Chapter Summaries

Nami, Ronan, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji fought Admiral Kizaru across the Front Island, but none of their attacks could finish him. When Robin, Usopp, and Franky arrived carrying the defeated Spandam, Kizaru announced he would destroy them and Enies Lobby with Super Yasakani no Magatama.

• Nami blasted Kizaru into a crater with a lightning attack, but he emerged unharmed and fired a laser at her.
• Ronan attacked Kizaru with his spear, and Luffy joined in with a giant thunder-powered kick, but Kizaru escaped their assault.
• Zoro clashed with Kizaru using two-sword attacks, then charged him again despite being wounded.
• Sanji attacked Kizaru with Thunder Fire kicks as the fight reached a stalemate.
• Robin, Usopp, and Franky arrived from the Judicial Tower, with Franky carrying the defeated Spandam.
• Kizaru rose into the sky and began charging Super Yasakani no Magatama to bury the fighters and Enies Lobby in the sea.

Kizaru called off his attack on Enies Lobby after learning that Fire Fist Ace had been captured, allowing Ronan and the Straw Hat Pirates to escape. Back in Water Seven, the crew discussed upgrading the Merry with Adam Wood, and Ronan revealed that his spear was made from it.

• Kizaru received orders to retreat because Fire Fist Ace had been captured, and he withdrew his golden attack.
• Ronan told Usopp that the crew had survived Kizaru rather than defeated him, while the others reflected on their limits.
• Franky carried the broken Spandam away, and the Straw Hat Pirates left Enies Lobby aboard the Going Merry.
• Luffy used Thunder Ape King Cannon to destroy the black tower as the Merry sailed away.
• In Water Seven, Usopp urged the crew to upgrade the Merry, and Franky explained the legend of Adam Wood.
• Ronan revealed that the reddish-brown shaft of his Eighteen-Foot Spear was made from Adam Wood.

Franky set out to use the Merry’s gold to buy Adam Wood for the ship while Ronan and the others trained under ten times gravity. Their training was interrupted when Vice Admiral Garp arrived in Water Seven, punched Luffy into a crater, and revealed himself as Luffy’s grandfather.

• Franky examined Ronan’s Adam Wood spear and decided to buy more top-grade wood with the Merry’s gold to build the strongest ship.
• Luffy approved Franky’s plan, and Franky boarded the Sea Train to visit the Black Market.
• Nami controlled the ten-times-gravity training room while Ronan, Zoro, Sanji, and the others trained under her precise lightning strikes.
• Garp arrived at Dock One with Koby and Helmeppo, smashed open the training-room door, and confronted the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Garp dodged Luffy’s Haki-coated attack and struck him into a deep crater with his Love-Love Iron Fist.
• Luffy called Garp his grandfather, stunning everyone in the room.

Vice Admiral Garp revealed that he was Luffy’s grandfather and scolded him with a mix of brutal punches and bizarre childhood stories. After describing the Four Emperors and the balance of power, Garp left Luffy and the others facing the danger posed by the world’s greatest pirates.

• Nami and the others learned that Garp was Luffy’s grandfather, and Luffy warned them that Garp had nearly killed him many times as a child.
• Garp listed the extreme ordeals he had put Luffy through, then argued with Luffy over his decision to become a pirate and his admiration for Shanks.
• Garp and Luffy unexpectedly fell asleep while arguing, and Garp woke first and punched Luffy awake before beating him several more times.
• Garp told Luffy that Shanks was one of the Four Emperors, whose power formed part of a balance with Navy Headquarters and the Shichibukai.

Koby and Helmeppo challenged Luffy and Ronan, but both were defeated instantly. Koby reunited with Luffy and Zoro, and the chapter ended with Luffy and Koby affirming that they were still friends despite serving opposing sides.

• Koby used Soru to attack Luffy, who effortlessly pressed him into the ground.
• Helmeppo charged Ronan with his swords, but Ronan disarmed and knocked him down with a spear sweep.
• Koby rose from the dirt, greeted Luffy and Zoro, and said he hoped to face Luffy again as an Admiral.
• Luffy invited Koby and the others to a feast, then vaguely recognized the battered Helmeppo.
• Koby said that although they were on opposing sides, they could still be friends, and Luffy agreed.

