Chapter Summaries

World’s cannon exploded during the attack, and his subordinates’ betrayal left him gravely wounded and poisoned. After Kizaru stopped his escape, Chapon and Momousagi joined the fight, and World charged at the three Navy officers.

• World’s main cannon exploded aboard his warship, injuring him and destroying ships across the fleet.
• World discovered that his three strongest subordinates had anticipated the blast, while the wounded octopus man revealed he had poisoned him with the Taipan Snake Fruit.
• World cut off his poisoned arm and fled, as the remaining traitorous subordinates revealed their ties to CP0 and the World Government.
• Kizaru kicked World back onto a warship before he could escape.
• Chapon and Momousagi arrived with Kizaru to surround World, who charged at them in a final stand.

After World was captured, Doflamingo traveled to the Future Kingdom to recruit scientists and investigate Vegapunk’s abandoned laboratory. He found Dr. Tsukimi’s home and recognized Lieutenant Spacey, recalling the doctor’s inventions and their connection to the moon.

• World was defeated by Kizaru, two Admiral Candidates, and his traitorous subordinates, then taken to Impel Down in Sea Stone handcuffs.
• Doflamingo arrived in Baldimore with Hancock and Yamato to recruit scientists, focusing on Dr. Tsukimi and Vegapunk’s abandoned laboratory.
• Doflamingo distributed scientist profiles to his associates and headed with Hancock and Yamato to the Tsukimi Residence.
• Yamato mistook Lieutenant Spacey for a Tontatta, but Doflamingo recognized him as one of Dr. Tsukimi’s robots.
• Doflamingo recalled Dr. Tsukimi’s artificial-intelligence robots, his death after choking while watching an explosion on the moon, and the robots’ journey there.

Doflamingo and his companions met Dr. Tsukimi and his four small robots, then Doflamingo asked the doctor to assist with scientific research. Dr. Tsukimi hinted that he would refuse, but Doflamingo drew his attention by connecting the doctor’s robot-making to Lunarian technology.

• Yamato mistook Lieutenant Spacey for a member of a strange tribe and lifted him, prompting Spacey to reveal that he was a robot made by Dr. Tsukimi.
• Three more robots came outside and surrounded Yamato, who apologized after Hancock made her bow.
• Dr. Tsukimi welcomed Doflamingo, Hancock, and Yamato into his home and offered them Tsukimi Dango.
• Doflamingo asked Dr. Tsukimi to help with research, and the doctor recounted how Vegapunk had created the framework for robot intelligence before burning his research materials.
• Dr. Tsukimi said he had stopped making robots after creating Spacey and the others, but Doflamingo suggested his work drew on Lunarian technology.

Doflamingo persuaded Dr. Tsukimi to join his expedition to study the preserved cities on the moon. With the Ark Maxim already built and tests showing that air filled the route from Blue Star to the moon, Doflamingo prepared to make the journey.

• Doflamingo showed Dr. Tsukimi documents about lunar ruins, and Dr. Tsukimi choked on a Tsukimi Dango in shock.
• Dr. Tsukimi asked whether lost cities remained on the moon, and Doflamingo explained that the Lunarians had left them behind when they departed during an energy crisis.
• Doflamingo told Dr. Tsukimi that he had already built a spaceship and used the opportunity to recruit him to examine the Lunarian cities.
• Dr. Tsukimi agreed to join Doflamingo's research expedition after learning he could focus on Lunarian technology.
• Doflamingo reflected that he had built a copper Ark Maxim using Birka's blueprints and found that air filled the route between Blue Star and the moon, making the trip easier than expected.

Doflamingo copied the blueprints from Vegapunk’s abandoned laboratory and returned to the Dragon Hunting Pirate Ship with Dr. Tsukimi and recruited scientists. Elsewhere in the New World, Shanks and his crew joked aboard the Red Force until a Sea King pulled Shanks into the water, where he killed it and hauled its stinking remains aboard.

• Doflamingo used an illusion to enter Vegapunk’s abandoned laboratory and copied all the blueprints inside.
• Doflamingo wondered why Vegapunk had joined the World Government and considered the scientist’s potential strength.
• Doflamingo returned to Bege’s castle with the blueprints, recruited scientists, and Dr. Tsukimi, then prepared to sail back to Alabasta.
• Lucky Roux complained that the Red Force was running low on food, while Ben Beckman and Yasopp teased Shanks and his crew laughed together.
• A Sea King pulled Shanks off the Red Force while he was fishing, and Shanks split it in two with his sword.
• Shanks dragged half of the Sea King aboard, then grimaced when Ben Beckman pointed out its stench.

