Recaps

Bright trained under Jinbe while sharing stories of the surface with the mermaids at Shyarly’s shop. Arlong chose to wait and see whether Bright could earn Fish-Man Island the respect it wanted, rejecting Hody’s plan to kill Bright and Jinbe and overthrow Neptune.

• Bright ate at Shyarly’s shop and told the mermaid ladies about life on the surface.
• Arlong asked Jinbe whether Bright could become powerful enough to change how humans treated Fish-Man Island, and Jinbe assured him Bright had that potential.
• Jinbe told Bright that Arlong seemed moved by their conversation, and Bright welcomed the news.
• Bright continued training for more than a week, growing stronger, tougher, and quicker to recover despite failing to awaken Haki.
• Hody urged Arlong to kill Bright and Jinbe and overthrow Neptune, but Arlong said he would wait to see whether Bright could earn the world’s respect.

Hody rejected Arlong’s changed outlook and resolved to pursue his Fish-Man Empire dream himself, while Bright continued training under Jinbe. After struggling with water control, Bright proposed using his electricity ability to amplify Fish-Man Karate, and Jinbe agreed to test the idea.

• Hody told his companions that Arlong wanted to wait and see whether Bright could change things, then declared he would make their dream come true himself.
• Hody said he had roughly located the Tamate Box and called for more companions to join his plans against Bright and Jinbe.
• Bright asked Jinbe to have military contacts watch Hody, and Jinbe agreed to enlist his old friends.
• Bright spent more than a month training, improving in Fish-Man Karate while making little progress with Haki.
• Jinbe told Bright that his water control remained crude, and Bright suggested using electricity instead; Jinbe agreed to try the idea.

Bright trained with Jinbe to develop Current Drive, a Fish-Man Karate technique that used electric current, while his body gradually adapted to the electrical damage. When several mermaids disappeared from Mermaid Bay, Bright learned that a new danger had reached Fish-Man Island.

• Bright told Shyarly and the mermaid workers that he was training a new move, and Nana said she wanted to become strong enough to protect them.
• Bright practiced Current Drive with Jinbe and managed to control electricity, but his punch still caused the current to burst outward and hurt him.
• Bright's Giant Water Bear adaptability helped his body become increasingly resistant to electrical bursts, and Jinbe predicted the new martial art would soon be complete.
• Bright returned to Mermaid Cafe and found it closed, where Shyarly told him that several mermaids had disappeared from Mermaid Bay.

After mermaids vanished from Mermaid Bay, Bright joined Jinbe to respond as more kidnappings sparked panic and Fish-Man District unrest. While Neptune rushed to contain a riot at the port, a hidden intruder exploited the palace’s distraction to reach a concealed area.

• Shyarly divined that the missing mermaids were trapped in a dark room and warned Bright that more people had been taken than the four reported missing.
• Bright left Mermaid Cafe to find Jinbe, who told him that two more mermaids had disappeared.
• A Hody underling inflamed fish-men by blaming humans and Ryugu Palace soldiers for the kidnappings, leading thousands toward the port.
• Jinbe called for Ryugu Palace to intervene, and Neptune hurried out with soldiers to restore order.
• After Ryugu Palace fell quiet, a hidden figure slipped toward a concealed part of the palace.

Bright followed a suspected accomplice to the Fish-Man District and found Hody attacking Arlong and the Sun Pirates. Bright interrupted Hody just as he was about to kill Arlong, and the two prepared to fight.

• Neptune and Jinbe calmed the angry fish-men at the port while Bright followed a blue fish-man he suspected was connected to Hody.
• Hody told an accomplice that they would kill the captured mermaids and frame humans, then planned to lure Bright back to the Fish-Man District.
• Hody attacked Arlong and the Sun Pirates at Arlong's residence, overpowering them and declaring his plan to rule the world.
• Hody raised Arlong's sword to kill him, but Bright struck Hody with lightning and entered the residence.
• Hody welcomed Bright, and Bright said he had come to take him down.

Bright confronted Hody over the mermaid kidnappings and defeated him and his drug-enhanced subordinates. As Bright called Aladdin to report that the mermaids were in danger, Aladdin told him they had already been found.

