Recaps

Bright recruited Rayleigh to join the coming war against the World Government, and Rayleigh agreed to train again and contact old friends. After returning to Fish-Man Island and explaining matters to Jinbe and Neptune, Bright saw the story move into Marineford Era 1517, when Ace set sail from Foosha Village.

• Bright told Rayleigh that Golden Lion had allied with him against the World Government, then urged Rayleigh to join them.
• Rayleigh agreed to resume training and said he would contact old friends, while Golden Lion proposed meeting Newgate again.
• Golden Lion departed, and Bright stayed to eat with Rayleigh before returning to Fish-Man Island.
• Bright explained the earlier matter to Jinbe and Neptune, and they chose to trust him.
• Marineford Era 1517 began, and Ace set sail from Foosha Village as his friends and family saw him off.

Bright learned that the government’s secret fish-man Marine force, led by Gion, was preparing to act while he waited for the coming conflict. Katakuri called to report that Lola had vanished in the Mysterious Triangle Zone, and Bright agreed to go investigate.

• Bright and Tesoro discussed Fire Fist Ace entering the Grand Line and their plans to overthrow the World Government.
• Bright asked Tesoro about Uta, who was livestreaming her singing to gather viewers’ emotions and strengthen the Little Devil King.
• Gion told Sengoku that she had adapted to her new fish-man abilities and underwater combat after six months of training.
• Sengoku ordered Gion’s fish-man Marine force to head to its gathering point as the government prepared its operation.
• Katakuri told Bright that Lola had disappeared after entering the Mysterious Triangle Zone, where Moria was entrenched.
• Bright agreed to travel to the Mysterious Triangle Zone and investigate what happened to Lola.

Bright found Lola and her companions aboard Moria’s ship in the Mysterious Triangle Zone and learned that Moria had stolen their shadows. He left to recover them, promising Lola he would be back within five minutes.

• Bright asked a Sea King to guide him to Moria’s enormous ship.
• Bright sensed Lola aboard and found her hiding with her companions in abandoned buildings.
• Lola told Bright that Moria had stolen their shadows and that sunlight would destroy them.
• Bright flew toward the castle to take back the shadows, while Lola’s companions worried about facing Moria.
• Lola reassured her companions that Moria was no match for Bright.

Bright attacked Moria’s castle and demanded that Moria return his friend’s stolen shadow. After Moria’s shadow techniques failed to hurt him, Bright seized Moria by the throat, but an unknown figure flew from the ruins to intervene.

• Bright blasted more than half of Moria’s castle apart with a Lightning Spear.
• Bright confronted Moria and demanded that he return his friend’s shadow.
• Moria attacked Bright with Shadow Spear, Scattering Bats, and Shadow Box, but none could injure him.
• Bright rushed Moria and grabbed him by the throat after Moria used Shadow Clone to evade him.
• Someone flew from the shattered ruins and ordered Bright to let Moria go.

Bright defeated Moria and restored Lola’s shadow, leaving Moria unconscious while his stolen shadows returned to their owners. Lola thanked Bright and proposed to him, but Bright refused as Katakuri spoke through a Den Den Mushi.

• Moria escaped Bright’s grasp by switching places with his shadow, then rejoiced when Perona appeared safely in the sky.
• Perona attacked Bright with Negative Ghosts, but his Haki nullified her ability.
• Bright released Conqueror’s Haki, knocking Perona unconscious and terrifying Moria.
• Moria tried to absorb the island’s shadows with Shadow’s Asgard, but Bright incapacitated him with Warrior’s Pierce.
• Moria’s unconsciousness ended his Devil Fruit ability, and the shadows returned to their owners as Bright flew to Lola.
• Lola thanked Bright, asked him to marry her, and heard Katakuri tell her not to cause trouble for Bright.

Bright defeated Moria, escorted Lola and her crew out of the Sea of Mist, and then returned toward the Red Line. After Bright left, Moria recovered and vowed to train and take revenge, while Lola's group spotted the Spade Pirates ahead.

