Chapter Summaries

Hody Jones consumed a huge number of Energy Steroid drugs, gaining monstrous strength at the cost of his life force and charging Nami from behind. Nami turned into azure thunder to evade his attack, and Sanji explained that Hody’s power was hollow because he could not control it.

• Hody Jones recalled the hatred and ambitions that had shaped his life, then swallowed a large handful of Energy Steroid drugs.
• The drugs healed Hody Jones’s wounds, enlarged his body, turned his hair white, and filled him with destructive power.
• Hody Jones vowed to kill everyone in Ryugu Palace and rushed at Nami with a Haki-coated punch.
• Nami transformed into azure thunder, causing Hody Jones’s punch to strike empty air.
• Sanji called Hody Jones’s drug-fueled power hollow and said he lacked the mastery to control it.

Nami vaporized Hody Jones with a billion-volt lightning strike, and Ronan slaughtered the New Fish-Man Pirates’ officers with a single spear slash. The remaining Fish-Man thugs dropped their weapons in terror.

• Nami used Observation Haki to anticipate Hody Jones’s moves and struck him with a billion-volt lightning bolt, vaporizing him and his trident.
• King Neptune watched Nami return to Ronan and marveled at the Straw Hat Pirates’ strength.
• Ronan swept his spear once and cut Hyouzou, Daruma, Zeo, and the other New Fish-Man Pirates officers in half.
• The surviving Fish-Man thugs dropped their weapons after witnessing Hody Jones’s death and the officers’ massacre.

After Ronan’s Group defeated the New Fish-man Pirates, they visited the Sea Forest, where Robin read Joy Boy’s apology to Poseidon on a Poneglyph. Ronan vowed that Luffy would remain himself rather than be overtaken by Joy Boy’s will, while Vander Decken IX realized his weapons had begun tracking Shirahoshi outside Ryugu Palace.

• Ronan told King Neptune that the defeated Fish-Men were no longer a threat and left the cleanup to the Ryugu Palace army.
• Ronan’s Group entered the Sea Forest and found a Poneglyph among the shipwrecks and coral.
• Robin read the Poneglyph as an apology from Joy Boy to the ancient Mermaid Princess, Poseidon.
• Ronan worried that Luffy’s awakening might let Joy Boy’s will overtake him and resolved that Luffy would not become anyone’s shadow.
• After Luffy carried Shirahoshi out of the Hard-Shell Tower on Megalo, Vander Decken IX noticed that his weapons had turned toward the outside of Ryugu Palace.

Luffy rescued Shirahoshi by defeating Vander Decken, then Jinbe arrived and learned that the Fish-Man Island crisis had already been crushed. Jinbe led Luffy and Shirahoshi to reunite with the Straw Hat Pirates at the Poneglyph, where the crew saw the Mermaid Princess for the first time.

• Vander Decken chased Megalo to the Sea Forest, but Luffy struck him down and crushed his right hand, ending his ability to target Shirahoshi.
• Shirahoshi thanked Luffy silently and felt safe for the first time in ten years.
• Jinbe met Luffy and was stunned to hear that the New Fish-Man Pirates had already been defeated.
• Luffy greeted Jinbe cheerfully, and Jinbe offered to take him to the others.
• Jinbe led Luffy, Shirahoshi, and Megalo to the Poneglyph, where Ronan, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, and the other Straw Hat Pirates saw Shirahoshi.

The Straw Hat Pirates reunited at the Poneglyph before Sanji turned to stone after seeing Princess Shirahoshi. As the crew prepared to leave Fish-man Island, Minister of the Left gave Nami a three-needle Log Pose and warned that the New World's magnetic fields could change at any time.

• Luffy returned to the group, and Sanji turned to stone after seeing Princess Shirahoshi, leaving Chopper distraught.
• At Fish-man Island's dock, Minister of the Left gave Nami a special Log Pose with three needles as a reward for helping the island.
• Nami noticed that her old Log Pose needle was still shaking despite having spent time recording Fish-man Island's magnetic field.
• Minister of the Left explained that the New World's island magnetic fields could change anywhere and at any time.

