Chapter Summaries

Robin left the liberated King's City after its people celebrated the release of the nation's true history. Franky's General Merry broke through the Land of Mechanism's super-alloy breakwater and endured its coastal bombardment, leaving him to face the defenders.

• Robin watched the people of the King's City celebrate their freedom and the public revelation of the nation's true history.
• Robin vanished into a rain of petals and left the city behind.
• The General Merry burst through the Land of Mechanism's super-alloy breakwater under Franky's control.
• The coastal defenders fired thousands of shells at the General Merry, but its Memory Alloy armor withstood the barrage.
• Franky opened the mecha's chest hatch and struck his signature star pose amid the battlefield.

Franky used General Merry to destroy the Land of Mechanism’s weapons factories and free its workers from the arms empire’s oppression. He gave the workers blueprints and the Warrior Guild’s support so they could rebuild and protect their own future.

• Franky drove General Merry through the factory complex and uprooted two enormous blast furnaces while defeating the Goliath mechas and other defenses.
• The factories and overseers were destroyed, and the workers emerged from shelters to see the arsenal reduced to ruins.
• Franky presented the workers with blueprints for river filtration, safer production lines, and mechanical prosthetics.
• The Revolutionary Army’s Construction Corps and Warrior Guild apprentices arrived with supplies and began taking over the wasteland.
• Franky showed the workers a blueprint for a steel fortress bearing the Straw Hat and crossed silver spears emblem, and urged them to build their future.

Ronan attacked the Shura Gate alone by climbing its holy mountain, refusing to draw his spear as its disciples charged him. His near-indestructible body shattered their weapons and sent dozens of them crashing into the crowd, while he continued advancing toward the summit.

• Ronan began climbing the ten thousand Bluestone Steps toward the Shura Main Hall with his Eighteen-Foot Spear resting on his shoulder.
• Shura Gate sounded the alarm and sent more than a thousand elite disciples charging down the mountain to kill Ronan.
• The disciples’ blades broke against Ronan’s skin when they struck him.
• Ronan kept walking and rammed his shoulder into the attackers, breaking bones and sending dozens flying into the crowd.

Ronan fought his way up the Bluestone Steps, defeated Tu Sha with a single Half-Step Collapsing Fist, and reached the Shura Main Hall. He left his spear embedded in the Shura Gate plaque, while the surviving elders and disciples watched in fear.

• Ronan climbed the ten thousand Bluestone Steps, defeating more than a thousand Shura Gate disciples with his physical strength.
• Tu Sha confronted Ronan and attacked him with a punch, boasting that his Bronze Iron Armor Technique made him invincible.
• Ronan struck Tu Sha with a Half-Step Collapsing Fist, shattering his defense and killing him with one blow.
• Ronan hurled the Eighteen-Foot Spear through the Shura Gate plaque above the main entrance.

Ronan ended Shura Gate’s rule in Fist Breaker Country, established the Warrior Guild, and handed rescued warriors the first three levels of the Thirteen Protectors' Horizontal Training. In El Dorado, Luffy confronted the Golden Fortress alone and rebounded its cannon barrage, leaving the attack turned back on its attackers.

• Ronan renamed Shura Gate’s stronghold the Warrior Guild, and its surviving members submitted to him.
• The Revolutionary Army arrived in Fist Breaker Country, treated the abused commoners, took over internal affairs, and abolished the slave system.
• Ronan gave rescued commoner warriors the outline of the first three levels of the Thirteen Protectors' Horizontal Training, and the Revolutionary Army and warriors raised their flag atop the Three Thousand Meter Holy Mountain.
• Luffy walked through El Dorado’s slums toward the Golden Fortress as its guards identified him and the King ordered the cannons to fire.
• More than a thousand cannonballs struck Luffy but dented against his body and rebounded toward the Golden Fortress.

Luffy destroyed El Dorado’s Golden Fortress, freeing the commoners and scattering the hoarded wealth across the slums. Sabo and the Revolutionary Army arrived to secure the country and begin its reconstruction beneath the Warrior Guild’s flag.

