Chapter Summaries

The Five Elders learned that Monkey D. Dragon had helped the Revolutionary Army escape and identified it as a major threat to the World Government. Akainu and Kuzan refused to commit more Navy forces to defend Mary Geoise but agreed to pursue Clown Buggy.

• Akainu told the Five Elders that Dragon had led the operation and possessed the Wind-Wind Fruit, while hiding that they had barely fought and that he had let Tiger rescue Williams.
• The Five Elders realized the Revolutionary Army had powerful figures behind it and judged it a future enemy of the World Government.
• Kuzan arrived late to Pangea Castle after taking a nap beneath the Red Line and mocked the idea of relocating Mary Geoise.
• Kuzan said the Navy could spare only one Admiral for Mary Geoise, and the Five Elders clarified that they wanted the Navy to capture Clown Buggy instead.
• Akainu and Kuzan exchanged a glance and agreed to the proposal.

After the attacks on Mary Geoise, the World Government sought new sources of power and seized Tom in Water 7, apparently targeting the incomplete Pluton blueprints he possessed. Alonso and Lao Cai watched the arrest and began considering how to get help before Tom was taken to Navy Headquarters or Impel Down.

• Doflamingo distributed artificial Devil Fruits to the Revolutionary Army, the Joker, and Wano Country while monitoring the growing conflicts among New World pirates.
• Bullet helped Whitebeard defeat Big Mom and Kaido after they challenged him, while the Red Hair Pirates grew stronger through their ties with Wano Country.
• After a third pirate attack on Mary Geoise, the World Government abolished the Celestial Dragons' slave system in name, while the Revolutionary Army and Sun Pirates gained recruits and influence.
• The World Government sent CP agents and Navy forces to Water 7, where they arrested Tom and knocked Iceberg and Franky unconscious when they intervened.
• Alonso stopped Lao Cai from attacking the forces and decided they needed backup, suspecting the World Government wanted Tom's incomplete Pluton dissection blueprints.

Alonso realized the World Government had captured Tom, Iceberg, and Franky to force Tom to reveal Pluton's blueprints, but he avoided a direct rescue because Kizaru was in Water 7. Doflamingo entered Franky's dream at Navy Headquarters and appeared in the prisoners' cells, leaving Tom and Franky awake and Iceberg alarmed.

• Alonso explained to Lao Cai that a Navy Admiral was in Water 7, so they abandoned the idea of rescuing Tom and prepared to leave.
• Doflamingo watched Franky's dream and used it to locate the prisoners at Navy Headquarters.
• Doflamingo appeared in the temporary prison and found Tom and Iceberg in nearby cells.
• Iceberg saw Doflamingo appear and demanded to know who he was.
• Doflamingo woke Tom and Franky, and Tom calmly asked him to identify himself.

Doflamingo visited Tom in prison and persuaded him that escaping with his apprentices was safer than sacrificing himself. After showing Tom that he already knew where the Pluton blueprints were, Doflamingo insisted he wanted Tom safe from the World Government and began freeing him.

• Doflamingo revealed himself to Tom and offered him a place among the Dragon Hunting Pirates.
• Tom asked Doflamingo to rescue Franky and Iceberg instead, fearing that his own escape would put them under suspicion.
• Doflamingo argued that the World Government would suspect Tom had given the Pluton blueprints to his apprentices if they fled alone.
• Doflamingo showed Tom that he already knew about the blueprints, then explained that he valued Tom’s shipbuilding talent and wanted to keep him from the World Government.
• Doflamingo cut through the Sea Stone prison bars with Narikitsune.

Doflamingo freed Tom, Franky, and Iceberg from Navy Headquarters and helped them escape by warship. As Tom considered returning to Fish-Man Island, Doflamingo offered to take his apprentices to Alabasta and give them new identities.

• Doflamingo led Tom, Franky, and Iceberg out of prison by disguising them from the Marines with his illusion abilities.
• The group stole a small warship and sailed away from Navy Headquarters before the prison deception could be discovered.
• Doflamingo warned Tom that the Marines would learn of their escape by morning and asked what he planned to do next.
• Doflamingo suggested that Tom return to Fish-Man Island, where Whitebeard's flag offered protection, and Tom considered the idea.
• Worried about what would happen to Franky and Iceberg, Tom hesitated to leave them behind.
• Doflamingo offered to take the apprentices to Alabasta and provide them with new identities or faces.

