Chapter Summaries

Luffy tried to persuade Princess Shirahoshi to leave Hard-Shell Tower, but his blunt words made her burst into tears. Meanwhile, the Straw Hat Pirates had defeated Ryugu Palace’s forces and captured King Neptune, leaving Usopp horrified that they had effectively taken over the palace.

• Luffy urged Princess Shirahoshi to go outside, but she said she was not ready and begged for more time.
• Luffy told Shirahoshi he hated scaredy-cats, and she broke down sobbing until he agreed to wait.
• Camie found King Neptune and the Ministers bound among the ruins, with thousands of Neptune Army soldiers defeated.
• Usopp and Brook criticized Zoro for tying up the king, and Zoro accused them of joining the fight too.
• Ronan knocked out guards who charged at Nami, then warned Usopp that fleeing from armed enemies was dangerous.
• Usopp lamented that the Straw Hat Pirates had become vicious supervillains by occupying Ryugu Palace.

Ronan pointed out that the crew needed to find Luffy before they could escape, but Nami focused on locating the treasury and Brook tried to lift everyone’s spirits with a song. At Ryugu Palace, the captured Neptune apologized to his bound ministers and guards, explaining that he had hurt his back during the fight.

• Ronan reminded Usopp that Luffy had disappeared, making escape impossible until they found their captain.
• Nami interrogated a captured fish-man guard about the treasury, prompting Usopp to angrily demand that she focus on finding Luffy.
• Brook played and sang a cheerful pirate song among the ruins, driving Usopp to despair.
• At Ryugu Palace, the bound Right Minister called out to Neptune, who admitted he had thrown out his back and apologized for failing to protect the others.

After the Straw Hat Pirates defeated the palace guards, Nami discovered the Log Pose was unusable, and the Right Minister offered to explain New World navigation if they freed him. A call from the princes came in, and Ronan answered it, leaving Shaboshi demanding entry to the palace while Ronan challenged him about what he intended to do.

• Zoro and Ronan agreed that the pirates should leave Fish-Man Island after the battle, but Nami warned that the Log Pose needle was spinning wildly.
• The Right Minister mocked Nami’s reliance on the Log Pose and offered to explain New World navigation if the pirates untied him.
• A Den Den Mushi rang, and Ronan answered it while Zoro silenced the Left Minister as he tried to call for Prince Shaboshi’s help.
• Outside the Communication Corridor, Ryuboshi and Manboshi feared something had happened to their family, while Shaboshi demanded that the corridor be lowered.
• Ronan asked Shaboshi what he planned to do once he entered the palace.

Ronan threatened Prince Shaboshi with the lives of King Neptune and the captured guards, and Shaboshi agreed to let the Straw Hat Pirates leave safely in exchange for the hostages’ return. Before they departed, Shaboshi passed along two messages from Jinbe for Luffy: never fight Hody Jones and meet him in the Sea Forest.

• Ronan admitted that the Straw Hat Pirates had captured King Neptune, the guards, and the ministers, and threatened Shaboshi if he tried to stop them from leaving.
• Shaboshi agreed to let the pirates pass through safely if they returned every hostage unharmed.
• Shaboshi’s brothers Ryuboshi and Manboshi protested, but Shaboshi explained that the sealed palace routes left them no safe way to rescue the captives.
• Shaboshi asked Ronan to pass on a message from Jinbe, and Ronan agreed because Luffy was not there.
• Shaboshi relayed Jinbe’s instructions to never fight Hody Jones and to meet him in the Sea Forest.

Luffy urged Shirahoshi to leave the Hard-Shell Tower and visit the Sea Forest, but she remained afraid of causing trouble. Explosions shook the tower, and Neptune realized Vander Decken was attacking while Shirahoshi was left without guards.

• Luffy pressed Shirahoshi to say where she wanted to go, and she tearfully named the Sea Forest before calling it an unreachable dream.
• A series of explosions struck outside the Hard-Shell Tower, terrifying Shirahoshi and putting Luffy on alert.
• Luffy recognized the blasts as another attack by Vander Decken and condemned him for endangering others.
• Neptune heard the explosions and realized the Hard-Shell Tower was under attack, then struggled to reach Shirahoshi.
• The Captain of the Guard told Neptune that the palace’s elite troops and guards had all been captured, leaving the tower without protection.

