Chapter Summaries

Luffy repeatedly asked Doflamingo to take him out to sea, but Doflamingo warned that he was too weak and would need his family’s permission. Luffy fled at the mention of his family and returned the next morning, still eager to become a pirate.

• Luffy begged Doflamingo to take him in, and Doflamingo teased him by saying he would need to discuss it with his family.
• Luffy panicked at the thought of telling his family and ran from the tavern while Makino watched Doflamingo amusedly.
• Doflamingo taught Makino how to make borscht as Sancho rested in the forest and grumbled about being bored.
• Luffy returned the next morning and asked Doflamingo to take him to sea so he could become the One Piece.
• Doflamingo told Luffy he was too weak to sail and said he should become strong enough to beat his grandfather, but Luffy shuddered at the thought.

Doflamingo took Luffy into the forest, demonstrated his swordsmanship and the Navy Six Styles, and offered to train him so he could go to sea. Luffy eagerly agreed, but Doflamingo said he first had to pass a test by eating the Gum-Gum Fruit.

• Doflamingo brought Luffy to a hill in the forest and split it in half with a powerful slash from Narikitsune.
• Luffy still declared that he would become the Pirate King despite being stunned by Doflamingo's strength.
• Doflamingo demonstrated the Navy Six Styles by smashing a boulder into dust and told Luffy to reach that level before going to sea.
• Luffy asked Doflamingo to teach him, and Doflamingo agreed to put him through devilish training.
• Doflamingo presented the Gum-Gum Fruit and told Luffy that eating it was his first test.

Doflamingo taught Luffy about the Gum-Gum Fruit and prepared to put him through training. Meanwhile, Ace and Sabo decided to avoid Uncertainty Terminal as the Joker Party tightened its grip there.

• Luffy ate the Gum-Gum Fruit, and Doflamingo explained its value and revealed that it had made Luffy a rubber man.
• Doflamingo demonstrated Luffy’s stretching and resistance to blunt impacts, then explained how to develop Devil Fruit abilities.
• Luffy eagerly agreed to Doflamingo’s harsh training, and Doflamingo decided to help him adjust to his new abilities.
• Sabo told Ace they should stop visiting Uncertainty Terminal because the Joker Party had taken control of it.
• Ace and Sabo discussed how the Goa Kingdom’s nobles ignored their warnings, while Joker Party members had grown strong enough to threaten them.

Ace and Sabo followed a massive slash through the forest and found Doflamingo training Luffy. They mistook the training for a brutal beating and rushed in to stop him.

• Ace and Sabo agreed that the Joker Party’s threat might force them to avoid Uncertainty Terminal.
• A flying slash tore through the forest near Ace and Sabo, leaving a canyon in its wake.
• Ace and Sabo followed the canyon and found a hill split cleanly in half.
• Ace and Sabo saw Doflamingo beating Luffy and jumped out to stop him.
• Doflamingo recognized Ace and Sabo while Luffy yelled beneath his foot.

Doflamingo turned Ace and Sabo’s attempt to defend Luffy into a beating that became part of their training, and the three boys quickly bonded. After they hunted and ate a giant bear together, Ace and Sabo agreed to join Doflamingo’s special training.

• Doflamingo beat Luffy until Ace and Sabo rushed in to defend him, then beat them too.
• Luffy explained his rubber body, and he, Ace, and Sabo laughed and wrestled together.
• Doflamingo sent the hungry boys to hunt, and they returned with a giant bear.
• Doflamingo cooked honey-steamed bear paws, and the four of them devoured the bear.
• Doflamingo asked Ace and Sabo to join Luffy’s special training, and both boys agreed.

Doflamingo praised Ace, Sabo, and Luffy’s strength and promised to teach them proper training methods, then accompanied them to Dadan’s hideout. Dadan, who had been anxiously waiting for Ace after an earthquake damaged the hideout, was about to scold him when Doflamingo’s imposing presence silenced her.