Garp revealed that Luffy’s father was Monkey D. Dragon, the leader of the Revolutionary Army, shocking the Straw Hat Pirates and the Navy soldiers. Garp said he would let Luffy stay on the island and left with Bogard.

• Garp helped the Navy soldiers repair the gate and wall he had smashed with his Entrance Punch.
• Garp casually asked Luffy whether he had met his father, then revealed that his name was Monkey D. Dragon.
• The Navy soldiers, Koby, Helmeppo, Sanji, and Nami reacted with shock as Robin explained Dragon’s role in leading the Revolutionary Army.
• Garp tried to take back his revelation, but everyone objected, and he said he would not arrest Luffy on the island.
• Bogard pointed out that Garp was indulging Luffy, and Garp left with Bogard.

Luffy reunited with Garp and later met Koby, who revealed how Navy warships crossed the Calm Belt using Seastone. Nami secretly eavesdropped on their conversation and recorded the technology as intelligence for the Straw Hat Pirates.

• Garp struck Luffy for giving him a casual goodbye, and Luffy protested that his grandfather kept beating him.
• Ronan asked Zoro when he had met Koby, while Robin explained that Nami had gone to the swimming pool with Grandma Kokoro.
• Sanji rushed off to the pool after hearing that Nami was wearing a swimsuit.
• Koby told Luffy and Helmeppo that Navy Headquarters warships used Seastone embedded beneath their hulls to pass through the Calm Belt unnoticed by Sea Kings.
• Nami used her Rumble-Rumble Fruit powers and Observation Haki to overhear Koby's explanation and write down the Seastone technology.

Nami eavesdropped on Luffy, Koby, and Helmeppo and learned about Dr. Vegapunk’s Devil Fruit research, while Koby reflected on how Luffy changed his life. Koby parted from Luffy, promising they would meet again in the New World as stronger rivals.

• Nami listened to the conversation and learned that Dr. Vegapunk was researching how Devil Fruits were inherited and how objects could eat them.
• Koby told Luffy and Helmeppo how he had accidentally boarded Alvida’s ship and was grateful that the mistake led him to meet Luffy.
• Koby credited Vice Admiral Garp’s harsh training for helping him become a Marine capable of repaying Garp’s kindness.
• Nami finished gathering intelligence, then joined Chimney and Grandma Kokoro in the pool.
• Koby told Luffy he had to leave because they were enemies, and promised to capture him after becoming a Navy Admiral.
• Luffy encouraged Koby’s ambition and told him they would both be stronger when they met again.

After Koby and Helmeppo left Water Seven, Ronan told Luffy that Koby’s effort could not make up for the gap between them, while Luffy accepted that the future was uncertain. The Straw Hats celebrated with a feast, where Sanji’s hopes of seeing Nami in the pool were crushed by Grandma Kokoro’s arrival.

• Koby wept at reuniting with Luffy and Zoro, then vowed to grow stronger and meet them again in the New World as he ran for the shore.
• Helmeppo warned Ronan’s Group that they would prove themselves before following Koby, while Luffy, Zoro, and Ronan discussed Koby’s prospects and the New World.
• Koby and Helmeppo worried that the Enies Lobby incident would provoke the government, until Vice Admiral Garp scolded them and threatened to withhold their food.
• Sanji expected Nami to approach the pool, but Grandma Kokoro emerged from the water and took his grilled meat, leaving him devastated.
• Luffy, Ronan, Zoro, Usopp, and Chopper feasted beside the pool while Sanji bickered with Zoro and served Robin.

Franky brought Adam Wood for Merry’s Dragon Bone, and the crew celebrated with Dock One and the townspeople. Aokiji confronted Robin about her past and left after learning she had found companions, while Robin joined the banquet with a relieved smile.

• Franky returned with an enormous Adam Wood branch he had bought for one billion Belly to strengthen Merry’s Dragon Bone.
• Luffy declared a party for the new companion and the journey ahead, and Dock One’s shipwrights and the crew began celebrating.
• Aokiji confronted Robin and asked whether she had finally found a place to belong; Robin affirmed that her companions treated her as irreplaceable.
• Aokiji recalled that he had let Robin escape Ohara because of Sauron and told her to live well, then departed as the banquet continued.
• Robin remembered Sauron’s words, accepted that she had found companions, and ran to rejoin the celebration.

