Recaps

Bright used Doflamingo’s Donquixote heritage to turn Big Mom against him and make her demand that he marry her. After laughing with Jinbe about the revenge, Bright planned to attend the wedding.

• Bright mocked Doflamingo during a call with Big Mom, then asked her what she thought of the Celestial Dragons.
• Big Mom said she wanted to rule the seas, and Bright offered to introduce her to a Celestial Dragon husband.
• Bright revealed that Doflamingo belonged to the Donquixote Family, which had once become World Nobles, and Big Mom ordered him to verify the claim with Morgans.
• Big Mom accepted Doflamingo as her prospective husband and told him to marry her while he silently pleaded for Kaido to save him.
• Bright and Jinbe laughed at Doflamingo’s predicament, and Bright said he would attend the wedding.

Charlotte Linlin announced that she would marry Doflamingo in a week, and Morgans publicized the wedding as an event for the whole world. Bright and Tesoro planned to attend, while the Five Elders and Kaido reacted to the news.

• Perospero told the Charlotte Family officers that Charlotte Linlin was marrying Doflamingo, and Katakuri agreed to organize the wedding for a week later.
• Charlotte Linlin said she wanted a world-famous wedding and asked the family to contact Morgans about Doflamingo being a former Celestial Dragon.
• Morgans celebrated the news and ordered more newspapers printed to announce the wedding across the seas.
• Bright laughed at the newspaper with Shyarly and said he would visit the Charlotte Family for the wedding; Tesoro then called and said he would attend too.
• The Five Elders panicked over Doflamingo's identity being exposed and sought a way to rescue him.
• Kaido first lamented Doflamingo's capture, then decided to attend Charlotte Linlin's wedding.

After the World Government ordered Bright to kill Doflamingo if Cipher Pol failed to rescue him, Bright agreed to help if an opportunity arose. He set out for the wedding with Tesoro and Tanaka, while Baccarat stayed behind to oversee the film’s post-production.

• Blackbeard, Crocodile, Whitebeard, and the Red Hair Pirates reacted to the news that Charlotte Linlin was marrying Doflamingo.
• The Five Elders asked Bright to rescue Doflamingo, then ordered him to kill Doflamingo if Cipher Pol’s rescue mission failed.
• Bright agreed to take the opportunity to kill Doflamingo but refused to risk provoking Charlotte Linlin directly.
• Bright arranged to meet Tesoro and Tanaka in Dressrosa and set out for the wedding, which was a week away.
• Tesoro agreed to help kill Doflamingo, while Baccarat remained behind to oversee the film’s post-production.

Bright and Tesoro arrived in Totto Land for the wedding, where Katakuri and Cracker confronted Bright over BIG-MOM’s demand that he seize power on Fish-Man Island. Bright refused to abandon their agreement or obey her order, and Cracker prepared to force him to comply.

• Tesoro celebrated Doflamingo’s predicament as Bright explained that the World Government might abandon him if it could not rescue him.
• Bright and Tesoro reached Totto Land on the morning of the wedding and transferred to the Charlotte Family’s ship bound for Whole Cake Island.
• A Chess Soldier diverted Bright’s carriage into the forest, where Cracker and Katakuri waited to meet him in place of BIG-MOM.
• Katakuri demanded that Bright immediately seize power over Fish-Man Island, saying BIG-MOM was dissatisfied with his progress.
• Bright refused to obey and said he would speak with BIG-MOM after the wedding, prompting Cracker to threaten to force him to agree.

Bright confronted Cracker and Katakuri after insisting that he wanted to speak with Big Mom in person. He defeated Cracker’s Biscuit Armor and, while clashing with Katakuri, awakened the ability to flow his Armament Haki freely before meeting Katakuri’s trident attack with a powerful punch.

• Cracker and Katakuri surrounded Bright with Biscuit Soldiers and mochi, but Bright used his speed to break Cracker’s Haki-coated Biscuit Armor and send him flying.
• Katakuri took over the fight, and Bright evaded his attacks by moving through the air while Tesoro watched from outside the battlefield.
• Bright clashed head-on with Katakuri’s barrage of mochi fists, using the repeated impacts to make his Armament Haki flow freely.
• Bright shattered Katakuri’s mochi fists and Katakuri charged with Doughnut Stab as Bright answered with Ogre Tile Straight Punch.