Shanks and his crew encountered Buggy and Kanjuro after Shanks accidentally destroyed their giant bird mount. The old friends reunited on the Red Hair Pirates’ ship, where Buggy boasted about his crew’s reputation and his 150 million bounty.

• Shanks’s crew complained about the foul stench from the Sea King he had caught, then Yasopp shot down a giant bird from the sky.
• Shanks leaped toward the bird, which turned into black ink and splashed over him, before an unseen attacker kicked him into the sea.
• Shanks recognized Buggy, who angrily accused him of destroying his mount, while Kanjuro held Buggy back.
• Ben Beckman identified Buggy as the Captain of the Clown Pirates and noted his 150 million bounty.
• Shanks greeted Buggy and praised the Clown Pirates, and Buggy proudly declared himself a Great Pirate.

Buggy reunited with Shanks and fought him, revealing that his awakened Chop-Chop Fruit could split apart Haki. After Shanks defeated him, he asked why Buggy had come to find him, leaving Buggy’s purpose unanswered.

• Shanks provoked Buggy by mentioning his higher bounty, and Kanjuro released Buggy so he could charge at Shanks.
• Buggy struck Shanks with his awakened Chop-Chop Fruit, splitting apart some of Shanks’s Haki and forcing him back.
• Shanks used Conqueror’s Haki Infusion to beat Buggy, who complained about his injuries and the loss of his supposed mount.
• Ben Beckman noticed Buggy carrying Shanks’s Vivre Card, and Shanks teased Buggy for keeping it until Buggy attacked him in anger.
• After they calmed down, Shanks asked Buggy why he had come to find him, but Buggy had not yet answered.

Buggy reluctantly invited Shanks to Wano Country under Joker’s threat, and Shanks agreed while suspecting the invitation concealed something. Elsewhere, Doflamingo released Gecko Moria and Sand Crocodile, and Sancho slept in Tesorro’s prosperous Golden City in Alabasta.

• Kanjuro revealed that the World Government would kill them if the truth came out, so Buggy invited Shanks to Wano Country under Joker’s threat.
• Shanks accepted Buggy’s invitation, while Ben Beckman and Shanks noticed that Buggy’s behavior seemed suspicious.
• Doflamingo released Gecko Moria and Sand Crocodile after leaving the New World, allowing them to gather forces and form Pirate Crews.
• Sancho slept in Las Vegas, the Golden City built by Tesorro in Alabasta, under their agreement to repay Sancho’s loan with double the treasure.

Sancho complained about the food in the Golden City while arguing with Zango, who eventually fell asleep. Doflamingo returned to Alabasta and brought Bege and the scientists through a door to his Sky Island research base, where they began adjusting to the high altitude.

• Sancho complained to Zango that the Golden City’s chefs were poor and mocked Zango’s dancing career.
• Zango defended his reputation as the Golden City’s Dance Emperor, then lay down and fell asleep.
• Doflamingo returned to Alabasta after sailing from his New World base without going through Mary Geoise or Fish-Man Island.
• Doflamingo called the Door-Door Fruit user and led Bege and the scientists through a door to the Sky Island research center.
• The scientists received oxygen tanks and began adapting to the Sky Island’s altitude and air pressure.

Doflamingo returned to Alabasta with Hancock and Yamato, where Yamato’s odd ideas repeatedly irritated Hancock. The group reached the desert and prepared to cross it by camel, though Yamato questioned why they needed mounts.

• Doflamingo returned to Alabasta with Hancock and the others after settling the scientists on Sky Island.
• Hancock reunited with her sisters and became jealous when the crowd praised Shinobu’s beauty.
• Doflamingo introduced Yamato to Shinobu, who joked about cooking her, and Yamato mistook the joke for a threat.
• Hancock argued with Yamato over her admiration for Oden, while Shinobu chose not to make trouble for Kaido’s daughter.
• At the edge of the desert, Yamato drooled over the camels and suggested eating them before Hancock explained they would ride them across the sand.

