Recaps

Bright returned to Fish-Man Island and worked to reassure its people after the turmoil, while the Charlotte Family agreed to supply the island with ingredients. At Mermaid Cafe, Shyarly comforted Bright and urged him to face the future with confidence, prophesying a happy life for them.

• Perospero told Bright that Charlotte Linlin would support his efforts, and Bright secured ingredient supplies from the Charlotte Family for Fish-Man Island.
• Bright decided that continued development and sincere speeches with Neptune would help dispel the citizens’ fear and stabilize the island.
• At Mermaid Cafe, Mirian told Bright that Nana had become friends with Shirahoshi, and Bright promised he would not change his conduct toward Fish-Man Island.
• After the other mermaids left, Shyarly embraced Bright in the kitchen and encouraged him to overcome every obstacle before welcoming their happy future.

Bright watched Master Tom and Franky demonstrate a powerful underwater warship and new weapons for sea beasts, then ordered them into mass production. Before Bright could find Shyarly, Arlong told him that an old acquaintance had returned to Fish-Man District.

• Master Tom showed Bright a steel submarine that could withstand deep-sea pressure and move at great speed.
• Tom and Franky demonstrated the submarine’s torpedoes, which blasted apart part of the seabed.
• Bright approved the submarine and its torpedoes and ordered the armory to begin mass production.
• Bright inspected Franky’s close-combat, ranged, and surface weapons for sea beasts and ordered those weapons produced as well.
• Arlong told Bright that an old acquaintance had returned to Fish-Man District.

Haku returned to Fish-Man District with fellow fish-men intending to recruit fighters, but seeing the island’s prosperity made him reconsider. After learning that Bright and Jinbe opposed the World Government, Haku agreed to talk with them despite having abandoned his mission.

• Haku and his companions toured the thriving Fish-Man District and doubted they could recruit residents to fight.
• Jinbe reunited with Haku and introduced him to Bright and Arlong.
• Over a meal, Jinbe asked Haku to stay and help Fish-Man Island, but Haku initially declined because he had his own cause to pursue.
• Arlong spoke of establishing a fish-man nation on the surface, and Bright explained that the World Government and Celestial Dragons were obstacles to that goal.
• Haku realized Bright and Jinbe considered the World Government their enemy and agreed to have a proper talk with them.

Bright sought an alliance between Fish-Man Island and the Revolutionary Army, and Haku revealed his affiliation to Jinbe and Bright. After Koala spoke with them and Dragon agreed to meet, the chapter ended with Dragon setting out for Fish-Man Island.

• Bright convinced Haku that Fish-Man Island and the Revolutionary Army could become strong partners against the World Government.
• Haku told Jinbe, Arlong, and Bright that he had joined the Revolutionary Army, and Bright asked to speak with Dragon.
• Haku contacted Dragon, but Koala joined the call and happily greeted Bright and Jinbe.
• Arlong blamed Koala for Fisher Tiger's death, but Koala said she wanted to honor Fisher Tiger by changing a world divided by racial hatred.
• Bright agreed to trust Dragon, and Dragon decided to travel to Fish-Man Island to discuss cooperation in person.

Bright kept the Revolutionary Army’s visit secret, then learned Doflamingo had claimed a New World country and arranged for the Charlotte Family to pressure him. Two days later, Dragon arrived at Bright’s office, and they discussed cooperating to change Fish-Man Island’s status.

• Bright, Jinbe, Haku, and Arlong agreed to keep Dragon’s planned visit secret, and Haku’s group set out to revisit Fish-Man Island.
• Tesoro told Bright that Doflamingo had seized a non-member country near Dressrosa and crowned himself king.
• Bright asked Tesoro to use the Charlotte Family to trouble Doflamingo, then Perospero agreed to report the request to Linlin.
• Two mornings later, Dragon arrived at Bright’s office, and Bright proposed cooperation between the Revolutionary Army and Fish-Man Island.

Bright and Dragon formed an alliance between Fish-Man Island and the Revolutionary Army to oppose the World Government. After Dragon left, Bright learned that Doflamingo had allied with Kaido and resolved to train harder as tensions mounted.

