Chapter Summaries

Tesoro held a public performance on Fish-Man Island, where Bright and his companions watched Uta sing while the Five Elders discussed finding new Shichibukai to oppose Bright. Shyarly suggested Uta might someday influence the course of the world, and the chapter ended with Bright enjoying the performance beside her.

• Tesoro invited Bright to his celebration, and Shirahoshi revealed that Queen Otohime had brought Uta and All Stars to Ryugu Palace and called Uta her sister.
• The performance began at Gid Colon Plaza and was livestreamed around the world as a large audience gathered.
• The Five Elders watched the broadcast and discussed recruiting Ochoku or Edward Weevil as a Shichibukai to strengthen their position against Bright.
• Bright, Shyarly, Neptune, and Jinbe watched the idol group perform, and Shyarly praised Uta's singing and said she might greatly influence the world's future.
• Shyarly leaned against Bright as they watched the performance together.

Bright planned a spy-thriller movie to build Fish-Man Island residents’ resistance to government infiltration, while the World Government began recruiting powerful pirates as Shichibukai. Miss Bakkin laughed at the offer to make Edward Weevil a Shichibukai, leaving her answer unstated.

• Bright asked Tesoro to produce a movie that would raise counterintelligence awareness, and Tesoro agreed to begin preparations.
• The World Government’s envoy offered Ochoku the Shichibukai position, but Ochoku rejected the offer and had the agent thrown into the sea.
• The government agents decided to disrupt Ochoku’s peaceful life after failing to recruit him.
• CP0 offered Edward Weevil a Shichibukai position, and Miss Bakkin laughed as the agent asked for her answer.

Bright approved a propaganda film script about a Fish-Man Island resident thwarting spies, while Jinbe brought news that shocked Tesoro. At Marineford, Zephyr saw the same news and angrily set off with Ain to confront Sengoku.

• Bright praised the completed script and asked Tesoro when filming could begin, but Tesoro said they still needed to choose the cast.
• Jinbe brought Bright and Tesoro a newspaper announcing a new Shichibukai, and Tesoro reacted with disbelief at the appointment.
• Ain delivered the newspaper to Zephyr in the laboratory, and he crushed it in anger after seeing the news.
• Zephyr ordered Ain to accompany him to the Fleet Admiral's office and shouted at Sengoku as he headed there.

Zephyr confronted Sengoku after learning that Whitey Bay Jr., who had killed his disciples and severed his arm, had become a Shichibukai. He led his trainees to Mary Geoise to demand answers from the Five Elders, but CP0 blocked him and Garp persuaded him not to act rashly.

• Zephyr stormed into Sengoku's office and demanded to know why Whitey Bay Jr. had become a Shichibukai.
• Sengoku explained that the government had recruited Whitey Bay Jr. without the Navy's knowledge to help deal with Bright.
• Zephyr left for Mary Geoise with Ain and his former trainees, and Garp joined them along the way.
• CP0's Strongest Shield refused to let Zephyr meet the Five Elders and warned him not to cause trouble at Pangu City.
• Garp stopped Zephyr from acting rashly, and Zephyr laughed before turning away.

After the World Government approved Weevil’s appointment as a Shichibukai despite the deaths of Zephyr’s disciples, Zephyr rejected the Government and Navy as representatives of justice. Days later, news of his defection spread, prompting the Five Elders to order Zero to hunt him while Bright considered how to use the situation.

• Strongest Shield reported Zephyr’s return to the Five Elders, who ordered Sengoku to watch him.
• A disciple asked Zephyr whether they would accept Weevil’s appointment, and Zephyr declared that they would seek true justice instead.
• Sengoku and Tsuru realized Zephyr and his disciples had vanished at sea and feared he had chosen to defect.
• News broke that Black Arm Zephyr had betrayed the Marines, shocking people across the world.
• The Five Elders ordered Zero to find and eliminate Zephyr, while Bright read the news in Fish-Man Island and considered his next move.

Bright decided to seek Zephyr’s help against the World Government, while Zephyr and his followers formed the NEO Marines and prepared to sail toward Fish-Man Island. Zephyr was unknowingly heading straight to Bright, who had begun searching for him.