Bright defeated Katakuri in a clash, then attended Charlotte Linlin's wedding banquet with Tesoro. The chapter ended as the newlyweds emerged from the castle and the wedding began.

• Bright overpowered Katakuri, demonstrated his advanced Armament Haki, and gained insight into Internal Destruction.
• Katakuri ended the fight and promised to report Bright's strength to Charlotte Linlin before escorting Bright and Tesoro to the wedding venue.
• Bright and Tesoro arrived at the dessert-filled banquet plaza and were seated among prominent New World guests, including Morgans and Stussy.
• After Bright listened to the guests talk, Homies began singing and the castle doors opened for the newlyweds.
• Tesoro laughed at the newlyweds as Bright smiled and the wedding began.

Charlotte Linlin and Doflamingo’s wedding began on Whole Cake Island, but Katakuri detected an intruder just as the ceremony reached the vows. A stone giant erupted from the ground, and its attackers shouted that they had come to save Doflamingo.

• Charlotte Linlin arrived at her wedding with Doflamingo, while Bright and Tesoro watched and congratulated them.
• Tesoro’s words stirred Doflamingo from his numbness, and he silently blamed Bright for his predicament.
• The priest rushed through the vows, and Charlotte Linlin prepared to kiss Doflamingo as Tesoro and Morgans filmed.
• Katakuri sensed danger and appeared before the newlyweds with his trident.
• The venue broke apart as a five-hundred-meter stone giant rose from the earth, carrying figures who declared they had come to save Doflamingo.
• Katakuri activated his awakening as the attackers’ giant fist loomed over the plaza.

Katakuri subdued the Donquixote Family officers, and Doflamingo asked Charlotte Linlin to spare them so they could attend the wedding. A CP0 rescue attempt nearly abducted Doflamingo, but Linlin’s Conqueror’s Haki disrupted the escape, and she unleashed her Soul Spell on the intruders.

• Katakuri awakened his Devil Fruit power, turned the stone giant into mochi, and trapped the Donquixote Family officers.
• Linlin asked Doflamingo how to deal with his rescued officers, and he pleaded for her to spare their lives.
• Linlin kissed Doflamingo, then ordered Katakuri to release the officers and prepare a table for them.
• A figure emerged through a tear in space and grabbed Doflamingo, but Linlin’s Conqueror’s Haki froze him and collapsed the doorway, expelling several intruders.
• Linlin stepped forward and activated her Soul Spell, declaring, “Life or Answer!!”

Bright watched Charlotte Linlin defeat the CP0 team sent to rescue Doflamingo, while the wedding was interrupted by Kaido’s arrival. The chapter ended as Kaido landed at the venue and congratulated Linlin.

• Eight people appeared through Bruno’s Door-Door Fruit power, but Charlotte Linlin’s Haki left most of them unable to stand.
• Charlotte Linlin used Life or Answer to seize the souls of four fearful CP0 agents, leaving three standing.
• Doflamingo denied knowing the agents, and Katakuri prepared to kill them as Bright chose not to intervene.
• Bright sensed Kaido approaching through the clouds, and Kaido announced himself to the wedding guests.
• Kaido crashed into the venue and congratulated Charlotte Linlin on her wedding.

Kaido arrived at the wedding and battled Charlotte Linlin, while CP0 and the Donquixote Family moved to seize or rescue Doflamingo amid the chaos. With King and another Beast Pirate joining the fight, Charlotte Linlin called on Bright for help.

• Kaido demanded that Charlotte Linlin hand over Doflamingo, and the two Emperors clashed with weapons that never touched as their Conqueror's Haki split the clouds overhead.
• CP0 changed its plan and attacked to keep Kaido from taking Doflamingo, but Cracker confronted them and Katakuri challenged their white-faced fighter.
• The Donquixote Family officers tried to rescue Doflamingo, while Smoothie guarded him and Katakuri watched over him at Charlotte Linlin's request.
• Kaido summoned King, and Doflamingo attacked Smoothie as a Beast Pirate transformed into an Ankylosaurus and charged through the battlefield.
• Charlotte Linlin intensified her fight with Kaido and shouted for Bright to help her.