• Bright told Katakuri that he had beaten Moria and left him alive, then agreed to escort Lola and her crew out of the dangerous waters.
• Bright gathered supplies, flew Lola's group beyond the mist, and warned them to be careful as they parted ways.
• Moria awoke among the ruins, realized Bright had left him alive, and swore revenge as he searched for Perona, Hogback, and Absalom.
• Lola's crew spotted the Spade Pirates and Lola ordered them to avoid a confrontation.

A World Government team led by Gion began infiltrating Fish-Man Island to target Tom and Dyna Stone, while the Five Elders discussed preparations for war and considered recruiting Fire Fist Ace as a Shichibukai. Bright learned that Ace had reached the Sabaody Archipelago and wondered whether to tell Rayleigh about Ace’s identity.

• Gion led a group of agents toward Fish-Man Island to investigate its industries and capture or kill Tom, then destroy Dyna Stone.
• The Five Elders acknowledged that the agents could not defeat Bright and ordered expanded fish-man forces and mass production of the Fishman Potion.
• The Five Elders approved Moria’s request to return to the New World and discussed filling vacant Shichibukai positions.
• The Five Elders chose Fire Fist Ace as a possible Shichibukai and ordered Cipher Pol to approach him at the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Bright read that Ace had reached the Sabaody Archipelago and wondered whether to tell Rayleigh about Ace’s identity.

Portgas D. Ace rejected the government’s offer to become a Shichibukai and hurried with the Spade Pirates toward Fish-Man Island to avoid the Navy. As their ship descended beneath the sea, Scal recognized the white-haired old man who had called out to Ace, but the chapter ended before he could name him.

• A government agent offered Portgas D. Ace the vacant Shichibukai position, but Ace refused by attacking the agents with Mirror Flame.
• Ace and Deuce realized their refusal could bring the Navy after them, so they rushed to their coated ship and set course for Fish-Man Island.
• A white-haired old man called out to Ace from a seaside rock, but Ace and Deuce did not recognize him.
• Scal recognized the old man as an extraordinary pirate and began to reveal his name as the ship sank beneath the water.

The Spade Pirates sailed toward Fish-Man Island as Rayleigh confirmed to Shakky that Ace was Roger’s son and asked Bright to show him how vast the sea was. Ace and his crew reached the island, where an approaching inspection stopped them before they could enter.

• Rayleigh and Shakky watched the Spade Pirates’ ship descend, and Rayleigh said Roger had identified Ace as his son and the inheritor of their will.
• Deuce realized that the man who saw them off was Rayleigh, while Ace denied having anything to do with him and told the crew to prepare for the deep-sea voyage.
• Ace named Bright, the Emperor of the Deep Sea, as the person he wanted to pay attention to, alarming Deuce and Scal.
• Rayleigh called Bright and asked him to let Ace witness the sea’s vastness; Bright agreed to make arrangements and said he would not go easy on Ace.
• The Spade Pirates reached the hollow beneath the Red Line and saw Fish-Man Island glowing inside its bubble.
• An approaching party halted the ship and called for a routine inspection.

At Mermaid Cafe, Bright anticipated an interesting visitor while Shyarly warned him not to make a mess. The Spade Pirates arrived at Fish-Man Island, where Hyouzou cautioned Ace to stay quiet, and Ace asked whether challenging Bright would count as provocation.

• Bright told Shyarly that an interesting fellow was on his way, and she asked him not to make too much of a mess.
• Three armored sea beasts and armed fish-men surrounded the Spade Pirates for Fish-Man Island’s routine inspection.
• Deuce explained the inspection to the panicked crew and agreed to cooperate, then accompanied a team of fish-men into the ship.
• Hyouzou arrived, recognized Ace, and warned him to keep quiet and avoid trouble on the island.
• Ace asked Hyouzou whether challenging Bright would count as provocation, leaving the fish-men stunned.

The Spade Pirates faced capture after Ace challenged Bright and angered Fish-Man Island. Bright ordered Hyouzou to take them to headquarters, leaving their fate in his hands.