Tom let Iceberg and Franky decide to join Doflamingo in Alabasta, while he planned to retire on Fish-Man Island. At Navy Headquarters, Sengoku questioned World Government agents about the escape of Tom and his two apprentices, and they suspected Doflamingo.

• Iceberg chose to go to Alabasta so Tom could retire on Fish-Man Island without worrying about him, and Franky agreed after hearing about ancient robots.
• Tom felt both sad and relieved that Iceberg and Franky would be protected by Doflamingo.
• A messenger told Sengoku that three prisoners had escaped, while Garp woke with a pen tip stuck in his head.
• Sengoku and Garp fought, leaving the Fleet Admiral's office in disarray before World Government agents arrived.
• The agents said they had found no trace of the prisoners and named Doflamingo as the most likely culprit.

Sengoku rejected the World Government agents’ demand to pursue Doflamingo, but worried about Doflamingo’s growing power and underground network. In Alabasta, Doflamingo recruited Franky to study robotics with Dr. Tsukimi and offered Iceberg funding to establish shipyards.

• Sengoku told the World Government agents to revoke Doflamingo’s Shichibukai title if they wanted the Navy to bring him back, then drove them out with his Conqueror’s Haki.
• After the agents left, Sengoku worried about Doflamingo’s rapidly growing strength, while Garp joked that he would beat him up if he caused trouble.
• Franky mocked a small robot, which electrocuted him with its spear, and Doflamingo encouraged Franky to study under Dr. Tsukimi and pursue building giant robots.
• Doflamingo offered Iceberg one billion to open shipyards in Alabasta’s port cities, leaving Iceberg surprised by his confidence in him.

Doflamingo checked on his subordinates and their plans, from Hancock’s rise to power to Judge’s new battle suits. He then learned that Stussy had been ordered to find the Gum-Gum Fruit, leaving him puzzled by the World Government’s interest in it.

• Doflamingo checked on his subordinates and found Hancock ruling Amazon Lily while Alonso and Lao Cai gathered crew members.
• He learned that Rosinante had become a Navy Vice Admiral, Joker had entrusted his consciousness to Buggy, and Golden Lion had invited Red Count to discuss a major matter.
• Doflamingo observed the shifting alliances among the New World pirate crews and reflected on how little time remained until Luffy set sail.
• Judge developed battle suits that combined artificial Devil Fruit powers with Lineage Factor enhancements and boasted that the Vinsmoke Family was nearing its goal of ruling the North Blue.
• Doflamingo discovered that Stussy had been tasked by the World Government with finding the Gum-Gum Fruit, which both she and Doflamingo recognized.

Doflamingo realized that Luffy might never receive the Gum-Gum Fruit without Shanks nearby, and ordered Stussy to alert him if the fruit appeared so he could take it himself. He reviewed the growth of the agents carrying his Soul Fragments and checked on Robin, who had become much stronger.

• Doflamingo concluded that the Gum-Gum Fruit was essential to Luffy’s survival and worried that losing it could prevent Luffy from defeating Imu.
• Doflamingo ordered Stussy to report any news about the Gum-Gum Fruit, considering stealing it himself if necessary.
• Doflamingo reviewed his Soul Fragment recipients and found that Rob Lucci had eaten the Savage Lion Fruit and was growing into a powerful fighter.
• Doflamingo confirmed that Stussy had kept the agents on missions suited to developing their combat strength instead of wasting them on long-term undercover assignments.
• Doflamingo checked on Robin, who had grown strong enough through training to reach the level of a Navy Vice Admiral.

Doflamingo learned that the Gum-Gum Fruit had appeared near East Blue and confronted the World Government agents transporting it. He took the fruit from Foz-Fu and prepared to give the agent a gift.

