Chapter Summaries

Ronan and the Straw Hat Pirates reached the forest-covered back of Zunesha and discovered an ancient city inhabited by the Mink Tribe. The guards surrounded them and launched an Electro-charged attack, leaving the encounter unresolved.

• Ronan and the Straw Hat Pirates emerged above the clouds and found a lush primeval forest growing on Zunesha's back.
• Zoro, Ronan, and the others discovered a huge walled city and triggered an alarm when they approached its gate.
• Mink Tribe guards surrounded the group, and Robin explained that the Minks were intelligent, naturally gifted warriors.
• The monkey captain demanded to know whether the intruders were with the human who had flown into their country.
• The furious captain and dozens of Mink Tribe warriors charged the Straw Hat Pirates with Electro crackling across their bodies and weapons.

Ronan used Conqueror’s Haki to knock out the Mink Tribe guards, but the surviving captain refused to help the Straw Hat Pirates because he would not betray Duke Inuarashi. Ronan told the group that the Road Poneglyph was probably in the Whale Forest and led them onward to find Luffy.

• Ronan released his Conqueror’s Haki and knocked out every Mink Tribe warrior except the monkey guard captain.
• Ronan ordered the captain to take the group to meet the king, but the captain swore he would never betray Duke Inuarashi.
• Usopp tried to explain their intentions, while Nami and Robin pointed out how their forceful arrival had made the Minks distrust them.
• Ronan argued that his Haki had spared the guards from a more violent fight with Zoro, who sheathed his sword.
• Ronan said the Road Poneglyph was likely hidden in the Whale Forest and led the group onward to find Luffy.

Zoro stopped Carrot’s ambush in the Mokomo Dukedom, overpowering her Electro with Shusui and his strength. A massive crocodile then burst through the forest after a woman called for Carrot to stop.

• Zoro and the group entered the Mokomo Dukedom and marveled at its immense ancient forest.
• Zoro sensed an attacker in the treetops and drew Shusui as Carrot dove at him.
• Zoro blocked Carrot’s electrified claws and knocked her back with brute force.
• A woman shouted for Carrot to stop as a gigantic crocodile smashed through the trees toward the group.

Wanda arrived riding a giant crocodile and warned Carrot that intruders had entered Whale Forest, risking a clash with the Musketeer Squad and waking Boss Nekomamushi. Carrot leapt high enough to spot smoke and a battle in the forest, and Wanda charged there at full speed.

• Usopp screamed and clung to a tree when Wanda rode a giant crocodile up to the group.
• Wanda warned Carrot that intruders had entered Whale Forest and could provoke the Musketeer Squad or wake Boss Nekomamushi.
• Carrot withdrew from her fight with Zoro, whose interest was piqued by her lightning-charged claws.
• Carrot leapt a hundred meters into the air and spotted black smoke and a fierce battle in Whale Forest.
• Wanda snapped the reins and drove the giant crocodile toward Whale Forest.

The Straw Hat Pirates followed Luffy’s trail after he started a fight in the Mink Tribe’s forbidden Whale Forest, refusing Wanda’s demand that they submit for inspection. They reached the Mokomo Dukedom’s bustling town, where Nami suspected the red coordinate Poneglyph was hidden deep in Whale Forest, and Usopp was surprised the Minks were not immediately hostile.

• Wanda and Carrot rode a giant crocodile away after ordering the Straw Hat Pirates to head to a swamp for inspection and warning them not to provoke the forest’s monsters.
• Zoro rejected the idea of submitting to inspection and urged the crew to fight their way onward, while Robin said they should follow their Captain.
• The Straw Hat Pirates crossed the primeval forest and reached a prosperous town in the Mokomo Dukedom.
• Ronan identified the palace as the likely seat of Duke Inuarashi, while Nami reasoned that the Poneglyph was probably hidden in Whale Forest, where Luffy had already begun fighting.
• The crew entered the Mink Tribe’s town, and Usopp was astonished that its atmosphere was not openly hostile to humans.