• Bright questioned Hody about the missing mermaids, and Hody accused him of killing Arlong and vowed revenge.
• Hody and his three subordinates took Rage Drug ES, but Bright transformed and swiftly slammed Hody into the ground.
• Bright struck the three subordinates with lightning and fought Hody, whose drug-fueled strength and recovery could not withstand Bright's attacks.
• Bright incapacitated Hody and called Aladdin to urge Jinbe and Neptune to search for the mermaids.
• Aladdin told Bright that the mermaids had already been found, leaving Bright and Jeo stunned.

Bright rescued the kidnapped mermaids, defeated Hody and recovered the energy steroids. King Neptune invited Bright to lead Fish-Man Island's army, but Bright first asked what Neptune planned to do about the island's ongoing dangers.

• Shyarly’s divination helped the fish-men escort the mermaid ladies to the apartments, where they found humans fighting Hody’s men over the imprisoned mermaids.
• Jinbe told Bright that the humans had refused to kill the mermaids, and Bright learned that the captives had been rescued and Hody’s human collaborators arrested.
• Arlong praised Bright’s strength and proposed uniting Fish-Man District, overthrowing Ryugu Palace, and building a fish-man nation on the surface.
• Jinbe arrived with Neptune, and Bright showed them the bag of energy steroids he had found on Hody and his subordinates.
• Neptune invited Bright to join the army and lead it, but Bright asked what Neptune planned to do to prevent future kidnappings of mermaids.

Bright discussed tighter controls on human ships with Neptune, who agreed that trafficking had to be stopped but worried that inspections would damage Fish-Man Island’s fragile trade. Bright returned to Mermaid Cafe with a new idea about the island’s resources, while Arlong declared that the lightning had announced the birth of Fish-Man Island’s Star of Hope.

• Bright urged Neptune to tighten immigration controls to prevent human traffickers from abducting mermaids, but Neptune explained that Fish-Man Island depended on passing ships for essential trade.
• Neptune invited Bright to join the kingdom’s leadership, but Bright said he wanted to focus on training, and Neptune asked him to contact Jinbe if he changed his mind.
• On the way back to Mermaid Cafe, Bright realized that Fish-Man Island’s supposedly resource-poor seabed might offer a solution to the island’s economic troubles.
• Bright returned to find Nana being praised by the rescued mermaids, and Shyarly told him to pursue what he wanted while she supported him.
• In the Fish-Man District, Arlong told the fish-men who gathered near his ruined house that the lightning had announced the birth of Fish-Man Island’s Star of Hope.

Bright discussed mining seafloor minerals with Jinbe while training, then learned that Arlong had been calling him Fish-Man Island’s Star of Hope. Encouraged by Jinbe and the fish-men who cheered for him, Bright decided to try changing the island, but a drunken challenger interrupted before he could speak.

• Bright proposed mining seafloor minerals to attract human merchants and help Fish-Man Island develop trade and industry, and Jinbe agreed to discuss it with Neptune.
• Bright sparred with Jinbe and showed greater control of Current Drive, though Jinbe said he still had not grasped its essence.
• Bright and Jinbe encountered Mark, who told Bright that people were calling him the Star of Hope of Fish-Man Island.
• At a tavern, Bright overheard Arlong proclaiming him a future leader, and Jinbe publicly supported Arlong’s praise.
• Remembering Fisher Tiger and the people of Fish-Man Island, Bright entered the tavern and decided to try changing the island.
• A drunken fish-man challenged Bright’s new reputation, saying he would not acknowledge Bright until Bright defeated him.

Bright defeated Hyouzou and won recognition as the new boss of the Fish-Man District. He planned to unite its gangs and begin changing the district, while Shyarly encouraged him to keep moving toward the future she had foreseen.

• Bright accepted Hyouzou's challenge to prove his strength and claim leadership of the Fish-Man District.
• Bright evaded Hyouzou's eight-sword attack with lightning-fast movement and slammed him into the ground until he could no longer fight.
• Hyouzou acknowledged Bright, and the Fishmen cheered for Bright as their new boss.
• Bright declared that he would lead the Fish-Man District forward, while Arlong and Jinbe supported him.
• Bright told Shyarly that unifying the district would be difficult because of its many gangs, and Shyarly urged him to pursue the future she had seen.
• Bright soon faced another challenge from Fishmen who demanded to know whether he had asked them before trying to become boss.