• Bright told Dragon that Fish-Man Island needed to help drive the revolution so it could become an influential force in the new government.
• Dragon praised Fish-Man Island's prosperity and joined hands with Bright, agreeing to an alliance.
• Bright and Dragon discussed secretly building strength before striking the World Government, though their organizations had little practical aid to offer each other yet.
• Dragon left Fish-Man Island with Haku and the others, leaving a fish-man behind as a liaison.
• Perospero told Bright that Doflamingo had allied with Kaido, preventing the Charlotte Family from moving against him directly.
• Bright decided to leave Doflamingo alone for now and train with Rayleigh every night to prepare for future conflict.

Bright sparred with Rayleigh at sea, showing off his rapidly improving physical techniques and elemental attacks. Rayleigh declared Bright’s hardening training complete and said he could begin learning more advanced Haki techniques, while Conqueror’s Haki Infusion remained beyond his reach.

• Bright used Geppo and several lightning, fire, and wind attacks against Rayleigh, but Rayleigh stopped them with his overwhelming Haki.
• Bright and Rayleigh’s sparring scorched Alexander, the Warrior Shrimp carrying them, and Bright apologized while Alexander welcomed the training.
• After the fight, Rayleigh said Bright’s hardening was strong enough and that he could move on to advanced Haki training.
• Bright asked about Conqueror’s Haki Infusion, but Rayleigh said Bright still needed far greater strength and control in all three types of Haki.
• Rayleigh reflected on Bright’s exceptional growth and wondered whether he might one day surpass Roger, while Bright headed back to sleep before the next training session.

Bright reflected on Fish-Man Island’s economic growth while having breakfast, then Tesoro persuaded him to appear in a romance movie meant to showcase the island’s prosperity and strength. Bright agreed to play himself as filming continued on Fish-Man Island.

• Bright greeted workers on their way to work and thought about Fish-Man Island’s expanding economy and the limits of its industrial growth.
• Tesoro arrived at Bright’s breakfast shop and insisted that Bright join his movie shoot.
• Bright agreed that showing Fish-Man Island to the world could help demonstrate its strength and reduce pressure on the island.
• Bright learned that Tesoro’s film, Ten Thousand Meters Deep Love, followed a human merchant and a mermaid who fell in love and fought off pirates.
• Bright was set to play himself, obstructing the couple’s relationship at first and later fighting the pirates attacking Fish-Man Island.

Bright joined Tesoro’s film shoot on Fish-Man Island, then learned that Doflamingo was stoking a war near Dressrosa. Bright offered Tesoro a fleet to help stop it and decided he would accompany him, intrigued by Elizabello II’s King's Punch.

• Bright watched Tesoro film a musical beach scene with the male and female leads, then struggled with his own acting when Hyouzou and the Immigration Bureau soldiers joined the shoot.
• During a filming break, Tesoro told Bright that war had broken out near Dressrosa and that King Riku planned to meet with other kings to pursue peace.
• Bright concluded that Doflamingo was provoking the conflict to make Dressrosa suffer and offered Tesoro a fleet to help stop the war.
• Tesoro explained that the conflict had not yet reached Prodence and praised Elizabello II’s powerful King's Punch.
• Bright decided to accompany Tesoro, realizing King's Punch might suit him because of its enormous physical cost.

Bright completed his year of Haki training with Rayleigh, learning the principles of advanced Armament Haki before preparing to travel to the New World. Rayleigh sent him off with confidence that he would change the world, while Bright promised to return with liquor.

• Bright told Rayleigh he planned to travel to the New World and hurried to begin their final lesson.
• Rayleigh taught Bright how to make Armament Haki flow and explained how that technique led to Internal Destruction.
• Bright practiced but could not yet make his Haki flow, and Rayleigh told him that training and battle would help him master it.
• Bright thanked Rayleigh for guiding his Haki training over the past year, and Rayleigh said he looked forward to Bright changing the world.
• Bright promised to bring Rayleigh more liquor after returning from the New World, and Rayleigh allowed him to teach the techniques to others.

