribe patterned seeds and the Shove-Shove Fruit to help cultivate special plants.
• Gancho agreed to grow the plants after Doflamingo offered supplies worth one million Beli for each fruit.
• Doflamingo disclosed that he belonged to the Donquixote Clan, but Gancho and the Tontatta Tribe could barely recall their ancestors' feud with the clan.

Doflamingo began training Yamato and Violet aboard the ship as he traveled toward the Future Kingdom to recruit scientists. Yamato fought an illusion of Kaido while Hancock continued absorbing Chun-Li’s Talent Pearl, and the chapter left her close to finishing it.

• After settling matters with the Tontatta Tribe, Doflamingo sailed deeper into the New World toward the Future Kingdom to recruit scientists.
• Doflamingo pulled the crew into his Illusion Space and set Yamato against an illusion of Kaido.
• Yamato repeatedly attacked Kaido and was beaten down, while Hancock watched and questioned Doflamingo’s training method.
• Hancock teased Violet about getting a similarly punishing teacher, but Doflamingo reassured her that Yamato’s training was not suitable for ordinary people.
• Hancock used her training session to absorb more of Chun-Li’s Talent Pearl, which had helped her learn Hyakuretsukyaku and Spinning Bird Kick.

Doflamingo trained Hancock, Yamato, and Violet in the Illusion Space, tailoring their challenges to their abilities while training himself. After twelve hours, Violet emerged exhausted and shaken by the pain, Yamato fell asleep, and Hancock showed only mild fatigue.

• Hancock fought randomized opponents in the Illusion Space, while Yamato trained against a replica of Kaido with her health locked.
• Doflamingo planned to develop Violet’s Observation Haki by cutting off her five senses and making her dodge hazards, then intended to train her as a sniper.
• Doflamingo placed Violet in a shifting plum blossom stake formation, where she dodged weapons and killer bees using Observation Haki alone.
• Violet was repeatedly stung, pierced, and dropped onto blades, then returned to the formation to continue training through the pain.
• Doflamingo trained alongside the others, and after twelve hours the group left the Illusion Space; Violet collapsed, Yamato fell asleep, and Hancock appeared only slightly tired.

Violet, Yamato, and Hancock continued training, while Violet spotted a massive Navy fleet led by Borsalino, Gion, and Tokikake. Doflamingo suspected the Navy had come to attack Byrnndi World's crew.

• Violet and Yamato made rapid gains through training in Doflamingo's Illusion Space, and Yamato learned to use Conqueror's Haki Infusion inconsistently.
• Yamato and Hancock fought in the real world until both passed out, and Doflamingo used Izanagi to heal them.
• Violet spotted a Navy fleet, prompting Doflamingo to extend his Observation Haki and identify Borsalino, Gion, and Tokikake among its leaders.
• Doflamingo recalled how the Navy had devastated Byrnndi World's hastily assembled crew after World claimed responsibility for the bombing of Mary Geoise.

Doflamingo met Kizaru’s Navy fleet while pursuing World and asked Kizaru to spar with him. He reunited with Tokikake and Gion, and their old camaraderie returned.

• Doflamingo redirected his ship toward the Navy fleet after reasoning that Kizaru was a strong candidate to fight World.
• Kizaru recognized the approaching Dragon Hunting Pirates and learned that Doflamingo had come aboard.
• Doflamingo asked Kizaru to spar, and Kizaru agreed after Doflamingo offered three lavish meals.
• Tokikake and Gion joined them, and Doflamingo teased Tokikake about his repeated rejected confessions to Gion.
• Doflamingo, Tokikake, and Gion put aside their unfamiliarity and resumed the easy friendship they had shared in the Navy Training Camp.

Doflamingo explained why he had concealed his identity and warned that the World Government’s secrets were dangerous even for high-ranking Navy officers. He then challenged Borsalino, Gion, and Tokikake to fight him together on a deserted island.

• Doflamingo told Tokikake and Gion that his former name, appearance, and Devil Fruit ability had been disguised to avoid being silenced by the World Government.
• Borsalino dismissed the danger of learning the Government’s secrets, and Tokikake stopped Gion from pressing Doflamingo for details.
• Gion agreed to fight, and Doflamingo took the group to a deserted island aboard Zeus.
• Doflamingo proposed fighting Borsalino, Gion, and Tokikake at once, and Tokikake questioned whether he was serious.
• Doflamingo argued that the three Navy officers were not stronger together than Kaido and Charlotte Linlin, while the officers weighed their understanding of the two pirates and Doflamingo’s strength.

Doflamingo sparred against Gion and Tokikake, revealing that his swordsmanship, Haki, and physical strength had grown to Admiral level. After Gion and Tokikake struggled to keep up, Borsalino joined them and warned that Doflamingo had yet to use his strongest ability.