Ronan and the Straw Hats finished training as their Log Pose pointed toward Fish-man Island, prompting the crew to discuss Nami’s past and their dangers as Devil Fruit users. Grandma Kokoro warned them that the route passed through the Mysterious Triangle Zone, where ships vanished in the fog.

• Nami ended the morning training and announced that the Log Pose had filled and pointed toward the next island.
• Grandma Kokoro revealed that the Log Pose led to Fish-man Island, ten thousand kilometers beneath the sea, and Ronan resolved to reach the New World ahead of schedule.
• The crew discussed Nami’s painful memories of Arlong, while Zoro and Sanji argued that one Fish-Man pirate did not define an entire people.
• Nami worried that Devil Fruit users could drown, and Grandma Kokoro warned that the route to Fish-man Island crossed the Mysterious Triangle Zone, where ships disappeared in the fog.

The crew prepared to enter the foggy sea as Zoro vowed to strengthen his Three Swords into Black Blades. After learning the Merry’s upgrade was complete, Luffy heard the Franky Family’s plea to take Franky out to sea before the World Government could capture him.

• Grandma Kokoro warned the crew about the dangerous, fog-shrouded sea, while Robin and Nami became excited by the prospect of finding Ghost Ships and treasure.
• Zoro said he would temper his Three Swords with Haki, Inner Qi, and battle until they rivaled Supreme Grade Swords, and Ronan encouraged his ambition.
• Chimney, Kiwi, and Mozu announced that five shipwrights had completed the Merry’s upgrade.
• Zanbai showed Luffy Franky’s 44,000,000 Belly Bounty Poster and explained that Franky could be in danger if he stayed in Water Seven.
• Zanbai begged Luffy to take Franky out to sea, even if he had to knock him out and carry him away.

The Straw Hats discovered the transformed Merry, a massive Devil Fruit-powered battleship built by Franky, while Iceburg explained that Franky had hidden himself because he felt bound to stay with Franky Family. The crew was left with Iceburg’s challenge to take Franky with them by any means necessary.

• Franky Family’s underlings begged Luffy to take Zanbai to sea, and Luffy and the others welcomed him as their shipwright.
• Zanbai chose to leave with his brothers rather than attend Franky’s farewell at the scrap shipyard.
• Iceburg unveiled the upgraded Merry, a huge battleship with the Merry’s guardian Sheep Head and a Sun Lion Head at its bow.
• The Straw Hats explored the ship’s features, including its lawn, slide, kitchen, and aquarium.
• Luffy asked where Franky was, and Iceburg explained that Franky had hidden away because he felt obligated to remain with Franky Family.
• Iceburg urged Luffy and the others to use any means necessary to take Franky to sea and free him from his stubborn sense of duty.

Franky's family tried to send him away with the Straw Hats by stealing his underwear, leading to a chase through Water Seven. At the abandoned shipyard, Franky refused to be embarrassed and struck a defiant pose, leaving Luffy impressed and Nami furious.

• Zanbai told the Franky Family not to cry as Franky returned to their battered home and denied wanting to join the Straw Hats.
• Zanbai revealed the family had asked Luffy to take Franky away, and Franky argued that he had rescued them from the streets.
• A Franky Family underling ripped off Franky's briefs, and Zanbai led the family in an underwear relay toward the abandoned shipyard as Franky chased them.
• Luffy caught the briefs while Ronan used his spear to steer Franky toward the shipyard.
• Franky spread his legs and struck a bold pose rather than beg for his underwear, astonishing Luffy before Nami knocked him down.

Robin, Iceburg, and the Franky Family helped Franky confront his guilt over Master Tom and choose his own dream. With Garp returning, Franky joined Luffy's crew as its shipwright, though he paused to look back at Water Seven and his friends.

• Robin used her Devil Fruit to grab Franky's groin, while Iceburg reminded him that Master Tom had forgiven him and urged him to live for his own dream.
• Zanbai and the Franky Family apologized and explained that they had stolen Franky's underwear to push him toward happiness.
• Sanji warned Luffy that Garp had returned, and Ronan urged the crew to set sail quickly.
• Luffy invited Franky aboard, and Franky accepted the shipwright position on the crew.
• Franky stopped on the deck and looked back at Water Seven, the shipyards, and his tearful underlings.