• At the Mermaid Cafe, Bright said he found Ace more interesting than he had expected, and Shyarly wondered who he meant.
• Hyouzou revealed that Ace had offended all of Fish-Man Island by challenging Bright, and his fish-men and sea beasts prepared to attack the Spade Pirates.
• Hyouzou demonstrated the sea beasts' torpedoes, and Ace surrendered so the ship and crew would not be destroyed.
• Hyouzou shackled Ace with Seastone and called Bright, who ordered him to take the pirates to headquarters.
• Hyouzou brought Ace and the Spade Pirates ashore on Fish-Man Island.

Bright left Shyarly to meet Ace and the Spade Pirates at the Immigration Bureau headquarters on Fish-Man Island. After Ace demanded a duel and offered victory as the price for their freedom, Bright agreed to fight him.

• Bright invited Shyarly to watch him fight, but she chose to stay and make coffee while waiting for him to return.
• Hyouzou escorted the captured Ace and the Spade Pirates across Fish-Man Island, warning Ace to show respect to Bright.
• Hyouzou brought the prisoners to the Immigration Bureau headquarters, where Bright ordered their Seastone shackles removed.
• Ace challenged Bright to a duel, saying he would free the Spade Pirates if Ace won, and Bright agreed.

Bright let Ace and the Spade Pirates attack him together, but their flames, bullets, and weapons could not harm him. After Bright emerged unharmed from Ace’s point-blank Fire Fist, Deuce and the others were left terrified.

• Ace accepted Bright’s challenge, but Bright insisted that the entire Spade Pirates crew attack him together.
• Deuce and the crew chose to fight alongside Ace, while Hyouzou and his subordinates moved aside to watch.
• Ace struck Bright with Fire Fist and Firefly—Fire Dharma, but Bright emerged unharmed and warned them not to damage the headquarters.
• The Spade Pirates fired guns and charged with weapons, but their bullets shattered and their weapons broke against Bright.
• Ace hit Bright’s head with a point-blank Fire Fist, but Bright asked if they had any more interesting moves, leaving Deuce overwhelmed by fear.

Bright overwhelmed Ace and the Spade Pirates on the Immigration Bureau rooftop, crushing their strongest attacks and killing the crew members who stood against him. Ace lost consciousness as Bright prepared to finish him, while a female fish-man watched from an alley and considered whether the clash offered an opportunity.

• The Spade Pirates panicked when their attacks failed to hurt Bright, but Ace rallied them and launched his Flame Emperor attack.
• Bright casually redirected Ace’s fireball into the sky, and Ace realized his strongest move had been stopped with ease.
• A female fish-man watched the battle from a harbor alley and wondered whether Ace’s clash with Bright created an opportunity.
• Ace tried to make his companions flee, but Bright struck Deuce and Scal down before Ace could stop him.
• Bright continued attacking the Spade Pirates as Ace begged him to stop, until Ace lost the will to fight.
• Bright said Ace was the only one left and brought his fist down as Ace lost consciousness.

Ace woke after Bright defeated him and learned that his companions were alive. Bright spoke with him about the battle, then let him go find them.

• Ace woke in the Immigration Bureau, where Hyouzou told him that his companions were safe and that Bright wanted to see him.
• Ace followed Hyouzou to Bright's office despite the pain from his injuries.
• Bright asked Ace what he thought of their battle, and Ace admitted the gulf in their strength and resolved to grow stronger to protect his companions.
• Bright praised Ace's resolve and told him to go find his companions.

Bright explained that he had beaten Ace and his crew to show them the dangers of the New World, at Rayleigh’s request, while secretly protecting them from serious injuries. He offered to teach Ace Haki, but Ace remained hostile toward Roger and rejected the idea that the Pirate King was his father.

• Ace asked Bright why he had attacked the crew, and Bright explained that he wanted to warn them about the New World’s dangers.
• Bright revealed that he had protected Ace’s companions with Armament Haki so their injuries were only superficial.
• Ace guessed that Rayleigh had asked Bright to look after him, and Bright confirmed it, saying Rayleigh wanted Ace to understand the dangers ahead.
• Bright offered to teach Ace Haki, and Ace eagerly accepted before Bright revealed that he had met Roger and recognized Ace as his son.
• Ace angrily rejected Roger as his father and said he wished Roger had never brought him into the world.