After learning advanced Armament Haki from Rayleigh, Bright taught the technique to Alexander, Jinbe, and Tesoro while preparing for a mission in the New World. When war broke out between several countries and King Riku went to intervene, Bright and Tesoro mobilized a deep-sea fleet to set out.

• Bright practiced advanced Haki on the journey back and taught Alexander how to make Haki flow and release it.
• The day after returning to Fish-Man Island, Bright taught Jinbe the technique and told him he planned to go to the New World with Tesoro.
• Bright shared the advanced Haki method with Tesoro, who said he was close to awakening his Devil Fruit ability.
• Tesoro told Bright that a joint fleet had defeated two countries and that King Riku had gone to Prodence to stop the war.
• Bright mobilized ten thousand troops, ten sea beasts, and five warships, and led the deep-sea fleet out of Fish-Man Island as Tesoro filmed them.

Prodence and King Riku’s fleet faced a sudden assault from five allied kings, but Fish-Man Island’s Immigration Bureau intervened with sea beasts and powerful weapons. Its commander announced that they had come to end the war, leaving the opposing kings silent.

• King Elizabello II tried to prepare his devastating punch as the enemy fleet aimed its cannons at Prodence.
• The enemy fleet fired, and Elizabello II destroyed the incoming cannonballs and scattered its ships with a single punch.
• King Riku prepared to approach the enemy fleet, but the sea churned as Fish-Man Island’s Immigration Bureau arrived.
• The Bureau’s sea beasts and shuttle-shaped steel ships bombarded the fleet, scattering and overturning several warships.
• A tall man standing on a sea beast declared that they had come to end the war, and King Riku welcomed their arrival.

Doflamingo discussed how to exploit the failed attack on Fish-Man Island by provoking conflict between it and the Charlotte Family. After Bright helped defeat the invading kings, he formed a five-nation trade alliance and secured Elizabello II’s permission to learn King’s Punch.

• Doflamingo told Diamante that the failed provocation still pushed the targeted countries toward the Donquixote Family and considered stirring up trouble between Fish-Man Island and the Charlotte Family.
• Bright and Tesoro arrived in Prodence, where the five invading kings surrendered and the displaced rulers demanded that they be punished and their countries pay compensation.
• Bright proposed a five-nation free trade zone and Fish-Man Island investments in factories, and the rulers agreed to form an alliance.
• Bright suggested occupying the defeated kings’ countries and backing opposition forces into power, then celebrated with Tesoro at a banquet in Prodence.
• Bright asked Elizabello II to teach him the Elizabello Family’s King’s Punch, and Elizabello agreed and gave him its training method.

Bright learned to channel King's Punch by converting his stored energy into a devastating strike, then left with Tesoro as the Five Elders discussed the war and Doflamingo. As Bright's fleet traveled toward Fish-Man Island, an urgent call from the Five Elders reached him near Prodence waters, but their message was cut off.

• Bright used his stored energy to unleash a King's Punch that blasted Tesoro into a wall.
• King Elizabello and the other kings prepared to occupy the five nations, while Bright gave them weapons and departed with Tesoro.
• The Five Elders praised Bright's role in ending the war and debated how Fish-Man Island had acquired its powerful weapons.
• The Five Elders discussed Doflamingo's bid to make a country under his control Government-affiliated before an urgent message arrived from Navy Headquarters.
• As Bright's fleet submerged near Prodence waters, the Five Elders called him and began issuing an urgent order.

Miss Bakkin and Whitey Bay Jr. attacked Zephyr and slaughtered his Navy recruits, leaving Zephyr badly wounded. Bright arrived with a companion and offered help, setting up a confrontation with Whitey Bay Jr.

• Miss Bakkin killed Zephyr’s recruits while Whitey Bay Jr. fought Zephyr and blocked his attempts to reach her.
• Bakkin used a recruit as bait, allowing Whitey Bay Jr. to sever Zephyr’s right arm and send him crashing into the cabin.
• Zephyr returned to the fight despite his injury and ordered his students to run as Bakkin told Whitey Bay Jr. to hold him back.
• Bright and a companion arrived atop a sea beast, and Bright told Zephyr that the Five Elders had sent them to help.
• Bakkin ordered Whitey Bay Jr. to attack Bright and his companion, while Bright considered testing the King’s Punch.