Ronan and the Straw Hat Pirates entered a lively Mink Tribe town, where the residents watched them with curiosity rather than hostility. Their peaceful walk ended when the Flintlock Gun Squad confronted them, led by a lion Mink who demanded that they fight with everything they had.

• Usopp marveled at the Mink Tribe’s humanlike town and its animal-featured residents.
• The Mink Tribe townspeople crowded around Ronan and his crew, admiring the humans as rare, hairless creatures.
• Robin praised the town’s peaceful atmosphere before a surge of force scattered the onlookers.
• A lion Mink and two musketeer-clad companions landed in front of Ronan’s group, blocking the street.
• The lion Mink crackled with blue electricity and challenged the crew, declaring that he hated half-hearted fights.

Sicilian confronted Ronan's group in Kurau City after learning they had attacked the gate guards and entered Whale Forest. When Sicilian charged Usopp, Zoro blocked the captain's rapier with Shusui.

• Sicilian identified himself as captain of the Musketeer Squad and ordered Ronan's group to surrender.
• Usopp tried to persuade Sicilian that the group had no hostile intentions, but Sicilian rejected his explanation.
• Sicilian accused the group of injuring the gate guards and said their Straw Hat-wearing companion was fighting the Musketeer Squad in Whale Forest.
• The Mink Tribe townspeople turned hostile toward the group after hearing Sicilian's accusations.
• Sicilian charged Usopp with a lightning-wreathed rapier, and Zoro blocked the thrust with Shusui.

Zoro effortlessly repelled Sicilian’s full-force Electro thrust and sent him crashing through streetlamps into a stone wall. Sicilian emerged furious and powered up for another attack, while Zoro mocked his claim that he had been holding back.

• Sicilian charged Zoro with a rapier thrust enhanced by powerful Electro, but Zoro stopped it with Shusui.
• Zoro shook his blade with his physical strength and blasted Sicilian through two streetlamps and into a stone wall.
• The Mink Tribe witnesses were stunned that Sicilian had been defeated in a single exchange.
• Sicilian forced his way out of the rubble, then intensified his Electro and declared he would attack with everything he had.
• Zoro reminded Sicilian that he had already made the same claim, and Sicilian called his earlier attack a warm-up.

Zoro overwhelmed Sicilian with a single sword slash that left him gravely wounded and split the clouds above Zou Island. Giovanni and Concelot then charged Zoro in rage, beginning another fight.

• Sicilian unleashed his full-power thunder-charged thrust at Zoro.
• Zoro used One Sword Style: Harbor Bird to shatter Sicilian’s sword and cut deeply across his chest.
• Zoro’s slash continued into the sky and split the clouds above Zou Island.
• Sicilian collapsed, realizing Zoro had spared his life by holding back.
• Giovanni and Concelot saw Sicilian fall and attacked Zoro from both sides.

Zoro defeated Giovanni and Concelot without seriously injuring them, and Sicilian recognized that Zoro had shown mercy and offered to take him to Duke Inuarashi. Before they could leave, Inuarashi arrived in person.

• Zoro used the back of his sword and its hilt to knock Giovanni and Concelot unconscious with two restrained blows.
• Sicilian ordered Giovanni and Concelot to stop fighting, then apologized to Zoro and acknowledged that he had deliberately spared them.
• Sicilian offered to guide Zoro to Duke Inuarashi, and Zoro accepted.
• Duke Inuarashi arrived at the battered street, and Sicilian, Giovanni, and Concelot knelt in fealty.

Duke Inuarashi confronted Zoro, Ronan, and the others after witnessing a devastating sword slash, while Usopp’s attempt to conceal their search for the Red Road Poneglyph convinced him they had come for Raizo. Inuarashi ordered them off Zou Island, leaving the tense confrontation on the verge of becoming a national war.