Bright discussed Roger’s legacy with Ace and offered to teach him Haki after his injuries healed. As Ace and the Spade Pirates toured Fish-Man Island, an unseen follower reported on Ace’s connection to Bright and the search for Fish-Man Tom and Dyna Stone.

• Bright explained to Ace that Roger had caused great suffering but had also shaken the World Government, and urged him to learn more about his father.
• Bright sent Ace to rest, told him to keep their conversation confidential, and offered to teach him Haki once he recovered.
• Hyouzou reunited Ace with Deuce, Scal, and the other injured Spade Pirates, and Ace told them Bright meant them no harm and planned to teach them Haki.
• Hyouzou arranged a guide, and Ace and his companions toured Fish-Man Island without noticing that someone was following them.
• An unseen agent reported that the Spade Pirates were on Fish-Man Island and that Ace had connected with Bright, while Fish-Man Tom and Dyna Stone remained unlocated.

Bright began training Ace and his crew to use Haki, then learned that an unidentified group of Fish-Men had been secretly investigating Fish-Man Island. The intruders remained unlocated, and Bright suspected they were hiding in the deep sea while searching for the island’s weaknesses.

• Bright led Ace and his crew to the Sea Forest training grounds and explained that he would teach them Haki training methods and make them feel Haki through combat.
• Bright beat the group in a training session until nearly all of them, including Ace, collapsed from exhaustion.
• Arlong told Bright that Spider Web had discovered unfamiliar Fish-Men near the restricted Sea Forest and presented photographs of the suspects.
• Bright recognized none of the Fish-Men but felt something was off about one woman in the photographs.
• Arlong reported that the group had appeared only briefly at different locations, and Bright concluded they might be hiding in the deep sea near Fish-Man Island.

Bright enlisted Fish-Man Island and the Sea Kings to search the deep sea for unfamiliar fish-men, while the Five Elders concluded Pluto was being built at the Sea Forest and considered how to draw Bright away. After completing three days of Haki training for the Spade Pirates, Bright let Ace and his crew depart, and Ace vowed they would meet again at the pinnacle of the era.

• Bright asked Arlong to mobilize Fish-Man Island's intelligence network to watch for unfamiliar fish-men, then asked Shirahoshi to have the Sea Kings quietly search the surrounding deep sea.
• At Mary Geoise, the Five Elders suspected Tom was building Pluto in the Sea Forest and discussed luring Bright away so Gion and the others could destroy it.
• Bright completed three days of Haki training for the Spade Pirates and told them that further improvement depended on fighting powerful enemies.
• Ace thanked Bright for the training and promised to repay him, then declared that they would meet again at the pinnacle of the era.

The Spade Pirates left Fish-Man Island for the New World, unaware that a group of fish-men had been sent to pursue them. As their ship reached the dark waters beneath the New World, a fish-woman boarded, making clear the pursuers had come to attack.

• Ace said he looked forward to returning to Fish-Man Island and showing Bright how much he had improved.
• Shyarly asked Bright about his smile, and he said Ace had promised to beat him the next time they met.
• A group in a dark underwater cave learned that Ace and the Spade Pirates had left Fish-Man Island and ordered fish-men to pursue them while avoiding Sea Kings.
• The Spade Pirates sailed through the darkness toward the New World, and Ace eagerly anticipated meeting people connected to his brother and the strongest man in the world.
• As the ship reached the waters beneath the New World, Ace sensed something approaching and ordered the crew to turn on the lights.
• A fish-woman boarded the ship as other fish-men swam outside the bubble, and Ace realized they had not come to escort the crew.

Bright learned that a Fish-Man had been spotted near Alexander’s deep-sea nest and decided to move the hidden Dyna Stone to Fish-Man Island, leaving Kaido behind as bait. Ace woke in a Navy prison and learned the Government planned to use him against Bright, while Bright discovered in a newspaper that Ace was set for public execution.