The Minister of the Left explained how the three-needle pointer guided ships through the New World and warned that violent shaking signaled danger. Luffy chose the most dangerous route, and after Nami and Usopp protested, Ronan urged the crew to face the New World together.

• The Minister of the Left explained that the three needles tracked three separate routes and that the most violently shaking needle pointed toward the greatest danger.
• Nami recognized that one needle matched her old pointer while the other two remained steady, and Chopper marveled that the device could warn of danger.
• Usopp tried to keep Luffy from noticing the violently shaking needle, but Luffy saw it and chose that island as their next destination.
• Nami shook and punched Luffy while insisting that she would choose the route, and Usopp and Chopper pleaded with Luffy to listen to her.
• Ronan ended the argument by saying the crew could overcome any dangerous island together and make a path through Hell.

The Straw Hat Pirates bid farewell to Fish-man Island and rode the Upward Ocean Current toward the New World. As they neared the surface, the crew declared their ambitions and promises, then the Sunny Merry burst into daylight and entered the sea ahead.

• Princess Shirahoshi cried as she promised to remember Luffy and their farewell, while Luffy told her he would take her to a real forest next time they met.
• King Neptune and Shaboshi, Ryuboshi, and Manboshi saluted the Straw Hat Pirates as the crew boarded the Sunny Merry and set off.
• Franky announced that the ship was ready, and the Sunny Merry rode the Upward Ocean Current toward the surface.
• Luffy declared that the New World was the strongest sea and vowed to become Pirate King, while Ronan warned him about the powerful enemies ahead.
• Zoro, Brook, Nami, Chopper, Sanji, Usopp, and Nico Robin each reaffirmed their ambitions and promised to support the crew.
• The Sunny Merry burst through the sea surface amid spray and rainbows, entering the New World.

The Sunny Merry emerged into a violent New World storm that threw the crew into chaos, while Nami identified a huge ship on the horizon as a mirage. The storm then vanished as abruptly as it began, but a terrifying roar rolled in from the horizon.

• The Sunny Merry was battered by towering waves, hail, lightning, and shifting winds as the crew struggled to stay aboard.
• Nami discovered that the storm had sent all three New Log Pose needles spinning, disrupting the sea area's magnetic field.
• Chopper spotted a massive ship-shaped shadow, but Nami explained that it was a mirage caused by the New World's turbulent weather.
• The storm cleared suddenly, leaving calm seas and a blue sky.
• A prolonged, ominous roar sounded from the distant horizon.

After witnessing a volcanic explosion erase an island and send Nami’s Log Pose needle into a wild spin, Luffy chose to sail toward the devastated area. Nami accepted the challenge of navigating there, while Ronan and Usopp questioned whether she could determine the island’s location.

• A massive eruption destroyed an island, and Nami said its changing Magnetic Field had made the Log Pose needle shake wildly.
• Luffy excitedly chose the ash-covered sea area as the crew’s next destination, despite Usopp and Chopper warning that it was suicide.
• Nami confidently declared she would navigate the crew to the destination and ordered Luffy to watch for hidden reefs.
• Ronan and Usopp asked whether Nami could pinpoint the destroyed island, while Nami studied the needle and calculated changes in the wind, currents, and Magnetic Field.

The Straw Hats sailed toward a volcanic-ash-covered sea and rescued an unconscious, scarred elder with purple hair and a massive Seastone mechanical arm. Chopper found him alive, while the crew realized their mysterious guest carried a weapon that could weaken Devil Fruit users.

• Nami steered the Sunny Merry toward the volcanic ash despite Usopp's protests, and the crew accepted the risk because Luffy was their captain.
• Luffy spotted a shipwreck survivor drifting on a broken plank and ordered Chopper to prepare a rescue.
• Luffy felt Seastone weaken him as he grabbed the survivor, but used Armament Haki to pull the man aboard.
• Chopper examined the unconscious Purple-Haired Elder and found him exhausted and injured but not in immediate danger.
• Robin touched the mechanical arm and confirmed that its core components were made of pure Seastone.
• Luffy, Chopper, and Usopp eagerly circled the Seastone arm while Nami and Robin remained wary.

