Chapter Summaries

Law revealed that Caesar had drugged abducted children in experiments to create gigantified weapons, and Caesar blamed Doflamingo before Doflamingo killed him. Kin'emon then emerged from behind the survivors.

• Law told Sanji and the others that the giant children were ordinary children enlarged through Caesar’s NHC10 experiments.
• Sanji grew enraged and advanced on Caesar for drugging the children.
• Caesar panicked and blamed Doflamingo for ordering the experiments.
• Doflamingo killed Caesar by slicing him in two.
• Kin'emon staggered out from behind the survivors led by Law.

Law told Kin'emon that Momonosuke had been trapped in the submerged Underground Scrapyard, and Kin'emon, believing the Kozuki bloodline had ended, committed seppuku. Smoker and Tashigi arrived with G-5 forces as the island continued to sink.

• Kin'emon grabbed Law and demanded to know where Momonosuke was.
• Law told Kin'emon that Momonosuke had been thrown into the Underground Scrapyard, which had sunk beneath the sea.
• Kin'emon blamed himself for failing to protect Momonosuke and stabbed himself in the abdomen.
• Kin'emon died after completing his seppuku as Sanji, Zoro, Law, and the others watched.
• Smoker, Tashigi, and more than a hundred G-5 Naval Elites arrived aboard a warship at the final highland.

After the battle on Punk Hazard, Ronan had Sanji hand the gigantified children over to the Marines as the island sank. Doflamingo pleaded for his life and offered his criminal empire, but Ronan rejected him and declared his methods disgusting.

• Tashigi warned Smoker that Punk Hazard would sink within ten minutes, and Smoker arrived at the last stretch of high ground to find Ronan and the other fighters.
• Ronan told Sanji to entrust the gigantified children to the Marines, while Law explained how Caesar had kidnapped and experimented on them.
• Tashigi reassured the children, and the G-5 Marines escorted them aboard their warship toward safe waters.
• Ronan kept Doflamingo from fleeing as the seawater rose around the shrinking patch of land.
• Doflamingo offered Ronan wealth, secrets, and his Devil Fruit trading network in exchange for his life.
• Ronan rejected Doflamingo's offers and condemned his treatment of innocent people as disgusting.

Monet begged Sanji to save Doflamingo, invoking their night together and injuring herself as she kowtowed. Ronan spared Doflamingo to avoid burdening Sanji, but Punk Hazard was about to sink beneath the sea.

• Monet rushed to Sanji, kowtowed until her forehead bled, and pleaded for him to ask Ronan to spare Doflamingo.
• Sanji stopped Monet from hurting herself and silently looked to Ronan, torn by pity for her.
• Ronan withdrew his spear and let Doflamingo live rather than leave Sanji with the burden of his death.
• Doflamingo realized Monet's sacrifice had saved him, as Punk Hazard gave its final wail and began to sink.

Sanji asked Ronan to spare Doflamingo for Monet’s sake, and Ronan let them leave. As Punk Hazard sank, the Sunny Merry arrived to rescue Ronan, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji.

• Sanji helped Monet up and pleaded with Ronan to let Doflamingo live.
• Ronan agreed to Sanji’s request, and Doflamingo grabbed Monet and fled by shooting threads into the clouds.
• Zoro asked Sanji why he let Monet go, and Sanji said she would be better off following the path she chose.
• Punk Hazard’s last stretch of high ground broke apart as the sea surged over it.
• Nami called for Ronan, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji to board as the Sunny Merry arrived through the vortex.

Luffy brought Law aboard the Sunny Merry after the Straw Hats escaped Punk Hazard, which sank into a massive whirlpool. Luffy declared that the crew would take down all the Four Emperors, leaving Law stunned by their ambition and strength.

• Law asked Luffy and Ronan for a ride off the island, and Luffy agreed because he considered Law a good person.
• Luffy pulled Law aboard the Sunny Merry, and Punk Hazard collapsed and disappeared beneath a colossal whirlpool.
• Franky used Wind Blast to propel the Thousand Sunny away from the dangerous waves.
• Usopp questioned why Luffy had brought Law aboard, but Luffy insisted that Law was a good guy.
• Law asked where the crew planned to go next, and Luffy declared they would defeat all the Four Emperors.
• Robin and Sanji watched the calm sea where Punk Hazard had sunk and reflected on the dangers they had faced there.

The Straw Hat crew headed for Dressrosa, then learned that news of Kaido’s defeat had spread worldwide and that Kaido and Big Mom had formed an alliance. The chapter ended with Usopp revealing that Luffy and Ronan’s bounties had risen to four billion Belly each.

• Nami checked the route, and Law declared that their next destination was Dressrosa.
• A News Bird delivered a newspaper showing Kaido defeated at Punk Hazard, and Ronan said Morgans had quickly publicized the fall of an Old Era Emperor.
• Sanji pointed out that Big Mom and Kaido had announced an alliance, alarming the crew.
• Nami concluded that the allied Emperors would hunt the crew after they had beaten Kaido.
• Usopp found new Wanted Orders and revealed that Luffy and Ronan each had a four-billion-Belly bounty.