Doflamingo brought Yamato and Shinobu to the Golden City, where he discovered that a strange mushroom had grown from Zango’s chin. He recalled that eating such a mushroom had given Zango his hypnotic ability and began considering how it could be studied.

• Yamato carried Hancock across the desert at high speed while Shinobu and Doflamingo followed on Zeus.
• Doflamingo’s group reached the Golden City and arrived at its pyramid-shaped City Hall.
• Sancho laughed at Zango, who examined the strange mushroom growing from his chin.
• Doflamingo remembered that Zango gained hypnotic powers after eating a patterned mushroom as a child.
• Doflamingo wondered whether the mushroom could give others hypnotic abilities or be cultivated to strengthen them.
• Zango scratched his head and wondered how the mushroom had suddenly grown on his chin.

Doflamingo collected a strange mushroom from Zango’s chin and attended a meeting in the Golden City, where Stella and Baccarat had gathered with Tesorro. The chapter left Stella’s Snow-Snow Fruit development and Baccarat’s secret Lucky-Lucky Fruit ability established as valuable assets.

• Doflamingo clipped the mushroom from Zango’s chin and kept it as a potential experimental subject.
• Doflamingo distracted Sancho with the promise of a feast and went to the city hall for a meeting.
• Tesorro sat with Stella, who had received the Snow-Snow Fruit from Doflamingo to protect her from danger.
• Stella had developed her Snow-Snow Fruit enough to bring snowfall across a region, helping expand the Golden City’s oasis and relieve drought in Alabasta.
• Baccarat attended the meeting as a young future officer, while Doflamingo kept her Lucky-Lucky Fruit ability secret from outsiders.

Doflamingo held a meeting with his allies and core staff to review finances, diplomacy, and intelligence as the World Government recovered from the Mary Geoise explosion. The chapter left him expanding his casino network while the weakened Government faced declining support from its member states.

• Doflamingo met with Gan Fall, Jinbe, and his core personnel, while discussing the Sun Pirates’ growth and the World Government’s likely plans to target them.
• Tesorro reported 12 billion Beli in net profit, and Doflamingo approved expanding the casino network under the name Las Vegas.
• Stella asked whether to congratulate King Cobra and his queen on their new daughter, and Doflamingo ordered a Great Grade Sword-quality scimitar sent to Princess Vivi.
• Shinobu reported that the World Government had resumed operations but was weakening as member states pursued their own ambitions and the number paying Heavenly Tribute fell by one-third.

Doflamingo introduced Yamato and Violet at the Round Table Conference, heard reports on Sky Island’s trade and relations with the Shandia, and received a Devil Fruit from Jinbe. The fruit was the Love-Love Fruit, which Doflamingo had been seeking, and he considered its power and limitations.

• Doflamingo introduced Yamato as Kaido’s daughter and welcomed her as a new attendee of the Round Table Conference.
• Doflamingo introduced Violet, whose Glint-Glint Fruit let her see up to eight thousand li.
• Gan Fall reported that Sky Island’s relationship with the Shandia had improved and that scientific shellfish farming had increased production.
• Jinbe gave Doflamingo a Devil Fruit recovered from a Celestial Dragon slave ship, prompting Tesorro and Hancock to condemn the Celestial Dragons.
• Doflamingo opened the box and identified the pink, heart-patterned fruit as the Love-Love Fruit, then considered how its strength depended on its user’s appearance and development.

Doflamingo gave Hancock the Love-Love Fruit and explained how her charm could unlock its petrifying power. After exchanging intelligence with Jinbe, he assessed the Dragon Hunting Pirates’ growth and outlined scientific projects to overcome its development bottleneck.

• Doflamingo accepted the Love-Love Fruit from Jinbe and gave it to Hancock as a debt against her future merits.
• Doflamingo explained that the Love-Love Fruit petrified people captivated by its user’s charm, and that awakening could imbue attacks with petrifying power.
• Doflamingo and Jinbe exchanged intelligence about the Sun Pirates, the Revolutionary Army, and their networks.
• Doflamingo said the Dragon Hunting Pirates had reached a development bottleneck and needed to step into the open or rely on science.
• Doflamingo outlined plans for lunar spacecraft and robots with Dr. Tsukimi, and for biological research after visiting Germa 66.