• Doflamingo told Ace and Sabo their forest training was crude and promised to teach all three boys a proper foundation for training.
• Ace worried about training that night and going to Dadan’s, but Doflamingo said he would take Luffy along and dismissed Ace’s concern about the bandits.
• Ace and Sabo realized their guest was the Shichibukai Doflamingo.
• Dadan waited anxiously for Ace after an earthquake damaged the hideout, unable to send her subordinates out to search while they handled the damage.
• Ace returned with Sabo and Luffy, and Dadan prepared to beat him for staying away.
• Doflamingo stepped out from the trees, and his imposing presence made Dadan fall silent.

Doflamingo introduced himself to Dadan and took Ace, Luffy, and Sabo to his Illusion Space to begin training them. He explained that the boys were still too young for advanced techniques and started correcting their basic exercises.

• Dadan questioned Ace about bringing Doflamingo to the Dadan Family hideout, then recognized the Shichibukai and hurriedly changed her tune.
• Doflamingo brought Ace, Luffy, and Sabo into his expanded Illusion Space and reshaped its terrain to resemble Mount Colubo.
• Doflamingo explained that the Illusion Space could help with training, but the boys were not yet physically ready for the Navy Six Styles or Haki.
• Doflamingo corrected Ace's exercise form and asked whether Garp had taught the brothers proper training methods.
• Ace complained that Garp's training was dangerous, and Doflamingo suspected Garp had learned to train through similarly unorthodox methods.

Doflamingo refused Sabo’s request to clear out the Joker Party, telling him and Ace to handle the problem themselves. Meanwhile, Garp arrived in the East Blue, eager to train his grandsons and determined to steer them toward the Navy.

• After the three boys finished training, Sabo asked Doflamingo to help clear the Joker Party from Uncertainty Terminal.
• Doflamingo refused, citing his history with Buggy and arguing that the Joker Party gave the terminal’s residents a better life than they had before.
• Sabo accepted that he would have to find another way to deal with the Joker Party himself.
• Garp arrived in the East Blue aboard his dog-headed warship and looked forward to seeing his grandsons.
• Bogart offered to train Garp’s grandsons, but Garp refused and said he would use his iron fists to make them join the Navy.

Bogart spotted Sancho flying toward the Goa Kingdom and rushed the Marines after her, while Garp swam ahead to Foosha Village. Garp found Sancho and Doflamingo preparing a feast, and the villagers quietly made room for him.

• Bogart recognized Sancho in the sky and ordered the Marines to hurry toward the Goa Kingdom.
• Garp swam at high speed after Sancho, laughing that he wanted to ride her.
• Sancho arrived at Foosha Village with a huge beast, and the villagers welcomed her eagerly.
• Garp reached the village and headed to Makino's tavern, where Doflamingo was butchering the beast for a feast.
• The villagers recognized Garp, and they covered their mouths when he signaled them to stay quiet.

Doflamingo hosted a feast in Foosha Village, where Garp and Sancho fought over the food before Garp asked Doflamingo to return to the Navy. Their talk about Roger troubled Ace, so Doflamingo reassured him that a person's path did not depend on their origins, while Garp and Luffy argued over whether Luffy would become a Marine.

• Sancho charged for Doflamingo's food, but Garp kicked her aside and started eating, sparking a chaotic food fight with Sancho, Luffy, and the others.
• Doflamingo used his Illusion Fruit ability to keep the brawlers away from the food in front of him, and the group eventually ate all the prey.
• Garp praised Doflamingo's cooking and asked him to leave the Shichibukai and return to the Navy, but Doflamingo doubted the World Government would allow it.
• Garp's remarks about Gol D. Roger upset Ace, and Doflamingo told Ace that his origins did not determine his path.
• Luffy declared that he wanted to become the Pirate King, so Garp hit him and insisted that he would become a Marine instead.

