Chapter Summaries

Crocodile sent Robin to join Garen and uncover the location of Pluton, while worrying that she might truly betray him. Robin offered to defect to Garen, but after Nami and Vivi objected, Garen spoke with her alone.

• Crocodile ordered Robin to earn Garen’s trust and learn where the Poneglyph was, threatening her if she failed to report back.
• Crocodile worried that Robin might genuinely side with Garen and wondered whether Garen had deliberately hidden his strength.
• Robin told Garen she wanted to change sides, prompting Nami and Vivi to object.
• Robin offered to share her sincerity with Garen in private, and Garen persuaded Nami and Vivi to leave.
• Garen shut the door with a hand grown from it and told Robin to speak quickly so he could explain the meeting.

Garen rejected Robin’s offer to help him study the Poneglyphs and said he wanted Baroque Works instead. After Robin mistakenly believed he was demanding her body and tried to escape, Garen explained that she effectively controlled the organization as its agents’ only link to their secret boss.

• Robin offered Garen her knowledge of the Poneglyphs and Ancient Weapons, but Garen refused to risk being tied to forbidden research.
• Garen asked Robin to offer something he cared about, and she feared he wanted her body and tried to escape through a window.
• Garen used Fatal Strike to suppress Robin’s Devil Fruit ability for two seconds, stopping her escape.
• Nami and Vivi rushed in, and Robin accused Garen of demanding that she sell her body.
• Garen denied wanting Robin and said he wanted Baroque Works, then explained that its agents took orders through her as All Sunday, making her its real boss.

Garen confronted Baroque Works’ senior agents at sea, openly admitting that he was their enemy and that Robin had joined him. He revealed that he had gathered them because he needed experience to level up, then prepared to fight them.

• Baroque Works’ senior agents gathered aboard a ship off Alabasta and wondered why Robin and their mysterious boss had summoned them.
• Robin arrived with Garen, and the agents recognized him as the enemy who had killed the Mr. 1 pair.
• Garen admitted he was not their boss and declared that Robin belonged to him, prompting the agents to suspect her of betraying the organization.
• Bon Clay condemned Robin’s betrayal, and Garen encouraged the agents not to surrender.
• Garen explained that he had summoned the agents because he needed experience to level up, then raised his greatsword.

Garen attacked the senior Baroque Works agents aboard their ship, killing several with his flaming sword and destroying the vessel. Miss Valentine escaped into the sky after abandoning Miss Goldenweek, but Garen prepared to stop her.

• Garen used a flaming flying slash to kill Mr. 5 and cut through the ship's cabin.
• Mr. 3 raised a Wax Wall, but Garen melted through it and knocked Mr. 3 down with his greatsword.
• Garen used Judgment to tear apart the ship and kill Miss Merry Christmas while badly injuring Mr. 2 Bon Clay.
• Miss Valentine fled through the gap in the hull, but kicked Miss Goldenweek off her leg when the girl slowed her ascent.
• Miss Goldenweek fell into the sea as Miss Valentine rose into the sky, and Garen watched her escape attempt from below.

After reaching level nine, Garen used his new speed and control-immunity skill to catch the airborne Miss Valentine and bring her down. He prepared to kill her, rejecting her pleas and explaining that his justice was simply whatever his sword decided.

• Garen gained Twilight of the Gods and became strong enough to use Geppo fully.
• Garen activated Twilight of the Gods and chased Miss Valentine into the sky with Geppo.
• Garen seized Miss Valentine, slowed their fall, and slammed her onto a damaged ship.
• Miss Valentine begged for her life and claimed she had acted to survive after her companion tried to drag her down.
• Garen confronted Miss Valentine about her past killings and declared that he would kill her because he wanted to.

Garen killed Miss Valentine and captured Miss Goldenweek after she tried to escape, while Bon Clay risked himself to protect her. Robin urged Garen to spare the young painter, and he hesitated when Robin reminded him that Miss Goldenweek was still a child.