The Straw Hat Pirates debated whether to treat the unconscious Purple-Haired Elder, whose Seastone mechanical arm suggested he was dangerous. Ronan and Luffy backed Chopper’s decision to save him, leaving the crew prepared to face him if he became an enemy.

• Usopp, Chopper, and Luffy admired the Purple-Haired Elder’s mechanical arm until Nami and Sanji warned that it was made of Seastone to hunt Devil Fruit users.
• Nami suspected the elder was a dangerous enemy, and Zoro suggested throwing him back into the sea.
• Chopper refused to abandon the unconscious patient despite Zoro frightening him with the possibility that the elder might attack.
• Ronan recognized the elder as former Navy Headquarters Admiral Zephyr, now the vengeful leader of the NEO Navy.
• Ronan told Chopper to treat Zephyr and promised to handle any threat, while Luffy pledged to fight if Zephyr turned against them.
• The crew rallied behind Chopper’s decision, and Nami accepted that they could deal with whatever happened.

The Purple-Haired Elder awakened aboard the Sunny Merry, and his overwhelming presence alerted Zoro, Sanji, and Ronan. Ronan judged that the elder had once possessed at least Admiral-level strength, and the chapter ended with the elder turning his attention to Luffy.

• Luffy celebrated Nami's compromise until Nami punched him, and the crew returned to their routine aboard the Sunny Merry.
• Chopper noticed the Purple-Haired Elder stirring and told Luffy that he was waking up.
• The elder's suppressed killing aura spread through the infirmary, drawing Zoro, Sanji, and Ronan to the door.
• Ronan assessed the elder's wounds and age as signs of declining vitality and said that at his peak he had possessed at least Admiral-level strength.
• The elder woke, thanked Chopper for saving him, and then looked toward Luffy.

Luffy and Chopper met the injured Zephyr, who explained the history and deadly purpose of his Seastone weapon, the Smash Buster. Zephyr revealed that he had left the Navy and now fought for his own mission of justice, while Luffy ended their conversation by declaring that the crew were pirates.

• Zephyr recognized Luffy as the ship’s captain, introduced himself, and said his companions would find him using his Vivre Card.
• Luffy and Chopper admired Zephyr’s mechanical arm, and Zephyr explained that the Smash Buster was built for revenge and used Seastone and heavy firepower against Devil Fruit users.
• Zephyr warned Chopper that the weapon was too heavy and dangerous to wear, and could not be removed without special Navy Headquarters equipment.
• Luffy asked whether Zephyr was in the Navy, and Zephyr said he had resigned after seeing corruption and now led like-minded people in pursuit of his mission of justice.
• Luffy told Zephyr that they would have trouble if he were a Navy pursuer, then declared that he and his crew were pirates.

After Luffy realized Zephyr was a pirate, Zephyr attacked him, and the two clashed with overwhelming strength inside the infirmary. Ronan stopped the fight by identifying Zephyr as the former Navy Admiral known as “Black Arm,” leaving Zephyr stunned.

• Luffy called Zephyr and his group pirates, provoking Zephyr’s hatred and killing intent.
• Zephyr tore out his IV and charged at Luffy with his Seastone mechanical arm.
• Luffy met Zephyr’s blow with his Armament Haki-clad fist, and their clash wrecked the infirmary while Zoro, Sanji, and Ronan watched from the corridor.
• Ronan told Luffy to hold back and urged Zephyr to thank the people who had saved him.
• Ronan identified Zephyr as the former Navy Admiral “Black Arm,” and the startled Zephyr and Luffy broke apart.

Ronan tried to persuade Zephyr that the Straw Hat Pirates fought evil rather than harming innocents, and Luffy explained that he had gone to sea to become the Pirate King. Zephyr’s hatred of the Pirate King reignited, and he prepared to attack the crew without mercy.