Doflamingo traveled to the North Blue with Baccarat, Violet, and Hancock to find Germa 66 and prepare for future artificial Devil Fruit research. He arrived at a town controlled by the Dragon Hunting Pirates and met its mayor, Oink.

• Doflamingo decided to search for Germa 66 with Baccarat and Violet, while postponing artificial Devil Fruit research until the Tontatta Tribe's plants yielded results.
• Hancock joined Doflamingo's trip to test her newly acquired Love-Love Fruit, and the group traveled through the Anywhere Door to the North Blue.
• Doflamingo arrived at a North Blue town secretly controlled by the Dragon Hunting Pirates and found Oink being beaten by his female secretary.
• Oink complained that Doflamingo had interrupted his pursuit of his secretary, and Doflamingo teased him about his chances of finding a partner.
• Doflamingo recalled that Oink had joined his crew after Doflamingo rescued Oink's enslaved older brother and had given him the Pig-Pig Fruit, Great Forest Pig form.

Doflamingo questioned Oink about Germa 66 and learned the war machines were near the Rhine Kingdom. Elsewhere, Judge worried over his failing son and remembered his wife Sora.

• Oink joked with Doflamingo and accused him of pursuing minors, prompting Hancock to petrify him with her Love-Love Fruit.
• Hancock released Oink, and Doflamingo asked him for information on Germa 66.
• Oink told Doflamingo that Germa 66 was likely near the Rhine Kingdom based on its recent route.
• Judge sensed something was wrong aboard Germa 66 and watched his children train, focusing on the blond boy who seemed no stronger than an ordinary three-year-old.
• Judge thought of Sora and wondered why she could not understand that strength was necessary.

Judge ordered Germa 66 to prepare for Doflamingo by wearing seawater-filled helmets he believed could block Doflamingo’s mind control. Doflamingo arrived at Germa 66’s War House and demanded that Judge work for him, but Judge refused, leaving Doflamingo ready to make his demand by force.

• Judge watched Sanji get knocked down by his brothers and kept silent, partly out of regard for Sora.
• A clone reported enemy activity, and Judge recognized the approaching Doflamingo and ordered every soldier to wear his Mental Isolation Helmet.
• Doflamingo and Violet mocked the soldiers’ seawater-filled glass helmets, though Doflamingo knew they could block his mind-control ability but not his other illusions.
• Doflamingo arrived at Germa 66’s War House, where Judge confronted him in his distorted helmet and demanded to know what he wanted.
• Doflamingo asked Judge to work for him, but Judge refused, and Doflamingo angrily rejected being compared to the Celestial Dragons.

Doflamingo overwhelmed Judge and Germa 66 with his Conqueror's Haki, then persuaded Judge to accept his proposal. When Doflamingo demanded Germa 66's Lineage Factor technology, Judge angrily refused, leaving their negotiations at an impasse.

• Doflamingo unleashed Conqueror's Haki that incapacitated Germa 66's clone soldiers and Den Den Mushi and left Judge struggling to stand.
• A black-haired girl mocked Germa 66, and Judge agreed to serve Doflamingo after he asked whether Judge still opposed his proposal.
• Doflamingo used his Mental Energy to wake the unconscious people, and Judge ordered the clone soldiers to withdraw.
• Doflamingo told Judge he wanted Germa 66's biotechnology, especially its Lineage Factor research.
• Judge refused to hand over the Lineage Factor technology, which he considered the core of his work.

Doflamingo forced Judge to hand over Germa 66's Lineage Factor technology, offering Vegapunk's design blueprints in exchange. He then discussed Judge's ambition to restore the Vinsmoke Family's rule over the North Blue, noting Germa 66 had the strength to pursue it.

• Judge protested that Doflamingo could not plunder a World Government Member State, but Doflamingo threatened to destroy Germa 66 and leave no evidence.
• Judge became terrified and offered Doflamingo all of Germa 66's Lineage Factor technology.
• Doflamingo offered Judge some of Vegapunk's design blueprints, delighting Judge and easing his resentment.
• Doflamingo asked Judge about the Vinsmoke Family's ambition to rule the North Blue, and Judge confirmed Germa 66 had been created for that purpose.
• Doflamingo said Germa 66's current strength could make its conquest of the North Blue possible.