Bright stepped in after Charlotte Linlin asked for his help, and he fought King in the sky while Kaido and Linlin continued their battle. Bright proved able to match King and kept attacking as the clash continued.

• Charlotte Linlin asked Bright for help while she fought Kaido, and Tesoro urged Bright to act so they could pursue their other goal on Whole Cake Island.
• King attacked from the sky, but Charlotte Oven and Charlotte Daifuku failed to stop him, leaving Smoothie unable to intervene.
• Stussy reminded Bright that Linlin had asked for help, and Bright launched into the sky to confront King.
• Bright endured King's fire bullets and met his attack with a lightning-charged punch, drawing Kaido's astonished attention.
• King's defense withstood Bright's flowing Haki, but Bright dodged King's sword strike and blasted him away with Warrior's Pierce.
• King reignited the flames behind his head and returned to his defensive state as Bright closed in and continued their fierce battle.

Bright fought King while the battle around Doflamingo escalated, and a CP0 agent stabbed Doflamingo with a seastone dagger. Kaido rescued the wounded Doflamingo, but after Doflamingo urged him to kill Bright, Kaido turned to attack Bright.

• Bright endured King's flames, evaded his laser-like attack, and struck him with a powerful punch.
• Cracker blocked the Donquixote Family with Biscuit Soldiers while Doflamingo fought Smoothie amid the chaos.
• A woman emerged through a door in the air and stabbed Doflamingo with a seastone dagger before Smoothie forced her to retreat.
• Kaido drove back Charlotte Linlin, lifted the injured Doflamingo away in clouds, and called King back.
• Doflamingo urged Kaido to kill Bright, and Kaido flew toward Bright to attack him.

Bright confronted Kaido in the sky and unleashed King's Punch, sending both of them flying before Kaido chose to retreat with King and Doflamingo. Bright landed safely as the Charlotte Family thanked him and moved to deal with the remaining Donquixote Family officers and Cipher Pol agents.

• Kaido failed to catch Bright and turned to attack the white-faced man, who tried to seize Doflamingo while King defended him.
• At Stussy's urging, Bright challenged Kaido with Current Drive: Secret Art—King's Punch, and their clash sent both fighters flying.
• Kaido recognized Bright's strength, then withdrew with King and Doflamingo as Charlotte Linlin pursued him.
• Kaido and Linlin's Haki forced the white-faced man and two Cipher Pol agents out of his air door, while a horned agent fell unconscious.
• Bright returned to the cake platform, where Tesoro and Perospero praised him, and Perospero went to deal with the remaining enemies.

After Kaido and King escaped with Doflamingo, Bright and the Charlotte Family dealt with the remaining Donquixote Family and began the delayed wedding banquet. Charlotte Linlin returned without her groom, but she thanked Bright and reaffirmed their friendship, leaving her Fish-Man Island plans unspoken.

• The surviving CP0 agents killed themselves after Katakuri’s forces defeated them, and Katakuri ordered the Donquixote Family officers captured.
• Trebol rejoiced that Doflamingo had escaped, while Bright and Tesoro discussed how the failed assassination might end the World Government’s protection of him.
• Bright refused Morgans’s request for an interview, and Perospero started a banquet among the ruins of the wedding venue.
• Charlotte Linlin returned alone after failing to catch Kaido and King, then thanked Bright and declared that they were friends.
• Charlotte Linlin let the banquet continue and did not press Bright to seize Fish-Man Island.

After Kaido stole Doflamingo, Charlotte Linlin decided to lead the Charlotte Family to Wano Country and punish him. Bright joined the expedition to seek Wano’s Seastone processing methods and learn more about Pluto, while Tesoro stayed behind, and the fleet set sail.