• Garen killed Miss Valentine, then confronted the injured Bon Clay as Miss Goldenweek paddled away on a broken plank.
• Bon Clay attacked Garen and broke his leg, then urged Miss Goldenweek to keep fleeing because she was only a young painter who had taken the wrong path.
• Garen used Shave and Geppo to catch Miss Goldenweek and bring her back to the ship.
• Robin objected to Garen killing Miss Goldenweek, and Garen questioned whether Robin had noticed the girl escaping.
• Garen set Miss Goldenweek down and asked Robin for a reason to spare her; Robin said she was still just a child, making Garen freeze.

Garen spared Miss Goldenweek and offered her paid work as an artist, but prepared to kill Bon Clay for his crimes. Robin persuaded Garen that Bon Clay could help him take control of Baroque Works, and Bon Clay agreed to serve Garen.

• Robin explained that Miss Goldenweek was a gifted artist forced into Baroque Works, and Garen spared her while hiring her to paint for him without a salary.
• Miss Goldenweek begged Garen to spare Bon Clay, but she could not offer a reason from Bon Clay’s past that justified mercy.
• Garen judged Bon Clay responsible for the many people he had killed as a senior assassin and prepared to execute him.
• Robin stopped Garen and pointed out that Bon Clay’s Mane-Mane Fruit could help Garen take control of Baroque Works.
• Garen reconsidered, imagined using Bon Clay to draw Baroque Works agents to him, and offered Bon Clay a chance to serve him.
• Bon Clay called Garen “Boss.”

Robin reported to Crocodile that Garen wanted Dance Powder, while Crocodile learned Garen had killed nearly all of his senior and mid-level agents. At Nanohana, Garen and Vivi staged a public discovery of Dance Powder so Vivi could condemn its use and begin rebuilding the royal family's standing.

• Robin told Crocodile that Garen had shown interest in Pluton and wanted Dance Powder and its supply channels, and Crocodile ordered her to cooperate.
• Robin revealed that Garen had killed nearly all the senior agents and lured out the mid-level agents, leaving Crocodile furious at the loss of his organization.
• Garen persuaded Vivi to stage a public performance at Nanohana, arguing that guiding public opinion would help calm the rebellion.
• Garen and Vivi arranged for a Dance Powder convoy to overturn at the port, prompting the crowd to blame King Cobra for the drought.
• Vivi publicly promised to demand an explanation from her father, winning the crowd's trust, and the newspapers reported that Cobra had issued an apology.

Vivi and Garen persuaded the rebel army to surrender by using Nami’s carefully controlled Dance Powder to bring rain to Yuba. With the rebellion resolved and Baroque Works largely dismantled, they prepared to confront Crocodile.

• Vivi arrived at the rebel headquarters with Garen and asked Koza to surrender, but Koza insisted that the people needed hope of survival.
• Garen explained that Dance Powder could be used to draw moisture inland and bring rain across Alabasta if deployed precisely.
• Nami’s weather calculations brought a torrential downpour to Yuba, dispelling Koza’s doubts and leading him to accept Vivi’s amnesty terms.
• Vivi left with Garen after Koza signed the surrender document, while Koza felt the distance between them had grown.
• Garen told Nami that the rebels had laid down their weapons and Crocodile was their remaining target, and Nami said she could control Dance Powder well enough to bring rain when needed.

Garen and Robin found the Poneglyph beneath Alabasta’s royal mausoleum, while Garen’s taunts over Robin’s Den Den Mushi provoked Crocodile into attacking. Crocodile’s sandstorm swept toward the Royal Capital as Garen waited for him to reveal himself.

• Garen led Robin into the royal mausoleum, where she uncovered the hidden passage beneath the courtyard.
• Robin and Garen entered the underground palace and found the Poneglyph, fulfilling Robin’s goal of locating it.
• Robin warned Garen that Crocodile had been eavesdropping, and Garen admitted that he wanted Crocodile to come after them.
• Garen loudly mocked Crocodile and claimed he had only survived because Crocodile feared his strength.
• Crocodile overheard Garen, flew into a rage, and unleashed a violent sandstorm over the Royal Capital.

Garen exposed Robin’s plan to flee, handcuffed her with Seastone, and left her to decipher the Poneglyph while he went to confront Crocodile. Crocodile unleashed a massive sandstorm at the royal tomb, and Garen called out for Nami to make it rain.