Bright fought to unify Fish-Man District and faced a coalition of more than a thousand fish-men in a final battle. He defeated them, won their recognition as leader, and awakened Haki as the district cheered him on.

• Bright defeated another gang leader, who pledged to follow him, bringing him close to unifying Fish-Man District.
• Arlong told Bright that the remaining holdouts were joining forces against him, and Bright agreed to face them that night.
• Jinbe told Bright that his Armament and Observation Haki training was nearly complete and suggested the battle might help him awaken Haki.
• Bright confronted the opposing leaders and declared he would fight their force of more than a thousand fish-men alone.
• Bright overwhelmed the coalition with his speed and strength until they surrendered and recognized him as their leader.
• Bright awakened Haki around his fist, raised it to the cheering crowd, and promised to lead Fish-Man District forward.

Bright continued strengthening his Haki and persuaded Jinbe and Arlong to prepare Fish-Man District fighters for the future. He met King Neptune at Ryugu Palace and proposed that Bright’s forces establish an Immigration Bureau to inspect humans entering and leaving Fish-Man Island.

• Bright sparred with Jinbe and reflected on how much training his newly awakened Armament Haki still needed.
• Arlong urged Bright to overthrow Neptune, but Bright and Jinbe redirected him toward training, and Bright proposed organized training for talented young fishmen.
• Jinbe arranged a meeting with Neptune, who welcomed Bright and praised his efforts to unite the Fish-Man District.
• Bright discussed seabed mineral mining with Neptune, then proposed an Immigration Bureau to protect Fish-Man Island by inspecting humans entering and leaving.
• Neptune objected that Bright should show the king more respect, while Bright insisted his group would establish the bureau even without royal approval.

Bright persuaded King Neptune to approve a new ship-inspection organization and a seabed-mining venture, while arguing with Queen Otohime over how Fish-Man Island should engage with humans. The chapter ended as Princess Shirahoshi accidentally knocked Otohime down during their reunion.

• Bright argued that Fish-Man Island needed to become strong before pursuing greater contact with humans, and Neptune agreed to let him establish an organization to inspect incoming and outgoing ships.
• Bright explained how seabed minerals could attract human traders, and Neptune agreed that Ryugu Palace would oversee surveying and mining.
• Bright asked that mining workers be recruited from Fish-Man District, and Neptune agreed to establish the Fish-Man Island Mining Company for the island's citizens.
• At a banquet, Shirahoshi ran to greet Otohime and knocked her to the floor.

Bright secured Neptune’s support for a Fish-Man Island mining company and an Immigration Bureau, then rallied the Fish-Man District to prepare for the new initiatives. He left the district’s leaders with plans to hire local miners and recruit a ten-thousand-person force to control outsiders.

• Otohime injured herself while embracing Shirahoshi, then introduced Bright to her children at the banquet.
• Neptune announced Bright’s appointment to establish the Immigration Bureau and the creation of the Fish-Man Island Mining Company, despite the ministers’ objections.
• Bright returned to the Fish-Man District with Jinbe and told Arlong that the talks had gone smoothly and that he would announce two pieces of good news the next day.
• Bright gathered the district’s leaders and announced that the mining company would prioritize hiring local workers at generous pay.
• Bright called for about ten thousand obedient fighters to form an organization that would manage people entering and leaving Fish-Man Island.

Bright organized the Immigration Bureau to protect Fish-Man Island, recruiting ten thousand fish-men and merfolk before beginning their training. Jinbe took charge of turning the unruly recruits into disciplined warriors.

• Fish-Man District residents reacted enthusiastically to Bright’s plans for undersea mining and an armed force, while mermaid girls at the café celebrated his decision to protect the island.
• Bright comforted Nana and shared a hopeful look with Shyarly as recruitment drew far more applicants than the ten thousand places available.
• After three days of screening, Bright and Jinbe observed the recruits assembled at Sea Forest and agreed that they needed strict training and discipline.
• Bright addressed the recruits, demanding obedience, proper conduct, and loyalty to Fish-Man Island; Hyouzou joined the force and agreed to follow the rules for good pay.
• Jinbe divided the recruits into battalions, companies, and squads, then began training them in obedience and teamwork.

Bright used a speech about Fish-Man Island’s past suffering to inspire the recruits to train as its defenders, while Jinbe oversaw their discipline. After training, Bright proposed that Arlong help tame sea beasts for underwater combat, and Jinbe agreed to manage the recruits.

