Chapter Summaries

The Straw Hats arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago, where Hachi and Camie explained the Alphaca Mangroves and their natural bubbles. After docking at 41 Grove, Ronan urged the crew to find a Coating Craftsman so they could continue their journey beneath the sea.

• Hachi warned that Fish-man Island lay ten thousand meters underwater and that humans needed protection from the pressure, while Franky described his Memory Alloy and Electromagnetic Reactor research.
• Pappagu spotted the Sabaody Archipelago, and the crew admired the colorful bubbles rising above the Alphaca Mangroves.
• Camie and Hachi explained that the archipelago consisted of seventy-nine numbered mangroves whose roots formed separate islands and produced resilient bubbles from natural resin.
• Hachi guided the Sunny Merry to dock at 41 Grove and warned the crew to remember the grove numbers, while Ronan joked about Zoro getting lost.
• Luffy bounced on a bubble, Robin and Chopper examined it, and Pappagu explained how the mangrove resin formed the bubbles.
• Ronan popped a bubble and told the crew to find the Coating Craftsman.

The Straw Hat Pirates reached Sabaody Archipelago to coat the Merry so they could travel to Fish-man Island and continue toward rescuing Ace. Ronan and the others refused Hachi’s warning to ignore any harm caused by the Celestial Dragons, then rode a Bubble Car toward town while Hachi cautioned them about the island’s dangers.

• Hachi agreed to take the group to a trusted ship coater, but asked them not to clash with the Celestial Dragons when they entered town.
• Robin explained who the Celestial Dragons were, and Hachi warned the crew to ignore even a killing rather than provoke them.
• Ronan rejected Hachi’s demand, declaring that a warrior must follow his will, and Zoro, Sanji, and Luffy backed him.
• Ronan and the others asserted that the Straw Hat Pirates could face an Admiral, and their combined aura tore open the Sea of Clouds above Sabaody.
• Hachi drove the group toward town in a Bubble Car and warned them about the Celestial Dragons, powerful pirates, Navy forces, and human traffickers.
• Ronan said their 3.1-billion-berry bounty should deter the island’s predators, while Robin urged the crew to follow Hachi’s advice.

Ronan and the Straw Hats witnessed a slave’s explosive death and confronted the Celestial Dragons’ cruelty on Sabaody. Shalria became obsessed with Ronan and declared that she wanted him as her First Husband.

• Sanji rescued a girl from an escaped slave, who begged for help removing his explosive collar and spoke of wanting to return to his family.
• The slave’s collar exploded and killed him as the Celestial Dragons’ pet approached.
• Hachi, Usopp, and Chopper knelt in fear, while Ronan, Luffy, Sanji, and Zoro refused to bow.
• Saint Rosward and Shalria arrived with bodyguards and discussed the dead slave as one of Shalria’s collectibles.
• Shalria noticed Ronan, became excited by his appearance, and declared that she wanted him as her First Husband.

Ronan rejected Shalria’s demand that he become her husband and killed her after she shot at him. Saint Rosward tried to summon a Navy Admiral, but Ronan turned his attention to anyone threatening his companions.

• Shalria declared that she wanted Ronan as her First Husband, while the Straw Hat Pirates reacted to her demand.
• Saint Rosward ordered his bodyguards to seize Ronan, and Ronan swept them away with his Eighteen-Foot Spear.
• Ronan threatened Shalria and refused her advances, but she drew a golden pistol and fired at him.
• Ronan dodged the Bullet and pierced Shalria with his spear, killing her.
• Saint Rosward vowed revenge and reached for the emergency alarm, but Ronan warned that he would not allow anyone to hurt his companions.

After Luffy and Ronan killed two Celestial Dragons, the Straw Hat Pirates hurried to Shakky’s bar on Sabaody Archipelago while considering how to evade the Navy. Ronan told Shakky what they had done, leaving her stunned.

• Luffy and Ronan killed Saint Rosward and another Celestial Dragon, prompting terrified crowds to flee as the pirates feared an Admiral would arrive.
• Luffy reassured Ronan that they were partners, while the crew debated hiding, coating the ship, or breaking through the Navy’s encirclement to save Ace.
• Hachi and Pappagu explained why harming Celestial Dragons would provoke the World Government, then led the group through District 13 to Shakky’s Rooftop Bar.
• Shakky welcomed Hachi and the crew, dealt with pirates in her bar, and jokingly offered Chopper cotton candy for one hundred thousand Belly.
• Ronan told Shakky that they had taken down two Celestial Dragons, and she reacted in disbelief.

