Chapter Summaries

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.

Bright read a newspaper that accused Fish-Man Island of taking control of the sea route and considered how the Immigration Bureau could use the resulting pirate attention to establish its reputation. As he prepared to recruit workers for Neptune’s mining company, a merchant named Donald asked him to arrange protection for human trading ships, leaving Bright to consider the proposal and the wrapped package Donald dropped.

• Bright fought alongside Alexander in the deep sea, and they promised to keep growing stronger together.
• Bright read a World Economic News article about the Immigration Bureau and worried that it would provoke pirates to challenge Fish-Man Island.
• Kaila reported another port battle and told Bright that Neptune wanted him to begin recruiting workers for the mining company.
• Donald met Bright and offered to organize merchants to supply Fish-Man Island, then requested protection for their ships in exchange for hardship pay.
• Bright said he would consider Donald’s request, and Donald dropped a small wrapped package on his way out.

At Fish-Man Island, Bright launched the Fish-Man Island Mining Company and recruited workers from Fish-Man District to mine iron ore for the island’s development. Mark joined the first crew as a minor leader and uncovered the company’s first piece of ore.

• At Marineford, Kong ordered a commendation for Jinbe and sent investigators to Fish-Man Island because Jinbe’s recent silence seemed suspicious.
• Bright announced that the Fish-Man Island Mining Company would prioritize hiring residents of Fish-Man District and invest its earnings in developing the island.
• Mark publicly backed Bright, and about two thousand residents were selected as the first group of miners, with Mark named a minor leader.
• Bright led the trained miners to an undersea rift with a large iron ore deposit, where they began mining.
• Mark found a reddish stone, and Bright congratulated him on mining the company’s first piece of ore.

Donald met Bright on Fish-Man Island and agreed to open sales channels for its newly discovered iron ore in exchange for transporting supplies. After returning safely to the Sabaody Archipelago, he showed the ore to his merchant friends and pitched them on joining the trade.

• Donald followed a fish-man soldier to a harbor warehouse, where Bright discussed his proposal alongside Arlong and Shark Star.
• Bright asked Donald to prove he could support the partnership by finding buyers for Fish-Man Island's high-quality iron ore.
• Donald bought a batch of ore and sailed safely to the Sabaody Archipelago.
• Donald showed samples to his merchant friends and explained that Bright would sell them ore at low prices in exchange for transporting supplies.
• Donald urged his friends to seize the opportunity, emphasizing the ore's quality and its origin on Fish-Man Island.

Donald recruited merchants to trade Fish-Man Island’s high-quality Iron Ore, while Bright prepared for war after learning pirates were gathering on the Sabaody Archipelago. The chapter ended with two pirate captains rallying others to attack Fish-Man Island and defeat Jinbe.

• Donald recruited his friends and other merchants by claiming Fish-Man Island soldiers would escort them through the deep sea, then added the wealthy newcomer Tesoro to the group.
• Bright watched merchant ships depart and told Shark Star and Arlong that preparations for war were needed after showing them a newspaper headline about pirates gathering to target Fish-Man Island.
• On the Sabaody Archipelago, a saber-wielding pirate captain fought a lean pirate and learned that his crew was heading for the New World.
• The lean pirate persuaded the saber-wielding captain to help attack Fish-Man Island, defeat Jinbe, and seize its mermaids.
• The saber-wielding captain worried that their two crews were not enough, and the lean pirate said other pirates were ready to join a force led by them.

As Radley and Aurell’s pirate fleet began its attack on Fish-Man Island, Bright and Jinbe prepared the Immigration Bureau’s forces to defend it. Bright led the assembled fighters out to meet the pirates, while Donald followed the fleet hoping to profit from the conflict.

• Neptune worried that Radley and Aurell had recruited pirates for a major assault, but Bright and Jinbe assured him Fish-Man Island could defeat them.
• Bright ordered Arlong to watch the Sabaody Archipelago, barred pirates and suspicious merchant ships from entering Fish-Man Island, and increased patrols.
• After Queen Otohime calmed the residents, Bright promised the gathered people that the Immigration Bureau would win.
• Bright joined Jinbe, the Sun Pirates, five patrol squads, and nine sea beasts at the island gate, and they set out to confront the attackers.
• Radley and Aurell led their fleet beneath the sea toward Fish-Man Island, while Donald followed with another fleet, expecting to profit from the battle.