• Garen recognized that Robin had planned to record the Poneglyph and escape during his fight with Crocodile, so he restrained her with Seastone Handcuffs.
• Garen searched Robin and found her ink brush, rubbing cloth, camera, and other hidden items before leaving her in the chamber with the Poneglyph.
• Robin realized Garen had taken care to cushion the cold stone floor and wondered whether working for him might not be so bad.
• Garen left the chamber and confronted Crocodile in the royal tomb courtyard, pretending to be frightened.
• Crocodile unleashed his Sand-Sand Fruit power, engulfing the royal tomb in a destructive sandstorm, and Garen called for Nami to make it rain.

Garen lured Crocodile into battle before Nami’s Dance Powder could bring rain, then survived Crocodile’s attacks and revealed abilities that could seal Crocodile’s Devil Fruit and harm his sand body. After a prolonged fight, Garen fled into the air with Geppo, leaving Crocodile in pursuit.

• Crocodile unleashed Giant Sandstorm, destroying the royal tomb courtyard, but Garen survived by jumping into the underground passage.
• Crocodile attacked with Crescent Sand Dune, but Garen used a clone and invisibility to wound him and temporarily disable his Sand-Sand Fruit Ability.
• Garen struck Crocodile with Demacian Justice, badly burning him, and then fought his sand form with holy flames from Justice Rage.
• Crocodile realized Garen could be hurt despite appearing nearly invulnerable, while Garen repeatedly took damage without showing injury.
• Garen abruptly fled and used Geppo to escape into the sky, while Crocodile pursued him and shouted for him to stop.

Garen lured Crocodile into the desert, where Nami’s rain neutralized the Sand-Sand Fruit, and defeated him after a final clash. Crocodile revealed that he had pursued the Ancient Weapon to become Pirate King, and Garen prepared to kill him.

• Garen led Crocodile out of the Royal Capital and revealed that Dance Powder had gathered rain clouds over the desert.
• As Nami’s torrential rain began, Crocodile refused to flee and unleashed a gigantic Desert Spada at Garen.
• Garen used Laurent's Eye of the Mind to withstand the sand blade, while the rain soaked Crocodile and rendered his Devil Fruit Ability unusable.
• Crocodile charged Garen barehanded, but Garen defeated him in their final physical clash.
• Crocodile admitted he had sought the Ancient Weapon to become the Pirate King, and Garen raised his blade to Crocodile’s throat.

After defeating Crocodile, Garen gained Spirit Turtle Stance and tested its healing shield before returning to Robin in the royal tomb. He claimed to know how to read Poneglyphs and left Robin stunned by naming Ohara’s lost great Kingdom as Demacia.

• Garen reached level ten after defeating Crocodile and received the Spirit Turtle Stance skill.
• Garen activated Spirit Turtle Stance, saw its conspicuous turtle and green shield effects, and decided to use it sparingly.
• Garen found Robin struggling against her Seastone Handcuffs beside the Poneglyph and freed her after she agreed to leave with him.
• Robin said she had deciphered the Poneglyph, but Garen dismissed its contents and claimed he could decipher Poneglyphs too.
• Garen recited an account of the great Kingdom known to Ohara’s scholars and revealed its name as Demacia.

Garen recruited Robin by explaining that he wanted to use her reputation as an archaeologist to support his fabricated history against the World Government. Robin accepted a place on his crew, and Garen ended their conversation with a story about sparing a tiger because it was pretty.

• Garen described plans to forge Poneglyphs and spread false claims about the Great Kingdom and the Celestial Dragons.
• Robin stopped Garen's increasingly absurd theories and asked why he wanted to recruit her if he did not need her archaeological expertise.
• Garen said he intended to oppose the World Government and wanted Robin to lend credibility to his propaganda, while also warning her that he had spared her after she attacked him.
• Robin agreed to join Garen's pirate ship and shook his hand.
• Robin asked what other reason Garen had for sparing her, and he told her he had spared a tiger because big tigers were pretty.