Doflamingo and Garp argued over how to train Ace, Luffy, and Sabo, and Doflamingo revealed that Luffy’s father was Monkey D. Dragon, leader of the Revolutionary Army. The dispute ended with Garp proposing a fight to decide who would teach the boys, while forbidding Doflamingo from using his Devil Fruit.

• Doflamingo criticized Garp’s brutal training methods after watching the boys practice, and Garp defended throwing trainees into danger.
• Garp told Luffy that his father was a leader of the Revolutionary Army, and Doflamingo clarified that Monkey D. Dragon had once been a Marine and now opposed the Marines and World Government.
• Luffy joked that Dragon had rebelled to escape Garp’s training, so Garp hit him and chased him.
• Doflamingo offered to let the three boys choose their teacher, but Garp refused and challenged Doflamingo to fight for the right to train them.
• Garp insisted that Doflamingo could not use his Devil Fruit ability in the fight.

Garp challenged Doflamingo to a fight, arguing that seawater and Sea Stone could counter his Illusion Fruit. Doflamingo accepted, eager to test his physical strength and Haki against Garp.

• Doflamingo mocked Garp for his plan, and Garp asked whether he would accept the challenge.
• Garp reconsidered Doflamingo's strength after realizing his illusion ability had made everyone forget him while he ate.
• Garp explained that Devil Fruit abilities had limits and that physical combat and Haki were the foundation of top fighters.
• Doflamingo saw Garp as the ideal opponent to measure his physique and Haki, then accepted the invitation to fight.

Doflamingo fought Garp in the hills and forest beyond Foosha Village, where Garp’s overwhelming strength and Haki pushed him to his limits. The battle continued as Garp praised Doflamingo’s Armament Haki, which he said could rank among the Marines’ top three.

• Doflamingo and Garp began sparring, and Garp’s first blow sent Doflamingo flying and knocked the children and Makino down with its shockwave.
• Doflamingo and Garp moved away from Foosha Village while fighting, and Ace, Sabo, and Luffy followed until they narrowly avoided a Flying Slash and a massive fist strike.
• The three boys realized that Garp had held back when he trained them and retreated to a safer distance as the fight moved into the forest.
• Doflamingo struggled against Garp’s powerful physical defense and his ability to shift Armament Haki between hardening, emission, and internal destruction.
• Garp praised Doflamingo’s Armament Haki, saying it could rank among the Marines’ top three.

Doflamingo fought Garp and used Inspiration Art to strengthen his Haki enough to land a serious blow, but Garp recovered and unleashed a devastating barrage. The battle continued with Doflamingo unable to block all of Garp’s attacks.

• Doflamingo recognized that Garp’s Haki surpassed Zephyr’s and realized he would likely lose if the fight continued unchanged.
• Doflamingo used Inspiration Art to heighten his confidence and fighting spirit, strengthening his Haki.
• Doflamingo struck Garp across the chest with Narikitsune, and Garp was stunned after recognizing the move as Roger’s Divine Departure.
• Garp declared that he was getting serious and attacked with Iron Bone—Meteor Fist.
• Doflamingo countered with Sword Qi Rolling Dragon Wall, but Garp’s barrage broke through and sent him flying after landing more than a dozen punches.

Doflamingo and Garp fought for several days, their battle devastating the forest near Foosha Village and repeatedly frightening Dadan. Exhausted, they agreed to decide the victor with one final attack, and Doflamingo met Garp’s punch with a sword strike.

• Doflamingo and Garp charged at each other again after recovering from their initial exchange.
• Dadan watched their battle’s shockwaves destroy the Dadan Family hideout and decided to wait until the fight ended before leaving.
• Doflamingo and Garp continued fighting for several days, destroying nearly half the forest behind Foosha Village and shaving two mountaintops flat.
• Doflamingo used Inspiration Art to stand despite exhaustion, and he and Garp agreed to settle the battle with one move each.
• Garp threw a powerful punch, and Doflamingo swung Narikitsune to meet it with a flawless sword light.

