Chapter Summaries

Nami used a six-point electromagnetic formation to fire a cannon blast that pierced several Marine battleships and struck Akainu's flagship. Akainu retaliated with Meteor Volcano, and Ronan began smashing the falling lava meteors to protect the Merry.

• Nami formed a hexagram of six charged positions and constructed a vast Mirror Electromagnetic Net around the Merry.
• Nami fired the Super Electromagnetic Hexagram Mirror Cannon, carving a trench through the sea and piercing several Marine battleships, including Akainu's flagship.
• Akainu survived the blast and unleashed Meteor Volcano, showering the battlefield with lava meteors.
• Ronan struck a lava meteor with his seastone spear and shattered it above the Merry.

Luffy transformed into an eight-meter Vajra Giant and defeated Onigumo, while the Golden Merry came under attack from the Navy’s remaining warships. Ace broke through Akainu’s encirclement and reached the near sea, but the crew still faced a growing fleet closing in on them.

• Zoro cut Akainu’s falling lava meteors apart while Ace met Akainu’s magma attack with his Great Flame Ring: Fire God King.
• Nami guided the Golden Merry through the storm as Onigumo attacked its mast with his nine-sword Forest of Swords Net.
• Luffy entered Second Gear’s Vajra Giant Mode and shattered six of Onigumo’s swords before punching him into the sea.
• Usopp spotted three Navy warships turning toward the Golden Merry, and Luffy declared that they would sink them all.
• Ace exploited the weakened blockade to break through on his speedboat and shouted for Luffy to escape.

After the Straw Hat Pirates escaped Baterilla Island, Ronan proposed using Nami’s precise control of electricity to help them advance their Indestructible Vajra Body through Lightning Body Tempering. The crew began considering the dangerous training method, which depended on Nami’s ability to control lightning safely.

• Luffy ordered the Merry to flee in the opposite direction from Ace, while Akainu vowed to pursue the Straw Hat Pirates.
• A CP0 captain ordered his agents to follow Ace and ensure his capture as Akainu’s forces pressed toward the southeastern sea.
• After a night of high-speed sailing, the Golden Merry reached a peaceful sea, and the crew praised Nami’s devastating electromagnetic attack.
• Ronan suggested that Nami use magnetic fields to simulate gravity or repulsion, prompting Zoro to imagine training under increased weight.
• Ronan explained that the crew’s Indestructible Vajra Body training had stalled and proposed Lightning Body Tempering, relying on Nami’s precise control of electricity.

Ronan encouraged Nami to develop the Rumble-Rumble Fruit with gravity, magnetic levitation, Universal Pull, and Almighty Push, then reassured her that he had never wanted the fruit for himself. Nami resolved to repay him and announced that the crew would divide the gold they had found on Sky Island, leaving Luffy and Usopp excited about their share.

• Ronan described how Nami could use lightning and gravity to intensify the crew’s training, and Luffy eagerly asked her to zap him.
• Nami explained how she could already teleport using lightning and realized she might use the Merry Go’s golden foundation to create magnetic levitation.
• Ronan suggested that Nami develop Universal Pull and Almighty Push by switching between magnetic attraction and repulsion.
• Nami asked whether Ronan had planned to eat the Rumble-Rumble Fruit himself, and he explained that a Devil Fruit would interfere with his martial training and make him vulnerable to seawater.
• Nami decided she would repay Ronan and announced that the crew would split the gold stored aboard the ship.
• Usopp celebrated the prospect of receiving a share, while Luffy shouted that he wanted a huge bronze statue for the bow.

The Straw Hats debated how to spend their Sky Island treasure, and Nami argued that they needed valuable materials to help the Golden Merry evolve. Luffy decided they would find a shipwright, while Ronan imagined the Merry Go becoming a God-class Battleship that surpassed Pluton.

• Nami joked that she would keep most of the treasure, then explained she needed gold for her Electromagnetic Cannon and the Golden Merry's upkeep.
• Nami warned that the Golden Merry needed precious materials to evolve properly and threatened to feed Ronan's spear to it.
• The crew recalled the Golden Merry's journey and agreed that its growth required a shipwright who could guide its evolution.
• Luffy announced that the crew would find a shipwright to turn the Golden Merry into the strongest Pirate Ship on the Great Sea.
• Ronan thought of Franky in Water Seven and imagined combining the Merry Go's evolution, Franky's engineering, and Nami's power to create a battleship surpassing Pluton.