• Bright told Tesoro he wanted to work with Zephyr, and Tesoro warned that Zephyr’s ideals would make him difficult to recruit.
• Bright asked Tesoro to focus on making the movie and planned to have Morgans locate Zephyr.
• On a deserted island, Zephyr and his former Marine followers hid from the Marines and planned to reach the New World.
• Zephyr declared that they would form the NEO Marines and enforce justice themselves against pirates, bandits, and corrupt governments.
• Zephyr ordered his group to rest before setting sail for Fish-Man Island.

Bright watched Tesoro film while he waited for news of Zephyr, whose group was trying to evade the World Government’s search. Zephyr arrived at Sabaody and planned to steal a pirate ship already coated for the trip to Fish-Man Island.

• Bright told Tesoro that there was still no news of Zephyr and expected Zephyr’s group to head for the New World through Fish-Man Island.
• A masked agent told Mr. Strongest Shield that the government had stationed personnel along routes out of Paradise to intercept Zephyr.
• Zephyr and Ain surveyed Sabaody’s coating shops and learned that Marine patrols made coating their ship too risky.
• Zephyr suggested taking a pirate ship that was already coated, and Ain understood the plan.
• Johnny the Hyena prepared to sail for Fish-Man Island, but a stranger using Geppo landed on his deck and ordered him off.

Zephyr and his students tried to escape to the New World aboard a stolen, coated pirate ship, but Kizaru intercepted them and defeated Zephyr. Just as Kizaru prepared to attack the students, a fiery-red monster rose from the sea and offered to rescue Zephyr.

• Zephyr and his students boarded a pirate ship and prepared to sail for the New World.
• Kizaru ambushed them with Yasakani no Magatama, destroying the ship's coating and cutting off their escape.
• Zephyr fought Kizaru while ordering his students to retreat, but Kizaru destroyed his mechanical arm and sent him crashing onto shore.
• Zephyr's students stood with him, and he agreed to fight alongside them as Kizaru prepared to attack.
• A fiery-red monster emerged from the sea and told Zephyr that it had come to save him.

Bright arrived at Sabaody to save Zephyr and fought Admirals Kizaru and Aokiji, who attacked him together. Though Aokiji repeatedly froze Bright, Bright adapted to the cold and broke free, leaving the battle ongoing.

• Bright reached Sabaody after Fish-Man Island alerted him to the battle and offered Zephyr cooperation against the World Government.
• Kizaru rejected Bright’s demand to leave, and Aokiji arrived to join the fight.
• Kizaru and Aokiji attacked Bright with light and ice, but Bright broke free, burned away Aokiji’s ice bird, and knocked Kizaru into a mangrove tree.
• Aokiji froze Bright again, but Bright adapted to the cold, shattered the ice, and blasted Aokiji away with flames.

Bright overwhelmed Aokiji and Kizaru with his powers, then escaped with Zephyr and the others by carrying them through the deep sea toward Fish-Man Island. As the group traveled, Bright asked Zephyr to hear his story and discuss the world, beginning a verbal attempt to persuade him.

• Bright adapted to Aokiji’s freezing power, then unleashed storm clouds and lightning that held both Admirals back.
• Bright enclosed Zephyr and his companions in a bubble and carried them beneath the sea toward Fish-Man Island.
• Kizaru fired light bullets after them, but Bright destroyed the attack with an Air Cannon that formed a waterspout.
• Aokiji and Kizaru admitted that Zephyr had escaped and that Bright’s strength might surpass the world’s strongest man.
• Bright told Zephyr he had saved him again and asked him to listen to his story and talk about the world.

Bright explained his past to Zephyr and his disciples, arguing that his resistance to the World Government had been justified and that its injustice fueled the Great Pirate Era. He asked Zephyr to join the fight against the Government, and Zephyr said the offer was difficult to refuse.