The Straw Hat Pirates received enormous new bounties, with Luffy celebrating and Nami panicking over the danger her reward would bring. Sanji and Zoro clashed over their one-billion-belly bounty difference, turning the deck into a battlefield.

• The Straw Hat Pirates discovered their new bounties, including Luffy's four billion Belly and Chopper's fifteen billion Belly.
• Luffy celebrated his bounty and said he was close to surpassing Shanks and fulfilling his promise to meet him.
• Nami lamented that her 2.8-billion-Belly bounty would leave her hunted by the Navy and bounty hunters.
• Sanji angrily compared his two-billion-Belly bounty with Zoro's three billion, and Zoro taunted him as weaker.
• Sanji and Zoro attacked each other, unleashing a powerful clash on the deck.

After Nami stopped Zoro and Sanji from wrecking the Sunny Merry, Nico Robin and Trafalgar Law warned that the World Government’s enormous bounties signaled a concerted effort to eliminate the crew. Law then noticed an urgent bulletin in the newspaper, leaving its contents unknown.

• Zoro and Sanji fought fiercely in midair, threatening to damage the ship and Nami’s orange trees.
• Nami knocked both fighters into the deck with her Love-Love Iron Fists and scolded them.
• Nico Robin pointed out that the crew’s bounties had risen to Four Emperors’ levels after one incident.
• Trafalgar Law explained that the World Government viewed the crew as an uncontrollable threat and had issued a high-level extermination order.
• Law read an urgent bulletin in the newspaper, and his pupils contracted in alarm.

After Doflamingo abandoned Dressrosa and fled to the North Blue, Law resolved to pursue him alone despite Zoro warning that he was no match. Law planned to leave the alliance when the crew reached Dressrosa.

• Law read that Doflamingo had surrendered his throne and Shichibukai title and fled the New World with his officers.
• Law concluded Doflamingo had fled because he feared facing Ronan again after escaping Punk Hazard.
• Law announced that the alliance would end early and that he would go to the North Blue to kill Doflamingo.
• Zoro tested Law with his killing intent and warned him that Doflamingo would still overpower him.
• Law accepted the risk and told Luffy he would part ways with the crew at Dressrosa.

The world panicked over news that Kaido had been defeated and that Kaido and BIG MOM had formed an alliance, while the Straw Hat Pirates’ soaring bounties drew attention across the New World. A giant Sea King ambushed the Sunny Merry, and Zoro struck it with a powerful slash.

• Pirates and financial leaders across the New World reacted with terror to reports of Kaido’s defeat and the alliance between Kaido and BIG MOM.
• A pirate captain noted that the Straw Hat Pirates’ total bounty had risen to rival the established Four Emperors.
• Nico Robin enjoyed the calm weather aboard the Sunny Merry until she sensed a blood-scented wind approaching.
• A gigantic mutated Sea King burst from the sea and sent a towering tsunami toward the Sunny Merry.
• Zoro leapt into the air and slashed the Sea King across its chest with One Sword Style: 360 Pound Cannon.

Ronan split a massive Sea King with one spear slash, revealing Dressrosa ahead, and the Thousand Sunny arrived at the island. Before parting ways, Law gave Luffy a Vivre Card that could guide him to Zou, where Law’s crew was waiting.

• Zoro and Sanji attacked the Sea King, but it survived their blows and prepared to breathe fire at Sanji.
• Ronan cut the Sea King in half with a single spear slash, and the attack split the sea and clouds to reveal Dressrosa.
• Robin spotted the island, and Luffy announced that the crew had reached their second New World stop.
• The Thousand Sunny anchored at Dressrosa, where the crew found the coast eerily quiet.
• Law gave Luffy a Vivre Card belonging to Bepo and explained that it would lead him to Zou and the rest of Law’s crew.

Law explained that Zou held one of the four Road Poneglyphs needed to locate Laugh Tale, inspiring Luffy to make it the crew’s next destination. Law then set off alone to confront his fate, while the Straw Hat Pirates landed on Dressrosa to begin their New World adventure.

• Law told Luffy and the others that the four Road Poneglyphs revealed the coordinates of Laugh Tale and that one was on Zou.
• Luffy excitedly announced that the Straw Hat Pirates would head to Zou after exploring Dressrosa and restocking supplies.
• Law said he had to settle his destiny himself, then departed alone by boat toward the northern sea area.
• Ronan watched Law leave and wished him well as Luffy called after him not to die.
• Luffy led the Straw Hat Pirates ashore on Dressrosa, where Ronan sensed despair and rage beneath the island’s cheerful atmosphere.

Ronan's Group arrived in Dressrosa and saw its lively streets filled with dancers and toys living alongside humans. After a battered toy dog mourned a woman who no longer recognized it, Ronan warned the crew that its pain was more than ordinary rejection.