• Gion attacked Doflamingo with her sword, but he blocked her strikes and wounded her shoulder with a counterattack.
• Gion called Tokikake to help, and Doflamingo repelled him with a punch and a Flying Finger Pistol.
• Doflamingo overpowered Gion, launched her into the air with a Rising Dragon Fist, and mocked her assumptions about his swordsmanship.
• Gion used Tokikake's face to propel herself back into the fight, but Doflamingo blocked her attacks and wounded her leg.
• Borsalino joined the spar and urged Gion and Tokikake to face Doflamingo together, noting that he had not yet used his Devil Fruit ability.

Doflamingo fought Borsalino, Gion, and Tokikake on a deserted island, holding his own with Haki and future sight before using the Illusion Fruit to turn the Marines against each other. The battle stopped with Borsalino injured and Gion and Tokikake unsure whether they could trust their senses.

• Gion and Tokikake attacked Doflamingo alongside Borsalino, but Doflamingo countered their blows and struck Borsalino with an Haki-reinforced headbutt.
• Borsalino drew Ama no Murakumo and exchanged dozens of sword strikes with Doflamingo, realizing that Doflamingo's future sight was countering his speed.
• Gion and Tokikake joined Borsalino, and the three Marines pressed Doflamingo back during a fierce battle that lasted more than half an hour.
• Gion wounded Doflamingo, but Doflamingo used his Illusion Fruit to make Gion and Tokikake attack Borsalino instead.
• Borsalino recognized the illusion, and the fighters stopped as Gion and Tokikake questioned whether their senses had been deceived.

Doflamingo prepared a lavish Soul Food feast for Gion, Tokikake, Borsalino, Hancock, Violet, and Yamato, and the meal left everyone stuffed and stronger. After Borsalino praised Doflamingo’s ability, he warned that the World Government was far more terrifying than Doflamingo imagined.

• After the sparring match, Tokikake and Borsalino demanded that Doflamingo fulfill his promise of three lavish meals, and he began cooking with the food they had gathered.
• Hancock, Violet, and Yamato eagerly anticipated the banquet, while Gion struggled to understand everyone’s excitement until Doflamingo’s cooking filled the air with an irresistible fragrance.
• Doflamingo served glowing Soul Food dishes, and Yamato, Tokikake, Borsalino, Gion, Violet, and Hancock eagerly ate until they were stuffed.
• Doflamingo explained that Soul Food took a great deal of energy to make, while Borsalino marveled at the strength it gave them and asked how far Doflamingo had developed his Devil Fruit.
• Borsalino warned Doflamingo that the World Government was more terrifying than he imagined, and Doflamingo realized he was referring to the mysterious figure behind the destruction at Mary Geoise.

Doflamingo warned Borsalino that the World Government could not easily use its trump card, then sailed on with the Navy before parting ways. The Navy prepared to confront World’s pirates, while Doflamingo learned that World had gathered reinforcements from several Great Pirate crews.

• Doflamingo and Borsalino briefly discussed the limits of the World Government’s mysterious trump card, and Gion told Doflamingo that Kikyo had joined Tsuru’s warship.
• Doflamingo’s ship traveled alongside the Navy fleet for two days, and his meals strengthened Borsalino, Tokikake, and Gion before the ships parted.
• Borsalino and Tokikake decided to pursue World, and Borsalino said they expected to encounter the Bond Pirates within two days.
• Violet reported that the Navy fleet would reach the Bond Pirates the next afternoon and that World had several Great Pirate crews as reinforcements.
• Doflamingo explained that the New World’s Great Pirates were backing World because his survival kept the Navy focused away from them.

Doflamingo decided that World’s Pirate Crew had become an obstacle and continued toward the Future Kingdom, while Joker arranged for World to be betrayed by officers working with CP0. Joker then left the Clown Pirates to Shimotsuki Ushimaru and set out with Kanjuro to find a worthy archenemy.

• Doflamingo decided World should be captured and continued his journey to the Future Kingdom.
• Joker told Shimotsuki Ushimaru that he had turned World’s officers against him and arranged for them to cooperate with CP0.
• Shimotsuki Ushimaru questioned the betrayal, and Joker admitted Wano Country was right to remain wary of him.
• Joker announced that he would find a true archenemy and left the Clown Pirates in Shimotsuki Ushimaru’s care.
• Kanjuro shed his disguise, drew a gigantic crane, and prepared to depart with Joker.

After leaving Shimotsuki Ushimaru behind, Joker headed to meet Shanks while World prepared to fight an approaching Marine fleet. The chapter ended as World fired his giant cannon at the Marines.

• Joker left the Arkham with Kanjuro and followed a Vivre Card toward his old friend Shanks.
• Shimotsuki Ushimaru decided to take his Pirate Crew back to Wano Country and discuss the situation there.
• World considered taking control of Wano Country because he wanted its swordsmen to strengthen his forces.
• World learned that a Marine fleet was approaching and gathered his forces, which included more than a hundred ships and around eighteen thousand men.
• World approached the Marines with his giant main cannon and unleashed its 100x Cannon attack.