• Bright explained that the drills were meant to turn the Fish-Man District punks into a disciplined team, then joined them for lunch.
• Bright reminded the recruits that Fish-Man Island might face renewed danger and urged them to protect their home and families.
• The recruits shared memories of human attacks and slavery, then vowed together to grow strong and defend the island.
• Jinbe and Bright agreed that the recruits’ discipline and enthusiasm had improved, though Bright worried their hatred of humans would deepen.
• Bright asked Arlong to help tame sea beasts for underwater combat, and Jinbe agreed to continue training the recruits.

Bright subdued a giant sea lion for his planned combat force and noticed a spectacular battle stirring up murky water nearby. The chapter ended as he and the others approached to investigate.

• Fish-Man District residents noticed that the neighborhood had grown quieter as Bright's training changed its troublemakers.
• Bright learned that the mineral survey was still underway and that the mining company had not yet opened.
• A search party found an adult sea lion sleeping in an undersea cavern and brought Bright and Arlong to it.
• Bright defeated the sea lion with overwhelming force and made it submit, then had it carry the group back.
• Bright noticed murky water in the distance, sent the sea lion to investigate, and approached a spectacular battle.

Bright and Arlong witnessed a battle between two Sea Kings, then returned to Fish-Man Island with a captured sea lion. Bright announced plans to equip each company with a sea beast, and Jinbe made the sea lion a prize for the battalion that performed best in upcoming training.

• Bright and Arlong saw a giant Lizard Scorpion Shrimp defeat a Crow Snake, and both Sea Kings disappeared into the deep sea.
• Bright led the captured sea lion back to Fish-Man Island and fitted it with a bubble ring so it could fly through the air.
• Bright brought the sea lion to the training ground, where the warriors cheered at his successful capture.
• Bright announced that every company could eventually have a sea beast to assist it in battle.
• Jinbe declared that the battalion performing best in the upcoming training would earn the right to raise the sea lion.

Bright continued training and expanding the Immigration Bureau’s sea-beast force while preparing for its preliminary launch. The chapter ended with Bright agreeing to let Prince Shark Star join the Bureau, on the condition that he would not receive special treatment.

• Bright hired searchers in Fish-Man District and captured three more sea beasts, assigning them to the best-performing squads as the warriors worked to bond with their new companions.
• Jinbe told Bright the Immigration Bureau’s preliminary training would be complete in about a week, and Bright accepted that they would not reach ten sea beasts in time.
• Bright and Jinbe discussed the Lizard Shrimp Sea King’s repeated fights near Fish-Man Island, and Jinbe told Bright to drive it away if it returned.
• Bright captured another sea beast over the following days, bringing their total to five, but did not see the Lizard Shrimp Sea King again.
• Queen Otohime brought Shark Star to the Mermaid Cafe, where the prince asked Bright to let him join the Immigration Bureau to help protect Fish-Man Island.
• Bright agreed to Shark Star’s request but warned him he would not be treated like a prince, and Shark Star excitedly embraced his mother.

Bright welcomed Shark Star into the Immigration Bureau and showed him the sea-beast-catching work, while Shyarly hinted that Bright might gain something unexpected. During a hunt, a gigantic hammer-tailed beast descended and attacked Bright, leaving them facing off on the seafloor.

• Queen Otohime was injured when Shark Star hugged her too enthusiastically, and Bright reflected on how her request for help could strengthen ties with Ryugu Palace.
• Bright spoke with Shyarly about his growing caution toward the future, and she hinted that he might receive an unexpected gain.
• Bright brought Shark Star to the training ground and assigned him to the Immigration Bureau under Arlong's watch.
• Shark Star organized Arlong's financial records before Arlong took him to watch Bright catch a sea beast.
• Bright demonstrated his strength by hurling a giant sea beast, impressing Shark Star with his ability to protect Fish-Man Island.
• A massive hammer-tailed beast crashed down toward Bright, who dodged its attack and prepared to confront it.

Bright fought a colossal Sea King whose attacks battered him while its roaring filled his head with unbearable noise. The sounds finally became clear to him, and he began hearing the beast’s words as it resumed attacking.