Admiral Kizaru descended on the Rooftop Bar after hearing that two Celestial Dragons had been killed, and Ronan blocked his first attack before fighting back. Kizaru outpaced Ronan and sent him crashing through dozens of Red Trees as Marines and Pacifistas closed in on the Supernovas.

• Ronan sensed Kizaru’s golden laser and warned everyone to get down before it blasted through the bar.
• Kizaru appeared in the ruins, questioned Luffy and Ronan about the Celestial Dragons, and remarked on Ronan’s Observation Haki.
• Ronan blocked Kizaru’s Light Speed Kick with his spear, while Luffy and Zoro prepared to join the fight.
• Law, Kid, Apoo, Drake, Hawkins, and Bege watched as Marines and Pacifistas surrounded the battlefield.
• Ronan attacked Kizaru with a series of spear techniques, but Kizaru dodged them and kicked Ronan through dozens of Red Trees.

Ronan, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji joined forces to corner Kizaru, but the Admiral unleashed a devastating barrage across Grove 13. Nami stepped forward to counter it with her new electromagnetic technique.

• Luffy struck Kizaru with a powerful punch, but Kizaru dodged and kicked him into an underground pit.
• Zoro and Sanji attacked Kizaru in turn, forcing him back with their swordsmanship and barrage of kicks.
• Ronan rallied Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji into a coordinated close-range assault that trapped Kizaru and stunned the Worst Generation pirates watching nearby.
• Kizaru escaped the encirclement and fired Yasakani no Magatama across Grove 13, blasting the area with countless explosive light bullets.
• Nami broke apart her Golden Ring and prepared to counter Kizaru's attack with Electromagnetic Cannon: Ten Thousand Cannons Roaring.

Ronan’s group held Kizaru at bay while the Straw Hat crew and the Supernovas faced Sentomaru and the Pacifistas on Grove 13. Usopp, Chopper, Robin, and Nami countered the machines, with Nami’s magnetic pulse freezing the last Pacifista as it prepared to fire.

• Kizaru admitted that he could not capture Ronan’s group and tried to drive them off the island instead.
• Sentomaru and several Pacifistas formed an encirclement around Nami, Robin, Usopp, Brook, Chopper, and the watching Supernovas.
• Usopp dodged a Pacifista’s laser and struck its forehead with a projectile, but barely scratched its armor.
• Chopper punched a Pacifista through several redwood trees, while Robin stomped another deep into the ground with a giant leg.
• Nami generated a powerful magnetic pulse that froze the final Pacifista before it could fire.

Ronan and the Straw Hats forced Kizaru to halt his pursuit by threatening Shalria, then escaped Grove 13. They reunited with Hachi, Camie, and Pappagu under Rayleigh’s protection and fled toward the Sunny Merry.

• Nami destroyed a Pacifista, leaving Eustass Kid stunned by her precise control of electromagnetic force.
• Ronan, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji coordinated their attacks and forced Kizaru back, then decided to retreat before Navy reinforcements arrived.
• Ronan threatened Shalria, making Kizaru hesitate because he could not guarantee the Celestial Dragon’s safety.
• The group reached the edge of Grove 13 and found Hachi, Camie, and Pappagu safe with Shakky and Rayleigh.
• Luffy and his crew escaped toward the Sunny Merry as Usopp, Chopper, and Nami held back the pursuing Navy Soldiers.

Franky unveiled the Sunny Merry’s Memory Alloy and energy reactor, allowing the ship to transform and dive without resin coating. Nami powered it with her lightning, and the crew set off underwater for Impel Down to rescue Ace.