King Neptune begged the Straw Hat Pirates to check on Princess Shirahoshi in the Hard-Shell Tower, where Vander Decken’s attacks threatened her safety. Brook raced toward the tower after learning a Mermaid Princess was inside, while the bound Right Minister pursued him and demanded to go too.

• Neptune pleaded with the Straw Hat Pirates to confirm Shirahoshi’s safety, offering his life in exchange.
• A guard warned Neptune that asking pirates to go to the tower would reveal Shirahoshi’s existence, but Neptune insisted her safety came first.
• Zoro challenged Neptune’s authority, and Neptune threatened to pursue the pirates if Shirahoshi came to harm.
• Brook learned that the tower held the Mermaid Princess and sprinted toward it, declaring his mission to be Man’s Romance.
• Usopp yelled after Brook, while Chopper checked on the sleeping, bandaged Sanji and was relieved he had not woken.
• The bound Right Minister bounced after Brook, insisting that he had to accompany him because the tower was under his jurisdiction.

Luffy promised Shirahoshi he would protect her and take her to the Sea Forest, giving her the courage to leave the Hard-Shell Tower. As Brook rushed toward the tower with the Right Minister, Luffy began devising a way to take Shirahoshi outside without attracting attention.

• Brook teased the Right Minister about his feelings for Shirahoshi, then carried him toward the Hard-Shell Tower.
• Shirahoshi told Luffy she had long dreamed of visiting the Sea Forest but was afraid to leave the tower.
• Luffy promised to protect Shirahoshi, and she wept with happiness, soaking him with her tears.
• Luffy pointed out that Shirahoshi's enormous size would draw attention and began proposing a solution.
• Brook reached the corridor outside the Hard-Shell Tower and called out that he had come to save Shirahoshi.

Brook and the Right Minister discovered that Vander Decken was hurling living pirates into the Hard-Shell Tower to launch an internal attack on Ryugu Palace. Luffy broke out of the tower with Shirahoshi hidden in Megalo’s mouth and charged into the deep sea.

• The Right Minister spotted human pirates smashing into the Hard-Shell Tower and warned Brook about Vander Decken’s attack.
• The injured pirates rose and armed themselves, prompting the Right Minister to fear that King Neptune and Princess Shirahoshi were in danger.
• Luffy prepared to leave the tower while Shirahoshi hid inside Megalo’s mouth.
• Luffy smashed through the tower’s steel gate with an Armament Haki punch.
• Luffy rode Megalo out through the breach with Shirahoshi and shouted for them to charge.

Luffy took Princess Shirahoshi away on Megalo toward the Sea Forest, leaving Brook and the Right Minister to discover the princess was missing. As Brook confronted the pirates who stormed Hard-Shell Tower, they demanded the location of the Communication Corridor control switch.

• Luffy rode Megalo toward the Sea Forest with Shirahoshi hidden inside its mouth, and Shirahoshi apologized to her family while believing she would return before dinner.
• The Right Minister and Brook entered Hard-Shell Tower and found Shirahoshi gone, prompting the Right Minister to declare that she had been kidnapped.
• A bloodied pirate attacked Brook from behind, but Brook dodged the blow and struck him down with his Cane Sword.
• Dozens of pirates surrounded Brook and the Right Minister and demanded the location of the control switch for the Communication Corridor between Fish-man Island and Ryugu Palace.

Brook and the Right Minister reported that Princess Shirahoshi had been kidnapped as Ryugu Palace came under attack. Ronan identified Vander Decken as the likely attacker, while Zoro prepared to confront him.

• A desperate pirate captain demanded that Brook and the Right Minister reveal the Communication Corridor switch so the attackers could open the gate.
• Ronan opened the Communication Corridor, allowing Shaboshi, Ryuboshi, and Manboshi to enter the ruined banquet hall and free Neptune and the guards.
• Brook arrived with the Right Minister, who told Neptune that Shirahoshi had been kidnapped by an unknown being.
• Brook reported that pirates were being hurled at Hard-Shell Tower and that Ryugu Palace was under large-scale attack.
• Ronan suspected Vander Decken was behind the attack because of his Target-Target Fruit, and Shaboshi and Zoro reacted with killing intent.

