Recaps

Bright escaped Punk Hazard after Vegapunk altered his Lineage Factors, then returned to Fish-Man Island and reunited with Jinbe, Arlong, and Shyarly. He stopped Arlong from immediately pursuing revenge and began training with Jinbe to master Haki and Fish-Man Karate.

• Bright ate Vegapunk’s artificial Azure Dragon fruit, accepted his research deal, and gained additional bloodline abilities that included regeneration, underwater movement, and powerful attacks.
• After Jinbe secured the release of the captured Sun Pirates, Vegapunk arranged Bright’s release, but Rear Admiral Hag betrayed him at sea and attacked, and Bright killed Hag and the remaining Marines before swimming toward Fish-Man Island.
• Bright returned to the Fish-Man District, reunited with Jinbe, and refused Arlong’s offer to join his new pirate crew, choosing instead to live peacefully.
• Shyarly urged Bright to stop Arlong from taking revenge on humans and foretold that he would bring about a wonderful future.
• Bright confronted Arlong and argued that he should honor Fisher Tiger’s wish rather than lead a pirate crew against humans, and Jinbe agreed to prevent Arlong and his followers from sailing.
• Bright sparred with Jinbe, who tested his dragon forms and powers and found his strength already close to his own, then agreed to train him.
• Bright watched Otohime’s unsuccessful appeal to relocate Fish-Man Island to the surface and began Haki and Fish-Man Karate training with Jinbe at the Sea Forest.
• Jinbe trained Bright to dodge blindfolded and use water more effectively, while Bright spent time helping at Shyarly’s Mermaid Cafe and offered food to a little girl watching him eat.

Bright unified Fish-Man District, built a disciplined force, and established the Immigration Bureau to protect Fish-Man Island while encouraging trade. After befriending the Sea King Alexander and learning to communicate with Sea Kings, Bright opened the bureau, whose first inspections made the island’s new rules a reality.

• Bright defeated Hyouzou and the Fish-Man District’s united holdouts, awakened Armament Haki, and became the district’s leader.
• Bright persuaded Neptune to approve an Immigration Bureau and a mining company that would recruit workers from Fish-Man District.
• Bright organized thousands of recruits into a disciplined force and began training them with captured sea beasts.
• Bright fought the Sea King Alexander, awakened Observation Haki that let him sense its attacks and communicate with it, and offered it friendship.
• Bright and Alexander captured sea beasts until the bureau had eleven, while Bright kept Alexander’s existence and his Sea King communication secret.
• Bright opened the Immigration Bureau, ordered its troops to defend the island, and assigned Arlong and Shark Star to advanced training.
• Donald agreed to an inspection after seeing a sea beast destroy a pirate ship, then had his weapons confiscated and received the records and passes needed to travel around Fish-Man Island.

Bright defended Fish-Man Island from pirates and a secret Marine ambush, then helped turn its mineral wealth into a basis for prosperity while tensions with the World Government and Umit grew. The arc ended with Bright rescuing enslaved mermaids at Sabaody and going after the slave traders.

• Bright organized mining and merchant partnerships, then led Fish-Man Island’s forces to defeat Radley and Aurell’s pirate fleet.
• Bright allied with Tesoro, traded ore for technology, and helped establish a logistics company as Fish-Man Island’s economy grew.
• The Navy secretly sent Bastille and Barian to capture Bright, but Bright defeated the ambush and confronted the Five Elders over the attack.
• Bright negotiated a deal centered on Fish-Man Island’s mineral wealth, leading the Government to deepen its ties with the island as its steel mill opened.
• Bright killed Vander Decken after stopping his attack on a merchant ship, then began training Wadatsumi with Jinbe.
• When four mermaids were kidnapped and offered for sale at Sabaody, Bright went alone to rescue them while Jinbe guarded Fish-Man Island.
• Bright freed the mermaids and other captives with Rayleigh’s help, destroyed the auction house, and entered the slave traders’ tavern to pursue the criminals.

Bright rescued Tom, strengthened Fish-Man Island’s prospects, and took over Umit’s logistics business while agreeing to confront Doflamingo. The arc ended as Doflamingo began his attempt to reclaim Dressrosa, with Bright’s group watching from nearby.

• Bright returned the rescued mermaids to their families, began planning schools for Fish-Man Island, and persuaded Tesoro to fight alongside him.
• Bright trained with Rayleigh to awaken and control his Conqueror’s Haki, then rejected Doflamingo’s offer of a partnership.
• Bright found Tom in Water 7 and rescued him, Franky, and Iceburg after the World Government framed Tom and sent him to trial.
• Bright brought Tom and his companions to Fish-Man Island, where he learned of Shirahoshi’s bond with the Sea Kings and vowed to help prepare her as a protector.
• Bright promised Fish-Man Island’s soldiers they would someday retaliate against the Celestial Dragons, while Otohime tried to persuade Mjosgard to support the island’s future.
• Bright and Tesoro defeated Umit, negotiated with Cracker, and took control of Umit’s logistics company, securing Fish-Man Island a share of its profits and deep-sea current data.
• Bright accepted the Five Elders’ offer to confront Doflamingo and traveled to Dressrosa with Tesoro and Jinbe.
• Doflamingo confronted King Riku in his office and demanded ten billion Beli, while Tanaka listened nearby and picked up a Den Den Mushi.