• Nami, Usopp, and Sanji worried that the failed coating plan left the crew no way to dive to Impel Down, while Ronan refused to delay because Ace was running out of time.
• Franky revealed that he had perfected Memory Alloy and showed the crew the reactor that could power the Sunny Merry’s new forms.
• Franky explained that the reactor and Memory Alloy armor could offset seawater pressure, letting the ship enter Submersible Mode without coating.
• Ronan told Franky that the crew had taken out two Celestial Dragons and clashed with Kizaru, then Franky asked Nami to power the reactor with her electricity.
• Nami struck the reactor with her Two Hundred Million Volts: Thunder God Ignition, activating the alloy and transforming the Sunny Merry into Submersible Mode.
• The Sunny Merry plunged beneath the sea and headed toward Impel Down.

The Straw Hat Pirates approached Impel Down aboard the upgraded Sunny Merry to rescue Ace, while Ronan warned that surveillance and a massive Navy fleet threatened to expose them. Nami unleashed an Electromagnetic Pulse as the ship surfaced, disabling the Den Den Mushi and throwing the blockade into confusion.

• The Straw Hat Pirates reached Impel Down in the Sunny Merry’s Submersible Mode, and Luffy proposed blasting through the prison walls until Nami stopped him.
• Franky revealed that Nami’s Thunder energy had upgraded the Wind Cannon into a powerful Laser Wind Cannon.
• Ronan warned that surveillance Den Den Mushi and a huge Navy fleet made a direct attack risky, so Nami planned to disable communications with an Electromagnetic Pulse.
• Franky drove the Sunny Merry to the surface, where the Straw Hat Pirates confronted hundreds of Navy warships guarding Impel Down.
• Nami released an Electromagnetic Pulse Wave that disabled the Den Den Mushi, leaving Navy Soldiers panicked as they reported that all the devices had collapsed.

Nami used the surrounding seawater to create and ignite a massive hydrogen-oxygen cloud, destroying the Navy fleet outside Impel Down. Luffy and his crew broke into the prison and reached the Red Lotus level, where Luffy sensed that Ace was deeper inside.

• Nami electrolyzed seawater and ignited the resulting gas cloud, obliterating the Navy fleet and damaging Impel Down's outer walls.
• Luffy ordered the Sunny Merry to dock, then smashed through the prison's iron gate with a Rubber Cannonball Attack.
• Zoro cut down the guards who charged the crew inside Sea Floor 1.
• The crew entered the Red Lotus level, where Robin recoiled at the suffering prisoners and Luffy sensed Ace was farther below.

Ronan and Luffy fought the Blue Gori in Impel Down while Buggy watched and was caught. Buggy explained his connection to Ace but refused to help the group find him.

• Ronan spotted Buggy hiding in the Needle Grass forest and used his spear to disrupt Buggy’s separated body parts, stopping his escape.
• A Blue Gori attacked the group, and Luffy dodged its axe before Buggy used his Split-Split Fruit powers to throw the beast into a crater.
• Luffy defeated the Blue Gori with a punch, and Ronan killed four more with a single spear thrust.
• Ronan asked Buggy where Ace was, and Buggy said he had befriended Ace in the past and regretted his capture.
• Buggy refused to join the rescue mission and declared that he would not go anywhere dangerous.

Ronan and the Straw Hat Pirates descended from Level 1 of Impel Down to Beast Hell, where warden Magellan confronted them. Magellan unleashed his Poison Cloud, filling the corridor with deadly gas.

• Ronan forced Buggy to guide the group toward Ace, and Buggy warned them about Impel Down’s deeper levels.
• Ronan carried Buggy into the shaft leading down from Red Lotus Hell, and the others followed.
• Luffy used Gomu Gomu no Balloon to catch the falling group as they landed on Level 2, Beast Hell.
• Ronan sensed a dangerous presence approaching, and Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji prepared for a fight.
• Magellan appeared and released Poison Cloud, filling the corridor with thick purple poison gas.

Ronan stayed behind to hold off Magellan while Luffy and the others went to rescue Ace. He repelled Magellan’s Poison Dragons and launched a full-power spear attack, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Ronan stopped Zoro from charging through Magellan’s poison and told Luffy’s group to rescue Ace while he held the warden back.
• Magellan tried to strike Usopp as the group retreated, but Ronan intercepted him with his spear and blocked his path.
• Luffy led the others onward, leaving Ronan alone in the poison-filled Beast Hell corridor with Magellan.
• Magellan formed three Poison Dragons and attacked, while Ronan used spear techniques and wind pressure to scatter the poison.
• Ronan broke through the dragons and thrust his spear at Magellan with his full power.