A group of battered pirates entered Ryugu Palace, revealing that Hody Jones and Vander Decken planned to open the palace gates. Ronan asked the Straw Hat Pirates whether they would intervene, and Zoro attacked when the pirates struck first.

• A group of half-dead pirates stumbled into the banquet hall and said they had to find a mechanism to open the palace’s final gate.
• Shaboshi realized that Hody Jones had allied with Vander Decken to conquer Fish-man Island.
• Ronan took command in Luffy’s absence and asked the Straw Hat Pirates whether they would defend Ryugu Palace.
• Nami, Usopp, and Zoro made clear they would stand against the attackers, and a pirate slashed at Zoro from behind.
• Zoro unleashed Black Rope Dragon Twister, sweeping dozens of pirates into a massive tornado of Sword Qi.

Ronan and Zoro slaughtered the pirates who had attacked Ryugu Palace, leaving the banquet hall in ruins. Shaboshi feared what might have happened if Ryugu Palace had fought the Straw Hat Pirates, while Usopp and the Left Minister reacted to the swordsmen’s brutality.

• Ronan charged into the pirates and crushed them with his spear while Zoro cut down the rest with his swords.
• Ronan and Zoro killed the last pirates, leaving the banquet hall covered in blood and wreckage.
• Shaboshi watched the massacre and silently regretted that Ryugu Palace had considered going to war with the Straw Hat Pirates.
• Usopp shouted that Ronan and Zoro had been too brutal, and Zoro angrily insisted the pirates had attacked first.
• The Left Minister told Zoro that he had looked delighted during the slaughter and called him a demon born for slaughter.

Ronan and the Straw Hat Pirates clashed with the Left Minister over how they dealt with the attackers, while Prince Shaboshi defended them as allies who had thwarted a plot by Hody Jones and Vander Decken. Neptune then accused Luffy of abducting Shirahoshi, but Brook confirmed only that Luffy had escaped Hard-Shell Tower on a giant shark, leaving her whereabouts unknown.

• Zoro argued with the Left Minister, who criticized the pirates for killing the attackers instead of keeping them alive for questioning.
• Ronan dismissed the sheltered Fish-Men, and Prince Shaboshi rebuked the Left Minister and said the Straw Hat Pirates had stopped an attack ordered by Hody Jones and Vander Decken.
• Usopp worried that the crew looked like villains, while Brook lamented that he had not seen the Mermaid Princess.
• Neptune wept and accused Luffy of taking Shirahoshi after the Right Minister reported that Hard-Shell Tower's gates had been destroyed and she was missing.
• Brook said he saw Luffy ride a giant shark out through the broken gates but saw no sign of Shirahoshi beside him.

After the banquet hall dismissed Neptune’s theory that Shirahoshi had been hidden inside Megalo, Hody Jones led the New Fish-man Pirates in an attack on Ryugu Palace. He revealed that his only reason for delaying was his concern for Flame Emperor Ace, then produced a bottle of Energy Steroid ES.

• Brook, Shaboshi, Ryuboshi, and Manboshi agreed that timid Shirahoshi would not have left the Hard-Shell Tower on her own.
• Neptune suggested Shirahoshi had been hidden inside Megalo, prompting the soldiers to laugh at the idea.
• Hody Jones killed a high-ranking Captain of the Guard outside Ryugu Palace and rallied the New Fish-man Pirates against the royal family and humans.
• Hyouzou warned Hody that the Straw Hat Pirates were inside the palace and questioned whether attacking was too reckless.
• Hody said he had delayed only out of respect for Flame Emperor Ace and drew a bottle of Energy Steroid ES.

Hody Jones used Steroid Drugs to bolster his strength and ordered a full assault on Ryugu Palace, convinced he could seize Fish-Man Island and defeat any human pirates who opposed him. As Hody confronted Neptune and Ronan’s group, Nami spotted the Arlong Pirates’ emblem tattooed on Hody’s left arm.