• Ronan's Group entered Acacia, where the Straw Hat Pirates saw flamenco dancers and helpful toys throughout the city.
• Ronan sensed despair beneath the city's cheerful appearance while the others enjoyed lunch in the central square.
• A man kicked a plush toy dog after it hugged his leg, then left with a woman and child.
• The toy dog called after the woman as oil-like liquid seeped from its glass eye, and Chopper tried to help it.
• Ronan stopped Chopper and warned the crew that the scene was not merely about a human rejecting an old toy.

Ronan revealed that Doflamingo had turned Dressrosa’s people into toys and erased them from their loved ones’ memories, leaving the curse active after his escape. When soldiers tried to execute a toy dog who had attacked the man living with his wife, Zoro intervened and blocked their bullets.

• Ronan explained that a Devil Fruit user had transformed people into toys and erased all memories of them from those who knew them.
• Ronan said Doflamingo had fled Dressrosa while leaving the toy-making operation and its ability user behind, so the curse remained in effect.
• Sanji and Zoro reacted with fury after learning that the toy dog had once been the young woman’s husband and the boy’s father.
• Security soldiers pursued the toy dog after it broke the rule against harming humans, and the dog charged toward the man who had taken its family.
• The soldiers opened fire on the toy dog, but Zoro cut the bullets apart and confronted the security force.

Sanji, Zoro, and Luffy attacked the security forces in Dressrosa, then followed Ronan’s plan to break into the underground toy factory. They left the central square in ruins and began fighting the guards and nutcracker army, with Sanji charging into the toys in blazing white fire.

• Sanji kicked the security captain through walls, and he and Zoro prepared to clear out the remaining soldiers.
• Luffy rose in anger over Dressrosa’s curse of turning people into toys and vowed to destroy it.
• Ronan proposed smashing through the island’s underground facilities to find the Hobby-Hobby Fruit user, and Luffy punched open the square.
• Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and Ronan descended into the underground trading port and toy factory, where guards prepared to protect Sugar.
• Zoro unleashed his Three Sword Style—Black Rope Dragon Twister, sweeping the guards into a tornado of Sword Qi.
• Sanji charged into the giant nutcracker army with his leg blazing in white devil fire.

Luffy overwhelmed the factory guards and caused Sugar to faint, undoing the Hobby-Hobby Fruit’s curse across Dressrosa. The returned people and their families recovered their memories, and the kingdom rose against Doflamingo’s remaining forces.

• Sanji destroyed the giant nutcracker guards while Luffy located Sugar in the underground factory.
• Luffy shattered Sugar’s glass enclosure, and his overwhelming presence made her faint before he attacked.
• Sugar’s loss of consciousness released every toy in Dressrosa and restored the memories of those affected.
• A woman recognized her returned husband and reunited with him and their son on Acacia’s central street.
• The people learned Doflamingo had deceived them and charged toward the Donquixote Family strongholds.

After Dressrosa was freed, Ronan and the Straw Hats sailed toward Zou Island through dense fog and spotted a moving, mountain-sized creature. Ronan confirmed the enormous being was real, leaving the crew on the verge of encountering it.

• Luffy celebrated the freed people of Dressrosa, while Zoro and Sanji reacted to the country’s liberation.
• Ronan praised the Straw Hats, then said they would visit Zou Island, which hid one of the world’s secrets.
• The Sunny Merry followed Trafalgar Law’s Vivre Card into a fog so thick that the crew could barely see ahead.
• Zoro spotted an enormous shadow moving across the sea, and Luffy eagerly urged the crew to approach it while Usopp protested.
• Ronan confirmed that a mountain-sized monster was moving through the fog and marveled at its immense scale.

The Straw Hats reached the island of Zou by forcing the Sunny Merry through the fog and currents, only to discover that Zou was a prosperous land on the back of a living giant elephant. They were left stunned before the ancient creature.

• Usopp reacted in disbelief when Ronan sensed an enormous presence through the fog, and Nami followed her Vivre Card toward it, concluding that it led to Zou.
• Robin explained that Zou was surrounded by dense fog, outward currents, and strong headwinds to repel approaching ships.
• Franky activated the Sunny Merry’s reactor-powered paddle wheels and drove the ship through the hostile currents and fog.
• The crew emerged from the fog and saw an immense elephant whose legs towered above the sea and whose steps churned massive whirlpools.
• Robin revealed that Zou was a thriving land on the back of the thousand-year-old elephant, leaving Luffy and Usopp shocked.

The Straw Hat Pirates discovered that the giant elephant carried a wandering island with no fixed location, then began climbing toward its back. Luffy raced ahead alone while the others secured the Sunny Merry and followed, leaving the island unexplored.

• Robin explained that the island had no fixed location or Magnetic Field because it rested on the wandering elephant.
• Luffy used Geppo to shoot up the elephant’s leg and scout ahead despite Nami’s protests.
• Zoro ordered the Sunny Merry to anchor itself to the elephant’s hind leg with a chain.
• Ronan arranged for Zoro and Usopp to carry Franky and Brook, while he carried Chopper.
• Robin formed wings, Nami transformed into lightning, and the group rose after Luffy toward the clouds.