• Bright and Charlotte Linlin made peace at the banquet, and Linlin said she would go to Wano Country to get Doflamingo back and teach Kaido a lesson.
• Morgans asked to accompany Linlin, and Bright asked for a place on the voyage because he wanted to explore Wano Country.
• Bright explained to Tesoro that he wanted to find the Seastone craftsmen and see Pluto, and Tesoro agreed to go with him before Bright persuaded him to stay behind.
• The Charlotte Family organized its expedition, and its fleet sailed for Wano Country that afternoon with Bright aboard.

Charlotte Linlin’s fleet sailed toward Wano Country while Bright trained and spoke with Katakuri about becoming stronger. After the ship reached Wano, Bright flew ahead alone to explore, leaving Charlotte Linlin to lead her forces toward Kaido.

• Charlotte Linlin set sail for Wano Country aboard the Queen Mama Chanter with nearly all her elite officers, while Bright trained during the voyage.
• Katakuri confronted Bright and warned him not to harm the family, but Bright urged him to break free from Charlotte Linlin’s influence and grow stronger.
• The Queen Mama Chanter reached Wano Country, and Bright left the Charlotte Family to go ahead alone.
• Charlotte Linlin summoned a gigantic wave creature to help carry her ship onward toward the battle with Kaido.
• Bright arrived above Wano Country, saw its ruined landscape, and decided to find someone to ask for directions.

Bright entered Wano Country and headed for the Flower Capital to find the Road Poneglyph beneath Orochi's Castle Keep. He confronted Kurozumi Orochi, who called for help as Orochi's ninjas blocked Bright's path.

• Bright flew over Wano Country and saw its polluted wastelands and weapon factories.
• Beasts Pirates riders confronted Bright, and he knocked most of them unconscious with Conqueror's Haki before asking a surviving rider for directions to the Flower Capital.
• Bright reached the Flower Capital and flew toward Orochi's Castle Keep, intending to find the underground passage to the submerged old towns and the Road Poneglyph.
• Bright crashed through the ceiling into the Castle Keep and found Kurozumi Orochi pacing anxiously over news of Kaido's enemy.
• Kurozumi Orochi panicked and called for Fukurokuju as his ninjas moved to block Bright.

Bright fought his way through Kurozumi Orochi’s guards and descended beneath the Castle Keep in search of Pluto. He found and photographed a Road Poneglyph, then continued digging deeper toward the weapon’s hidden location.

• Bright ignored Kurozumi Orochi’s questions and blasted him and the Guardians of the Inner Court away with a shockwave.
• Bright used his Haki to locate a hidden passage, kicked through its sealed entrance, and entered the basement beneath the Castle Keep.
• Bright followed the long passage past submerged buildings from ancient Wano Country and found a Road Poneglyph.
• Bright photographed the Poneglyph’s writing with a Den Den Mushi and continued downward, believing Pluto was hidden deeper underground.
• Bright transformed by growing scales, claws, a tail, and horns, and began digging toward Pluto.

Bright searched beneath Wano for Pluton and found the ancient warship buried beneath a vast magma sea, though he could not bring it out. He concealed the route by collapsing and flooding the passages, then set off for Udon to find a stonemason.

• Bright dug deep beneath Wano and discovered a vast magma sea below the surface.
• As Kaido and Charlotte Linlin began an all-out battle near Onigashima, Bright searched above the magma and heard the sound of weapons below.
• Bright plunged into the magma and confirmed that Pluton was hidden beneath it, but realized he could not move the warship until Wano’s walls were torn down.
• Bright collapsed the passages, destroyed the room holding the Poneglyph, and flooded the route to make Pluton harder to reach.
• Bright left the Castle Keep and asked a katana-wielding man for directions to Udon.

Bright encountered Denjiro, disguised as Kyo Shiro, while asking for directions to Udon, and easily defeated him when he attacked. Komurasaki pointed Bright toward Udon, and he left after warning her and Denjiro that Orochi had gone to seek Kaido.

• Bright recognized Denjiro as the samurai leader Kyo Shiro and asked him for directions to Udon.
• Denjiro attacked Bright with a Haki-coated sword, but Bright caught the blade and overpowered him.
• Komurasaki arrived and asked Bright not to punish Denjiro, then pointed him toward Udon.
• Bright warned Komurasaki and Denjiro that Orochi had likely fled to find Kaido, then flew away.