Bright led the Fish-Man Island forces to intercept a pirate fleet in the deep sea, where he destroyed its ships with a massive ocean current. As the fish-men closed in on the scattered pirates, Bright welcomed them to the deep sea.

• At the Mermaid Cafe, the mermaids worried about Bright, while Shyarly refused to reveal what her prophecy had shown.
• Bright and Arlong set out with the Fish-Man Island forces, and a scout reported a second fleet descending behind the pirates.
• Jinbe split off with the Sun Pirates to confront the second fleet while Bright stayed to face the main force.
• Tesoro’s merchant fleet approached the battlefield, and Tesoro sensed a powerful presence nearby.
• Bright ordered his forces to attack the pirate fleet, while Radley and Black Flag’s pirates coated themselves in bubbles and charged into the sea.
• Bright unleashed a colossal current that shattered the pirates’ ship coatings and swept through their fleet, then welcomed the survivors as the fish-men advanced.

Bright and the fish-men overwhelmed the pirate fleet at the entrance to the undersea cavern, destroying ships and defeating the pirates. Bright killed Aurell, while Jinbe escorted merchants toward Fish-Man Island and expected to return for the final cleanup.

• Donald told Jinbe he had brought supplies to support Fish-Man Island, though he hoped to profit from the war.
• Jinbe led the merchants, including Tesoro, toward Fish-Man Island, saying he would return in time for the final cleanup.
• Bright’s Ocean Current Shoulder Throw shattered the pirates’ formation, and the fish-men and nine sea beasts tore through the fleet.
• Radley attacked Bright with a flying slash, but Bright blocked it and destroyed Radley’s ship with a Water Strike.
• Aurell attacked Bright with controlled blood, but Bright dodged his strikes and killed him with a powerful punch.

Bright and the Immigration Bureau defeated a massive pirate fleet, then welcomed Donald and his merchant companions as prospective partners. Bright recognized the unusually capable Tesoro among them and invited him to discuss cooperation on Fish-Man Island.

• Bright watched the Fish-Men finish off the pirates, then told Hyouzou to begin further training and encouraged him to practice cutting steel.
• Arlong celebrated the battle, and Bright reminded him that killing enemies was a means rather than a goal before ordering the wounded treated and the battlefield searched.
• Donald and his companions arrived to find the pirate fleet destroyed, and Bright agreed to cooperate with the merchants.
• Bright greeted Jinbe and recognized Tesoro as someone with an extraordinary aura; Donald introduced Tesoro as a wealthy man seeking cooperation.
• Bright proposed that they return to Fish-Man Island and talk, leaving Tesoro wondering whether Bright was watching him.

After returning victorious from the battle against the pirates, Bright led Fish-Man Island into a trade and security agreement with human merchants. Tesoro then approached Bright separately, offering access to advanced technology and proposing an alliance against their common enemy.

• Bright's victorious soldiers returned to Fish-Man Island, where Neptune and the residents welcomed them as heroes.
• Bright and the merchants led by Donald agreed to trade Fish-Man Island's ore for necessary goods and arranged paid escorts for merchant ships.
• Bright asked the merchants to bring technology and machinery, but Donald warned that advanced technology was tightly restricted.
• After the meeting, Tesoro returned and offered to provide Fish-Man Island with advanced technology in exchange for a deeper alliance.
• Tesoro told Bright that they shared the same enemy and could become steadfast allies.

Bright and Tesoro agreed to trade Fish-Man Island’s ores and technology and to explore a fish-man logistics business. After the victory banquet, Bright found Shyarly asleep at the Mermaid Cafe and began learning to make coffee from her; the next morning, a newspaper labeled him “The Deep Sea Disaster from Fish-Man Island.”

• Bright and Tesoro agreed to support each other, trade ores for technology and technicians, and have fish-men transport Tesoro’s goods.
• Bright told Jinbe about the deal, and they discussed building a logistics company and acquiring more sea beasts to pull ships.
• Tesoro returned to Tanaka and celebrated the new partnership, then resolved to gain enough wealth to avenge Stella.
• Neptune, Jinbe, and Bright discussed starting a logistics company at the victory banquet, while Bright later found Shyarly asleep at the Mermaid Cafe.
• Bright made coffee for Shyarly, who offered to teach him, and the next morning a mermaid lady showed Bright a newspaper calling him “The Deep Sea Disaster from Fish-Man Island.”