• Luffy endured the Imperial Guards’ cannon barrage and demanded that the King return the wealth extorted from the commoners.
• Luffy smashed the Golden Fortress’s gate, causing the entire dome to fracture and explode into gold that rained over the slums.
• The commoners gathered the falling gold and cheered as they celebrated the fortress’s destruction and their freedom.
• Luffy seized the King, discarded his Pure Gold crown, and laughed atop the fortress ruins.
• Sabo and the Revolutionary Army arrived, restrained the Nobles, distributed food and medical supplies, and organized the fair use of the wealth for reconstruction and agriculture.
• Sabo planted the Warrior Guild’s flag bearing the Straw Hat and Crossed Silver Muskets over El Dorado.

Over two years, the Straw Hat Grand Fleet and Revolutionary Army spread their revolution across the Four Seas, toppling oppressive monarchies and establishing Warrior Guilds. Aboard the Sunny Merry near the Calm Belt, the Straw Hats demonstrated how much stronger they had become, with Zoro and Sanji’s clash stopped by their crewmates.

• The Straw Hat Grand Fleet and Sabo’s Revolutionary Army transformed the West Blue into a revolutionary stronghold in ten days.
• Over the next two years, Warrior Guilds spread across the Four Seas as oppressed nations’ monarchies fell and millions joined the Straw Hat Grand Fleet.
• Two years later, Ronan stood at the bow of the Sunny Merry as it sailed near the Calm Belt.
• Zoro and Sanji unleashed powerful attacks against each other on deck, creating a destructive clash of Haki, flames, and sword energy.
• Franky, Nami, Brook, and Usopp combined their abilities to contain the clash and protect the ship, while Chopper and Robin watched.

After completing their two years of training, Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates set out for Fish-man Island beneath the Red Line. Franky activated the Sunny Merry’s submarine mode, and the crew began their descent into the deep sea.

• Luffy emerged from the captain’s cabin, announced that the crew’s training was over, and declared Fish-man Island their next destination.
• The Straw Hat Pirates reached the Red Line and reflected on their journey and how much they had changed since last seeing it.
• Nami explained that ships needed special coating to reach Fish-man Island, but Franky revealed that the Sunny Merry could dive without it.
• Franky transformed the Sunny Merry into submarine mode, and the crew watched through the observation window as the ship descended beneath the sea.

The Sunny Merry descended into the deep sea toward Fish-man Island as the crew admired the underwater scenery and learned how Nami planned to navigate the dangerous currents. The chapter left them continuing downward into colder, darker water.

• Frankie explained that the Sunny Merry’s specially built cabin could withstand deep-sea pressure and provide a panoramic view.
• Brook spotted the enormous roots of the Alphaca Mangrove beneath the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Nami confirmed they were two thousand meters below sea level and explained why their course needed to deviate southwest to avoid hazards.
• Nami told the crew to put on warm clothes as the deep-sea temperature began to fall.
• Chopper cut off Brook’s joke about feeling cold, leaving Brook dejected while the crew discussed why deep-sea water was colder.

Brook explained the Deep Sea Currents, and the crew discovered the Plume, a colossal current plunging toward the abyss. As the Sunny Merry prepared to enter it, an enormous shadow appeared behind the ship.

• Brook showed Ronan and the crew a sea chart and explained that Deep Sea Currents flowed beneath the surface, sometimes rising or diving.
• Brook described how water could take roughly two thousand years to travel through the deep-sea currents, frightening Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper with tales of the abyss.
• A roaring Downward Current appeared ahead, sweeping fish, glowing plankton, and rocks toward the seafloor.
• Nami identified the current as the Plume, and the crew marveled at the immense underwater waterfall while Usopp feared its pitch-black depths.
• Franky assured Nami that the Sunny Merry could handle the current, and Luffy ordered the ship forward.
• As the Sunny Merry prepared to enter the Plume, Nami spotted an enormous shadow behind the ship.