After Crocodile’s death, Garen and King Cobra planned to reveal Crocodile’s plot to seize Alabasta, and Cobra granted Garen the title of Count and Rainbase as his fief. Cobra then praised Garen for refusing Vivi’s marriage proposal, unaware of Garen’s relationship with Nami, and the chapter ended with Garen and Vivi both trying to explain themselves to Nami.

• Garen persuaded King Cobra to expose Crocodile as the usurper behind Alabasta’s turmoil and blame him for the rebellion.
• Cobra asked Garen where he would go next, and Garen said he probably would not stay long.
• Cobra granted Garen the title of Count of Alabasta and made Rainbase his fief.
• Garen asked whether Cobra feared he might become another Crocodile, and Cobra said he trusted him and approved of him marrying Vivi.
• Cobra’s marriage talk shocked Nami, while Vivi and Garen grew uneasy; they turned to Nami and said, “Let me explain.”

Rayleigh defeated Moria, freed the stolen shadows, and sank Thriller Bark. Moria survived by floating at sea with Perona, Hogback, and Absalom on his belly, and Perona urged him to paddle toward shore.

• Rayleigh returned the shadows Moria had stolen and arranged for the victims to leave Thriller Bark.
• Brook recovered his shadow, reunited with Crocus, and agreed to return to Twin Cape Lighthouse to see Laboon.
• Rayleigh slashed the sea beneath Thriller Bark, sinking the massive ship while sparing Moria.
• Perona woke on Moria's floating body beside the unconscious Hogback and Absalom, then learned that Thriller Bark had sunk.
• Moria recalled saving his three subordinates instead of taking the lifeboat, and Perona persuaded him to swim faster toward shore.

At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku weighed the consequences of Crocodile’s death and Gecko Moria’s disappearance while Garp dismissed his concerns. As Sengoku struggled to find replacements for the vacant Shichibukai positions, he noticed a newspaper article about Garen that caught his attention.

• Sengoku discussed Crocodile’s death, Gecko Moria’s disappearance, and Rayleigh’s return with Garp, who argued that Garen had acted justly in Alabasta.
• Sengoku acknowledged that Garen had publicly explained Crocodile’s plot and shaped the news coverage so widely that the Marines could not reasonably punish him.
• Sengoku worried that losing Crocodile and Moria would undermine the Shichibukai system, while Garp openly condemned the system as a disgrace.
• Sengoku considered potential Shichibukai replacements but could not identify anyone willing or suitable to serve the World Government.
• Garp asked Sengoku for newspapers, and Sengoku spotted King Wallace’s article titled “Law-Abiding Citizen Garen: Fight to the End Against Pirates Who Plot to Undermine the World Government’s Ruling Order.”

Garen handled press questions about becoming Rainbase’s lord while Robin managed his response to hostile coverage and a call from Marine Headquarters. Garp then told Garen that the Marines and World Government had decided he would become a Shichibukai.

• Garen told reporters that he was a law-abiding citizen who had killed Crocodile to defend Alabasta and the World Government’s order.
• Nami confronted Garen about staying in Rainbase, and he insisted that his decision was for work and praised the city’s revenue.
• Garen told Robin to counter a hostile reporter with payments and positive coverage rather than blacklist him.
• Robin answered Garp’s call from Marine Headquarters and passed the Den Den Mushi to Garen.
• Garp told Garen that he would take over as a Shichibukai.

Garen accepted the offer to become a Shichibukai after Garp explained the appointment process and praised his work in the East Blue. He then established a floating technology institute in Rainbase, where Kentucky’s helium research suggested an airship was possible but required specialists Garen did not know how to find.

• Garen agreed to become a Shichibukai after Garp explained that a Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral would visit to confirm his intentions and sign the agreement.
• Garp told Garen that he and Sengoku appreciated his efforts in the East Blue, then urged him to carry his justice through as a Shichibukai.
• Garen left Princess Vivi’s former duties to Robin and established the Rainbase Floating Technology Research Institute, staffed entirely by Kentucky.
• Garen berated Kentucky for producing only helium balloons, and Kentucky explained that industrial helium production and airship design required more work and expertise.
• Kentucky said he could eventually produce enough helium for one airship, but Garen learned that he needed specialists for its design and wondered where to find them.