• Doflamingo received word from an agent under Stussy that the Gum-Gum Fruit had been found in the Calm Belt near East Blue.
• Foz-Fu and the World Government agents sailed out of the Calm Belt carrying the Gum-Gum Fruit.
• Doflamingo arrived as a black dragon, frightening Foz-Fu and the other agents.
• Doflamingo trapped Foz-Fu in an endless corridor illusion and opened the chest containing the Gum-Gum Fruit.
• Doflamingo took the fruit and told Foz-Fu, the CP Organization agent, that he would give him a gift.

Doflamingo took Foz-Fu’s Soul Fragment and the Gum-Gum Fruit, then traveled toward Windmill Village, wondering how to give the fruit to Luffy. Meanwhile, Ace and Sabo spotted a pirate crew recruiting at Uncertainty Terminal and went to investigate.

• Doflamingo implanted a Soul Fragment in Foz-Fu, who woke to find the Gum-Gum Fruit gone and feared punishment from the World Government.
• Doflamingo headed for Windmill Village with the Gum-Gum Fruit and considered how Luffy’s brothers might influence his future.
• At Uncertainty Terminal, Ace and Sabo counted their earnings and learned that a pirate ship had arrived.
• Ace and Sabo decided to approach the ship, whose unknown crew had come to recruit members.

Hisoka recruited forty survivors from Uncertainty Terminal for his pirate crew and promised to enhance them. Meanwhile, Ace and Sabo sneaked aboard to seize the ship, only to find a trembling figure beneath a blanket in the Captain’s cabin.

• Hisoka ordered Cabaji to recruit fighters in Uncertainty Terminal while he amused himself by throwing knives at Richie.
• Cabaji selected forty survivors through brutal team fights, and Hisoka invited them aboard for enhancements.
• After seeing the corpses left on the shore, Sabo hesitated about the plan, but Ace urged him to sneak aboard and take the ship.
• Ace and Sabo found the pirate ship eerily quiet and entered the Captain’s unlocked cabin.
• Ace and Sabo discovered a large, blanket-covered figure curled up and trembling on the bed.

Ace and Sabo discovered Lion Richie hiding beneath a blanket in the captain’s cabin and forced him to guide them through the strangely silent Pirate ship. Richie led them to the bottom hold, where he refused to go any farther, leaving them facing whatever had terrified him.

• Ace and Sabo found a bald-furred lion trembling under the captain’s bedcovers and subdued him after a fierce fight.
• Ace threatened to roast Lion Richie, and Sabo persuaded the lion to lead them to the ship’s dining hall.
• When Ace ordered Richie to take them to the captain, the lion grew more frightened and struggled to walk.
• Ace and Sabo forced Richie deeper into the ship until they reached the bottom hold, where he stopped in terror.

Ace and Sabo investigated the strange sounds in the pirates’ lower hold and encountered the Great Pirate Clown Buggy, who revealed his identity after frightening them. The brothers wondered why Buggy had come to the East Blue, and Sabo suspected he was there for Ace.

• Ace and Sabo decided to investigate the lower hold because they feared the pirates might threaten Uncertainty Terminal and Foosha Village.
• Lion Richie startled the brothers, then tumbled down the stairs and frightened them with his severed head.
• A pair of severed hands knocked Ace and Sabo’s heads from their bodies, but they discovered they were still alive.
• The man holding their heads claimed to be Ace’s uncle, said he had once been pursued by Garp, and revealed himself as Clown Buggy.
• Buggy reattached Ace and Sabo’s heads and restored his face, while Sabo asked whether he had come to find Ace.

Ace and Sabo discovered that Clown Buggy had turned people into Joker Party members and fled after he attacked them with a devastating blast of air. They escaped, but could not figure out how to contact Vice Admiral Garp, while the ship’s crew realized their Captain Hisoka had a terrifying hidden identity.

• Clown Buggy revealed that he had experimented on his crew with Joker Virus No. 3, turning them into members of the Joker Party.
• Ace attacked Clown Buggy with a knife and urged Sabo to run, but Joker Party members chased them off the ship.
• Ace and Sabo escaped to land, where Clown Buggy struck them with a blast of air that threw them dozens of meters.
• Ace and Sabo decided they might need to notify Vice Admiral Garp, then realized they had no way to find or contact him.
• The original crew members trembled as they recognized their Captain Hisoka as Clown Buggy and recalled the disappearances and madness aboard the ship.