• Bright told Zephyr that he had joined Fisher Tiger's Sun Pirates and described their efforts to liberate slaves without harming others.
• Bright recounted being captured for experiments, escaping, and fighting a Marine Rear Admiral, then asked Zephyr's disciples what he had done wrong.
• Bright argued that the World Government and Celestial Dragons had created widespread injustice and driven people to become pirates.
• Bright proposed ending the Great Pirate Era by finding the Great Treasure and overthrowing the World Government.
• Bright asked Zephyr to unite with him against the Government, and Zephyr said the offer was difficult to refuse.

Bright persuaded Zephyr to join forces against the World Government and brought him to Fish-Man Island to discuss cooperation. The World Government began mobilizing allies against Bright, while Zephyr agreed to build an army in the New World and fight alongside Bright until the Government fell.

• Bright persuaded Zephyr to return with him to Fish-Man Island for talks about cooperation.
• Kizaru reported Zephyr's defection to Sengoku, and Tsuru warned that Zephyr's knowledge of the Navy and Government made him a dangerous ally for Bright.
• The Five Elders ordered plans to target Bright, contacting Kaido and directing CP0 to approach Ochoku.
• Bright brought Zephyr and his disciples into Fish-Man Island, where Zephyr said he planned to organize an army in the New World.
• Bright offered Fish-Man Island's support for Zephyr's funds and weapons in return for his commitment to fight the World Government to the end.
• Bright asked Zephyr to meet another ally and suggested forming a three-way alliance.

Bright brought Zephyr to Fish-Man Island, where the country's prosperity renewed Zephyr's dream of becoming a hero who saved people. Dragon arrived to meet with Bright, Zephyr, and Tesoro, and Zephyr welcomed the chance to join them as comrades against the World Government.

• Bright sent Zephyr and his group to a hotel, then told Tesoro that Zephyr had agreed to work with them against the World Government.
• Bright showed Zephyr around Fish-Man Island, whose peace and prosperity deeply impressed him.
• Zephyr rediscovered his old dream of becoming a hero who saved people, and Ain noticed his renewed spirit.
• Dragon arrived at Fish-Man Island, and Bright invited him, Zephyr, and Tesoro to a meeting.
• Dragon welcomed Zephyr to their camp, and Zephyr agreed to join them as comrades.

Bright, Dragon, Zephyr, and Tesoro formed a three-way alliance to oppose the World Government and planned how their forces would develop. The alliance ended the meeting with clear roles and Fish-Man Island’s promise to provide Ancient Weapons.

• Dragon reflected on the Revolutionary Army’s unexpected strength and Bright said resistance to the World Government would continue as long as people sought freedom.
• Bright urged the group to respect the World Government’s power and gather their strength before any decisive war.
• Bright suggested Zephyr recruit Marine officers and offer the New World’s non-member nations protection, and Zephyr agreed to try.
• Bright advised Dragon to awaken people with ideas rather than rush to overthrow nations, and Dragon considered the approach.
• Bright assigned Tesoro to help on the public opinion front and promised that Fish-Man Island would provide Ancient Weapons.
• Zephyr and the NEO Marines joined the alliance between Fish-Man Island and the Revolutionary Army, solidifying their three-way opposition to the World Government.

Bright gave Zephyr Princess Mansherry’s healing tears to cure his asthma, then presented him with a Seastone mechanical arm to replace the one he had lost. Zephyr’s health improved, and he received a second gift to help him fight in the New World.

• Bright, Dragon, and Zephyr concluded their alliance talks and celebrated with Tesoro at a banquet.
• Bright told Zephyr he had a personal gift, and Tesoro brought Princess Mansherry to the banquet.
• Bright explained that Mansherry had the Heal-Heal Fruit, and her Healing Tears cured Zephyr’s asthma.
• Bright called in Franky, who presented Zephyr with a mechanical prosthetic arm made from Seastone.

Bright equipped Zephyr with a Seastone mechanical arm, and Zephyr and Dragon departed Fish-Man Island to pursue their plans. In the New World, Ochoku’s crew found a ship full of treasure, while a masked government agent told Kaido that Ochoku had stolen his money and proposed a deal.