After the Straw Hat Pirates devastated the Navy fleet at Baterilla Island and escaped Admiral Akainu, Sengoku reviewed the losses and ordered new bounties for the crew. He left the Navy focused on the pirates’ growing threat while Ace remained under pursuit by CP0.

• Akainu reported to Sengoku that the Navy suffered devastating losses at Baterilla Island, including wounded Vice Admirals and destroyed warships.
• Tsuru assessed Nami’s Rumble-Rumble Fruit and Super Electromagnetic Cannon as a strategic threat, while Garp laughed at Luffy’s strength.
• Sengoku noted that Ace had escaped but remained followed by CP0 spies, and decided the Straw Hat Pirates needed high bounties.
• Sengoku assigned Luffy a bounty of 800 million belly, Nami 750 million, Ronan 600 million, Zoro 500 million, and Sanji 300 million.
• Sengoku set Usopp’s bounty at 100 million belly, Robin’s at 79 million, and Chopper’s at 50 belly.

After the Straw Hat Pirates defeated the Navy fleet led by Akainu, the Navy and Morgans declared the crew leaders of a new Worst Generation and spread news of their enormous bounties around the world. Whitebeard, Shanks, and Luffy’s hometown all reacted to the crew’s rise, as Shanks promised to meet Luffy in the New World.

• Tsuru questioned Nami’s unprecedented 750 million belly starting bounty, and Sengoku defended it and declared the Straw Hat crew leaders of the Worst Generation.
• Morgans ordered newspapers to announce the Straw Hat Pirates’ victory over Akainu’s combined fleet, highlighting Nami’s Electromagnetic Cannon and Luffy’s bounty.
• Whitebeard praised Luffy for saving Ace and admired Nami’s power after seeing her bounty and attack photo.
• Shanks toasted Luffy’s rise to an 800 million belly bounty and said he would wait for him in the New World.
• Makino, the village chief, and the people of Foosha Village celebrated Luffy’s fame and the honor he brought East Blue.

News of the Straw Hat crew’s rising bounties reached their East Blue hometowns and former companions. Gen, Koshiro, Zeff, and Kaya’s household saw how far Nami, Zoro, Sanji, and Usopp had come.

• Gen and Nojiko looked at Nami’s 750-million-belly bounty poster beside Bellemere’s grave and praised her strength and freedom.
• Koshiro and the dojo children saw Zoro’s 500-million-belly bounty, and Koshiro reflected on Zoro’s swordsmanship and Haki.
• Patty and Carne announced Sanji’s 300-million-belly bounty at Baratie, while Zeff ordered a feast in his honor.
• The former Usopp Pirates found Usopp’s 100-million-belly bounty poster and rushed to show Kaya.
• Kaya stroked Usopp’s portrait and smiled at the sight of his new bounty.

Ronan and Nami put Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and Ronan through a brutal training regimen using tenfold gravity and controlled lightning. As the training continued, Ronan’s Vajra Inner Qi absorbed the Thunder Power and began fusing with it, gaining a silver glow.

• Ronan said the crew needed to build on their mastery of thunder, and Nami activated a magnetic field that raised gravity on the Golden Merry to ten times normal.
• Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji struggled under the gravity, while Ronan entered the field and made Luffy grip a Seastone spear, draining his strength.
• Nami used lightning body tempering to drive controlled currents into the four men, causing intense pain as the electricity worked through their bodies.
• Ronan urged them to endure the pain and hold their energy steady as they trained beneath the lightning for an hour.
• Ronan’s Vajra Inner Qi swallowed the Thunder Power, and the two energies merged in his Dantian, turning his Inner Qi silver.

After Nami’s Rumble-Rumble Fruit helped Ronan, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji combine thunder with their training, Ronan urged the rest of the crew to cultivate Thirteen Protectors. The chapter ended with him giving Chopper a version of the training method adapted to his body.