Doflamingo defeated Garp by abandoning his sword and catching him off guard with Intersecting Killing Dragon Fang Fist. After carrying the unconscious Garp out of the forest, Doflamingo woke him by tossing him onto the ground, and Garp complained that he had won by sneak attack.

• Narikitsune was sent flying, and Garp hesitated as Doflamingo closed in with his fists.
• Doflamingo struck Garp with Intersecting Killing Dragon Fang Fist, breaking several bones and leaving him unconscious.
• Doflamingo rested, then carried Garp out of the forest to keep animals from finding them.
• Doflamingo tossed Garp onto the ground after seeing him snore, and Garp woke up in pain.
• Garp accused Doflamingo of sneak-attacking an old man, while Doflamingo mocked him for refusing to accept defeat.

Doflamingo defeated Garp after a day-and-night battle, then agreed to teach his Intersecting Killing Dragon Fang Fist to Garp’s grandsons. The boys celebrated Doflamingo’s victory, relieved they would not have to endure Garp’s training.

• Garp asked Doflamingo about the Intersecting Killing Dragon Fang Fist, and Doflamingo agreed to teach it to the boys who wanted to learn.
• Doflamingo and Garp emerged from the forest battered after their battle, and Makino offered to treat their injuries.
• Makino scolded Garp for drinking alcohol while injured, but he insisted that eating and drinking worked better than bandages.
• Ace asked who had won, and Doflamingo declared that he had defeated Garp.
• Luffy and his brothers cheered for Doflamingo because Garp would not put them through his training.

After helping Ace, Sabo, and Luffy train, Doflamingo left Foosha Village and learned that Monet and Sugar had been turning Golden City gamblers into dolls to steal their money. He headed to confront the sisters, while Monet sensed the casino was watching them more closely and urged Sugar to leave.

• Doflamingo taught the three brothers for several months, and their skills improved rapidly despite Garp's efforts to recruit them into the Navy.
• Garp left East Blue, and Doflamingo departed Foosha Village aboard Sancho after leaving the brothers a handbook.
• Baccarat reported suspicious casino finances to Doflamingo, who deduced that Sugar had been turning gamblers into dolls and that Monet was helping her steal their money.
• Doflamingo decided he needed to control the sisters carefully because Sugar's Hobby-Hobby Fruit could cause widespread chaos if she lost consciousness.
• In Alabasta, Monet warned Sugar that the Golden City's surveillance had increased and urged her to leave.

Sugar and Monet discussed their thefts at Golden City and their plan to buy the Slip-Slip Fruit before leaving. A mysterious man confronted them with a recording of their confession and said he had reported them to Golden City.

• Sugar told Monet that Golden City's increased security was because they had spent lavishly, while Monet worried about saving enough to buy the Slip-Slip Fruit.
• Sugar suggested stealing a Devil Fruit from Golden City, but Monet warned that the sisters would be hunted if they were exposed.
• Monet urged Sugar to keep a lower profile until they could buy the Slip-Slip Fruit and leave Golden City.
• A mysterious man appeared in their room and revealed that he had overheard them discussing their crimes.
• The man played a Recording Den Den Mushi and claimed he had reported the sisters to Golden City, prompting Sugar and Monet to exchange a cold glance.

Monet and Sugar tried to attack a man, but he turned both sisters into dolls and made them suffer through a nightmare of enslavement and broken memories. They woke back in the room with their human bodies intact and reunited in tears.

• Monet attempted to stab the man, but he turned her into a doll when Sugar touched him with her Hobby-Hobby Fruit ability.
• Sugar realized the man was immune to her power, then he turned her into a doll and took control of both sisters.
• The man enslaved Sugar and Monet as dolls for months, repeatedly making one remember her sister while the other remained unable to recognize her.
• Sugar and Monet woke in the room with their bodies restored and embraced each other, relieved to find they were still together.