• Dragon praised Fish-Man Island’s technology, and Bright offered to supply him with Seastone equipment as an ally.
• Franky revealed Zephyr’s new cola-powered Seastone arm, which could fire Seastone bullets, and Zephyr thanked Bright and pledged to fight alongside him.
• After several more days on Fish-Man Island, Zephyr and his disciples left for the New World with ships and weapons from Bright.
• Dragon purchased Seastone products and departed, intending to help more people awaken.
• On Hachinosu, Ochoku heard that his men had found a ship loaded with treasure and went to inspect it.
• In Wano Country, a masked government agent told Kaido that Ochoku’s men had stolen his money and suggested making a deal.

Kaido drove Ochoku from Hachinosu, after which CP0 offered the defeated pirate a Shichibukai position and proposed cooperation with Kaido against Bright. Bright read about the shifting alliances, while a NEO Marine arrived to stop pirates attacking a harbor.

• Kaido defeated Ochoku and forced him to flee Hachinosu, claiming Rocks' former territory.
• CP0 approached the wounded Ochoku and offered him the chance to become a new Shichibukai.
• Bright read that Ochoku had joined the Shichibukai and suspected the government was strengthening itself against him.
• A World Government agent told Kaido that the government wanted to cooperate against Bright, and Kaido asked what the Five Elders wanted.
• A NEO Marine seized a pirate captain attacking a harbor and declared that the NEO Marines would protect justice.

Bright watched Tesoro’s propaganda film about spies targeting Fish-Man Island, then received Katakuri’s warning that Zephyr and his students were taking Charlotte Family territory in the New World. Bright planned to speak with Charlotte Linlin and offer her a deal, while Katakuri revealed Kaido had already discussed Bright with her.

• Bright watched Tesoro’s nearly finished film, which showed a Fish-Man Island soldier uncovering a spy organization and leading captured residents to resist.
• Tesoro said he wanted more time to adjust the film before its release, and Bright agreed to leave the work to him.
• Katakuri called Bright and warned that Zephyr and his students were seizing Charlotte Family territory, angering Charlotte Linlin.
• Bright said he would tell Zephyr to expand into Beasts Pirates territory and would speak with Linlin about the land already occupied.
• Katakuri told Bright that Kaido had visited Linlin to discuss him, and Bright said he would offer her terms she could not refuse.

Zephyr shifted his campaign away from Big Mom’s territory after Bright urged him to avoid fighting two Emperors at once. The World Government tried to recruit Kaido and Big Mom against Bright, but Bright persuaded Big Mom to remain his partner, leaving Kaido to cooperate with the Government alone.

• Bright told Zephyr to redirect his targets toward Kaido’s territory, and Zephyr agreed that fighting two Emperors would be unwise.
• The Five Elders decided to use Zephyr’s conflict with the Emperors to draw Bright out and sought alliances with Kaido and Big Mom.
• Big Mom grew angry over Zephyr’s incursion, but Bright offered to help arrange a match between Prince Loki and a potential bride, and she agreed to support Zephyr’s foothold.
• A World Government agent offered Kaido ships, weapons, resources, and treasure in exchange for joining forces against Bright and Zephyr, and Kaido accepted.
• Kaido called Big Mom to confirm their cooperation, but she rejected him and declared that Bright was her close partner.

Bright agreed to head to the New World and help Zephyr, planning to undermine Kaido rather than confront the Beasts Pirates and World Government together. As the Beasts Pirates and a Navy fleet set sail, Bright departed to meet Zephyr.

• Bright told Tesoro that the Giant King had approved his plan to stall Charlotte Linlin and wanted Bright to visit and fight him later.
• Bright said he would go to the New World to help Zephyr and planned to pull the rug out from under Kaido.
• Kaido ordered the Beasts Pirates fleet to set sail from Wano Country.
• Perospero told Charlotte Linlin that the Beasts Pirates had departed, and she ordered him to send her daughters’ photos to Bright for the Giant Kingdom marriage alliance.
• At G-1 Base, Akainu ordered the Navy fleet to depart while Kizaru said he and Kuzan would face Bright if he appeared.
• Bright departed from Fish-Man Island to meet Zephyr.