Luffy knocked out a colossal Deep Sea Giant Octopus with Conqueror’s Haki, allowing the Sunny Merry to enter the Deep Sea Waterfall. As the ship plunged toward the seabed, Nami and Franky struggled to steer it through the dangerous current and avoid the Continental Shelf.

• Usopp, Nami, Franky, and Zoro saw a gigantic Deep Sea Giant Octopus looming outside the Sunny Merry.
• Luffy released precise Conqueror’s Haki through the glass and knocked the octopus unconscious before it could strike the ship.
• Nami urged everyone to hold on as the Sunny Merry plunged into the Deep Sea Waterfall, tossing Usopp, Chopper, Brook, and Franky around.
• Ronan praised Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji for staying steady during the descent, while Sanji mocked Usopp and Chopper.
• Nami spotted the Continental Shelf ahead and ordered a left turn, and Franky steered the Sunny Merry around the rock wall while Nami warned him to keep the ship centered in the current.

At seven thousand meters below the sea, the Sunny Merry encountered a gathering of enormous Sea Kings, but Ronan knocked out an attacking serpent and the crew escaped. They then found themselves beneath a glowing field of giant jellyfish, whose blue light resembled a starry sky.

• The Sunny Merry survived the Downward Current and entered a dark stretch of deep sea seven thousand meters below the surface.
• Franky and the crew discovered that dozens of enormous Sea Kings surrounded the ship after Nami had the searchlights turned on.
• A Deep Sea Giant Serpent charged the Sunny Merry, and Ronan struck it unconscious with his Conqueror's Haki.
• Franky steered the Sunny Merry through a gap in the Sea Kings and escaped into calmer waters.
• Chopper spotted countless glowing blue giant jellyfish overhead, and the crew admired the deep-sea scene like a galaxy of stars.

The Straw Hats encountered poisonous and electrically charged deep-sea creatures before entering an intensely active submarine volcanic zone. As volcanoes erupted around the Sunny, Nami urged everyone to escape while Luffy wanted to watch the spectacle.

• Robin identified the giant jellyfish as poisonous after a deep-sea fish swallowed one and died.
• Usopp taunted a deep-sea serpent, which attacked the Sunny and discharged lightning against its insulated glass.
• Chopper and Usopp began overheating as black plumes and rising temperatures revealed an active submarine volcanic zone.
• Nami warned that the Sunny was passing through volcanic vents, and Franky steered it through the seabed peaks.
• Several volcanoes erupted, and Franky prepared the Wind Cannon as Luffy insisted on watching while Usopp tried to drag him to safety.

The Straw Hats raced through boiling seas and plunged into a dark trench to escape the spreading magma and a collapsing cliff. Sunny Merry reached the trench’s bottom, where warm sunlight filled a vast underwater sea.

• Nami kept Sunny Merry on a straight course toward Fish-man Island, and Franky used the Wind Cannon to outrun the magma.
• Luffy ordered Sunny Merry to dive into the pitch-black trench as the volcanic eruption sent rocks crashing down around them.
• Franky fired the Wind Cannon again, propelling Sunny Merry past the falling rocks and deeper into the trench.
• Sunny Merry passed through the bottom of the trench and entered a vast sea illuminated by sunlight.

The Straw Hats reached Fish-man Island and marveled at its sunlit, bubble-enclosed kingdom. As the New Fish-man Pirates surrounded their ship with giant sea beasts, Yoso recognized the Straw Hats as opponents his crew could not afford to provoke.

• The Straw Hats spotted Fish-man Island beneath the light of Sun Tree Eve, and Nami confirmed that the Log Pose pointed to it.
• Luffy, Franky, and Sanji celebrated reaching the island while the crew admired its extraordinary scenery.
• Ronan sensed hostile forces closing in, and more than a dozen giant sea beasts emerged to surround the Sunny Merry.
• Luffy noticed Fish-Men riding the sea beasts, including Yoso and members of the New Fish-man Pirates.
• Yoso recognized the Straw Hat Pirates and ordered his crew to escort them safely into Fish-man Island.