Joker completed Joker Virus No. 3 and turned Uncertainty Terminal into a more dangerous testing ground for Ace and Sabo, while planning to make it the Joker Party’s base. Doflamingo arrived in East Blue and headed for Windmill Village after learning of Joker’s plans.

• Joker tested Joker Virus No. 3 on people in Uncertainty Terminal, turning them into physically enhanced, rational lunatics who appeared increasingly normal.
• Joker let Ace and Sabo escape and assigned his new subordinate to recruit more members, while planning to make Uncertainty Terminal the Joker Party’s base.
• Joker realized that Doflamingo had also come to East Blue.
• Doflamingo worried Joker’s harsher trials could kill the protagonists and rejected his plans to expand the Joker Party in Uncertainty Terminal.
• Doflamingo rode Sancho in dragon form toward Windmill Village, where Garp’s presence kept the town peaceful and protected.

Doflamingo and Sancho arrived in Foosha Village, where Luffy eagerly met Sancho in her dragon form and watched her transform into a woman. After teasing Luffy, they asked him to take them to a restaurant.

• The villagers panicked when Sancho descended on Foosha Village as a giant dragon, while Luffy ran up excitedly to inspect her.
• Sancho transformed into a woman, and Luffy searched for the vanished dragon before she revealed that she was a dragon who had eaten a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit.
• Sancho scared Luffy by pretending she ate children and singed his hair with a burst of fire, but Luffy remained curious and unafraid.
• Luffy punched Sancho's thigh after she threatened to eat him, then hurt his fist against her tough body.
• Doflamingo told Luffy that Sancho had been lying and identified him as Vice Admiral Garp's grandson.
• Sancho asked Luffy to take them to a restaurant because she was hungry after flying.

Doflamingo and Sancho visited Foosha Village's tavern, where Sancho ate while telling Fongino exaggerated stories about her adventures. Doflamingo took Luffy to the shore to catch the Lord of the Coast, leaving Fongino stunned by his flight.

• Doflamingo, Sancho, and Luffy arrived at Foosha Village's cramped tavern, where Sancho sat outside and accepted a barrel of rum.
• Sancho told the proprietress, Fongino, about her Devil Fruit and boasted of defeating powerful pirates while she ate a huge wok of seafood fried rice.
• Doflamingo realized Sancho's appetite would overwhelm Fongino and offered to catch the Lord of the Coast for food.
• Fongino said the sea beast had overturned fishing boats for years, and Doflamingo concluded Garp likely had never heard about it.
• Doflamingo grabbed Luffy and flew toward the shore to go fishing, leaving Fongino amazed.

Doflamingo killed the Lord of the Coast and brought it back to Windmill Village so Makino could prepare a feast, then offered to cook it himself. As Makino went to buy seasonings and alcohol, Doflamingo wondered why Shanks had risked his arm over Luffy and the Gum-Gum Fruit.

• Doflamingo used a Flying Slash to kill the Lord of the Coast while Luffy watched from the sky.
• Doflamingo hauled the Lord of the Coast back to Makino's tavern, where Luffy eagerly demanded a feast.
• Makino said the Sea King was too large and tough for her to prepare with the tavern's kitchen tools.
• Doflamingo pondered Shanks's lost arm and suspected the Gum-Gum Fruit had played a major role in his choice to protect Luffy.
• Doflamingo offered to prepare the Lord of the Coast and gave Makino Beli to buy seasonings and more alcohol.

Doflamingo prepared a feast from the Lord of the Coast, drawing the residents of Foosha Village out to meet him and Sancho. The meal eased the villagers’ fears of the Dragon Hunting Pirates and brought them together over food.

• Doflamingo butchered the Lord of the Coast and cooked its meat into several dishes.
• The smell of the cooking drew Foosha Village’s residents outside, where they recognized Doflamingo as the Shichibukai leading the Dragon Hunting Pirates.
• Luffy asked Doflamingo and Sancho whether they were pirates, and Doflamingo sent him rolling away when he got in the way.
• Doflamingo served the feast, and Luffy and Sancho eagerly began eating.
• After Doflamingo invited the villagers to join them, they overcame their hesitation and shared the meal with the pirates.