• Zephyr demanded to know how Ronan recognized him, while Ronan argued that the Straw Hat Pirates were not the kind of pirates Zephyr despised.
• Ronan said the crew punished evil and explained that becoming a pirate was one way to pursue freedom in an unjust world.
• Ronan invited Luffy to give his own reason for going to sea, and Luffy declared that he wanted to become the Pirate King.
• Zephyr associated the Pirate King with the Great Pirate Era and erupted in anger at Luffy’s ambition.
• Zephyr raised his Seastone Mechanical Arm and vowed to bury Luffy, Ronan, and the others.

Ronan unleashed overwhelming Conqueror's Haki, forcing Zephyr to stop attacking and recognize the young man's tremendous strength. After Luffy confirmed that the crew had just entered the New World, Zephyr demanded their names.

• Ronan released Conqueror's Haki that shook the Infirmary and forced Zephyr to brace himself with his Seastone Mechanical Arm.
• Zephyr asked who Ronan was and realized his strength could rival or surpass Zephyr's own peak.
• Zephyr recognized Luffy's quick response and Observation Haki as evidence of Admiral-level strength.
• Luffy confirmed that his crew had just arrived in the New World from the first half of the Grand Line.
• Ronan let his Haki recede and said there was no need to keep fighting, while Zephyr insisted he was no longer an Admiral.
• Zephyr asked Luffy and Ronan to give him their names.

After learning that Luffy was Garp’s grandson, Zephyr reacted with nostalgia and surprise. Meanwhile, Ain and Binz of the NEO Navy surrounded the Sunny Merry, and Binz trapped Franky with rapidly growing vines.

• Luffy introduced himself to Zephyr, who recognized him as Garp’s grandson and praised his strength.
• Dozens of NEO Navy warships surrounded the Sunny Merry, and Robin noticed their unfamiliar insignia.
• Ain identified herself as a NEO Navy Vice Admiral and ordered the crew to surrender.
• Franky charged at Ain and Binz, refusing to submit.
• Binz performed the Dance of Prosperity, causing thick vines to erupt from the deck and bind Franky.
• Robin identified the vine-growing power as a special Paramecia Devil Fruit ability.

Usopp saved Franky from Binz’s vines with precise explosive shots, but Binz unleashed a larger attack and used Soru to move too quickly to track. Usopp identified the technique as one of the Rokushiki while keeping his aim steady.

• Binz trapped Franky in vines and revealed that his Shove-Shove Fruit let him control plants.
• Usopp shot the vines’ roots with three precise Explosive Pellets, freeing Franky without harming him.
• Binz grew more vines across Sunny Merry’s deck, forcing Franky to evade them with his thrusters while Usopp weaved between them.
• Usopp aimed at Binz, but Binz vanished from his sights and raced across the deck in a blur of afterimages.
• Usopp identified Binz’s movement as Soru, one of the Rokushiki.

Usopp and Nami fought Binz and Ain aboard the Sunny Merry, but Zephyr stopped the battle before either side could land a decisive blow. Ain and Binz reunited with their teacher, who explained that the pirates had rescued him after the shipwreck.

• Usopp used Observation Haki to track Binz through his afterimages and prepared a Haki-coated shot.
• Ain attacked Nami with her time-reversing power, but Nami dodged her strike and unleashed a bolt of lightning that forced Ain back.
• Nami revealed that she had the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and prepared to continue fighting as Usopp locked onto Binz.
• Zephyr called for Ain and Binz to stop, and both disciples immediately abandoned their opponents and went to him.
• Ain was relieved to find Zephyr alive, and Zephyr told her that the pirates had rescued him from the sea.

The Neo Marines threatened the Straw Hat Pirates, but Zephyr ordered his fleet to withdraw rather than risk fighting them. Ronan exposed their secret plan to destroy the New World and declared that none of them would leave alive.

• Binz called for the Neo Marines to wipe out the Straw Hat Pirates, and the fleet aimed its cannons at the Sunny Merry.
• Zoro drew Shusui slightly and unleashed terrifying Sword Intent, making Binz and Ain wary.
• Zephyr stopped Binz and ordered the Neo Marine fleet to withdraw.
• Ronan confronted Zephyr and revealed the plan to use Dyna Stone at the END POINT islands to trigger eruptions and destroy the New World.
• Ronan pointed his spear at Zephyr and declared that the Neo Marines would not leave alive.