Bright confronted Edward Weevil and Miss Bakkin alongside Zephyr, then revealed the devastating power of King's Punch. Weevil and Bakkin fled, while Bright directed Zephyr to move the Marines off the sinking warship.

• Bright warned Tesoro not to underestimate Weevil and told Zephyr to prepare to attack Miss Bakkin.
• Weevil charged Bright, but Zephyr intercepted him, and the two clashed with their Haki and weapons.
• Bright rushed at Weevil and unleashed King's Punch, creating a massive shockwave that devastated the warship and sea.
• Weevil admitted Bright was strong, and Miss Bakkin ordered him to retreat; they escaped on a piece of the wreckage.
• Bright told Zephyr to transfer the Marines to safety as the warship sank.

Bright took Zephyr and the surviving Marine recruits to the G-5 base after rescuing them from their wrecked ship. During the voyage, he challenged Zephyr’s view of pirates by defending Fisher Tiger and the Sun Pirates, leaving Zephyr silent but unconvinced.

• The surviving Marines and their medicine transferred to Bright’s sea lion, while the dead remained with the wreck.
• Bright offered to take Zephyr to G-5 or Prodence, and Zephyr chose G-5 to protect the Marines’ reputation.
• Tesoro lamented that they had not filmed the rescue, and Bright pointed out that the government would censor footage of the Marines’ defeat.
• Zephyr accused Bright of humiliating the Marines, but Bright argued that he no longer feared them because the government protected him.
• Bright defended Fisher Tiger’s liberation of slaves and insisted that the Sun Pirates had not harmed anyone, then told Zephyr he would one day learn who the real sinner was.

Bright and Tesoro delivered Zephyr and the Marines to G-5, where Kizaru greeted them before Bright departed. After witnessing Bright’s strength, the Five Elders decided to treat him and Fish-Man Island with greater sincerity.

• Tesoro described his grand underwater movie finale, while Zephyr considered Bright’s strength and worried about Fish-Man Island’s military power.
• Bright’s group reached G-5, where Kizaru arrived and thanked Bright for helping Zephyr and the Marines.
• Bright and Tesoro left G-5 on the sea beast, and Kizaru remarked on its concealed power.
• The Five Elders discussed Bright’s growing strength and agreed to show him and Fish-Man Island greater sincerity.

After Bright’s display of the King's Punch made the World Government wary of opposing him, the Five Elders offered Fish-Man Island technology and trade assistance as a reward for saving Zephyr. Meanwhile, Doflamingo learned of Bright’s growing strength and began planning to turn Charlotte Linlin against him.

• On the return trip to Fish-Man Island, Bright explained to Tesoro that the government did not know the King's Punch was his trump card, giving him leverage in negotiations.
• Doflamingo learned that Bright had saved Zephyr and impressed Navy Headquarters, then decided he needed to eliminate Bright and considered visiting Whole Cake Island to drive a wedge between him and Charlotte Linlin.
• Bright and Tesoro returned to Fish-Man Island, where Tesoro resumed filming and Bright received a call from the Five Elders.
• The Five Elders offered Fish-Man Island new technology and help with raw materials and exports as a reward for Bright saving Zephyr.
• The Five Elders urged Bright to deepen their cooperation and said they had a proposal.

Bright refused the Five Elders’ offer to become a Shichibukai, while Fish-Man Island gained closer ties and support from the World Government. After Tesoro’s film wrapped with Fish-Man Island’s fleet destroying a pirate fleet on camera, Donquixote Doflamingo arrived at Whole Cake Island to speak with Big Mom.

• Bright rejected the Five Elders’ offer to become a Shichibukai because he wanted to keep a low profile, and the government instead agreed to deepen cooperation with Fish-Man Island.
• Tesoro filmed the climax of his movie, with Bright leading Fish-Man Island’s warships and sea beasts in destroying an unmanned pirate fleet.
• Tesoro celebrated the film’s wrap and looked forward to releasing it across the seas.
• Perospero confronted Donquixote Doflamingo as he arrived at Whole Cake Island, and Doflamingo said he wanted to discuss some matters with Big Mom.