• Ronan, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji tested their new thunder-infused attacks at sea after Nami’s training session.
• Nami lamented that the others had gained thunder abilities and stolen the Rumble-Rumble Fruit’s uniqueness.
• Ronan encouraged Nami and Robin to train Thirteen Protectors, promising Nami it would not make her muscular and telling Robin strength could help her claim freedom.
• Ronan urged Usopp to train for a stronger body, and Usopp declared he would become a brave Sea Warrior.
• Ronan gave Chopper a specially adapted Spirit Beast Chapter booklet for Thirteen Protectors’ Horizontal Training.

Ronan and the Straw Hat Pirates advanced their training through Nami’s lightning, with Ronan reaching the intermediate stage of Indestructible Diamond. The crew then spotted a mist-shrouded island and prepared to land and gather food.

• Ronan explained that lightning had infused their Vajra Inner Qi and that intermediate Indestructible Diamond could withstand ordinary cannon fire and take an Admiral-level attack head-on.
• After two weeks of intense training, Ronan achieved intermediate Indestructible Diamond, while Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Nami, Robin, Usopp, and Chopper also strengthened themselves.
• Usopp spotted a vast, mist-covered island, and Nami judged it to be uninhabited.
• Sanji called for the crew to gather ingredients, and Nami warned them not to bring back rats or frogs.
• Zoro complained about Nami’s rule, so Nami punched him and knocked him onto the deck.

The Straw Hat Pirates feasted and replenished supplies on a deserted island before discovering a bicycle track and sensing an overwhelmingly powerful presence. They emerged from the forest to find a tall man in a white suit whose lazy demeanor concealed a formidable threat.

• Luffy, Ronan, and Zoro dragged two giant boars back to the beach, and Sanji prepared a feast for the crew.
• Nami sent Luffy, Ronan, Zoro, and Sanji to gather more meat while Chopper, Robin, and Usopp searched for herbs and water.
• Chopper spotted a strange groove in the forest path, and Ronan recognized it as a bicycle tire track.
• Robin reacted with despair as the crew left the forest and entered a field of massive boulders.
• Luffy, Ronan, Zoro, and Sanji sensed a dangerous presence behind a boulder and prepared for a confrontation.
• A tall man in a white suit lifted his eye mask and yawned, revealing an aura of Lazy Justice.

Aokiji appeared before the Straw Hats, and Robin recognized him as a Navy Admiral, triggering her terror. He claimed he had come only to confirm that Robin had joined the crew, but Luffy attacked when he thought Aokiji might threaten her.

• Luffy and the others formed a defensive line when Aokiji appeared, but Robin collapsed in terror at the sight of him.
• Robin identified Aokiji as Kuzan, one of the Navy's three Admirals and the World Government's highest combat power.
• Aokiji flirted with Nami, prompting Sanji to defend her, while Ronan struck Usopp for failing to practice Observation Haki.
• Aokiji said he followed Lazy Justice, had no orders to arrest anyone, and had come only to confirm that Robin had joined the Straw Hats.
• Luffy declared he would protect Robin and launched a Gomu Gomu attack at Aokiji.

Aokiji confronted the Straw Hat Pirates, revealing that he had come to assess them and target Nico Robin as a threat to the World Government’s order. Luffy and the others rejected his accusations and stood between him and Robin, leaving them poised for a fight.

• Sanji stopped Luffy from rushing Aokiji, who recognized Luffy as similar to his grandfather and said the crew’s names had spread through Navy Headquarters.
• Aokiji warned that the crew’s rapid growth made them dangerous and declared that they should die for the stability of the Great Sea.
• Aokiji singled out Robin, citing her childhood bounty and troubled past to suggest she used her companions as tools and brought ruin to every organization around her.
• Luffy stepped in front of Robin and declared her his companion, while Robin felt the fear in her heart begin to crack.
• Sanji, Usopp, Nami, Zoro, and Ronan backed Luffy and defended Robin, with Ronan telling Aokiji he would have to step over their bodies to take her.

Robin attacked Aokiji after his questioning drove her to desperation, and the Straw Hat crew rallied to protect her. As Aokiji revealed the crew’s enormous new bounties, Luffy transformed into his ten-meter Lightning Vajra Giant Mode and launched a powerful punch at the Admiral.