Hammond’s New Fish-man Pirates escorted Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates to Fish-man Island after realizing they were connected to Flame Emperor Ace. Hammond revealed that Ace had taken over Whitebeard’s position and that Fish-man Island had suffered under BIG MOM during the transition.

• Hammond warned Kasakong not to attack the Straw Hat Pirates because Ace was a feared Four Emperors ruler.
• Hammond offered to guide and escort Luffy’s crew to Fish-man Island, and Luffy gladly accepted.
• The Straw Hat Pirates reached Fish-man Island and marveled at its sunlight, clouds, and beautiful scenery.
• Hammond introduced himself as a combatant serving Hody Jones and said Fish-man Island was under Ace’s protection.
• Hammond explained that Whitebeard had stepped down two years earlier, Ace had succeeded him and become a Four Emperors ruler, and BIG MOM had seized Fish-man Island during the transition.

The Straw Hat Pirates learned that Ace had reclaimed Fish-man Island and was leading a massive campaign against Kaido at Onigashima. After declining Hammond’s invitation to visit Hody Jones, they explored Fish-man Island, where Nami marveled at the sea creatures swimming above its bubble dome.

• Hammond told Luffy that Ace had protected Fish-man Island and was now advancing on Onigashima to fight Kaido’s Beasts Pirates.
• Luffy, Usopp, Chopper, and Zoro reacted eagerly to news of the brewing war, while Ronan said their crew would soon reach the New World.
• Luffy refused Hammond’s invitation to visit Hody Jones and chose to explore Fish-man Island with the crew.
• Hammond and the other Fish-Men departed to report Luffy’s arrival to Hody Jones.
• The Straw Hat Pirates moored the Sunny Merry and walked into Fish-man Island, where Nami saw Island Whales swimming above the bubble dome.

The Straw Hats reached a beautiful lake on Fish-man Island, where Sanji mistook the gathering of mermaids for the All Blue and declared he would stay forever. As the crew watched him revel in the water, a playful mermaid dove toward him.

• The group arrived at a lake filled with colorful corals and frolicking mermaids.
• Sanji excitedly called the lake the All Blue, plunged in, and vowed to live there for the rest of his life.
• Ronan, Zoro, and Usopp mocked Sanji while Luffy wished he could swim and Nami suggested finding portable swimming bubbles.
• Chopper felt relieved that Sanji seemed better able to handle being surrounded by women and noted that the crew lacked his rare blood type.
• A mermaid with ocean-blue hair laughed at Sanji and dove into the water toward him.

Sanji suffered catastrophic blood loss after being hugged by a mermaid, while the Straw Hats struggled to save him. Shaboshi arrived at Mermaid Bay, recognized Luffy as the Fifth Emperor, and reacted with alarm.

• A mermaid hugged Sanji underwater, and he buried his face against her chest before his nosebleed blasted him into the sky.
• Sanji's blood formed a mermaid-shaped sculpture before raining down over Mermaid Bay, leaving him unconscious on the shore.
• Luffy and Usopp panicked over Sanji's condition while Chopper tried to treat him and warned that he needed a blood transfusion.
• The Ryugu Ship arrived above Mermaid Bay, and Shaboshi recognized Luffy as the Fifth Emperor of the Sea.

The Straw Hat Pirates faced Fish-man Island’s taboo against humans receiving blood as Sanji’s life faded from blood loss. Ronan called for them to overpower the islanders and force a matching blood donation, while Zoro drew his sword.

• Shaboshi ordered Ryuboshi and Manboshi to investigate the intruders and avoid conflict with them.
• The Neptune princes arrived with royal guards, and Luffy said Sanji’s safety mattered more to him than their authority.
• Chopper begged the crowd for Sanji’s rare S-type Rh-negative blood and admitted the crew had entered illegally.
• A Mermaid explained that humans, Mermaids, and Fish-Men could share blood, but donors risked the Dark Night Sanction for helping a human.
• Ronan urged Luffy to conquer the island by force and find a matching Fish-Man to donate blood, and Zoro drew the Third Generation Kitetsu.