• Hody swallowed Steroid Drugs, grew stronger, and declared that he would conquer Fish-Man Island and destroy Ryugu Palace.
• Hody’s officers urged him to attack, citing Jinbe’s absence and the royal family’s weakness.
• Ronan opened Ryugu Palace’s gate, revealing that Hody and his forces had slaughtered the soldiers guarding the passage.
• Neptune confronted Hody, who declared that the king and his royal family would die that day.
• Hody mocked the Straw Hat Pirates and asked them to leave, calling the conflict Fish-Man Island’s family matter.
• Nami noticed the Arlong Pirates’ emblem on Hody’s left arm.

Nami recognized Arlong’s tattoo on Hody Jones and faced him herself after Ronan stepped aside. Hody then revealed that he had joined the Neptune Army only to gain combat skills and declared his hatred of humans, while accusing the nobles of ignoring the Fish-Man District’s suffering.

• Nami was overwhelmed by memories of Arlong’s abuse until Ronan steadied her and helped her return to the present.
• Ronan yielded Hody Jones to Nami, who raised her Golden Staff and accepted the fight.
• Brook accused Hody of betraying the Neptune Army and plotting to overthrow Ryugu Palace.
• Hody laughed off the accusations, saying he had joined the army only to learn combat techniques and had never been loyal to the King.
• Hody tore off his clothes to reveal the New Fish-man Pirates tattoo and condemned the nobles for ignoring the Fish-Man District’s history of human violence.

Hody Jones revealed his devotion to Arlong and attacked Ryugu Palace’s load-bearing wall to flood the palace with deep-sea water and disable the Straw Hat Pirates’ Devil Fruit users. Nami challenged him to unleash his strongest move, leaving the palace rapidly flooding as the fight began.

• Hody Jones declared that he had formed the New Fish-man Pirates to carry on Arlong’s ambitions and blamed the Straw Hat Pirates for stopping Arlong.
• Nami stepped forward, vowed to crush Arlong’s inherited will, and told Hody to use his move so she could destroy his ambitions.
• Hody used Fishman Karate—Rough Shark to tear into Ryugu Palace’s outer wall and spread cracks through its supporting structure.
• Zoro realized Hody was trying to flood the banquet hall with seawater and paralyze the Straw Hat Pirates’ Devil Fruit users.
• The damaged wall collapsed, and a massive surge of deep-sea water poured into Ryugu Palace, quickly rising past everyone’s ankles.

Nami challenged Hody Jones, but Zoro killed a charging Fish-Man officer with a single sword strike and warned the New Fish-man Pirates that anyone who moved would die. The chapter ended with Hody and his men frozen in terror, afraid of Zoro’s speed and strength.

• Nami struck the seawater with lightning and told Hody Jones that she would be his opponent.
• A Shark Fish-man officer charged at Nami, but Zoro drew Shusui and split him in two with one slash.
• Zoro warned Hody Jones and the New Fish-man Pirates that anyone who moved would die.
• The Fish-Men stood frozen as Hody stared at the officer’s corpse and admitted he had not seen Zoro’s sword flash.

Nami confronted Hody Jones in Ryugu Palace and used the Rumble-Rumble Fruit’s electromagnetic power to evade his attack. As Hody attacked again, she unveiled her new technique, Universal Pull, and unleashed an overwhelming force against him.

• Hody Jones shook off a moment of fear by biting his tongue and resolved to rely on the ES Steroid Drug’s power.
• Nami revealed her Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability and faced Hody’s challenge.
• Hody coated his arm and trident in Armament Haki and charged at Nami, but she dodged his strike.
• Usopp explained that Nami used electromagnetic signals and Observation Haki to predict Hody’s movements.
• Hody launched a spinning trident attack, and Nami countered with Universal Pull, making his body suddenly feel heavy.

Nami used electromagnetic attraction and repulsion to defeat Hody Jones with a devastating blast inside Ryugu Palace. As Hody lay dying in the ruins, Nami turned away and walked back toward Ronan and the others.

• Nami reversed the magnetic field pulling Hody Jones toward her and blasted him away with Almighty Push.
• Hody Jones smashed through Fish-Man officers and crashed into Ryugu Palace's load-bearing wall, suffering fatal injuries.
• Ronan praised Nami's use of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit to recreate powerful attraction and repulsion techniques.
• Nami told Hody Jones to die with his twisted ambition and walked back toward Ronan and the others.
• Hody Jones watched Nami leave and weakly murmured, "Die...?"