• Duke Inuarashi arrived to face Zoro, Ronan, and the Musketeer Squad, suspecting the newcomers might be Kaido’s assassins.
• Usopp tried to reassure Duke Inuarashi with a vague explanation, saying the group was sightseeing and looking for something unimportant.
• Duke Inuarashi mistook Usopp’s words as confirmation that they had come to capture Raizo and unleashed his overwhelming domineering aura.
• Duke Inuarashi declared that the Mokomo Dukedom would not help them and ordered them to leave the island.
• Usopp protested that he had not even said what they were looking for, but Duke Inuarashi insisted he knew their intentions.

Ronan’s group confronted Duke Inuarashi while seeking the Red Road Poneglyph, and Ronan revealed its location beneath the largest sacred tree in Whale Forest. Inuarashi mistook the revelation for proof that they knew about Raizo’s hiding place and vowed to stop them from entering Whale Forest.

• Ronan stepped in front of Usopp and asked Duke Inuarashi whether their negotiations had failed.
• Inuarashi drew his sword and ordered Ronan’s group to leave the Mink Tribe’s country.
• Zoro asked Ronan for the Red Road Poneglyph’s location, and Ronan said it was beneath the largest sacred tree in Whale Forest.
• Inuarashi realized Ronan had named the secret place where he had hidden Raizo and suspected Ronan could read minds.
• Inuarashi swore to defend Whale Forest even at the cost of his life, while Usopp protested that they had only come to find something.

Duke Inuarashi drew his sword and vowed to protect Raizo, prompting Zoro to accept his resolve and challenge him. Inuarashi unleashed his Electro and prepared to hold Zoro off until the full moon could awaken the Minks’ Sulong forms, while Zoro revealed his name and readied his three swords.

• Duke Inuarashi drew his sword and made clear that he would rather die than betray his companions.
• Zoro recognized Inuarashi’s resolve, withdrew his mockery, and challenged him to fight.
• Duke Inuarashi realized Zoro could overpower him quickly and resolved to hold him off for the half hour until the full moon rose.
• Duke Inuarashi unleashed powerful blue Electro and demanded that Zoro state his name.
• Zoro drew Shusui and Third Generation Kitetsu, took Wado Ichimonji in his teeth, and announced himself as Roronoa Zoro.

Zoro and Duke Inuarashi fought in Kurau City, where Zoro overpowered the Mink king in a clash of strength. They moved their battle to Whale Forest to spare the townspeople, and Zoro left Inuarashi badly wounded with Purgatory Oni-giri.

• Duke Inuarashi attacked Zoro with his Electro-charged Demon-Slaying Slash, but Zoro blocked it with his three swords.
• Zoro overpowered Inuarashi and drove him backward through the streets, alarming the Musketeer Squad and damaging nearby homes.
• Duke Inuarashi stopped his subordinates from joining the fight and challenged Zoro to continue in the forest to protect the townspeople.
• Zoro and Inuarashi raced to Whale Forest, followed by Ronan, Nami, Usopp, Robin, and the others.
• Zoro attacked Inuarashi with Three Sword Style—Purgatory Oni-giri, tearing open his right shoulder and drawing blood.

Zoro defeated Duke Inuarashi, but Inuarashi refused to yield and prepared to fight for his companion. When moonlight broke through the clouds, Zoro briefly foresaw Inuarashi transforming into a powerful Sulong.

• Zoro overwhelmed Inuarashi, wounded him severely, and sent him crashing into a deep pit.
• Zoro demanded the thing his crew had come for, while Inuarashi mistook his words as a demand to hand over Raizo.
• Inuarashi rose despite his injuries and declared that the Mink Tribe would defend their companions to the death.
• A strong wind parted the clouds above Zou, and the full moon shone down on Inuarashi.
• Zoro briefly triggered Future Sight and saw Inuarashi transform into his powerful Sulong form.

Duke Inuarashi transformed into his Sulong form beneath the full moon, combining savage strength, lightning, and Haki as he faced Zoro. Zoro welcomed the battle, while Ronan and the Straw Hat Pirates watched the forest turn into a sea of thunder.