Doflamingo tried to turn Charlotte Linlin against Bright by claiming Bright and Neptune were secretly allied. Meanwhile, Bright’s relaxed days on Fish-Man Island ended when miners found a piece of Seastone that weakened him on contact.

• Doflamingo told Charlotte Linlin that Neptune and Jinbe had protected Bright from the World Government, and urged her to investigate their supposed alliance.
• After Tesoro returned to Dressrosa, Bright trained with Jinbe and Alexander while practicing advanced Armament Haki.
• Bright and Jinbe joined Mark and the miners for dinner, where Mark showed them an unusually hard black stone he had found in an iron mine.
• Bright collapsed after touching the stone, then identified it as Seastone.

Bright and Jinbe discovered a large Seastone vein beneath Fish-Man Island and told Neptune, who agreed to keep it secret and mine it cautiously. The island’s leaders began planning a dedicated mining department, but they still lacked a way to process the Seastone.

• Bright confirmed that Mark had found Seastone, and the miners agreed to keep the discovery secret.
• Mark led Bright and Jinbe into the mine, where Bright sensed a Seastone deposit extending for several kilometers.
• Bright and Jinbe went to Neptune, who was delighted by the discovery but feared that outsiders would target Fish-Man Island if they learned about it.
• Bright proposed quietly mining and storing small amounts of Seastone, and Neptune agreed to put Mark in charge of a new mining department.
• The leaders realized that Fish-Man Island still had no way to process the mined Seastone.

Bright organized a small Seastone-mining department and asked Tesoro to investigate a Marine base at one of the legendary END POINT islands. As Bright began storing Seastone, an unknown man arrived at Fish-Man Island on a mission from Charlotte Linlin.

• Bright and his companions established a small Seastone-mining department and chose Mark to lead it.
• Bright realized Dyna Stone might be mined from the seabed and called Tesoro to investigate a Marine base at one of the END POINT islands.
• Bright explained that destroying all three END POINT islands could trigger a supervolcanic eruption across the New World, and Tesoro agreed to investigate.
• Bright assigned miners to the Seastone department, restricted access to the mine shaft, and arranged for the ore to be stored in an underwater warehouse.
• An unknown man arrived at Fish-Man Island aboard a merchant ship, carrying Charlotte Linlin's mission to investigate the island.

Bright and Jinbe trained to improve their Flowing Armament Haki while an outsider quietly investigated Fish-Man Island’s political situation. The outsider learned that Bright’s growing popularity had raised fears of conflict with King Neptune and decided to report the situation to Mother.

• Bright and Jinbe practiced Flowing Armament Haki, managing only weak impacts as they worked on controlling their Haki.
• Bright noted that battle could accelerate their training, but Fish-Man Island had no suitable enemies to challenge them.
• A round-faced outsider questioned a tavern bartender about whether Bright ruled Fish-Man Island.
• The bartender explained that Bright had earned enormous public support, while some residents worried that his prestige could lead to conflict with King Neptune.
• The outsider wondered whether someone had broken a promise to Mother and decided to report what he had learned.

Charlotte Linlin questioned Doflamingo’s claim that Bright was deceiving her about Fish-Man Island, then called Bright directly to test him. Bright learned that Doflamingo had accused him and began plotting a way to retaliate.

• Doflamingo reported that Bright had gained great prestige on Fish-Man Island, while people remained divided over whether he or Neptune should rule.
• Charlotte Linlin questioned Doflamingo, who suggested urging Bright to act and watching Fish-Man Island for signs of his intentions.
• Charlotte Linlin called Bright while he was sparring with Jinbe, and Bright initially wondered if Tesoro had found information about END POINT.
• Charlotte Linlin asked whether Bright was deceiving her about taking Fish-Man Island, and Bright denied it and asked who had accused him.
• Charlotte Linlin named Doflamingo, and Bright decided to use her to retaliate against him.