• The Sea King attacked Bright, and he transformed into his Dragon Human form and kicked its tail club away.
• Bright’s lightning shocked the Sea King, but it struck him with successive claws and smashed him into the seabed.
• Bright struggled to dodge the Sea King’s barrage while the roaring voices in his head grew louder, leaving him bloodied and unable to think.
• The Sea King paused its assault, and Bright’s mind erupted in a blinding flash before the noise became clear.
• Bright heard the Sea King challenge him to fight, dodged its next claw, and wondered why its attacks were making sounds.

Bright awakened a sound-based form of Observation Haki, defeated the Sea King Alexander, and discovered he could communicate with it. He left the encounter trying to recruit Alexander by offering to teach it how to become stronger.

• Bright used his newly awakened Observation Haki to anticipate the Sea King's attacks and knock it down with a powerful punch.
• Bright transformed into a crimson dragon, coiled around the Sea King's neck, and electrocuted it until it could no longer fight.
• Bright tested his ability to sense vibrations as sounds and found that he could communicate with the Sea King, who identified Shirahoshi as its king.
• The Sea King introduced itself as Alexander and said it awaited the return of the kings, then accepted defeat and braced for Bright to kill it.
• Bright offered Alexander friendship instead of death and tempted it with a chance to learn his power and become stronger.

Bright befriended Alexander the Sea King and revealed to Jinbe and Neptune that he could communicate with Sea Kings, learning that Shirahoshi was their ruler. More than a week later, Bright prepared to launch the Immigration Bureau’s formal operations with a sea beast as a reward for its newly trained warriors.

• Bright and Alexander became friends, agreeing that Bright would teach him Haki and Alexander would help whenever Bright needed him.
• Bright told Arlong and Shark Star to keep Alexander’s existence secret, then began teaching Alexander Haki.
• Bright told Jinbe that his awakened Observation Haki let him communicate with Sea Kings, and Jinbe insisted that the secret remain private.
• Bright told Neptune that the Sea Kings’ ruler was on Fish-Man Island, and Neptune confirmed that it was Shirahoshi.
• Over a week passed as Bright and Alexander captured sea beasts, bringing the Immigration Bureau’s reserves to eleven.
• Bright and Jinbe chose the leftover sea beast as a reward for the trained warriors as the Immigration Bureau prepared to begin formal operations.

Bright officially launched Fish-Man Island’s Immigration Bureau, assigning its forces to patrol the island and inspect incoming ships. As the bureau began work, Bright and Jinbe prepared its warriors for advanced training, while Neptune and Otohime considered the risks of the new policy.

• Bright declared the Immigration Bureau open and told its warriors to defend Fish-Man Island, then sent them to their assigned patrol posts.
• Bright explained the bureau’s inspection and deployment plan, and Hyouzou asked how they should respond to humans who tried to force their way onto the island; Bright ordered them to fight back.
• Jinbe offered to train Arlong, and Bright assigned Arlong and Shark Star to advanced lessons in Fishman Karate and Haki.
• The new troops spread throughout Fish-Man Island, drawing residents’ attention; Shyarly said Bright hoped the islanders would no longer have to look up to others.
• Neptune backed Bright’s approach to earning human respect, while Otohime worried about the conflicts it could cause.
• Hyouzou took position outside the gates with the sea-beast patrols, eager for an approaching ship to challenge the bureau.

Donald, a sea merchant traveling between the Sabaody Archipelago and Fish-Man Island, encountered the island’s new Immigration Bureau and its strict inspections and registration rules. After witnessing pirates being attacked for refusing inspection, he recognized the upheaval as a business opportunity and set out to meet the Director.

• Donald sailed toward Fish-Man Island with a ship full of goods and spotted Giant Axe Cecil’s pirate ship ahead.
• A uniformed fish-man identified his patrol as a unit of Fish-Man Island’s Immigration Bureau and ordered an inspection; Donald agreed after seeing a sea beast destroy the pirate ship that resisted.
• The fish-men searched Donald’s ship, confiscated its weapons, questioned the crew, and issued inspection records and photo passes required to travel around Fish-Man Island.
• At the harbor, Donald saw blue-uniformed soldiers and a sea beast, then learned that pirates had fought the patrol after refusing inspection.
• When his subordinate worried that business would suffer, Donald called the new rules a business opportunity and headed to meet the Director.