As the Straw Hats left Water 7, Garp intercepted them and challenged the crew with a barrage of cannonballs. Nami fired an electromagnetic cannon at Garp, who stopped its beam with an Armament Haki punch, leaving the battle poised for the crew’s next move.

• Franky bid farewell to the people of Water 7 and boarded the New Merry as the Straw Hats set sail.
• Garp arrived aboard a dog-headed Warship and announced that he would face the Straw Hats alone.
• Garp hurled cannonballs at the New Merry, and Ronan, Sanji, and Zoro destroyed the barrage before it struck the ship.
• Nami used her Golden Ring to fire a Super-Electromagnetic Mirror Cannon at Garp’s Warship.
• Garp blocked Nami’s beam with his Impact Fist, and Nami called for Wind Cannon Full Power Jet.

The New Merry escaped Garp’s pursuit with Franky’s cola-powered Wind Cannon, and Ronan proposed using its Gulp-Gulp Factory to develop an electromagnetic reactor and self-repairing memory alloy. After the crew celebrated the ship’s rebirth, Zoro suggested giving it a new name.

• The New Merry used Franky’s Wind Cannon to launch into the sky and escape Garp’s Warship, traveling two kilometers before landing back on the sea.
• Ronan challenged Franky’s use of cola as fuel and proposed a closed-loop electromagnetic reactor and memory alloy made with the Gulp-Gulp Factory.
• Franky was thrilled by Ronan’s ideas and vowed to experiment with the ship’s factory.
• Garp watched the New Merry disappear and laughed proudly as his grandson escaped.
• The crew held a feast to celebrate Franky and the reborn New Merry.
• Zoro pointed out the ship’s transformation and suggested giving it a new name.

The Straw Hats settled on the name Sunny Merry for their transformed ship, preserving its old name while marking its new form. As the crew headed for Fish-man Island, Ronan, Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Nami, and Robin continued their intense training aboard the ship.

• Usopp objected when Zoro suggested that the transformed Merry deserved a new name, and Luffy agreed that the ship had changed.
• Ronan reassured Usopp that the crew would preserve their bond with Merry, and Robin proposed the name Sunny Merry.
• Nami, Sanji, and Usopp approved Robin's suggestion, and Luffy declared the ship's new name from its lion figurehead.
• Luffy pointed the crew toward Fish-man Island as their next destination.
• Ronan, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji trained under tenfold gravity and Nami's lightning, while Nami and Robin reached the Second Stage of Thirteen Protectors' Horizontal Training.

Chopper forced Usopp to endure a boiling medicinal bath, and Usopp emerged with Internal Qi Cultivation. The crew then found a Drifting Wine Barrel, and Ronan realized Brook and Thriller Bark were nearby.

• Chopper threw Usopp into the boiling medicinal bath and made him circulate the Thirteen Protectors' Horizontal Training breathing method.
• Franky worried that Usopp had gone silent, while Chopper said Usopp was in a deep internal breathing state and encouraged Franky with the prospect of building General Franky.
• Nami ended her Tenfold Gravity Field and Lightning Body Tempering as Usopp burst from the pot and announced that he had cultivated Inner Qi.
• Franky spotted a floating barrel, and Luffy pulled it onto the deck while Nami identified it as a sacred Drifting Wine Barrel rather than treasure.
• Ronan recognized the barrel as a sign that Brook and Thriller Bark were near the Mysterious Triangle Zone.

The crew fished up a barrel that fired a flare, then Nami navigated the Sunny Merry through a sudden storm. They entered the Devil’s Triangle, where Sanji warned them about ghost ships and skeletons.

• Luffy opened the barrel, and a flare shot into the sky, prompting Robin to warn that someone might be targeting the crew.
• Nami sensed a storm approaching and ordered the Sunny Merry to head south-southeast and activate Paddle Steamer Mode.
• The Sunny Merry powered through the storm and entered a dark, mist-covered sea that Ronan identified as the Devil’s Triangle.
• Usopp and Chopper panicked over the possibility of ghosts, while Luffy eagerly asked Ronan about living skeletons.
• Sanji described ghost ships and wandering skeletons, frightening Usopp and Chopper into asking for exorcism charms.