• The full moon’s light struck Inuarashi, triggering his Sulong transformation and unleashing a vast field of lightning.
• Inuarashi’s fur turned silver-white, his body expanded, and he formed thunder armor as he threatened Zoro.
• Zoro stood his ground and eagerly welcomed a potentially deadly fight with Inuarashi.
• Ronan analyzed the Sulong form’s ability to unleash a Mink’s physical potential, even when gravely injured.
• Nami watched the lightning fill the sky and worried that Inuarashi’s thunder powers made her Rumble-Rumble Fruit seem cheap.

Zoro faced Duke Inuarashi’s fully transformed Sulong form and its electromagnetic domain while Ronan explained that Zoro was still holding back. A second Sulong battle erupted in Whale Forest, and Zoro blocked Inuarashi’s supposedly decisive attack despite the domain’s interference.

• Usopp and Ronan insisted that Zoro had not used his full strength, with Ronan adding that Zoro was deliberately suppressing his killing intent.
• A violent tremor and a lightning pillar erupted above Whale Forest, where another Sulong appeared as Luffy shouted his signature attack.
• Duke Inuarashi completed his Sulong transformation and charged Zoro with his Dog Eight Forms: Thunder Absolute Domain.
• The domain interfered with Zoro’s nerves and muscles, but he swung Shusui at overwhelming speed and blocked Inuarashi’s lightning claw.
• Zoro taunted Inuarashi and declared that the power of the full moon was not enough to save him.

Zoro and Duke Inuarashi clashed in a destructive battle after Zoro shattered Inuarashi’s Thunder Absolute Domain. Inuarashi realized he could not overpower Zoro quickly and feared his Sulong form would soon exhaust him, leaving Raizo exposed.

• Zoro destroyed Duke Inuarashi’s Dog Eight Forms: Thunder Absolute Domain with three slashes.
• Duke Inuarashi powered up his Sulong form and attacked Zoro with Dog Gate Wind.
• Zoro met Inuarashi’s kick head-on with Three Sword Style: Three Thousand Worlds, and their clash devastated the surrounding forest.
• The collision sent both fighters flying, but Zoro stood largely unharmed while Inuarashi was left panting and shaken.
• Duke Inuarashi realized his Sulong form was rapidly draining his life force and that he had to defeat Zoro before he ran out of strength.

Duke Inuarashi unleashed a final, all-out Sulong attack against Roronoa Zoro, but Zoro survived and eagerly continued the fight. From a distant cliff, Nami concluded that Zoro was prolonging the battle for enjoyment and could have ended it more than ten minutes earlier.

• Duke Inuarashi used a lightning-fast Sulong charge to strike Zoro, who blocked the blow with Wado Ichimonji and was hurled hundreds of meters through the ruins.
• Zoro recovered, praised the attack, and charged back at Duke Inuarashi as their fierce battle continued across the forest.
• Usopp watched from a cliff and feared the combatants would destroy the island, while Ronan described the fight as a brutal battle of attrition.
• Nami pointed out that Zoro was enjoying the fight and claimed he could have ended it more than ten minutes earlier by putting on his serious-mode bandana.

Zoro and Duke Inuarashi fought through the night as Zoro used the battle to sharpen his swordsmanship, while Luffy fought another opponent in the Whale Forest. At dawn, Inuarashi's Sulong power began to fade, leaving him certain that his country would be destroyed.

• Ronan explained that Zoro was holding back and using Inuarashi as a sparring partner to push his limits.
• Nami, Usopp, and Franky recognized the pressure driving Luffy and Zoro to grow stronger and resolved to prepare for the coming battles.
• Zoro and Inuarashi continued their fierce duel through the night, leaving the forest scorched and Inuarashi badly wounded and exhausted.
• Dawn arrived, the moon disappeared, and Inuarashi's Sulong power began to drain away.
• Inuarashi watched the moon vanish and despaired that his country would meet irreversible destruction.