Bright arrived at Udon Prison to obtain Wano Country’s Seastone processing method and offered to free the prisoners in exchange. The prisoners accepted, and Bright freed them while learning the formula for the powder that softened Seastone.

• Bright descended into Udon Prison and knocked out the Beasts Pirates guards with his Conqueror’s Haki.
• Bright asked Wano Country’s craftsmen to teach him how to process Seastone, offering to free the prisoners in return.
• Garb warned Bright that freeing them would make him an enemy of Kaido, but Bright said he was willing to fight Kaido.
• A prisoner spoke for the stonemasons, and they accepted Bright’s proposal to help their country’s future.
• Bright removed the prisoners’ explosive collars and learned the formula for the powder used to soften Seastone.

Bright freed Kawamatsu and the prisoners at Udon, then headed to Onigashima to watch Kaido battle Charlotte Linlin. There, he met Yamato, who declared that he would become Oden Kozuki.

• Bright freed the prisoners at Udon and met Kawamatsu, who thanked him for the rescue.
• Bright invited Kawamatsu to visit Fish-Man Island and told him to find Komurasaki in the Flower Capital; Kawamatsu chose to remain in Wano Country.
• Bright left the prisoners to hide and flew toward Onigashima, reflecting that Kawamatsu and Jack would not return to Fish-Man Island.
• Bright reached Onigashima at night and saw Kaido and Charlotte Linlin still fighting, while Katakuri battled nearby.
• Bright landed on Onigashima and met Yamato, who said he would become Oden Kozuki and asked whether Bright was an enemy.

Bright met Yamato on Onigashima, defeated her attack, and talked with her about inheriting Oden Kozuki's will. He reframed her dream as freeing Wano Country and becoming its shogun before setting sail, then offered to help with the cuffs keeping her trapped.

• Yamato attacked Bright with Thunder Bagua, but he stopped her spiked club with one finger.
• Bright discussed Oden Kozuki with Yamato, and she revealed her dream of living like him and opening Wano Country's borders.
• Yamato told Bright that Kaido had killed anyone who tried to help her, leaving her isolated on Onigashima.
• Bright urged Yamato to drive out the Beasts Pirates, restore Wano Country, and become its shogun before going on adventures at sea.
• Yamato said her cuffs prevented her from doing anything, and Bright offered to help her.

Bright freed Yamato by destroying her explosive cuffs and urged her to gather the released samurai in Wano Country, lead them as Oden Kozuki, and build strength against Kaido. As Yamato fled across the sea, Kaido sent King after her, and Bright intercepted King to protect her escape.

• Bright destroyed Yamato's explosive cuffs, freeing her from Kaido's restraints.
• Bright told Yamato to find the samurai prisoners he had released, lead them as Oden Kozuki, and stay hidden while she grew stronger; Yamato gave him part of her Vivre Card.
• Yamato transformed into a white wolf and raced across the sea toward Wano Country.
• Kaido noticed Yamato's escape and ordered King to stop her while Charlotte Linlin kept him occupied.
• Bright blocked King's pursuit, then used Current Drive to catch up with him and struck with Ogre Tile Straight Punch.

Bright defeated King and joined Charlotte Linlin and Kaido as they ended their battle and claimed Doflamingo. Doflamingo began revealing the Celestial Dragons’ national treasure, challenging them to overthrow the World Government.

• Bright struck King with an Internal Destruction punch, sending him into the sea, while Beasts Pirates members rushed to rescue him.
• Bright assessed his growing strength and resolved to learn Advanced Haki before long.
• Charlotte Linlin offered to share Doflamingo’s secret with Kaido, and the two former Rocks Pirates agreed to end their battle and hold a feast.
• Bright brought Doflamingo to Charlotte Linlin, who seized him and greeted him with a kiss.
• Bright asked to hear about the Celestial Dragons’ national treasure, and Doflamingo laughed and urged them to try overthrowing the World Government.