• Bright asked Alexander about the Fish-Man spotted nearby, then decided to move the Dyna Stone to Fish-Man Island and leave Kaido in the nest to lure their enemies.
• Ace woke in a prison cell in Seastone shackles, wounded and separated from Deuce and the others.
• Vice Admiral Garp visited Ace and warned that the Government intended to use him against Bright because it saw Bright as an unprecedented threat.
• Bright read a newspaper announcing Ace’s public execution and wondered how Ace had been captured.

Bright and Tesoro suspected the Government was using Ace’s public execution to lure Bright away from Fish-Man Island while infiltrators targeted the island. Bright decided to leave deliberately and turn the trap against its planners; a week later, Ace’s execution was set to begin at Navy G-1 Base.

• Tesoro and Bright discussed Ace’s impending public execution and concluded that the Government’s motives seemed suspicious.
• Bright told Tesoro about mysterious fish-men spying on Fish-Man Island, and Tesoro guessed the execution was meant to draw Bright away so they could act.
• Bright agreed to leave Fish-Man Island to investigate the fish-men, confident the Government could not easily seize the island in his absence.
• The Five Elders discussed whether the execution would lure Bright away and confirmed they had instructed Sengoku to keep Garp under control.
• A week later, the time for Ace’s execution arrived at Navy G-1 Base.

At Navy G-1 Base, Ace and the Spade Pirates faced a public execution while Kizaru waited for Bright to appear. Bright arrived as a dragon, unleashing a powerful wave of Conqueror’s Haki just as the Marines prepared to strike, and the Navy began its operation.

• Ace blamed himself for the Spade Pirates’ public execution because of his identity and his connection to Bright.
• Kizaru ordered the shackled Spade Pirates onto the execution platform and waited for the scheduled execution.
• At noon, Kizaru ordered the executioners to kill the pirates, and Ace prepared to die.
• The sea boiled and rose as Bright appeared in dragon form, and his Conqueror’s Haki knocked out the Marines around the platform.
• Kizaru faced Bright from atop the platform as someone inside G-1 Base ordered the operation to begin and shadows spread beneath the sea.

The Five Elders sent Gion and other forces to attack Fish-Man Island while Bright was away, hoping to destroy Pluto, seize the Dyna Stone, and eliminate him. At G-1 Base, Bright confronted the Navy’s top officers and asked Sengoku whether the strange fish-men on Fish-Man Island were connected to them.

• The Five Elders rejoiced that Bright had appeared at G-1 Base and ordered forces to attack Fish-Man Island and target him.
• Gion divided her forces to attack the Sea Forest and Ryugu Palace, capture Kaido, and search for the Dyna Stone and Mermaid Princess.
• Bright arrived at G-1 Base to face the Navy, brushing off Ace’s protests that he should leave.
• Bright attacked the headquarters with Heat Breath, but an unseen power reflected the fire before Kizaru, Fujitora, Ryokugyu, and Sengoku emerged.
• Bright faced Sengoku and asked whether the strange fish-men found on Fish-Man Island were connected to the Navy.

Bright learned that Navy Admiral candidate Gion and others had been turned into Fish-Men and were behind the trouble on Fish-Man Island, while Ace warned him that the Navy had captured them and that a traitor was involved. Sengoku and three Admirals confronted Bright, and the chapter ended as they launched a combined attack against his Flame Dragon.

• Bright read Sengoku's thoughts and realized that Vegapunk had transformed Gion and others into Fish-Men.
• Ace shouted that the Navy had captured him and his companions and warned Bright that Fish-Man Island had a traitor.
• Sengoku accused Bright of facing opposition from his own people, while Aramaki urged him to surrender to the Government.
• Sengoku transformed into a golden Buddha, and Aramaki, Fujitora, and Kizaru prepared to fight alongside him.
• Fujitora summoned a meteor as Bright became a gigantic Flame Dragon and charged the Admirals, melting the meteor on contact.
• Sengoku, Kizaru, Fujitora, and Aramaki began attacking Bright together.