• Robin used Thirty Rounds Blooming Claw to snap Aokiji’s body in half, but he re-formed from ice several meters away.
• Ronan, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji prepared to fight Aokiji, while Nami deployed her golden arrows with Lightning Metallurgy and locked onto him.
• Aokiji revealed the crew’s bounties: Luffy had 800 million, Nami 750 million, Ronan 600 million, and Zoro 500 million berries.
• Luffy told Aokiji he would not let him take Robin and transformed into his ten-meter Second Gear: Lightning Vajra Giant Mode.
• Luffy coated his fist in Armament Haki and launched Gum-Gum King Kong Gun at Aokiji, who showed no intention of dodging.

Luffy broke free of Aokiji’s freezing attack, and Ronan, Zoro, and Sanji joined the fight against the admiral. The chapter left Sanji’s thunder-charged kick locked against Aokiji’s ice shield as freezing crystals began spreading up his leg.

• Aokiji froze Luffy inside a massive ice sculpture, but Luffy shattered it and prepared to fight back.
• Ronan attacked Aokiji with his Seastone spear, shattered the admiral’s Haki-coated Ice Blade, and was blasted into a cliff before emerging unharmed.
• Zoro struck Aokiji with a lightning-wreathed sword slash, forcing him to slide backward across the ground.
• Sanji attacked Aokiji from behind with a thunder-charged kick, but Aokiji blocked it with an ice shield and freezing crystals began climbing Sanji’s leg.

Ronan and his companions battled Aokiji, who unleashed Ice Age and froze them inside massive blocks of ice. Aokiji was shocked when Ronan broke free, leaving the fight poised to continue.

• Nami fired a barrage of electromagnetic arrows while Ronan, Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Usopp, and Chopper attacked Aokiji.
• Aokiji fought back with Rokushiki and Haki as the battle devastated the island and surrounding sea.
• Aokiji unleashed Ice Age, freezing the island and the surrounding sea and trapping the fighters in ice.
• Aokiji began to leave, believing the frozen crew would remain imprisoned for hours.
• Ronan shattered the five-meter-thick ice block around him, startling Aokiji.

Luffy, Ronan, Zoro, and Sanji broke free of Aokiji’s Ice Age, but found Nami, Robin, Usopp, and Chopper trapped in lifeless ice sculptures. Luffy’s grief and rage erupted into a new, terrifying form as the chapter ended.

• Luffy blasted apart the iceberg, while Zoro and Sanji broke free of their ice restraints.
• Aokiji recognized the four as formidable opponents and prepared to gather more cold.
• Ronan, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji saw Nami, Robin, Usopp, and Chopper frozen in ice sculptures.
• Sanji rushed to the sculptures, but Ronan warned him that touching them could shatter them.
• Luffy blamed Aokiji for killing his companions and unleashed a dark-red aura and thunder as his body compressed into a denser form.

Luffy awakened Conqueror's Haki and lost control, burning his life potential as he attacked Aokiji. Ronan reassured the crew that Nami and the others could be thawed safely, while Aokiji escalated the fight with a colossal ice bird.

• Luffy awakened Conqueror's Haki, transformed into a blood-lit demon, and charged at Aokiji in a rage.
• Ronan explained that Luffy's self-combusting Vajra Inner Qi was consuming his life potential and told the crew to focus on ending the battle and thawing Nami and the others.
• Luffy punched through Aokiji's Ice Wall and broke free from an Ice Ball, forcing Aokiji to evade and attack from the air.
• Luffy smashed Aokiji's Ice Spears, and Aokiji unleashed a gigantic Ice Bird Beak toward him.
• Luffy burned through his remaining potential and prepared to face the descending ice bird.

Luffy shattered Aokiji’s ice bird with a blood-powered punch, and Ronan helped the crew survive the Admiral’s attack. After Nami, Robin, Usopp, and Chopper awoke, Ronan set his sights on Water Seven and resolved to keep the crew from falling into despair again.

• Luffy destroyed Aokiji’s ice bird, and Aokiji withdrew from the devastated island.
• Ronan stopped Luffy’s rampage by telling him his friends were alive, and Luffy collapsed after exhausting his blood energy.
• Ronan, Zoro, and Sanji carried the frozen crew back to the Merry and used warm water and Inner Qi to thaw them.
• Nami and Robin woke first, followed by Usopp and Chopper, while Ronan tended to the unconscious Luffy.
• Ronan reflected on the crew’s strength and decided they needed to reach Water Seven to find companions and evolve the Golden Merry.