Ronan fought Magellan in Impel Down, enduring the warden’s poison attacks before a deathmatch boost intensified his power. The chapter ended with Ronan’s spear clashing against Magellan’s Advanced Armament Haki in a destructive stalemate.

• Ronan blasted Magellan through several stone walls with a spear strike, forcing Magellan to unleash a more powerful poison form.
• Magellan attacked with Poison Gas Bombs, filling the corridor with lethal gas that killed prisoners and beasts.
• Ronan entered the Deathmatch state and received a fivefold Cultivation Multiplier, clearing the poison around him with a Thunderbolt Domain.
• Ronan charged Magellan with Turning Three Talents Stance, and Magellan coated his fists in Advanced Armament Haki.
• Ronan’s spear and Magellan’s fist collided, shattering the surrounding cells and leaving both fighters locked in a stalemate.

Ronan and Magellan fought fiercely on Impel Down’s Level 2, with Ronan’s spear techniques and Thunder True Qi challenging the warden’s Haki and poison. Ronan’s strongest attack sent Magellan crashing through a wall, but Magellan remained determined to continue the fight.

• Magellan praised Ronan’s strength, then launched a massive Poison Gas Bomb at him.
• Ronan shattered the poison sphere with Ground Thunderclap and thrust at Magellan, who knocked the spear aside with Advanced Armament Haki.
• Ronan redirected his spear toward Magellan’s eye with Spear Shake, but Magellan blocked it using Observation Haki and another Haki-coated fist.
• Ronan realized that Magellan’s poison and his own powerful attacks were rapidly draining his Thunder True Qi.
• Ronan unleashed Tiger Hugging Mountain Pushing Stance, sending Magellan flying through a thick stone wall and forcing him to spit purple blood.
• Magellan acknowledged that Ronan was the first person in twenty years to force him back, but vowed that Ronan would not defeat him.

Ronan shattered Magellan’s Nine Poison Dragons with his King of Qin’s Reverse Whip and follow-up spear strikes. Magellan then warned that the poison filling the sealed level would grow stronger and unleashed Giant Poison Soldier: Judgment of Hell.

• Magellan summoned nine Poison Dragons and forced Ronan to dodge their attacks while maintaining his Thunder True Qi barrier.
• Ronan used King of Qin’s Reverse Whip to destroy six Poison Dragons and sweep away the venom they released.
• Ronan struck the remaining three Poison Dragons in their pupils, breaking Magellan’s Nine Dragons Rampage.
• Magellan acknowledged Ronan’s strength, warned him that the poison would intensify, and activated Giant Poison Soldier: Judgment of Hell.

Ronan replenished his depleted energy, then gained a tenfold Cultivation Multiplier and overwhelmed Magellan’s Red Poison Giant. He struck Magellan into a deep pit, leaving the warden’s fate unknown.

• Magellan transformed his poison into a massive Red Poison Giant and attacked Ronan with corrosive poison waves.
• Ronan used a Qi Replenishing Pill made by Chopper to restore his Thunder True Qi.
• The System activated Deathmatch Advanced Mode, raising Ronan’s Cultivation Multiplier from 5x to 10x.
• Ronan charged the Red Poison Giant and smashed apart its head and upper body with his spear techniques.
• Ronan’s final strike shattered the giant, cracked Magellan’s collarbone, and hurled him over a hundred meters into a deep pit.

Luffy’s group entered Level 3 of Impel Down and crossed Hunger Hell while Chief Jailer Little Sadie prepared to intercept them. Sadie arrived at the altar with the Jail Beasts as the two sides faced an imminent confrontation.

• Luffy, Sanji, Nami, Usopp, and Buggy entered Level 3 to reach Ace and reunite with Ronan.
• Little Sadie learned that the intruders had breached Level 2 and ordered a guard to report to her with a whip strike.
• Little Sadie left her office with Minotauros, Minotaurus, Minotaur, and Minotaur Zebra to confront the invaders.
• Luffy sensed powerful presences as his group reached the altar in Hunger Hell.
• Little Sadie emerged from a sandstorm before Luffy’s group, and Buggy recognized her and the Jail Beasts.